Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-29
A nice rain Sunday morning.

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niture and carpets. 50
Rev. Cain and wife returned, We'd
nesday. from their visit to Iowa.
Eugene Youmans came back home,
Monday, from Salida, Colorado.
Our city council will please order
few loads of dirt thrown up against the
street crossings.
Don't forget the dinner to-day by the
Willing Workers, at the residence Of
Mrs. Youmans.
10. Stevens, of Chilli, H., brother
of Judge Stevens, has been here for
week on a visit.
Type writer paper, extra heavy, legal,
letter or note size, plain or printed, at
the INDEX Office. 4S
Nothing ever before shown in this
city can touch our line of neckwear for
gentlemen. S. Y. q E. so
For sale, at DR.. Gillette's residence,
carpets, curtains, furniture, stoves,
gasoline stove, cooking utensils, ward
robe, etc. 81
The Christian Helpers will meet at
the Christian church promptly at four
O'Clock Friday, instead of Saturday, as
heretofore announced.
Mayor Pearson was called to Kansas
City on business this week. Mrs. Pear,
son went along TO visit her relations in
Jackson county. Missouri.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap-
fist church Will meet with Mrs. Frank
Beers at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
A full attendance is desired.
Drumm & Snyder have purchased II,
600 Texas steers and turned them on
their pasture in the Cherokee Strip
They have 40 she stock on their range
The first load of alfalfa ever brought
to this city for sale was here Saturday.
1t was brought in by II. A. Beals, who
raised it on his farm, south of Sharon.
1t sold for Sc per ton.
Harper wants the prohibitory law en-
| forced, and on the petition of the citi-
zens, the governor has appointed A. w.
Ballard assistant attorney general, to
prosecute Yiolators.
j. II. McCracken is experimenting
the planting and raising of cane for the
sugar works. He has given the subject
much study and is devoting his entire
time to the work now.
Tomorrow will be legal holiday. 1t
being memorial day. The ceremonies
to be conducted by the old soldiers at
this place, always interesting, will be
unusually so tomorrow.
BristOw's confectionery, Ice cream
saloon and bakery is getting to be more
popular every day. The proprietor I'M
derstands his business and takes pains
to please his customers.
The members of the Temperance
League will meet at the Methodist
church tomorrow, Thursday evening,
at O'Clock. Business of Importance
BY order Of the secretary. r. II. Hahn.
The Willing Workers, of the Chris
tian church, will give one of their good
Old-faShiOned dinners at the residence
OF Mrs. YOumans, Wednesday, May 80.
Everybody invited. and promised all
they can eat.
Quarterly meeting service at the NJ.
f.. church next Sunday morning. Com
munion service, and sermon by the pas
tor. In the evening Rev. L. S. Hodgson,
the presiding elder, will preach in the
grove at half past six.
John w. McKeever is now a licensed
auctioneer, and will attend to all sales
entrusted to him, and will give salts
faction. He may be found at the Grey
Eagle restaurant, in Medicine Lodge.
Judge O'Bryan will assist him when
ever it is necessary.
Uncle Jake Chenoweth had new po-
tatoes, new peas and new cherries, all
of his own raising, last Sunday. The
above news comes to us pretty straight,
but we have no judicial knowledge of
the matter. If any of our readers can
beat this record, they are invited to call
at this Office and prove their faith by
their works, and leave a sample on our
table. Doors open at all hours.
The gypsum works dam was compile
ted last week, and the water is running
through in good stream. The tail race
to the river has cut out to the average
depth of about twenty feet. A turbine
wheel will be put in soon. The power
obtained is greater than was expected
at the outset. The foundation for the
main building will be completed this
week. A trip down to the works, only
little oyer mile from town, is well
worth taking.
Judge IL. Fl. Hardy is in Washington
City, after the appointment as post
master at Medicine Lodge. He expects
to capture it by reason of his past party
services, his record as an old soldier,
and his close army relations with Lew.
Wallace, and other influential republi-
cans, who are close to Mr.. Harrison. He
also claims to be the general favorite at
home. The judge is very pleasant
and plausible gentleman, but we think
his pole will have to be heightened be-
fore he gets the persimmon. But may
be it has been heightened lately.
An ingenious friend this week told us
OF a patent that he will apply for soon.
He is impressed with the fact that there
are tons of fish in the Medicine river,
though with every one who has angled
in those uncertain waters, he says they
are very slow to bite. He will set his
lines, balted with tough beef, and ex-
tend the line to the banks where he will
have system OF bells fixed under
shade where he WI loll and sleep;