Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-07
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If you want an abstract, see Bronson
Il Houchin. 6
Sewing machines for trade or sale, at
the postOffice bookstore. ii
Found.-A revolver. Call on j. NJ.
Prewitt, II miles southwest, and pay
charges. 10-1
James Scott, of College Hill, lost a
horse, last Saturday night, killed by
lightning.
Sewing machines for sale or for trade
for grain or for stock at the pOstOffice
bookstore. 10
The Santa Fe railroad sent in an out
fit of men and teams last week to work
out its road tax.
L. l.. Lindley has moved into his re-
cent purchase, the Kessler house, on
Lincoln avenue.
1t is requested that the A. o. U. w.
members be at the lodge meeting Fri
day night, without fail.
John Roller, now of Oklahoma City,
was here this week. He is doing we'll
in the livery business down there.
The McClearey s. lift ice gave out
Sunday, and for while, at least, it APP
pears that we must do without this lux
ury.
Yearly interest loans. with the privi-
lege Of paying the principal at any IN.
terest payment, made by Shannon &
Shannon. lOt4
The dogs must 90. Marshal O'Bryan
has secured the services of two sharp
shooters, who will commence the work
of destruction this week.
You have saved your crop, and now
you should pay your good wife for her
unceasinR labor and many denials, by
buying her nice carpet. Rigg & john
ston have great variety. IL
G.. SOuthworth and John Dohrer
were out at Deerhead and vicinity this
week, killing plover and looking up the
chicken outlook. There will be good
shooting in Barber county this fail.
Capt. Pierce says that his grapes will
be plentiful this season. He will COM
mence gathering them in about ten
days. His peach crop this year will
not he as large as it was last season,
but the variety is much better.
Peter Ruffing, who has two farms.
south of here, was the first man in the
county. so far as heard from, to COM
mence cutting up corn. He started in
on the 3lst of July. The corn has suf-
ficiently matured in this county to war
rant the farmers in cutting it up, and
they generally care for it in that way
in order to save the fodder.
The camp meeting, at Elm Mill, is
now attracting much attention among
our young folks especially. 1t will be-
gin on Friday, the 9th inst, and there
promises to be large attendance. A
tabernacle, large enough to seat and
shelter 400 persons, has been erected.
Lunch stands will supply the hungry,
and ten large tents will be rented for
sleeping purposes. Every effort will be
made to accommodate all who attend.
The Attica Advocate Tor some per-
son who has charge of the sugar de-
partment OF that paper appears to
think that Medicine Lodge, and the
INDEX are jealous of the sorghum SUI
gar plant being erected at Attica. Moth
ing of the kind. We are proud of our
works, and have reason to believe that
they will be success. We believe that
they are more substantially built than
the Attica works, and we know that
there Will be no second. hand, laid-aside
machinery in them. But, every week
we hear of the Attica people belittllng
the Medicine Lodge works, and, as re-
lated two weeks ago. an effort was
made to cause Capt. Garrison, of Shar-
on, to form bad opinion of our works,
and others can bear witness TO the truth
of the statements that the Attica su-
garwOrks people have frequently init
mated that the Medicine Lodge works
were inferior in every way to theirs
We do not propose TO get into any ar
gument now, for we hope that both
plants will be success but we are bet
ting marbles or chalk that the works
here will handle more cane, make more
sugar, run more days, pay more profit,
and in every way be more complete
success, this season, than the Attica
works. What the INDEX has published
about the works here, has been picked
up on its own account, and no one, di-
rectly or indirectly connected with the
sugar works, has ever written a line or
suggested an item in connection with
the works, Can the Attica Advocate.
truthfully say as much2 Or, is its su-
garworks editor not an emplOye of the
company that is building the works?
An entertainment took place at the
courthouse Thursday night, which will
not be forgotten soon by any who were
present. A highly conceited and very
windy tenderfOot calling himself Mr..
Seymore Lewis, announced publicly and
privately that he would give declama-
tions, recitatiOnR and Evolutionary ex-
ercises. and few character pieces. Of
such character as would make ones
hair curl, and none but a professional
could undertake. The boys :Smelt fun
in the atmosphere; good-siZed crowd
gathered at the courthouse. When they
saw the doorkeeper, some turned to the
right, and entered through . private
door; Others turned to the left, and en-
tered through jury room; others went
arO0nd to the south entrance, and
boldly walked in but all got In, and
very few paid, 1t was noisy crowd,
and Sheriff Stevens came In, before the
show commenced, and told them to stop
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