Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-24
Our Medicine valley teens are crowd

| Sixteen pounds of the best PruneS in
town for 81, at b. K. Herrington's. As
Shannon & Shannon have the cinch
on all others in the farm loan business.
S. p. Coan sells the Walter A. Wood
Single Apron Harvester. Something
new; go and see it. 4S
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank. 4
Sheriff Stevens is persistent cores
pOndent this week, and his articles have
precedence over all others.
Tie Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Z. II, Nixon, on Wednesday, May
lst. Mrs. Jones, secretary.
w. ii. McCague has moved his Office
to room over Higgins store, where
he is now comfortably located.
We have the only COMPLETE AND
CORRECT set of abstract books in Bar
Der county. Bronson q Houchin. As
Geo. w. Horney is to to be the book
keeper for the Medicine Lodge Sugar
Works. He will resign as city marshal.
There is some apprehension here that
wheat Is growing too rank. 1t is now
jointing, and harvest will commence IN
three weeks.
Hazelton High Patent Crown Flour,
the best that is made, prlce reduced to
ST SIS per sack; other goods equally low,
atR K UerrinOton's. AS
The ministers Of the different church
es have decided to unite in holding the
centennial services on the morning OF
April 3Oth, in the Presbyterian church.
! Sam Warren disposed of his bakery,
sold the oven to Mr.. Bristow, and, on
Sunday, with his baker, struck out for
Oklahoma. He expects to locate at
| Guthrie.
The firm of Wood & Vincent, former
ly of this city, now of Trinidad, Col,
has been dissolved, by mutual consent.
Mr.. Wood continues the BUSINESS and
pays all liabilities.
Judge Stevens and J. w. McNeal
started to Guthrie last Saturday. The
former is deputy marshal, and Mr..
McNeal holds commission as deputy
postmaster, we believe.
Mrs. w. G. Musgrove returned from
her six weeks visit to Missouri, last
Thursday. She was accompanied, on
her return, by her sister, Miss Fannie
Drysdale, who will spend several
months here.
Capt. d. l.. Pierce, of Turkey Greek.
township, shipped from here, last Fri
day, pair of English Berkshire pigs,
to l.. Williams, of GraysOn county,
Texas. Barber county will soon have
a reputation for its fine hogs.
a select school, for six weeks, tuition
81, beginning May 20, will be conducted
by Misses Burgess and Pursell if enough
pupils can be secured to make 1t prof
liable. Those who wish to send pupils
please let them know at once. As
Anthony Journal: 1.-The district
court has been about two years behind,
but Judge Ellis is disposing of the en-
tire docket in one term. The last leg
islature certainly accomplished great
thing for Harper county when it gave
us new judge"
J. w. Mcdonald, of Pratt, was here
this week, looking over the city, to see
what would be the chance to put in an
electric light plant. He has such a
plant to dispose OF. He is practical
waterworks man, and may become in
terested in the system under contract
here.
On the first Saturday night and Sun
day morning in May Elder Nation will
preach at College Hill and commenc-
ing Thursday, May 9th, he will preach
at the school house beyond Mingona
and continue until the Sunday morning
following. He will preach both Sundays
at night in this city.
J.L. Winter, of Bradley, ILL.,, who
brought number of stations out here,
from Illinois, few weeks since, has
traded them for Barber county land
and he now owns 1000 acres, including
some valuable property. His last trade
was for the Jim York place, north OF
: Sun City. He expects to make this
county his home.
Synopsis of the statement of the In
surance Company of North America
of Philadelphia, Pa, January 1st, 1889
Cash Capital. ..............$3 ,0OO, 0O0.0 OK
2 Assets 1886, 956.5t
Reserve for Reinsurance. 2,ll4, 139. 4;
Outstanding Claims. ....... 943,910.4t
Net Surplus. .............. 2, 63S, 800 81
p. A. SIMMONS, Agent, at Medicine
Lodge, Kansas. 48
-, The S. E. and B. society of the Pres
3 byterian church will give May Recep
ton on the evening of May 1st. il
l Thompson's opera house. Programme
: will consist of shadow pantomimes
given by the young gentlemen, instru
t mental and vocal music. may pole dane
: and refFeshments--all under the admis
f sion fee of % cents.
S. f. Stone. George j. Southworth
= Roll Clark and John Dohrer started t
Oklahoma, last Friday ito see the fun.
Commissioner Fleming and party pre-
: coded them two days. These, with Jer
}. ~ Simpson, and party from Sharon
:, and those mentioned last week, com
a pose the Barber county citizens, so ia
: as we have heard, who are down there
Back east, cottonwood lumber is no,
the fashionable craze. Barber count
= has been using it for sixteen years, no
:, knowing that it was fashionable. TIL
:. older houses of this town and count
= are all finished in cottonwood. Their