Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-29

Wall paper at ten cents bolt at Sim
mons. 81
Valises, grips and club bags; all pri-
ces, at S. Y. q E. %.
Cook & Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. %
You can get complete housekeeping
outfit from DIR. Gillette. 81
Ladies and gents summer underwear,
any style and price, at 5. Y. Il E. 50
Born, in this city, on the 23d inst, to
the wife of L. G. Molloy, daughter.
Bronson g. Houchin have an album
dance of money to loan on good farms.
Shannon q Shannon have the cinch
on all others in the farm loan business.
All of DIR. Gillette's household and
kitchen furniture at private sale at bar
gains 81
Summer dress goods, white goods
and allwasn fabrics, endless variety, at
S. Y. IL Z. 81
ID. b. Smith is we'll again, and at his
shop, ready to do all kinds of boot and
shoe work.
Services at the grove, Sunday even
ings, will commence at $50 O'Clock, i'll
the future.
The county commissioners will meet
as board of equalization next Mon
day, June Sd.
Mrs. Wainscott, of Nevada, Mo-, nee
Mite Sparks, is visiting her parents
near this city.
Mr.. Laughlin, wife and children, who
have been here for two weeks, visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman, started to In
diana, Monday.
Married, at the Commercial hotel, in
Sun City, May %, 1889, Henry j. Sellers
to Miss Lille Hoagland, Elder g. w.
Owens officiating.
A gentleman said this week that there
is but one girl left in Sun City who is
old enough to marry, and she has to
keep the postoffice.
Your account is now due, and must
be settled T'hB means business, and
if needed, will save you trouble and eX-
pense. Davis & Davis. so
Now is a good time to borrow money
from the building ASSOCIATION. There
is about $4,000 in the treasury. Stock
can be obtained on reasonable terms.
Miss Nellie Brown, of this city, has
a fine claim in Oklahoma, and has now
received the offer of position i'll the
postoflice at Kingisher. She will prob
ably accept the position.
Strayed One light roam pony, white
legs, white face, with white spot on
side. For his return to me, or informa-
ton as to his whereabouts, l will pay
for the trouble. w. S. Denton. 50
The members of the Eastern Star had
very pleasant surprise party, Satur-
day evening. at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Beers. Strawberries, cream
and cake were served in abundance.
Jack Davis last week sold his farm,
three miles directly west of town, to
George milford, for $500. 1t is a good
piece of land, and will raise anything
that grows. Taliaferro & DeLisle per-
fected the trade.
Our new clothing, for spring and sum-
mer, better selected than ever before,
in light diagonals, worsteds, cheviots,
and other popular patterns, just receiv-
ed and well worth examining. Standi-
ford, Youmans 81 Eldred. so
Riley Lake had a lot of extra good
horses and mules here last Friday and
Saturday; but he only made one sale.
Persons who want good work stock or
driving horses can well afford to go out
and look at Lakes stock. He has about
fifty head for sale.
While not making any great fuss
about it, Davis g. Davis have opened up
the best and most complete, newest and
best-selected general stock of Spring
and Summer goods in this city, and they
are going to sell them this month. Take
notice, and govern yourselves according
ly. Davis Il Davis. 80
NJ. Z. Roddy, the Turkey Greek mar
BILE cutter, will open a shop here and
make a speciality of working up Barber
county marble. On his place he has a
quarry and can get out both the white
and colored varieties in any quantity
desired. Itdoes seem that Barber coun-
ty is getting there with both feet"
A bountiful rain fell here Monday
night, commencing about eight O'Clock,
and continuing all night. We also had
a fine shower on Sunday morning, ard
now the ground is in perfect order.
There was an unusual amount Of thun-
der and lightning with the rain of Mon
day night, but there was no hard wind
The weather prophet who predicted
rain and atmospheric disturbances for
that date can now get up on his hind
legs and howl.
There are thousands of ground squir-
rels lnfesting the prairies in the vicinI-
ty Of grain fields, where they make
raids on the fields, and do much mis-
chief. If farmers would plant one or
two outside rows in corn, after soaking
i'll strychnine they would kill off the lit
tie pests. The corn they do not find will
grow vigorously, and be just as good as
that which was not poisoned. We have
eaten roasting ears from poisoned seed.
These squirrels damage the meadows,
the prairie and the crops, and ought to
be eXterminated.
The president, general manager,
board of directors and lot of others
connected with the Santa Fe road, were
here last Friday looking over the line.