Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
A fine, big rain last Saturday.

Bronson & Houchin have cheaper
money than ever, to loan on good
farDIs. 6
Save money in buying your Harness,
&c, of Finney. Largest stock and the
lowest prices. II
Elder Nation will preach at Arkansas
City next Saturday night and Sunday
morning and night.
Mrs. J. w. Howard was called to
Missouri, last week, to the bedside of a
very sick brother who died.
LosT-A silver maltese cross with
letters 1. II. N. on 1t, with ribbon at
tached. Return to this Office. Is
Miss Blanche Wright, after visit Of
four weeks to her sister, Mrs. Lorton,
started, yesterday, for her home at Lon
don, Ohio.
Capt. N. B. BlantOn was up from Ha-
EeltOn, Monday, and with his son-in-
law, I. L. Lindley, took look at the
sugarworks.
Frank Block left US four sweet pota-
toes, one day last week, that weighed
twelve pounds. They are not fully
grown, either.
Miss Lizzie hubert and Mrs. OF. D.
Sidner are here from London, Ohio,
visiting II. @. Thompson and family
and Scott Rubert.
Alot Of candidates attended the camp
meeting at Lake City, last week, and
had the pleasure Of paying SIS each for
the support Of tho minister, and other
expenses.
W. l.. Blair, of Nevada, Ohio, Is out
here this week, looking after his prop
erty interests. He owns stock in the
First National bank, and q good farm
near Sharon.
w. I. Henry, Of Sumner county, re-
turned home, last Sunday, after buying
800 of the best feeding steers in Barber
county. This was his fourth season in
Barber county.
Henry Hinze practically lives in the
sugar works. He has a sleeping room
fitted up there, and his wife takes his
meals to him. He is certainly devoted
to his business.
A boy was born to the wife of Rich
ard Frazier, of Elm Creek, on the 18th,
and now Oklahoma or no other country
but this has any charms for the proud
father.
Geo. SOuthworth and John Dohrer
went out one day last week, and killed
IS fat ducks and nice bunch of chick
ems. and then, like all good hunters
should do, they left the Door editor
three Of the latest ducks, SO that he
could truthfully tell of their success.
Miss Myrtle Carroll hltched up her
mare, last Thursday evening, and start
ed to town, allowing the colt to follow
its mother. On the way. a neighbours
dog ran out and frightened the colt,
causing it to run into barbed wire
fence, where it was slightly cut. The
colt broke two wires, and loOsened two
posts, and it is strange he was not &C.
riOuslY hurt.
IF you don't see what you want, ask
for it," Our room is just little crowd
ed with our new invoices and we are
selling out all summer and early fall
goods to make room for new invoices,
80 you can get bargains unthOught of
If you will but enquire for them. We
are clearly in the lead of the mercantile
procession and expect to hold the posi-
tion. Davis s. Davis. Is
The Office OF coroner is not usually a
very important one in Barber county,
where sudden or mysterious deaths are
not frequent; but there are times when
the coroner must perform the duties of
the sheriff. DIR. s. KOciell, the demo-
cratic candidate, IS In every way quail
fed for the position. He is not an
Office-seeker, but he is not unmindful of
the wishes Of his fellow-citizens, aud it
being their wish that he be a candidate.
he has consented.
Big crops and bountiful harvests
make the raisers think of more substan-
tial merchandise and family supplies.
With the idea of QUILTING half of the
population Of Barber county Davis &
Davis have ordered and are now receiv-
ing the biggest, best and most complete
stock Of general merchandise ever
opened here. They only ask a careful
examination into qualities and prices
and know then that they will sell the
goods. 10
The central committee Of the union
labor party of Barber county met last
Saturday, in this city, and decided that
they would not call . county nOmina-
ting convention this year. They made
n" endorsements OF candidates, but IN
cidentally discussed the fitness and
qualifications Of the candidates already
nominated by the democrats and re-
publicans. This action of the third
party men means that they will vote
for the best men, so we cOnstrue It, and
IL this be the case, 1t will certainly be
unpleasant RSWs TO the nominees on the
republican ticket.
On the 18th inst, in this city, the
ministers of this city organized min
isteriai ASSOCIATION. This will eventu-
ally be a county organization, and all
ministers will be asked to unite. Those
who took part in the organization were:
Rev. Cain, Of the Baptist church; Rev.
North and Rev. Hahn. OF the Preshy-
terrain church; Elder Nation and Elder
Smith, of the Christian church. The
officers elected were as follows Rev.
Cain, president; Rev. Sanderson, Sec
rotary. The association will meet the
I'd and 4th Mondays. at o'clock, in
Medicine Lodge. and discuss matters