Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
Lets have the waterworks.

" homo made candies ut 20 cents per pound.
Ice cream, fruits. soda water and everything
IN the confectionery line. ~
Let's have the waterworks.
Read Cunnlngham's new money ad.
Our band went to Harper yesterday.
The gypsum works will be running
this fall.
The equinoctial storm did not amount
to much.
Fred. Hinze has gone to Ness City to
start up the sugarworks.
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes especially of short time loans. 3
See T. l.. Lindley, manager, for year
ly interest farm loans; also short time
chattel loans. 3
Col. Jesse Evans, the original extern
sive cattleman of this country, came in
Sunday on a visit.
The Ladies Aid society, of the Meth
Odist church. meets on Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Higgins.
The masquerade social, by the L. LIS,
has been postponed until Thursday
evening, October Sd.
Finney will sell you No. l Harness
for little money. Work warranted.
Repairing at lowest rates. II
SCHOOL BoARDs.-A $50 set (seven)
Jobnson's school maps for $12 If sold
Immediately. Hubbard the Jeweler.
A live rattlesnake was found in a
Kiowa drugstore the other day. Some
rone suggested that it came out of a GUS
tomer's boots.
Rudolph & Ishmael were up from
Kiowa attending the Cook horse sale,
Friday and Saturday. They made sew
eral purchases.
A line of 36-inch all-woOl TricOts, In
all the popular shades. They sell every
where at 80 to IS cents. Our price is SO
cents per yard. s. Y. & E. II
Mayor Pearson has received an inVi-
tation to attend the Deep Water con-
yention at Topeka, Oct. 1st. He will
try to be present or send hand.
Our store is full, our trade is increas-
ing, everything is TANNED and rushed
and still we can accommodate all who
want anything in our line. Davis &
Davis. 10
]. o. Hahn and wife, of Sharon, are
visiting relations in Ottawa county
They have done hard school work in
this county for several years and de-
served a short rest.
Rev. Z. j. Hutchinson, a well known
blind minister who made his home in
Barber county, died at COlwich, Kan
sas, last week. He was q good mar
and respected by all who knew him.
j. @. Walstad returned last Wednes'
day from a visit to his father in Ochil
tree county, 1exas. He says fair crops
were raised in the Panhandle this sea
son and much more could have beer
raised had 1t been planted.
A very hopeful letter was received by
the INDEX this week from Wallace C
Stewart, formerly of this county, WHIT
is now located at Ensenada, Mexico, il
being in the northern part OF Lower
CALIFORNIA. He tells much interesting
news about the mining districts, RnC
but for its length the letter would b.
published in full.
Vernon Clough, aged about seven
teen years, died at the home of hil
father, ID. Clough, three miles south OF
Sharon, Sunday, September I'D, OF ty
phoid fever. His brother, two year:
older, died four weeks ago OF the same
disease. This is a sad blow to the fam
lily. Other cases of fever In the neigh
bOrhoOd are improving.
Rev. North and s. Palmer have beer
investigating supposed gold bearing
sand on the latter's place. eight mile.
northwest of Medicine Lodge. They
have certainly discovered gold, but
whether ia sufficient quantities to pay
for working remains to be seen. Mr.
Primer applied the acid test to the sand
Monday and obtained most gratifying
results.
Under the contract, the public schoO
building was to be completed by Octo
Der LIST, and for every day after tina
time that the district Was kept out o
the use OF the building, the eontracto
was to forfeit $40. 1t now looks as i
the building viii not be ready for occu
pancy before November 18th. The for
felt will pay rent on building for tenn
pOrary use. IL occurs that the schoo
had better be opened by October 18th.
Spurgeon Il Farris, of Stafford, Kan
sas, were here this week and purchased
from Z. G. Blackaway, Henry GODDARD
Ed Golf and Lou Garland, 200 feeders
two-year-olds, the ruling price being
SIS. These buyers say they could hav,
purchased two-year-Old steers in Stat
ford county from SIC to Sls; but the.
consider Barber county steers are wortl
much more. This is the story all cattl
buyers tell, aud 1t is big advertise
ment for Barber county. Our ricI
grasses, pure water and unrestricteI
range all go to make up good stock,