Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-07-03
The days are getting shorter.

Read Cunningham's new money ad.
If you want an abstract, see Bronson
q Houehin.
Work on the new school building is
progressing satisfactorily.
There is talk about Kansas oats run
ming l25 bushels to the acre.
Granville Morris was the first farmer
in this vicinity to thresh his wheat.
Bronson a. Houchin have cheaper
money than ever, to loan on good
farms. 9
See L. l.. Lindley, manager, for year
ly Interest farm loans; also short time
chattel loans.
Monday and Tuesday were drizzly,
foggy days, the kind they have back in
the old states.
IL. d. Records returned from Mime
sofa last Thursday. His mothers con-
dition has improved.
The creamery separator broke last
week and it was necessary to work up
all the milk into cheese for several days.
The mother of Mrs. G. Q. Chandler,
jr., is here on a visit and her sister and
brother-in-law are expected to-day from
Elk City.
Any stakeholder in the building as
sociation may now draw out and get
the amount of installments he has paid
in without interest.
Since our last, several good rains have
fallen over Barber county and the good
crop prospects are becoming better es-
tablished every day. 4S-tf
Your account is now due, and must
be settled. This means business, and
if needed, will save you trouble and ex-
pense. Davis Il Davis. so
Read the fish law, printed this week,
and be governed accordingly. III. ii.
Case and VIII Cook need not read the
law, as they never catch any fish.
Roasting-ears, peach cobbler, peaches
and cream and watermelon, all grown
in Barber county, for dinner July 1,
1889, speaks well for our early season.
G. A. McClearey and his grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Netf, started yesterday to
Colorado Springs, to visit relatives and
seek immunity from July and August
hot weather.
July 10th, Wednesday, at Mrs. II. C.
Thompson's, the Willing Workers will
give one of their good dinners to all who
may desire to attend. A cordial invi-
tation extended to all.
DO you want to have a sale ? If so
come to the INDEX and let us print
your bills. There is no case on record
where sale was not success when
, the INDEX printed the bills. 2
Bill Dean was in yesterday and denied
that he had killed man III Oklahoma
with q Ratchet or that he had killed two
men near here in row. In fact, he
said, he had never killed man.
A. A. Richards, attorney for the
Showaltcr Mortgage Company, was
over from Wellington yesterday. Mr..
Richards is al ex-newspaper man, hav-
ing been, for several years, proprietor
of the Sumner County Press.
The molasses cistern at the sugar
plant will be large enough to float a
steamboat. The creamery is near at
hand, to supply butter and milk, and
we think somebody ought to start a
batter-cake factory in the vicinity.
w. g. Mills came up from his Lips
comb county, Texas, ranch, last week,
and reports good crops and prosperity
down there. He says that county has
not increased in population this year,
but that the indications are that it will
dO so this fall. Mr.. Mills has several
hundred cattle down there, and they
are doing we'll
A compound for removing grease,
paint or tar from silk, satin, or any kind
of wooden goods, without injuring the
cloth, known as Minis Texas Com
pound is for sale by Grant Jones, at
Southworth's drug store, this city. It
is said to be the best compound ever
discovered, and it is having a wonder
full sale here, Only so cents bottle.
In this city. at the home of the groom,
on Sunday, June 30th. Frank Shepler
was married to Miss Mary Wennett,
Judge Edwards officiating. Only the
relatives and intimate friends were
present. The couple have the best
wishes of this community, where both
are well and favorably known, the
groom being one of the earliest settlers
in Medicine Lodge, his father being the
late Judge 5. j. Shepler.
Chaplin Bros have made flrst-class
half-mile tack on their place, north
east of the house. where they will train
several of their young horses this sea-
son. and get Diamond Joe'' and "Eg-
mont into their old gaits. L. c. Mol
loy's colt is also beng driven on the
track, and is going to surprise some
body. If the Chaplin track were only
little nearer to town, there would be
horseshow here this fall, certain.