Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-07-03

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Thursday.
Fifty pounds of fresh turnip seeds at
at Dobbs Bros. 6
Farm loans at lowest rates. See Bron-
son q Houchin. 6
Cook & Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. IS
Steve Garrison has returned to town
and re-opened his shop.
Miss Helen Cameron is visiting her
old home, Eldorado, Kansas.
Justice Woodward was in Wichita,
this week, on real estate deal.
Cunninghams want all the yearly in
terest farm loans they can get. Al
DIR. Koclell reports boy born to the
wife of Henry A. Thompson, June 80.
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes speciality of short time loans. 8
Plenty of home grown peaches on the
market. Last week they brought SLIGO
per bushel.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank. 4
Don't forget The picnic of the Baptist
Sunday school tomorrow, in the grove
southeast of town.
The Willing Workers and the Chris
tian Helpers will meet at the Christian
church Friday afternoon, at o'clock.
If there is road in the county that is
half as bad as the one leading southwest
to the gypsum hills, we have not had
the misfortune to find it.
Judge Ellis and family started Satur-
day to Canton, Maine, where they will
remain two months. They will stop
few days in Illinois to visit friends
DO not forget to call on A. S. Nc
Clearey if you want tombstones, monu-
ments or any kind of marble work. He
can furnish anything made of granite
or marble. 6
Peter Rufing has the best piece of
corn, south of town five miles, that we
have seen i'll the county this year. There
were wagon loads of roasting ears in
the field last Sunday.
All members of the Rebekah degree
lodge are requested to meet at the hall
tonight, Wednesday, July Sd, at 8
o'clock, on important business. This
by order of the N. G.
Miss Margaret Cartan left, yesterday,
for trip east. She will visit at Dams
vile, n. Y, and from there go to Can
ada, and will conclude her visit at Chi
cago, where her mother will meet her.
The 500 guarantee furnished by our
citizens to the railroad company, that
the excursion, on the oath ult., would
pay that amount, was this week can
celed. The excursion paid the compa-
ny about 5000.
While not making any great fuss
about it, Davis 81 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 q Davis. so
Miss Bessie Whitelaw started for her
home, at Dodge City, yesterday. During
her visit here of eight weeks, she re-
newed many acquaintance of her
childhood, and formed new friendships
that will be lasting. She is very
pleasant lady, and her permanent resi-
dence IN this city would be hailed with
delight.
The first steam threshing machine and
traction engine ever shipped to this city
was received last Saturday by Noble &
Nixon, for a customer, Mr.. Grouse. The
machine is the Nichols Il Sheperd make
and is supposed to be firstclass in every
particular. The first threShing was
done for Granville Morris, west of town
two miles.
Sand-plums are on the market. The
crop this year is not as large as usual;
but 1t was not necessary. Prior to last
year, the sand-plum was the standard
fruit crop of this county; but now most
people turn up their noses at it and will
be satisfied with nothing commoner
than budded peaches. rich pears, lus-
cious plums and the succulent grapes.
We have plum preserves two years old
and the children won't touch them.
Parents and guardians may not gen.
orally know it, but there is an ordin-
ance, mo. 10,) section of which pro-
yides as follows: 'It shall be unlawful
for any boy under the age of sixteen
years to be on the streets or at public
places of this city, after nine O'Clock,
p. m, unless accompanied by a parent
or guardian, or without giving a good
account.of himself; and any person who
shall violate this section shall, upon
conviction, be fined in any sum not ex-
ceedmg five dollars
W. S. Denton returned Monday, from
his trip east. He went to Kansas City
on business, and while there concluded
to go on visit to his brother in Indi-
ana. The fishing and hunting were
splendid, and he caught fish and killed
squirrels and otherwise enjoyed him
self. He reports the crops in Missouri
as considerably later than here, and in
Indiana they are more backward than
in Missouri and many fields in Illinois
are under water, and the prospects for
a crop are very poor. lie was away |
about two weeks.
Married, at the residence of the pa
rents of the bride, near this city, at
2 O'Clock Thursday afternoon, June q,
by Elder Nation, Mr.. o. c. Rogers. of