Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-07
K. DIS tomorrow night.


copyright new book.
Cunninghams want all the yearly in
terest farm loans they can get. Al
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes specially of short time loans.
Born, July 23d, to the wife of Louis
Nilsson, of Elm Mills township, daugh-
ter.
Bronson 81 Houchin have cheaper
money than ever, to loan on good
farms. 6
See I. l.. Lindley, manager, for year.
ly interest farm loans; also short time
chattel loans. 3
Carpets for everybody, at Rigg &
JOhnston's. Nearly hundred samples
to select from. IL
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank. 4
Will E. Cook will go to hOusekee ping
this week. on North Walnut street, in
the Fishback house.
DIR. Kociell's office Is the first door
east'Of the pOstoffice-near the INDEX
Office-on Kansas avenue. IL
&. w. Aver received word. Monday,
that his son Ed, in Colorado, had two
fingers cut of by buzz saw.
The INDEX received, this week, a new
lot of stationery, including an extra
good lot of envelopes and letter-heads.
Attorney Denton tried case in Haz-
elton township Monday, the opposing
counsel being w. G. Afford, of Hazel
| ton.
The county commissioners this morn
ing completed the annual levy for the
taxes of 1889. 1t will be published in
this paper next week.
The most complete line of carpet sam
pies ever shown here, at Rigg q John
ston's. You can order what you want,
and get Kansas City prices. IL
J. z. Hall, p. d. Cunningham and T.
G. MollOy went to Kansas City, Mon
day, ON business connected with their
proposed new bank enterprise.
Uncle Ed. and Mrs. Youmans will
start east this week, to New York, to
purchase goods, and then to New Jer-
sey for visit of couple of weeks with
relatives.
There is some hitch about the right
of-way for the road running east from
the Field place, and there is proba-
bility of the proposed bridge being
abandoned for the present, at least.
The Office at the sugarworks has been
fitted up with a regular banking coun-
ter outfit of oak furniture and the labO-
ratOry is about ready for the govern
ment chemists who will be here by the
time the works are started.
The unusually wet season will cause
sorghum cane to ripen much slower
than during dry year, and it is the
opinion of Henry HinZe, and others,
competent to judge ,Ithatvery little cane
will be ready to cut before the mill is
prepared to receive it.
At its regular meeting Monday night,
the council fixed the levy for city .pur-
poses at Is mills on the dollars mills
for general revenue purposes, and 10
mills for paying interest on outstand-
ing bonded Indebtedness. The Ordi-
nance is published is this issue of the
INDEX.
Mrs. r. NJ. Smith, of Canema, with
two children, started, Monday, on a
visit to her old home in Maryland,
where her mother lives. She has not
been there for twenty years. We wish
her pleasant visit and speedy return,
for "Uncle BOb' will be like fish out
of water till she gets home.
The case of the state against Ira d.
MaxsOn, charged with selling intOxi-
cants at the Fourth of July picnic. at
MaxsOn's grove, was tried this week be-
fore Justice Howe, in this city, and de-
PENDANT was acquitted at late hour
last night. 1t is said this morning that
MaxsOn'S attorney and his witnesses
are quite anxious to see him.
The Union Sunday School picnic at
Fergason's grove, last Saturday, was
attended by several hundred people,
and it Is the unanimous expression OF
all that the affair was a success. The
programme, as published in the INDEX,
was carried out with but few changse.
There was plenty to eat, and everybody
had q good time. These annual re-
unions are pow established, and Fer
gason's grove appears to be the most
popular place for holding them.
Some of the farmers and stockmen
west of here were to have held meet
ing last night at the Cedar Creek school
house, to take steps TO prevent cattle
being driven In here from Oklahoma
and other points south of the dead
line," that might communicate Texas
fever. 1t is understood that shot guns
will be used if necessary to keep out
disease bearing cattle. This county
suffered to the extent of several thou
sand dollars on account Of Texas fever,
six years ago,
The smOke-stack at the sugarworks
has been placed in position. Hundreds
of our citizens have discussed the man.
ner of getting this great weight on the
brick column prepared for 1t. Satur-
day 1t was announced that the stack
would be raised, and many persons
spent the day III the vicinity. In order
to see it done. a tall derrick was first
put up and well guyed, and then ropes
were fastened around the stack, and by
block and tackle and powerful little
winding machine the stack was slowly
and easily lifted into position. The
stack Is six and a half feet In diameter,
SiXtV-fiYa feet long and stands nn a