Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27

o. l.. Settles made business trip tC
Wichita last Friday.
The A. o. u. w. have had but one
assessment of 81 since December 1st.
Frank Holmes and wife started yes
terday tor Hot Springs, Ark, to spend
two weeks.
Henry Morgan has traded Wisconsin
town property for DR.. Youart's farm
near Lake City.
Our general stock of Dry Goods is un.
surpassed prices lower than the low
est. S., Y. & E. 80
Special meeting of the a. o. U. w
tonight, Wednesday, for work. A
full attendance desired.
Miss Stella Young is teaching in the
public school, in place of Miss Burgess
who is sick with measles.
Special exercises at the Christian
Sunday school on Easter morning, fol.
lowed by short sermon for children.
Ingraham & O'Brian have moved
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doors south of the First National bank,
west side of the street.
The best brand of flour ever offered
in this city is the Crescent" and it Is
a wOrld-beater. If this was not so
Davis 81 Davis would not say so. 20
John w. Kendall and wife, of Auro-
IA, ILL.,, who have been out here visiting
Mrs. K. 8 parents, Hon. Il. l.. Carter
and wife, started home Monday.
Three-pound can No. Tomatoes, IL
cents 2 pound can Vinton Corn, ~ cts;
all canned goods at proportiOnate pri-
ces. Standlford, Youmans & Eldred.
An extra nice assortment of Gents
Gloves, in kid, dressed and undressed
buck, and a genuine dOg-skin, warrant
ed in every particular. Standiford
| YOumans IL Eldred. 80
| Persons wishing to improve their
memories OF strengthen their power OF
attention should send to Prof. Loisette,
237 Fifth Aye, n. Y, for his prospect
us, post free, as advertised in another
| column AZ
Every land owner should read the list
of unredeemed lands sold for taxes in
! 1886, published in this Issue of the In
DEX. Tax deeds will be issued for these
| lands if they are not redeemed by next
September.
J. II. McCracken has sold his interest
in the real estate and loan business to
his partner, Henry Morgan. His fam
! lily started yesterday to New York
state, where they will spend the sum.
mer. He will remain here for the pres
ent.
The growing wheat in the Medicine
valley, from this place to Lake City, is
grand sight, and the yield promises to
be phenomenal. II. Lake has 400 acres
| growing on his place, that he is conf
dent will run 80 bushels to the acre.
There are many other large fields in the
county looking as well.
Prohibition or anti-prohibition should
cut no figure in the city election next
Monday. The enforcement of state
laws is the province of the county and
state officers. 1t will not do to get this
old question mixed up with the modern
questions with which our city council
will be expected to grapple.
On Saturday, April 9th, commencing
at IL o'clock, E. G. Engelbright will
have big sale of horses, cattle, hogs
and farm implements at his farm,
miles north of Old Lodi, and three
fourths of mile west of dry creek
school house. He has good lot of
property and offers easy terms.
Attention is directed to the special
announcement of Bronson 81 .Douchin.
the reliable abstracters, III this issue.
They have complied with the new alb
stract law, and fled bond for $1,000
for the faithful prosecution of their
business to the satisfaction of their
clients. This firm needs no recommen-
| datiOn from us.
There is considerable talk about a
change Of time of the trains arriving
here and departing from here. The
rumOr is that the regular mail and ex-
press from the east will arrive here
about 10 o'clock at night, and leave at
4 O'Clock in the morning. That would
be miserable arrangement; but the
indications are that the change will be
made.
Capt. j. n. Titus returned from Ohio,
last Thursday, where he went TO see his
mother who was sick. She died while
he was there. He comes back better
satisfied than ever before with Barber
county, and will devote his attention to
his cattle and farming interests. He
will put in $50 acres of feed, including
% acres of Kafiir corn, but this season
will steer clear of Indian corn. His go
steers are doing we'll and taking on fat.
Barber county does not need any more
rain just now. Rain commenced fall
ing last Thursday night and continued
to fall gently until Saturday morning.
| Nearly every drop of 1t went into the
ground, very little running off. At the
cemetery, a high dry point, the ground
was wet three feet deep. The rain was
general over the county. and the people
are rejoicing as they have not before
for ten months. Oklahoma talk is very
scarce since the rain.
f. NJ. Byerley, of this city, and w. O.
Thompson, of Lake City, with the pro-
bate judge, last week made the quarter
Iy examination of the county treasu-
rer's books, and found everything in
perfect shape under the skillful book
keeping of Treasurer E. B. Peck. Had
the examinations, required by law, been
| nrnnarlu made durinn tho two torrar "a