Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-07-24

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& Houchin. 6
Mrs. T. A. McNeal will be home to-
day from Colorado.
o. c. Ewart was down from Kansas
City part of last week.
Sheriff Stevens will sell lot of about
so cattle on Saturday. August Sd, Ill this
city.
Judge Lacy, who has been quite sick
for some weeks, is able to get about
again.
Bronson s. Houchin have cheaper
money than ever, to loan on good
farms. 6
DIR. Burney reports a fine boy born to
the wife of Jacob Knirr, this morning,
July oath.
Subject of sermon at the courthouse
next Sunday evening, 1.-The Busy Mans
Sunday"
Mrs. Scott hubert will return, Satur-
day, from a four weeks visit with
friends at Wichita.
D. w. Young has a field of corn
northwest of here that he thinks will
run fifty cords to the acre.
The annual school meeting tomorrow
will be at Thompson's opera house,
commencing at 2o'clock p. m.
C. c. Hahn, a Topeka newspaper
man, came down last week to be at the
bedside of his mother who was fatally
sick.
Prof. Beeson got home Saturday.
Mrs. Beeson and Frank are yet at Ossa-
watomie, but are expected home this
week.
Frank Whitaker, of Sun City, has ia
voIed us with two copies of Juneau,
Alaska, papers. He has brother who
lives there.
A few plover have ventured into Bar
Der county. About nine out of ten
have been killed and the others will
soon disappear.
Postmaster McCleary had polypus
removed from his nose last Wednesday.
He was attending business an hour at
ter the operation.
Willie Cutlip fell from porch at his
grandfather's, yesterday, and dislocated
his left elbow DR.. Karr was called in,
and attended the little fellow.
Miss Annie McCanless will return
from q SavnraI vyooLS, tO Wichita Cat
urday. Her friend, Miss Durham, will
return with her and spend several days
here.
The normal has brought large num-
Der of bright and pretty women to town.
We wish the old machine would run all
the year. Teachers, all, we are glad to
see you.
E. Sample and E. z. Caruthers left
yesterday for a visit to Oklahoma.
They will take in all the larger towns
in that territory, and probably reach
home about Sunday.
The INDEX is under obligations to
the Herald and Journal, of Kiowa, for
favors in connection with the delin-
quent tax list, now being published.
They helped us out in ''sorts.''
Some of DOR farmers are afraid that
the early cane will be ready before the
sugarworks are ready. We are assured
that the works will be ready to receive
the cane as soon as it is ready to cut.
The republicans evidently want the
Office of register of deeds as they have
five candidates for the position. They
are H. NJ. Ingraham, E. II. Nixon, H.
NJ. Byerley. A. M. Houchin and Jas.
Huffaker.
Sun City had big rain Sunday night
We had quite fine electric display, and
considerable wind, for an hour or SO
but no RAIN. On Monday night, we had
almost complete repetition of the pro.
gramme of the night preceding.
Quite pleasant time was enjoyed at
the courthouse last night, the affair be-
ing reunion of the ladies and gentle.
men of the normal institute. A good
programme, consisting of recitations
vocal and instrumental solos, duets
ETC., was well rendered.
A fishing party composed of r. A
Cameron, Jas. H. Lahey, II. D. Rec
ords, Chester 1. and Frank Long, Geo
Hubbard and John Dollar and his fiddle
are at Elm Mills, this week, having a
big time. A party from Coldwater was
to have met them yesterday.
The name of J. N. Bibb, of Sun City
township, has been mentioned as suit
able one for commissioner of the third
district. Mr.. Bib has been a resident
of the county about eleven years, we
believe, and should his neighbors de-
eide to enter him in the contest, the
probability is that he could be elected
We would be glad to hear from thai
district on the question.
Kiowa County Times: I'VE are in.
formed by gentleman living in the
northwest corner of Barber county that
republican candidate. from kiows
county was oyer there last week solicl
ting votes and delegates for the Greens.
burg convention" That is nothing. A
prominent Barber county republican
candidate has spent three months cleo.
tioneenng in Oklahoma, and so the
thing evens-up about right.
NJ. II. Clements and j. G. johnson
were coming down from Sun City, Mon.
day bringing their son and daughter tc
the normal institute, when the wagon
seat tipped over and dropped Miss
Johnson and Mr.. Clements. jr., into a
mudhole three feet deep, completely
covering them with mud and water
The young lady could not proceed or
the Journey, having been so severely
shocked, but she will be down this