Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-30

here this week.
Sheriff Stevens was at Kiowa yester-
day collecting personal taxes.
A number of her young friends treat
ed Miss Belle Hart to surprise party
last Friday evening.
Commissioner Fleming. r. Lake, G.
D. Nelson and F. L. Gordon were down
from Lake City yesterday.
Catholic services will be held in the
Gobeille building on the 18th instead of
the 18th, as was first announced.
The Ladies AID society of the NJ. E.
church meets Friday afternoon with
Mrs. DIR. Moore. Mrs. Houchin, sec'y.
Teachers wanting drawing paper for
exhibition work can secure it from the
county superintendent by sending IN
request.
Mrs. Anna Savage, who has been sick
for some time, is now in town under
the treatment of Mrs. Williams on North
Main street.
L. G. Pollard has secured position
as manager of lumber company at
independence, Mo. He went up yester-
day and his family will follow soon.
Married in Hazelton, at the residence
of Mrs. Francis Smith, on Jan. oath,
1889, Melvin S. Klink to Miss Nettie a.
Smith, Rev. II. J. Burleigh officiating.
The Earnest Workers of the Presby-
terrain church will meet with Mrs. Mer-
rill on ThuIday afternoon. Jan. 31st, at
O'Clock. Mrs. r. A. Cameron, sec'y.
1.-THE Great Salvation" will be the
subject of discussion at the Christian
church next Sunday evening. by Elder
Nation. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
The grand jury will assemble here
next Tuesday. Medicine Lodge IS not
trembling in it's boots; but we have an
idea that sister city on the south is a
little bit nervous.
Three car loads of cattle and one of
hogs were shipped from here Monday
night, G.. w. HendrIckson. Jas. A.
4AOOhdAhs Aes NJ MAUI. llCoG
and G. Ii. Eldred being the shippers.
The Peake Sisters, some ten or twelve
IN number, will give one of their select
entertainments in this city, about the
latter part of February, under the aus
pieces of the Baptist Ladies' Aid society.
The teachers association adjourned
/ loct SATURDAY. FOR tvrrO vUaol1c on oooon =, +
of the cold wave. On February 9th,
the programme will be discussed. The
joint meeting will be held two weeks
! later
kansas Day. was appropriately OBJ
served here yesterday, 29th, in the pub
lie schools of this city. The scholars
generally presented essays or answered
questions relating to the history of the
state. An unusual interest was mani.
tested.
The Conversion of Saul, of Tarsas,
will be the subject of at the Presbyter.
ian church next Sunday morning. The
usual song service will be held before
the regular evening service. Subject
1.-The Absurdity of the Theory of Evo
luton" The public is cordially invited
L. p. Cook, assistant superintendent
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, with headquarters at Dallas, Tex
as, accompanied by his wife, daughter
and son, arrived here last Saturday OF
visit to his brother, w. w. Cook. The
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days.
We are great believer in majority
rule, and if the people to-day say they
want to go In debt $50, 900 to experiment
on waterworks. we shall not further OBJ
ject. But we conscientiously believe
that it will be bad Investment at this
time. Nothing can be lost by waiting
until next fall.
Next week district court will com
mence with about $50 cases on the dock
ct and we want to suggest to Judge
Ellis that he should not let the lawyers
monkey with him and also that h,
should not monkey with the lawyers
1t is no credit to the county that it ha,
an extensive docket, and the sooner tina
docket is cleared up, the better. If thu
attorneys are prompt in getting thei
cases ready and If the judge is promp
in passing on questions of law submit
ted to him, the docket will be practical
ly cleaned in the four weeks that will
be allowed to the February term.
From Mayor Esmond's first annua
message to the city council, Jan. 2, 1889
- would also call the attention
of the council to the necessity of promp
attention to the banks of the canal OF
water ditch, the banks of same requir
ing the necessary work that 1 have
heretofore called your attention to, anC
! in case you do not see Ct to have the
necessary rel S."irs done, would ask thai
the head gates at Elm creeH Sa shut
down and the water thrown over dam
until such time as the council are ready
to utilize the same" And now, WE
would like TO enquire If anything has
been done towards putting the ditch in
repair.
1t is to be hoped that the school book
question will be legislated on this win
ter. At present, whenever a count,
superintendent or a school principal
or even some energetic book seller
takes notion that there should be a
change in the books used in his county
or district the pocket books of schoo
| DatrOnS are not once thnuOht Of bnt l,e
edict goes forth and the books arr
changed. A bill introduced in the
house of representatives by Mr.. Davis
which virtually makes the county uni.
formity system compulsory, has been
reported on favorably by the committee
On education. A county uniformit,
DILL was passed several years ago; but