Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-02
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Gene Lorton has gone to Kansas City
to accept job.
Ministers, unlike children, should be
heard, rather than seen too much.
Prof. Beeson took in the State Teach
ers' ASSOCIATION from Osawatomie.
A dance at Nath Priests Monday
night was attended by twenty happy
couples.
The good old custom of paying debts
on the first day of January was almost
totally neglected here this year.
Morgan & McCracken this weektrad
ed J. e. Walstad's stock of saddlery and
harness for good property in Wichita.
A happy new year to the readers and
patrons of the INDEX. May the wheel
of fortune bring them "n top this year.
Medicine Lodge has the only cotton
gin in this part of Kansas and Barber
county is the great cotton-raisingc oun-
ty of Southern Kansas.
We have 2OO-horse water-power at
Medicine Lodge that IS ready to be at
tached to any manufacturing establish
ment that may desire to locate here.
After the entertainment Monday
evening, a number of young people re-
NAMED in the opera house and enjoyed
a social dance that lasted until mid
night.
Davis, the re-captured jail-breaker
and alleged burglar, was arraigned be-
fore Justice Howe Monday with Carr
Il Cutlip as his attorneys, but he waived
preliminary examination.
Mrs. D. A. McCanless is in receipt of
pleasant reminder of the new year in
the shape of very handsome album
from her old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Gobeille, of Pawtucket. r. 1.
A sugar mill and refinery, a creamery
with capacity of 10000 pounds of milk
per day, gypsum factory and big
grist mill are among the assured indus
tries for Medicine Lodge during the
blessed year of 1899.
A watch meeting was held at the
Presbyteria church and participated in
by a great number of people. Old
eighty eight was reIegated to the past
and 'elghty-nlne was welcomed in a
most pleasant manner.
Elder ID. Nation has been employed
as pastor of the Christian church here,
and has already entered upon his work.
Preaching regularly every Sunday NOR
ming and night. He expects his family
about the first Of March.
This week Morgan s. McCracken
traded to Geo. Allen, of Sharon, Is head
of registered Jersey cattle, the property
of Dr.. Cushenberry, of Waverly. Kans.,
for a farm near Sharon. Mr.. Allen will
give attention to the Jersey cattle BUSH
ness and he has a good herd to start on.
Medicine Lodge must have a sugar
plant in operation this summer. We
are all willing to make any reasonable
sacrifice to secure one, but we are not
willing to furnish the plant and then
give it away. If we have to build it
without outside help, we propose to run
1t, and divide the dividends.
The Wheat Brown litigation is be-
coming more complicated every day.
Attorneys Overstreet & Denton and I.
n. McNeal, for the plaintiff. and Carr
u Cutlip and D. A. McCanless for the
defendant, are staying awake at nights
thinking up short cuts that they can
work on each other. 1t looks now that
the case will be taken to some other
township.
Henry burst this season carried out a
New Years apothegm that had been
handed down to him in the old country:
that bad luck would come to him who
first received new year greeting from
woman. So Mr.. burst, to ward off
adversely from his many friends, had
printed pretty card of greeting which
he sent them with his best wishes foI
their happiness and prosperity during
1899. The INDEX was duly remembered
and now we ale looking for all sorts OF
good luck.
In Clark and Harper counties last
year the farmers adopted new plan
in planting corn. They used corn and
cane together-for every row of cane
planted they put in two rows of corn
so that for five rows of cane there were
ten rows of corn. This proved a great
success; the corn produced from thirty
to forty bushels to the acre. On fields
adjoining, which had been planted in
the old style, the hot winds scorche6
and shriveled the stalk, while that il
the fields on the new plan was percep
tibly not affected by hot winds, anl
the people there are highly gratifieG
over their success in placing a barrier
before the only real drawback to til,
raising of crops iii the southwest
The entertainment given by the Pres
byterian sunday school Monday even
ing at Thompson's opera house was en-
JOyed by large audience. and the little
ones acquitted themselves to the salts
faction of their parents, teachers an(
friends. The cantata of Santa Clau
| was arranged for the amusement O
children, especially. There are severa
pretty solos, DUETS and trios in it, bu
the real attraction is Santa Claus on hi!
trip of gift giving. Mr. e. A. McNea
did his part admirably. The singing O
Miss Hahn was not as good as usual
owing to miserable cold and hoarse
ness; Mrs, Peck had little opportunity
for display Of her musical charms, bu
She did well all that she attempted
Miss Mile Noble, Miss Wadswortf
and Mrs. Carmichael rendered thei
parts very pleasantly. The orchestra
music was even betteE than usual. al
together the entertainment was sue
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