Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12


Cunninghams want all the yearly in
terest farm loans they can get. Al
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes speciality of short time loans. 8
Creamery butter always on hand, at
Stamford, Youmans & Eldred's. so
Thos. Edes, of Valley township, will
commence heading his wheat next
week.
See L. l.. Lindley, manager, for year
ly interest farm loans; also short time
chattel loans.
Grant Jones went to Ashland to at
tend the marriage of his sister, which
occurred Sunday.
Attorney o. G. Howe was at Cold
water with L. G.. Peck last Wednesday,
on legal business.
The school building foundation is now
above ground, and the cut stone will be
started this week.
Earl Young was in Topeka the night
of the lynching aud witnessed it. He
came home last week.
Attorney Jones went to Wichita, Mon
day, to take dispositions in suit pend
ing in Harper county.
DR.. Gillette took his folks to Nebras-
ka, and returned here last week and at
once started back overland with his
horse and and buggy.
DIR. Bartlett, wife and son, of Aurora,
ILL.,, are out here on visit to Mrs. BIS
parents, Hon. r. L. and Mrs. Carter,
of Lake City township.
Miss Burgess closed her private school
last Friday. The attendance was only
about 30 and this promised to be cut
down when hot weather arrived.
Ladies, at no place in the county can
you have such variety from which to
select your shoes. We are well stocked
up in this line. The finest and best are
the cheapest. S. Y. & E. so
Do you want to have a sale ? If so
come to the INDEX and let us print
your bills. There is no case on record
where sale was not a success when
the INDEX printed the bills. q
Farmers who have been in this week
say that the oats crop will be first class,
much better than they expected. The
rains of the past ten days have done
great things for Barber county.
Marshall Sherry, the founder of this
paper, is resident of Seattle, w. T.,
and his family here are much worried
for fear that he was a sufferer in the
big fire that occurred there last week.
ID. a. Espey and wife, of Wellington,
old Illinois friends of Z. A. Simmons
and family, were here last week on a
visit. Mr.. Espey is superintendent and
manager of the Wellington salt works.
Bro. J. l.. Isenberg, of the Harper
Sentinel, was here Sunday, between
trains, and we regret that the senior
was out of town. Come again, and we
will stuff you mentally and physically.
Reub. Lakes wheat will average 20
bushels, Judge Stevens thinks. He has
III tbO tlClCO anu IlllO lCtll IC VIII pIU OuO
l 500 acres. All over the county farm
ers will double the wheat acreage of
this season.
Leon Beals, of Sharon, is reading law
with Sample 81 Long. He starts off
with good foundation, a good educa-
ton, experience as school teacher, eX-
tensive miscellaneous reading and good
common sense.
DUTY of Church Officers" the sub
ject for discourse at the Christian
church last Sunday night, was post
poned until next Sunday night, owing
to bad weather. Subject for morning
service, Attitude in Prayer" All are
invited.
Uncle Ed Howard, at the farmers
convention, last Saturday, gave it as
his sober, honest opinion that 1t would
not pay to haul milk to town for sale at
cents per gallon unless the farmer
could drive across good, stout stream
of waterl
1t has been suggested that Coy. Hum
phrey may be induced to attend the cor
ner-stone laying at this place on the
oath. Mr.. Freeman and Mr.. McNeal
talked to him about the matter last
week and he expressed desire to at
tend if he could so arrange his affairs.
Judge Hardy returned from Washing
ton, d. g., last week. He saw the pres
ident and talked with him thirty min
utes. Judge Peters claimed that he had
made no promises about the soStOfice
at Medicine Lodge. Judge Hardy
thinks he stands about as good chance
for the appointment as any ofthe appli-
cants.
The children's service in the grove
last Sunday was postponed until next
Sunday morning, on account of the
rain. several pieces were recited, and
the programme Dromises TO be very in
teresting. Remember the services will
commence at 1890. If it should be
damp, the services will be held in the
church.
At a special meeting of the building
association directors tomorrow, Thurs
day night, the proposition to amend the
bylaws so as to allow any stakeholder
to draw ont the amount of installments
he has paid in, WITHOUT interest, will
be considered. 1t is proposed 10 deyote
three-fourths of the surplus IN the
treasury when it exceeds $500 to this
purpose.
a new way to catch coyotes is being
practlced around here by enterprising
boys. Finding aden, they secure dry
land turtle or terrapin and attaching a
burning brand, oiled rag or something,
to his rear. they start him in the hole