Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-06-18

Lemuel L. Williams has been granted
pension.
Silverware at your own figures. Hub
bard, the Jeweler. 8
There will be at least two original
package houses in Medicine Lodge.
Attorney Denton was at Coldwater
last Friday and Saturday OH business.
John Dohrer and z. E. Kathrens
went to Kansas City, Sunday and re-
turned Tuesday.
The pOstoffice remains open Saturday
evenings until O'Clock; other week
days it closes at O'Clock.
The Earnest Workers of the Presby-
terrain church, will meet with Mrs.
Merrill, on Thursday evening, June 9,
at o'clock.
Mrs. Henry Kritzmier and three chill
dren, of Augusta, Kansas, came in Sat-
urday, OH visit to her sisters, Mrs.
Kritzmier and Mrs. LanghOrst.
Hubbard is actually going to close
out and quit. Read his big advertise
ment in this paper and then take adj
vantage of the bargains he offers.
Mrs. w. III. Moore aud the twins will
leave, tomorrow, for Iowa, on a visit
Miss Daisy will go to Halstead, at the
same time, on visit to Rev. Sander
sons family.
Book, the Friend of Perspiring HUI
manity," is what he is. No other firm
or house ever displayed such stock of
summer goods in Medicine Lodge. Go
and get your Fourth of July outfit of
Book. Go now. 3
Mayor James Wilson, of Meade, has
sent the INDEX a cordial invitation to
celebrate the Fourth with the people
of his city. But for the event of the
century to occur here on the Fourth,
the INDEX would be there.
L. McEnany, who returned here from
Leadville, several weeks since, has
rented the Lewis Baldwin place, s miles
south of Sun City, bought his crop,
wagons, etc, and will make his home
there. Mr.. McEnany's sou, John, will
soon move to San Juan, n. NJ, from
LeadvllIe.
Sheriff Tom Cranmer, of Cooper
county, Mo-, well known to many Bar
Der county citizens, died last Sunday OF
a wound received from prisoner in
jail. He went to feed the prisoners
when one West shot him, the ball TAX
ing effect in the arm and passing
through the body.
At meeting of the Kansas sugar as
ISOLATION, at Hutchinson, last week
there was read papers written by Med
icine Lodge citizens as follows: THE
Manner of Planting and CultivatinG
Cane" by J. H.McCracken. sorghum
Sugar Business as an Investment fOl
Capital" by w. w. Cook.
Medicine Lodge will step to the from
again this year as the sorghum ant
beet sugar center of Kansas and, a
this time, it appears that the mill here
Will make at least a million and a hal
pounds of sugar. The eyes of the stat
are on the mill at Medicine Lodge ant
there is a universal wish that the 230t
ceres of cane and $50 acres of beet
may reach a rich maturity.
Verna, infant daughter of Mr.. an,
, Mrs. L. f. Hubbard, died, in this city
last Saturday, June l4th, and was bu
ried Sunday afternoon. Her age wa
two months and eleven days. DIR. Phil
lips conducted funeral services at tn
the home of the parents, and the re
mains were followed to the grave by
large number of friends Of the family
The bereaved father and mother hay
y the sympathy of their many friends il
0 the loss of their first-bOrn.
a ram would be acceptable in Barbe
county just now. Corn is not suffer
! ing; but the oats are badly needin
rain. The sorghum and beet Gro
would also be benefited by rain. How
: ever, the dry weather is just what i
3 needed for a successful harvest an,
many farmers are praying that no raj
a may fall during the next ten days
}. The indications are that there will b
e rain inside of the next "A hours.
u 1t Is the duty of every citizen to Sc
J.. that his or her name is secured by tn
e census enumeration. The population G
/ the city and county as shown by tn
e census of 1886 viii be used for G
against us for years to come. OF cOurs
e we want to make good showing an
o so everyone should see that his own an
e his frIends' names are properly enun
l. Grated. In large cities committees al
j. being appointed by boards OF trade
a and city governments to see that every
# body is enumerated in the census.
{; A farm house on one of p. d. Cur
:. ningham's places, occupied by Nj
e Thornberry, was burned Monday after
e noon at o'clock. The entire contents
# excepting four chairs and some beddin
were burned. Two out-buildiDgs,
= new buggy and some harness were ais
: burned. Mr.. Thornberry was ava
: from home, but his wife and childre
i were at home. The origin of the fiji
y was defective flue. Fhe house was
e story and half, well finished and wa
e worth about $500. Other propert
e destroyed was worth about $500 NOR
y w. H. Worland tells us the followin
n Joke on his friend, Mr.. Wall M
It Wall wrote several letters to frienC
II back east, and brought them 10 tow
s to mail them. While in the pestoffiC
"a he received several letters, and stoppe
W to read them. He got the letters mi.
re ed up, and, in his haste, opened a lett
he had written. and brought in to maj
: After reading it over carefully, he sa