Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-19
Vernal equinox Friday.


Mrs. Nixon and the children are Wis
iting at Winfield.
The thermometer stood at 70 Monday
and everybody had spring fever.
The John lift steer now weighs 2,085
pounds, and he is still taking on fat.
Rev. Sanderson is attending NJ. E.
conference at Hutchinson. this week.
A. S. McClearey took lOl subscribers
to the Kansas City Weekly Star, last
week.
The ladies' aid society of the NJ. E.
church will meet On Friday with Mrs.
Crews.
a force is now at work getting the
sugar mill in readiness for work this
season.
There is considerable inquiry already
for land near town, suitable for sor-
ghum and beet-raising.
Wanted-To buy a good organ. 1t
must be cheap for cash. Call on w. s.
Watkins, at Burnett's store.
Henry J. Kelley and Miss Eva Alltl-
yer, both of this city, were married at
Anthony, Kansas, on the 10th inst.
Granville Morris fell from wagon.
Monday, and bruised himself in the left
lumbar region. or small of the back.
George g. Jamison has been appoint
by the governor justice of the peace
for Aetna township, to fill a vacancy.
The postoffice is open on Sundays
from 1920 to IL a. M, and one hour IN
the afternoon, on the arrival of the
mail.
We are afraid the water-chute at the
tail-gate will soon cause mischief. The
leakage threatens to undermine the
tail gate.
Judge q. w. Stevens started to Car
rOllton, Illinois, last Saturday, in an
swer to a telegram announcing the
death of his uncle.
There is not half as much ground
broken now as had been broken at this
time last year. One reason is that more
listers Will be used this year.
Mr.. Kilby will be here in few days.
when the sugarworks company will
make their order for additional machin-
cry, including bone-black filter and a
refining outfit.
This Office is having a big run of job
work, and last week kept four men busy
to keep up with the orders. We turn
out none but firSt-claSs work, and we
handle nothing but the best stock.
Mrs. Nation presented the Christian
church of this city handsome marble
top center table, for the communion
service. and nice patent rocking chair
for the pulpit. The church is proud of
the present.
Elder J. Z. Nicholson was chosen as
pastor Of the Christian church of this
city, at business meeting of the church
last Wednesday night. He will move
his family here, and begin his pastoral
work by the second Sunday in April.
w. w. Standiford is up from Engle
wood. He says that SO far there ha'
been no trouble on the western part OF
the Cherokee Strip, though the cattle
men are preparing to get their stock
out the coming spring and summer.
Jonathan McGrath is figuring OF
street sprinkling. The water will bt
iuh lNxr1 IL o
free, and if everyone along Main stree
and Kansas Avenue will subscribe {
small amount, Mr.. McGrath will prom
Use them satisfaction.
Horsemen are reminded that they cal
get horse or jack bills at the INDEX of
flee, printed on paper, cardboard, tag
board or cloth, on the shortest notice
and at reasonable prices. A great va
riety of cuts from which to select. SenC
or bring in your orders early.
NJ. Strong was called to Chicago, thi'
week, to see his wife, who is there I'M
der surgical treatment for cancer. Mrs
Strong has been there since last Octo
Der, and it was believed that she woulC
be entirely freed from cancers, but late
ly indications of new ones have ap
peared.
The entertainment given last night
by the Willing Workers, was success
There was large and appreciatlve au
dience. The music was fine, the scene,
well presented, the tableauX effective
and evirything was done promptly. Al
were well entertained, and the receipts
were satisfactory.
The article on cane culture, in In,
INDEX to-day, by j. IL. McCracken, wht
superintendent the. crop grown here las
season, is one of a series that Mr.. Nc
Cracker has promised to write. II
watched the crop last season, and as
sisted the chemist in making the analy
ses, and his experience should be valua
BILE to beginners especially.
An extensive prairie fire was ragin,
| in the northeast part of Barber count
Monday. and reports say that vas
amount of hay and other feed was de
ollOO ~ ulttu W ACGl
the KIngman and Barber county line
in Sharon township, lost his house, barn
1900 bushels Of corn. 500 bushels o
oats, farm implements and household
goods. Fire also burned off the prairi
and pastures directly east of town, an
Yesterday there were indications of a
extensive fire in the north part of tn
county.
Kiowa Herald. eJames Lahey, Esq
of Medicine Lodge, was in the city las
Monday. This young attorney ha
many friends here, whom lie has wo
by straightforward course of uprigh
dealing. Commissioner Stranathal
says he is the only representative attOl
ney of the First National bank that aI
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