Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Read Cunningham's new money adj.
Two inches of ice on the lake yester-
day.
Go to Henry Morgan for your farm
loans. IL
Miss Cartan visited friends in Wichi-
Ia last week, three days.
For sale or rent, my house in north
end Of town. w. G Musgrove. q
e.. J. Southworth got up, yesterday,
after weeks tussle with la grippe.
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes specially of short time loans. 3
CASH paid for hides and furs at the
meat market opposite First National
bank. %
j. Ii. Lee presented Mr.. and Mrs.
McCague with their first New Years
turkey.
Cheapest money and better privileges
than any loan agent in Barber county.
ii. O'BRIAN. 80
1t is believed that the new school
building will be ready for occupancy by
next Monday.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
LIST National bank.
Roll b. Clark is now at Newton, con-
nected with the Clark hotel, of which
his brother is proprietor.
II. S. Lands and A. NJ. Houchin are
assisting the probate judge in the coun-
~ treasury examination this week.
A serenading party, last Thursday
night, treated number OF the good
people, including part of the INDEX
force.
N. G. Ridgeway, of Wichita, Kansas,
was down to attend the wedding of his
brother-in-law, w. II. McCague, last
Wednesday.
The third dance given by the Cinch
club, last night, at The opera house, was
another pleasant affair. About twenty
couples were present.
An important business meeting will
be held at the Christian church next
Sunday morning. Every member of the
denomination is urged to attend.
Scott l.. Allen entertained few
friends at tea last Saturday evening, in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. McCague, and
afterward a theater party was organ
lied.
Granville Morris recently bought from
Jacob Achenbach, of this county, 100
three-year-old feeding steers, for j. Nj.
Burlington, of Oxford, Kansas, paying
for the lot So, 100.
The revival meeting at the Methodist
church is still in progress, with good
interest and large attendance. Twen-
ty-six persons have united with the
church by letter and OH probation.
Fifteen couples who partOok of it,
pronounced the dinner spread by Mrs.
III. Z. Thompson, last Friday, as the
best dinner ever given in Medicine
Lodge, without exception. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thompson are exceptionally pleas
ant entertainers.
Mrs. Alice +. Yant has opened up a
complete line of millinery, all new, sty-
lish and seasOnable goods, in the room
recently vacated by Mrs. VanSlyke.
The goods were purchased for cash and
will be sold cheaper than frstclass
goods were ever before offered here.
At the organization of the Medicine
Lodge Sugarworks and Refining Copl-
pany, G. ii. Eldred was elected presi-
dent, o. II. Dunbar vice president and
G. l. Human secretary and manager.
The above with e. w. Walter, Z. Sam
pie and Geo. w. HOrney are the dlrec-
tors.
In the Harrington stock of goods.
sold at mortgage sale, last week, was
full and complete line of new hats and
caps, clothing, furnishing goods, boots
and shoes, and perfect line of fancy
groceries. Standiford, Youmans 4 Ell
dred bought the entire "lock, stock and
barrel, and are selling it without re-
gard to cost. Go and see it. 1t is !m-
mense. %
The Sugarworks and Refining Co.
have just put in 1000 worth more of
iron tanks and watts and haYe everything
full of syrup. This week they shipped
a carload of sugar to Iowa and they
have an order from the same customer
for another carload. The demand for
their sugar is increasing rapidly. Here
at home Medicine Lodge sugar is used
in preference. to any other. The beet
sugar manufactured the past season as
an experiment, 10000 pounds, will all
be sold here.
The cement and plaster works being
completed by Best Bros. q Co. in Med
icine Lodge, are enclosed in suhstan-
tial building 5sx7s feet, tine FIRST full
story being stone wall, "A inches
thick. The engine and boiler room is
Of corrugated IRON, 24x36 feet. The
bake oven, with capacity Of % tons
per day, has $500 cubic feet OF stone
and 6re-brick masonry in 1t. The ma.
ehinery isnearly al here and wosk vii
Commence soon. Already the COMPANY
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