Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-20
LOCAL NEWS.

New Boots ana Shoes at Book S the
best line in town. 8
Nearly every portion of the state has
had rain III the past ten days.
There was a good rain five miles
north of this city last Thursday. Not
a drop here.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank.
Miss Carrie Carmichael returned
home Thursday, from a weeks visit to
IIalstead.
Standiford, Youmans 4 Eldred have
just put down a good sidewalk in front
of their store.
If there is man at Sharon who does
ID not read the INDEX, we don't know
who he is. Our Sharon list is daisy.
V. Bloom, four miles west of town.
left a sample OF his corn with us, last
week, which is pretty fair for a dry
year.
Tickets to the 5. V. encampment,
at st. Joe, Aug. 18th to 10Th, Will be
sold at one fare for round trip. Good
ill September 2nd.
W. +. Williams has corn on his place.
y few days ago, While cutting corn. he
ran against an ear, and received very
handsome black eye.
3Irs J. 4. Rhod es, of Antelope Flats.
will start this week, to Springfield,
H., to spend the summer with her
daughter and friends.
There are some very strange Jefrer-
sonian democrats in this world. Men
who bolt nominees of the party to talk
of jefferson or Jackson!
Remember that Finney has moved
his Harness SnOD three doors south,
and has the largest stock and lowest
prices. Call and look at his new pat
tent collar. 1t is a dandy. 12t2
The last issue of the Kiowa Herald
takes occasion to throw mud at it's old
enemy, Judge Stevens. We supposed
it had gotten enough Of this a year ago,
when Judge Stevens was democratic
nominee.
The Coldwater Echo says Mr.. Simp-
son may be a good, honest, Trustworthy
man, but is he posted?' You bet your
socks he 5 posted. If you admit the
above, why not vote and work for him.
Hallowell is a politician of the old sort.
We want a rest on that Lire.
The republicans are claiming credit
for having raised the price of potatoes
from twenty cents to a dollar a bushel
Let's give them the credit, and then
blame them for the drouth. The
drouth caused the rise.
A. j. Lnville, of Mingona, left us a
sample Of his corn, last Friday, which
is good enough for anybody. The ears
are large, well-llled, and nine ears
weigh nine pounds. lie has thirty
five acres nearly rs good as the sample.
If any of our alliance friends can beat
il, we would like to hear from them.
Remember that for Asthma, Chronic
Bronchial cough, Catarrh, pain in the
chest, all obscure diseases of the lungs,
likewise consumption, if commenced
early in the history of the disease be-
fore the cavities in the lungs have
formed, Oxygen is positive cure. APP
ply to DR.. Kociell for terms. 10
y friend hands us the following local
!tem: The Cresset sneeringly refers
10 our candidate for congress as Medl-
cine Lodges eX-dog- catcher aud mar
shal. Once Lutte AXline hauled bones
for living. and 1t was honorable; but
to all who kuOW the two men, Mr.. Ak
lines rise from bohe-hauler to editor of
country newspaper is more surprising
than Jerry Simpsons rise from dog
catcher To a seat in congress-"
The w. ID. Myer ranch, six miles
northeast Of Medicine Lodge, consist.
ingof 1000 acres, was sold last week to
Mr.CraddOck, of Bloomington, H., fol
$4,000. Mr.. Craddock isguite wealthy
and will stock up the ranch in first
class style, and put man on the place
to attend to it. We are always glad tC
announce good news. We hope and be
llieve that this change VIII give US a
lfirst-class stock farm, in place of an al
most unbroken ranch.
Coldwater star: The politics of the
Medicine Lodge "Index' have beer
changed from democratic to an ALI.
ance paper. Il. u. Caruthers, the senior
partner has retired from the Index
having sold his interest to the farmers
N faf, L, :.
interest in the paper and business ant
will conduct the paper in tbs alliance
faith in the future The Index Is the
best paper published in Barber county
and the alliance should be proud of
their organ
We shall not Intentionally raise an
argument with the Cresset, as it seems
to know more about alliance business
than Old man Alliance himself. We
don't think any attempt was made to
get Mr.. Caruthers to assume editorial
control" We don't think he refused
to thus compromise himself" We
don't know how the Cresset learned
that mot one out of ten alliance men APP
prove of their county ticket" Nor do
ave know how it learned that the ALI
ance agreed to increase the snbscrp-
tion list of the paper about $50" and
mad only raised about so of the num-
Der, and are realizing that they have con-
tracted a "big job" We think the
Cresset was guessing, and that il
guessed wrong every time.