Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24

sui, aL Tie lOW0SC prices at DOCK b. 10
IL. Settles returned from his visit
to his parents at Fostoria, Ohio, Sun
day.
Miss Lydia Robie came home last
Friday, from her visit to the eastern
part of the state.
Wonder if the religious weakly will
tell us the name Of the church to which
Mr.. Streeter belongs?
Privileges to let-For the grand ALI
ance picnic at this place on the 9th.
Apply to r. M. Sparks. 17t2
For sale-Good gentle buggy mare,
harness and buggy all together or sepa
rately. At this Office.
Born-In Aetna township recently,
TO the wife Of Mr.. John HalI-a son.
Another alliance worker.
Sharon gives beef, and Mr.. Coffman
of Elm Mills, gives 500 pounds of flour
to help out the barbecue.
The Cresset has not abused an infidel
for two weeks. Has its kin.folks been
giving it scoring, or Is it getting in a
tight box?
The Helping Hands will meet with
Miss Della Simpson, Saturday, Octo-
Der 4th, at o'clock p. m. Lulu Karr,
Secretary.
The young peoples social club had
dance at Sherlock's hall, last Friday
night. They claim TO have had a very
pleasant time.
Wonder if quiet, peaceable infidel,
(if there is any in6del,) is not as good
as rip-snorting profane man who is
not an infidel?
There was light rain last Thursday
night, and a good, gully-washer Satur-
day night. The farmers can now go
ahead with wheat planting.
Elm Valley alliance claims to have
the prettiest badge of any sub-alliance
in the county, and desire to publicly
thank Davis Il Davis for a donation of
ribbon.
About twenty-five feet of the north
bank of the silo hole, which is being
built at the sugarwOrks, caved in last
Friday. 1t was partly filled with cane
fodder.
The father Of County Attorney Cam
eron died in Washington county, Hi
nois, on the 10Th inst. Mr.. Cameron
will probably leave here to- day, to make
trip back there for some days.
The sugar mill made the largest run
lastFriday night that it ever made in the
same length of time. Enough cane
was cut and run through the battery to
make 1900 pounds of sugar, at the
rate of "a 900 pounds of sugar per day.
So far as we can see, everything is in
readiness at the new Touring mill, to
begin grinding wheat at an hours no.
tice. There is some little tinkering GO
ing on, but we think grinding will COM
mence this week.
At the Cedar township convention,
last Saturday, l.. M. Presnal intro
duced the following: Resolved, that
we vote the peoples ticket straight,
from state to township ticket, without
a scratch" The resolution was ADOPT
ed amidst great enthusiasm. Hurrah
for Cedar.
The Helping Hands of the Christian
church will give a basket masque social
on Friday evening, September 26th, at
the Byerly and Dark building. The
ladies will masque, and the gentlemen,
after buying basket for 40 cents, if he
is able to guess whose basket he has,
will get 1t for half price. FIVE cents
admission will be charged at the door.
Come everybody and have a good time.
An open letter TO the proprietor of
the roam cow Please do either keep
your COW shut up nights, or else take
off that COW bell she wears around her
neck, as it is quite unpleasant to be
kept awake by q rattle under ones
window. The COW robbed the writer of
several nights sleep, during the sum-
mer, and night before last it was nee
essary to get up three different times
and chase her out of the neighborhood.
An annoyed citizen.
c. Q. Chandler returned, Friday,
from four or five weeks visit to east
ern cities. The most of his time was
spent at Sioux City, Iowa. He came by
Elk City, on his way back, and brought
his mother home, who has been
visiting that place for the past three
weeks. While everybody gladly well
coined them home, they sOrrowfully
heard the news that their stay would
only be for 9 few days-iust long
enough for them to pack their goods.
and that they would then remove to
Sioux City. They expect to leave here
tomorrow. Mr.. Chandler is rustling
young business man; he Is not content
to let business move along at its own
gait. He will push it along faster, nc
matter how fast it is going. Medicine
Lodge needs him, and few more like
him; cat as we have to give him up, we
congratulate sioux City in gaining such
an addition. We predict that he vii
soon make his presence felt In that city
Mrs. Chandler is a lady Of the ole
schools everybody loves her, and she
will leave a vacancy in the hearts OF
her friends that cannot sOOn be filled
They are both earnest workers in the
Baptist church, and that body will sui
fer very serious loss. Our best wish
es for their health, happiness and pros
perity will go with them. Mr.. Chan
dler will be the cashier Of new banl
at Sioux City, at 6 handsome salary
He will still retain the presidency o.
the Citizans National hank Of fhiI