Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-29
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loans. IL
$50 test coal oil at 10 cents per gallon
at 5. Y. & E. 90
Cook q Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and city loans. IS
For sale or rent, my house in north
end of town. w. G Musgrove. q
Just received-A complete line of
Boots and Shoes, at Burnett's. 80
Treasurer Peck was in Topeka, last
week, settling with the state treasurer
The McNeal Mortgage Company
makes speciality of short time loans. 8
o. e. Ewart and his son Rob. were
down from Kansas City Saturday and
Sunday.
About half the people of this city
have had the grippe. No deaths, and
all the sick improving.
II. NJ. Ingraham can now make farm
loans at per cent. lower rate than any
agent in Barber county. "a
The sheriff is in charge of the Culver
stock of hardware, at Klowa, holding it
for attaching creditors.
The Earnest Workers, of the Presby-
terrain church, will meet with Mrs. ia
cob Knirr, Thursday afternoon, Janu-
airy both.
The protracted meeting at the Bap-
tist church, which was discontinued a
week ago on account of bad weather
| and sickness, will be resumed, common
cling tomorrow night, at the court
house.
The probate judge, this week issued
marriage licenses for double wedding,
to occur near KIowa. the contracting
parties being Mack G. Myers and Miss
Emma Tillman and John E. Tillman
and Miss Laura Allen.
The laying of the waterworks pipe
was resumed this week and the pipe is
now laid nearly to the Citizens bank.
A fire hydrant is being placed at the
crossing of every street. 1t is expected
that water will be run through the pipe
in the course of week or ten days, or
whenever the hose, reel and ladders ar
rive.
Attica Advocate "a petition was
in circulation here last Saturday ask
ing the governor to call an extra session
| of the legislature for the purpose of rem
dering relief to those who are threat
ened with foreclosures of farm mortga-
ges, setting forth that unless relief
comes many evictions must shortly re-
suit and a great number of families be
left homeless. 1t was pretty generally
signed"
Comanche county is trying very hard
to get rid of its herd law. and it looks as
though the proposition Will be adopted.
The Coldwater Review says of it j.:
Last Saturday the commissioners met
to consider the petitions on the free
range question. 1t was decided that the
petitions contained eleven more names
{ than the requisite two-thirds. but mas
much as a weeks time had been given
the free rangers, that they would allow
the herd law advocates two weeks time
in which to get up remonstrance. A
farmers meeting will be held in this
city tomorrow, to consider the ques-
ton"
DR.. Gillette, now Of Omaha, has not
forgotten Medicine Lodge. The Oma-
ha Herald, of the 2lst, contained the
report on the sugar works, published in
the INDEX January Sth. which DIR. Gil
lette had given the Herald. Barber
| county is being extensively advertised
by reason of it being the center of the
sorghum sugar industry. Every resi-
dent is proud of the showing made, and
every former citizen, who is temporari-
ly away from here, takes pains to tell
what his old home town is doing. AS
soon as the gypsum works start, this
place will get lot more of free adver-
Using, fog the output from the gypsum
and cement works will be used in every
city of Importance in the United States.
Horsemen are reminded that the IN
pEX is prepared to print any kind of
catalogue, circular, card, pamphlet or
bill, giving pedigGses and descriptions
of horses. We have number of cuts
and can send for any special cut that
may be DESIRED. This paper was the
originator of horse shoW day In Barber
county and it Will this season devote
considerable space to the horse bust
ness. We will be glad to learn of any
new horses brought into the county and
the owners will oblige us by telling OF
any good colts they have, their speed
trials, etc. 1t is by continual discus
sion and agitation of the horse business
that a demand for better sires and dams
is created. The INDEX will publish ev.
eEytbjpg of interest sent to it on the
subject.
Perry Pucket, young man about
grown, son of the late j. NJ. Pucket
brother of Mrs. Dial. Morris, of this city
met with a serious accident Monday af-
ternoon. He lives eight miles south
and was starting home in wagon with
viii Page. When near the Christian
church, the team became unmanage-
able and started to run. Page jumped
out. but Pucket held to the lines. Neal
the railroad crossing the wagon tongue
came down, ran into the ground and up
lifted the front wheels in such a man
ner as to throw Pucket out. He fell on
his head and was rendered unconscious
and remained in that condition for sew.
eral hours. DIR, karr was called and
attended him. lie was taken TO w. II
Weidner's and yesterday was able to bt
out. The team was the same one that
! overturned the wagon and broke Dial
Morris leg several weeks since.