Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-31
LOCAL NEWS.

What did you get in your stocking
Christmasp
District court adjourned for the term
yesterday at noon.
Hon. T. A. McNeal went to Larned,
last Friday, on legal business.
Go to the old reliable S. Y. &E. for
your holiday groceries. 20
Attorney g. b. Wiley, of Klowa, has
been here this week, attending court.
McCIearey & Staubus will sell you
feed and mill stuff at bottom prices. 20
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Ed. Youmans, Wednesday, Janu-
airy 7th.
The Winfield Non-Con. $50. The
INDEX, SLIGO. We Will furnish both at
$500.
Mr.. II. Walker, of Elm Mills, was
down Monday, and paid his respects to
the INDEX.
Capt. J. II. Posey, of Oklahoma, is
here this week, shaking hands with his
many friends.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
Ist National bank.
Saturday was a warm, beautiful day,
and the town was again full of people.
Our merchants did a good business.
Toys, pictures, perfumes. workboxes,
hand painted plaques, books, and a
thousand holiday presents, at Young's.
Leslie L. Anderson, knight of the
"stick and rule" of the Harper Bull
letin, spent Christmas in the city with
friends and relatives. His presence
ly Friday.
For holiday excursions, distance not
exceeding 200 miles, the Santa Fe will
sell tickets at one and third fare
for round trip. Tickets on sale Dec
"a, %, 3lst and Jan. l, good to return
till January s. 30t3
The Christmas tree at Grandvlew
school house was great success. The
house was crowded; everybody received
presents; and, after the distribution,
the young people played games, etc. for
AN hour or two.
Try l2-pound sack Of Weber's new
Graham Flour. Also try his new corn
meal. For sale at the mill or at Bur-
nett's store. Any article bought at the
mill will be delivered free of charge to
any part Of town. %
Bob Wall says that since Mr.. Wor-
land made the mistake of trying to
make picked pork by feeding pickles to
his hogs, he has completely lost his
grip, and on Christmas day an old mare,
nearly twenty-one years old, threw him
twice.
Delta lodge, A. F. ga. M. has elect
ed and enstalled the following officers:
w. M, IL. A. Burnett; s. W.. II. M.
Woodward; j. W., Hugh Rankin; Treas
urer, b. Lacy; Secretary, w. Stout;
S. D., o. L. BeesoD; ]. D., I. M. Kidd;
S. S., J. y. Matthew's; j. S. J. A. Nine
check; Tyler, .. s. Boggs; Chaplain, R.
Hahn.
Hazelton Express: Nv. NJ. Cash,
editor of the Coldwater Star, has son
named Spot. w. NJ. is probably the
only editor in southern Kansas who has
Spot Cash always at his command. :.
Mr.. s. s. Robinson attended the poul-
try show at Wellington last week with
his fine Partridge Cochin and Langshan
chickens, and we are pleased to say
that he secured several premiums.
Professor Snow, Oh ancellor of the
State University, will deliver lecture
at ThOmpsou's opera house in this city
on Thursday night, January 9th. His
subject will be Doctrine of Evolu-
ton" The lecture will be for the ben
eft Of our public school, and small
admission will be charged, just enough
10 pay expenses. Prof. Garfield will
also lecture here some time in April.
Mr.. John Sparks has lost two valu-
able horses, and has number of sick
animals on hand. The disease is sup
posed to be lung fever. One Of his
matched team of mares is dead, and the
other sick. The pair was worth $3.50.
This is heavy blow on Mr.. Sparks.
but he will grumbie rs little over his
misfortune as any man in the county.
VIM. and James Springer both have a
number of sick horses, and we have
heard Of others.
A case Of great Importance was up
before our district court, Monday. 1t
was the case of ID. X. Cunningham VS..
the Colonial and U. S. Mortgage Co.,
FOR $4,000 damages. The attorneys
engaged were F. NJ. McNulty, OF Sioux
City, Iowa, and G. NJ. Sterry, of En-
poria, for the defense; and Overstreet
& Denton, Martin s. McNeal, L. Sam
pie and &. l. Long for the plaintiff.
Several motions were made and argued.
and finally, Judge Ellis, finding he had
not time TO go into the case, had it con-
tInued till the next term.
st. Louis Republic: "a communica-
ton from Columbia, Mo-, printed in
Fridays Republic, stated that the board
of curators had invited Prof. r. H.
Jesse, of Tnlare University, Louisiana.
to the presidency OF the Missouri Uni
versity, by unanimous vote. A call
was made upon Senator Eustis, of Lou
isiana, who was at one time professor
of languages at Tulare, and VINO is one
of the most scholarly men n the SEN
ate. Senator Eustis said: Il think the
management of the Missouri University
has done we'll in selecting and inviting
Prof. r. II. Jesse to the presidential
chair of the State University. He is
thoroughly cultured and polished gen.
tleman, and as broad scholar and lit
erary genius as / have eyer met, and
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