Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-03
LOCAL NEWS.
DIR. \ ant-Dentist.

on business connected with the First
National Bank.
The latest, tendeuest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
LIST National bank.
Answer fool according to his fol-
H." The INDEX viii answer when ii
knows for certain which one Of the
boys it is answering.
The trial OF :. w. Miles for the muir
der of DR.. G. w. Pritchard, of Cold
water, is set for the oh Of September,
in the Meade district court.
Mrs. ID. a. McCanless came in last
Thursday, from Eureka, on visit to
her old home. We look for the family
, back here in few months.
Larned Eagle Optic: The Medicine
Lodge Index, one of the leading demo
cratic papers of southern Kansas, has
been purchased 10y the farmers alli-
ance."
Quite a number Of our people went to
the Elm Mills camp-meeting last sun
day, who would not cross the street to
hear the best preacher in Kansas. What
is the reason?
Several persons went from here to
Sharon last Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, to attend the picnic and the Sun
day school institute. They were all
well-repaid for going.
The Ladies Society Of the Presby-
terian church will meet with Mrs. Cas-
per burst tomorrow, Thursday after
noon at = O'Clock All al are invited
TO come, and TO come early.
One fare for round trip to the Denver
~ pathological Association, at Denver
Con, Nuber 2nd. Tickets on sale Au-
c,st q good to return till September
25tb Ca,.' on w. O. IIorr for further
information. n
Peaches have become plentiful on
our market, and as The triHt has I'M
proved in size and f qvor, he price has
gone down. We paid $40 l'f ooiil1
small peaches. and can gov buy good
Ohto dJ ~ CtlllS per DuSllel ?
The stone for the base of the tuTOlhe
wheel reached here Monday, and wOth
is being pushed to complete til power
arrangements. The mill is about
ready to begin grinding, and Will hook
OH to the water-power as soon as 1t is
ready.
a. G. Barcley and wife, of Coldwate t,
were here two days last week, visiting
friends. They left Thursday morning
for Kansas City, their future home.
Mr.. BaTcley was one OF the pioneers OF
Coldwater, haying gone there some six
years ago, to engage III the mercantile
business.
w. ). Watkins and wife were at Os-
ceOla, Iowa, last week where, on
Thursday, they attended a Watkins
family reunion. There were sixty-fve
persons presents, all of whom were re-
lated to w. ). or his wife. They had
very pleasant little visit, and got home
last Saturday.
Mr.. Martin was requested to resign
his Office because he differed from some
of the council in regard to his authori-
ty to break into places suspected of hav-
ing liquor. He resigned, knowing that
Mr. McGregor would be appointed,
whether he resigned or not lie has
secured better job at the sugar mill.
y mass convention OF the republican
resubmissionists of Barber county will
be held in the court house at Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, on Saturday Sept. 9Th,
1890, at O'Clock p. m, for the purpose
of electlng three delegates to attend the
State convention, to be held ~ Wichita,
on the 9th inst. All resubmissionIsts
are invited to attend.
Ask your family physician what
means the persistent accumulation in
your throat, of clear starchy mucus.
lie will tell you it is the symptom of
incipient tubercular laryngitis or
consumption in the throat. DIR. KO-
Ciell uses Oxygen gas in the treatment
of all diseases of the lungs and throat,
with perfect success. See him about
terms. Ii
a meeting of the city council was
held Monday night. VIM. Martin hand
ed in his resignation as city marshal,
which was accepted. The mayor then
appointed John McGTegor as city mar
shall, and the appointment was con
hrmed, and the new marshal at once
100 ne "a
No bills were allowed, and no further
business of any Importance was trans
acted.
Miss Leila Stevens delivered TO us
last Saturday, a copy of Stanley'S book
''In Darkest Africa" We have not
had time to more than glance at the
work, but it is a work which should bC
in every library. This is Stanley's owr
book, and not a collection of garbleC
statements by irresponsible authors
See Miss Stevens and order copy al
once. You can't afford to be behind the
times in this matter.
Pratt Republican,: -. b. Cool, on'
of the commissioners of Barber county
was in town Tuesday and paid the Re
publican Office brief visit. Mr.. Coo
is acquainted with Jerre Simpson. o
course, but does not give that gentleman
much of send OF. lie says that Jerr
will lack several hundred votes of car
rying his own county. IL seems tina
Jerre does not stand ycry we'll with to-
people that know him. We publish
the above just to show how some PEG
gle can be mistaken.