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

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S. L. Overstreet is up from Guthrie,
Oklahoma, attending court.
Hon. r. L. Carter and wife are visit
ing their children at Aurora, Ill.
Hand-painred Porcelain Plaques,
something new, just arrived, at
Young's. %
G. w. Limerick, of Galatia, Illinois,
spent Christmas here. He returned
home Monday.
Jas. Dobbs returned Monday from
Oxford, Kansas, where he spent Christ
mas with home folks. He reports the
growing wheat in that section as in ex-
cellent condition.
p. A. Simmons, of Kansas City, came
down Thursday, on visit to his daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. D. Shaw. Mrs. Simmons
had been here for a week previous to
his arrival. Everybody was glad to see
him.
G. j. SOuthworth loaned man his
overcoat about two months ago, and it
has not been returned. He says that
he can't get through the winter with
out an overcoat, and il the man will
bring it back right away it will be all
right, but if he don't bring 1T back
pretty soon, he will always wish he had
done SO.
Ben Teal was doing some work on a
turning lathe, last Friday afternoon,
when he lost the end of the little finger
on his lett hand.
The INDEX issued So numbers during
the year 1890. Our flrst issue was on
January 1st, and this, the last issue, is
dated December 3lst.
Our band was out serenading the
town, Christmas afternoon. The bows
play splendidly, and our citizens appre-
ciate the compliment of serenade.
Tomorrow is the day for making
good resolutions. Let us all resolve to
do what we can for the building up of
the city and county, and then let us
keep the resolution.
L. F. Sanborn, government chemist.
departed Sunday, for Washington, ID.
c., having completed this years work
at our sugar mill. This has been Fred's
second season here, during which time
he has made many friends, and with
the many ties Medicine Lodge holds
on his affections will probably cause
his return here next year.
E. B. Trlckett, of Harper. arrived
here Saturday to accept the foreman
ship of the Cresset office, providing
everything proved satisfactory to both
parties interested. He commenced work
Monday morning, and will probably
make Medicine Lodge his home in the
future.
ANY man can take a newspaper. 1t
is the cheapest thing he can buy. Every
time hen clucks and has laid an egg.
his paper is paid for that week. It
costs less than postage Samples
than to SEND or receive single letter.
What good does it doyou? 1t instructs
and broadens your views. 1t interests
you and your wife and educates your
children. 1t comes to you every week.
rain or shine, calm or storm, bringing
you the news of the busy world. No
matter what happens, it enters your
door every week as welcome friend.
full of sunshine, cheer and interest. It
opens the door of the great world and
puts you face to face with its people
and Its great events. 1t shortens the
long summer days and it. enlivens the
long winter nights. 1t is your adviser,
your gossip and your friend. No man
is just to his children who does not
give them the local paper to read. No
man IS good to himself and his wife
who doesn not take first class newspapers.
j. NJ. Cory was down in the territory
last week, on a hunt, with a party of
friends. He strayed away from the
camp one morning, and happened to
see couple Of men dressed in blue
clothes, coming toward him. He knew
what arrest meant, and he concluded
to give the police the grand dodge. He
ran about half mile, and hid in a can
on. Pretty soon he saw them coming
along lelsurely following his trail in the
sand. He again lit out, and determine
ed to leave no trail; so he jumped from
one bunch of grass to another, and made
such long jumps that he thought a
blood hound would haYe trouble in
trailing him. After going In this way
about mile he was completely exhaust
ed. He hid again, and was scooping
out hole in the sand, 80 as to get
drink of water, when his pursuers rode
right up to him. Further flight was i'm.
possible, and he was about to surrender,
when they told him that they we're
hunters themselves. J. NJ. went to camp
and told what narrow escape he had
made, and scared the boys nearly as
badly as he had been scared. But after
while the true story leaked out, and
the boys ''guyed" him considerably. all
the same the party killed fine lot of
game, but 1T spoiled on their hands, and
they threw most of it away. They kill
ed buck with twenty-one proDgs. The
head was cut off, and sold for So to
somebody in KIowa, but the meat was
thrown away.
Last week We published telegraphic
dispatch announcing the death of Frank
Robinson, of HaEelton. The following
account OF the accident is from the Haz-
elton Express: Frank Robinson and
Mr.. F. s. Smith went hunting in a light
two-wheeled cart on Friday afternoon.
Dec. 10. The bottom IF the cart was
composed of Stats about two inches
apart, OF vide enough for the stock OF
the gun to drop through sidewise.
Frank was holding his gun (which was
not supplied with the patent safety