Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-07-30

Book has the latest and best stock of
boots and shoes. 8
Remember the lawn social tomorrow
night, at Mrs. Youmans'.
Hubbard. the Jeweler, wants people
to know he is here to stay. 90
Otis Lorton was up yesterday after
seige of five days with bilious fever.
John Poston and family will move
from Kiowa to Webb City, Mo-, this
week.
The w. &. L. u. will meet at the NJ
+. church, Tuesday, August 5th, at
O'Clock, p. IN.
At least two weddings in which Med
icine Lodge is interested will occur ear
ly in September.
The Alliance county convention will
meet III this city Friday, and nominate
full county ticket.
J. w. McNeal came up from G uthrIe,
last week, to see his family and fix up
some of his business affairs.
Robt. G.. Kendall, of Aurora, Ill, is
out here on visit to his grandfather,
Hon. r. L. Carter, of Lake City.
Judge Edwards went over to Eureka,
Kansas, Sunday, to visit his brother,
who is there from Colorado, putting in
an electric light plant.
Jake Knirr and wife returned, Mon
day, from st. Louis. Their youngest
child died there on the 10Th, before the
father arrived. 1t was very bright
and pretty child, and the parents are
incOnsOlable.
A young Englishmen, named Milford
Watt, was thrown from a horse yes
day near the gypsum works and sus-
tanned dislOcation of the hip. DR..
Karr attended him and will have the
patient up and about in a few days.
Born, Saturday, July 26th, at Oxford,
Kansas, to the wife of Granville Nor
ris, of this city, daughter. Mr.. Nor
ris went over Sunday to get used to
wearing his new honOrs. A letter yes
terday stated that all were doing we'll.
The court house would not begin to
hold the crowd that went there Sun
day night to attend the union church
services and listen to the superior mus
ic under the direction of Prof. Won
Nordroff. Elder Nicholson preached
the sermon.
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grain market is quoted by Dobbs Bros.
as follows: WHEAT, No. 2 soft 70 c
No. 3 soft 50 C; No. hard 81 C; No.
hard GA C. CORN, 30 C. OATS, % C.
This is wholesale price, wagon load lots,
! delivered here.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
have our thanks for a large bowl of ice
cream, and plentiful assortment of
cake, sent to the INDEX last Wednes-
day morning, just as we went TO press.
Their entertainment the preceding
evening was success, as it deserved to
be. and as all their entertainments are
bound to be.
Mrs. Ed. Williams and two daugh-
ters and Mr.. Crouch and two sons re-
turned, last week, from a weeks. visit
to relatives in Sumner county. Mrs
Williams father, Mr., Jones, returned
with the party, and Mrs. Jones came
in the first of this week. They viii
make a visit to their children ant
grand children in this county.
The ladies' of the M. Z. church, as
sisted by the young people, are prepar
ing for one of the best times of the sea
son to come oil Friday evening, Au
gust Sth 1t will be lawn festival il
the church yard where there will bt
plenty of ice cream, lemon ices, lemon
AIDE, watermelon, cake and fun. A jOl
ly time expected and you are INVITED.
The racing advertised to occur al
Medicine Lodge, Saturday, August 9Th
will be participated in by large mum
Der of horses. The quarter and hall
mile running will call out at least g
dozen good jumpers and the tfottin
and pacing race will let in all the road
sters around here-prObably twenty il
number. The events will be worth see
ing.
The register OF deeds, Mr.. Nixon, i!
in receipt of letter from Mr.. WolcOtt
register of the Larned land Office, il
which he states that there are, in tina
office, IL 900 patents, and that they arr
continuing to accumulate. The regg::se
ter suggests that every landowner wh(
has not secured his patent, do so al
once. The number of the patent cor
responds with the number Of the de
claratory statement.
William Martin is the new city mar
shall, he having been elected by TIT
council, last Thursday evening to fiji
the vacancy Occasioned by the resigna
ton of Jerry Simpson. Mayor Nc
Neal left the selection with the cOun
Gil. Councilmen Higgins, Morgan ant
Lindley favored Mr.. Martin: Council
man Schmidt voted for j. B. GanO ant
Councilman Finney declined to vote
Mr.. Martin will make dilegent officer
it is believed. He will be ex-offici
street commissioner by virtue of hi
Office.
Next Tuesday evening, August 9Th
at ThOmpson's opera house, there vii
be given concert for the benefit of tn
Presbyterian church, the participant
to be the best musical talent III tn
city, under the direction and manage
r ment of Prof. S. Henri Won Nordrofl
! organist of DR.. Meredeth's church
2 Brooklyn, n. Y. The professor rank
: as a superior musician at home and an
concert under his direction, with tn
e excellent home talent that he will hav
] the benefit Of, must be a success. Mr.
n McCracken. Miss Kercheval, Mrs. M