Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-07-23

ii. NJ. Ingraham is in Wisconsin, on
| business.
Judge D. Updegraft is visiting in
Hutchinson.
One of Col. Eldred's fine stations
! died this week.
Book has the latest and best stock of
/ boots and shoes. 8
Hubbard, the Jeweler, wants people
to know he is here to stay. go
/ Miss Whitelaw expects to go to
| Hutchinson in few days.
Gasoline at Ia cents per gallon at
Standiford, Youmans & Eldred's. 5
Judge Edwards says he will raise a
fair crop of corn If rain falls within
ten days.
Miss Hedrick, of Anthony, was here
Sunday visiting her cousin, Judge Stev-
ems, and family.
Mrs. Nicholson and Miss Fannie
Mills are spending few weeks at Eu-
reka Springs, Ark.
Jake Knirr was called to st. Louis,
where his wife is visiting, last week,
TO be with his sick son.
Families desiring to accommodate
boarders during the Normal should no.
tify d. S. Lands, at once.
Mr.. Sellers, the jeweler, who is to be
here August lst, has rented the South
worth building, near Harris drug store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Holmes are to be
congratulated on the birth of daugh-
ter, on the 10Th inst. DR.. Gould in at
tendance.
"Rollle Roe" sends us an article which
we publish this week. He does him
self an injustice, as he can easily do
much better.
Chas. Collins came down from Hutch
inson last week after his wife who had
been here two weeks visiting her faith
er, Judge Updegraff.
People who burned corn last winter
now regret that they didn't use coal.
Corn will be worth 40 cents at this
place before January.
The Kiowa Knights of Pythias lodge
has surrendered its charter. The lodge
at this place has more than sixty MEM
bers in good standing.
c. w. Hendrickson last week sold
two hundred head of his Colorado
steers to w. II. Cook, who lives four
| TniIaS aaSt Of akp Cjtv
The Helping Hands will meet with
Miss Mary Mills, Thursday, July oath.
All members are requested to be pres
ent. Belle Hart, secretary.
Lecturer Scott, of the alliance, spoke
in this city Saturday afternoon and
evening, at the court house. He is
lecturer for this congressional district.
Marshal Simpson attended the ALI
ance congressional convention at Great
Bend yesterday. Perry Hill and f. L.
Patton were the other Barber county
delegates.
There will be meeting held by
Goshen church, in FergasOn's grove,
on Sunday August 10th. The meeting
VIII be continued as long as the inter
est warrants.
DR.. G., II. Gibson and wife, of Pratt,
spent three days this week in this city,
with their friends, DR.. and Mrs. Yant.
DIR. Gibson studied dentistry with DR..
Yant in 1885.
| Reese u Hills, of Emporia, repre-
senting the Colonial and United States
mortgage company, are here this week
making arrangements to fOreclose a
number of loans.
Rev. Cain preached splendid, prac-
tical sermon, at the Christian church,
last Sunday night. The house was
crowded, and many went away because
there was 10 room.
Halowell will probably get the Bar
Der county delegation, though the cen
sus enumeratOrs feel under obligatio Ms
to Mr.. Hubbard, of Sumner county,
who is also candidate for congress.
jim York says that he has unques-
tionably the best field of corn growing
in the county on his place near Sun
City. He is the only man we have met
in four weeks who says the drouth did
not hurt him.
+. Ii. Nixon was at Wichita and
Winfield Sunday. Re reports corn a
failure in Sedgwick and SumAer coun-
ties; but says that around Winfield for
distance from five to seven miles,
the re will be fair crop.
1t begins to look as though an origi-
nal package house will not be opened
in Medicine Lodge. 1t has been nearly
two months since the contract was
made with the Anheuser-Busch compa-
ny, and the goods have not arrived.
The MuifGrd boys and Charley How
ard are very much pleased with their
new steam thresher. 1t does good york
and does it fast. They are down about
Roundup this week and have promise
of all the work they can do before cold
weather.
That noted eanvasSer, j. V. Fish
burn, of Sun City, is representing the
Empire Cooperative Association, y
Ia membership in which is valuable)
and will call on the people OF this place
this week. Mr.. Fishburn never band
les any snaps or humbugs. 81
A young man OF this city, who meas
ures calico, groceries, etc., became wild
with jealousy. Saturday night, because
some other fellow dared go with his
girl. He tried in VAN to get pistol
with which to shoot either himself or
the other fellow. 1t became necessary
for the marshal to threaten to put MIN
in the cooler.