Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-11-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Call on Cook d Palmer for farm and
city loans. rs
Book is making a specially of Chill
dren's school shoes. 10
Roll Clark sent a wagon load of
household goods to Oklahoma, last
week.
Sunday was bright and sunny, but a
cold north wind kept most people in
doors all day.
Mrs. w. G.. Musgrove returned last
Saturday from visit Of five weeks to
relatives in Missouri.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
list National bank.
Serenading parties have been num-
erous the past week, and Morpheus has
smiled often at their enchanting music.
If the rope cutter was in tile crowd
in front of the INDEX office, Monday
morning, he must have trembled in his
boots.
Found-A shawl; on Friday a shawl
was left III John Castiue's wagon, lin tins
city. The owner can find the shawl at
this office.
Make it your business before buying
elsewhere TO inspect our goods and
prices. You will be in pocket many a
dollar by so doing. w. Ii. Harmon 81
Co.
Jas. Lee brought us a fine specimen
of IA double egg, last Saturday. 1t is
nearly as large as two full-sized eggs,
and has q well defined crease around
the middle.
Mrs. b. +. Witherspoon left here
Wednesday, 22d of October, for Evans
VILE, Indiana, where her husband will
follow in three or four weeks. They
expect to make that their future home.
Barber county loses one OF its best fam
lilies
Miss Lulu Hahn celebrated her 10Th
birthday last Wednesday. A 6-o'clock
tea party was INDUCED IN by number
of her lady friends, and delightful
evening was spent. Again, Thursday
evening, she entertained number of
her younger friends.
The Cresset's write up of the Sharon
picnic was gotten up by some one who
was not present. Capt. Garrison did
not speak at all, and Mr.. Hahn did not
speak. But this is as near the truth
as the Cresset has approached in the
past three months.
Samuel r.. Peters made a political
harangue at the opera house last We'd
nesday night. If the Peoples party
had known what kind of speaker he
was, they would have been willing to
pay his campaign expenses. We have
heard of three votes that he made for
the straight Peoples ticket.
J.. ID. Williams and James Hurst, of
Harper. were visitors To our city this
week. They report the grand rally held
at Harper, Saturday exceeded anything
in the shape of political gathering
held in that county this year. Judge
PETER was the principal speaker, and
for two hours he held his audience
spell-bound by bis telling words of log
ic and truth.
T.. Il. Caruthers and family lett last
Thursday morning, for Carthage, Mo,
where they VIII make their future
home No family ever left more friends
and fewer enemies. Mr.. Caruthers is a
natural politician, and has cultivated
his ability in this line till he is now
one of the most reliable pTOgnoSticatOrs
of political events to be found in the
state. lie is too honest to engage in
any disreputable tTasaction; too noble
TO betray a friend. and therefore is nt
office seeker. We have known him
long and well, and never knew him &c
suggest or endorse disreputable &C
ton.
The boys" Of this city celebrated
hallow cen last Friday night. They
resorted to all species Of foolish mis-
chief that active minds could invent
A number of outhouses were over
turned, and one was carried to the mid
die of the street, between the First
National Bank and the postofllce, and
a large sign Photograph Gallery, !" was
was put up on it. a number of wagons
were upset ON the sidewalks; carts
were put on top of houses, and some
were run into the sugar pond. Every.
body accepted of the damage good
naturally. John AIcGregor says II.
was on the street till II o'clock, and
then went home. aud that from thai
time till morning there was 'yacan-
cy' in the Office of city marshal.