Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-31
College Hill ribbon social to night.

College Hill ribbon social to night.
Judge Mckay is here attending
court.
Cook & Palmer give lowest rates on
farm and CITY loans. %
Judge Carr arrived here from Okla
homa, on Christmas day.
Attorney H. Hills, of Emporia, is
here, engaged in legal matters.
NJ. E. Roddy has moved out on his
claim, four miles North OF town.
Wanted-Boarders at Turck's restaur-
ant. Best board in the town for the
money. 81
DR.. Burney reports the arrival of a
boy at the home of B. T. Woodland on
the 18th inst.
District court convened Monday
morning. with an unusual array of at
torneYs present.
Drygoods, clothing, boots, groceries,
confectionery, etc., at anti Mckinley
prices, at S. Y. s. E. %
F. M. McNulty, of Sioux City, Iowa,
and c. NJ. Sterry, of Emporia, are here
as counsel in an important law case.
II. S. Lands requests that all persons
having books belonging to him return
them as soon as convenient.
John B. Stockstill, of Rich Hill, Mo-,
arrived Thursday, on visit to his
mother, Mrs. Chandler, and to his
brother, Thos. Stockstill.
The county alliance meets in this
city on Saturday, January Bird, at 10
O'Clock, a. m. instead of on Monday,
the 5th, as heretofore announced.
There will be turkey shooting on
Col. Fields place tomorrow. 1t is ex-
pected to meet at $50 a. M, and the
shooting will commence at 10 O'Clock.
Wichita Beacon: alpha Updegraff,
of Medicine Lodge, is in the city. Al.
Is still young man, but he has lived
in Barber county for over twenty years,
nevertheless. =
Coldwater Star: "W. G. Clark known
as WatermelonClark," was in the city
Saturday with load of melons which
he quickly disposed of to the citizens as
rare treat for Christmas"
There will be a meeting of the stock
holders of the INDEX Printing & Pub
fishing Company at their Office OH Jan
uarv 3rd, at l O'Clock p. m. Each
share Is entitled to vote. 28tf.
Just received for the Holiday trade,
fine line of pocket and table cutlery.
Rogers Bros. knives and forks, table,
desert and tea spoons and an elegant
line of breakfast, dinner and game
carving sets at Noble & Cases. 29-4t
There will be grand taffy pulling at
the Byerley building tomorrow night,
under the auspices of the newly elected
officers of the Ladies Aid Society of the
Baptist church. Popcorn and delicious
coffee and cake will be served. Com
mencing at 1880 o'clock.
The Kansas Band Association was
organized at Hutchinson Monday
Eleven bands were represented. The
Medicine Lodge band was represented
by Charlie Painter, of the INDEX force.
A constitution and bylaws were ad
opted, and the organization will meet
anua lily.
John 7. Jesse and son, w. H. Har-
mon, George Hubbard, l.. Munson. Ed.
Hubbard and s. 7. Roach, with two
wagons and supply of guns, ammuni-
ton and "chuck," started to the Terri
tory, Monday morning, bent on having
a good time and killing lot of game.
We wish them great success.
Married-At the Presbyterian church,
on Wednesday evening, December oath,
by Rev. j. B. North, Mr.. Stephen p.
Garrison and Miss Minnie Anderson.
both of this city. We had no idea that
Steve contemplated matrimony. Butt
was just like him to make the children
happy by being married at their Christ
mas festivities. Our best wishes to
them.
Standiford, Youmans & Eldred have
laid in an unusually large stock of all
kinds of goods, and their stock COM
prises nearly everything that is needed
IN housekeeping. They buy Tor "spot
cash." and they had bought and paid
for their stock before the Mckinley
bill got in its deadly work. They can
and will give you better bargains than
any house IN the county. 80
Things are quiet at the sugar mill,
there being only a fireman on duty day
and night, to keep up the pressure for
the waterworks, and to keep things
from freezing in case of a cold snap
Col. Eldred has about $50 head of cattle
in the lots. and is feeding them sorghum
leaves and molasses. They are doing
finely, and stand by the molasses
licking it till they are full. The molas-
ses is kept In number of open barrels.
He is also feeding about five hundred
hogs, on boiled corn and molaSSes, and
they are improving each day. All AMI
mails seem to thrive on molasses, and
they are exceedingly fond Of it. When
mules are turned loose in the lot they
go straight 10 the molasses. The mill
has about 10000 pounds of beet first"
sugar on hand, and large lot of syrup
in the wagons, which will be run over
for second" sugar. but the work for
seconds" will probably not be done
before next July, just before the mill
starts to work on next years crop of
sorghum, Next year moro extensive
experiments viii he made in feeding
the beet chips to stock.
Christmas has come and gone, and
parents are breathing easier. 1t is
great day for children, and is also a
great day in another sense. for the heads