Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-29
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LOCAL NEWS.

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steers, of any age. 46f
County alliance meeting next Satur-
day afternoon, May 2nd.
The police fines collected in Kiowa
last year amounted to 81 ,147.
BRING all your butter, chickens and
eggs to Henry burst and get cash for
them. As
Fishing parties are now popular. 1t
is not expected that any fish will be
caught.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank.
If anybody knows better town than
Medicine Lodge we would like to know
where il Is located.
Robt. w. Cameron went to Ashland
Thursday and remained until Monday,
on legal business for T.. Sample.
Drs. Turner 81 Mckee, dentists. Of
flee over Davis q Davis store. Best
work and lowest prices guaranteed. 80
Wanted by DR.. Yant a man to study
Dentistry. VIII furnish the right man
place TO make money in October
Call soon. 4Stf
The ice cream season is here, and r.
NJ. Sparks is supplying the demand for
ice. The demand is not very extensive
just now.
Cook ~ Palmer do a general real es-
tate business and make a specially of
renting and looking after farms for
non-resldents A
The INDEX has printed big lot of
horse bills this spring, and is still filling
orders. If you have good horse you
must let the people know it.
Thos. Campbel's little son fell and
broke one of the bones OF his right fore
arm, last Wednesday, while playing
DR.. Moore is attending the case, and
the patient is getting along nicely.
The sugar mill has lot of molasses
on hand which will have to be worked
up and gotten out of the way before
the first of July. In order TO get the
government bounty, the mill must have
a clean start.
The INDEX has a large number of
small debts, scattered all over the cOun-
ty. We would like for some good ALI
ance man in each neighborhood to vol
unteer to collect these debts for % per
cent. commission. Speak up!
Prof. Garfield SAID, IN his address
here, Every person is entitled to pro-
lection Of life, character and property,
and this is all the protection amy Amer
lean citizen ought to have or want"
Them's our sentiments to dot.
We have heard many persons speak
of the remarkable number of double
peaches which are to be found on the
trees this spring. We are told OF one
tree where nearly all the peaches are
double, and IN one instance four peach
es are growing INTO one.
The Express says "Hazelton has
more all-round athletes than any town
in the county" This calls for some
kind of a challenge from Medicine
Lodge. We suggest skating contest,
a swimming contest and leave Hazel
ton to name the other game. Best two
in three.
II. Walker, of this county, left
Thursday, for visit of two months at
his old home, Versailles, Mo. We wish
him pleasant and profitable visit. He
is one Of the alliance wheelhorses in
this county, and he will tell the Mis-
sourians how the thing is done in
bleeding, sunny Kansas.
The ducking stool ought to be re-
Vived, to punish the graCeless wretcheS
who swear on public thOrOughfare.
The above is from the Western Pillow.
man, and reminds us that twice this
week we have been requested to call at
tention to the frequent outbursts OF
swearing. Ladies are disgusted a
hearing the profane remarks of some
smart Alec; and they can hardly pas:
along the street without hearing him
Kiowa Journal: Mr.. James Lobdell
of New York City, owns "A farm five
miles north of here, and is now here
for weeks recreation. The Williams
boys have fine field of wheat near thu
I4obdel farm. \ few days ago Mr.
LobdelI said to Williams: Il will give
you 80 cents per bushel for your whea
and allow you 80 bushels per acre.
That is SD as per acre two months be
before the harvest. The offer was no
accepted
The job of blowing being done on TIN
Miller II Benedict farm, for the govern
ment experimental station, is the bes
job of blowing eyer done in the county
A two-horse pillow cuts furrOw abOu
four or five inches deep, and is follow
Ell i'm the same .furrow by fOul-hors'
sub soil pillow, which deepens the fur
row to about sixteen inches. The groun,
isas mellow "a an ash heap, and
week of hard rain would not start tn
water to running in such field.
The next Barber county Normal In
stitute will be held at Medicine Lodg
for period of five weeks, beginnin
July 10Th. Prof. Ansel Gridley, Jr., o
KIngman, will conduct the institut
and do advanced teaching. He will b
ably assisted by Prof. o. T. Beeson, an
by Mrs. Hahn of the Sharon school, an
the county superintendent. 1t is cor
fidently expected that the session thi
year will be a very profitable one an
that the reputation achieved by foTme
sessions in this county will be full
maintained.
Jonathan McGrath's little boy wa
playing with some matches last Thur: