Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15

There was a shower of rain at Hazel.
ton last Friday, July 10th. 1t was clear
and windy here all day.
Fishing parties are the popular fad
now. There are plenty of fish in the
water ditch.
w. w. Hull notifies us to send his
paper to KiOwa. He is clerking in
DObson's drug store.
An effort is being made to have the
churches unite for the hot weather in
holding union meetings.
A hot campaign is just opening. Ey-
cry family in the county ought to have
the INDEX, the official paper of the
county.
Cook " Palmer do a general real es-
tate business and make a specially of
renting aud looking after farms for
non-resldentS A
Peaches at 10 cents a bushel indi-
cate a good crop, and that is the price
you can buy them tor in this county If
you will gather them.
Election Of officers tomorrow night,
of the citizens alliance, at &. A. r.
hall. Let all members attend. Sever
al candidates for membership will be
on hand.
HazeltOn Express: "R Follett ship
ped l66 boxes of peaches this week.
n. b. BlantOn and Ii. b. Steck have
also made extensive shipments, but we
failed to learn the number of boxes"
w. L. Rouse left yesterday, for Tope-
ka, where he will attend the state
board of equalization. If anybody can
get reduction of our state tax, Wal
lace Rouse is the man to do it.
Mrs. jackson, mayor of Kiowa, and
we believe she will prove to be the best
mayor the city ever had, was in this
city last week. We hope the Doctor
will make the INDEX office a visit when
she comes again.
Are there more gnats along the Med
icine river than in other places. Two
or three times III the last two weeks
we have driven along the river bank.
and the gnats were great bother. AS
soon as we left the vicinity of the water
we left the pests.
Everybody is wondering why it is
that Kansas land, which this year
raised 20 to 80 bushels of wheat per
acre, worth from Sl2 to SIS, can be
bought at from So to SD per acre.
There is no reason for it except the
scarcity of money.
The political hand book of the Vim
cents will be out in about sixty days.
The INDEX will receive orders for these
books, to be paid for when delivered.
Price so cents. About 800 pages of i'm
portant campaign literature. You need
it. Let us have your order. 5
Read the HazeltOn Stock Farm adj
vertisement, in this issue. If you want
some first class animals at your own
price, be sure to attend the sale. Some
of the best animals in the county are
to be found on this farm. They are
overstocked, and will auction off the
list of fine animals mentioned in the
advertisement.
Little Charlie Young, who fell out of
tree and broke his leg, three weeks
ago, is having a,hard time. An abscess
formed, which gave him great pain. 1t
was opened, last week, and a pint of
pus was drawn off. On Sunday his leg
was examined, and found to be knit
ting. 1t was dressed, and he is resting
quite comfortably now. The hot wealth
er is against him.
The INDEX would rather praise any
man than condemn him. But there
must be something to praise. In war
fare a private may start fight where
in hundreds of good men may be killed
or wounded, and the man who started
the row may escape without scratch.
When our side Is being bOmbarded, we
propose to throw a few bombs. We
Will dismOunt the opposition guns, if
possible, but if we miss them we'll hit
something in the vicinity.
At the HaZelton races on the Fourth,
Shelley's bessie Allen" won the $50
purse. Five heats were troted, the
time being 2:49; 2:54; $50; 2:52; $50.
In the next race for $40 purse, E. Il.
Peck's Miss Alcolyte" won the money.
Albert Kearns won the tournament rid
ing prize of So, and Claud Betty sue
ceeded in climbing the creased pole.
while Hugh Prather caught and cap
tured the creased pig. All enjoyed
the sport. The dinner was plentiful
and of superior quality.
Mr. Simpson could have had crowd
large enough to fill the opera house.
Monday night of last week, if he had
consented to speak. In his address at
the court house that afternoon, he said
he was very tired. and would have to
be excused from speaking at night.
There were people here from SRaFon,
Hazelton, Klowa, Aetna and other dis
tant parts Of the county, who wanted
to hear him, but he said he could not
speak, and the matter was dropped
Jerry can get crowd whenever he
wants it, either here or elsewhere.
Lee Corson has twenty acres of flax
near this city, and brought us speci
men of his crop, last Saturday. We
pronounce it No. in every respect.
The straw is nearly three feet high,
and is very fine and even In sizo and
length. 1t is said that after the seed
are threshed out, the straw is better for
horse feed than any coarse feed we
have. We have heard farmers say they
would rather have ton of iax straw
than two tons of good prairie hay
Why not raise more flax.