Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-09
ArAGr. R. TIME CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Daisy Moore is recovering from
q slight case of sickness.
See John Luallen's Christmas adver-
tisement before making your purchases.
Sellers, the jeweler, Is selling watches
cheaper than ever was known. Call
and get prices. 26t4
Baptist prayer meeting tonight at
the residence of Mr.. Lyle, in the south
part of town.
PatrOnize home industry by using
Elm Mills -four, and buy it of Ben
Vaughn. 1t is the best, cheapest and
is homemade.
Found: On the Kiowa road, school
book; owner can have the same by Coll
ing at the pOstoffice book store and
proving property.
w. II. Old, the second hand man,
keeps all kinds of repairs for stoves. If
you want a new CRATE for your old
stove, he will furnish you at the lowest
price. lou
Mrs. Mary Klngen and Child left,
Monday, for Wells county, Indiana.
Mrs. Kingen is a daughter OF Judge
Lacy, and has been here about three
years.
Photos cheaper and better than ever.
Martin Il Hendley in the Old Gallery
near courthouse, are now doing every
style of Photographic work. The high
est grade at reasonable prices. Call.
T. NJ. Kidd thinks his reputation as
hunter was damaged by the INDEX
saying his party killed two deer, when
they had killed four. a newspaper
man ought not to be compelled 10 guess
at such matters.
Miss Lulu Hahn returned last FRI
day from an extended Visit IN ONO ana
other eastern points. Her numerous
friends here gladly welcome her return.
She is assisting >. l.. Allen al the L. q.
book store during his holiday rush.
The fine Autographs used 10y the Ter
~ Uncle Toms Cabin company, and
prOfusely put up in this city, are good
evidences of what the show Will be. Go
to the opera house tonight and hear
this never waning, yet very old play.
Selecting Christmas present for a
friend is unusually hard task. You
want something very neat and useful,
and you cannot afford To pay AN tx
travagant price for 1T. Go to Day X
Records and get your presents, ana
you will not need much money. %
The Barber County Teachers Asso-
citation holds its December meeting at
Sharon on Saturday, Dec. II, 1891. y
pleasant and profitable session is conf
IDENTIFY expected. All who are interest
ed in the work of our schools are cor
daily invited. j. o. Hahn, County
Superintendent.
Elder Nation discovered a dead
skunk lying beside a by-path in this
city, last week. On closer examination
he found pint bottle, tabled Pure
old Bourbon" lying near the skunk.
He thinks it about time for the two
legged whisky drinkers To take warning
from the fate of this beast.
II you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the county register OF
deeds, MIR. +. Ii. Nixon, who will Sc
cure your patent for you without any
cost to you. There are hundreds of
patents at Larnsd tor land in this coun-
", and everyone of them ought to be
recorded here. Don't forget the mat
ter. Attend to 1t now, or it may cause
future trouble. loft
Coldwater Enterprise: Geo. Hodge,
who lives near Aetna, Barber county,
while out in his buggy hunting last
week, accidentally let his gun slip cut
of the vehicle; the hammer struck the
side of the box and discharged the gun,
infiicting a dangerous wound in the
right arm near the shoulder. His cloth
ing took fire and burned while driving
60 his fathers house about one-halt
mile distant. DIR. Laughed is in at
tendance and has hopes of being able
20 save the arm"
The Klowa Journal says that Mr..
Farrell claims to antagonize no political
party, and then proves that he does, in
the following language: "Ile asks the
officers to enforce the law. The servant
looks To his masteT-a political party
and that party shakes its head" That
Is rocky. The whisky element shakes
its head, and the officers of Barber
county must keep still. 1t il a republl-
can acknowledgment that whisky con
trolls the republican party. Shame Oh
such party. Shame on an organ that
would acknowledge allegiance u such
q party.
A hunting party, consisting Of II. T..
Noble, r. A. Cameron. Frank Holmes
and + IL. Nixon, returned from the
Territory last Friday, after ten days
hunt I'm the wilds of the BLACK Jacks. g
They were not as successful as some.
and charge 1t to the fact that the Terri
tory has recently been swept with prai
RE fires, and the game is scarce. Five
turkeys and few quail is the extent of
their trophy. Holmes anu Nixon claim
to have captured the biggest dough"
in the Territory; Cameron was kept
busy tanning the Indian scouts witt.
"Cimarron water" and Noble could
hardly be persuaded to come home, hav-
ing become captivated with the beauty
OF young and buxom Indian squaw,
whom he tried to beguile into believing
that he was single man.
Wichita Beacon: REV. William p
Haworth, pastor of the Lincoln Street
Presbyterian church, is now engaged in
a series of evangelistic meetings. Rev.
Mr.. Haworth is a man of large expert
ence as an evangelist. Not only this
but his work as a pastor has been great
lV blessed Rev Mr. HawortL 10 bai,o