Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-29
le season of straw hats has come.

town.
Dad Straw is down with bad case
of erysipelas.
Born-April 23rd, to the wife of Jo-
seph AltiZer, boy.
Wanted-A good second hand organ.
Inquire at this Office.
Cook & Palmer willinsure your wheat
crop against all damage by hail. Al
Flour has advanced so cents per hum
dred, to keep up with the wheat rates.
Wanted-Corn and Wheat, at Web
er'S mill. Highest market price will
be paid. As
Subscribe for the official county pa
per. Only one dollar year, if paid in
advance.
Commissioner Reagan wants to leave
the matter of buying the bridges to
vote of the people.
Many people seem to think that
wheat will be worth dollar a bushel
in September. We hope so.
The fly is said to be doing some lnju-
ry to few fields of wheat IN the north
east part of this county, and in Ring
man county.
Wheat is selling at 81 to $1.O5 per
bushel, and corn is scarce, and selling
at 40 to so cents bushel, here in Med
icine Lodge.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
give monthly review and concert at
Sp. m, Sunday, May Sd. Everyone
cordially invited.
The northern part of the county has
not bad much more than half as much
rain this spring as the southern part;
and the eastern has had more than the
western part.
Lecturer Hill will meet with Peter
Cooper alliance on May Z; with Deer
head alliance May s.; with Walker May
9th. all to be open meetings. at u O'Clock
p. IN. each day.
The north end of town is beginning
to grumble about not having any water.
The water company can get some good
customers by extending it's mains oyer
to Medicine Boulevard.
Mrs. Hester Shepler, who has for the
past year lived at La Rose, Illinois, re-
turned here, to her old home, last Sat-
urday. She is partially paralyzed,
though her mind is clear.
Prof. Cowgirl was here last week, in
search of sugar news. He has been in
the business long enough to know that
when he wants news OF this industry
he must come to headquarters.
Last Saturday the county commIs-
siOners met and transacted some i'm
portant business. Among other things
it awarded the INDEX the county print
ing for one year from May LIST, 1891. to
May LIST, 1892.
The ladies of st. Marks Guild will
meet at the residence of Mrs. E. b.
Peck, Tuesday afternoon, May 5, 1891,
at 3 o'clock. All ladies interested in
church work are invited to come. A
Cora Seawell, Sec'y.
The cattle which are being fed at the
sugar mill get all the ensilage they can
eat, with little hot syrup sprinkled
over it, and a small feed OF boiled corn
each day. They are making very rapid
improvement.
DR.. II. G. Gould, Lutte A. Eby, Miss
Carrie Carmichael and Miss Lulu Hahn
constituted party that accompanied
G. D. CoddIngton on his trip as far as
Attlca, last Friday, returning on the
evening train.
Nick Roberts has bought the build
ing known as the City Meat Market, -
of Ben Kaufman. He has had coat
of cement put on the outside of the
| front, which Will add considerably to
It's appearance.
PoStmasters have no right to give
away papers which come to their offices.
If the subscriber has left the country,
it is the duty of the postmaster to nOtl-
fly the publisher, that the paper may
be discontinued.
At the residence of Aug. Schmidt
Monday evening, very enjoyable and
pleasant evening was whiled away BY
number of young people. The occa-
sion being surprise party given fol
Miss Lille Murphy.
Frank Holmes with his wife and ba-
by left last week for Texas, and from
there they will go to California. Ear
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the family of their uncle, Oh. Boyd
We wish the travellers a very pleasant
journey.
The county commissioners will haYf
a meeting in June, and when they ad
journ, they will Immediately meet and
organize as a board of appraisers, tt
examine all public and private bridges
in the county, with view to ascertain
their actual value. 1t is probable thai
the county Will buy all the bridges.
G.. d. Coddington left us last week
for Kansas City, Mo. He will there ACT
as collector for the Badger Lumber
Company, in the two Kansas Cities
and he thinks he will have a pleasan,
job. His many friends here will bt
sorry to lose his company, but they al
unite In wishing him much success.
The Kiowa Review says that E. B
Multer sold 1900 bushels of wheat or
Monday, for 81 per bushel. we con
graduate Mr.. Multer in being long
headed enough to hold his wheat til
the rise, and in being smart enough t.
sell it before the drop, which will Ger
tainly come in a few days. Wheat al
ways takes big tumble little before
harvest.
The big cog wheel on top of the waite
. | r,n1ror nj tho Touring mill WAS hroko,