Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-08-26

the only complete set OF Abstract Books in
Barber county.
Kiowa campmeetlng from September
3rd to 18th.
For Sale. good spring wagon. See
Judge O'Bryan.
Curry Powder, for picking purposes,
at Day q Records 13-t2
IS lbs. granulated sugar S1.OO. at w.
Ii. Harmon & Co.'S. 6
Mares and horses for sale. private
sale, by L. L. O'Bryan. ct
DIR. Moore reports girl born to the
wife of Harry Gahagen, on the 10th.
DIR. Yant is at his Office again. Call
and get your Dental work done. loft
Miss Joy Holmes will leave on the
9Th of September, to attend school at
Topeka.
Mrs. L Youmans will start to-mOr-
row, to Ell Dorado Springs, Mo. for the
benefit of her health.
Mrs. w. G. MusgroYe will start to-
morrow for visit to Missouri, and will
be absent about six weeks.
w. E. Cook, of Kiowa, went to Mis-
souri, after his wife and baby, and they
all got home safely last week.
Mrs. j. r. Stafford has rented house
or Ben Vaughn, near the Presbyterian
church, and will move III to-day.
Wanted, at the Grand Hotel, imme-
diately, dining room girl, a laundry
girl, and girl for chamber work. IA
The Hardwick House, at Klowa, has
been closed. The proprietors will move
to CLANCY, Texas, ami open railway
eating house.
Jerry will be here some time in Sep
TENDER. Let us have big Simpson
picnic" at that time, and roast a
couple of dozen of beeres.
Bubach (No. 81 Burts Seeding, Cres-
ent, Chas. Downing and Ironclad straw
berry plants at IS cents per hundred.
50 per 1000 John l.. Brady. 13-tf
The political handbook of the Vim
cents will soon be out. Every farmer
i'll the county should have one. Leave
your orders at the INDEX Office. Only
so cents. 10
G. B. Cannon is getting all right.
DR.. Moore saw him yesterday, and says
he is rapidly improving. 1t. was over
work that caused his temporary mental
weakness.
The Mumford base ball club has been
challenged by our boys, and should
they accept, game will be played Sat
urday, August 18th, on the grounds in
the west part of this city.
James Lumpklns came to town, Mon
day, as delegate to the republican
convention, but got hurt and could not
attend. This probably saved him from
being nominated for county clerk.
With an abundance of grapes, peach
es, watermelOns, muskmelOns. cante-
loups, &c, at giye-away prices, even an
editor can keep his stomach distended
without resOrting to the paste-b bucket.
See Finney for handmade harness.
Pure oak leather used and warranted.
Do not send away for cheap factory
harness when he will sell you good har-
ness and save you money. All kinds
of harness to order. Repairing spec
ialty. Off
Our Touring mill will give 80 pounds
of best flour in exchange for a bushel
of wheat testing 60; S5 pounds Of Crys-
tai, or 40 pounds of Clipper flour for a
bushel of wheat testing go. Four, bran
and shorts always on hand at the mill,
for sale or exchange. 13-tf
County Alliance, Saturday, Septem-
Der 5th. The county central committee
of the Peoples party will meet on the
same day. Frank McGrath, president
of the state alliance, will be here or
that day. The alliance will elect dele
gates TO the state alliance
The republican primary last Satur
day was tame affair. A list of y
delegates had been selected, the names
printed, and the printed ticket was
voted without kick. Talk about cut
and dried affairs! Wonder how many
were consulted in making the list oil
delegates.
There is a general complaint at the
bad roads leading from Medicine Lodge
to the southwest part Of the county
The people of that section want to hau
their wheat and corn here, and want to
buy their goods here, but the roads com
pei them to hail to KiOwa. The peO-
pie of Kiowa had the roads leading to
that city put in order, and even repair
ed the roads outside of their own town
ship.
Kiowa Journal: Last Friday after.
was closed under chattel mortgage hello
by the Bank of KiOwa. The trouble
originated by the creditors taking pos
session of the store at Reno City, Ok.
thus causing the Bank OF Kiowa t
foreclose on the store at this place il
| order to protect themselves. We have
heard nothing but expressions of sym
pathy for Mr.. Dobson, as his is one OF
the oldest stores in the town."
A shooting scrape occurred on TIT
Rock Island railroad, in the Neutral
Strip. last Sunday. in which Ed Short
deputy U. S. Marshal, and his prisoner
Charles Bryant, were both Instant,
killed, and John Dobson, of KiOwa
was accidentIy wounded. Short haC
arrested Bryant. supposed 10 be mem
Der of the notorious Dalton gang. ant
was taking him to Wichita. Short haC
heard that an attempt at rescue would
be made at certain place, and as TIT
train approached that place he took hi.