Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-10-14

toys, etc., go to L. o. Book Store. 20
Burnett has just received fine stock
of gents furnishing goods; also boots
and shoes IL
Mr.. Hill, of Canadian, Texas, is the
telegraph operator here in the absence
of Mr.. Horr.
The board Of county commissioners
got through with their work, last Satur-
day, and adjourned for the term.
Walter Fulton, a former Medicine
Lodge barber, is back again, and has a
chair in the tonsorial shop of Lon. Sal
yers.
Cook x Palmer do a general real es-
tate business and make a speciality of
renting and looking after farms for
non-reslGents A
The INDEX has not been called on
for that beef we offered to give the re-
publican crowd if they would get up a
barbecue and parade.
Frank, who advertised in this pa
per for a wife, has received several an
swers, and we hope wedding will re-
suit before the year is out.
PLUMB thinks free coinage would not
hurt the country. The Cresset is in
favor of nOn-coinage until silver
reaches the gold standard"
Henry Georges latest and best book
Protection or Free Trade" is now
ready for delivery. We will furnish
them to subscribers at % cents each.
About the 18th of December last year
DR.. E. p. Miller thought Plumb mighty
near in democratic harness, and the
Cresset thought about the same way.
Who has changed?
The Lake City picnic next Saturday,
will be a dandy. Be sure to go. Take
your basket If you can; if not, go with
out the basket. The Citizens Band of
this city will furnish plenty of good
music.
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 a spec
ialty. Off
Our Touring mill will give 80 pounds
of best flour in exchange for a busheI
of wheat testing 60; 80 pounds of Crys-
tai, or 40 pounds of Clipper -four for a
bushel of wheat testing go. -Four, bran
and shorts always on hand at the mill,
for sale or exchange. 13-tf
The firm of Overstreet 81 Denton, at
torneys, has been dissolved. Mr.. Over
street has good practice at Guthrie,
Ok, and Mr.. Denton has gone on a
prospecting tour to look up location.
He thinks it probable that he will move
his family from here in short time.
Uncle Ed. Youmans and wife reach
ed home Thursday, from their eastern
trip of six weeks. They visited in east
ern Kansas, Missouri, and then went to
New Jersey to visit Uncle Eds folks,
and from there to New York City.
They enjoyed the vacation very much
and Mrs. Youmans' health IS greatly
improved.
j. z. Hall, of this city, was foreman
of the jury which convicted Clyde Mad
dox of murder in the first degree, in the
United States district court, at Wich-
tia, Thursday. The jury was out 81
hours before returning a verdict. The
United States hangs men, even in senti-
mental Kansas, when they are convict
ed of murder.
If you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the county register of
deeds, Mr.. E. II. Nixon, who will Sc
cure your patent for you without any
cost to you. There are hundreds of
patents at Larned TOR land in this cOun-
ty, 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
Pratt Republican: Frank Long, a
prominent lawyer of Medicine Lodge,
has advertised in his home paper for a
mate-an old maid about 80 years old
to bless his home. He is only about p
or % years old, or whereabouts, and was
a giant 6 feet high at last reports, and
is still growing. Mr.. Long is well
known in both Barber and Pratt coun-
ties, and there are plenty of old maids
in Jerry's village. who are looking for
Just such fellows as Frank. We con-
graduate him in his venture"
Wichita Eagle of the 9TH: "Messrs.
Cameron and Jones, of Medicine Lodge,
were in the city last night, returning
from Topeka, where they had succeed
ed in advancing the Barber county in
junction suit on the docket of the SUI
preme court. They were delighted with
J the result of their journey to Topeka,
| and are now fully satisfied that they
have blocked what they call the ''little
| game" of the alliance leaders. The case
| referred to is the same case that men
ton was made of in Tuesday mornings
paper"
The county central committee of the
peoples party met at the INDEX Office
last Saturday afternoon. The secretary
read challenge from the republican
committee Offering TO debate the ''po-
Iitical issues of the day: the subtreas-
ury bill and the land loan scheme"
The matter was discussed and it was
the general sentiment that the republl-
cans had made the challenge in order
to get chance to talk to alliance
crowds; that they could not get a crowd
otherwise; that il they were defeated
in debate they would claim a victory;
that their challenge is so worded it
would cut the alliance debaters off
from any chance to attack the party on
its past record, and therefore the chal-