Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-23
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Peoples party picnic and parade next
Tuesday, Sept. 10Th.
Bring your baskets if you can, but
come, basket or no basket.
Boys, bring your girls to the grand
ball next Tuesday night, at the opera
house.
w. A. Schiller and son, of Dixon, ILL.,,
came in on their annual visit last Wed
nesday.
Fried chicken tomorrow evening.
Take your supper with the ladies of
the Christian church.
Miss Angie Lowry is clerking at the
postotiice, at the general delivery. She
will make first class clerk.
Steve Roach has gone into the deliv-
cry business, and has a bran new out.
tit OF ponies, wagon and harness.
People living at distance should
come in next Monday night, and be
ready for the big parade at 1890 Tues
day.
If the Cresset has any charges to
make, and will make proper affidavit,
the evidence will be taken for all it is
worth.
The new Reed s. Kellogg spoilers at
z. o. bookstore, exchanged for old
spoilers for ten cents, or sold for twen-
ty-fve cents.
Give next Tuesday to the advance
ment of your best interests, and show
the world that you picnic and vote the
way you pray and talk.
While Burnett prides himself on his
grocery department, he wants the pub
lictO remember that he has a fine stock
of boots, shoes and gents furnishings.
All the new and swell
styles in Cloaks for this Fall
and Winter, now on exhibit
ton at w. III. Harmon d Co.'S.
Wanted-A farm; will pay good rent
for large or small farm. Must have
at least three room house and stable.
Address j. L. NJ. INDEX office, Medi-
cine Lodge. Is
The result of the election last year
has saved thousands of dollars to the
farmers of Barber county. Let us show
the so-called morality howlers that we
are not scared nor ashamed.
80 $500
corn, last week, which is probably the
best sample we have seen this year.
He has both white and yellow ears, II
inches long, perfectly filled, and first
class in every particular.
John T. Jessie brought us a sample
of his corn, last Saturday. 1t is the
big yellow variety, ears IL inches long,
and good, solid corn. He says gourd
grows on every stalk and every gourd
contains from pint to quart of she'll
ed corn.
Mrs. E. r. Howard and her daughter,
Mrs. Charlie Newkirk, left last We'd
nesday for visit to relatives in Mont
teau county, Missouri, and will be alb
sent about four weeks. Some fear that
Mrs. Howard won't return at all, as it
is so easy for her to do better.
Barber county is needing rain. The
ground is too dry to plOw, and it is too
dry to plant wheat. Some sections of
the country have been favored with
good rains, while other sections were
entirely skipped. Some farmers are
doubling teams and blowing anyhow.
A. w. Mckinney, district supervisor
of the ninth district of Kansas, A. o. u.
W., a representative of the G. NJ. W.,
will visit the lodge in this city on Fri
day, September 25th, and give the boys
a rounding up. 1t is desired that all
members be present, with clean aprons
and with their shoes BACKED.
Among our new advertisers this
week, who invite your at
tention, are D. G. Book, the clothing
merchant; Mrs. Ely Martin, the mil
liner, and the ever popular and pro-
gressive w. II. HARMON. Read the
INDEX advertisements, or you do your
self an injustice.
w. II. WOrland says he was blowing,
last Friday, and his team got scared,
and 1t was all he could do to keep the
horses from running away. After they
became quiet he investigated the cause,
and found two huge watermelons lying
in their path. He brought us one of
them, which weighed 40 pounds, and
was extra fine.
r. V. Cant, who went to Purcell
last week to recover some of the prop
erty of Jacob Miller. returned Friday
with fine mare, which he redeemed al
SIS, but is worth $l5O. He says he has
been in some hard places. but Purcell
can just lay it over all others. He says
the land is good, but he would not live
among such people for the best farm
that can be found. He never saw sc
many sick people, and everybody ha:
malaria. He thinks there are enough
negroes around Purcell to settle thu
lands that were opened yesterday.
at Sharon, last Saturday night, G
NJ. Martin and Judge Mckay debated
the following resolution: Resolved
that the sub-treas ury plan, as proposed
by the peoples party, is unconstitution
al, and would bring financial disaster
to the country" Mr.. Martin affirmed
Judge Mckay denied. Next Saturday
night, at the courthouse, in this city
the same subject will be debated by
them. Judge Mckay will affirm that il
is constitutional, and will bring pros
perlty to the country, he will have thu
opening and closing speech. Let ev
erybOdy attend.
Last Friday, about noon, a stock
train on the Santa Fe was passing War,
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