Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
Citizens, Alliance.

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Last Thursday night five new mem
bers were received into the Citizens
Alliance.
The charter for the Citizens Alliance
has been received. The lodge here is
named Liberty assembly, No. 100, OF
Medicine Lodge" and the charter is
/ dated July 4th, 1891.
Think of the best names you can fol
officers, and come and help elect them.
The early corn crop is safe.
There were few drops of rain Tues,
day morning,
IS lbs. granulated sugar S1.OO at w.
Ii. Harmon 81 Co.'S. 6
A good rain last night. This will in
sure the early cOrn.crop.
VIM. Rogers, Esq, of Mumford, has
peaches.
Peaches are being fed to hogs in this
county. There are thousands of BUSH
els rotting ON the ground.
The roof is on the government exper-
mental building, and car load of pipe
and machinery arrived Monday.
Raymond Dresser has typhoid fever,
and has been dangerously sick. Last
Sunday he was at the worst stage.
Elder Nations brother started to
Medicine Lodge, one day last week,
and had to change cars where the wait
was long one. He got tired of wait
ing, and took the first train that came
along, which took him back to Kansas
City.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
gave a very pleasant entertainment
last Thursday night. The room was
crowded till all the refreshments were
disposed OF. The young folks had IA
good time and the receipts were quite
satisfactory.
The probate judge tells us that our
boys are marrying off early. Last week
he had two applicants for license where
both young men were under age. One
brought his father and the other brought
his mother TO give consent. Both re-
celyed license, and are now happy Ben
edictS.
Our farmers should from this time
forward raise diversity Of crops, so
that if one crop should fail they would
have something else to live on. Don't
put your whole farm in wheat or corn.
Put in a patch of barley, rye, fax, cas-
tor beans, sorghum and alfalfa. They
all do well here.
The INDEX has taken no hand in the
discussion of the bridge injunction case.
The editor has his views on the matter.
and makes no secret of them; but this
is a discussion between taxpayers, and
the INDEX is friend to the parties en-
gagged on both sides: There are strong
arguments on both sides.
We are truly glad that the Cresset
has caught on to the Importance OF Civ
ing some person as authority or proof
when it makes statements about ALI
ance people. If if will just continue to
give its authority IN such cases, and re-
frain from assertions until it has good
authority, 1t will confer favor on it's
readers.
George Sexton asks US to correct the
statement we made last week that the
costs in Squire Woodward's court had
been ordered assessed against his land.
Infnrnant l1n ~ III
who admits that he was mistaken, and
we make the correction. But we think
the costs in the case ought to have
been so assessed.
Mrs. Thos. Dyer reached home Mon
day afternoon. Tom was in town ear
ly Monday morning, waiting for the
train to pull out. He intended going
to Wellington to meet his wife, and
she came in one day ahead of time.
Happy Tom. He has not been at him.
self since his wife and children LETT him
two weeks ago.
DR.. Miller rode through one Of his
fields of corn few days ago, and he
says he could just reach the top OF the
stalks as he sat on his horse. On the
same day last year the corn was only
three feet high. He found lots of
stalks with two big ears, and some OF
it was in roasting ear. The Doctor
thinks there is enough moisture in the
ground to make early corn.
j. M. COry's corn fields and his millet
field were alive with chinch bugs few
days ago, but they are now nearly all
dead, and the remainder are dying by
the millions. He became uneasy about
the bugs some time ago, and sent to
Prof. Snow for some infected" bugs.
They came, and MIR. Cory scattered
them among the bugs III his fields, and
the result has been highly satisfactory.
Mr.. Cory sent us a handful of dead
bugs, last Monday, as proof of the
fact that his crop Of bugs will be a fail
ure this year. If Prof. Snow never
does anything else for the good of his
country, he deserves to be immortal
lied for haVing dise0yered remedy for
chinch bugs.
We drove out to the government sta
ton few days ago, and we take pleas
ure in complimenting the manager of
the farm, NJ. Eli Benedict. The
ground is perfectly clean, not weed
or spear of grass is to be seen any
where. The cane is all growing splen-
didly, the different varieties and various
paintings being easily distinguished
Its all growing fapidly, and is as rank
and healthy as can be. If the expert
ment of deep piowiIg will demonstrate
to our farmers that it is the proper way
to cultivate Kansas land, which we be-
lieve is the fact, Barber county will
thus gain another advantage by having
the station. We would like for all