Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-22
A. t. q F. r. R. TIME CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.
DR.. Yant will be home to-day.

ear.
Even sod corn is going to produce a
good crop this year.
Mrs. f. Youmans is still sick, and
last Sunday was quite low.
Who will be the first man to bring
the INDEX fine watermelon?
Mrs. w. Z. Cook, of Kiowa, is visit
ing her parents at Lexington, Mo.
The K. p. lodge is growing rapidly,
and their financial condition is o. X.
Tomatoes, solid packed, (Standard)
10 cents per can, at w. II. Harmon u
Co.'S. 6
DR.. Bob Currie has thirty-fve horses
under medical treatment, so we are
told.
Miss Ethel Simmons, of Kansas City,
is here on visit to her sister, Mrs. A.
ID. Shaw.
Little Raymond Dresser, who has
had hard spell of typhoid fever, is
now rapidly recovering.
Now is your time to get those fine
Cabinet Photos taken at Young's Gal
lery. Best grades SO per dozen. 2Stf
Best patent -four $1.35 per sack; End
grade flour $l.25 per sack; good flour
$l.O0 per sack, at w. II. Harmon q Co.
S. Steinberg, clothing merchant, of
Lawrence, Kansas, was here Friday
and Saturday, looking after his real es-
tate.
Allen L. Herr, who has been attend
ing a shorthand school at Kansas City,
has returned, and is now attending the
Normal.
j. f.. Hall has an apple tree we'll filled
with large apples, and the tree also has
a number Of blossoms on it, This tree
bore two crops Of fruit last year.
County Attorney DeGeer was at Kio-
wa last Saturday, and picked up enough
evidence to warrant him in bringing
suit IN four cases for violations of the
prohibitory law.
w. 5. Denton spent nearly all of last
week at Coldwater. lie was one of the
attorneys for the defense In the suits
against the county officers for charging
illegal fees, and he won every case.
Prof. Won Nordroff arrived here Fri
day, to look after his real estate. Prof.
Won Nordrof spent couple of weeks
here last summer, and trained some of
our musicians for musical entertain
ments. lie Is brilliant musician.
Judge Mckay came over last We'd
nesday, and heard the arguments of
the attorneys in the bridge injunction
case. He took the matter under adj
visement, and the case remains in Stdtu
quo until he decides one way or the
other.
Normal school opened Monday morn
ing, with 81 pupils in attendance. The
rain in the early morning doubtless
kept many from being present. The
roll is being increased every day. We
hope it will be the largest and most
successful session ever held in the
county.
Does the Cresset wish to compare the
charges of Mr.. Lands with those of
Mr.. Holmes2 What grudge does the
Cresset hold against Mr.. Holmes, any
how2 We know that two years ago it
called him whisky man, and such
pet names, when Holmes was a candi-
date for mayor, but we thought they
were cheek by jowl ever since. 81
j. b. McGinnis, of Kiowa, was arrest
ed, last Friday, on heinous charge.
We hasten to say that we have talked
with some of his neighbors, and not one
of them will for moment harbor the
idea of guilt. The case was brought
before Squire Greever on Saturday, and
the court postponed the prelimin-
AIRY examination till next Saturday. Mr.
McGinnis gave bond for 81 900 for his
appearance.
+. f. Mullen bought out, yesterday
morning, the coal and grain business OF
Dobbs Bros. lie gets the scales, ware
house, Office fixtures, safe &c, and the
coal and grain on hand, and took charge
of the business at once. Mr.. Mullen
will buy and sell all kinds of grain, and
pay the highest market price, and will
keep coal for sale. Call and see HIM
when you want to buy or sell. He will
continue in the agricultural implement
business, as heretofore.
Probate Judge Stevens had an exper-
fence, last Thursday morning. A man
applied to him for license TO marry,
and then asked the judge to officlate.
lie consented, and told the man to
bring the lady TO his office. The man
replied that the lady was a widow, and
had four or five children in the wagon
and could not leave them. The Judge
then went to the wagon, and found a
Rood-looking young lady, with five
children. The lady got out of the wag.
on, and she and the man were married
The ceremony occurred ON the vacant
square near the residence of Judge
McCague. The groom was s. IL. Pom
ter, OF Colorado, and the bride wa;
Mrs. Ella Estes, of Chautauqua, Kans
as. They were on their way to ColOra
do. We wish them joy.
1t is little cheeky for the Cresset
reporter, who was once deputy in the
Office of the district clerk, to compar,
the business of the November term anC
that of the February term of the dis
trict court, when he knows that tn,
November term passed on about ont
hundred cases offoreclosure by default
and confirmed about one hundred sher
if sales. All this could have been done
in one day. The foreclosures were pu
through on copies of the original pa
pers, and the probability is that Judg,
Mckay will have all this work to d,
over after the very expeditions judg