Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-10-07

There was no meeting of the county
alliance last Saturday.
Lost, at the picnic, a black double
shawl. Leave at this office.
For fine writing paper, tablets, dolls,
toys, etc., go to +. o. Book Store. 20
Next Tuesday night Mr.. Plumb will
tell US what he don't know about fin
ance.
The Vincent hand book has been re-
ceived. Call at this Office and get a
copy.
Funk and DeGeer will make team.
The joints will have to pull their
freight.
Lew Aubert, one of the sugar boilers
at the big mill, left yesterday for New
Orleans.
Burnett has just received a fine stock
Of gents furnishing goods; also boots
and shoes Is
II the republicans think our parade
was small affair, why don't they get
up one to beat it?
Dave Lahey, who has been connected
with the Wichita Beacon, is now work
Ing on the Eagle.
There will be a basket social at
Grandview schoolhouse on Wednesday
night Of next week.
Jake Walstad left Monday for Ochil-
tree county, Texas, and the Panhandle
country on business trip.
w. Il. Collins IS nearly well from his
hurt last week, when he was thrown out
of buggy and his hip sprained.
There were very few people IN town
last Saturday. The streets were al
most deserted. The cold rain did it.
Bear creek is famous for its plcnics.
Now that Bear creek has united with
Lake City, look out for good time.
When DIR. Kociell was on the witness
stand the lawyers could not rattle"
him. He will make rafting good race
this fall.
Mrs. L. F. Shannon and the babies
have been here week, visiting rela-
tives. Frank can't rest easy at KIowa
while they are away.
Ross Chamberlain has quit the Kio-
wa Journal and gone to Wichita to
work on the Beacon. Roy Stafford has
taken his place on the Journal.
Charley Stranathan, son of Commits
siOner Stranathan, was up from the
farm yesterday, smiling at the pretty
girls and visiting the city school.
The jury in the CoraBennett case was
awful glad to be released. On the first
ballot they stood for acquittal to
against. 1t was compromise verdict.
Henry Georges latest and best book
Projection or Free Trade" is now
ready for delivery. We will furnish
them to subscribers at 25 cents each.
We can save you money on
every purchase made now.
w. II. Harmon q Co.
While Burnett prides himself on his
grocery department, he wants the pub
lie to remember that he has fine stock
of boots, shoes and gents furnishings.
w. IL. Old, the second hand man,
keeps all kinds of repairs for stoves. If
you want new CRATE for your old
stove, he will furnish you at the lowest
price. 1Stf
Our fine Italian climate has disgraced
itself by being cold enough for fires for
the past four days. We expect month
of pleasant weather yet, and will be
disappointed If We don't getit.
Farmers, you have been ridiculed,
abused and sneered at for year and
half. You have put up good ticket.
Now work for it; vote it straight, and
see that your neighbors do the same.
If Editor Axline is allowing his boy
to eat from an American tin plate"
and he dies of lead poison, he will
be inexcusable. The INDEX has given
him fair and frequent warnings.
Nick Sherlock and John Dollar got
back last week from the big race for
Indian lands. They didn't get any
land or town lots, but don't seem much
disappointed.
Ladies don't fail to visit our
special advance sale of fash
ionable garments. w. H. Har-
mon 81 Co.
j. B. Gano, Jas. Lahey, E. B. Peck
and wife, Mesdames Cain, Runyan and
Hall, II. E. Noble, H. d. Records, 1. II.
Stafford, Thos. Doran, r. J. Mckay
and Lon Salyers are some of the Medi-
cine Lodge people that swelled the big
crowds at the Wichita fair last week.
Our Touring mill will give 80 pounds
of best flour in exchange for bushel
of wheat testing go; S5 pounds of Crys-
tai, or 40 pounds of Clipper -four for
bushel of wheat testing go. -Four, bran
and shorts always on hand at the mill,
for sale or exchange. 13-tf
If you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the county register of
deeds, MIR. 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
Noble Prentiss, the genial, jolly roll
licking story telling newspaper writer,
who has the history of Kansas stored
in his retentive memory, and who
knows everybody in the state worth
knowing, gave the INDEX very pleas
ant call last Friday. His talk Ibid us
power o'good," as we have not laugh