Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-05-06
Legal Holiday tomorrow night.


open joint last Saturday night.
Cook & Palmer willinsure your wheat
crop against all damage by hail. AZ
Died-Near Hazelton, April oath, of
lung fever, infant son of S. w. Crow.
Mrs. Dobson has been seriously sick
for the past ten days, but is much better.
Wanted-Corn and Wheat, at Web
er'S mill. Highest market price will
be paid. 46
The w. G. T. U. will meet next Tues
day, May 18th at o'clock, p. M. at the
Presbyterian church.
! Doran g. Roberts have bought the
gypsum building of Ben Kaufman, and
are having 1t improved.
The park around the courthouse is
in cultivation this year. The cultiva-
tion will be of great benefit to the trees.
Wanted by DR.. Yant man to study
Dentistry. Will furnish the right man
a place to make money in October.
| Call soon. 4Stf
JAKE Knirr has moved his tailor shop
across the street into one of the rooms
of the'prOperty recently purchased by
DR.. Moore.
Try 12-pound sack of Weber's new
| Graham Flour. Also try his new corn
meal. For sale at the mill or at Bur-
nett's store. IS
FInney has moved his harness shop
into the burst brick building, opposite
his old stand. He has nice room, and
splendid stock of goods to fill it.
w. IL. Harmon returned Sunday,
bringing Mrs. Harmon with him. They
Will shortly take up residence in the
Rogers house, on Walnut street.
Wyler, Ackerland 4 Co. have moved
their grocery department into the same
room with the dry goods department.
This leaves the north halt of the build
ing vacant.
James Dobbs returned Monday, from
trip to Kansas City. He reports the
wheat market as firm as if the pres
ence of "Old Hutch" had never visited
Kansas City.
Chas. Hutchinson, an attorney from
| Des MoineS, Iowa, has moved with his
family into the Little house, on Spring
street. Miss Neff, of Washington, Kan
sas, is with the family.
The Fourth of July ought to be cele-
brated this year i'll becoming manner.
1t is about time for some organization
to begin making claims to the date, to
prevent conflicting arrangements.
Buy your buggy harness from Finney
and do not send away for cheap factory
harness, when he will sell you some
thing better and save you money. New
shop, opposite Burnett's store. Soft
Mrs. Dukehart, who was here on
visit To her husband, returned home
Sunday. They will not remove to this
city, and the probability is that Mr..
Dukehart will only remain few weeks
longer.
Beacon: "a. J. Jones, of Medicine
Lodge, is in the city to-day and is offer
ing TO bet that there will not be farm
mortgage on record in Barber county
after the product of this years wheat
crop is sold"
y lawn social will be given on Fri
day night, May 18th, by the hudson
Young Peoples society,"" of theBaptist
church, at the lawn at the Baptist chap
ell IN this city. Ice cream and cake will
be the refreshments. All invited.
See Finney's new styles of harness;
all handmade and warranted made
from pure oak-tanned leather. Har-
ness made to order a speciality. A big
stock of whips just from the factory, at
factory prices, from Is cents up. SOFT
a couple of young men who make
themselves ridiculous by their whoop-
ing and yelling every time they come TO
town, will be picked up one of these
times. 1t is shame to whip and run
an old horse the way they do.
The Presbyterian ladies gave an ice
cream social last night, in the room re-
Gently vacated by Finuey's harness store.
The night was cool and dark, but there
was fair crowd present, and the re-
freshments were delightful.
Kiowa is going to make a special eff
fort to have good fair this fall. The
premium list has been made larger, and
the premiums increased in size. Med
icineLodge wants to get move on her
self, or KIowa will get all the honors.
Among the recent arrival of colts at
the Kiowa Stock Farm, is black colt,
foated April 6, sired by p. ii. Chaplin,
and named Jerry Simpson. May the
colt turn out as well as the man did,
after whom he is named. He will have
to be prize winner.
Sunday evening, May 10th, at the
opera house, Elder j. E. Nicholson will
deliver an address under the auspices
of the knights of Pythias, it being
their fifth anniversary. The public IS
invited to attend. Good music; lecture
will be at S o'clock.
Hazelton Express: "Monday morn
ing Y. L. l.. Burns was milking a COW
in lot where there were some horses
and they, while playing or lighting,
made the COW jump and knock Mr..
Burns down and run over him. 1t was
thought for while that he was seri-
ously hurt, but he was only sOreiy
bruised, and no bones were broken"
Are you the judge of reprobates?''
said an old lady the other day, as she
walked into Judge Stevens Office. II
am the judge Of probate" was the re-
ply. ''Well that's it 1 expect" quoth
the old lady. You see my husband