Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-30
The
"Vagabond"
Tomorrow night,
New Years eve, at

New Years eve, at
Thompson's Opera House.
Cook G. Palmer make loans on vel
improved farms. 80
For Rent-A two room house. APP
ply TO II. burst. 80
Frank Long Christmased at Wichita
returning home Sunday.
Editor Axline and family are suffer
ing more or less from grippe.
Waldron Chase has been quite sick
for several days, but is improving.
Buy your wife White Sewing Ma
chine Tor Christmas present at Noble
81 Cases. st
DIR. f. d. Rogers and Clarence
Sparks, went to Pratt Monday, 20 visit
friends.
L. b. Trlcket and family spent
Christmas with Mrs. rs parents al
Harper.
Game Wanted-WIll pay highest
market price for all kinds of game.
20 DoHRER & SOUTHwORTH.
Jim McNeal, the heavy part of the
mechanical force, of Cresset office, is
laid UP with the grippe this week.
Remember that Noble " Cases clear
ance sale only lasts until January 1st
Call and see them before the stock is
broken. st
The Willing Workers of the Chris
tian church will meet with Mrs. E.
Youmans, Wednesday afternoon. Jan
uary 9Th.
Miss Cora Byerley returned from
Pratt, Sunday. She has resigned her
clerical position at Pratt, and has come
home to stay.
Dick Wilson, head-miller at Weber's
caused by Dick leaving last Thursday
on holiday excursion to Sabetha and
Kngman.
Water rents will not be expected
paid till from the 18th to the 21st De-
cember-owing to the illness of Super
lntendent Chase.
The Munson party on hunters got
home Sunday night from trip of two
weeks in the territory. We under
stand that Munson killed four deer
while the balance of the crowd killed
two more.
The K. of p. Lodge conferred the
page rank upon two applicants last
Monday evening. A good attendance
Is desired for heXt Monday evening
as there will be work in the page and
esquire ranks.
Will S. Falls went to Pratt last Fri
Jay, and returned Sunday. For some
unexrlainable (p) reason he declares
that he has made his last trip to Pratt
and will ratify the declaration by
'swearing Off New Years.
Frank A. Lewis, county clerk elect,
and family moved to town last Friday,
and have taken residence IN the Free
man property in the south part of the
city. Mr. Lewis will enter upon the
duties of his Office in about two weeks.
There are number of hymn books
Select Gems-belonging TO the Baptist
church, that are scattered about town.
Any person knowing the whereabouts
of such books, will confer a favor by
| giving the pastor such information.
License was issued. Monday for the
marriage of James o. Lumpkins and
Miss May Newland, two we'll and fav-
orable known young people of Sharon.
The INDEx extends the usual con-
CALCULATIONS for long and prosperous
life.
The INDEX has received an invita-
ton from J, w. Potes, president of the
KiOwa sub-aliiance, which reads as
follows: yourself and ladies are
cordially invited to attend the alliance
banquet. Friday evening, January 1st
1SSa2.
Our d6'uing miil will give 80 pounds
of hest flour ~ exchange for a bushel
of wheat testing 40; 35 pounds OF Crys,
tai. or 40 pounds of CLIPPER flour for a
bushel of wheat testing go. sour, bran
and shorts always on hand at the MIL
| for sale or exchange. 13-tf
Granulated sugar IS lbs; G sugar 20
lbs; Navy beans 81 lbs; Lima beans II
lbs; Flake hominy 80 lbs; Rolled oats
"A lbs; 25 bars good laundry soap; 1S
bars Grandpa's Wonder soap, for 81.
Potatoes IS C; Apples IS cts per bushel
and other goods proportionally low at
| the Elm Mills store. 30-4t
Readers of the INDEX must excuse
the appearance of the paper last week
and this week. The editor IS down
with grippe, and has been for more thar
a week. We hope to have the paper il
it's usual condition next week. but il
this case promises are liable to be brok
en-, 50 we will not make any.
If you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the ccanty register Of
deeds, Mr.. E. II. Nixon, who will Sc
cure your patent for you without any
cost to you. There are hundreds o.
patents at Larned tor land in this coun
ty, and everyone of them ought to b.
recorded here. Don't forget the mat
/ ter. Attend to 1t now, or it may cause
| future trouble. loft
The following has been handed to thu
INDEX for publication. We WITHHOLD
the authors name, but advise tnt
| young man to Immediately comply
with the injunction: There is GER
tain smart young man in town that ha'
been writing letters TO a young man in
Pratt and signing a young lady's name
to them. Now if those letters are moi
i r.-ttl.i fc.r. Z.