Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-06-03
The oat crop is very fine Just now

We don't want to hear any growing
about wet weather.
Born-In this county, May 26th, to
the wife of John Lowdon, girl.
The INDEX is a member of the Kan
sas Reform Press Association. and a
member of the National Reform Press
Association.
Several sporting young men were
disappointed last Saturday night in a
vain search IN the west part of town.
No names.
The wheat crop is now about as green
as it was three weeks ago. The heavy
rains invigorated the crop, and Kansas
is wearing her broadcast smile.
Mrs. VIM. Lockard went over to Wei
lIngton a couple of weeks ago, to see
and hear grandson deliver his gradu-
ating essay. She also visited relatives
near Attica, and reached home last
| Thursday.
Lost-Between the Ed. Ayers and
Markham farms, on last Sunday, d
brown leather pocket-bOok, containing
valuable papers and some money. The
finder will be rewarded by leaving the
same at this office.
We saw men in Indiana plOwlng
around the knobs, where two acres was
a big field, and where there were TWEEN
ty piles of stone to every acre. we
thought Kansas people ought to be
proud of their state.
A citizens alliance will soon be form
ed in this city. For convenience, we
would like to have the names of those
who wish to join left at the INDEX Of
flee, so we can notify them of the exact
time and place of organization.
If Kiowa, Hazelton, Sharon and Other
places want citizens alliance, let them
get the names of dozen or twenty OF
more persons who wish to join and Their
notify the INDEX, and we will SEND
| them word when an organizer car
come down.
L. w. Story and wife, of Sharon, left
Sunday, for their future home, at Gal
weston, Texas. Mr.. Storey was in Tex
as several weeks, prospecting, and fin
ally bought property at Galveston. we
dislike to lose our old citizens, Tut WISH
for them prosperity and happiness.
II. L. Snodderly brought us a twiG
from one of his apple trees, to show
how that fruit is progressing. The
twie is forked, and at the end OF eacf
fork is bunch of four apples, all vigor
Gus, and nearly as large as pullet eggs
Barber is bound to come to the front a:
fruit county, as she is now for sugar
for sorghum cane, for sugar beets, fol
fine horses, for fine hogs and for many
other things.
Everybody who has time to do so II
breaking sod, to be put in wheat mex
fall. If we were able, we would give
chrome to every farmer who woul6
break ten acres or more. The more VIZ
cultivate the more rain we will have
Col. Eldred is breaking thousand acre
patch of sod this spring. Think O
that And twenty bushels to the acre
We hope he may get dollar bushe
for all the wheat he raises.
When we were q boy we read TIT
, Latin fable of a SOW reproachlng
Iioness because she only brought ont
cub into the world at time, while sh'
brought forth ten or dozen. And TIT
Iioness replied: Yes, but my child i
. lion, whereas yours are only-plgs.
From this we were of the opinion tina
a lioness only produced one cub at
! time. We saw lioness at the Zoo II
Cincinnati which had two cubs. The
were three months old, and playful a
: kittens.
Kiowa Review: Lyman DeGee
made the finest speech last week tina
has eyer been made in the court house
1t was in defense of an old and disable'
soldier, and in prosecution of those VII
: had deceived and wronged him. An eye
witness says that the court room wa
crowded with spectators. mostly oil
soldiers, and the judge had to have as
assistance from the sheriff to preserv
T order, so great was the applause con
tlnuously given TO our county attorney
the soldiers friend"
= Mrs. Hall, of Wichita, Grand Matror
met with the Eastern Star, in this city
, Monday night. Kiowa was represent
ed by her mayor, Mrs. DIR. Paxson, Mr.:
Shelley and six others. There was
full attendance from this city. Ate
, exemplifylng the work, the lodge too
a recess; and an elegant lunch Wa
spread III the lodge room. Mrs. Ia
q was very complimentary toward the oi
icers of our lodge. Our Matron, Mr.:
q c. w. Ellis, accompanied her to Hal
! where they met last night with Harpe
! lodge.
e The fruit crop promises to be til
: largest ever produced in the stat,
) There are more bearing trees than eve
before. they are older and better tina
ever, and are all full. We have exam
. med peach trees where three, four, an
8 e7en six peaches had formed from on
d blossom, and have found that abot
} half of the fruit in such clusters ha
ceased to grow, and is rapidly fallin
e of; while the other half is growing flu,
!, ly. The trees are yet overloaded, an
/ should be relieved of part of their LOAF
!. or else well propped.