Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

If the INDEX owned any surplus corn
it would sell now.
The jlngling of the sleigh bells re-
sound on every hand.
Mrs. H. H. Case departed Monday. on
visit to relatives at Topeka.
]. B. Gardner, ex-sherlff of Harper
county, was here on business Monday.
Andrew Anderson, of Medicine
Lodge, has been allowed an increase of
pension.
McFadden's Double Uncle Toms
Cabin at the Thompson opera house,
Friday night.
Senator Chester 1. Long returned last
Thursday, from a trip to Topeka on
legal business.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank.
j. r. Weddill, of Kansas City, is here
in attendance at the stockholders meet
ing of the First National Bank.
The W. C. T. U. will meet Tuesday,
Jan. 10Th, with Mrs. DR.. Moore at 8
O'Clock. Mrs. Houchin, Secy.
w l.. Blair. of Nevada, Ohio, was in
attendance at the meeting of stock
holders of tie First National Bank
The Ladies Aid Society OF the M. E.
church will meet on Friday afternoon
at the parsonage. Mrs. Houchin Secy.
Miss Margaret Cartan departed Mon
day for Kansas City, to accept a posi-
ton as teacher in school of steno-
graphy.
Our chief, w. G. Musgrove, is at To-
peka this week, watching the workings
of the legislature. Comments on this
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The new board of county commission
ers consisting of James M. Reagin, LIST
district; James Stranathan, End dis
trict; D. l.. Piece, Bird district, met and
organized Tuesday morning, by the
election of Mr.. Pierce as chairman.
There being no business present for
the consideration of the board, an ad-
journment was made until the second
Monday in April.
The following officers we're installed
by DelphIa Lodge, No 40, K. of p,
Monday evening, Jan. 18th: p. G., T..
G. MOlloy; e. o., c. D. Coddington; V.
c., j. B. GanO; P, F. w. Long; NJ. of
E., w. 5. Finney; K. of r. Il S., H. A.
Brown; M. of F., Waldron Chase; M. at
A, H. S. Lands; l. G., H. M. Stone;
.. g., James Dobbs; Representative to
Grand Lodge, Scott hubert.
A portion of the hunting party which
left here two weeks ago have returned.
w. II. Harmon, George Hubbard S. T.
Roach and Ed. Hubbard, three deer, an
abundance of small game and camping
utensils, together with daring encount-
ers, hair-breadth escapes and startling
adventures with all the elements that
constitute the Big Indian Territory, ar
rived home last Thursday. The boys
look none the worse for their trip and
seem to have enjoyed the blizzard of
New Years day with which they had
to contend. They left John Jesse and
son and L. Munson down there slaught-
ering the deer, which are quite plentiful
this year.
Last Wednesday night 1t commenced
raining about eight o'clock, and driz-
cling rain fell all night. About daylight
the rain turned to snow, and the snow
continued falling, with short intervals,
all day Thursday, thus giving us twen-
ty-four hours of falling weather. The
ground was already in splendid condi-
ton, from the snow on new years day.
This additional moisture will give the
ground good winter soaking, which
is the best thing for the crops that could
possibly happen. It is said that wet
winter is apt to be followed by a wet
summer, and if we have a reasonable
amount of rain next summer, the crops
will be the finest ever produced in the
state.
Wichita Star; "Reing as your are a
printer" said young lady to-day, "you
might not want to say In your paper
that printed programmes are the worst
thing on earth to induce young men to
show their iIl-breeding at dance or
ball, but they are. The jay young
man rushes around with his card con-
tanning the order of dances, asking Ia
dies for dance just as if he were solic-
iting an order for groceries. If the Ia
dy, through mere courtesy consents, he
snatches her programme, scrawls his
name on it and rushes on after another
victim for fear he will not get his order
of dancing filled out before anyone else.
There is even worse class of bores
than this, for instance the fellow who
advances rudely, treads on your toes.
takes your card without asking per-
mission, selects his dance and registers
his name as if you were no more con-
cerned in the matter than the man " :. :,
plays tha bass vol. Unless the ladies
sit down on these nuisances there will
be gentlemen come in late and find no
one to dance with except when he can
get some extra numbers put in. On
the whole think printed programmes
| are nuisance. Don't your"
The entertainment given last evening
at the opera house, as slight testi-
monial of the high appreciation of
our people, and recognition of the
exemplary worth of DR.. Phillips, pastor
of the Nj F. church was a moot oD;ov-