Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-01

Blue birds and larks are plentiful.
Gardening has commenced in earn
est.
Butter and eggs were scarce Monda,
and Tuesday.
Horse -ographs and Jack-otypes a
the INDEX office. Al
Henry Hinze left last Friday for hi
future home, at Topeka.
Hunting is getting out of date, anC
fishing is just coming in.
Take your watch to Sellers and hav,
it cleaned. He warrants all his work
Rev. w. A. Cain, of the Baptist
church, baptised two persons last Sun
day afternoon.
The latest, tenderest and best Oee1
at the Central meat market, opposite
LIST National bank.
5. X. w. Field has 5000 nice growing
box alder trees for sale cheap, at hi.
farm three miles north OF town.
Drs. Turner " Mckee, dentists. Of
flee over Davis Il Davis store. Best
work and lowest prices guaranteed. IS
The Easter services at the Christian
church. by the sunday school. were
much enjoyed by all who were present
WIN. Voltz returned Saturday from
prospecting tour. lie has found sew
eral places where he IS wanted as a mil.
Ter.
Miss Josie Eubanks, who has been
visiting friends at Wellington fol-
the past four weeks, returned home
last Saturday.
Cook ~ Palmer do a general real es-
tate business and make a speciality of
renting and looking after farms for
non-resldents. A
Business men on the west side of
Nam street don't like idea of making
dumping ground of the gutter in
front or their business houses.
DR.. G.. j. Southworth sold four ounces
of quinine last Saturday, more than he
ever sold in one day in this city. Colds
and la grippe have caused the demand.
Owing to the change in the manage
ment of the Badger Lumber Company
all pal ties knowing themselves indebt-
ed To the firm, must call and settle at
once. Asa
A. w. Stillwell, travelling freight
agent, was here Monday, looking after
the Santa Fe's interests. lie is espec-
tally interested just now in the sugar
industry.
Water consumers that do not renew
contracts on or before the 9th inst,
will be considered as not wanting wa
ter and supply will be shut off. Wal
drOn Chase, Supt. 1t
Last week we noted the fact that the
district clerk, probate judge and county
superintendent were doing their own
janitOr work. We accidentally omitted
the county attorney.
G. ID. Codington, who has for the past
two years been managing the Badger
Lumber yard, in this city, has taken a
lay-off for several weeks, and expects
to do some visiting in the east.
The recent Methodist conference
made the following appointments:
Medicine Lodge, ID. w. Phillips; Kio-
wa, w. III. Farrell; Lake City, Z. j.
Pinkston; Hazelton, James Tanner.
A new hearing has been granted in
the Chandler VS.. Tyler case, of Hazel
ton. This will be appreciated by w. S.
Denton and w. G. Afford, the attor-
meys, almost as much as by Mr.. Tyler.
Alliance secretaries will please re-
member that another quarter expires
with March 3lst and govern themselves
accordingly. A new password will be
given at the meeting next Saturday to
all who hand in reports and dues.
Parties desiring information concern
ing Oregon and Washington should APP
ply direct to w. o. Horr, agent Santa
Fe, at Medicine Lodge, KS, who has a
large assortment of advertising matter
relative to the resources of these two
states. 45-4t
Vegetation is putting forward rapid
". The warm weather about the first
of March warmed the ground, and the
cool weather since that time has SIM
NV held vegetation in check, and now
every warm day makes a change in the
appearance of grass and trees.
Harper Graphic: "E. s. Morris, of
I D1c in nifu Mod
nesday and Thursday. lie is camp in
spector of the s. of V. camps and in
spected the Harper camp. He says it
ranks first. lie has bought an interest
i'm the Topeka Grand Army Journal
aud went to that CITY 10 assume the du-
ties of associate editor"
Our Ed. Sample is making things
warm at Coldwater. He has caused
the arrest of the county treasurer,
county clerk and two county commits
sioners. The treasurer and clerk were
charged with receiving more salary
than the law allowed; and the com
missioners charged with allowing these
sums contrary to law. The excess was
promptly paid back into the treasury.
VIM. Wheat met with a strange ac-
cident one day last week. He was ty-
ing his horse to post, when the horse
took notion to pull back, catching
wins thumb between the rope and the
posi-, and the horse kept pulling, with
out single Iet-up for nine long, weary
hoNCs. Will had no knife, and he tried
70 gnav the rope in two with his teeth,
but coulo not We could scarcely be-
lieve this story. but 1t comes to us from
one who heard him tell the story.
Elder j. +. Nicholson will close his
years service for the Christian church