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

w. Ii. Worlard lost two cows by the
cold ram.
Prof. Canfield's lecture has been put
off indefinitely.
McClearey & Staubus have fine lot
of seed Barley for sale. 38.
The o. E. S. have postponed their en-
tertainment to April 18th.
The INDEX is prepared to print horse
bills on the shortest notice. Al
w. A. Creighton orders his paper
changed from Sharon to Harper.
Union services are being held every
night at the Presbyterian church.
Bring all your butter, chickens and
eggs to Henry burst and get cash for
them. As
Miss Seawell, of Carthage. Mo-, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Helen Cam
eron.
Marbles and base ball are raging In
this city. 1t is hard to tell which has
the most followers.
Harry Barroll and Albert McClearey,
both of this city, are now working in
the same bank in Kansas City. Two
better young men never left this place.
Ladies, don't forget the meeting to-
morrow afternoon. You are as much
interested in the city government as
anybody. Come out and express your
preferences.
Senator Long returned last Wednes-
day from another trip TO Topeka. The
festive newspaper reporter ''gOt in his
work. with him as will be seen In
another column.
The attention of our readers is called
to the change in the lads" of Wyler,
Ackerland Il Co. and Noble & Case,
and Harmon. These firms will do ex-
actly as they advertise.
Waldron Chase, wife and child went
on two days visit to Bailey & But
man ranch. They were storm bound,
and had to remain a week, but they
enjoyed the trip great deal.
The republicans who have kicked 80
vigorously against ''secret political
organization" are the leaders in the
reciprocity club' business. They
kicked because they couldn't control
the alliance.
Miss Gertie Ellis was very pleasantly
surprised last Friday evening by a num-
Der of her young friends. Various
games and taffy pulling helped make an
evening long to be remembered by the
w. L. Lucas has moved from Hazel
ton to the farm formerly owned by j.
+. Hall, near Canema. His change of
was made in order to farm on
a more extensive scale; he has 100 acres
of fine wheat.
Sheriff DobsOn furnishes two little
for the INDEX readers
this week. He has heretofore written
exclusively for the Cresset. We greatly
his articles, and hope to get
more of the same kind.
The ladies of the Christian church
will give an entertainment on Tues
day evening, April l4th, consisting of
solos, duets, quartets, hidden choruses,
tableauxs, etc. The entertainment
will close with laughable farce come
1y, entitled "Wooing Under Difficult
ties"
CuDdov,c Lo0Io. .IE NHo~.; ~
Medicine Lodge, was in the city yester-
lay, eli route to Topeka. During a |
brief call at the Eagle Office he express
ed buoyant hopes for the future of the |
state of Barber and its capital, the now
famous Medicine Lodge, the home of
the modern Sock rates.
H. NJ. Ingraham came in Saturday,
from Parsons. He reports that he and
II. G. Thompson are doing a big bust
ness, and have eleven clerks on the
jump all the time. Mr.. Ingraham Is
to move his family to Par
sons. We regret very much to have
them leave here.
Some of our dramatic talent are now
busily learning and practicing comic
drama which they will soon produce.
1t will be given for the benefit of the
band, and nothing is being spared to
make it success. The play is one of
F. E. Chase's best, and one adapted
to amateurs. The date and cast of
will be given later.
A man was arrested here last We'd
nesday, on charge of taking mortgag.
ed stock out of Barton county. The
stock was given up, and the man was
released. The next day deputy sher-
if from Rocks county captured a man
and boy here with mortgaged wag-
on and team, and some stolen plumber.
The officer took the outfit back with
him,
II. c. Thompson and H. NJ. Ingraham
will soon remove their families and
household goods to Parsons, Kansas.
If there is any thing that makes us
more weary than the winds and the
drouth, it is the loss of good citizens.
These families have been identified
with our growth and prosperity for
years, and now, when we begin TO see
glimpses of the coming dawn, to lose
any of our old, respected citizens seems
like pulling the curtains down instead
of raising them. We wish them pros
perity in their new home,
A couple of weeks ago Miss Fannie
Mills saw man go into her fathers
1t was broad day light,
and she was not at all alarmed. In
stead OF fqinting or screaming, as some
ladies might hays doRe, she slipped
gently up behind the door and closed
and locked it. She rightly judged that
this would bring the prisoner to terms.
In a minutes she hazard th0 mans