Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-11

Call on Cook q Palmer for farm and
city loans. %
McCIearey & Staubus nave fine lot
of seed Barley for sale. SO.
The INDEX is prepared to print horse
bills on the shortest notice. Al
For Sale-The Stamford, Youmans
q Eldred scales. Inquire at the store.
Mrs. E. b. Peck went to Hazelton,
Monday, on account of sickness Of rela-
tlves there.
Catholic services will be held on Sun
day, March 18th, at the Gobeille build
ing, by Rev. Bitter, pastor.
Just now it looks like it would be safe
TO bet marbles to chalk that the next
mayor of Medicine Lodge Will be lady.
Stockholders in the INDEX company
are requested to meet at the INDEX Of
at O'Clock on Saturday, March 18th,
to elect officers, and to transact other
business. If
Uncle" Dan Pierce, the jolly chair
man of the board of county commits
sioners. was down from Sun City town
ship, Monday, and was a welcome
visitor at this Office.
Special rate of one fare for round trip
to Dallas, Texas, March 18th and 18th.
Tickets good to return including March
18th. Conclave of Knights of Pythias.
Rate open TO all. Call on w. o. Horn
ID. b. Smith, who has for the past
three or four years kept shoe shop IN
this city, left last week, for Santa Bar
bara, California. He has hopes that
his health will be improved by the
change.
Some Of the patrons of the Sharon
postofTice are so indignant at the change
of postmasters that they threaten to
have their mail directed to EnOn. One
man has already changed to this city.
The city now has good chance to
buy good pair of scales, suitable for
weighing coal, hay, corn, and all pro-
duce that is sold by the wagon load.
The scales are already ready set, ready
for business, and can be bought for one
third of their value. Let our council
buy them, and appoint weighmaster.
Jos. r. McNeal, of Lebanon, Mo-, ar
rived here, Saturday, to enter upon the
duties as manager of the Medicine
Lodge News Co., and will succeed c. c.
Teagle, who expects to join the Chero-
kee Strip boomers, as soon as that cOun-
try IS thrown open to settlement. MIR.
McNeal is relative of our townsman,
L. A. McNeal.
Last Saturday was disagreeable
day. 1t was cold, windy, and the air
full Of snow all day. Mr.. Munson
thought 1t was good day for hunting,
and spent the day in the vicinity of the
lakes, and killed about as many ducks
as he could carry home. 1t is some
fun to shoot ducks, but the man who
spent the day out of doors earned all
the fun he found.
There was about an inch of snow last
Wednesday, and the day was cold and
huAoNoy w 90 OlCdl anu COlu,
Friday was clear and pleasant; Satur-
day was cold, windy and snowy-abOut
two inches of snow; Sunday bright and
cold; Monday bright and pleasant; Tues
day bright and warm. Tuesday night,
small blizzard, with touch of snow,
and to-day is cold, with bowling north
wind, and slight snow falling.
The sheriff was yesterday expecting
the arrival of crazy negro from Kio-
wa. The negro has been there for
some time, was crazy when he arrived,
and is getting worse. II now wants to
kill somebody. He don't know where
he lived before he came to Kiowa.
Since the above was put in type the
crazy negro has been received at the
jail. He is boy, about twelve years
old, and don't know the difference be-
tween a load of hay and a side of bacon
Elder Nation will deliver free lee.
ture to young ladies, Sunday night, at
Sharon. On Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday nights following, he will
lecture on "a trip across the CONT
nent," "What is man." and THE OBJ
ject and aims of life." A small fee will
ne charged for the last three lectures.
The entire proceeds to be used by the
Christian church, under whose auspices
they are to be delivered, in procuring
a bell for said church. All are invited
to attend. Money refunded to any who
may not be entirely satisfied with the
lectures.
KiOwa Journal: Last week we
stated that AL. Wagner had been gwen
orders to leave town. We were inform
ed by Squire Greever before whom the
case was pending that this is not cor
rect. Waggoner's case was continued
till the next morning, and he was put
into the charge of Constables Lockwood
and Hurd, with warrant for commit
ment. At the appointed hour the Of
ticers appeared in court and reported
that the prisoner had escaped. Ii
seems the officers went with him to the
Santa Fe depot about the time the
night freight passes through, and Wag-
goner deliberately got on the train and
departed. Why did the officers go with
him to the depot, and why did they not
prevent his escapep These are Ques-
tons the people have right to have
answered. fully and explicitly, and the
proper officers should see to it that the
answers are forthcoming. If the Of
ticers are innocent OF cOllnsion, it is
due to them that the public should
know it. If they be guilty Of careless
ness or conniyance, it Is due to the pub
lie that they be punished
Miss fnis Gibbs, of this city, has re-
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