Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-16
LOCAL NEWS.
DAYS mora till Christmas.

Sellers, the jeweler, is selling watches
cheaper than ever was known. Call
and get prices. ZoA
The Baptlsts are fixing up their
chapel, and it will soon be ready for
them TO use in all their services.
Miss Bllck, teacher OF the Lake City
school, was in the city Monday, while
her school house was undergoing re-
pairs.
Ambrose Lawrence was taken down
with grippe last Saturday, and DR..
Gould says he had bad case. He is
improving.
At this late date the Hazslton Ex-
press copies that fool lie about Jerry
Simpson. Afford, you know Jerry
never said any such thing.
Deputy-Sherif Boyd made a raid
on the Kiowa joints about the 18th of
October. Why don't the Journal have
something to say about that raid?
W. II. Old, the second hand man,
keeps all kinds of repairs for stoves. If
you want a new CRATE for your old
stove, he will furnish you at the lowest
price. 1Stf
Whisky and beer are cOntraband arti
cles, and il any is found by an officer in
3 suspicious place, it is his duty to take
possession, and have it destroyed law
fully.
Photos cheaper and better than EVER.
Martin Il Hendley in the Old Gallery
near courthouse, are now doing every
style Of Photographic work. The high
est grade at reasonable prices. Call.
Noble & Case have for the Holt
day trade the largest and incest line
of Carving sets, Rogers Bros. knives
and forks, Tea and Table and Coffee
spoons IN the city, and they are selling
them cheap. st
Robt. w. Cameron was in the vicinity
Of Attica, Saturday. The rain of Sun
day may have been an excuse for him
tarrying until Monday, but Bob's "best
bib and tucker" are not usually donned
for everyday occasions.
T. A. McClearey invites his many
friends TO give him a call, at Wood
wards new store, one door north of the
postoffice. No man in the county has
more friends than Mr.. McClearey, and
no man more thoroughly deserves them.
The Harper Sentinel wants the deni-
zens of that burg to organize moot
congress" 1t has heard of the one at
Medicine Lodge. and believes III keep
ing up with the ''prosessun." Florence,
Kansas, has one, to which females are
eligible.
Selecting a Christmas present for a
friend is unusually hard task. You
want something very neat and useful,
and you cannot afford to pay an ex-
travagant price for it. Go to Day ~
Records and get your presents, and
you Will not need much money. 20
The Cresset strains a point to cast
al insinuation at Judge Mckay. The
article we published did not cast slur
at the sheriff for selecting the jury. 1t
found fault with the law that let the
defendant challenge jurors until he got
a jury of his friends, who would null-
fy the law.
A woman in Kansas City, Kansas,
claims TO receive messages from heaven.
She has predicted that the world will
come to an end on Christmas day, at
O'Clock p. m. If her prophecy should
prove true, what will become of our de-
linquent subscrlbersp The thought is
maddening. Now is the time to pay up.
If you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the county register of
deeds, Mr.. +. II. Nixon, who will Sc
cure your patent for you without any
cost TO you. There are hundreds of
patents at Larned for land in this coun-
ty, and everyone of them ought to be
recorded here. Don't forget the mat
ter. Attend to 1t now, or it may cause
future trouble. loft
The Cresset of last week has re
form" spasm, and growls because an
investigating committee draws pay for
work done. BE easy, Mr.. Cresset. If
your party should return to the state
and nation all the funds which it has
unnecessarily drawn, we would not have
to pay any taxes for the next six years.
All that makes you tired is that your
crowd is not getting the swag.
w. ii. WOrland tells good joke on
Uncle Ed Howard. He says Uncle Ed
..ap,a 20 fOvun On MOndov IF Loot u,aak
in a neighbours wagon, drawn by two
mules. lie went into store, bought
coffee pot and gallon of oil, and went
out and put them in the first wagon he
saw that had mules hitched TO it, and
that is the last he has seen of his pot
and oil. Uncle Ed. bushes over the
matter like school girl, but don't
deny It.
The Judson Literary Society will hold
q basket social at the court house OH
Friday night. They hope all their
friends will be present. The ladies will
prepare baskets, each basket contain
ing refreshments for two, and the name
of the owner. The gentlemen will pay
25 cents for a chance to select basket.
and take supper with the owner of the
basket. The little girls will also have
dainty little baskets, and the inciplent
dudes are expected to bring dime or
fifteen cents to blow in OH a basket.
The JudsOns will make the evening
pleasant one for all who attend. A
good literary and musical programme
has been prepared.
The Cresset examines the miscellane-
Gus credited matter on the outside of
the INDEX in order to find something
TO contradict the editorials on the in
side. When we give credit to the