Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-08
A. T. q s. F. 4. r. TIME CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.

Remember the horse show on Satur-
day, April 18th.
Wanted-By Miller Il Benedict, good
steers, of any age. 46tf
Corn planting is being pushed for
ward now as rapidly as possible.
Take your watch to Sellers and have
it cleaned. He warrants all his work.
BRING all your butter, chickens and
eggs To Henry burst and get cash for
them. As
The oat crop was much. delayed this
all planted.
There was a slight suspicion created
Monday night that some of the boys
had found a joint.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
1st National bank. A
Monday was an ideal day for an cleo
ton. 1t was bright and warm, but
not warm enough to be oppressive.
Mrs. w. Z. Cook and child, of Kiowa.
came up sunday. on visit to relatives
and friends, and willremain till Friday.
Our sugar mill is having no trouble,
50 far as we have heard, in making con-
tracts for all the cane it can handle
this year.
Cook IL Palmer do a general real es-
tate business and make a specially of
renting and looking after farms for
non-resldents. A
1t is less expensive to clean up your
premises now than to wait for warm
weather, then pay doctor bill, and
have to clean up.
Sellers, the jeweler, has just received
fine stock of watches. He makes
specially of engraving and fine watch
cleaning and repairing. A
A buggy was turned oyer in the
street, Monday, and boy spilled out.
Bystanders quickly caught the horse,
and no damage was done.
Thursday night the thermometer
went down to about twelve degrees be-
low the freezing point. We have heard
of no damage by the freeze.
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. 45-4
Present indications are that Kansas
will lead the world on wheat crop
this year, and Barber county will be-
right up near the head of the process
sion.
Married, by Probate Judge G.. w.
Stevens. at his Office, in this city, on
Monday, April 9Th, Jackson Law and
Miss Sallie Grieves, both of ElwoOd
township.
1t looks natural to see DR.. Burney on
the streets again. lie has had a hard
time this winter, being unwell most of
the time, and confined to his room a
good deal of the time.
The opera hall Will open at $50
O'Clock tomorrow night. Grand march
will begin promptly at 8. The various
committees are requested to govern
themselves accordingly
u. G.. Book has been making some
noticeable improvements in the appear
ance Of his store, the. walls having
been neatly papered and the windows
trimmed in metropolitan style.
Mrs. Nels. Anderson, Of Kiowa, has
received from the a. o. Z. w. the sum
of 50 900, the insurance on the life Of
her husband, who was killed some few
months ago by {. runaway horse.
Parties desiring Information concern
ing Oregon and Washington should APP
ply direct to w. o. IIorr, 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
l.. w. Storey. of Sharon, will leave
in a few days for Arkansas Pass, Tex
as, with view of making that his tu-
ture home if the location and climate
suit him. We will miss him from our
community, but wish him success
wherever he goes.
Mrs. Myra Holgarth and son Lee,
arrived Monday of last week,
Oh a visit to her cousin, w. L.
Rouse. Mrs. Holgarth's sister mar
ried brother of DR.. w. ii. Moore,
of this city, who is now bank
er at Wilcox, Nebraska.
Bishop Thomas, of the Episcopal
church, will be here on Tuesday, April
81, and will preach at the court house
at 7:3Ou'cIocK that night After the SER
mon the rite Of confirmation will be
administered TO number of candidates.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend. u
Bert. Roby is hobbling about town on
two sticks He says he jumped ditch
Saturday night of last week. and "roKe
the external contile of his right ankle.
We don't know what kind OF an ankle
lie has, but ankles generally don't have
any external contile. Bert would not
tell who was after him when he jumped
the ditch. He left DIR. Bert. Tull to
teach his school for him while he is
LAID off with sore ankle.
DIR. G. T. Rigg and family. and his
brother, Joe Rlgg and family, consist
ing i'm all of nine persons, will leave
here this week for Chewelah, Washing
ton, to remain for year or eighteen
months. DR.. Rlgg goes principally on
account of his health. He Will leaYe
his Medicine Lodge property, including
household goods, at this place, expect
ing to return here. The furniture busi-
- Lii no cnnhncfah for him nv