Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-02-18


infant child of JOS. Henry.
Scott Allen was at Attica, last week,
looking up manufacturing statistics.
Ed. Hubbard returned yesterday from
Great Bend, after visit of over week.
Try the Medicine Lodge News Co. fol-
Laundry Work. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. 80
Rev. I. S. Hodgson, the presiding
elder will preach at the Methodist
church Sunday, March lst.
Elder Nicholson preached at Grand
view school house last Sunday after
noon. There was a good attendance.
Saml. Campbell, of Wellington, sOn
of our townsman, Thos. Campbell, was
visiting here Sunday and Monday.
The Helping Hands will meet with
Miss Fanny Mills, Saturday, February
2lst, 1891. at o'clock p. m. Lulu Karr
Sec'y.
Mr.. Thomas Jones, of Sumner coun-
10 is here on visit TO the families of
his sisters, Mrs. Crouch and Mrs. Ed.
Williams.
Monday the probate judge issued a
license for the marriage OF J. d. Hyatt
and Miss Lulu Talkinston, both or
sharon township.
w. l.. Parsons. who left here some
tine ago tor Washington, has been
sick since he lett. and viii probably be
home in week or two.
Married-At the Christian church. in
this city, on Sunday morning. Feb. 10,
by Elder Nicholson, Mr.. j. Farley and
Miss Barbara Schiller, both of Sharon.
There will be spelling school held
At GrandYiew school house next FRIDAY
night Grandview is four miles north,
near w. IL. Worland' S, and the INDEX
backs Mr.. Worland to win.
The e. y. r. flag is displayed at
half mast on account Of the death of
General Sherman. The INDEX flag
pole is used because there is no other
pole in town. The INDEX flag is
scarcely presentable.
Episcopal service will be held Feb.
10Th, Thursday, 1870 p. M, at the G.. a .
II. hall, over Day Il Records drug store.
Rev. f. Z. DeLougy, of Winfield, will
Oificiate Sunday school at $50. Law
service p. IN. every Sunday at the G.
A. Il. hall All are invited
The application of p. d. Cunningham
for "A receiver for the First National
Bank was taken up by the court last
Wednesday morning, and consumed
the balance of the week. The argu
ments were closed Saturday afternoon
and Judge Mckay Immediately gave
his decision against the plaintiff.
If you visit the district court you
will have to walk in quietly, close the
door gently, and keep still while in the
room. Judge Mckay says he will keep
order if he has to lock out everyone ex-
cept the interested parties. In fact the
doors were locked part of the time last
Thursday afternoon.
Some of our farmer friends are com
planning because their neighbOrS are
letting their hogs run at large. They
say that while the ground is frozen the
hogs do but little damage, but now thai
the frost IS nearly out of the ground
the hogs are roofing up the wheat.
There is law against hogs running at
large at any time, and hog owners
ought to be careful that their hogs do
no injury to their neighbors. Your
neighbor does not want to tell you
about your own hogs.
The republican central committee OF
this county has gone to work. 1t will
try from now on till election to educate
the people to believe that the tariff II
not tax. 1t will preach that the ALI
ance people are all prosperous and hap
py, and have no reason to desert the G.
o. p. 1t will gently flatter democrats BY
telling them of the grand old democrat
| lc party, and swear that there is no de
mand for the third party. And on cleo
ton day the people VIII drop the g. o. r
p. and the g. o. d. p. and vote like intel
ligent men. and 10! the alliance ticket
| will be elected. Selah!
| The entertainment at the courthouse
last Friday night. given by the ladies
of the Baptist church, was we'll attend
ed and the programme was carried Outir
manner well pleasing to the audience
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on the programme, and each part wa,
well sustained. There was numbe
of solos, duets, etc all well rendered
The love letters were new feature
Only the one who writes and the ont
who receives the letter can. be cOmpe
tent to pass on its merits. The receipts
from the entertainment were satisfac
tory to the promoters of the enterprise
A young man named Jack Poe il
wanted $50 worth at HaZelton. He il
described as % years old; 5 feet, Z inch
rs high; black hair; smooth face, small
piercing black eyes, well sunken il
his head; staggering walk. Poe ha
been working for people around Hazel
ton for many months, and It's though
he steals horses because he was born
thief, and can't help it. Some month
ago he went to the southern ranch o
the Hazelton Stock Farm, which is 10
Gated just inside of the state, but Po
probably thought it was in the Terri
and brought her back almost under tn
nose of the owner. lie took her 70
farm three miles north of Hazelton, AN,
kept her there for couple of weeks
Then he took her seven miles nOrtheas
of HaZelton, and traded her off for