Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-25

Farmers, don't forget to pay your
taxes.
S.L. Diversified. Of Guthrie, Ok, is
here attending district court.
Citizens alliance to morrow night.
Let every member try to be present.
Mrs. W. A. Cain left, Thursday, for
Wichita, to place herself under the
care OF an occulist.
Burnett has just received fine stock
of gents furnishing goods; also boots
and SHOES Is
Sellers, the jeweler, has the finest Sc
lection of optical goods ever brought to
Medicine Lodge. 26t4
Union Thanksgiving service at the
I Presbyterian church at 7:30 tomorrow
evening. DIR. Phillips will preach the
sermon.
Cook Il Palmer do general real es-
tate business and make a specially of
renting and looking after farms for
non-resldents A
Have you seen those splen-
did double lounges that w. H.
Old is selling for $1,000?
JAS. Crouch returned, last Thursday,
from his trip to Oklahoma. He brought
his family with him from their visit to
relatives in Sumner county.
We introduce new styles as soon as
out. We quote the prices-the goods
do the talking. You will be proud of
the furniture you buy from John Hig-
gins. 2ltf
A prOtracted meeting Will be held at
the Methodist Church in this city, be-
ginning Friday night. DR.. Phillips will
be assisted by Rev .RhOades, evangelist,
and Rev. Finley, of Abilene.
Peter burst and Miss Annie Helget,
both Of this county, were married yes
terday morning, IN this city, at the res
idence of Henry burst, the groom's
brother, by Rev. Bitter, Catholic priest.
Ii. A. Burnett received a telegram
from Eldorado, ILL.,, Monday of last
week, announcing the death of his
brother. He left here blythe first train.
and arrived there in time to attend the
funeral.
Lost, between Grand hotel and Cook
block, a lady's solid gold watch, k ey
winder, small link chain, with locket,
and small ivory fan charm; my baby's
picture in locket. Please return and
get reward. Mrs. w. G.. Bristow. 81
The INDEX took in $780, so on subscrip-
tiOns during the month OF September;
$74.75 on subscriptions during the
month of October, and $780, 5 during
the first half of November. THIS is
pretty good subscription account.
Our Touring mill is having a big run
of business. There are from five TO
ten wagons there every day at noon,
waiting for their grist. a farmer came
over from Attica, one day last week, but
had to leave his grain, and come back
for his -four.
Last week Royal Hahn found a purse
and advertised it in the INDEX. On
Friday Charlie Prewitt called and de-
scribed the property perfectly. His
mother lost it between Elm Mills and
Sawyer. The purse contained S25.15.
Mr.. Hahn is an honest man to adver-
tise for an owner.
If you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the county register of
deeds, Mr.. E. II. Nixon, who will Sc
cure your patent for you without any
cost to you. There are hundreds of
patents at Larned tor 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
A ridiculous thing occurred last Sat
urday. Two boys and three girls were
out playing, and concluded to have a
wedding. One boy acted as the preach
er. and after the young couple had been
sDliced, he mounted pile of rocks and
preached them short sermon. They
had carried along lot of bologna sau-
sage, cakes and candies, and after the
wedding all retired to a shady nook and
ate the wedding dinner They then
paired off and played keeping house.
and the odd girl was called the widow"
Their parents probably rounded them
up when they got home.
TheKiowaJournal is great on juggling
with words and concealiDg its ideas.
We don't know whether the following
is intended as compliment or not,
and give it for what il is worth. The
Journal says: lone of the best legal
advisers of this county, as well as the
disciple and martyr of 'pesky whisky
r. a. Cameron, Esq, passed through
our city yesterday enrOute from his
hunt in the territory, which has sent
the blood bounding through his veins,
bringing the bloomvof health to his
cheeks. He is now in fine trim to at
tend the term of the district court now
in session at Medicine Lodge"
New hardwood bedsteads,
maple or ash, for $2.75; new
kitchen chairs, fine light, dark
or antique, so cents; new cot,
ton-top mattresses, extra quail
ity, $2.75; new solid-ash screw
leg, square top extension
tables, 6 feet, for $500; new
solid ash bedroom sets, an
tique, fine large German, bev-
eled-plate mirror for $1,000.
These goods can be examined
free at w. IL. Old's new fur