Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-02-04

Jas. Deal is not as we'll this week rs
usual.
Call on Cook & Palmer for farm and
city loans. %
A new floor is being put down in the
postoffice building.
A new chimney is being placed on the
Presbyterian church.
Fodder and straw for sale. Drop
postal card to Eli Benedict, 37tf
IL. l.. shannon. of Carthage, Mo-,
vas here last week, shaking hands with
his numerous friends.
Preaching at the courthouse every
Sunday evening. Young peoples meet
ing just before service.
The choir at the house rendered
some very fine music. last Sunday even
ing, with Mrs. A. l.. Noble at the or
gan.
Hon. Jerry Simpson came home last
Sunday, remaining here till yesterday
He will soon go to Washington, to wit
ness the closing of the present congress.
Messrs. Frank Holmes, Albert Noble,
II. NJ. Ingraham, j. w. Dobson, l.. NJ.
Axline, Clay McGrath and the INDEX
scribe all left Topeka on Tuesday night
of last week.
). y. Hahn, who has been confined At
home by serious illness for the past two
weeks, is in his Office again this week.
Ex-Supt. Lands attended TO Mr.. HIS
Office work during his absence.
The Chicago Daily News has placed
us under obligations for copy of the
Daily News Almanac for 1891. 1t is
book of $40 pages, every line Of which
is useful information to the politician
or editor If our debating societies
would get few copies of this almanac
they would find it a useful companion.
The First National Bank is now run
ming along as smoothly as though there
had never been any trouble in the in
stitution. The bank is IN good hands.
rs in ilrst-class condition. and can paw
off every depositor and have money left.
The little rumpus was an unfortunate
affair, but it will not injure the stand
ing of the bank.
Saturday of next week will be st.
Valentines day. We have heard it
said all our life tllat on the fourteenth
day Of February, geese and ducks mat
ed. They will 90 in liocks up till that
time. and on that day they viii PAIR off,
without regard to the weather. We
hope some OF our friends who have a
chance to watch them, will do so. and
report to the INDEX
J. b. Winters and family, Of Illinois.
have taken up their abode in Medicine
Lodge, and are now occupying the
house recently vacated by Mr.. Dresser,
in the north part of town. Mr.. Win.
ters brought out car load of fine hors-
es. 1t will be remembered that he and
his son came out here two years ago,
and brought two or three car loads of
draft stations, which they sold or trad
ed for land.
Miss Tina Bell, of near Elm Mills,
who was caught out in the blizzard on
the night of December 31st, and was
not found till Friday morning, Janu-
AIRY End, is improving slowly 1t is
thought she will loose some of her toe
nails, but that no permanent injury
will result. When her older brother
craWled out from under the snow, he
fell almost across the shoulders of his
sister. There was a heavy layer of
snow between them but his weightrest-
ing on her for twenty-four hours made
her stoOp-sbouldered, and she has not
yet been able to straighten her body
for more than few minutes at time.
The younger brother was smothered by
the fine snow. Miss Bell stood in water
nearly three feet deep, fol about
thirty-six hours, and the water probab-
ly prevented her limbs from being fro
zen.
Another case of suffering caused by
foolish handling of pistol, is reported
to us. There is a family named Brown,
living near Elm Mills, and the children
had been playing with an old horse PTS
toll. 1t seems that on Sunday, January
18TH, one of the boys about fourteen
years of age loaded the pistol and at
tempted TO shoot 1t off, but it refused
to lire. The boy snapped it around all
day, frequently pointing it at members
of the family. On Monday he snapped
it once or twice at some of the younger
members of the family, and turning to-
ward little sister ordered her to throw
up her hands. just at that moment
| the weapon was discharged, and the
contents lodged in the body ana right
arm of the little girl Twenty-four
shot lodged in her body, while the re-
mainder Of the load cut its way
through her right arm, just above the
elbow. About two inches of the bone
were cut entirely away. A couple OF
doctors FROM Sawyer or Pratt, whose
names we did not learn, were sent for
and amputated the arm. The little suf
ferer was in very critical condition al
last accounts. Since the above was il
type we learn that the arm has again
been amputated, very close to tbs
shoulder.
The Barber County Herald has sus
pended publication for short time. al
least. In the last issue the editor gets
off the following condensation of truth
full ideas, which we appreciate and en-
dorse: with this number we are com
PEELED to make the announcement thai
the publication of the Herald VIII, fol
tiGe at least, be suspended. 1t seems
unnecessary to rs to explain why VIZ
have come TO this conclusion, as the
hundreds of subscribers know whether
Or not one dollar is credited them OF