Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16

several weeks.
Harper county fair begins October
14th and lasts three days.
DR.. Burney reports boy born to the
wife OF Jack Switzerland, on the 18th
inst.
Southern Kansas fair begins at Wlch-
ita on September 18th, and continues
all week.
Prof. H. w. Wiley, of Washington,
was here Wednesday, looking after
the sugar business.
Wanted-I want to buy four good
young mares, TO weigh from 1000 to
200 pounds. S. A. Hayes. Is
A small deposit will secure
you now the choice of the
stock. w. H. Harmon & Co.
Pure Red Mediterranean wheat for
sale by S. l.. Tarr, miles southeast OF
Medicine Lodge. Leaves orders at
Cook & Palmer's Office. Price 81 per
bushel. I7-4t
Last Sunday Uncle Jimmie Martin
celebrated his Seth birthday. There
was good crowd present, notwith-
standing the rain, and all had a very
pleasant time.
Western people have an "idee" that
the Indian lands will soon be opened
Western and northern prairie schooners
pass through this city every day bound
for "Oklahomy."
We notice Ill several OF our exchanges
a statement that Mrs. Jerry Simpson is
quite sick, and that she has been taken
to Topeka and her case placed in the
hands of DR.. Menninger.
Albert McClearey has taken to the
road. He does not tell US what BUSH
ness he travels for, but we suppose it is
the ElPaso Fruit Commission Com
pany, of Colorado Springs.
One or two of our readers have COM
planned to US for giving Mr.. McNeaI so
much space, but are willing for us to
publish his articles it the Cresset Will
agree to publish reply to them.
Wanted-A wife, by man six feet
high, tolerably good looking, IS years
old; In good circumstances. Cores
pondence may be opened by addressing
FRANK" care Of the INDEX, Medicine
Lodge, Kansas. Photographs ex-
changed. If.
Our Touring mill will give 80 pounds
of best flour in exchange for bushel
of wheat testing go; IS pounds of Crys-
tai, or 40 pounds of Clipper flour for a
bushel of wheat testing go. -Four, bran
and shorts always on hand at the mill,
for sale or exchange. 13-tf
Lem Munson's pet young COW came
home last Thursday night, bringing only
half of her tall along with her. Some
scOundrel had cut her tail off, and run
her into a wire fence. If Lem knew
who did it he would walk all the way
from Texas to get to pound the stuffin'
out of the scamp.
Jack Davis and d. g. Book returned
Sunday from the eastern markets, and
ever since their return the sidewalks in
front of their stores have been crowded
with new goods that are daily arriving.
They can tickle your ears with bargains
and make you happy forever by care
full inspection of the new goods.
Otis LOrton is as proud as boy with
his first pair of pants. If there was
any one thing lacking to make his
household happy one, it was that
there was no boy in the family to wear
out his fathers old clothes. Septem-
Der 5th his wishes were gratifed, and a
young prosecutor of cats and dogs be-
gan his mad career.
If you want your land patents, take
your receipts to the county register of
deeds, MIR. Z. 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
Chicago Call: "Married-On We'd
nesday, Sept. End, at IL O'Clock, by the
Rev. DR.. Delafield, at the church of the
TRANSPORTATION, Miss Agnes L. Samu-
ell and Mr.. Frank B. Chaplin, both of
Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Miss Samu-
ell is sister of r. G. Samuel of this
city. The many friends and relatives
of the happy couple wish them "Bon
voyage on the sea of matrimony.'
Bruce Harmer is not 80 much of a
harmer as he was. He was a whisky
seller at Harper, and had always man.
aged to evade the law or escape from
the officers till Judge Mckay laid down
the law and sent him to Jail. Some vi
olent partizans tried to show that Judge
Mckay had overstepped his authority,
but they have suddenly stopped the
howl. Has the whisky or money given
out.
Medicine Lodge will have a grand
rally the latter part of this month. The
day has not been fixed, but will be as
soon as Jerry Simpson can be heard
from. A big barbecue and basket pic
mic will be held. Jerry and other speak
ers will be here. We expect to have a
larger crowd and better time than we
had last year. That crowd was hard to
beat, but we can do it. Get your work
in shape to attend the rally.
1.-The Railway Problem a 25O-pa
book by A. b. Stickney, is just the work
for people to read who are hesitatinG
about government control of railroads.
Mr.. Stickney bias for twenty years been
engaged IN railroadiDg. and is stock