Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-03-23
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LOCAL NEWS.


bills.
Mrs. w. G.. Musgrove left, last Fri
day, for Kansas City.
Born, in this city. March 10th, to the
wife of VIM. Martin, girl.
There seemed TO be a joint III ming
loose somewhere last Sunday.
We have several communications on
hand which were crowded out this week
Buy your wife New Home Sewing
Machine. John Higgins keeps them for
sale. 43Lf
For Sale-A horse, buggy and set of
single buggy harness. Inquire at this
Office.
Died, at Sharon, Thursday, 18th inst,
OF whooplng cough, infant child of AL
len Lasswell.
Fred Ellis returned to Winfield, Mon
day, 10 resume his studies at the South
erE Kansas College.
The recent cold snap was very severe
on poor cattle, and we hear Of hundreds
of them freezing to death.
The Equal Suffrage Association had
ameetlng last Saturday. but nothing of
public Importance was done.
We will endorse the st. Louis plat
form next Saturday night at the sub
alliance meeting in this city.
For Rent-About Is acres broken
land, miles southwest of Medicine
Lodge. Apply to Henry burst. A
Sol Lebrecht spent Sunday in the
city visiting home folks. He is working
for the Harper Mercantile Company.
The probate Judge issued license on
the 18th, for the marriage of Robert f..
Burns and Miss Nina Kirchner, all of
Kiowa.
We don't want to hurt the feelings Of
the Kiowa Journal, but we believe Mrs.
Packson, did 'em up" i'll the last con-
troversy.
The INDEX advertised a COW for sale
last week, and about twenty persons
came to see her. She was quickly sold.
Advertising pays.
Campbell's Electioneer sold in Ken
lucky for S15.lO0. If Kansas man
were TO go to Kentucky to buy such a
horse, he would pay $4,000.
City election April Attn. Shall 1t 90
by default. or will we quietly wait for
secret meeting to spring a ticket when
1t is too late to counterfeit it?
There will be meeting of the stock
holders of the INDEX Printing Com
pany, at their Office, Saturday after
noon, March 26th, at 1870 O'Clock.
Kiowa has almost unanimously ask
ed Il. +. Wilson TO be candidate fol
mayor. What is the reason they did
not ask the present mayor to make the
} race?
Roy Stafford the local rustler and
Job work architect for the KiOwa JOurn
al, came up Saturday on visit to re-
latives and friends, and remained til
Monday.
John Il. Jesse brought to town, las
Friday, freak of nature. 1t was a
calf, well-fOrmed in every particular
except the head, which was nearly twice
as large as an ordinary water bucket
1t needless to say that the calf wa'
dead.
The sugar mill started up the cen
trifugals yesterday morning. They hat
been idle for two weeks on account OF
lack of coal. and after the coal arrived
it took a week to get the sirup in tn
hot room thoroughly warmed up, read
to be worked.
Our Touring mill will give 30 pound
of best -four in exchange for a bushe
of wheat testing 90; 80 pounds Of Crys
tai, or 40 pounds of Clipper -four for
bushel of wheat testing 60. -Four, bra
and shorts always on hand at the mil
for sale mr. exchange. 13-tf
Last Friday night we understood tina
a fire alarm was to be turned on at 50
O'Clock. We went to the mill and 50
there till 8 o'clock, waiting for tn
alarm. We wanted to see how tn
thing worked, but for some reason til
alarm was not turned on.
Martin & McNeal ran an attachmer
on the sugar mill, last week, for an a
torney fee. They claim that Prof. Cow
gill employed them, and after they ha
done part of the work in the case, an
it was too late to take the opposin
side. he dismissed them. The case wa
amicably settled.
The city government of Sharon is
be organized after the election in Apr
oil
two or three years ago, and have he
position by default of election of the
successors. In fact some of them scare
ly realized that they were officers aft
the expiration of the time for whi'
they were elected.
Dr. }. r. Mckee formerly of WIGHT
now of the firm of Southwick Il NJ
Kee. of Harper, will be at the Graz
hotel ON Monday, March 18th, renal
ing four days. This is an extraorC
nary opportunity for having first-cla
dental work done. References to pc
sons having had work done by him
this vicinity, if asked for. Rememb
the dates. IL
The editor of the INDEX has so Oft
been asked the question, when d
you going awayy" that he thus pu
licly answers that he don't expect to
away except on a.visit of few week
He expects to vote at Medicine LODI
next November, and will probably I
main here all of next winter, if he live
1t is possible that business may CT
him elsewere, in the course of tim
but at present he has no business an
where except here.
For the benefit of stock shipper
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