Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-01-06

Had you noticed the fact that the
days are getting longer?
Ladies Missionary meeting at Bap-
fist chapel tomorrow, at 2o'elocx p. m.
Bones Wanted-Best price paid. E.
Martin, Photographer. Medicine Lodge.
Mrs. q. w. Brown returned, yester-
day, from her visit to her father, in
Nebraska.
w. H. Harmon is in the eastern mar
kets this week buying goods for his
spring trade.
Week OF prayer is being observed at
the Baptist chapel ana at the Metho-
dist church this week.
Frank Chaplin is able to attend to the
work at the cashiers window again, af-
ter weeks wrestle with the grip.
The public schools of Medicine Lodge
are closed this week On account of grip.
Nearly every family in this city has a
sufferer.
The county executive committee of
the peoples party is called to meet at
the court house next Saturday, January
9th, at O'Clock.
Harry Stone and Miss Orpha English
were married at Sun City, by Rev.
| Owens, ON the Oath uIt. We extend
our congratulations and pest wishes.
Mrs. Ed. Williams and two daughters
reached home Saturday, from a visit of
ten days to relatives in Sumner county.
The two young ladies have been down
with grip ever since they reached home.
If Barber county, with high and
| dry atmosphere, has case of grip to
every family, think of what must be
the condition of people along the Mis-
souri,, Mississippi and Ohio rivers,
where it is damp and cold.
Our Touring mill will give 80 pounds
of best -four in exchange for a bushel
of wheat testing 80; 35 pounds of Crys-
tai, or 40 pounds of Clipper -four for a
bushel of wheat testing so. -Four, bran
and shorts always on hand at the mill
for sale or exchange. 13-tf
County Clerk Lewis, Surveyor AbeI
and Coroner Kociell will take formal
possession of their offices next Monday
the 18th of January. Mr.. Potes, treas
urer elect, does not take his Office till
next October. Sheriff Dobson, Regis
ter of Deeds Nixon and Commissioner
Stranathan are their own successors
Granulated sugar Is lbs; c sugar q
lbs; Navy beans 81 lbs; Lima beans Il
lbs; Flake hOminy 80 lbs; Rolled oats
"a lbs; 25 bars good laundry soap; 1;
bars Grandpa's Wonder soap, for 81
Potatoes IS C; Apples IS cts per bushe
and other goods proportionally low al
the Elm Mills store. 3O-4t
Tonk Mills has fooled the people al
last. He has reported so often that he
was married, or was just about to be
married, that everybody thought he
was confirmed bachelor, and wher
his marriage really occurred, his own
mother would not believe the report
Miss Mary Heavlin IS the happy bride
and we extend to the couple our best
wishes.
r. B. Currie, Medicine Lodges cele
brated horse doctor, showed an index
reporter a cancer, Friday, that he
had just taken from the foot on one Of
G. w. Ellis two-year- colts. It waG
in three separate pieces of about the
size of guinea eggs, and had been grow
| M ho hon
The operation speaks we'll for the Dr.:
reputation.
1t seems to the INDEX that the PEG
pie of Medicine Lodge have to pay
too high for their insurance. We have
good fire department, splendid wa
ter system, and yet our insurance is a!
high as it was five years ago. w,
think the city council might, as body
lay these facts before the insuranc,
companies, and get our rating cut dowr
considerably.
Last Thursday was bright, warn
day. About nine o'clock at night TIT
wind began blowing; slight rain fell
which soon turned to snow, and thu
New Year was uShered in with wine
and snow. We thought we we're abOu
to have repetition of New Years. da,
of 1891, but fortunately the wind was
not so high nor the thermometer 81
low last Friday as it was just a yea
before, which was the worst day of tn,
whole winter.
Colson & Ousley's Comedy Co. playe,
1.-The Vagabond" at the opera hous
last Thursday evening. The audience
was not large, owing to the number o
cases of sickness in town. but it wa
the best entertained audience that ha
sat in the opera house for many day
G. II. Colson impersonasing the tramp
kept the house laughing continuously
and he was fairly well supported by tn
other members of the troupe. Thei
return would be heralded with delight
A red hot campaign is just commenc
ing. This is presidential year. W.
choose president, congressmen, stat
senators, members of the legislature
| AL IuAA ClCCb AZ DlGCu OI6Ic
senator; we choose governor, stat
ticket, half the county officers, ant
over half the township officers, and ;
county commissioner. If the INDEX il
not always in front of the line of battle
it will because we can't run fast enough
to keep up. We anticipate the row
with much pleasure. We feel that W.
are all right. We go into the fight witt
no ak to grind; no ambition for any of
flee and would not accept the best on
in the county. We go in to win be
cause we are fighting every MONOPOLY
and against ali corruption and arrogan
power. We want the encouragement
and support of every man who is 70
the best interests of the people. w