Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-03

several weeks, is getting about again.
Cook & Palmer do a general real es-
tate business, and make a speciality of
| looking after farms for non-resldents.
The gyp. factory is running regularly
now, and improvements are being made
to add 10 the convenience and capacity
of the works.
| G. l. Bramwell returned Friday from
his visit to his parents at Bloomington,
Illinois. He went away with grip, but
came home well.
! w. NJ. Cash, editor of the Star, at
Coldwater, with his wife and two chill
dren, came over Saturday on IA visit to
relatives. They returned home yester-
day.
Mrs. JEFF Coulter, living six miles
southeast of this city, and her five chill
dren, left, Monday, on visit to her
parents III Dakota. While she is gone
jeff will explore the Strip, and pick out
farm.
The John Dillon Show, Saturday
night, gave general satisfaction, and
the house was well filed All the good
seats had been taken for several days,
but there were some unoccupied seats
in the gallery.
j. IL. Johnson, the new proprietor of
the Central Hotel, has opered up for
| business in good style. lie asks a share
OF public patronage. and feels confident
he can give satisfaction. Farmers,
when you come TO town and want a
cheap, good dinner, give the Central a
call.
| j. u. Fleming, wife and daughter,
went to Elm Mills, last Saturday, on
visit to the family of B. F. Coffman.
He complains of having such good
time that he wanted to stay longer, but
couldn't. Plenty of good feed and
| splendid vocal and instrumental music
captured Mr.. Fleming, and he was sor-
| ry when he had to start home the next
day.
DR.. w. S. Wood, of Kansas City, has
presented the Orphans Home, at Full
ton, Mo-, with property valued at $50
600. The Home is an institution under
the care of the Christian church, of
which DR.. Wood and his wife are both
members. The property is now rent
ing at $4,000 year. DR.. Wood Is the
! principal owner of the Citizens Bank.
of this city; he is brother of Mrs. G.
| q. Chandler, ST., and uncle of Charlie
Chandler, W. S. Falls and Will Berry
man.
We noticed in the Kansas City papers
last week an account of two ancient
suckers being rescued by the police
from the hands of harpies. One of their
names was given as Ben Carr, claiming
to be a physician. Fanny Davenport
got away with every cent of his money
-Sl50-and his watch. They gave him
back his watch. We wondered if this
was our Judge Ben. Carr, recklessly
wasting his pension money. AS the
Judge is absent from his usual haunts,
1t looks suspicious.
Peffer's book, 1.-The Farmers Side"
is just such work as every voter
ollOulu 1CGtI' Ito uCSCI1DcS IUe COUul-
ton of the farmer, compares it with
the condition of men in other calIings,
carefully examines the cost of labor
and of living, the prices of crops, taxes,
mortgages, rates of interest, etc. He
shows the increase of wealth of rail-
roads and corporations, and then shows
the way out" The INDEX will furn-
| ish its readers with this book at cost,
postage paid, for 81.
Charlie lille and Henry Hinze are
making strip from the second sugar
made at our sugar mill. They have
made ten barrels of strip day, but are
not now running, because they have
| plenty of strip on hand. Mr.. HInze has
been at Wichita trying to dispose of
some of the strip, and if he finds a
ready sale the factory Will run steady.
If the goods sell rapidly they will be
able to use up all the second sugar our
mill can turn out. We wish them every
success. We have seen and sampled the
sirup, and it is fine looking and has a
| pleasant taste.
The county commissioners met Mon
day to decide contested election case
in Aetna township. At the election last
fall NJ. f. Stewart and Joseph Cox were
candidates for township trustee. When
the ballots were counted it was decided
by the judges that Cox was elected. The
next day the judges counted the ballots
again and decided that Stewart was
elected. When the county commission
ers met to count the returns they gave
a certificate of election to Cox. The
face of the returns show that Cox re-
ceived % votes, and Stewart 81 votes.
| The commissioners went into the case
| fully and recounted the ballots. They
find Cox received II votes and Stewart
received q votes, with one vote yet to
| count. The uncOunted ballot seems to
have the name of one candidate marked
out with pencil, and the name of the
other candidate written beneath. 1t is
claimed that the name was not marked,
but that the ballot was folded exactly
through the name. The commissioners
having refused to count the ballot, it
leaves the ballots tie, with Cox in pos
session of the Office. Stewart will carry
the matter up to the district court.
Harper Graphic: 1.-TWO refined look
ing ladies sat IN the members gallery
of the house of representatives picking
out the various statesmen on the floor
with the aid of the chart in the congress
Sional directory, says the Washington
Post. A rather yociferously attired
young lady sauntered in and took seat
beside them. do tell me where Jerry
Simpson isl" exclaimed the new conner:
Il have heard so much about him."
| One of the ladies noinfad ont tho nlli