Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-03-30
County aIliance Aprii 2nd.


wards. Aft
The Usage hotel served forty extra
dinners last Saturday.
Haf you seen Yin Gano? Haze yump
the Yudge In yale Monday.
The equinoctlal storm did not materl
alize till yesterday afternoon.
Bones Wanted-Best price paid. E.
Martin, Photographer, Medicine Lodge.
For SaIe-A pair of good work mules
and good work horse. Apply at this
Office. ATT
Tie Baptist aid society meets at the
chapel every Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. If
The ladies of St. Marks Guild will
meet with Mrs. Scott hubert Thursday
afternoon, March 31st.
There was strong warm south wind
Monday. A few days like that will
make grass for the cattle.
Vincent and Parker Martyr babe us
good bye last Wednesday, and departed
for Chicago, their future home.
Mr.. John McCracken will deliver a
speech at the open meeting OF Forest
City alliance on Thursday night, April
7th.
The KiOwa Review and Journal both
report that q. b. Wiley has just taken
course of Kelley cure, and is cured.
We hope so.
This has been a very backward
spring, but the grass Is beginning to
show itself. The poor cattle are grind
ing their noses off trying to get some
Of it.
The chief topic of conversation on
our streets ID the probability of the
Cherokee Strip being opened soon.
Only few seem to be interested in the
Cheyenne and Arrapohoe lands.
The Review is booming T. p. Wilson
for mayor of Kiowa, and the Journal
announces that T. z. Wilson has been
appointed a judge of the election. II
this combination don't elect him, what
will?
Mrs. Frank Read, Who has taught
school in district No. Is, this winter,
will close her school to. day. The first
of next week she will go to Waverly
Illinois, on Q visit to her sister. Her
husband will accompany her on the
trip.
DR.. M. o. WILDER died at his home in
HazeltOn, on March 18th, aged SO years.
He was a good physician, and was the
landlord of the Acme hotel. of that
place, where had lived for seven years
He was greatly esteemed by all who
knew him.
j. E. Hall, of the Kiowa Journal
was here Saturday, looking on at the
republican convention. He told us that
he had heard and read so much about
our retiring from the business that he
would wait for an official announce
ment OF the fact in the INDEX before
writing our obituary.
The Santa Fe route have placed on
sale Winter Tourist tickets to the fol.
lowing points: Austin, Corpus Christi
Ell Paso, Galveston, Houston, Lampass
as, ROckpOrt, San Antonio, Texas, Dem.
ing, Lake Valley, Las Cruces, Silver
City and SOcorro, New Mexico. Tran
sit limit of 30 days in each direction
with final limit of June 1, 1892. Stop,
over privilege will be allowed within
the limits in each direction. For addI
tional information apply to w. o. Horr
agent.
Kiowa Review: "Erskine w. Snod
do has opened law Office in this city
west Main street. Heis partner will
his father, w. w. S. Snoddy, well
known to the legal fraternity of thi,
and other sections. The business a
Medicine Lodge will be conducted By
the father and in this city by Erskine
under the firm name of Snoddy Il Son
We extend hearty wish that Ersk.
who is just entering legal career. ma,
be one of that fraternity to meet will
browning success"
Mrs. J. r. Stafford left here Saturda,
for her old home at Coldwater. Sh
has lived here nearly two years, ant
has made host of warm friends. He
son, Irwin, who has worked in the In
DEX Office since August, 1890, also wen
to Coldwater, where he will take DO
sltiOn in the Star Office. Irwin Is
bright, steady young man, good print
er, and will make his mark one of thes
days as a newspaper writer. We wis
him and his mother success and pros
perity wherever fate may cast their lots
Kingman Democrat. Henry E. Old
father, now running the Review, o
Cleburn, Texas, was in the city feS
hours Monday afternoon. He was o.
his way to Coldwater, and stopped 70
brief visit with his many Kingma
friends. He Is doing well in his Texa
home" 1t used to be tbgt Henry cam
to Medicine Lodge when conssBiept I
do so, but we have ceased to look fo
his pleasant periodic presentations
N. B.-Mr. Oldfather dropped in o
us Monday. He looks as young an
hearty as of yore, and we are glad t
report that he is doing we'll in his ne'
home. Henry is always welcome to til
INDEX sanctum.
Rev. j. B. North, pastor of the FresbN
terrain church Of this city. leaves thi
week, for Kingfisher, Ok. He has bee
pastor of the Presbyterian church {
this city for the past four years, an
has built up strong congregation. Ii
received many Invitations from the pei
pie of KinRfsher during the past 81
months, and only recently concluded
accept. he will be missed in ti,is CON
munity, as he was an active and aggrel
| siSo champion Of wnatover he believe