Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-03-09

Burnett keeps the largest, finest aud
best stock of shoes to be found in this
city. 3etf
Judge Lacy is able to get about lit
tie, though he is not as kittenish as Of
Iyore.
The Baptist aid society meets at the
chapel every Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. If
Mr.. l.. l.. Basket has returned to our
city, and has concluded to make this
his home. He is brother of Mrs. w.
G. Sellers.
w. G.. Musgrove sold his residence in
the north part of the city. last Friday.
to J. Il. Fleming, who moved in the
next day.
District court adjourned for the tern.
last Friday. a special term Of court
will be held on the 18th, to Try the su-
gar mill case.
Judge T. l.. O'Bryan left, yesterday,
for Wichita to serve as petit juror for
the term of U. S. court that convened
there this week.
The county commissioners met Mon
day, in conjunction with the township
assessors, to fix the rate of assessment
for the various townships.
The probate judge Issued license, OIL
the I'd, for the marriage of Alfred w.
Clements and Miss Gertrude Burgen,
both from the vicinity of sun City.
For sale-Seed oats at 80 cents per
bushel; and early seed corn at 50 cents
per bushel. Samples at Burnett's store.
G. J. Skeen, Roundup, Kansas. tf-41
On Wednesday night, March 23d, our
theatre goers will have an opportunity
of witnessing one of the latest and
greatest laughing successes of the
age, the Swedish dialect comedy, "Ole
| Olson"
VIM. A. Garland and Miss Lulu
Rhodes were married at the residence
of the groom's parents, In this city. by
Judge Stevens, on Thursday night, the
Sd inst. The INDEX extends congratu-
| lations.
The Kiowa Journal says that the
| Mayor, Mrs. jackson, invaded a Joint
one evening last week. What is to
hinder her and the Kiowa city council
from raiding the joints every day, if
they are really in earnest?
The Central Committee of the peo-
pies party of Barber county is hereby
called to meet at the courthouse on next
Saturday, March 18th, at l O'Clock to
select senatorial committeeman for
Barber county. A. McCray, chairman.
All members of Delphia lodge are re-
queSteG to be present next Monday
evening, as there will be work in the
three ranks and other important mat
tiers to attend to. knights attend to
your duty. BY order of Chancellor Com
mander.
The engine at this place was backing
car around the curve on the sugar
mill switch, Monday morning, when the
rails spread, and the engine was drop
ped. 1t was gotten on the track about
nine O'Clock Monday night. No mail
went out Monday.
The "Ole Olsonn company comes to
our opera house for one night on March
23d, highly recommended by the press
and public. We have never seen the
play but have every reason to believe it
first-class. Tickets now on sale; prices
IS cents, children so cents. No extra
charge for reserved seats
Sterling Champion: later the para
phernalia of the government expert
ment station had again been ordered
shipped to Medicine Lodge, and an ex-
ira train had pulled the car out Tues
day night, along comes telegram from
Secretary Rusk, at Washington, re-
questing Mr.. McCoach to hold all prop
erty belonging to the Department of
! Agriculture until further orders We
hope the matter will soon be definitely
settled"
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 80 days in each direction.
with final limit of June l, 1892. Stop
over privilege will be allowed within
the limits in each direction. For addl-
tional information apply to W.O. Horn,
agent.
"Old Sleuth of the West. or Bruff
wilkins Camping on his Trair' may be
the name of dime novel one of these
days. Brutf has recently developed a
talent in the way of detecting GRIMM
ais, which, if closely followed, may
bring him in demand by the Pinker.
tons. A few days ago man went in
to Noble Il Cases to buy a pocket
knife. Mr.. w. put number of knives
on the show case, and turned his back
for moment. When he again looked at
the display and one knife was missing.
! He said nothing till the customer walk
| ed out. Wilkins followed, and when
the thief had gotten across the street,
to Karrs drug store, Wilkins caught
his man, who then made an effort to
escape, charged him with stealing the
knife, which charge was Indignantly
denied, but he was marched back to the
store and made to disgorge the proper
ty in the presence of number of wit
nesses. The man was then arrested,
and that knife cost him S14 so, and it is
still the property of Noble 4 Case. The
price mark IN the knife has been chang
ed from SO cents to $14.50.
Coldwater Enterprise: "Our readers
Will remember bowlegged, cross-eyed
little boy who was here two weeks ago,
Saturday. He rode a pony with a
notched tail. The boy although only
| ten wears old was at home in tne sad