Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-01-06
Judge Lacey is a grin sufferer

Mrs. N. Weber has been down for ten
days, with grip.
For Rent-A two room house. APP
ply to II. burst. 30
Rev. Pinkston Is gruntlng with a
fresh case of grip.
Born, in this city, January Sd, 1892,
to the wife OF w. H. McCague, a boy.
A large number of the schools in the
county took holiday vacation of a
week.
Clarence Sparks has set in te take a
REGULAR course of dentistry under DR..
Rogers.
Burnett has just received f'Ie stock
of gents furnishing goods; also boots
and SHOES Is
j. w. Potes was up from Kiowa Sat
urday. He is still quite weak from his
late sickness.
c. L. Bramwell. manager of the
Badger Lumber company, is wrestling
with severe case Of grip.
Squire Greever, of Kiowa. was here
yesterday, transacting business before
the county commissioners.
Miss Warren, teacher OF the school al
Sexton, spent Saturday and Sunday il
this city, visiting friends.
Judge j. Z. Hall, Of KiOwa, was uI
yesterday, on business. He says the
people of KIowa think the grip is con
tageous.
When the Office seeks the man, it al
ways finds a good man. When the
man seeks the oiiice he sometimes ilnds
nothing.
Mrs. Steve Roach caught a bad case
Of grip last Wednesday, and has suffer
ed severely, but is now able to get about
the house.
Roy Hall, after spending the Christ
mas holidays at home, departed, las
Sunday, for Boonville, where he is ;
cadet In Kemper school.
Howard Duphorne, printer, late o
the Harper Sentinel, is here keeping
bachelor hall with Ed. Trickett Thu
week, in the absence of Mrs. Trickett
This Office is under obligations to til,
Cresset force, DIR. Rogers and E. F
Widner for favors shown us in our rusl
last week. Such courtesies are not for
gotten.
Fred Ellis returned to Winfield Mon
day, 10 resume his studies in the Win
field Business College, after week
holiday vacation with home folks ant
friends.
No better resolution can be formed
for the new year than for every man t.
resolve to pay his honest debts as rap
idly as possible, and to get out and sta,
out of debt.
The people party have chance thi
year to swamp all opposition in Kansas
Will they do it2 Yes, if we organic
and work. Let us not be too certain
till the polls close.
l.. Munson and John L. Jesse will
start to the Territory to-day, on hunt
They are both old hunters, who get mea
every time they 60 after it. We wisl
them pleasant and successful trip.
1t was reported, one day last week
that Il case of black diphtheria was il
the city. The report spread rapidly
and carried alarm and CONSERVATION
Fortunately, the trouble proved to be {
severe sore throat.
John White says he must be a YER
insignificant person, as he is the onl
person in his vicinity who has not ha
the grip. John has the alliance griI
which is a wonderful good thing to hav'
IN these days of political degeneracy.
Don't forget the Teachers Associa
ton meeting at Lake City on next Sat
urday, January 9th. Teachers who ar
near enough should make an effort t
attend. The forenoon session begins a
1890 and the afternoon session closes a
$3.50.
+. F. Mullen says that as the Kansa
City woman predicts the world wi
come to an end in short time. h
would like for his customers to go int
Kingdom come with clear consciences
He expects to stand by st. Peter, an
slam the gate in the faces of those VIII
die owing him. And it will serve ther
right. 81
The club congress will meet at thei
hall in the Sherlock building tonight
There are several important measure
before the house and good and heat
ed session can be expected, and 1t
desired that all members be present
The grip had its hold on several @
the members last week, and no meetin
was held.
The night before election, in Novem
Der, 1880, one of our republican speah
ers said: After the polls close tC
morrow, you will never hear anythin
more of the alliance. You will be una
ole to find man who will acknowledg
that he was an alliance man." Ths
speaker was mistaken. His party ha
predicted disruption for the alliance
but we are here to win this year.
Ed. Standiford entertained numbe
of his associates with a New Year
party, Thursday evening. Progressiv
tiddiedey-wink was INDUCED. ia until
late hour. Fred Ellis was awarded tn
first prize and Miss Myrtle Carroll tn
BOBBY prize. Refreshments of ice creaI
and cake we're served, and the old yes
was watched out and the new year we
coined in with shouts of laughter an
we'll wishes to Ed. for the year jus
dawning.
! Barber county was represented at tn
State Teachers Association by j. E.
Bell, John z Wallace and Miss Hess
Renfrew. The meeting was held :
topeka on December 18th, 30th an