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

Springs, Ark.
Our people were all early risers yes
terday morning.
Thos. L. Sparks, of Glensted. Mo-,
was here last week.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. E. II. Nixon to-day.
County commissioners meet in regu-
lar session on the 8th day of April.
Friday will be All-Fools' day. Be on
your guard; the fools will be around.
There was warm rain Monday night
and the grass made visible growth.
Ole Olson had big house last Thurs
day night, and put up laughable per-
Torrance.
DIR. Yant, dentist, will be in his Office
April 1st or End, ready to do all kinds
of dental work. 40
Sharon items and Monument items
reached us too late for this week. Get
in by Monday. if possible.
Town was full of people last Satur
day. The hotels and restaurants were
all crowded at dinner time.
When there is fire alarm it is pretty
safe to bet that Granville Morris will
be among the first to reach the hose
cart.
Farmers Headquarters hrst door
north of the p o. Highest market price
paid for country produce. +. NJ. Wood
ward. ATT
There is chance for some man to
make money in buying and packing
hogs in this city. Who will take the
opportunity?
Winter has fingered in the lap of
spring about Long enough. Spring
seems to have given the old man the
grand bounce at last.
Remember the entertainment at the
Court house Friday night, given by the
Young Peoples Society of the Baptist
church. Only Is cents admission.
Prairie fires are to be seen in every
direction at night. Farmers cannot be
too careful in putting out fires,
or in watching the fires in the neigh
borhOod.
Mrs. A. S. Fay, and her baby,
Blanche, of Pratt county, came in yes
terday on visit to the family of her
brother. She is the youngest sister of
l.. NJ. Axline.
Cook & Farmer sold three farms of
100 acres each during the week ending
March 18th. Two of the farms were
for spot cash, the other for part cash
and balance on time.
There was a good shower of rain fell
here Friday afternoon from $50 to $50
O'Clock. At Sharon, east of here, there
was hail, and also three miles west of
town there was hail, but none here.
Every body is busy except the mer-
chants. Farmers are blowing and are
taking all the help they can get. Town
laborers are in demand to make gar
dens aud for country work. There are
no enforced loaters on our streets.
Mr.. Human has already contracted
for the planting and cultivation of all
the cane seed lie wants planted for the
government experimental seed station.
| He requires the seed to be planted by
hand, in exactly One-acre FLATS, and lie
pays $40 per plat for the land and cult
walton. This is good pay, but the land
has to be thoroughly cultivated under
Instructions.
Medicine Lodge surveillance had a
pleasant and interesting meeting at the
Office of the probate judge last Satur-
day night. The action of the St. Louis
convention was ratified by an unani-
nous vote. The sub will meet at the
same place on the night of April 9th.
Several new members will be taken in.
This sub has taken on new life, and in
tends to make noise this fall.
Every woman who is threatened with
the misfortune of being an enforced old
maid, should set out a tree and name
it after the fellow of her choice. If the
tree dies, the fellow Will die. Let him
know his life is in his your hand. If
he don't come to time, let the tree die.
Jim Dobbs, Wash Shaw, Chester Long,
w. w. Hull and others will be scared
when they hear of this scheme.
Mrs. E. NJ. Byerley has been very
sick for the past four weeks, and for
some days her life has been despaired
of. Her father, D. w. Young, who
visited Kingfsher last week, hurried
home; her brother Earl and her sister
Mics Ctnllo uyaro toloOrophod for Cnn
day. Earl reached home Monday.
Miss Stella arrived at home yesterday.
Drs. Burney and Gould are doing all they
can for her, but the case is hopeless.
She has Bright's disease in acute form.
She has rested easier for two nights.
There are some people who claim that
the crossing of wires would not sound
the fire alarm, rain or no rain. Others
say that it will. We would like to see
the matter tested. 1t could easily be
done, as the wires are crossed nearly
all the time, and sprinkling little wa
ter on the crossing would only be neces-
Sary TO make the test. Seward Field
says he heard the whistle blowing and
went to the door of the meat shop to
see where tee FIRE was, and saw Joe
Bradley run up and break the glass of
the fire alarm box. This is pretty good
evidence that the crossing of the wires
and the rain caused the alarm.
We went through the sugar mill yes
terday and found about $4,000 pounds
of second sugar on hand, and that of p
better quality than has eeeg been pro-
duced heretofore. The strip, after be-
ing clarified. runs through the centrifu.
gals much easier than it did. and one
centrifugal can now swing out as much
cruar IL, a dav 90 all ne than oonId dr