Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-08-16

- W dlldC6 Lowry I6IuTHeu, CuHudy &,
from his summer vacation in the noun
tains.
Miss Samuels, sister-in-law to
Frank Chaplin, returned Saturday from
the east.
WIN. Springer has been suffering
from liver complaint for few days,
being confined to his bed part of the
time.
Ed Winters found himself the
proud father of winsome little dam
sci, last Wednesday. DR.. Kociell in
attendance.
VIII Cook. wife and Harold were
mp from KiOwa yesterday in attendance
at the funeral of Wits grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Cook.
DIS. Angel was In fromCedar creek,
Saturday, having break down in his
threshing machine. New pnions all
abound were procured.
"A slight advance In the price of
wheat brought several loads into the
local market this week; but the price
declined again yesterday.
oklahoma watermelons found
ready takers on our streets, Saturday,
among those who were fortunate
enough to have stray nickel or two.
The county attorney Is preparing
a brief for the plaintiff in the case
against D. l.. Pierce and James Strana-
than for fraud in office, in the Lake
City bridge purchase.
E. E. Hagerman had the mlsfor-
tune to lose some papers last week.
which are valuable only To HIM. Any
person finding them will confer favor
by returning them to the owner.
In the delinquent tax list of this
year there 16S, 900 acres of land adver-
tsed. III round numbers, besides the
largest list Of town lots ever sent out.
All this represents Barber county pros
perity.
"A social hop is announced to occur
At the Globe hotel, Sharon. TO morrow
(Thursday) evening. A good time is
assured those who are fortunate in at
tending. The INDEX man acknow-
Lodges the receipt of an invitation.
A light rain fell Monday night, re-
freshing things to some extent but af-
fording no material benefit. The ele-
ments seem TO be endeavoring to STIR
up rain but the prolonged drought
has rendered it apparently almost i'm
possible.
"A. Sullivan, OF Roundup. WAS in
the city, Saturday and increased the
dough" i'll our exchequer for 4 copy of
the INDEX to be sent to him during the
coming year. At the low price of this
paper, the county Official organ, no one
can afford to be without it.
-Messrs Hull and Glenn, publish
ers of the KiOwa Journal, were in the
city Thursday. They stated that 2
part Of their business here was to work
up their boom paper to be issued at
some future date, eXtolling the virtues
Of Barber county. 1t is their intention
to tap Medicine Lodge for 5000 copies.
w. G.. Musgro7e has been elected
business manager of the Lexington,
Mo, IntellIgencer, paper in which he
has been large stakeholder for several
years. While here he thought he had
disposed of his interest, but the party
failed to meet the obligations when due
and as a consequence Mr.. Musgrove
was forced into the newspaper business
again, contrary to his wishes.
DR.. Aver received the sad intelli-
gence Saturday that his daughter, Mrs.
Emma Roy Hansen, had died on Aug
ust Sth, at Trinidad, Colorado. Her
two months old baby died about seven
hours afterward She was the wife of
Pete Hansen, a former contractor of
this city, with whom most of our peO-
pie are acquainted. The double loss
Will fall heavily upon Mr.. Hansen,
who, with others of the family, has the
sympathy of old friends here.
"A. J. Liuville returned, Friday
from trip through Oklahoma. lie
says there is line forming at the
Klngfsher land Office on account of the
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the Strip would he attached to that
district. The line was of some length
already and was increasing every day.
Men who left their places hired a sub
stitute to hold them, and the fellow at
the head of the line asked $1,000 for his
claim. They propose to file on land
before the man who makes the run can
reach it.
-Iu explanation OF the increase of
one mill over last year in the county
tax levy, we wish TO state that at the
end of the fiscal year, 1891. there was
but $1,000 of scrip outstanding. Since
that time over $1,000 has been received
from the state, and yet there is $4,000
worth of scrip outstanding. Although
a one mill advance is very slight, our
readers like to know what is going on
and why.
The taxing of judgments has
brought great many protests before
the county commissioners during the
past week, mostly from representatives
; of mortgage companies. y large num-
Der have been released on account of
companies refusing to pay the tax and
the man over whom it has been hang
ing is free once more. The state law
on this subject has never before been so
/ strictly complied with as it is this year.
and is resulting to the satisfaction of
the people, especially those who have
been haunted by judgment and find
,, themselves released.
The Pilgrim Bard called on us last
week for the sake of. old times, when