Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-10
LOCAL NEWS.

visit TO the worlds fair.
The pastor of the Baptist church will
be absent from town next Sunday.
For everything pertaining to Sewing
Machines, go to Gregg's Gun Store. 81
Strawberries have at last reluctantly
shown themselves on the local market.
Write to Bailey andButman, Eldred,
Kansas, if you want a fine short-horn
bull. If
Lanes Medicine moves the bowels
each day. In order to be healthy this
is necessary. q
Don't forget the whistling enter
tainment Monday evening, May end,
at the opera house.
Mrs. Marshall and daughter, Miss
Mary, OF Lake City. visited friends in
the CITY Friday and saturday.
Hawseyo Condition Powders are the
best for stock Of all kinds. Sold and
warranted by J. r. Young aud J. d.
Karr.
Dir. and Mrs. Jerry Simpson left,
MONDAY, for lIolton. Kansas. It's ru-
mOred that Jerry will start on lect-
uIe tour.
Teachers certificates were granted
at the last examination To Miss Mary
Tabor, Mrs. Southwick, Rufe Kemp
amt NJ. +. Stewart.
y meeting of the stockholders of the
INDEX is called for Saturday, May Goth,
at Medicine Lodge, by order of the
board Of directors.
All parties prepared to entertain
teachers during the coming normal
should leave their address with the
county superintendent.
The city council last Wednesday night
gave the use of the horns to the kid
band" The place of council meeting
was also changed to Gano's office.
Mr.. White of Isabel, was a pleasant
visitor last week. 4 friend from Iowa
and one from Oregon accompanied him
in the hope Of seeing Hon. Jerry Simp-
son.
Friday night, last. The same storm
visited COldwateT and COmanche coun-
ty. The rain that visited Medicine
Lodge sighted Sharon and Cedar town
ships.
The Empire Cordage Co. broke the
prices five years ago in their fight with
the American Co. and they are still
keeping up the racket. Send your or
ders to Champaign, III. 81
For sale - Two fine Missouri-bred
short-hOrn bulls four or five years old,
and IN first-class order. Pedigrees can
be furnished. Address Bailey and But
man, Eldred, Kansas. If
Miss Hall who is to deliver the enter
tainment here under the auspices of the
.. Z. ). society will be here on Monday
the 22nd of May. The entertainment
will be given at the Opera house.
Why pay $500 for wrought steele
Ranges of agents travelling through
the country, when Noble Il Case will
sell you one for $500 with seventeen
gallon hot water tank all complete.
l.. w. Storey and wife departed Mon
day for Idaho, by way of SalIna and
Denver. Mr.. Storey's son-in-law lives
in Idaho. Mr.. Storey contemplates re-
turning; but may conclude to remain
and locate.
Mrs. Laura ". Johns has disappoint-
ed her sulfragIst friends. by sending
word that she is obliged to go to Chi
cago, and cannot fulfill her appoint
ment here before June. The meeting
announced FOR Friday night is there
fore postponed.
The county superintendent is prepar-
ing notices for the teachers and school
boards, to send out for the coming
normal. Arrangements are rapidly
approaching completion and the nor
NAL next month promises to be a sue
cessful and pleasant one.
Mr.. G.. W. Holenback of COldwater.
one of the board of directors for the
state penitentiary, was In town Thurs
day and Saturday. Mr.. Hollenback is
prospecting for the Empire Cordage
Company, located at Champaign and
st. Louis. ILL.,; the company is engaged
in commercial war with the American
COrdage Trust.
The supper of the G.. y. Il. Saturday
night, TO raise funds for an aid corpse,
was we'll attended considering the
night. Twenty-Five or thirty dollars
was raised, enough to give them a good
start. We regret very much our fall
ure to give them notice last week; but
hope we can favor them next time. We
omitted several items which came in
late and which we were sorry to have
overlooked.
y review OF the treasurer's accounts
and the report of the examining COM
mittee by Harry Noah as ordered by
tue board of county commissioners
showed the cash drawer to be Sl6
ahead instead of $50 behind. The ex-
animation showed the reports of both
as to receipts and expenditures to be
correct. The difference was probably
in the rejection by the examining board
of certain items as cash, which the
treasurer had taken as cash. Though
1t might have been mIs-account Mr..
Noah's report reflects no diScredit on
anyone.
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