Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
LOCAL NEWS.
Is and wood. Fred Hardy

resolutions up to date?
Subscribers for the INDEX and the
Western Plowman, for Sl.25.
DIR. Mckee coming January 9th, one
weeks stay. Office at Grand hotel. 1t
Burnett keeps the largest, finest and
best stock of shoes to be found in this
city. soft
The Costumer for the masquerade
ball will be at the Grand hotel to NOR
row.
w. III. Old has a choice lot of heaters
he would like to trade for cook stoves,
sell for cash. 80.
Il. a. McNeal and daughter, Louise,
visited with friends III Guthrie, Oklaho-
ma last week.
Itch, on human or animals, cured in
40 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lo-
ton, Sold by j. ID. Karr.
A masquerade ball, on Friday the 9th
will be given at Thompson's Opera
Horse Everybody IS cordially invited.
Charley Fair, Clarence Storey and
Isaac Teeple, three Sharon boys, took
in the o. Il. S. ball last Wednesday
night.
Mr.. Thos. Best returned from Chica-
go by way of Topeka, Saturday. He re-
ports no snow until Kansas City was
reached.
Religious chores" is the title given
in the Sunday School Classmate to
family services which have become a
mere habit.
Don't forget the County Alliance
meeting one week from Saturday. Of
ficers are to be elected to hold during
the coming year.
Eli Benedict has for sale at his place
fine lot OF male hogs of Poland China
stock at SO and 81 each. If you want
choice stock come and see them. %
The dance at the opera house last
Wednesday night given by the ladies
ofthe Eastern Star, was pronounced
success. There was large attendance.
Why pay $500 for wrought steele
Ranges Of agents travelling through
the country, when Noble 81 Case will
sell you one for $500 with seventeen
gallon hot water tank all complete.
For SALE-A fine, large three-year
old Clydesdale mare, we'll broken, will
take in exchange medium sized, well
built black pony, guaranteed to be
good roadster. Address ii, A, Beals.
Sharon, Kans.
We are requested to announce that
there are three quarter sections of land
in 16-32-12, school land which has not
been settled up on according to law
= For the status of the land enquire OF
q county clerk.
The ladies of st. Marks guild Will
meet at Mrs. SouthwOrth's on Thurs
day, Jan. 9Th, at O'Clock =. M. Bus
mess of Importance will be transacted,
and all ladies interestedin church work
are requested to be present.
Is your hair falling out or turning
gray? DO not get discouraged and say
it cannot be stopped. Beggs Hair Re-
newer will effectually stop it. We give
positive guarantee with every bottle.
by j. II. Young and j. ID. Karr. 8
The Fidelity lodge No. so, will meet
on the 18th for installation of officers
A full attendance is earnestly desired.
The installation ceremony will be fol-
lowed by an interesting discourse by
Bro. Archer on the good of the order.
Supt. j. o. Hahn has three or four
books loaned out which it seems the
borrowers have forgotten to leturn,
and he takes this means of reminding
these parties that he would like SAID
books returned to him right away as
he will leave town soon. If you have
one of his books when you read this,
please act promptly.
M. f. Roddy, a prominent farmer of
Barber, living on Elm creek about ten
miles north of this city, called on this
Office Friday last. lie said that he had
had a pretty tough time of it since the
extreme cold winter set in taking care
of his stock, and keeping matters
around the farm in shape. He tells us
that on Christmas night he was on his
horse until after midnight keeping his
cattle on the move or they would no
doubt have frozen to death in heap.
Mr.. Jonas Lawrence, mayor and
council of Forest City, has been in
town several days. AS Jonas is sporting
his Sunday clothes and went to church
last Sunday, there is some surmise as
TO consequences. Some predict a
change of heart and others look know
ingly around the corner of their North
eye and say ITS better late than never''
Jonas, to seek your better hale. But
Jonas smiles demurely and chuckles to
himselfr and who ever heard of man
like that ever doing anything desperate?
The board of County Commissioners
Monday afternoon heard the petition
OF Jno. &. Steffee attorney in behalf CT
Il. L. Ward and &. F. Osborn repre-
senting the Howard Investment Co.
aud asking that taxes collected on land
that has relapSed to the government be
returned by the county. 1t hardly
seems right however that the county
should be liable for the failure of the
u. s. land officers to notify these
mortgage companies, that the payments
due the government were defaulted.
The matter will probably not be settled
at present. The board have taken it
under advisement.
Doctor ComstocK, the we'll known
Specialist on the ear and eye and kim
dred diseases is in our city for ten days.
If you have any chronic troubles the
Doctor is good man to see. He will