Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-11-15
-Thanksgiyiu0 Noyember 8Otb.

Ed. sample went 10 COldWater last
week on business.
Mrs. F. A. Lewis was at Wichita
several days OF last week.
VIII Matthews was in from Eagle
Saturday on school business.
The regular session Of the district
court cOnvenes next Tuesday.
Don't forget the Pythian Sisters
ball Thanksgiving night, Noy. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Evans, of Lake
City, were here Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. w. II. Cook has been very
sick for several days, but is now recoY-
ering.
-Cassius Heskett came up from Kio.
wa last week to assist the treasurer g
office.
Col. Ben. Carr will depart this week
for Topeka to remain over winter in
that saIubrious CLINE.
Alex Hopkins and E. ]. Kerchner
were up from Kiowa Friday TO see
about some legal matters.
Cook Il Palmer have their Office re-
paired and painted so that it looks even
better than before the fire.
j. K. Osborne, Of EIwood. was in
the city Saturday, having some BUSH
ness with the commissioners.
We handle corn, oats, bran and
shorts. Also are agents for Fontenac
coal. Harper Mercantile Company.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the Thanksgiving ball, Thomp-
sons opera house, Nov. 3d. Tickets 81.
"A. w. Lowry arrived from Lincoln.
Nebraska, Thursday. He will remain
in this country permanently in the flu
ture.
Everybody is invited to the second
annual ball of the Pythian Sisters on
Thanksgiving night, Nov. 80. Tick
cts, 81.
The KiOwa Review threatens to
take a turkey on subscription. We make
no threats but could digest medium
sized turkey on Thanksgiving.
DIR. KocielI Is suffering with a
sprained shoulder, the result of Sc
we're kick from his bicycle. He is now
offering to sell the machine at cost.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Lockard were
in from Eagle Monday. Jim is very
much pleased over the election of sher-
if and county attorney, and so are we
all.
Catholic services will be held at the
Gobielle building 22nd day of Novem-
Der, it being the Wednesday after the
3rd Sunday in month or the usual day
OF services in this parish. Rev. Bern
ard Martin will be the officiating priest.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Beals,
Monday afternoon, twelve pound boy.
DIR. Moore officiating. The healthy
size of the young barrister occasions a
just pride to manifest itself in our
county attorney, and the fact of Mr..
Beals being an ex-editor of the INDEX
causes us to take considerable pride in
the circumstances ourselves. Twelve
pound boys at that age are very scarce.
"A. T. Mckay, our stenographer-
bicyclist, started at seven o'clock Fri
day morning for Wichita on his wheel
and rpaphp6 fha-o n fvo in fba N Ftor
noon OF the same day, riding the whole
distance on the machine. The storm
caught him on his return and he was
compelled to travel half the homeward
journey on the train. 1t is unneces.
sary to say that the trip to Wichita
was good ten hours travel for a BIZ
cycle.
-"Uncle Toms Cabin" drew large
house last Thursday evening, just as it
always does, no matter of what charac-
ter the show. Marks" Cute and
"TOpsy" were good, and afforded con-
siderable entertainment, but "Uncle
Tom" more resembled q nephew-or q
stick of ebony. An afterpiece together
with some variety was amusing for the
audience, and on the whole It was quite
interesting. A good orchestra was a
pleasant feature. or the AZ people ad-
vertised all but IS came.
-Kiowa has been considerably exer-
cised for several days over reputed coal
finds, which are to make that city a
mining as well as an agricultural me-
tropOlis. OF the find the Review says:
A rumor is current here this week
that a gentleman by the name of 81.
Gordon, who represents a coal pros
pecting company, is contracting for
teams in and near this city with which
to transport supplies and machinery to
point thirty five miles south west, in
The Strip, where bed of bituminOus
coal has recently been discovered. The
rumor appears to be well founded. Sew
eral teams have been engaged, which
will leave the latter part OF the week.
AS to the extent of the fields no one
appears to have been informed, other
than that the discovery had certainly
been made.
The HaZelton correspondent to the
Cresset charges County Clerk Lewis
with mistakes on the township ticket
One of them was emitting tho names
Of John Hart and NJ. G. Reed for road
overseers. Those names appeared on
the certificates Of nomination but the
number of the districts were not given
and the law provides that in such cases
no names shaIl:be printed for the places
Another mares nest found by the
HazeltoD critic was the spelling OF
"Shutts" instead of ShultZ. The name
was spelled on the ticket just as II APP
peared on the certificate, so the mis-
take was not Mr.. Lewis fault. The
clerk makes out the tickets from the
certificates of nomination, and IN ev
cry material instance the mistakes were
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