Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08
A. T. &s.F. R. R. TINE CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.

Machines, go to Gregg's Gun Store. 30
II you want horse bills for the COM
ing season, come to the INDEX and get
the best.
Bring your old chairs around to ]. II.
Williams if you want them neatly re-
paired. 80
Ii. Hills, attorney tor the Colonial &
U. s. Mortgage Co., returned Friday to
Emporia.
The Forest City alliance is preparing
some interesting discussions for their
meetings.
The ladies of st. Marks Guild will
meet at Mrs. Geo. Hibbard's Thursday,
March 18th.
w. II. Old has choice lot of heaters
he would like to trade for cook stoves,
sell for cash. 80.
Spring is coming and Sol Lebrecht is
here with the finest kind of Early Rose
aud Ohio seed potatoes. 40-2
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Newman, Wednesday afternoon,
March 18th. Mrs. IL. Z. Noble, Sec'y.
Mr.. and Mrs. McEnany were in Sat-
urday from Sun City. Both are enjoy
Ing better health than for some time
past.
If you want organs go to L. T. Will
liams furniture store. He has them
all the way from S45 to $500, to sell for
cash or by installments.
The flag decorations of our city show
that many OF our people recognize
Cleveland as the chief executive of the
nation not merely of the democratic
party.
Judge Funk is on the street once
more, smiling over the Cherokee Strip
and relief from. siege OF measles,
which did not slight his household in
the least.
The Columbian Bazaar given by the
ladies of the Baptist church on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings
was well attended and the efforts of
the ladies appreciated.
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.
Mr.. f. w. Snoddy, of Kiowa, has re-
turned, 1t seems from Topeka. The
intimidation does not seem to be so
great as represented, we doubt not,
with all honesty by many who were
present.
DIR. Rogers, who started to learn the
tooth carpenters profession with DIR.
Yant few years ago, and afterward To-
Gated at Pratt, is a home for a couple
of weeks, on vacation. He is attend
ing dental college at Kansas city.
Mr.. George Sellers is preparing to
enter the insurance business. From
the cordial way he invites ye editor
land lady" to visit him latter while"
we suspect he is also going to do some
thing more desperate than become an
insurance agent.
NIL anu h0NO AOubCu
the Shepler property, which they will
occupy shortly. Mr.. Vernon Lyle,
who has occupied it during the winter
will return to the farm. Their daugh-
ter will continue attending school and
board with Mrs. Mobley.
Air. s. Palmer has organized a new
class III vocal music. The first meet
Ing will be at his rooms on Monday
night, the 18th, and all persons desir-
ing to JOIN the class are requested to be
present at the first lesson, as Mr.. Pal
mer intends to give thorough drill on
notation.
One of the interesting features OF
the editors business is the cranks who
are constantly trying to turn the edi-
tor, paper and printing Office and all to
suit their own pet hobbies. Another
interesting feature is when the editor
turns crank himself and tends to his
own business, to the disgust of all 9th.
Pr cranks.
we have an interesting communica.
ton describing the visit of certain Ia
dies to certain gambling house in this
town, between ~ and = Monday night
and the manner of their reception. The
ladies were not armed with guns, clubs
or police officers, but they nevertheless
seemed to terOrjZe the whole gang
Their mission was for that time mis-.
Cd IF q
gamblers we're and ask that their work
be stopped. The most serious com
pIaint against the gambling fraternity
is chat they are training some who are
but we'll grown boys in all their vicious
ways.
Our teachers are in the habit Of Civ.
ing their pupils quarter holiday, Fri
day. when there is not single case OF
hardness during the week. Last week
every room got the holiday. Prompt
ness and regularity of attendance are
two essentials OF every good school
The first we seem to have; but our pa
irons do not seem to realize that Tegu'
lar attendance Is absolutely necessary
to good results. DO not keep YOU
children out one or two days every
week, and then find fault with the
teacher. The steps of progress in schoo
are like the links of chain. One day:
absence is link gone which must bt
supplied in haste or the chain broken
and in taking time to supply the miss
ing links, the progress of the whole
school is retarded. 1t is a matter Of
concern that your neighbours children
sholld not be absent; for it thus be.
come not only an injury to the child
absent, but an injury to the entir'
school ard injustice and imposition OF
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