Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-08-02
A. t. & s. F.. R. R. TIME CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.

yesterday.
The tax list will adorn our prosperity
columns next week.
f. l.. Gordon, of Lake City, was in
town, last Saturday.
Mr.. +. Porter and Ed. Magee were up
from Kiowa last week.
Mrs. f. b. Noble came in from Har.
per county, Yesterday.
Lall Sparks is visiting his sister, Mrs,
Rogers at Beatrice, Neb.
Il. w. Cameron joined Dave Gregg,
on his trip TO Oklahoma, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Lewis departed
for short visit to Wichita yesterday.
DR.. II. Wisner is again in Barber
county, looking after his farm, at
Sharon.
Clark Hudson and Mr.. Haskins were
up from the city Of promise Monday
and Tuesday
Cleaning ont stables Is far less FL
thy job tran cleaning out the lies of
republican newspapers.
Walter b. Clark has left us, to pre-.
paie himself Tor the Episcopal church.
Tn republicans mourn the loss of an
other partIzan preacher.
Mr.. J. b. Lee, who has been assisting
several months in the INDEX Office, de-
parts, in few days, for Wichita. He
Will quit the typo business for awhile.
Married, at the Usage Hotel, in this
cit July 27th Mr.. VIM. McCrate. of
TUCKER, 1. n. and Miss Phoebe Miller,
OF Winoka I. T. Judge Stevens ofIici-
ating.
Mr.. Gibson, Of Isabel, was in last
week. He SAYS he can't complain as
he is better off than his neighbors, hav-
ing got about ten bushels of wheat to
the acre.
Mrs. Samuels, mother Of Mrs. Frank
Chaplin, who has been i'll for long
time, died on Sunday night, and her re.
mains were taken TO her old home in
Illinois, for interment.
Mr.. Joe Hargis and family returned
Monday from an extensive trip south
and east. lie seems delighted with the
country down there and they all en-.
joyed the trip very much.
Oh Boyd is becoming quite general.
1t is, of course, an essential part of a
candidate. The trouble is, Oh IS on the
wrong side, and we have plenty of gen.
eral men on the other side, for candi-
dates.
Owing to the death of J. II. Young,
the affairs of the estate must be settled
at once. All persons knowing them
selves indepted to j. r. Young IL Co,
must call and settle at once. Mrs. r.
l.. Young, Administrative.
Judge Afford had another fusion
nightmare, last week. and as every true
standup is in duty bound to do, to
maintain his standing in the aid society,
lie came to the Lodge, and took a dive
into the republican mud-puddle, the
Cresset Office.
Prosperity has struck aMedicine Lodge
house. 1t Is public news, but as we
promised the proprietor to say nothing
about the matter, because he has a
hope of settlement with his creditors,
and continuance in business; we will
make no more public at present.
Elsewhere we give DR.. Koclell's let
Ter IN regard TO the Catholic church by
special request. We consider the chief
danger of the A. u. AS to be that they
are IL wing of the republican party to
fan up religious bitterness, in order to
divide the people and prevent them
meeting ON the reform measures need
ed today.
The base ball game between the At
tica and Medicine Lodge teams was
played Monday. The game was on the
whole poorly played, though some good
pitching was done by Ellis. The score
closed % to Is, the Lodge not playing
their last half of the ninth inning. The
boys will try it again week from Sat
nrdav at Attica.
Ir. T.. Il. Miller came in from God
dar1, kaS.. last week and returns in
few days TO New York. lie paid up in
advanc" for the INDEX. The DR.. is a
republican who reads both sides, but
he advises us 10 go slow or we will ruin
the cou"try. We fear The DR.. considers
the manufacturers OF New York a larger
portion OF the country than they really
are.
Don't forget the alliance meeting
next Saturday. Your secretary has re-
ce,Ved communications from State Sec
Rotary French, relative to supplying
needy members with seed wheat for
the coming season. If any member is
I'm need of secd-wheat or can help fell
low member he should come to the
meeting and see what can be done
The eastern part of the state will lend
MS some assistance if we ask it. l.. +.
Beals, secretary.
If Jacob Romig does step a little
higher IN the atmosphere lately, his
friends should excuse him. The follow
ing will explain: Born. to the wife of
Jacob Romig Jr., on Friday, the 18th,
Of July, 1893, fine boy. Child and
mother are both doing finely. There
is some dispute whether the boy IS re-
publican or popuIist, but whether he
is trying to yell stand up for Kansas"
or to simply howl calamity, he has a
good strong pair of lungs and promis-
es to make robust intelligent Ameri-
can citizen.
After borrowing all the locals OF the
INDEX for their reprint columns and
calling it news, doing their own count
ing, and introducing every stale re-
mark to pass off for news to fill their
four extra columns and charging Scots