Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12
Ripe peaches are coming in abund

| Enany ana 1aInllv, think or departing
soon, for Oregon.
Mr.. John Renfrew Jr. and Buford
Lacy, left, yesterday, for a horseback
ride to Wichita.
The board of county commissioners
adjourned, Saturday, having completed
all necessary work.
The Free Methodists began their
camp meeting last evening. 1t will
continue two weeks or more.
Rev. p. b. Smith, of Centralia, Mo,
a preacher of the Methodist faith, was
in the city last week, visiting friends.
Mr.. J Z. Renfrew and wife, of Deer
head, departed, Monday. for Ness coun-
ty, to Visit a couple of Mrs. ReDfrew's
sisters.
Much of the corn was seriously in
jured before the last rain. 1t is still
time enough to raise cane and millet
for feed.
Now is the time to buy what you
want cheap, as Mrs. Belle Brown Is
offering her fine stock at almost sacri-
flee figures.
Ladies, If you want dress made to
ft you, or coat cleaned and refined, or
a good job of sewing done, call on Liz
zie Fishburn.
The INDEX Office acknowledges the
receipt of a fine lot of peaches from
Col. Garrison. They are good enough
for any country and wet season.
DR.. Yant, dentist, has left a compe-
tent man in his Office and guarantees
all work he does. Gold filings 50; 9th
er filings 81. Best teeth $40 per set.
a rehearing of the case against DAY.
id Clough was argued In Justice POr-
ter's court last week and denied, where
upon appeal was taken to the district
court.
We have been hunting. We found
what we hunted for, and If you will
drop into Chase & Coan's we will show
you something in Gasoline STOVES that
will make you smile.
Kiowa Journal: DR.. S. Kociel, cor
oner of Barber county, was in the city,
Saturday, on legal business, connected
with his office. He made the journal
a pleasant call. This is the doctors
first visit in eight years.
Mr.. Gentry, of Deerh ead, together
with John McGrath, returned, Saturday
from Kansas City, where they had
taken a load of cattle. They report
prices fair of good beef steers, but very
poor on cows. The tone of the market
seemed to be decidedly down.
J. d. Fair & Son plaintiff, VS.. VIM.
Steele, defendant, was the title of a
case tried last week at Sharon before
Squire Wilson, in which Joe Porter, at
| torney, showed that the claim was not
outlawed and therefore colIectible.
Judgment was given the plaintiff for
$13.85 and costs.
DR.. Ayers has twarted for 20 years
and three years of grace, every effort of
human kind to deprive him of the
sweet boon of life, and now another
foe appears. The other evening
stroke of lightning visited his mansion
and killed couple of choice and favor
ite pups, but the DR.. was not there.
Col. Garrison was in Saturday tend
ing to business and politics. BY inter
viewing democrats and all kinds of
populists, he says he finds there is no
one who cares much for fusion or really
expects its. We are glad this is so,
but it's too bad to take so much con-
ISOLATION from Dear Lute'' and his
brethren.
Express: Mrs. II. B. Steck and chill
dren, and Mrs. A. II. Peck departed on
Saturday afternoon for the east to be
absent several weeks. Mrs. Steck ar
rived at Adrian, Mich, where her par
ents live onMonday evening, and writes
back that the thermometer registered
so and thai fire in the crate was neces-
sary for comfort that evening. Mrs.
PECK stopped in Chicago to visit her
son and brother.
Miss Dell Kimball returned, Friday,
from Parsons, Kansas. She has been
stopping there several months, with
Mr.. Ii. NJ. Ingraham's family, and hav-
ing her eyes treated by DR.. Maser, an
eye specialist. Miss Klmbrel's eyes
were badly crossed, and she had tried
treatment before, without success, but
her eyes are perfectly straight now, and
have been so, for several weeks. She
still requires spectacles, which the doc
tor thinks can be dispensed with, IN
about year.
The initiative and referendum syS-
tenn has been used by the populists in
several counties, with great satisfac-
ton. Why not try it in Barber county?
Why not open the primaries on a GER
tain day, and let the central committee,
in each precinct, take charge? Then
let every member of the party come to
wants for the respective offices. Let
the ones receiving the greatest number
of votes, be the nominees. Then hold
big mass convention, and ratify the
ticket. Would not this plan, or some
modification thereof, be acceptable to
the people? If so, let US know now.
Mr.. l., w. Story stopped in, Satur-
day, to indulge in little friendly chat.
He speaks enthusiastically of Idaho.
Boise City, he says, is one OF the most
beautiful he ever saw. 1t is a wealthy
town, being residence city for mine
owners. The populist party is grow
ing so rapidly there, that there will
scarcely be anything else when election
day rolls round. He says that populists
are aggressive here, but out there, they
are simply mad" The demonetiza-
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