Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-27
LOCAL NEWS.

WoOdward's.
Frank Hall, OF Elwood township,
was trading here Saturday.
B. F. Glasier, of Wichita, is assist
ing IN the district clerks Office this
week.
james Dobbs spent the holidays
with his parents near Oxford, in sum-
ner county.
Knight Campbell came over from
Attica Saturday evening and remained
over Christmas.
MIR. and Mrs. o. F. Throckmorton
were in from Lodi Saturday making
Christmas purchases.
C. w. Frisby, Jim Shanks and VIM.
Robertson were an upper Cedar delega-
tion III to WIN Friday.
-Chas. Henton has moved TO his Alya
home, where be requests the INDEX
to pay him weekly visits.
Martin Stanneld was up from
Moore township Friday attending to
some real estate business.
i can winter number of cattle Or
sell the fee. at reasonable prices
G. j. Skeeh, Roundup.
MIR. ard Mrs Axline and the chi
dren were at Kansas City several DAYS
of the past week, visiting relatives.
George Newman went down to his
claim in Pilgrim Valley, o. T., last
Saturday to remain over Christmas
season.
Frank Shepler is giving excellent
satisfaction in his surveys in Oklaho
ma. He's located in the southwest
part of county N.
Charley Pearson, formerly Of J. j.
Hughey's store, Kiowa. has been as
sisting in invoicing at w. II. Harlnon's
during the past week.
"A. McCray came up from Okla
homa last week to attend some matters
at the farm. He has his cattle III the
new country wintering them.
Senator Lands was In the city
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
being subpoenaed as a witness. He and
his father haye recently purchased 50
feeders for next years market.
The game laws of Oklahoma are
being rigidly enforced this winter. The
time for hunting In the territory has
passed, and many parties have recently
been arrested for violating the law.
Squire Durbin, OF Lodi, paid the
city visit Saturday. He has filed on
quarter section in the southwest
corner Of county NJ, north of
the Canadian, and will move sometime
in February.
Judge Mckay went to Anthony
Saturday to hear a motion in a case
where some stolen cattle in possession
Of Mrs, Boydston, wife OF the outlaw.
had been taken possession Of by the
owner near Harper. Boydston was
holding cattle for the plaintiff and ap-
propriated part of the herd, which
the owner now seeks to recover.
II. E. Pyle, special agent for. the
Odd Fellows Fraternal Benefit Asso-
citation of Kansas, spent several days
of last week in this city, writing insur-
ance for several of the three link boys.
Frank Lewis was appointed local agent
for this city and will write up insurance
for all Odd Fellows who so desire and
Will take the examination. The COM
pany is good and the payments are low.
Mothers ought to know that their
babies, though apparently we'll and
looking plump, yet, if they are slow In
teething, if they sweat about the head
during sleep, especially in day time,
are listless, dull or at times restless, or
have large abdomen or large joints,
they have deep constitutional dys-
crasia and need homeopathic treat
ment. Apply to DIR. Kociell.
"A good indication of the depression
of trade is the railroad business during
holiday season. Trainmen inform us
that there has been hardly perceptible
increase on account of HOLIDAYS this
year, when as "a usual thing business
Is more than doubled at this time in
the season. The merchants OF the city
report dull trade, far below the stand
ard heretofore, and buying has been
mostly confined to the cheaper grades
of goods. While this is true here it is
true everywhere, and we have reason
TO believe Medicine Lodge has Jared
better than many of her nelghbors.
- have got new Singer in nv
family" said John Singer one day last
week. We Immediately noted the re-
mark, expecting to chronicle the ar.
rival of ii pound boy, and prepared to
ask the usual information in regard to
births. Before any questions could be
propounded John went on to say: "lt's
daisy. sure. 1t cost me eighty dol
lars" That surprised us little but we
ascribed it to being an unusually large
= expense account. We kept on scrib
bling until John said ut weighs"-we
poised our Faber-"two hundred
pounds" Our note book fell and the
bystanders caught our fainting form.
When sufficiently revived to walk we
went to JOAn's shoe shop and saw his
new Singer machine for sewing boots
and shoes.
j. ii. Hall was in from Aetna Fri.
day. He seems to be of the opinion
that If the parties who stole the Cox
cattle had been caught there would
have been lyncniDg bee in his vicinity.
The people OF that section are consider
ably worked up over the bold outlawry
going on, and are apparently in mood,
il the work continues, to run the gang
of thieves down and make an example
OF them. Summary justice through
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