Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-06
Mrs. Gamble spent Thanksglvinga

oduieo 11OllDtS, OF AeUa. was IN
the city yesterday.
Gene Pardee was up from his Okla
hOlna claim yesterday.
L. M. PressnaIl is in the city today
from Cedar township.
Mrs. W. G.. Brlstow and Barney WIS.,
tied friends in Harper the past week.
DIR. Mckee, the dentist, at the
Grand for week beginning Dec. 18th.
Geo. L. Graves and John Hull were
up from the south end, Saturday, on
business.
&C. L. Bramwell enjoyed Thanks
giving and its attendant festivities at
at Harper.
Addison Pardee was in from Eagle
today and placed the INDEX under
obligations to him.
"A Free Methodist protracted meet
ing is in progress, conducted by Reys.
Kessel and Hardy.
%. &. Ewart writes us from Thorn.
asville, Georgia, directing us to send
his paper to that place.
Rev. Dexter conducted services al
the NJ. E. church last Sunday evening.
lie was delayed here by the storm.
Attorney w. C. Afford and w. f.
Stephenson were up from Hazelton
Friday and Saturday attending court.
"A specially made of cleaning and
repairing sewing machines. One door
north of Williams furniture store.
15-tf az. FLEMING
We handle corn, oats, bran and
shorts. Also are agents for Fontenac
coal. Harper Mercantile Company.
The First State Bank case of last
week has been put into national promi-
nence by being printed in dispatches to
the daily press.
Mrs. +. ii. Shelley and daughter
Bessie drove up from Kiowa, Thursday,
and remained until Sunday visiting
friends in the city.
Capt. Skeen returned from Kansas
City Friday where in company with
Col. Snoddy he had been TO attend TO
some legal matters.
Senator Lands was in the city YES
terday, for the first time in several
weeks. His mother IS improving slow.
ly from her recent illness.
II. A. Noah came up Wednesday
evening from Alva and renamed until
Monday, visiting his family and attend
ing to business in this county.
A. J. Denton and Mrs G. w. Den
ton, of Attica, and Miss d. Ballard,
who is visiting them from Wichita, at
tended the ball in this city Thursday
night.
j. w. Bergman was at Alva last
week, assisting III the opening of the
bank at that place. He returned Mon
day and says everything is running
smoothly.
w Rees, of Rees & Hills, Emporia
arrived Friday. Both members of the
firm made headquarters here for several
days, Mr.. Hills having arrived week
previous.
H. ID. Thompson, formerly of
Thompson 81 HubbelI, owning large
cattle interests in this county, arrived
Thursday from Des Moines to look af-
ter property.
Two more papers are expected at
ALVIN OF
This means that there will be some
hungry newspaper men in that berg be-
fore many moons.
p. b. Watrus, of the Review force.
came up from Kiowa Monday evening
to swap lies with the INDEX force.
Bird has pumpkin patch in the Strip,
to which, for single man, he appears
very much attached.
Walter Brannan, of Kiowa, was
thrown from q wagon on Monday and
his shoulder broken, while driving to
his claim in the Strip. Accidents of
that nature are becoming very fire.
quent in the new country.
DR.. Moore left Monday for st. Lou
is with his daughter Gail, for the pur-
pose of placing her in charge of an &C.
culist She has been afflicted for some
time with atrophy of the optic nerve
and has been treated at Wichita with
no permanent success.
An itinerant preacher seventy eight
years of age called at this office Thurs
day. He had walked I6 miles in the
forenoon and from here went 10 Kiowa.
In his case the retention of physical
power is remarkable, he says he is good
for several more years.
"A citizen s meeting which all those
interested IN the subject of irrigation
are requested to attend, is announced
to be held at the court house Saturday
December 9th, at . O'clock. D. m. The
delegates who attended the Wichita
meeting will make report.-C. l..
Bramweli, mayor.
Noah Allen. eX assistant attorney
general, arrived Sunday from Topeka.
He is attorney for the defense in the
case of Clark VS.. Skeeu, aud withal Is a
good barrster. Mr.. Allen is OF course
an ardent populist and is pleased with
the outlook Of the party, since it is the
only one that champions an honest
money.
Our form got somewhat bewildered
last week. Preceding the matrimonial
advertisement should have been the
statement that it was taken from the
Wichita Eagle, that part of the item be-
ing found in another locality where 1t