Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-20
BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
A. t. q S. F. R. R. TIME CARD.
LOCAL NEWS.
Chester Long went east Monday.

MOnUay.
Joe Luallen returned from Alva
Thursday.
Pratt is now being victimized by
the merry go round.
-Boardman Smith of Coldwater,
spent Sunday at this place.
Bruce Dobbs went to AIva yester-
day morning with a supply Of vege-
tables.
Some one threw several brick bats
through the windows of bursts place,
Saturday night.
Mayor Bramwell left Sunday. for
trip through the north part of the
state, on business.
kitty Bristow left last Thursday
for Pueblo, where she will spend the
summer with an aunt.
Orlando Fritz was in town the fore
part of tie week shaking hands with
friends and to qualify OH j. w. Potes'
bond.
Mis-. I. y. McClearey ana daugh-
ter Lulu left last Thursday for Denver,
where her daughter Mrs. CahIll now re
sides, TO make her visit.
DIR. WANTS DENTAL OFFICE.
Amalgam Filings so cents; gold and
platina filings 81; gold filings 81 and
up; best rubber plates SO. Work guar
anteed. AZ
IS. a. Jesse, brother OF John I. has
been nominated by the populists of
Clay county, Missouri, for sheriff. He
has many friends in that county and
will be elected.
The merry-g o-round took its leave
Sunday. 1t was in operation the night
before from 10 1915 and the receipts
of the nights run, were $40. What
fools we mortals be-"
The congressional convention of
the peoples party Will be held July 25th.
The delegates from this county have
been selected several weeks ago. BE
sure to remember the date.
We owe our thanks to Otis Lorton
for making up'' our forms last week
while the foreman editor was at Topeka
attending the state convention. The
favor is highly appreciated.
j. o Lumpkin, John 2. Wallace
and Fred Fash came III Saturday to
attend the normal. They are exper-
fenced teachers and will teach in the
county the coming fall and winter.
-Epworth League Saturday evening
at NJ +. church led by Minnie Free
man. All are cordially invited to at
tend our meetings. Don't forget to
bring your bibles. Rose Arteburn sec
rotary.
Ed Phost formerly of this county
but now IN the employment of the state
at the reform school in Topeka, made
powerful speech at the state conven
ton when he seconded Amis' nomina-
tion for secretary of State. Ed is tire
less worker in our cause and is credit
to the party.
Morbid sweats IN certain persons
sometimes appearing only on certain
parts like the head, arm-pits or feet
and perhaps very offensive are the in
dividual peculiarties and may denote
some constitutional discrasia in the sys
tenn and can be radically cured by ho-
mOeopathic remedies. Apply to DR.
KOclell.
w. II. Worland came up from
Sterling, o. 7. Monday. He brought
the sad news of Uncle Ed Towards
extreme suffering from canker. He
is sinking fast and recovery is almost
beyond hope. Uncle Ed is known by
everyone in and around this city and
throughout the greater part of the
county, and has enjoyed the warm
friendship Of all. His acuuaIntances
here, will be grieYed to hear of his
acute suffering.
"A Medicine Lodge lad about IA
years of age brought wagon load of
garden truck to Anthony and sold it
Wednesday morning and returned
home in the afternoon. The distance
to Medicine Lodge is So miles. The
boy saws he makes regular trips to Alva,
Kiowa and Pratt with his vegetables
and that his fathers truck farm con-
sists of As acres of land near Medicine
Lodge. That boy is hustler for his
age.-Anthony Bulletin.
Charley Kidd and Sam Adams de-
voted the greater part of one day last
week to eating mulberries and bugs.
more of the latter than the former, and
bitterly did they rue the day. 1t didn't
affect Sam so seriously, but it was
trying ordeal for Charley. Deep down
in the viscera, those bugs began to sing
and frohc as If on a merry-go round,
and their victim was compelled to call
in doctor. He proved TO be friend
in need and the bugs (silk worms Char
ley would have us sayl were soon dis
lodged. Suffice 1t to sa that our friend
Kidd will no reyel in such delicacies
very soon again.
We have been requested to state
the compensation of the various coun-
| ty officers. and for that reason have
taken particular pains to look the mat
ter up. Most of the officers are COM
pensated entirely by fees, The amount
of which depends on the business done.
| Those receiving salaries from the eoun-
ty are as follows: Treasurer, 81 500
per year; clerk, 81 200; county attorney
$500; Supt., between 500 and $500, de-
pending on the school population.
| The commissioners receive IS per day
and mileage, but cannot exceed 500
each year. The probate judge also re-
eeives 500 in salary. The remaining
/ officers are naid entirely by fees. and as