Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-21
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Mrs. }. w. Potes visited relatives
near KIowa this week.
&C. S. Jobes was at Alva last week
looking after property interests.
Just received a. WOOdward's new
line of ladies' shoes and slippers.
The Precious Jewels will meet on
Saturday at the Chapel, at 3 O'Clock, p.
m. UNA HOLMES, Sec.
Joe Williams returned to Alva last
week and is assisting e. G. Hahn IN
publishing a directory of NJ county
| The Earnest Workers of the Pres
, byterian church will meet with Mrs.
Hutchinson on Thursday, March 29th.
S. Z. COan returned Thursday
from Anthony where he was examined
before the board there for an increase
of pension.
w. Ii. Harmon returned Monday
from Kansas City. He was taken i'll
while there and had just recovered
| sufficiently to return.
&C. 5. JObes left yesterday for st.
Louis on business trip. A brother
from Mississippi has been visiting him
during the past week.
DIR. KocielI received yesterday that
Mrs. PacksOn, of Kiowa, who is under
his treatment, is growing better. This
fact we are glad to note.
j. w. DobsOn returned Friday from
Topeka where lie had been to accom-
pany w. L. IIardwick. of Klowa in tax
ing his brother Charles to the asylum.
Mrs. Nelson. an equal suffrage lee
turer Will speak in this city on Thurs
day evening March 20th. She is re-
puted to be an entertaining and fluent
ta!ker.
B L. Colfman, the Elm Mills mill
er. lefl yesterday for mississippi to
look mp a iO"atiou. In case he finds Il
place 10 his liking he will move his
family.
Cheap rates to Houston and San
Antonio VIA Santa Fe Route. First
class one way tickets for S2l.6 Silver
City $2l90, FL Paso and Deming $50 co.
w. y. Horr, Agent.
%. +. ThrOckmorton was in from
Lodi, Saturday. He has been buying
and shipping cattle for some time, and
is thinking now of purchasing a claim
IN the strip near Kiowa.
"A social was given at the NJ E.
| narGnnnOa MnnIov i,,h nT
Rev. Parker, The attendance was
very large, nearly 200 people being
present, and an excellent evenings
pleasure was afforded.
We begin the publication of the
final tax notice IN this issue. 1t will
crowd down our reading matter to
some extent, but it is quite interesting
reading itself aud only runs tour times
50 most people can stand 1t.
The Citizens bank has moved it's
old counters and furniture to its pres
ent location and substituted them for
those used by the First National. The
interior appearance of the bank is be-
ing improved in number of ways.
dick Kelly, who has been in the
INDEX Office since the 18th of Septem-
Der last, departed last Thursday for
hiOwa. He is union printer and one
OF the swiftest in the southwest. May
deservant success attend all his efforts
L. w. DeGeer and family moved
down from Medicine Lodge the latter
part of last week to their homestead
one mile northwest of the city. Mr.
DeGeer has been busy for some months
building and breaking sod.-Alva
Pioneer.
N. E. Burrus, the cigar manufac
turer of KiOwa, has been appointed
postmaster at that place. Mr.. Charles,
the outgoing official, will move to
Iowa to engage in business. He has
made the people of Kiowa good post
master and the people have reason to
expect as much of Mr.. Burrus.
The long expected Santa Fe tax
was paid in last Wednesday. The com
pany was allowed a certificate of error
by the chairman of the board, for the
sum of S4l4,0l, which amount repre-
sented the penalty and costs. This
was in accordance with the proposition
made by the commissioners some
time ago,
Roy Stafford leaves the Kiowa Re-
view this week to attend to his claim
which is situated east of Hennessey.
About two months of blowing will
wear Roy's legs off TO a little nearer
the normal proportion of man and he
Will be content to straddle the news
paper stool. The mere idea of Roy
farming provokes mirth among his
many friends.
Bird Watrus, who has been assist.
ing in this Office for the past few days
left today for Kiowa to rustic for the
Review some three weeks or so until
the editor of this paper can leave. Ow-
ing TO the departure of Mr.. Stafford
from the Review, the INDEX editor
who is proprietor of that paper will be
compelled to take charge, and for that
reason has sent in his resignation to
the board of directors.
Rev. Parker concluded his pastoral
work III this city by a farewell sermon
last Sunday evening. He is attending
school at Winfield and feels that a
ministerial charge in addition to his
studies is too much. During his stay
here he has made the friendship OF
everyone and his labors have been very
successful. Seventysix names have
been added to the church and many
others who joined other churches have
embraced religion during Mr.. Parker;