Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-08

The members of the Presbyterian
church picniced at Elm Mills yesterday
They undoubtedly had pleasant time
J. w. Burton was in from Aetna
yesterday attending to business and be-
fore leaving town added his name tc
our subscription list.
Preaching service discontinued on
| Sunday evenings at the Baptist church
! during July and August. The B. Y.P
U. meets at 7:30 each Sunday evening.
DR.. Yant, dentist, expects to 90 away
about the Goth of July to remain away
during the hot season. Those wanting
first class dental work done please call
soon.
Judge G. w. Mckay was IN the city
on Thursday night and Friday morn
ing. He left on the morning train for
Harper where he delivered the Fourth
of July Grafton.
L. M. Brewer was in from Eagle
township last Friday and called. T.
NJ. is an old newspaper man and can
always give a fellow a pointer or two
on newspaperdom.
Joe Luallen and Miss Lulu Kari
drove up from Alva on Saturday and
are visiting among friends. They ex-
pect to return the latter part of the
week.
Earl Ellis spent the Fourth and part
of this week with his parents in Pratt
county. Herb Cook held down Earl's
chair in the Cresset office during his
absence.
Not mentioning names, it is only a
matter of news when we say that few
of the fellows who went to Elm Mills
on the Fourth had a glorious picnic
and merry 60 round in the head.
One Dollar will get the "Arkansaw
Kicker, =" weekly paper and the ''Buzz-
Saw" monthly paper, both published
at Hardy, Arkansas, for one year. Sub
scrlptions will be taken at this Office.
Mrs. Mary E. Haines, president of
the Fourth district W.C.T.U. will give
an illustrated lecture using the dissolV-
ing view stereoptician, on July 16 and
II. Place will be announced next week.
List OF letters remaining uncalled for
in the post Office at Medicine Lodge,
Kansas, for week ending July 6, 1896:
Mrs. Maggie McCauley, Mr.. James
Smith, Walter Thompson. T. A. Nc
Clearey, L. NJ.
The superintendent and one dele
gate from each Sunday school in Har-
per and Barber counties are requested
to meet Saturday, July IL, at the Chris.
tlan church in Sharon to arrange for
the Sharon Sunday School Association
picnic. M. H. White, Secretary.
This is queer world. Out in Hoos-
Ter township are lot of people who
would not come to Kingman to spend
the Fourth on account of liquor being
sold, and in Union and Peters town
ships they will celebrate at home be-
cause liquor is not sold here.-King-
man journal.
County Supt. c. w. Hershberger and
a Mr.. Bennett, of Kiowa county, were
in the city several days last week look
ing after school matters and talking
politics on the quiet. Mr.. Hershberg-
er is on the right side of the political
fence and we suppose his companion
was similarly situated.
Recorder Geo. G. Smith reports the
celebration at Woods grove on the
Fourth as very pleasant affair. The
gathering was large and the displays
attractive and appropriate. The exer-
cises rendered by a union of Sunday
schools were especially entertaining
and all had pleasant time. The ora
tions were delivered by Hon. HIS. Ian.
dis and Rev. J E. Everett of the Kiowa
Congregational church.
On last Sabbath evening the Rev. A.
A. Parker commenced series of lee
lures on the life of Christ embracing
the three years of the Saviour's minis
try on earth, viz; the year of obscur1ty,
the year of popularity and the year of
opposition. The lectures will be con-
tinued on Friday evening of each week.
! commencing at s O'Clock. All are cor
daily invited, as the lecture will prove
both helpful and instructive.
Monday night thieves entered VIM.
Bruington's store and stole goods worth
about 500. They gained admittance
to the store by removing pane of glass
from window in the rear part of the
building. The goods taken consisted
principally of pocket knives, razors,
watch chains and charms, necklaces and
other jewelry. Four hundred pennies