Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-07-28
Chickens wanted on SUBSCRIPTION.

Chickens wanted on Subscription.
Did you see the,hog fencing at Noble
& Case? 1t is just the thing and cheap
in price.
DIR. Yant, dentist. will be here in his
Office August l !, to do best dental work
cheap.
Woodward's groceries are always
choice, fresh and clean and his prices
are right.
b. K. Deal left yesterday for Colora-
do Springs. We wish him success in
any business he may engage.
Sheriff Tonk Mills was in Kiowa last
week talking politics with his demo
cratic friends.-Kiowa Review.
The merchants to see for Dry Goods,
Clothing and Shoes are Glasier 81 Co.
Notice their "ad' to the right of this
page.
The cemetery association will meet
Friday afternoon, July 80 Members
requested to be present. Mrs. Chase.
Sec'y pro tenn.
The Willing Workers of the Christian
church will meet with Mrs. Rouse.
Wednesday afternoon, August 4. Mrs.
II. E. Noble, Sec.
.. V. Lyle has opened up harness
shop next door to the Gem Drug Store,
formerly occupied by Mrs. Green mill
ner anu dresSmaker.
we can use some corn and oats on
subscription. We have a number of
delinquent subscribers who could pay
us in this way without being out any
money.
Woodward has just received an i'm
mense stock of Mason Fruit Jars which
he is selling cheaper than any similar
goods ever sold in Medicine Lodge.
Purchase of him and save money.
Mrs. Stockstill Will give social at J
Is. Stockstill's bakery on Main street,
next Tuesday, Augusta. Cake and va
niila, chocolate, banana and almond
ice cream Will be served. Everybody
invited.
A good shower on Saturday afternoon
and another on Saturday night. The
rainfall was of great benefit to the corn
which was not beyond help. AS much
rainfall every week during the next 80
days would make ur at least half crop.
Tom Dyer was up from his Oklahoma
farm last Wednesday and Thursday,
shaking hands with old friends. Tom
does not make us many visits but when
he does come he does the right thing
with the printer. We are glad to state
that he has still good prospect for a
corn crop, if this part of the country
hasn't
The Kicwa base ball boys failed to
I'LL their engagement with the Medicine
Lodge club at this place on Friday and
their place was filled by the Attca club.
On account of the game being matched
on short order it was not as interesting
as others heretofore played. The Atti-
ca boys won in score of IS toll.
Clark g. Hudson has sold the Oklaho-
ma Champion to Jap Stafford and
will hereafter devote his entire efforts
TO his recently purchased paper, The
Oklahoma Representative, published
at Guthrie. Neither the Champion nor
the Representative will suffer by rea
son of the deal
r. j. Taliaferro says that the only
prosperity he is experiencing is low
| prices for what he sells and high prices
for what he buys. Financially speak.
ing, he says he is doing no better this
year than last. Ninety pei cent of the
Barber county farmers would tell you
the same thing If you asked for an I'M
biased opinion and cold facts. McKin-
leylsm and drouth are two bad pills to
take at the same time.
A Mother Hubbard picnic in the
grove on the ditch on the Field place
was INDUCED in by great many of the
ladies of the city on Thursday. Our re-
| porter and his kodak were not repre-
sented, and we are therefore barred
from giving complete account of the
| different amnsements. We suppose it
would have been yerv interesting if
spectators had been allowed.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. d. Shaw, Mr.. and
Mrs. q. w. Shaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Triton.
Miss Ethel Summons and Messrs. j ames
and VIM. Dobbs spent most of last
week on the Dobbs 81 Shaw ranch in
Deerhead township, and enjoyed a
weeks rest and vacation. They went
out on Tuesday and returned home on
Friday evening. Jerry Gano presid-
ed behind the counter i'll the 2. O. book
store while G.. w. Shaw was absent.
On Friday evening Constable Mans
held, of HazeltOn, brought up Joe Ward
alias Joe Pote, and put him in commo-
dious rooms under the care and super
vision of Sheriff Mills. He was arrested