Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-10-01
Ladies' hosiery at Howe & Burton's.

Call on A. Nj. Houchin for per cent
farm loans.
Ladies' long sleeve underwear at
Howe & Burton's Millinery store.
A. l.. Noble and wife returned to
their home at Winfield last Friday.
The w. G. 7. u. will meet with Mrs.
George Hodge next Saturday after
noon at the usual hour. Secretary.
If you want water proof boots or
shoes that will wear we'll get pair of
the celebrated Sharkskin brand at FL.
7. Woodward's.
Call at Hall Hdw. Co.'S and see the
new Osborne half.inc coil-tooth hay
rake, the only one on the market and
fully guaranteed.
The types made the Index say in our
mention of j. .. Hahn's trip to Colora-
do, that wages are $4.75 per day. 1t
should have been 50 Is.
Don't fail to hear Senator Harris.
Hon. j. -. Botkin and Hon. Vernon j.
Rose, IL Medicine Lodge, Oct. 23rd.
This will be the only time that Barber
county will have SO many distinguished
men all on the same day.
The prOhlbltionists OF Medicine
Lodge township nominated Sam Adams
for trustee last week. No nominations
were made for the other offices. This
nomination seems to make Dal Morris,
the republican candidate, feel particu-
larly pleasant.
Cards are out for the wedding of GUY
Baysiger and Miss Bessie Thompson.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Thomp.
son, on Wednesday evening, Oct. Sth.
Mr. and Mrs. Baysinger will be at home
to their friends after November 5th.-
Woodward Bulletin.
A. l.. Noble sold his residence proper
ty on north Walnut street last week to
w. 5. Eene6el who resides two miles
east and south of town. Consideration
$1,000. Mr.. Benefel still retains his
farm but will move to town to give his
children school advantages.
w. L. Sebree narrowly escaped a
broken neck in the 2:24 trot at Wichita
Saturday. He was driving Thorntield
and lost one of the straps which turned
him into the fence. Both driver and
horse fell and for some provldentlal
reason neither was injured. Notwlth.
standing the accident, Thorntield took
second money.
Among those who attended the Wich-
ita fair, not mentioned last week, are
Misses Essie Llndley andMildred Gano,
Mrs. Q. g. Taliaferro, D. G.. Hall, AL
Shannon, Burke Dargan. Jared Hoag,
Curtis Parsons, H.H. Case, B. f. Glasler,
G. Is. Kinkaid, j. H. Johnson and son,
Zeil, of this city, and Hiram Cushen.
berry and Lloyd Davis, of Sharon.
G. w. Spawr began his commercial
class Monday. He has a day class
and night class, the latter being be-
tween and 9 o'clock. Prof. Spawr is
well pleased at the beginning and is
especially gratified at the interest
manifested by students and patrons in
the work. No young man or lady can
afford to miss this course. They can
get first class instruction at a yery
low price.
There seems to be no likelihood of
prosecution in the Crawford shooting
on the Goth. This has excited no little
amount of adverse criticism and to the
average citizen 1t looks like hoodlum-
ism has scored. In most countries the
shooting of one man by another is con-
sidered an offense. Probably here the
code has been temporarily suspended.
The ladies of the Baptist church
treated }. s. Jones and family to gen.
uine surprise party Friday night. 1t
was to be in the nature of a farewell
party but they did not get to move as
soon as they expected. Elegant refresh
ments were served and all had a good
time. They expect to move to Coats
in few days where Mr.. Jones is in the
banking and lumber business.
Mrs. Eugene Youmans and daughter.
Eugenia, went to Wichita the first of
last week to attend the carnival. Gene
remained at home "a iOnO 90 hic fooo