Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17

There will be FIVE more weeks of
school, including this week.
Jerry c. Gano has a car load of
ice, If you want ice, ring him up.
See V. S. Cook for boys wash
suits, for boys from 4 to I2 years
old.
1000 acres of pasture to rent, or
will take in stock. See F. M. Lu.
kens or VIM. Aubley.
Ben English's new house on
North Main is going up rapidly.
He will have nice home on it's
completion.
Mrs. Pearl Jaquith of Wichita
arrived last week to visit a short
time with her father, Joseph Will
ey, and other members of the fam
lily.
A. L. Noble of Winfield is devot-
ing most of his time to the Noble
& Tincher law Office in this city
while the junior member of the
firm is resuscitating at Hot Springs.
The members of the Whist Club
were delightfully."- entertained by
Mrs. G. ]. Southworth last Thurs
day night. The honors were again
taken by Mrs. G. w. Horney.
The students at the Anthony
Commercial College and Law
School are writing shorthand in
one month. If we wanted to learn
shorthand, this is the college we
would attend:
Our local contractors had a little
competition among each other on
bidding on G. F. Guthrie's new
house recently. The bids were op-
ened last week and G. w. Kidd
landed the contract. He will be-
gin work on it at once.
]. S. Simmons and family left the
first of this week for Nashville,
Kansas, where they expect to visit
a short time and then remo,'~ 70
Nebraska. 1t is the present IL, i.
tion of one of the daughters to re-
main in Barber county.
G. M. Martin saw fine herd of
Poland Chinas near Ottawa while
there recently oe legal business and
will probably send an order for
male to head his herd. Well put
G. M. up against any expert when
it comes to finding the good points
on thoroughbred.
H. H. Mccoy purchased the burst
building on west Main street, now
occupied by Ben English's grocery
store, last week. He is figuring on
putting in a billiard and pool hall
and is now negotiating with the
mayor and council. No agreement
has yet been reached.
Mrs. T. A. Coleman writes friends
that she expects to return home
from her visit in Mill Grove and
Kansas City, Mo, the first of next
month. We are glad to learn that
her improvement continues and
that there will be no danger of a
necessity to return to the hospital.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give their annual
chicken pie supper on Wednesday,
April 18TH, in the church parlors,
commencing at $50. The Ladies
Aid meets with Mrs. Chas. Burney
Thursday, April 18th, to make ar
rangements for this supper and a
full attendance is desired.
A new brand of cigars created
quite sensation on the streets last
Wednesday. They were first sam
pied by DR.. |. w. Stout and Jno.
w. Finley and pronounced superb.
The DR.. liked his so we'll that he
called on R. E. Kathren, the local
distributor, for a second one, and
he put it in his pocket, but while
they were discussing the merits of
the new brand Col. MacGregor
happened along; he saw the tempt
ing Havana peeping out of DR..
Stout's pocket and happy thought
instantly coursed through the Col
onel's ever resourceful mind. He
engaged the DR.. in an absorbing
conversation and quietly reached
into his pocket and extracted the
cigar. Presently he lighted it and
was soon expounding on the super
ior flavor of cigar that had been