Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17

CHASE HARDWARE COMPANY
have some good 2-row disc culivators
with wood boxing they Will sell you for
$3.50. Call.
Sweet potato plants for sale. |. w. |
Stout.
A. r. Trotter spent the latter part Of
last week in Wichita.
Saturday was Flag Day" but it was
forgotten hereabouts.
Miss Louise Bailey Of Kiowa visited
friends in the city last week.
Miss leila Thomas went to Capron,
Ok, last week to visit short time with
Mrs Matte Scott.
Dr.. Coleman is one Of the latest to
place an order for a motor The honks
will soon have horsedom displaced in
this metropolis.
Sheriff Kidd returned home from Lam
sing Saturday afternoon. On account
Of the high waters he did not get his
prisoner to Lansing until Friday.
G. Gano has a constant supply Of
ice and is prepared to fill orders prompt
ly from this time until the close Of the
season. Price to meet all competition.
For all kinds Of cement and brick ma
son work, call on or address D. A.
Cummins, Medicine Lodge. Kan. Can
be found at Dave Gordons residence.
Miss Aline Williams is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Nellie Alexander, of Wich-
tia. Miss Alexander arrived last Thurs
day and will spend another week visiting
with relatives in the city.
Henry Rankin put on his harvest
clothes and liked out for the farm in
north Sharon township this week. If
Henry makes as good hand in the har-
vest field as at the clarinet he will be all
right
There has been little change in the
railroad time card at this point, becoming
effective on Sunday. The D. E. & G.
is due to leave at 2:45 a. m. instead Of
3:l0 and the Santa Fe day train is due
at ESQ p. m. instead Of 3:35.
Prof. |. o. Sherrod of Lake City at
tended the county graduating exercises
in the city last week. Wherever there
is anything doing educatonally or music
ally you may always figure on the pres
ence Of Prof. Shenod.
The Masons who attended Consistory
doings at Wichita last week returned
home Friday and Saturday. Five hun
dred and twenty-nine composed the
Scottish Rite Dedicatory Class and it
was the biggest Consistory event in the
history Of Wichita. The boys report a
magnificent time.
Hon. Dallas Morris departed last Fri
day for Chicago. The attraction is the
cut and dried national g. o. p. conven-
hon which dominates Taft probably to-
day. Dial has some influential repubE-
can relatives and friends in Chicago
which makes it certain that he will get a
good seat in the big show. Before leav-
ing, he promised the Index that he would
make a speech before the convention.
Geo. Sellers Of Isabel, one Of the re-
publican candidates for county treasurer,
filed his nomination petitions with the
county clerk last Thursday. George has
taken little time off to make canvass
and in his rounds over the county has re-
ceived considerable encouragement from
his republican friends. He is confident
Of defeating his rival, c. NJ. Hoshton,
Of this city.
Lightning struck A. L. Duncan's
house south Of this city one night last
week. The house was considerably
damaged but no person was hurt. The
telephone wires a mile from the house
were melted by the lishtning's heat. the
melted pieces being Arewn along the way
in small lengths of one to three inches.
The power and phenomena ct lightning
IS almost on the same plane with that Of
its twin companion, the tornado.
Under SherifMathews arrested Brick"
Wilder, young fellow who has been
working with the city water main gang
here tor the past three weeks, last Friday
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