Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-14

and thousands of acres of fine looking
corn. He says the north part of the
county needs rain badly.
E. F. Boxwell and r. F. Cum
minis, of Hoisington, were in town
Saturday, on business.
Douglas Tarbet, cigar maker of
Halstead, came up yesterday, and
will work for Kerr & Co.
The fire boys need rubber coats and
hats-they need them bad sometimes
and the city should furnish them.
The photograph war still goes on
and every one can have likeness of
himself or herself at rates "below
cost"
At all the churches Sunday
children's day was observed with ap-
propriate ceremonies. A profusion of
flowers; of twittering birds and happy
voiced children was met with at every
place of worship. And the memory
of the pleasant day will long linger
in the hearts of the little ones.
Have all the committees made all
necessary arrangements for the 4th of
July celebration 1t is learned
through the Tribune that Noble Prem
tiss, a republican candidate for secre-
tary of state, will deliver the grafton
of the day, but what other arrange
ments are completed we cannot learn.
Spencer & Spencer have just finished
the handsome new residence of Will
Kelley in the south part of the city.
1t is one of the neatest and best ar
ranged houses in the city and will
bear criticism on every side. Six &
Banta are doing the inside finishing
and decorating, which is almost COM
pleted.
The Arkansas river is lower at this
point than it has been for years. June
is the month when the turbulent wa
tiers of this stream are on the boom,
caused by the melting snow of the
rocky mountains. If the thing keeps
on we might, do like the old man
down east did, have to haul water to
run the ferry-if we had one.
A blind man directing the course
of an OK team which hauled all that
was dear to him in the persons of his
wife and two frowsy children, was the
unusual sight to be seen on the streets
Saturday evening. The woman appa-
rently told him when to "gee" and
when to ''haw," and he in turn guided
the oxen as he walked along side OF
them.
The jury in the case of the state VS.
Frank Aubertin brought in verdict
Friday of not guilty. The young
man had been charged with the en-
bezzlement of certain monies from
the Santa Fe depot. When the YER
dict was announced and the young
man discharged his friends crowded
around him and shook his hand fer
vently.
Marcus Friend and family, who left
this city for Austria, over two years
ago, is coming back again. His fif-
teen year old son George, arrived Sat
urday, having made the trip through
Europe, across the Atlantic ocean,
and through the states to Great Bend,
alone. America, the land of the free,
especially that part known as Kansas,
has more attraction for them than
southern Europe whose sunny cline
is noted the world over.
Posters are displayed in the post
office offering S25 reward for the ar
rest of one " Walter S. McConn" for
forgery committed at Mcpherson. The
poster claims that McConn has the ap-
pearance of being well-to-do farmer;
goes to loan agents and negotiates a
loan on his alleged farm, gets slight
advance of the "wherewith," and then
makes more extended advance" to
newer fields, after having forged
some mans name to papers in order to
get money advanced on a proposed
loan.
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