Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-15

Ii Harper's book store can be seen
rare piece of art, probably relic of
the "stone age"
Mr.. E. J. Harriet, of South Bend,
Ind, is in the city visiting his friend.
Mr.. Chas. Mcdonald.
We are glad to note that NJ. L.
Grow is out on the streets again, after a
lengthy siege of rheumatism.
w. B. Robey, city editor of the
Larned Chros1oscopc, was taking in the
sights of Great Bend Sunday evening.
Fred Stauffer came in Sunday from
Sheridan Lake, Col. He reports
having done good business out there
the past few months.
Real estate men are looking as
pleasant as a summers morn, In an
ticipation of the rushing business to be
done in-the near future.
C. II. Brown6eld, S. B.Comtort
and J. D. Brown, all worthy agricult-
wrists of Barton, the banner county,
were welcome callers at this office
Saturday.
A fifty cell battery has been placed
in the telegraph Office at the Mo. Pa
cifc depot. Direct Geographic COM
munication can now be had with Pu-
eblo, Colorado.
The silver gloss laundry is no more.
The proprietor is silver CLOSED dead
beat of the top scum. His name is
A. G.. Laurie and is mourned for sever
al dollars worth by more than one of
our citizens.
We are in receipt of the constitu
lions and bylaws of the Central and
Southwestern Kansas Immigration
Society, very neat pamphlet con-
tanning the names of the officers and
the object of the society.
Every mail train brings stacks of
letters from the east for our real
estate men, containing inquiries re-
garding this vicinity, The pros
poets each day are becoming brighter
for large influx of people.
George Lottridge, the best tuba
man in the west, who played with the
Silver Cornet Band last year, is again
in the city and will probably make
his arrangements to remain here.
We hope he may, at any rate.
Sunday night the grocery store of
Meyer q Jurgensen was burglarized,
and quantity of cigars, coffee and
candy stolen. The store was entered
by cutting wire screen and forcing a
window open in the rear of the store.
Bang! boom rattls-te-bang
zip! bang-bangl Quack quack kronk
kronk !" Such are the sounds that
greet the ears every evening about
shutdown, as our sports seek the river.
side and waylay the migratory
"geeses."
S. H. Luttrell. of the Arcade hotel,
met with quite an accident last week.
He went out with the intention of
giving his guests feast on wild geese,
and while in the act Of shooting, the
gun exploded, lacerating his hand
quite badly.
Billy Ostermeyer has returned from
Kansas City, where he has been for
the past few months working in one
of the large packing houses. He ex-
poets to leave in few days for Col
orado, where he will engage in the
meat business.
The Knights Templar are making
arrangements for a grand banquet to
be given at the Morrison at an early
day. As it is well known these gen.
tlemen never do things by halves, this
promises to eclipse all other banquets
of the same nature.
He'll is hot place, but it would
take all the heat of that place, COM
bined with all that could be got from
the outside to furnish sufficient pun
ishment for the vandals who go about
the streets of nights and squirt an oily
liquid of some kind upon the windows
of our business houses.
Several of our German citizens are
not little hot at Prof. Patchek, the
teacher who sEinrod s.nu;ln .o-.ao