Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-21
Miss Julia Miller is lying very i'll

Belle, of this city, arrived Wednesday
from Iowa. .4s
See what Mrs. Hale, the photo
grapher has to say in another column
of this paper. 80
Kerr's orchestra, of Great Bend,
will furnish music at Hoisington on
the 4th of July.
A brother of Heiko Feldkamp ar
rived last evening from Illinois, to
make his folks a visit here.
Burglars entered the office of Chas.
f. Culver and went through the money
drawer. They got the small sum of
seven cents.
Peter Cody VS.. the Great Bend Wa
ter Supply company was tried before
Squire Brown this morning. The case
was over the number of days that
Cody worked. The case was decided
in Cody's favor.
A dance will be given at Grand
Army Hall, on the night of the 4th
of July. A good orchestra has been
secured and lemonade and ice water
will be free. A good time is guaren-
teed to all who attend.
G. A. Hooper is reftting the drug
store in elegant style, by papering
the room and putting in a large ele>
CANT wallpaper holder. He has also
built an office in the rear of the drug
store for DR.. Colt.
The difficulty of obtaining water
from the prospecting we'll will be over
come in day or two. The casing
will be topped and the pipe will be
laid to the west side of the derrick
where people can get water without
the drillers.
Every home in Great Bend should
have the DEMOCRAT about. Every
reader Of the paper should do it up
when through with it, put it in
wrapper and send it to some friend
so that the knowledge of our
usefulness may be made general.
Henry Boyle, of Albion, was inter-
viewed last week on the state of
the wheat crop in his neighborhood.
He says they will have lots of wheat
up there, great deal more than last
year, buG there are some fields which
Ire not worth cutting. Corn looks
we'll.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
held it's annual election last Tuesday
L. J. Barker was reelected superin-
5endent; j. E. Wood, assistant super
w. F. Moore, secretary and
treasurer; Miss Gibson, organist and
Miss Jennie Turner, assistant organ
st, and Eddie auckland, Librarian.
o, yes It's great picnic to run a
paper in q town like Great Bend. If
you say too much you are hoped on
to by some disgruntled party, and if
you don't say enough the other fellow
IS just as mad about it. A man can,
however, harden himself against all
sides, and if he uses good judgment in
sauging reports of little unpleasant
,ffairs, he will hold his own against
Ill kickers.
A cry for "water water" comes
rom the neigh boring towns of Larned |
md Lyons. Thus far Great Bends
water supply has proven sufficient for
Ill demands. Thousands of barrels |
ire used daily on the lawns through |
she city, and our people are begins
hing to acknowledge that the water
works system is great benefit, and
is good plant as could be expected
or the money they are costing.
Sheriff Frank Wilson returned |
tuesday morning from Leavenworth
where he had been to take the young
nan NVoodrich to the pen, to serve
,ut two years sentence. He says
here are now 921 prisoners in the
Kansas state penitentiary, Barton
representation now being but
'our. viz: Jones, the negro horse
.hief, another young fellow, white,
FOR horse stealing; the man McHughes,
and Woodrich.