Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-02

w. B. Lucas, of Buffalo township,
made the DEMOCRAT Office a call
Saturday.
On account of the intense heat last
not so many farmers were in
town as usual.
Major Elwood, ofthe firm of Elwood
q Co., came in from Atchinson Friday,
to look after his business interests here.
If any one thinks Barton county has
suffered from want of rain, he should
take trip west of Pawnee Rock, as
far as the state line.
Hoisingten people are now "fying
high" and beginning to receive some
substantial benefit from the perma-
nent location of the division.
AS a precautionary measure don't
commence naming your children too
quickly after presidential nominees.
Somebody is going to get left.
Mesdames Torrey and Mcbride, of
the M. E. church Sunday school, gave
their classes a pleasant lawn party at
the home of Mrs. Mcbride last Thurs
day evening.
A Winfield man has sold two car
loads of horses for double their value,
payable when Cleveland is again elect
ed. He has no cause to be uneasy, for
his money will be forthcoming in No
vember.
From the Cain City Razooper we
learn that Will K. Dando died there
at recent date. This young man
was a relative of Mrs. Frank Kramer,
of this city, but not Will T., her
brother.
The father of w. w. Carney, OF
this county, died very suddenly at his
home in Leavenworth one day last
week. Will had visited his father at
Leavenworth just day or SO before,
and left him in good health.
G. E. Mcintosh, representing the
Topeka Daily Democrat, spent a day
in Great Bend last week in the inter-
est of his excellent paper. Mr.. NJ. is
a gentleman whom it is pleasure to
meet, and should gain success where
ever he goes.
People drive farther to the county
seat to market their grain than to
other towns; first, because they get
Just as much and often more than in
other towns; and second, because when
they are in Great Bend, they are in a
city where they can get just what they
want in merchandise.
One reason that wheat first taken to
market does not demand a price here
that farmers expect, considering the
general market, is that buyers say
they invariably lose on the first wheat
because of its sweating in the eleva-
tor or in transit, thus making it grade
a great deal lower than it was bought
for.
After carefully securing the Elm
wood Express of last week for news of
that towns missing banker, we were
doomed to disappointment, as not a
line could be found concerning the
man who had been SO greatly talked
about for e. week or ten days. Oscar,
why don't you wake up and catch
some of the news?
The delinquent tax list is larger
this year than ever before in this
county. One reason for this is that
there were so many new towns plated
and partly sold last year, besides a
great number of additions to Great
Bend, the lots of which were sold on
contract and no deeds yet made.
There is a prominent lady in Phila-
delphia who has written tor private
little social tract, in which
she takes the veiw that very little mist
chief would happen in the world that
does happen if men would stay at
home evenings with their wives. In
temperance, crime, divorce, and even
political corruption, she attributes to
this cause.-Er.
"Three wives to one husband"
read John Henderson from one of the
bill boards the other day. Then John
stood a few minutes in dead silence,
staring in contemplation at the letters,
finally his soft dreamy eyes filled with
tears, he shook his head sadly and
moved off saying: Poor devil! how
few of us realize how well off we
really are!"-Larned Ctronoscope.
w. A. Mansfield, wealthy farmer
residing in Cherokee Co.. committed
suicide Saturday at Parsons. Young
Mansfield, druggist doing business in