Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-05

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.. Streigle was among our visitors
Tuesday. We are always glad TO see
our Democratic friends. Call again.
The celebrated "W. l.. Douglas So
Shoe" also full line of other adver.
tised ,,oods may be found at his agents,
''The Boston," Great Bend.
John Kerr called at the DEMOCRAT
Office Wednesday and made us glad.
He reports crop prospects fine on the
south side.
] John Helfrich, of Ellinwood, was
in the city Wednesday on, what was
to him very important business, that
is, obtaining a marriage license.
He called around and ordered the
DEMOCRAT sent to his address.
An effort is being made to organize
state fremen's association, for Kan
sas, and grand tournament in
preparation for such an organization
will be held at Wichita before long.
AS soon as spear of grass an inch
long can be found the small boy
yanketh off his pedal apparel and
goeth barefooted. We saw two lads
yesterday who had caught the in.
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Some miscreant broke out one of
the large windows in the front of
Mrs. Woods millinery store the other
evening. Mr.. W. says it won't be
healthy for the same party to dupli-
cate the act.
Several people have been making
inq uiries as to the whereabouts of
our townsman, Fred Vollmer. We
will arise to remark that Fred has
been keeping close about home for
the past day or two, taking care Of
bouncing brand new boy.
At Kincaid's barn on Wednesday a
horse was killed in peculiar manner.
A man had put harness on the
horse and had checked it up, when it
backed against buggy and then
plunged forward and ran a single
tree into its breast. The horse bled
10 death in less than ten minutes.
The fire company met Tuesday
and held very interesting meeting.
Chief Cornell occupied the executive
chair like an old parlimentarian A
practice meeting was arranged for
Saturday evening of this week. The
council should encourage the boys to
perfect themselves in their duties,
and we do not doubt but they will do
so, so that in few months we may
have one of the most efficient fire
brigades in the western country.
One arrest was made for drunk
enness Tuesday. For some time past
some INSCRIPTIONS loafer devoid Of
conscience and principle has been in
the habit of buying Intoxicating liq-
uors for men who can not get it them
selves, on account of their habitual
drunkenness. The man who will buy
liquor for man in this condition
should be driven out Of civilized
community and branded as william
and sneaking, cowardly whelp.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. c. F. Cox,
who was putting out some trees for
j. w. Brown, found, under the edge
of the sidewalk running south from
Forrest avenue on the west side Of
Morton street, large morocco pocket
book containing papers belonging to
g, A. Hooper. The place where this
was found is about 800 feet south of
where the other papers were found,
and would indicate that the thief or
thieves went south on Morton street.
The papers were of considerable value
to Mr., Hooper, bnt of no value to any
one else.
Died, at her home in Riverside
Park, Great Bend, on Tuesday, at 4:30
a. m. April Sd. 1888, of heart disease,
Mrs. Elizabeth Fudge, widow of ID.
NJ. Fudge,aged 81 years and 3 months.
The deceased was sister of n. r.
Holmes, of this place, and just re-
Gently moved here from Seward. Kas.
She had been working in her garden
until late that evening, and was as
we'll as usual when she retired.