Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20
Personal MENTION.

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Mrs. ". r. Watson has been Ill
this week.
J. w. Compton, of Clarence, Is
still very i'll.
c. d. Afford and family have gone
to California.
E. NJ. Parlin returned last Friday
from trip east.
Commissioner Langfeld was a call
er Wednesday.
T. F. Craig is around again after q
long siege of illness.
John A. Barth is assisting County
Treasurer Krause this week.
G. Croft of ComaDcbe, was in the
city Wednesday on business.
W. j. Fee was in town Wednes-
day with Christmas turkeys.
w. Fl. Brown was down from Hell
zerton Wednesday. on business.
Frank Willard drove down to the
city Friday against the festive south
wind.
Frank Dell has closed out his bust
ness here and will go to Kansas City
soon.
Mrs. Hutchings, sister of Mrs.
Bell and Mrs. Heller, is here from
Iowa.
T.. L. Hotchkiss and Fl. j. Kline
were in town Tuesday, ON business at
the court house.
S. B. Chappell, T. o. Cole and
Geo. Strobe are in California with
cattle and horses.
Charlie Beye wants his old friends.
and new ones too, to call into Harry
Kline's and see him.
j. T. Strothman. of Ciafiin, borther
of our geDtlemanly register of deeds,
was in the city Tuesday.
J. M. CARRIER. of South Bend, gets
the Kansas Former and the Demo-
Graf until 1890 for $500.
Rev. r. Nj. Watson went down to
Seneca, this state. last week to assist
in a religious revival there.
Robert Merton and family had a
number of Great Bend callers at their
country residence, Saturday.
w. E. Coates, the grocer, has a
young nephew just over from old
England visiting him this week.
NJ. Babb and wife were delayed IN
their leaving for Washington terri-
tory until Saturday of last week.
Miss Kittie Ostermeyer is taking
care of tire central telephone office at
present, Miss Lou Porter being on
the sick list.
l.. Baldwin was down from Cleve-
land township Saturday. He is
teaching in district No So, near
Palacky post Office.
Joe Meeker was in town Saturday,
''all 'slicked up" He is preparing to
go on visit to Kentucky. Will he
come back a bachelor!
Mrs. G. w. Brands, of Topeka,
daughter of Hon. G. F. Difenbacher.
is in tie city to attend the wedding of
her sister this-Thursday -evening.
Y. s. Musil, P. B. Kimpler, and
Pete Doherty, three of Ellinwood's
best business men, we're in the city
Monday, calling on Treasurer Krause.
James Armstrong, father-in-law
of Gus Schaffer, returned the first of
the week to his home in Sumner
county, after visit of a week or
more.
DR.. E. NJ. Gebhart. whom all old
residents will remember, will pass
through this city in a few days. on his
way to California. He is at present
visiting friends in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Walter Inman. representing the
Wichita Commercial, a weekly publ
cation of wide circulation among the
business men of the country, was in
the city last week in the interests of
his paper.
S. B. Hale returned last week from
MISSOURI. where be has been for
several months. He looks as hale
and hearty as if Missouri "sow-belly
and hoe>cake" agreed with him. He
leaves this week for the west.
The "Kermiss,'
Friday evening last the 80. Ms"
who. by the way, never do anything
by halves, entertained their friends
with refreshments fancy and staple, in
the Wilmer block. ga delightful
even ng" is the verdict Of the large
crowd of our best people who attended,
and the success of the ''Kermiss" was