Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-06
DUB NEIGHBORs.

OUR NEIGHBORS.
PaWnee Rock.
From the Leader,
New sorghum molasses will soon be
on the market.
Eli Bowman had twenty-one bushels
of wheat per acre.
Trustee Marin had fifteen bushels of
wheat to the acre.
| Jennie Eager, who has been visiting
day
foot crushed few days ago. He was
moving his steam thresher and a wheel
passed over his foot.
Thos. Dent, of Clarence township,
has farm adjoining the town of
| figuring up his corn yield. He has
seventy acres which will yield fifty
bushels per acre. Samples he brought
back with him shows mammoth and
we'll matured ears.
The most successful corn raiser in
this part of the country is Andrew
Cast, whose place is five miles west Of
here. Last year he had 1900 bushels,
and this season has eighty acres which
will yield 1000. He plants the ''Yel-
low Dent" Variety and has it on the
ground in March,
| Robert Converse, who lives five
miles south. is one whom providence
did not entirely desert this season.
He had seven and one-half acres of
millet which cut eighteen tons, very
good for dry season. Mr.. Converse
urges our farmers to select tlse earliest
| varieties Of corn and plant early as
possible.
Hoisington.
From the Mascot
Mrs. E. Johnson is very sick. She
has been i'll for some time, but not so
as to be unable to sit up.
Al Dennis left the last of this week
for San Francisco, California, where he
will spend the fall and winter.
| Pete johnson has traded for the Ebey
property in the east part of town, and
| will erect dwelling house right away.
E. L. Branch returned from ST.
Louis last Saturday night, accompa-
MED by his sister-in-law, Miss Kate
Kyle, of Franklin, Pa, who will spend
several weeks visiting in this city.
John Croker, formerly with A. S.
Allen, of Great Bend, has purchased
the drug store of A. S. Houck, Of this
city. MIR. Croker. is an old resident
of this county, an d will need no recon-
mendations from us.
The railroad boys will give a grand
ball in Houck's hall on the evening of
Sept. oath, for til benefit of the strik-
ing engineers On the G.. B. & Q. road.
ALI are invited to attend. Good mu-
sic, and good time as heretofore.
Arrangements are being made
through the congressional committee
of this district to have c. S. Ebey, can
didate for congress to make speech at
this place in the near future. If you
enjoy good OratOry come out. Mr..
Ebey is without an equal in the state
as an orator, and is one Of the best
posted men ON the tariff question that
we have in this country, having made
it a special study.
From the Echo.
The west side of main street looks as
though it was sent for and couldn't go.
Master Bert Baker has accepted
position as clerk in Orr's grocery store.
Put lock on your stable door, horse
thieves are reported thick in this
country. %
P. Johnson will commence the 'erec-
ton of a neat little dwelling in the
east part Of the city next week .
The. Foundation for VIM. Smiths
new dwelling is completed and the
frame work will begin immediately.
|. The foundation for the round house
| o1v, o4~<1
main building will be commenced in a
few days. .
+ Mr.. c. Samuels, of Great Bend, was
in our city yesterday and sstaked off
for a commOdiOus dwelling on which
work will commence Immediately under
the control of Roth & Rude, Hoising
tons. best contractors.
Stafford County.
From ''Toby."
Fine weather for preparing to SOW
fall grain.
The prairie hay crop is short here