Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-05
A pleasant time was had. Thanks-

A pleasant time was had. Thanks
giving day. at the Pearson school
house, Dist. 70, IN Homestead town
ship. They had roast turkey and all
its accompaniments; music vocal and
instrumental, and lots of good will and
nelghborly intercourse.
The A. O. u. w. met on the night
Of the Sd inst, and elected the follow
ing officers: w. A. Rush, NJ. W.;
-. Smith, F.; M. B. Poison, o;
John Durkin, Secretary; G. w. Buck
land. F.; NJ. M. Eppstein, r.; D. NJ.
Woodburn, I. g.; P. B. Smith, o. g.;
DR.. A. Y. Mccormick and DR.. F.
Lghtfoot, medical examiners.
For sale, a splendid 100 acre farm,
eight miles from Great Bend, south of
the river; new. house, good stables,
sheds, etc., stock of all kinds, farm
implements. etc. A man with the
cash can get bargain. No encum-
brance on the place, clear title. Call
on or address: The DEMOCRAT, for
further particulars.
One evening last week the youngest
son os S. B. Chapel in some manner
got hold of piece of bread and butter
that had been spread with rough on
rats for the purpose of exterminating
the pesky rodents. 1t is not known
how much of the poison the child got,
but after good use of a stomach pump
he is all right again.
A movement is on foot TO put in an
electric street railway, in this city, to
run from the two railroad depots
through the business part of town and
to the college. The movement should
receive encouragement. Electricity is
a cheap motive power, and such a
street railway service would be vast
improvement on our present service.
A handsome buggy is not given
away every day. Leo Rosenfeld will,
however, make some one a present of
the buggy now on exhibition in bis
store, the Star clothing house, on the
Oath inst. Every person who has
bought or buys 81 worth of goods OF
Mr.. Rosenfeld has chance to draw
the buggy, and the last chance will be
sold on the Oath.
Looh out for Bricks! Some person
or persons has fired lot of Brscks into
the public, the first one was noticed Oh
Tuesday evening last. But it is a
paper Brick, and may do no harm.
Boys will be boys, and from away
back boys always have had a weakness
for throwing paper wads. The Brick
is a two column, four page paper, and
bids fair to rival the Gaatersnipe as a
favorite with the people. The names
of the publishers do not appear, but it
is understood that Fred Wilmer and
Win Campbell know all about it.
Valley Lodge No. 50, 1. o. o. F.
held their semi>annual election IF of
ficers Wednesday evening, the 9th,
with the following result: Noble
Grand, w. A. Rush; Vice Grand, A.
b. Miller; Secretary, L. B. Wilcox;
Treasurer A. D. Fair. The Noble
Grand appointed the following as his
staff: G. B. Morgan. r. s., Ed Tyler,
L. S.; E. R. Moses, Conductor; John
Hubbard, w.; Parker Corbin, I. G.;
w. P. Coles, o. G., and Trustee. The
order in this city is in a fourishing
condition, has bright future before it.
Last Saturday morning while
Joseph Drake was oiling the tumb.
lingrod of a corn shelter, ON the premi-
ses Of Spurgin& Farris, his sleeve was
caught by one OF the couplings and
carried around the rod, his clothes wa.
stripped off of his body, and he was
badly lacerated about the face and
abdoman. When the power was
stopped, he was entirely naked and
bleeding badly. He showed remark.
able nerve and walked to wagon. Il
was found necessary to transplan,
some skin from the leg to the injured
parts. He is doing we'll now, and as
he has Away been a young man, Of
good habits, the doctors express good
hopes of his recovery Stafford
Herald.
Buy your best girl one of those fine
Toilet Cases-at Shaw & Co.'S.
Mrs. A. E. Wood, the Forest Ave
nue. milliner, is closing out her stock
Of goods to quit business. Everything
she has in the way of millinery, silks
pushes, velvets, satins, ribbons, orna