Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28

LOCAL NEWS.
The February term of the district
court will close this week.
School children can get good paper
for map drawing at this Office.
"There's land that is hotter than
this"-but none that is fairer.
| The B. M. C. rooms IRE now nicely
furnished and look comfortable.
/ It is now about time for the peach
bud examiner to make his report,
killed, or not killed?
Washingtons birthday, the I'D,
was celebrated in our city schools with
appropriate exercises.
Ellinwood will have grand calicn
cap and necktie ball, at Manglesdrof E
hall, on Monday, the 4th OF March.
A new creamery at Ossawatomie is
among the latest reported. Great
Bends creamery has not yet been
started.
Material is on the ground for quite
q number of new dwellings at Hois'
| ington, most of them being for rail-
road employees.
MARRIED, Friday, Feb. 22d, by
Judge Ogle, Henry Esmiller and AIDE
liza Sandman, both of Great Bend. We
extend congratulations.
Joel III. Weathers, of Manhattan,
Indiana, now reads the DEMOCRAT.
through the kindness of his son, j. G..
Weathers, of this county.
The ball to have been given at Hois.
ington, Friday night did not come of
for some reason Four or five Great
Bend gentlemen went over to attend
the dance.
The cold spell will raise the price of
feed q little, but as it will not last
long those who are compelled to buy
feed will not have cause for apprehen>
sion.
Mrs. Ella Stoke was in Hoisington,
Friday, in the interests of the DEMO
Graf, and found the people of that
town jubilant over the prospects for
more railroad improvements there.
At a hugging bee for the benefit of
q church in Larned the other evening
a man, blindfolded, Rugged his own
wife for five minutes, and then when
he found it out wanted his fifteen cents
back.
A man giving the name of Payne
was arrested by detective Pritchard
last week. as answering to the descrip-
ton of a man wanted in Troy, Tenn.
for murder. The man was stealing
his wav en- the S. F. r. r.
w. D. Gould, long with G. n. &
E. r. Moses, and one Of the best and
most popular jewelers. of the west.
leaves this week for Newton, where he
takes a position with the drug and
jewelry firm of Axtell & Abbey.
County Superintendent Grant in
forms US that the apportionment Of
state schools funds has been made fol-
Barton county, and desires hereby to
notify school treasurers that the funds
will be distributed Saturday of this
week.
Soon fishing parties will be the rage,
and when the boys come home they
will ,.tell about catching a whopper.
about so long: "a.
But when you examine the "whopper"
you will find it only about so long:
D6-SQ.
Washington's birthday, the 22nd,
was appropriately remembered in the
east side and central school buildings.
The exercises were interesting, but
few visitors were out. owing to the bad
weather. The high school room was
nicely decorated, and the exercises
we'll carried out.
The parents who exercise no con-
troll whatever over their children, but
let them wander about like cattle on
the streets are no more fit to have and
rear children, than a cow is to catch
mice. The actions and language of
some of the young boys of this city are
a disgrace to civilized community.
Where is your by tonight? A day of