Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-15

Mrs. M. M. Eppstein has been
quite sick for several days.
Ignatz Budig made final proof on
his homestead, Saturday last.
Johnathan Crimson has been Ill
with fever for several days.
August Hermiss, from Stafford
county, was caller, Friday.
Joe Warnken, of Buffalo township,
has been on the jury this week.
w. 6. Brands and wife start for
the north the first of next week
E. L. Hotchkiss, Ellinwood's young
attorney, was counting, Saturday.
Harry Van Houten is working for
A. j. Hoisington, at Kansas City.
Saml Maher and family will prob
ably remove to Kansas City, Kans.
Frank Strothman attended the
dance at Ellinwood, Tuesday night.
G. z. Townsley accompanied Grand
ma Moses to Kansas City, Saturday.
H. E. Prentiss returned last week
from his visit in the eastern Stat es
Mrs. Jessie Clayton has been laid
up with rheumatism since show day.
Mrs. Joe Barrett is quite sick at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Schneider.
Mrs. E. G. -. Kent, of Palestine,
Texas, arrived home Tuesday night.
Ed Louther returned to Little Rock,
Arkansas, last week. ",Vhoop, says
l."
Prof. E. E. Wright is in Garden
City this week giving elocutionary
readings.
Mrs. Jas. Kershaw will return
this week from visit to her mother
at Lacrosse.
G. w. Gibler and r. n. Tucker,
are this week added to our Clafin list
Of subscribers.
Frank Craig and mother returned
the first Of the week from a visit to
Arkansas City.
Miss Rosa Packard, of LaCrosss,
lis assisting Mrs. j. E. Wood in the
millinery store.
M. RAIDER, one of Ellinwood's solid
business men, was in Great Bend the
first of the week.
VIM. Weinert, from eight miles
north, called Tuesday and made the
printer-n man glad
Mrs. Frank A. Baker, who has been
i'll for SO long time, still lies very
near deaths door.
G. L. Jones was in from Cheyenne,
Saturday. Says they had good rain
there Friday night.
Prof. Wright returned from Russell.
Saturday, where he had been assisting
in the normal institute.
A. L. Miller spent most of last
week at Clahin, putting in pair of
scales for r. G. Bailey
Gilt Van Pelt returned from the
east the first of tie week, after an abb
sence of several months.
Perry Hamilton, of Alma, Wau-
baunsee county, was visiting his son
at Heizerton last week.
Frank Baugher, charged with rape,
was cleared by the jury in the district
court, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Thos. l.. Powers and children,
of Sterling, have been visiting in
Ellinwood the past week.
w. B. Lucas will teach the Albert
school. The fall term commences the
first Monday in September.
Mrs. Joe Wallace, who was hurt by
a fall in the circus, has not yet fully
recovered from her injuries.
Charlie King returned Monday
evening from Guthrie, Oklahoma. He
says it is very dry down there.
Commissioner Schwier was down
Saturday. He says the Heizerton
creamery is getting along finely.
Rev. A. j. Ross, wife and child,
left the first of the week for a visit to
relatives and friends in the east.
| j. r. Argabrite will return from
j California shortly, to take position in
one of our large grocery houses.
i Prof. Stryker, of the Central Nor
NAL, ran up from st. John Saturday.
| He is conducting the normal institute
there.
! j. a. Coons and j. Cue, from the
north part of Homestead were callers