Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-18

# you think you have got the best l
wheat in Barton county, bring Us in cou
. sample pint to have on exhibition can
at this Office. cert
IN. .h;r. +h.t .Ivav. ooes with a THU
metropolitan city Great Bend has
never had, because she does not need was
it--a pawnshop. buy
Some old customs still prevail. The Ev'
Romans used to recline at their ham ma
quets, and the habit of lying at public sci,
dinners is common still.
Once more kind fate has blessed put
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brinson. A r. quo
,,o,na .,n w.s horn info Them IN any
Tuesday night. July 9th. "o'
It might be more beneficial if church :
people would do more for their own
needy neighbors and not quite so -
much for foreign missions. W..
A pair of twins were born unto Yves
Sylvester Murray and wife, of this the
county, Sunday last. Everybody is 7
reaping bountiful harvest. FL,
Let the city fathers do little more me-
weed cutting-both individually and ane
officially and our city will present a fall
very handsome appearance. bui
There is a certain root which grows ]
in this county which if held in the Oh
hand, will stop tho tooth ache. 1t is a y
the root Of the tooth that aches. in
The republicans have called meet ma
ing of their county central committee we
for Saturday, July 9th, at the office 8
of James Clayton, in Great Bend. the
The wind did some damage. lifting raj
stable roofs. untopping wheat stacks WI
and other useless freaks, up the valley '.e
of Blood creek, last Saturday night. q"
6. Toepke, of Ellinwood, was in
Great Bend, last week with peaches no'
grown on his own place. They were ooo
nice, and a credit to Barton county. no'
Mrs. G. w. Ashton took quite sick, aoe
at Ellinwood Thursday night last. viii
Friday she was brought up to Great /,
Bend, to the home of her father
Grandpa Brinkman. up
- saw
Myron Gilmore cut about 400 acres Dr
of wheat this season, and has in about If 4,
the same number of acres of corn, he
which is doing we'll. My. is quite a Vol
sidewalk agriculturalist.
Is the city council acting judiciously M.
when it neglects to pay the members IN
of the fire department who turned out -
to the fire in the south part of the city ths
two months or more ago? n.t
J. r. Hart, of the south side, last OPT
week threshed $50 bushels of wheat |
from % acres being "a bushels to the Rr,
acre, and got 60 ceuts bushel for it Mo
at the Walnut Greek Mills. rul
We saw a man on the streets one Ih
day this week with an old fashioned on
buck saw. The question is what was tir'
be going to do with it? Do our eastern sui
readers fail to see the joke?
Carris orchestra, than which there las
is not better in the state, dlscoursed got
sweet music during the banquet given the
by County Clerk D. r. Jones to the tax
A. o. U. W., Friday night last. wa
Arrangements are made for grand al,
harvest ball at Clafin, on the Goth of ao'
this month. If any body deserves a 'eD
good time it is the farmer boys up in
that vicinity; and they will have it, mel
sure. IN
Wednesday night, the 10th inst. "
the little town of Hoisington was all ~
stirred up over the arrival of new -
conner. He was son and heir to Mr.. :,
and Mrs. r. q. Galley, their first "
born.
jesse Howard, who recently return
ed from Liberia, has many things to CO..
tell about that country. He brought yol
with him parrot and a monkey, and ine
from what he says he must have had ms
monkey and parrot" of time on a I
his trip. ye
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