Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12

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through life.
The Methodist church society has
organized Sunday School which will
meet every Sunday at 1880 a. M, inn
mediately after church services.
The machinery for the creamery has
all arrived and is being placed in
position. The building is almost COM
pleted and is a very fine structure.
Just when the plant will be placed in
operation is uncertain.
Pawnes Rock.
From the Leader.
Mrs. Henry Eager is on the sick list
this week.
The young folks enjoyed a dance and
eucher party at McDougal's Saturday
evening.
A little scrap over at Pioneer We'd
nesday evening of last week, helped to
liven up the literary entertainment.
We notice quite a number of new
houses and barns going up through the
country. Quite humber can be seen
from the car window between here
and Great Bend.
Cla6in, Barton county, had a little
stand up and knock down last Sunday
morning. Just little Sunday recrea-
tion, something similar to what
strikes Pawnee Rock once in a while.
The following were babtized and
taken in as full members of the Christ
ian church at Dundee, Dec. 4th 1889,
Eunice Brewer, Lizzie French, John
McBee, Ed Quincy, Lewis Gilbert and
Harry Mosberger.
The merry hum of the thresher can
still be heard. One would think the
wheat had all been threshed by this
time, but such is not the case, as there
Is at least a months work in that line
to do in this nelghborhood.
Mr.. Henry Eager lost five head of
cattle this week. He went down to his
pasture on Tuesday evening and found
one or two of them lying dead, and on
Wednesday morning when he went
down he found the others down. It is
supposed that they had been eating
smut and died from the effect, as they
had been running in the corn stalks.
Farmers should be very careful and
especially so in damp weather.
Ellinwood Items.
From the Advocate.
Mr.. Linkey's house south of the
depot is nearing completion.
1t is very likely that some of our
boys will be uneasy in their daily walks
soon.
We are informed by Squire Klein that
new bridge has been contracted for
across Cow Greek, between Logan and
Independent township.
The Ellinwood creamery building is
now completed. The machinery is on
the road and in few weeks the cream
cry will be ready to turn out guilt
edged butter.
Candidates for the post Office are
circulating petitions thick and fast, let
the best russler win, its only for a
couple of years ''you know when
Grover will again take hand.
How does Col. Huttmann expect
hardwareman in connection with a
red headed lawyer and living in pro-
hibitiOn town, drinking Arkansas river
water and five hundred miles from
Kansas City, with express one dollar
per box and without devil to get out
a newsy paper.
DR.. Balfour received fine $500 set
of optical instruments this week, pre-
sented to him as first prize by the Chi
cago Medical College. They are not
only fiue instruments but very valuable
instruments and hfghley complimentary
to the Prof. The citizens of Ellinwood
and vicinity should feel they are second
to none in the medical profession.
Tuesday was breezy day for Ellin-
wood. County Attorney Cole came
down to wrestle with the Wagner vs:
Henning case with Attorney Hotchkiss
and after the case was over several per.
sons from the north donned their war
paint and started in for a regular old
time 60 as you please hand to nose fight,
and for time coats were at discount
and able bodied deputy marshals at a
Uranium, but when Theodore was
knocked out on the first round by a
Kansas City ex-bootblack, the old gem
tleman toed the -, not the mark
but the ex-hootblack in the rear. with
the toe of his boot, and at this moment
some hand, as if by magic, caused the
| old gentleman to measure his length
on the sidewalk, and at the second
round the city marshal appeared on the
scene and declared the fight off, but the
ex-bootblack thinking the marshal q
new man in the ring turned his atten-
tion to Redmond, and 1t looked for q