Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-31

The 6nel proof netice Of Thouaas
johnson viii b found IN the DE,eo
cRAr this week. His witnesses are:
David Watson, Calvin Thompson,
Alonzo Bell and Henry Williams. Of
Verbeck postofice.
The Improvement committee of the
city council are getting ready to have
new stone crosswalks put down, across
Main street at Lakin avenue, and
across Williams street ON south side
Of Forest avenue, both places badly
needing new walks.
Evidently, Great Bend school
children prefer to take their history
lessons during school hours. And,
evidently, some Of Great Bends old
people ought to take lessons in good
manners and learn to treat a stranger
and invited guest with proper courtesy.
Sheriff Wilson now.has' in his hands
for collection the delinquent personal
property taxes for 1888. Those who
have not paid all or the first half of
their personal property taxes will
receive notice of the amount due, and
will do well to attend to the payment
of the same at once.
Dry goods boxes, chicken coops and
such like, may be highly ornamental
placed upon the sidewalk in front of
stores; but they are sore trial to the
shins on dark night, and are not
conducive to the good temper of dainty
women who catch their dresses on q
protruding nail or:screw.
Mrs. Ora Hayes, formerly of this
city but now teaching school in Lane
county, asked her scholars recently
what an Idiot" was? The answer
came from one little urchin: "a man
what writes newspapers and has 'em
printed" Strange that such wisdom
should be hidden in q sod school
house.
Does it not appear as though Great
Bend got along just as we'll without q
billiard hall as if she had one, or
more? While a properly conducted
billiard hall would furnish q place of
amusement for various persons, the
people who could frequent such q
resort and not be harmed by it can do
just as we'll without the amusement.
Judge F. G. Adams, of Topeka,
secretary of the Kansas State Histori-
cal Society, and Major Jas. B. Abbot,
of DeSoto, each delivered interesting
addresses at the Kansas Day exercises
Tuesday. Their remarks were upon
the early history of Kansas, and were
appreciated by those who had not
informed themselves upon the natal
struggles of our fair state.
D. A. Asher, of South Bend, was
in town Tuesday and put his overcoat
in what he thought was a neighbors
wagon. 1t appears it was not the
wagon he thought, and the farmer
drove off with it. The coat was
brown one, pair of black gloves in
one pocket. The gentleman who
drove off with it can leave it with
Mr.. Asher or at this Office.
Rev. Watson and AL Schermerhorn
started in bravely to lift the little
ones onto the curbing in front of the
opera honse, Tuesday, but after lift
ing up two or three hundred they
willingly fell back and made way for
Geo. Moses and Chief Cornell. These
two latter gentlemen kept up a good
molten the first two or three hundred
children, bat it brought the brine
to wards the last.
Judge J. B. Morris, from Punxsu>
tawney. jefferson county, Pa, who
has been visiting A. L. Miller and
family of this city, returned home
Tuesday morning. Judge Morris has
been justice of the peace and corner
for his township for thirty years
successfully, and this is the first time
he has been able to get away from
official duties long enough to visit
Kansas.
A CRUsTY old bachelor of the city
wants the baby buggy driven from the
sidewalk! "Out into the streets, where
it should be, along with the hucksters'
carts and street car mules" says he.
The brute! To put the dainty, sweet,
innocent bits of helpless humanity on