Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-27

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thority we can get.
Elder Joseph Kenan will preach
for the Christian church at the Grand
Army hall on June Both at II a. M,
and s p. m. Sunday school at 8 p. IA.
When boy of sixteen looks into
the future it seems almost an eternity.
When man of forty looks into the
future it seems as brief as a rabbits
tail.
Dude-"You've been looking &C me
for the last FIVE minutes. What is
it?" Kansas Farmer-"Wal, I'll be
gol darned if know! You're alive
amt yet"
The Presbyterian Sunday school
held its annual election of officers
Tuesday evening, in this city, electing
the old officers for the year beginning
July LIST.
At the Williamson food, in Penn
sylvinia, eleven persons, members of
two families all relatives of j. A.
Sterett of this city, we're drowned in
the raging waters.
The college people, assisted by
some of the best city talent, will re.
produce "a Social Glass" at the new
opera house, ON the night of July I'd.
Admission % cents.
Set out strawberry plants. We
can raise them here like top. Get
the ground in good condition and
take care of the plants while young.
They will repay you well.
Again the Great Bend Mills are
booming, all on account of another
fine boy at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Kelley. Roll in the wheat,
Will can handle more than anybody.
Tuesday night, during the storm
which swept over Great Bend, light.
ming struck the barn of w. j. Hacker,
west side of town. No damage was
done other than ragged hole through
the roof.
Tuesday night good rain,
accompanied by heavy wind, swept
over this county. It is thought the
wheat would be lodged some, though
the rain was just what the corn
needed.
There will be special convocation
of Mount Nebo chapter SO, r. A. NJ.
Thursday evening. June 9th. Jacob
Dewitt, Grand Lecturer, will be
present. A full attendance is desired.
0. j. RICHARDS, Secretary.
D. j. Newton drove over to Hois>
ington, Tuesday. He saw lots of
farmers in their wheat, and many
other fields about ready to cut. Corn
between Great Bend and that city
looks we'll.
A number of young lady students
at the normal called Wednesday
afternoon to see the DEMOCRAT
printed. Our regular matinee occurs
every Wednesday afternoon, after
four o'clock.
Mr.. R. F. Talbot and wife, for
merly from Nebraska, have moved
here to live. Mr.. Talbot traded
California property for the Woodruff
place, north Of the Winstead grove
and thinks he will like this country.
When your neighbor reads this
paper tell him the printer likes to have
him read it, but would like it much
better if said neighbor would drop
around with $3.50 and have the paper
sent to him fifty-two times.
John Clifton, of Odin, called Fri
day on his annual business with the
printer. He says that there will be
an immense amount of wheat harvested
in his vicinity this week. Corn, he
says, is looking healthy and reason
ably clean of weeds.
Saturday last Jake Miller took the
writer over south Of the river to his
ranch. He has a small lake there
that is we'll stocked with fish, and he
proposes to improve it, and keep up
fish culture. His trees of all kinds
are doing we'll this season.
Four stout young fellows were
jagged as Migrants, Monday. They
deserve severe punishment. There is
no occasion for man tramping in this
country nowadays, when many
farmers are unable to get all the help
they need in the harvest field.
Last week led Coss, brother of
L. B. Coss, of Clarence, arrived from
Highland county, Ohio, with his
family and will make Barton county
his home hereafter. He has farm
just west of l.. B., and thinks he
will like Barton county. Of course
he will.
l. T. Flint, an old-time Great
Bender, now of ElPaso, Texas arrived
in this city Tuesday evening. Mr..
Flint still has property interests in
this county. He will visit Iowa
before his return to ElPaso, in the
fall. He thinks Texas too hot to