Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-02

MARRIED. Justice James Clay
ton, April 3Oth, Rev. III. P. Wighley
to Mrs. Katie Morris, both colored, of
Great Bend.
Cal Dawson wants to see all his
old customers in his new quarter,
across the street from his former stand !.
where he has the most complete stock
of -four, feed, grain and seed in the
city.
And now they say Oklahoma has
the smallpox. IF any man was fool
ish enough to leave Barton county
and locate a claim in Oklahoma it
would almost serve him right to get a
touch of the malady.
To plant tree is little speculation
in which one takes the earth into part.
There is no outlay but a
little labor; the generous earth furn-
ishes all the capital. Keep the part
nership up, you good Kansas people.
The elements seem to be working
in favor of the water consumers in
this city who are at outs with the
Water Supply company. Thus far
there has been rain sufficient to make
lawn sprinkling unnecessary this
spring.
Drs. Ayres, Shaw and Lightfoot
performed a difficult surgical operation
on Grandpa Merritt the last of the
week, removing an abnormal growth
on the cheek bone which has been
giving Mr.. Merritt much pain for
Henry Moss says what worries him
now is that the Santa Fe road has not
cars enough to haul the wheat out OF
Barton county this fall. and he fears
that road can't buy more cars. What's
the matter with putting it in
granaries.
Some persons in all communities
are 40 busily engaged in the affairs of
their neighbors that their own busl.
ness, if they have any, is sadly neg.
lected. Communities could get along
without them, but the world seems to
be built that way.
Tafley & Sherman, the painters,
have completed handsome and at
tractive bulletin board, which is
placed just north of Allison's coal
yard, on South Main street. On it is
large number of the
leading business firms Of the city.
Since the election of Harrison
which was the salvation of protection,
there have been scores of strikes and
reductions in wages, but not single
instance of an advance in wages.
Here is food for thought for wage.
earners, who will some day learn that
protection is for the capitalist and not
for the laborer.
D. H. Halliday, the photographer,
has many fine groups. large and small
sizes, on exhi bItion at his gallery. 1t
will repay YOU to make a visit and
examine his work, even if you do not
have any work done. Just now he is
offering great inducements in prices.
Call on him at any time-the kind of
weather will make no difference.
Prof. Blake, the Kansas weather
prophet, some time ago predicted a
long drouth in Illinois, Indiana and
the adjoining states. He now says it
has already begun. He also predicts
that wheat will sell for 81 40 in July
and corn for 81 before the year closes.
He kindly predicts that Kansas will,
this year, haye enormous crops of both
cereals.
If there was good creamery estab.
lished here, and farmers would take
the pains to see that it had a sufficient
supply of milk to keep it busy, inside
of two years it would bring enough
direct to the farmers to pay of
half the mortgage Indebtedness of the
History of the business in
other parts of the United States will
bear out this assertion.
PERKINS, Universal Photography,
most legible and rapid of all
complete in ten easy les
sons. Speed for practical work in
from three to FIVE months, according
to time devoted to study. instruction
also given on the typewriter. Short
hand also taught by mail. For full
terms, ETC., call at the
Central Normal College, or address
E. STEVENSON,
Great Bend, Kan.
A certain high school girl was asked
by her teacher to parse the sentence
HE kissed me-" She reluctantly COM
menced-probably not liking to talk
about private matters in public: "He
is pronoun, third person. singular
number, masculine gender; gentle
man und pretty well fixed; considered
a good catch. Kissed is va verb