Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

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Did the cooling, northeast wind de.
lposit anything Of benefit to the row
ling wheat on Tuesday night? We
should drizzle to saturate, It did.
F.P. Cline was in from Clarence,
Thursday last. He says the rain Of
the night before was much heavier
north and west than in Clarence.
g. W. Morris sent us in a bunch of
, his wheat this week which stands full
= four feet in height. The heads averag.
ing three and one eighth inches.
For SALE.-A large work horse;
;. fat and in good condition; ready to go
Ionic header, or any heavy work.
: Apply to d. q. Luce, Great Bend.
WANrED.-A situation during the
summer months by a young lady.
Office work preferred. Address A, care
:. of this Office. 8-m.
e Most of Barton county's wheat will
be headed this year; partly on account
r of the high price of binder Irvine, and
partly for the lack Of help to handle
the crop.
The commencement exercises at the
Central Normal College, next Wed.
q nesday, Thursday and Friday even.
ings, will be a literary treat no one
. should miss.
The tramp ''pugilists"G) who gave
% an exhibition here last week to two
boys and dog have been ''taking in"
the surrounding towns in about the
!? same manner.
j. w. Drake was in the city last
9 week, from the extreme north part
of the county. He says ''the north
township skunks them all" when it
comes to wheat.
Miss Mamie Craig presented this
Office handsome bouquet of roses,
Monday, for which she has the thanks
of the entire force, from the devil
down to editor.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church gave a strawberry festival in
the lecture room of the church, Tues
= day evening of this week, which was
j greatly enjoyed.
Is marriage failure? We think
this is it. Our proof? Ahem! Well,
that it is: While wife, it is true, is
never Miss, the lady who marries
:, always Mrs. it.
. Ewalt & Co. have found it i'm.
possible to attend properly to groceries
# and bakery, and have decided to attend
r strictly to groceries, and will stock
their store to suit everybodys' taste.
}. We hope the farmers who saw their
l. crops burning up before the small,
cooling rain Of Tuesday night will
be looking with more encourage
ment upon the crop prospects again.
The county commissioners meet as
a board of equalization next Monday.
IL If you have any grievance to make
Il concerning your personal property
assessments then is the time to make
lit.
r Death is only terrible to those who
have made it 80 in life If a life has
been good and honorable the closing
. of it will be like the putting away of
a good book, satisfactory and without
regret.
The report was brought down the
" branch road that terrible hail storm
and young cyclone did great damage
r in Ness county, Thursday night last;
. but the telegraph gives no record of
such q storm
Five or six carriage loads of Great
. Bend people drove down to the hand
some suburban residence of Martin
Musil. near Ellinwood, Sunday, and
y being reinforced by about the same
: number from Ellinwood, spent very
happy day.
VI When you want to find Cal Daw-
d son, with his complete stock of -four,
feed and seeds of all kinds, go due
west from the postofice to Buckland's
. old stand, east Of the school house, on
the corner. Cal wants to see all his
old friends.
e The gentle perfume and pleasing
g tints of a handsome bouquet of roses
!. filled the atmosphere of our sanctum
!. Saturday. Joe Meeker brought them
O. in from north Homestead township.
? = Joe is a lover of the beautiful, though
himself bachelor.
J. A young boy by the name of
IS O'Brien, living in the south part Of
the city, had his eyes badly burned
Monday morning while lighting fire
with kerosene oil It is not known
:, yet, whether or not the injury will
III be fatal tn his sipht