Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17

County alliance meeting at Hoising.
ton Friday and Saturday of this week.
The ladies of the alliance will serve
meals to the hungry multitudes.
Grow & Crow, and c. r. BROKER
set up lemonade stands in the park,
on alliance day. and. both firms report
having done very good business.
Sheriff Wilson has been all over the
county the last week or ten days, and
reports the corn crop in good condi-
ton and likely;to make fair yield.
Henry Boyle lost several of his best
fat porkers, the first of'the week with
the excessive heat. He had good shade
for them. but they were too fat to hunt
it up.
"Would there have been any O. p.
houses in Kansas if it had not been for
prohibition" asks a reader of the
DEMOCRAT. Will the w. G. 7. U.
answer.
. An out door show is better than an
in door show, any hot evening, espec.
tally when the out door show is tree
and ''the other cuts dollar in two in
the nsiddle
. w. s. Bryant, of near Ellinwood,
called Thursday. last and subscribed
for the DEMOCRAT. He thinks wheat
will average ~ bushels to. the acre in
his neighborhood.
Adam land w. L. Jordan, from
near Clahin, were callers at this office
last Thursday Mr.. Adam Jordan
handed in the wherewith to secure
him the DEMOCRAT.
Last Thursday was hot and dusty,
but. Barton county farmers and their
families are not afraid on little incon-
veniences like that when they are
for the right
c. A. Whitemore and wife left
Great Bend OH Friday, for Salt Lake
City, where they will probably make
their home, Mr.. Whitemore taking
charge of a business. for his wholesale
house:
The. republican central. committee
has issued a call for a county conyen-
ton to meet at the court house in
Great Bend July 26th,' t.. elect dele
gates to the state and congressional
8.
John Dickson, of Dickson & Shore,
butchers of this city. leaves today for
a trip to Ireland. where he, as the
oldest son, inherits an. estate from the
death of his father. He will be gone
several mon this.
The trotting race, to- take place
August 9th, between Nose .Fietcher's
md A. E. Row ellis trotte-s,. is all the
ak. The owners Of the horses have
out up 5000 a side, and there are many.
'ther bets brewing.
A Great Bend society. young lady
spent. a day in the country last week.
Seeing, for the first time in her life,
turkey gobbler strutting about, she
exclaimed: "You naughty chicken,
put down your clothes!"
D: t. Armstrong, editoc of the
Wester7a Farmer, at'Leoti, attended the
alliance picnic and speaking at Great
Bend last Thursday. He says crops
IL Wichita county are in good condi-
ion. though their corn needs rain.
We have had many calls for copies
If the DEMOCRAT Of last. week CON
aiming the description of the 4th of
J uly celebration, until now our supply
If extra copies is exhausted. The
public knows good thing when it
1t the balloonist who will exhibit
lere today could be persuaded to take
he man who asks ''Is it hot enough
or you2" up into the.ambient ethereal
/ mile or two and then drop him. the
people would. rejoice with exceeding
great JOY.
Tuesday, of this week, VIM. Want
and while. feeding a thresher,ss had a
land badly :lacerated, SO badly that
lie lost the index and second fingers
DR.. Shaw thinks that the thumb and
wo fingers can be saved although
hey were badly torn.
!. On July 22nd The Alliance
NOman'S oMutual BENEFIT SsOcia zion