Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-27


obtained in the case of the Stste vs
Young, and the evidence for the
prosecution is being taken. We pre-
dict the result an acquittal or hung
jury.
j. G. Burkardt, who at one time
was connected with the German paper
published in Great Bend, has been
here several days with view to locat-
ing German paper. We wish him
success in the enterprise.
The Hutchinson Nescs gets some
what mixed, and sadly off date, and
deplorably unreliable IN its Great
Bend news. But we must make al
lowances for the fact that Ralph Eas-
ley is a rabbld prohibitionist and keeps
''hisn" in his cellar.
g. r. BROKER, of the Great Bend
Marbel Works, this week put up a
monument to the memory of the four
children Of A. +. Names. in the Hois.
ington cemetery, that is one of the
handsomest in the cemetery. It is a
Georgia marble shaft, eight feet high,
and elegantly carved in handsome
design.
Washington's day was observed at
the M. E. church, Saturday evening
of last week, in pleasing manner.
The tableaux were good, the supper
was good, and as a natural conse.
queace the general feeling of all in
attendance was good. The ladies
netted quite neat sum as proceeds
of the evening.
The college dramatic company pre-
sented very good play at the Grand.
last Wednesday night, which was not
as largely attended as the Nye conbi.
nation. The college lads and lassies.
however, did we'll in the parts they
assumed, and proved the continued
efforts of Prof. E. E. Wright, teacher
of elocution, are meriting appreciation.
Hornbeck & Shibe received refrig-
orator car of fruits this week, proba bly,
the first car of southern fruit that has
been received here for some time.
The oranges, bananas, aud other fruits
came through in splendid shape, and
are now being retailed out to local
dealers. Persons in surrounding
towns will do we'll to get prices from
Messrs. Hornbeck & Shibe.
The BARTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT is
at present the best paper in the coun-
ty, but The Brick is improving
weekly.-The Brick
Thanks for the compliment. We
can return the same by saying that
the general comment is that The Brick
is the brightest and best little paper
of its size ever published in Great
Bend, and we say correct" to the
general comment.
Bill Nye has come and gone, and
so has the $500 guaranteed him by
the Presbyterian church people. The
prevailing sentiment seems to be one
Of disappointment that the first ar
rangement was not carried out and
the amusement furnished by Nye and
Riley. There is no blame to be laid
to the door of the gentlemen having
the arrangements in hand, they did
the best they could. The musical
part Of the program was no doubt
first class, and the performers high
priced artists in their way, but that
does not prevent the feeling expressed
by many people that they ought to
kick themselves into the middle of
autumn for attending-at 81 head.
Teachers Meeting.
Meeting of the city teachers, Monday
Feb. II, at p. m. The first paper on
the program, 'sHow to Induce pupils to
search for knowledge" by Miss Palmer,
was very interesting. The first point
was to possess a love of knowledge,
acquired by having work assigned that
requires research. The pupils must
have the sympathy and cooperation
of the teacher and she must teach by
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