Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-30

TUESDAY, the Z0tn, Mr.. JeSeoe wilder
and Miss Alice Bryant, both of Ellin.
wood.
The wolf hunt did not come off last
on account of the very
slippery and sloppy state of terra
frma. It will be announced at an
early day.
There is not much grain coming to
town now, partly because of the heavy
of the roads, but principally
because of the continued low prices of
such products.
Saturday and Sunday of this week
conference will be held at
the NJ. E. church in this city. The
protracted meeting will be continued
the rest of this week.
Remember that We have extended
the time for which you can pay up
arrears on subscription and get the
Breeders Guide. Try and square up
and get the two papers for the price of
one.
There will be preaching in the west
room of the Hume and Wilmer
block at II o'clock, and 1880 p. M,
Sunday, by Elder Keenan,. Sunday
School at 8 o'clock. All are cordially
invited to attend.
One day last week the oldest son
Of w. B. Pearson, of Homestead
township, was badly injured while
acting as breakman on the Mo. P. He
is now in the r. r. hospital, but is
getting along ali right.
L. w. Vowel, from Carroll county,
Mo-, a son of Uncle Harry Vowel of
this city, came out on visit the first
of the week. Uncle Harry had not
seen him for seven years. He is much
pleased with Kansas and her wonder
tul weather.
The fellow whose greatest ambition
is realized when his name appears as
publisher of the guttersnipe is still
because Chapman will un-
knock the postofice per-
simmon into the hands of whom he
chooses.
The w. e. T. u, will meet at the
home Of Mrs. Elizabeth Bland, two
blocks south of the NJ. church, on
Thursday, Jan. 30th, at 3 p. m. All
who are interested in the temperance
work are invited to attend this meeting.
FRANCES E. BUTLER, Rec. Sec'y.
If you or any of your family should
happen to be frightfully burned or
what have you in the house
to alleviate the pain until you can get
q physician? A box of Beggs' German
Salve at hand in times like this would
save world of suffering and often
times a doctor bill, as it has no equal
in case of this kind, as well as infla-
nation of all kinds. Shaw d Co,
Druggists.
Four negroes we're arrested last week
charged with stealing coal. Two of
them-Canmore and Clark-were
on the charge of grand
larceny, but rearrested and fined 81
and costs each, for petit larceny. The
other two. Stephenson and Edwards,
plead guilty and were put under bonds
to appear before the district court.
Sheriff Frank Wilson this week
appointed his deputies for his present
term, as follows: Under Sheriff, Geo.
Deputy Sheriffs, j. S.
of Great Bend; H. J. Klein,
of Ellinwood; John Weltmer, of
Clafin, and Frank Byram, of Pawnee
Rock. With these gentlemen to aid
and assist our efficient sheriff no guilty
man Will escape.
The colored baptising came off Sum
day. just the same as advertised, and
some twenty-one were "dipped in de
ribber OBJ Jordan" Three or four
hundred people, both whites and
blacks, gathered to see the ceremony,
which occurred at the new tank built
for the purpose by the Christian
church society (white) in the south
east part of town.
Poor old Townsley, the :angleleg
originator of the guttersnipe and the
snake editor, says we are ''mad at
him." Nothing of the kind, we assure
you. Mad at him! Why. there is
not enough of the human about him
to raise the ire of any one. We only
pity him, and our only object in point
ing out his little idiocrancies and
laundering failures is by way Of q
warninp tO vO,up men and hOvS