Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02

LOCAL SHORT sT0Ps.
saThere's many trouble
Would break like . bubble.
And into the waters of Lethe depart,
Did we not rehearse 1t,
And tenderly nurse it.
And give 1t permanent place in the heart"
A bird with no wings-the Jail bird.
Truth is a greater stranger than
fiction.
The man with a bundle under each
arm has left town.
You can judge mans character by
what he laughs at.
Come-we want your trade, at
Owings Hardware Co.
Owings Hardwarwe Co. sell White
sewing machines-warranted for i've
years.,
Women are strange, contradictions,
some of them who do fancy work don
fancy work.
Dedication of the new, German
Evangelical church next Sunday, the
9th, in this city.
The man who is more likely than
any other man to hold on to the last,
is the shoemaker.
M. j. Herbert, of Liberty township,
commences the new year all right as a
subscriber to this paper.
Nothing attracts like attraction.
To save money is to buy your goods
at Owings Hardware Co.
A. T. Curry gets the DEMOCRAT
and Kansas City Weekly Times for
1890, at 1926 for the two.
Bill Nye and Whitcomb Riley are
coming. They only make two stops
in Kansas-Topeka and Great Bend.
Prof. Blake rather missed his guess
on December weather, but we presume
the rich are still 'praying for the
poor"
John Eckerson, of Jefferson county,
this state, spent the holidays visiting
with his brother, Allen, in Barton
county.
The maseue ball at IIoisington last
night was we'll attended, rbe manage
ment and music good, and "all went
merry as marriage bell"
Ed. Hubbard, the jeweler, is still
on deck at Hooper's drug store, and
prepared to do anything that mortal
man can do in the way of repairing
watches, clocks, jewelry etc.
c. A. Duling. of near Verbeck, and
Miss Alma Pindle, of Great Bend,
were married a week or so ago, but
the affair was kept SO quiet we are
just now aware of it. Joy be with
you.
Ed w. Moses tells us that Barton
county is now twenty-five cars ahead
of any county. in the state in the num-
Der of cars of wheat shipped this year,
and stands a good show of keeping the
lead in that direction. There are still
many thousands of bushels of 1883
wheat IN the county, lots of it not yet
threshed.
Garwood Brothers, of Cleveland
township, have threshed 1000 bushels
of their own wheat thus far this year,
and have still 5000 to thresh. The
whole country in their neighborhood
is again one vast field of wheat. and
the leading question of the hour is;
where is the corn ground coming from
next year.
WHAT A FORTUNE Is good healthy,
pearly skin. Few are aware of the
short time it takes for disordered
liver to cause blotches on the face,
and a DARK greasy skin. One bottle Of
Beggs' Block Purifier and Blood
Maker will restore this organ to its
natural and healthy state, and cleanse
the blood of all impurities. It is meet
ing with wonderful success We
guarantee every bottle. Shaw & Co.,
Druggists.
By the way, do you know that there
are employed in this county one hun
dred and seventeen school teachers!
There are not many counties in
Kansas that can beat that number;
and we know that there are none that
has as many handsome lady teachers
as does favored Barton. Saturday
last brought many Of them to town te