Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

schools, at salary of $50 per month.
A good selection by our school board.
PIows, drills. harrows and sodocut-
tiers are going out of Great Bend every
day in large numbers. Dug farmers
are preparing for another big wheat
crop.
John Dawson received a telegram.
Wednesday, stating that Mrs. Daw-
sons mother was lying at the point Of
death at the home of Mrs. McCarty.
Topeka.
A. w. Henning, OF Eliinvood,
called Monday and subscribed for the
DEMOCRAT. He was an interested
witness of Che great trotting race last
Saturday.
An old man. Mike Donahue, eho
has been making his home with John
Pritchard for some years, died Friday
evening last. Funeral services we're
held Saturday.
The levy for city taxes, as made by
the council this week, is one and one
half cents on the dollars which will
make the total city taxes little heav.
Ter than last year.
G. N. Downs and DR.. Heximer,
of Stanford, Conn, came out to see
the trotting race between the Rovell
and Fletcher horses. They returned
Monday morning.
A fractions team ran away with a
farmer named Nimlowell. near Olmitz,
Saturday, and threw the man out OF
the wagon, bruising him up badly9and
knocking out one eye.
Levi Puterbaugh and family leave
this week for Dow, Ind. He has
traded his farm here for the "old
home place" back there, and will make
that his futnre home.
Fred Walker was up to Pawnee
Rock, Tuesday on insurance business.
He reports the business men of that
town as doing we'll; lots of wheat being
shipped from there now.
Morrison Bros, of this city, have
completed their contract Oh the Pueblo,
COL, mineral palace, and it has been
accepted. Will o. and Jack will prob.
ably be home this week.
Anything that has four legs, a tail
and barking apparatus is dog; and
the tax on it is 50 or So, according to
the gender. Pay the taxes on your
dog, or his bark will get peeled.
Samuel Parma, of Heizerton made
this office a social call, Saturday last.
He has property in the west end OF
town and will move to town next
month to receive school advantages.
The state board of equalization
raised the valuation of Barton county
property IS per cent. Last year and
the wear before our valuation was
raised per cent, by the state board.
On Saturday night, and morning
and evening on Sunday, the Free
Methodists will hold meetings in the
Arcade hall on south Main street.
Preaching by Rev. j. j. Wayt and
others.
The Merchants Mercantile Agency
met Monday evening last and revised
their d. b. lists. All the gentlemen
in the agency express themselves well
satisfied with the business of the
agency.
The trotting race last Saturday was
tho biggest thing Of the kind held in
Great Bend for many day. There
is no reason why trotting association
could not be formed and made success.
full here.
A fine girl baby was born unto MIR
and Mrs. Louie Zutavern of this city
last Friday, and Louie now acts like
he owned the earth and few outside
planets with fence around the whole
constellation.
The alliance ladies served dinner il
tie Hume building last Saturday, anc
had good run Of hungry patrons
Lots of town people awaited themselve
of an opportunity to partake of sole
country grub"
Prof. John McDonald's lecture d
the Presbyterian church last Thurs
day night was not largely attended
but was we'll received by those pres
ent. He is pleasant speaker, anc
thorough educator.