Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-31

afternoon. to talk over the
success of the plant and plan for its
future.
Corn and wheat have both :gone up
in the markets this week. We regret
to. announce too that most of the corn
IN Barton county has 'sgone up" in the
fields also.
NJ. Welch was inc Tuesday, from
Dundee. He says one engine On the
Santa Fe set out half dozen fires
between that place and Great Bend,
in one day.
Cylinder accident No. IL. Satur-
day a man named Swanock had his
hand caught in a thresher and LAGER
ated badly. Once finger will be USE
less. Next.
The quarterly statement of the
First National Bank will be found
elsewhere in this paper. Also the
quarterly statement of County Treas
urer Krause.
Regular meeting of the city council
next Monday evening. Will they act
on the cemetery question, or will it be
laid aside for the consideration of a
dog ordinance?
The colored Baptists of this city will
have '.jug opening" in this city on
Aug. 9th. "Would it were water
million opening" exclaimed an
anxious brother.
General Viewer. of Iowa, will
address the citizens of Barton county,
at Great Bend. on the evening of
August 5th-Tuesday of next week.
Everybody invited.
There were few men on the streets
Tuesday evening who made too much
noise for the comfort of passers by.
The marshais ought to promptly arrest
any unruly characters.
Some one will get an elegant resi-
dence property cheap by buying the
Widow Patterson property-west of
e. F. Diffenbacher's place. Call at
this Office for cash price.
We have for sale the Widow Patter-
son property, two blocks east Of the
square. 1t is a fine residence site, and
as it must be sold soon will go at a
bargain. Call on us and get price.
The kn,asas Farmer has advised the
experiment of planting the second crop
of corn. on ground where the first crop
was early and burned up. Have any
of our farmers tried the experiment.
> Wheat in this county, of the 1890
crop, is weighing heavier than it has
eyer been known to do before Owing
to certain indications of dry weather
corn is growing lighter every day.)
Fires set by railroad engines are
too numerous of late. Our farmers
cannot afford to lose busheI of grain
or an acre of pasture Some way
ought to be devised to stop the bnsi-
ness.
In order that persons having lock
boxes can get their mail after night
it will be necessary to have a couple OF
lamps en- the walls opposite each sci
of boxes, SO that the com bination car
be made.
City teachers examination will be
held in Office of Board of EDUCATION
Monday and. Tuesday, August II, anc
IL. beginning prompts at s a. m.
FLORENCE Poole,
Sec. Board of Examiners
j. H. Riegel, who had his han6
caught in thresher last week. die
not have any fingers taken off, a
reported. One finger was badly tori
up, but may be saved. It is doing
nicely now.
Wonder how many republican pro-
hibitionists there ere in this county
who emulate the example of Rev. A
B. Campbell. whenever the opportun
ity offers? We "demand a call of ths
roll VI townships"
Fred Flanley has a flattering lettel
from Sup't Nickerson of the Santa Fe
He prizes il SO much that he viii
hardly show it to his most intimat,
friends. You might ask him to see i
lit can do no harm.
Many Barton county farmers find
they were mistaken in estimating theil