Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-02

A handsome, gold headed cane was
presented to Rev. w. r. Watson, the
retiring NJ. E. minister, by the 1850
converts during the recent revival
meetings. S. j. Day made very
neat presentation speach, the affair
occurring at the business mems club
rooms at 100 p. m., Wednesday.
Henry F. Hagen, of comanche
township was doing business in the
city Saturday. He says there are lots
of Barton county farmers out Of debt
and with money in bank, and he is
one of them. He is thinking of going
into bee culture, and will shortly go
to Colorado to look up the matter.
The matter of lighting our streets
with electricity is again being dis
cussed. 1t is asserted that if the city
would take eight arc lights for the
streets. and an arrangement could be
made with the Water Supply Co. or
one of the mills to furnish power, a
company would willingly put in an
electric plant to meet all demands.
Geo. Horner, James Grow, Tony
Auchstetter, John Hermes, Henry
Koelsch, VIM. Manglesdorff, John
Denker, Mrs. Woolly and Mrs. Rohl-
fng, and five Or six others were in the
city, from Ellinwood, Thursday last.
We at first thought they were up look
ing for Eugene Clemm's ducks, but
afterwards learned they were up as
witnesses in the case Of johnson VS..
the Santa Fe road, the barn burning
case.
Marshal Cone has the lasting thanks
of an appreciatiye public for the
promptness with which he had the
street crossings cleaned of snow, last
week. Most of the citizens alst
showed public spirit by making the
walks in front of their premises pass
able. Some men, however, sat around
store stoves while the travelling public
climbed over the tops of snow drift:
that such men of leisure should have
removed from their walks.
The Musical cantata, "Queer
Esther" was presented last Friday
night at the Grand to very good
audience. Most parts were well rem
dered, the costuming was good, ano
the entire entertainment showed tina
the director, Prof. Briggs, is a thor
ough musician and an able teacher
There were parts that could have beer
greatly improved upon with more
practice, and some characters lacked
the life and vim that should have
been put into them; but taking thu
entertainment all around we doubt i
it could have been ben4r presented by
any other Collection of amateurs.
Lou. Frey returned Saturday morn
ing last from a visit of about three
weeks in Illinois. He was in Adams
and Pike counties, and reports that {
great amount of rain and snow ha
fallen there the past winter. He wa
anxious to get away from a countr,
where all was clouds overhead ant
mud and moisture under foot, ant
about the first thing he ran into OF
aligting at Great Bend was a six foo
snow drift builded on foundation o
ten inches of rain fail. T. p. still
swears by Kansas, as he knows he
Italian skies and balmy summe
breezes are not far eff and will show VI
in good corn planting time.
The female minstrels have come an,
gone. They did not have large audi
ence, and it cannot be said the
corrupted and persons morals nor par
ticularly elevated them. Persons VIII
attended the show with the expecta
ton of seeing all the worst features c
a city variety show with all its objeo
tionable parts were disappointed
while those who probably expecte
something beyond the extraordinar
in the way Of speciality acting were a
so doomed to some disappointment
Some of the specialties were good, pal
,lcularly that of the contortionist; an
some of the singing was excellen
There were twenty or thirty ladie