Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24


A SPECIALITY.
j. w. Fulton, at present a miller in
the Great Bend Mills, has leased the
Valley house and will soon open it up
as a hotel. Mrs. Fulton will have
charge of the house. They are old
hotel people and ought to do a sue
cessful business.
1t is an old story of the Scotch Pres
byterian who said: "That the devil is
bad you can tell bv his very name; for
if you take away the d, it is evil, and
take away the de, it is vile. and take
away the dev. it is ill, so that he is an
i'll, vile, evil DEVIL"
A Great Bend woman thinks her
husband shows signs of insanity; he
kissed her on leaving the house in the
morning. A young lady living next
door thinks her best young man is
afflicted with the came arrangement;
he didn't kiss her at parting.-News.
Rev. Kelley of this city has been
appointed pastor of the Catholic
church of Hoisington, in place of Rev.
Kelley of Hutchinson, the former pas
tor. They will build church at that
town. and Father Kelley has gone
Immediately to work on the prelimina-
ries.
Delegates to Saturdays convention
from Homestead township are, A. II.
Baker, Ed Boxwell, Sam Quinlan, Ed
Heath, w. e. Lindsay, D. w. Healy,
Tom Mcmahon, r. L.. Harvey, and
one other whose name we did not
learn-a regular base ball nine of good
democrats.
The ladies aid society of the M. E..
church will give dinner and supper
on Tuesday Sept. 18th, in the build
ing on Main ST., lately occupied by
Hacker Bros. They will serve ice
cream all day at the same place. They
most cordially invite all their friends
to patronize them.
Just about this time of year the
DEMOCRAT generally takes the liberty
of informing all Democrts who desire
to vote-and all other people also
that if their names are not properly
registered they will not have the pleas
ure of assisting to elect our next
county officers on the Sd of November.
Clint O'Neal, one-armed young
man over six feet tall, got his only
hand caught in the wheels of straw
carrier on a thresher down in Stafford
county last week, and had three
fingers badly mashed. He having no
more hands to spare says he will quit
working around a threshing machine.
One of the Negro speakers, Tues
day evening stated that ''The Negro
population of this country Is ten mil
lion. and about five million of that
number are preachers" He made
many good points, and advised the
boys to learn some trade or profession
and not drift into the pulplls and hen
rOUsts.
Mining stock in Kansas has taken
boom, particularly that owned by
w. w. P. Clement, our townsman,
who has taken unto himself a partner
in the person of his youngest son, who
arrived early Friday morning uia the
rainbow route. Mother and child do
ing we'll, and w. w. P. passing
around the cigars.
w. w. Stewards, of the north side,
was in the city the first of the week;
having contractors figure on a large
new residence which he is building
this fall. He has not only been sue
cessful in his farming ventures the
last year or so, but has been SO fortu-
nate as to fall heir to some ST Zoo
left hya deceased uncle in the east.
Henry Uden, of Cheyenne, was in
town Saturday. He came in with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkie Roudenbeck, Of
Beaver township, who adopted two Of
the Isaacks children who lost both
father and mother some weeks ago.
The two children, a girl of eight and
boy of one year. will have good
home with the Roudenbecks, who are
childless.
A west side lady is said to have the