Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

A protracted meeting has been con-
Quoted at Dist. 40, Clarence township,
for some time, and we understand a
great deal of interest is being mani
tested
Prof. Wm. Reece left on Monday
last to take charge Of the E,nporia
schools. He will attend the educa-
tional meeting at Topeka the first Of
the week.
E. p. Smith, formerly of this city,
but now with the Santa Fe road at
Arkansas City, was up to spend the
holidays with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. s. NJ. Smith.
A daughter of M. Belcher, living
south of the river, fell and broke a
leg, last Monday. She is a girl about
thirteen years old, land NO serious
results are anticipated.
Probate Judge elect Brewer called
on the DEMOCRAT Wednesday and had
bis address changed to Great Bend.
He is living in the A. G. Moses resi-
dence, west Forest avenue.
j. A. Purviance. OF Buffalo town
ship, who has been confined to his
house from an Injury received in a
runaway, is slowly recovering, and
able to move alb nut little.
The DEMOCRAT starts in the new
year with over two hundred more sub
scribers than it had on Jan. 1. 1890.
All of which goes to show that the
paper is appreciated by its readers.
You can get handsome, almost
ife size photograph of yourself, done
in crayon, and well framed, by buy
ing goods of Marcus Friend, in the Fair
block, two doors east of the postohce.
Starting On new year it Is Well to
accept this teaching from Emerson:
"Write ON your heart that every da-
is the best day in the year. No man
has learned anything rightly until he
knows that every day is doomsday."
Among the callers. last Saturday,
to renew their subscriptions to the
DEMOCRAT for 1881, we're Mr.. James
WINS, Of Buffalo township, and Henry
Hagen, of Comanche. Mr.. Wins gets
the Kansas Farmer with his DEMO
Graf.
An old lady went into the St. Louis
store the other day and addressing here
self to Ernest Bolinger, said: "Have
you felt slippers. young mani"
"Many time" replied Ernest, who
don't have to look back very far
to recall the times.
We would like to tell you who wers
the lucky ones to draw prizes at the
various drawings on Christmas eve.,
but as it would be unlawful to do 80,
and we are lawab;ding citizen, being
a democrat, we will have to suppress
all information of that kind
A girl near this city on being asked
why she did not mary, replied: Il
have considerable money of my own,
I have parrot that swears, monkey
that chews and stove that smokes,
80 you eau plainly see that l aa not
in need of a husband very badly"
IF every one of the accessions to the
Methodist church of this city, within
the last two weeks, stlcks to the good
intentions they have expressed Great
Bend will never get through thanking
the resivalist Shawhan who was instru-
mental in starting the reform boom.
The city council purchased hand
some shirts and caps for the fire boys,
which were this week turned over TO
those entitled to them. The boys are
arranging to get out and give an
exhibition drill, and show their "new
clotheso" of whicho they are justly
proud.
FLOODED BULBS. j have one two
year-old and one yeerling Holstein
bull, full blood. for sale cheap if
bought soon. Address me at Great
Bend, or see stock one mile north of
town. FRANK DoRAN.
A recent convert to the Methodist
faith. young man who has professed
religion and wants to make amends for
past wrong dOings. il anxious to know