Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23

Penelope" should be greeted with
a good house Friday evening, and it
looks that way, tickets are selling very
rapidly. Secure yours now.
The girl who is given to complaining
that she has nothing to wear" ought
to be happy with nothing to wear
during the prevailing hot weather.
Horace Greeley once said: "The
darkest day in any young mans life
is when he first makes up his mind
that he can get a dollar in an easier
way than by squarely earning it."
Quite number of the Daughters OF
Rebekah, accompanied by some of the
''sons," visited Larned Monday night
of this week to assist in installing off.
GERS in a lodge of that order there.
S. j. Day of this city, lectured at
the NJ. E. church in La Crosse Sun.
day last. In the morning his subject
was "what is mann" In the evening
he delivered a lecture on temperance.
Noah was probably the first man
who prominently brought himself
before the public by advertising. He
advertised the food and lived through
it, while others laughed at h,m-and
went under.
All political parties in this county
seem to be backward about taking the
initiatory step towards the fall cam
paign. There is an uncertainty about
the situation of affairs that seems to
effect all parties alike.
w. M. Titus. IF Horace, Greeley
county, has been down in this vicinity
for some weeks helping through har-
vest. He says the wheat crop in his
county is good, and that corn was all
looking we'll when he left.
When you come to town, peep in
the implement house of G. N. & E. r.
Moses, look at the different riding and
walking plows, and leave your order
now for one, so you will be ready to
pillow when harvest is over.
Rev. E. T. Lee, a Presbyterian
minister of Pueblo, and j. G. Pagan,
Secretary of the Y. M. c. A. of that
city, Sundayed in Great Bend, last
Sunday. They were on their way to
Omaha, Nebraska, on bycicles.
Would you be happy? If so, go to
Sterett's cash bargain store for any
kind of house furnishings, or useful
articles, His low prices will surprise
as well as please you. South Main
street, opposite Grand Central Hotel.
DR.. A. L. DeLavergne of Hoising-
ton, returned Saturday from a visit
to his father, now 80 years old, in
Colorado. The doctor was gone over
two weeks, says he enjoyed the visit,
but that the altitude was too high for
him.
just received, car load of
O'Brien wagons; also Birdsell
and Odds wagons. Call and
see them at the Great Bend
Implement Co.
Tom Lyons, west of town, being 9
son Of the Emerald Isle knows good
"praties" when he raises them, and
also knows what is good for the printer
and his family, as he brought in a
peck Of as fine pototoes as we have
ever eaten.
New stationery and blank books at
Simpson & Cos.
The comic 5peretta. Penelope, =
will be presented by local talent at the
Grand, Friday evening, and as those in
charge have gone to considerable pains
to present this laughable play we hope
to see them greeted by good house
They deserve it.
The market reports to be found
elsewhere are the very latest to be OBJ
tanned before the hour of going to press
We get them through the Postal Tele
graph, and they can be relied upon as
being correct. This feature We pro.
pose to keep up regularly.
Try our so cent machine oil; ask
Levi Gum about it. Simpson & Go.
School district clerks should Gallon
or send to the county superintendent,
for copies of the new school laws for