Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-06
PURELY: PERSONAL.


o. j. Richards is attending the K.
g. Fair this week.
III. M. Summers has moved to
Seward with his family.
VIM. Bush started for Kansas City
Monday to attend the fair.
". 81. Grant was up from Com
anche township, Tuesday.
County Attorney Hotchkiss return.
ed from Iowa last Saturday.
Chas. V. Brfnkman visited Kansas
City and Topeka this week.
u. Burnett, of Plwnee Rock, is re-
ported at the point of death.
Jim Townsley is in Kansas City this
week taking in the festivities.
Geo. Bauer, of the west side, is a
new reader of the DEMOCRAT.
Sam Maher came up from Kansas
City last week, to remain few days
Mrs. DIR. @. F. Smalt, of Nicker-
son, is visiting with Mrs. VIM. Torrey.
Justice Knisely of Hoisington, was
over to the city Friday On legal bust
ness.
Register Frank Strothman and wife
are taking in the Kansas City fair this
week.
Lon Rowell, g. johnson and Sid
Newcombe took in the Wichita fair
last week.
Abe Giddens and wife were in the
city Wednesday, shaking hands with
old friends.
81. P. Williams, of Rasine, Ness
county, visited with his brother in this
city Sunday.
Jacob Klein, of Cheyenne, was in
the city Tuesday on business with the
commissioners.
The family of G. F. Wilmer left on
Monday for Kansas City, Kansas,
their future home.
F. B. George, of the north side,
was caller last Thursday, to renew
on his DEMOCRAT.
Ira III. Clarke, was over to the
county seat, Friday, on his way east
over the Santa Fe.
]. III. Burns, a portly Hoisington
merchant, was doing business in
Clayton's court last week.
w. I. Johnson. Of near Dundee,
was in Saturday, and made his annual
business call on this office.
Rev. ". 81. Hills has been elected
for another year as pastor of the Pres
byterian church Of this city.
Miss Tilton. of Des Moines, Iowa,
niece of John F. Tilton of this city,
came out last week on visit.
Isaac Markell and John Riemen,
two Beaver township farmers, were
down to Great Bend Saturday.
Frank Byram was up from Pawnee
Rock Monday, on business with the
board of county commissioners.
A deputy sheriff, Mr.. Snyder, of
Hays City, was in town last week on
the trail of couple of horse thieves.
Jas. W. Clarke visited Topeka last
week, and attended the conference
of the ''middle of the road demo-
era ts."
E. P. Freeman left on Saturday
morning for Wisconsin. where be takes
his two little daughters to leave with
relatives.
Lew Kelley, who was stabbed by a
drunken tough, at Hoisington, some
two weeks ago, is now able to be about
once more.
Tom Hotchkiss came down from
Rush county last week. He says he
will not lose anything on his machine
investment.
Mrs. Boseley. of Magnolia. ILL.,,
mother of Mrs. G.. III. Hulme of this
city, came out last week to visit with
her daughter.
Mrs. Joe Borders of Hoisinton. is
enjoying the Kansas City fair this
week, and will also visit in the east
ern states for time.
g. W. Pursell, one of our indus
trious south side farmers, called Thurs.
day last, TO renew on the DEMOCRAT
and speak good word for the paper
W. W. Truxal, of near Hoisingt
was in town Thursday with with a
load of oats. He says his oats are a
more pa, ing crop this year than his
wheat:
/ Capt. J. f. Lewis drove up into