Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-28


Report reaches US as we go to press
that disastrous fire swept the town
of La Crosse, in Rush county, during
the high winds Tuesday, burning five
business houses and most Of their con-
tents. It was indeed bad day for
fire.
w. G. Brands, wife aud family,
arrived from Wisconsin last week to
visit with relatives here. Mr.. Brands
is a son-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. G. f.
Difenbacher, and was foreman in the
DEMOCRAT office about three years
ago.
Tom Lyons writes that he has
arrived in Pittsburg all right, and
found house and a job waiting for
him. He wants the DEMOCRAT to tell
his friends that he is very pleasantly
fixed, with good prospect of doing
we'll.
Hoisington and McCracken ball
teams started the ball to rolling as it
were, last Saturday. The game was
a tie at the 9th inning, standing Z to 7.
Another game was played Sunday,
when the score stood II to in favor
of Hoisington's team.
Leroy Thompson, a good young
democrat of Union township who by
accident has been reading republican
literature for some months past, wants
to counterfeit the evil effects thereof
and called Tuesday to order the Dem.
oCRAT to his address.
One of the speakers last Friday
evening promised that "the entire
state would assist in downing Jerry in
the 7th district" from which our ALI
ance people may infer that they will
have pitted against Jerry a man
backed by abundance of Doodle.
1t is pleasure to note business
prosperity when it comes to jealous
industrious and hard working man,
and we therefore note as follows. viz. y,
to-wit: M. M. Eppstein has had his
store room handsomely repapered,
new shelving put in, and other
improvements made.
The city schools will give an enter
tainment at the Grand Friday even>
ing of this week, the proceeds to be
added to the fund for making an edu.
cational exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
A pleasant evenings entertainment is
guaranteed, and there should be a
good turn out by our citizens.
John G. Pelton, of Stafford county,
made an early morning call on the
probate Judge, Tuesday, to procure
the necessary papers to wed Miss Ida
Brunnemyer of Great Bend. What's
the matter with Great Bend boys that
they let the neighboring SWANS rush
in and carry off our youth and beauty?
Miss NJ. Louie Frost, Rev. J. W.
Carson and J. Geo. Brinkman will
attend the state Christian Endeavo1
convention, at Kan City, May 4
to $1,000 delegates are expected.
Rev. Carson will also attend the state
association of Congregational ministers
and churches, to be held at Salina
May 9th to 9th.
The Heller band boys are arrang.
ing to give an entertainment al
Heller Friday OF next week. May 9th
at the iron bridge school house, ben
eft of the band. A musical program
will be rendered, and ice cream and
other refreshments served. Ali are
cordially invited to attend and q
pleasant evening is guaranteed.
oOAA W. SOW VI vi
Mo-, but formerly a resident of Great
Bend, arrived in the city last week,
and will remain several days
looking after his property interests
here. Mr.. Burkes is brother of Mrs,
Ovid Butler, and his many friends
here will be glad to learn that he has
been doing we'll since he left here.
A. II. Baker, of Hoislngton, one o.
Barton's delegates to the Salina con-
vention, was over to the county seal
Friday. Mr.. Baker was greatly
encouraged by his visit to Salina. He
has numerous friends over there, and
hshad several of them-republicans-
to remark to him that they were
greatly surprised to see the magnif-