Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-22

The members of the Episcopal
church will have a Christmas social at
the residence of A. r. Moss, on Mon.
day evening, the 26th.
w. NJ. Glenn, the newly elected
representative from Greeley county,
and an old school mate of e. l..
Hotchkiss, stopped off on his way west
Wednesday morning to see Ed.
That Folding Bath Tub is some
thing useful as well as ornamental,
occupies no more room than a sewing
machine. Cali and see it.
KING GwINN & Co.
"This snow" said the farmer as he
dug his way to the barn and incident
ally shoveled a few head of young
stock and unearthed the hen house,
"this snow is fine thing for the
wheat"
MARKEDLY Probate Jud, e
Brewer, at his office on Tuesday, Dec.
20, E. B. Whaley and Miss Jennie
Livesay, both of Grant township, this
county. The DEMOCRAT extends con.
CALCULATIONS.
Only nine more days of the old year.
Will you not feel better if you drop
in during one of those nine days and
square up your arrearages on the
DEMOCRAT before starting in on the
new year? We would.
The Christian Sunday School at
Hoisington is preparing to have its
Christmas exercises on the evening of
the Oath. Saturday. Great preparations
are being made to furnish jolly enter
tainment for both young and old.
Herman Strobel, formerly of this
city, but now in business at Ironton,
Colorado, came in Wednesday morn
ing to visit for a few weeks. Herman
has been sin the swim" since he left
Great Bend over three years ago.
A $500 counterfeit note is said to be
in circulation, and we have warned
the DEMOCRAT staff, including the
foreman and compositors, to be on
their guard and scrutinize carefully all
$500 bills that come into the office.
Among the Ellinwood boys to call
and pay their respects to the DEMO
Graf Monday were Mat Dick and
G. A. Willms. Mr.. Wilims is prop
erly a Comanche township man, but
has business interests in Ellinwood.
the German Lutherans will have
a grand Christmas tree and appropri-
ate exercises at school house, Dist. No.
II, Clarence township, Christmas eve.
VIM. Gagelman was in town Wednes-
day after wagon load of supplies.
The Masons at Clafin held a meet
ing last Saturday evening to take
steps for the organization of a Masonic
lodge there. Clafin should have a
Knights of Pythias lodge also, as there
is some fine timber there for such a
society.
Bob Hamilton, one of the gentle.
manly members of the lumber firm o.
S. 81. Chatter & Co., Clafin, made
US an appreciated call Friday. Mr.
Hamilton does not spend much time
running about, but wherever he doe
go he makes friends who stick.
A woman who applied for a divorc,
was asked by the court when it wa:
that she became disguised with her
husband and his actions. 81 hardly
know, judge" she replied, "but it wa
a year or so before we wer
married, and right along all the time
after, till this suit was brought"
An exchange says: "An Iowa
woman has named her twin daughters
Gasoline and Kerosene. The old man
name is Pete Roleum. We hope tn,
babies will grow up parafine girls.
The man who marries into the family
will strike oil. But we fear that spark
ing in the immediate neighborhood of
the girls in question will be very
dangerous passtime."
| The Christmas services at the
Catholic church will be very instructive
Christmas hymns, Mass and sermon by
the pastor, Father Kelley, at 1880 a
N. The exercises appropriate to the
Christmas tree will be at 2 o'clock OF
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