Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-25

Fond wife-''Why so thoughtful,
lear? Will you get much if you cure
hat man?" Sawbones-"No; but if
,e dies I'll be sure to get my bill. His
lie is insured"
WARN1NG.-Au persons are warned
lot to hunt on the east half G of sec
ion "a, Buffalo township.
M. GIDDENs.
A. GDDENs.
Great Rend Div. No. 27, q r. <.
If P. elected the following officers last
Monday night: S. K. c., Chas. Nor
rison; S. K. L.,G. L. Chapman; S. Z.
a., Will E. Stoke; S. K. r., r. E.
Charles; S. K. T., r. B. Warren.
I have some choice Concord, Iona,
Delaware and Catawba Grape Roots
for sale. Leave your order with j.
George Brinkman, at Brinkman's
bank, Great Bend.
45-2 B. HoFFsTETTER.
We acknowledge receipt of a poem
''My Baby Don," written by widow
lady who lost her only child while
enroute to Kansas, where she was
coming to teach school. The verses
will appear in the DEMOCRAT of next
week.
If you wish to make success of life,
grab hold of whatever comes to hand
and MAKE it win. This thing of wait
ing around for the right kind of a job
to turn up is making many a useless
tramp and filing many paupers
grave.
They tell of La Crosse kid who
joined church one night last week, and
the next night broke into the depot
and stole a jug of wbiskey. He prob
ably did it to cure the rightful owner
of the whiskey habit by the Kansas
method.
Jake Trester took a run down to
Wichita and other southeastern points
last week. He was with Bernard
Markey at Wichita and says that gen
tleman is we'll pleased with his sur
roundings and sanguine of making lots
of money.
Elmer Dawson, of the Walnut Greek
Mills Of this city, and Capt. Charles
Grant of the Ellipwood Mills, attended
a meeting Of the state millers assecia-
ton at Wichita last week. The next
meeting of the association will be at
Wellington.
4 box supper will be given at No.
40 on Friday evening of next week,
March 18th. All are cordially invited
to attend. A special program is
arranged to be given in connection
With the supper, and good time is
assured to all.
The M. E. ladies were quite sue
cessful with their dinner Saturday and
their curiosity show" in the evening.
The company of little boys, in old
time continental uniform, under
Arthur Frey as drill master, were a
drawing card.
Dave Roberts, an old time resident
of Great Bend, but now in the milling
business at Grand Junction, Col, was
in the city over Monday smiling on
his many friends. Dave grows mel
low with age and is always welcome
visitor to our city.
w. N. SOOk C6lleO laSC week TO
renew on the DEMOCRAT, and order
the st. Louis Globe Democrat also.
He is now with one of the elevators,
near the depot. He says fany farmer
wants to buy first class work team
he, Mr.. Cook, has one for sale.
We are preparing an interesting
table of statistics, taken from the
assessors returns of 1891, which will
be given in fhe DEMOCRAT of next
week. The table will be well worth
for the purpose of compar-
ing with statistics in coming years.
Notice elsewhere the advertisement
of Henry Hagen's sale, to take place
March 10th. Mr.. Hagen is engaged
in the bee business at Rocky Ford,
COL, and his stock will be sold fol-
CASH. Some farmers will secure bar
gains, as Mr.. Hagan says things must