Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-28

Corn west of Barton county is said
Al to be badly injured by the hot weather
of the last few days. There is some
corn In Barton that is damaged.
What shall it profit man If he
gains the whole world and then has
the dyspepsia so bad that he can't en-
JOY any of the good things it contains?
With all our four millions of bushels
of wheat this year, there was a bread
famine in Great Bend last Monday
before one half of the thousands OF
visitors were fed.
Rev. Karl Bruckman, of Atchison,
Kansas, and Miss Martha Winters, Of
Ellinwood, were granted marriage
license Tuesday of this week, by our
probate judge.
Attention, Sir Knight-All Knights
contemplating attending Triennial
conclave at Denver, are requested to be
present at regular conclave, August
T I'd. E. r. Moses E. g.
The large crowd in town on circus
day is estimated at from 5000 to
5000 people. The showmen said
there were over 1000 in attendance
ny in the afternoon exhibition.
Law For the large crowd in town Mon
ties day, there was very little disorderly
-, conduct. Not one arrest was made
RI and there were very few cases of intoxi'
oct cation, none of them unruly or dis
m orderly.
Will A. Rush got home again from
Milwaukee, last Friday, and says he il
I'd awful glad to get back to Barton and
inhale breath of fresh air. Mrs
Rush and daughter will return in 8
nd, week or so.
est -
A young son of Henry Ward, O.
near Ellinwood, was run over in thu
NC streets here Monday, during the grea
eA' crowd. One wheel ran over his aldo
men, but it ia thought he was not seri
ion ously hurt.
VIM. Tickell, chief of the Larnee
fire department, Sheriff A. A. Thorpe
her Charlie Dyer of the Chronoscope, ant
In Jesse Stoner, Leo Chapman and abou
rs other Larned people were down t.
cen the show Monday.
ot- F. G. Seeber & Co. have moves
low their grain store to the Ed. Tyler room
on Main street. They will put In
md stock of staple and fancy grceries
ted The location is good one, and the
ore boys ought to do good business.
Will Ferger received the sad intelli
Lrk. gence that an only sister had die
has very suddenly, at her home in Law
oh renceburg, Indiana, Saturday night
On account of business complication
he was not enabled to attend he
funeral.
,eatl John Gallon was in from Albert
Monday. He reports harvest abou
over. He thinks the democrats c
Kansas now have it in their power
y redeem Kansas from the prohibitio
cranks who have so long ruled th
state, and is confident it will be done
ted
,r. Sells Bros. show was, in our judge
o,,. ment, all that it advertised. Its parad
was the best that ever traversed th
streets of Great Bend, and it inspire
am not only the admiration of the va
a' hosts of people on the streets, bu
that confidence in the show, and as a con
0rg' sequence the afternoon and evenin
has entertainments were we'll attended an
of greatly appreciated.
VINO This is a true fish story: jill
10 keenan,, Will Legg, and some two {
three others were down fishing at IL
who mouth of the Walnut creek, Sunda
leg evening last, and with other fish the
eek. caught they drew out cat fish th'
8 of measured over three and one-ha
feet and weighed Sc pounds. AS v
slated in the beginning, this is a tr'
"e'e fish story and can be vouched for
~. the fish, and several bipeds.
ship $3.50
Is of THE inside pages of this paper COZ
tains the account of the attempts
assassination of Frick, manager of Il
wn- Carnegie mills at Homestead. T.