Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-05-05
Blood creek and we are glad to say is
completely cured.

Blood creek and we are glad to say is
completely cured.
Some of our base ballists could be
seen the first of the week walking with
canes, others had jaded appearance
as if they were afflicted with .sthat
tired feeling,'' while still others could
be seen plodding around home walking
duck fashion. The games seem to have
gone hard with them.
Four young men from our southern
neighbor pulled out of town with their
fine new surrey Sunday evening at a
double quick pace but soon came to
grief. In making the turn near the
draw south of town the surrey over
turned throwing the occupants out.
The team ran ways but fortunately
one of the lines became tangled so as
to cause the team to run in circle,
thus making it an easy matter to
overtake and capture them.
1t strikes us that our township
trustee, S. S. ShattEck, was allowed a
very small sum by the commissioners
for his services as assessor. Home
stead is double township and contains
good sized town yet the assessor
was allowed but 500 for his services
while the assessors of Liberty, Buffalo,
Independent, Walnut and Pawnee
Rock townships were each allowed
larger amounts. Mr.. Shattuck put in
bill for small amount for the work
done and his bill should not have
b cen cut down.
PAWNEE ROCK
Frem the Leader.
A supper for the G.. A. r. boys is the
next thing on the calendar. Time,
Wednesday, May 18th.
Pasture is getting in fine shape,
Some of the exceptionally poor cattle
and horses will rejoice at the fact.
The dance given by the boys last
Friday evening for the benefit of our
baud was not financial success. The
expenses were too high.
This is a spring similar to that of
1885; last fall wasn't similar to that OF
'84, if it had been we would not have
as good show for wheat as we have
at the present time.
The boys are loose footed now school
having closed. They are free to get
into all the devilment imaginable
It was mistake in not having a longer
term of school, at least for the lower
room.
Prof. Clark and Miss Julia Miller
closed a successful. term of school in
this city last Friday. This was their
second term as teachers of our schools,
and we haven't any doubt but what
both can return for the next term, if
they so desire.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe boom
ers that went from this part of God s
moral vinyard are with one or two ex-
ceptions, all back again. Yes. they
are all pretty well satisied-with Kan
sas. Two or three of them got claims
that is, they stuck stick on them
and one or two get town lots, and
all of them got the experience. Some
wonderful stories are afioat On our
streets. Stories of hairbreadth escapes
wild runs for homes that some one else
got, and Indians seen who were from
| ten to sixteen feet high, and. and.
well we can't remember them all, but
| HeZ and Geo. Daniels can tell em tC
you. Geo. Smith, brother of Earnest
was chock full Of pluck. He run a
fellow off of claim and took possession
but after a nights sleep on the claim
he found it was school land that be
was on. Hez Booze and Geo. Boles
each got claim and say they are going
back to them, but whistl tell us wher
they go.