Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21


he paper cutter in this Office, Friday.
1e says it was done so quick he did
lot know be was hurt.
Friday Sheriff Spencer arrested and
brought to the county seat, Harry
,trader and M. A. Dause, of Clafin,
;harged with illegally selling liquor.
Their preliminary trial was set for
Wednesday of this week.
'Why doesn't staying up all night
fleet the moon just the same as the
on?" asks an exchange. We pre-
'ume it is because the moon can get
iull as a goose and still show a pleas
mt face, while the son can't.
Will FEEDER, of EIlinwooe, has taken
| position with the Santa Fe road, at
The depot in this city. We are glad to
welcome Will as resident of Great
Bend, and hope he may find his posi-
lion both pleasant and lucrative.
The Woman's Columbian Club, of
Barton county, will meet Wednesday
evening. July 9th, at 8 o'clock, at
the home of Mrs. G.. N. Moses. It is
earnestly desired that all the ladies of
the county that can shall be present.
A. S. Houck's fast stock, "Watch
word" "Leverone," and est. Clair"
have gone east, in charge of L. P.
Aber, and we look to see them make
the rounds of the season with added
laurels to their already enviable
record.
j. M. Donley, the new president Of
the Farmers & Merchants Bank, was
here last and expects to remove his
family here in a short time. Mr..
Donley is welcomed as a pleasing
accession to the business circles of
Great Bend.
Morg. wants to be chairman of
another committee. But the people
are beginning to size him up at his actual
value and will dispense with him.
His insatiate greed for Office has
become a by word IN this section
Evening News.
e. Samuels left on last Sunday for
a two or three weeks trip in the east,
to lay in stock for the New York store.
He says he will get onto the inside of
the political situation in New York,
and our opinion is he will come back
''loaded for bar"
A lady friend who writes to the
editor from Clafiin, concerning the
trouble that has been happening up
there, may gain some knowledge of
"the why and the wherefore" from
our answer to the Great Bend lady, In
this weeks paper.
The News speaks of 'rioters burn
ing property in Burns, Minn.," and
then asserts that ''farm property
instead of city is being burned" The
first assertion fails to connect with the
last, like most of the Commodore's
labored efforts to be cute.
Tuesday of last week August Spurn,
of Comanche township, south of Ellin.
wood, in jumping off a grain stack
jumped upon the broken end of q
pitchfork handle, running the handle
into his body near the groin making
an ugly and painful wonnd.
MARRIED-At the home of the
brides parents, near Willard, Kansas
Wednesday, July 20, at 8 p. M, Mr.
L. F. Baker. of Hoisington, and Miss
Cynthia Towers, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. N. Towers. The many
friends of the young people wish then
much joy.
Monday, during the excessively hot
weather, a man named I. j. Guth
ridge, who was working in the har
vest field for John Murdy, about
miles west of Hoisington, was sur
struck, being Frustrated for some time
He is now in fair way to recover
though suffering from the heat.
The Evening News asks: "Hoy
would it do for the girls to go on /.
strike for husbands" Should the girl
inaugurate such strike it would Ger
tainly result in "boy caught sev'
eral boys caught, in fact. And il
time it would call out the infant r,
then the girls would regret havin,
struck.
Knights of Pythias are maxim,
grand preparations for the suprem
lodge meeting in Kansas City il
August. The Kansas City Times
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