Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-02
NEIGHBoRH0oD HAPPENINGS.
ELLINwooD.


From the Advocate.
Mrs. G. nj. Hanna leaves on an ex-
tended visit to Chicago and other
points north.
j. w. Doherty, formerly proprietor
Of the Commercial hotel in this city
and for long time foreman in the
mills at this place, but now of Ozark,
Mo-, was visiting with old friends in
this city the FIRST of this week.
G. NJ. Hanna and wife attended
the Inter-Urban elocutionary contest
at Great Bend last Friday evening. Mr..
Hanna was one of the judges, and ex-
pressed his regrets at part of the de-
cission rendered by the other judges.
Last Friday evening witnessed the
closing exercises of one of the most
successful terms of school ever taught
in this city. The exercises were appro-
pirate and entertaining and at once inn.
pressed the hearer favorably and con-
vsnced the observer that no undue at
tention on the parts of the trainers
could produce like results.
We are pleased to note the prosper
Gus condition of the Ellinwood Cream.
cry. This firm has every day more or.
ders than it can possibly fill. Mr.. v
S. Musil, the present secretary, but
who will resign June /, has labored
diligently for this institution and it is
largely to his management that its sue.
cess is due. Mr.. D. Hall. who has
been foreman in the institution fol
some time will assume the duties OF
secretary after June L. Mr.. Hall is an
old hand at the business, is a thorough
mechanic and natural genius as is
proven by the mary clever devices
which he has constructed in connection
with the creamery and otherwise, some
of which he will have patented and
about which we will telf you more in
the future.
PAwNEE ROCK.
From the Leader.
Wheat is beginning to come in pretty
freely again. g
E. B. Miller is assistant at the sta
tion and mail carrier now.
y A very pleasant surprise party was
rendered Mrs. Ratcliffe on Monday
evening, it being her 43rd birth day.
Frank Byram says the most of his
peaches are all right yet, and that if
nothing happens he will have good
crop.
Rev. Troyer, of Neb.,p an old friend
of Rev. Miller, will preach in the
Evangelical church on Friday evening,
June Sd, 1892.
Charlie Linke,0 section foreman,
caught large centipede the other day.
1t is said to be the largest one ever
seen in this section.
And now the great worry among the
farmers is where will we get hands to
help harvest the immense crop? s4,Ol
a day for hand and team has already
been offered.
Every farmer you meet will tell you
that his wheat is the best. Fact is
the wheat is all so fine that it's hard tx
tell which is the best, except that thai
was put in on sod cut ground. 1t doe'
not show up near 80 fine as that put in
plowed ground.
Charlie Geno returned home fron
the Arapahoe country Tuesday even
ing. He speaks favorably of the
country; says there 9s lots of good LAND
there and that they seem to get plent,
of rain. He got two lots in the count,
seat town of county D.
| Firei Fire! was the sound that cam,
to our ears Monday afternoon and OF
Investigation we found the stable anG
out house on back end of Walter Bel
knap's lot on fire, caused by two lIttI
five year old girls, who had been play
ing with matches on the inside.
CLAFLIN.
Something new.-A few days of sun
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