Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-01
BEND. KANSAS, DECEMBER
NEIGHBoRHooD HAPPENINGS.
HOISINGTON.

NEIGHB0RHo0D HAPPENINGS.
HoIsINGToN-.
From the Dispatch
The potato crop in Barton county is
very large this year.
Rooms are in great demand in Hois
ington and every available space is oc-
cupied.
Crow is not so bad after all, but it is
rather hard on person who is not used
to it.
Rev. Haskins left Saturday morning
for Lovewell, to take charge of his ap-
pointment.
A. H. Baker reports the sale of the
northeast quarter Of 2S-I7-I3 to James
Naughton, travelling engineer on the
Pacific.
| Enterprise wins and our people hav-
ing plenty of enterprise generally come
out on top. This will not apply to
those who wager on the election.
Every movement of the Kansas legis-
lature this winter will be very closely
watched by not only the entire state
but throughout the whole country.
Olivet and Langford Methodist church
buildings are being completed as rapid
| ly as possible. 1t seems as though it
will not be long until churches are as
numerous over the prairies as school
houses.
A Christian Scientist in Oklahoma
picked up rattle snake the other day
to preve that by having faith the reptile
could not harm him. The result was
the foolhardy man was dead in short
| time.
From the Blade.
Another joint opened up for business
last week.
Eureka Township has new justice.
Here's to Judge Wasson.
| We understand the opera house is to
be opened with ball during the holi-
days.
w. w. Keys and family are occupy
ing their newly purchased properly on
Broadway.
You are out of Debt. Then stay
out. Better pay off the mortgage than
buy more land.
We move that the time for holding
national Thanksgiving be changed-toc
soon after the election.
! A religious revival has taken hold OF
| the town and most everything else is
given up for the time being, among
them the practice ON the musical en-.
tertainment.
We had letter from Robert w. Box,
well the other day. He and his family
reached Washington city safely and
without accident and landed at the capi-
tol right side up-back in the old East
with whole lot of Kansas energy and
get.up-and get, that will be to his ad-
vantage in the staid old town where he
has landed his little craft.
i A man came into our office the other
day mad'r'n a wet hen; ''stopped the
paper" paid up like little man, had a
big, black mark run through his name
on the subscription book, got his final
receipt, shook the Blade office dust
from his feet, and silently moved out,
while the band played 'sAnnie Rooney. u
He was one of the political ''fellers'
that couldn't stand the pressure, mild
as it was. We mourn. Have ordered
black Grape and have made arrange
ments with the printers and the paper
men to run the Blade a month longer
! anyway.
Great Bend appears to be grea
town for holidays. Not long since th'
mayor proclamated. the banks anc
business houses all closed, and every
body went to see a rabbit chase. w
are not informed whether the banks AM
. business houses closed last Saturday
but she had shollerday just the same
didn't she Stokey?
I You bet she had, Colonel. It wa
one of the days that will never be for
gotten, as it was the grand celebration
of the beginning of better times In Kan
sas and the nation, and the events G
e the immediate future that will rapidl
: crowd on each other will bear US out i
\ the prediction.-ED. DEMOCRAT.
ELLINwOOD.
S From the Advocate
:. The shorter the days get, the longe
S the coal bills become.
Chas. L. Bacon has constructed
: large and commodious barn on his lot