Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-29
NEIGHBORHoOD HAPPENINGS.
HOISINGTON.

A fine boy, OF the usual Kansas
weight, was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Sol
Degen yesterday morning.
]. L. Wilson and wife are the proud
parents of new boy at their home,
having arrived Saturday evening.
Lou Shaffer, who has been on a
thirty-day leave of absence attending
the Worlds Fair, is back and reports
good time.
From the number of headers being
sold throughout the county we judge
there is some grain, at least, to be har-
vested.
Work will be commenced at once on
a handsome residence for D. j. Lewis,
our hardware and implement dealer, in
the northwest part of town.
The small boy and his bean shooter"
are getting monotonous, and those that
haven't already been relieved of their
mischief-maker should have "Uncle'
Jimmie's attentions.
w. G. Brands was in town today and
made this Office pleasant call. He
will cut his wheat in about a week, and
has 1876 acres, most Of which he is con-
fdent will yield between 10 and 20
| bushels per acre.
A. T. Webb s. Co. are losers in a
cigar theft committed last Friday night.
and the perpetrator took all the cigars
| in the case excepting about dozen.
The sneak came in at the back door,
no doubt, as it was left unlocked on
| that night by an employe of the store.
From the Dispatch
S. S. Shattuck was quite sick the lat
| ter part of last week.
Joel Dickerson is recovering from an
attack of mountain fever.
The workmen expect to have the new
Arlington Hotel building ready for oc-
cupancy by JnlY 18th.
Work has been com-;enced on the
Catholic church and it is expected that
it will be ready for occupancy in three
| weeks time.
There will be more acres planted to
corn this year than was ever known in
Barton county. What big corn crop
1t will make(?)
The infant child of John Huston
died last night and was buried this
afternoon. The family have the SYM
pathy Of the community in their afflic-
tion..
Ed. Heath, VIM. Niblo and A. S.
| Cooke were at Great bend Saturday.
Ed. was over letting some contracts for
an important work on the bottoms and
succeeds in interesting number of the
prominent citizens of the county seat.
A. S. Cooke took part of the contract
off of Eds hands to begin with and the
remainder Of the job was let to DR..
Shaw, Myron Gilmore and G. l.. Chap
man. These men have plenty Of energy
and capital and if they are as success
full in this enterprise as they anticipate
it will not be necessary to turn OH the
Arkansas in order to fill the bottoms
with water.
| CLAFLIN.
| From the Banner
If you'll listen you will hear some.
thing 'sdrap" one Of these days.
Alex Giles came out from Illinois
last week to look after the harvesting
of bis wheat.
Some few binders have already begun
work, and harvest will be in full blast
by this time next week.
Bert and VIII Wickham are home
from Oklahoma to spend few weeks
with relatives and friends. The boy
expect to go in business for themselve:
this fall.
Joe Christopb and Joe Welsh will put
up new building south of the ClafiiI
hotel, which they will use as a harnes:
shop and postofice. The building vii
be twenty five by forty feet.
| What has become of the Cheyenne
=
or seen anything of it for some weeks
now. 1t ought not be let fall through
for if completed, and it will be some
day, it will be of untold benefit to thi
part of the county. Let's keep workiD;
away on it.
On Sunday June 11th, a. A. German
left home, telling his wife that he wa
going to Dorrence to see sick com
rade. and that he would be gone two O
, three days. Nothing more was though
OF the matter until the latter part @
the week, up to which time he ha
/ failed to put in an appearance. This
Z of course, aroused suspicion, and Mrs
| German and son Charley drove over t
2 Dorrence to fEd out what had haI
ii pened. To their surprise, they learne