Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS.
ELLINwooD.

Several of our citizens spent the
Fourth in Great Bend.
III. J. RetzeI is hgving some paint
ing done on his building this week.
Master Frank Feeder spent Sunday
with his brother W. P. in Great Bend.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Jake
Dresser is very sick and not expected
to live.
1t rains most every night now,
whether it looks like it when you go to
bed or not.
V. S. Musll has put up a canvas
awning to exclude the afternoon rays
of the sun.
1. Z. Summerlott is putting tn e
finishing touches on Matt RAIDERS new
residence this week.
Fred Burr went to Sterling Wednes-
day to deliver team of mules for Geo.
Logan.
G. M. Hanna and VIM. Steckel went
to Chicago to take in the Fair, Monday
morning.
Mrs. Riley and Miss Riley went to
Hutchinson on visit to relatives last
Saturday.
Joe Blasiar and wife spent the first
of the week in Sterling, visiting the
formers brother.
Mrs. Amos johnson is indisposed to
the extent that. care of physician Is
necessary.
Henry Sprinkler and Charley Lisches-
ky took in the sights at Hutchinson
on the Fourth.
Mrs. W. d. Wolf is visiting with her
mother in the eastern part Of the state
for while.
Mrs. J. L. REddick and Miss L.
Ragon are visiting with the formers
mother in Reno county, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Robinson, and Mr..
Charlie Sturgis and Miss Hattie Robin
son were visiting in Great Bend Sun
day.
Tom Wooters, the wiper at the round
house, was called to Hutchinson on ac-
count of the illness of his mother,
Sunday morning.
A daughter of A. w. Koch's of the
south side, came in from Chicago Tues
day evening to spend few weeks with
her parents.
John Grant left for a short visit and
business trip to his sfofmer home il
Ohio where his father has an interest
In another mill.
Mrs. Antony Runkey and sister Miss
Minnie Bockemohle left Tuesday morn
ing to spend couple of weeks visiting
friends in Belpre.
Miss frankie Robinson went to Great
Bend F.ridey where she will remain
with the family of Winterburg during
the remainder of the summer.
Ernest Schroeder who has been hold
ing down job in the round house at
Nickerson for the past eight or nine
months is at home on visit.
Bert Warnock and wife, of Ness
county, were in this city the first of the
week visiting A. G. Terrence and fam
lily, on their way to Pittsburg, Kansas.
Louie WILDER and daughter, of Crede
Colo, who is an old resident of this
city, is visiting his father-in-law, Mr..
Hartman, of east of town for a few
days.
Prof. and Mrs. Bullock leave this
week for Chicago to visit the Worlds
Fair for while, after which they will
spend the remainder of the summer in
the east.
Ed Bockemohle and wife, who have
been in Denver, Colo, visiting the
latters parents for few weeks, re-
turned to their home in this city Sun
day morning.
NJ. G. Heald has resigned his position
as foreman of the EIlinwood mills and
Will ~ W ~ DuJ HuSdJ.
The vacancy will be filled by a young
man from Great Bend.
j. K. Klein, son of Jacob Klein, Sr.,
and who formerly run a meat market
in Walsenburg, Colo, has sold out his
establishment there and has opened up
in La Junta. He visited here after
selling out in Walsenburg, and came
very nearly buying Frank Petz's shop
IN this city but changed his mind.
CLAFLIN.
From the Banner
r. B. Warren of Great Bend, was on
our streets last week.
On Tuesday the thermomete, regis
tered 104 in the shade.
FL. A. C. Hartman made a business
trip tC Wichita the 5th
another fine rain or two this week
and the corn is just getting out of sight.
Since harvest begun it is SO quiet in
town that you can almost hear pin