Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20

Fred III. Eberhart of Ellinwood,
and Miss Rena Bugg of Cla1in, pro-
cured marriage license last week.
Dry weather does not frighten the
yonng folks half as much as it does
some of the old folks.
w. E. Dinwiddie returned the first
of the week from a visit to Iowa.
He had quite pleasant visit, but has
not got sufficiently mashed on Iowa to
trade Kansas for that state yet while
dry weather or not.
Word comes in that on the 4th inst.
a fire burned the barn and four head of
horses for Mr.. Glesic, of near Albert.
Shaffer brothers. of the same neighbor-
hood, lost their large baru and con-
tents a few days later.
For the Worlds Fair Jubilee at
Hutchinson, April 25th to 29th, we
will sell round trip tickets for one fare,
s1.54. On sale April % to 20, inclu
sive; limited for return April 30th.
W. TORY, Agt. S. F. r. r.
Hoisington papers are kicking be
cause the Missouri Pacific railroad will
not put on more trains and permit
travellers of the town to travel by
daylight. Hop on the plug and come
over and take the Santa Fe, boys.
VIM. Brueser, the groceryman, now
visits his patrons in a brand spanking
new delivery wagon. Mr.. Brueser is
one of our grocerymen who don't
make much of a noise, but gets
there lust the same-in his new wagon.
lack Bardwell and Miss Hattie
NIckerson were married at the home OF
the brides parents, in the east edge OF
town, Wednesday last, the ceremony
being attended by the members of the
two families only. Both are Great
Bend young folks who have grown up
here.
John Zoeller, the house and sign
painter, who has done business in this
city for a number of years, left on
Saturday for Colorado, where he may
probably take charge of the paper
hanging department with a large
painting firm. IF the place suits him
he will proably remain there.
Dick Manning will remove, this
week, with his family to Grand juno.
ton, Colorado. Dick is one of the
oldest settlers in the county, and has
many warm friends here who will wish
him success in his new home at the
same time that they will anxiously
look for his Ultimate return.
The editorial CD columns of the
Register are nova days filled with
solid chunks of-stereotyped plates.
The petered out boss is too much
worried over the recent squelching he
got, to write anything, and too stingy
or hard up to hire sufficient help to set
it up if he did write. Hence the patent
plate editorialsGO.
When people talk about Kansas
starving to death, every individual
potato slyly winks its eye, every cab
bage mods its head, every beet gets red
in the face, eveay squash crooks its
neck, every fruit tree groans under
its load, every field of wheat is shocked.
the rye strokes its beard, every core
aches and every foot of land kicks.
The engineer at Will Culver's ele-
vator had a close call the other day
The wind blew the tail of a shorl
Jacket he wore into the machinery
and In less time than 1t takes to tel
about it, the man was yanked about
and his clothes almost entirely torn of
of him. He was bruised up somewhat
but it is thought not injured seriously
Last week the State board O.
pardons granted A. G. Cofer, of this
county, a pardon from the penitentiary
at Leavenworth. Cofer was tried ano
sentenced in this county, about five
years ago, to Is years for the killing
of John Brauer, at Hoisington. /
was made to appear before the boare
of pardons that he was losing his mind
His wife has been very devoted to
him, and to her unceasing efforts ii