Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
NE1eHBoRHooD HAPPENINGS.

Redwing has new postoffce sign.
W. A. Habiger lost fine horse one
day last week.
Mr.. Cornisher is moving in with F.
Fiker this week.
Jacob Cofer was out from Oklahoma
for short visit.
Chas. Benke is reorganizing an out
door cellar for F. Shade.
A. Gerstencorn has completed a
creditable house for poultry.
Mr.. Tucker has completed very fine
barn; the largest about Odin.
Messrs. Morwitz and Stevens, each
stand stallion at Redwing now.
j. W. Amerine has removed his fam
lily to their new home north of Great
Bend.
A German school has been organized
at State Centre, with the minister there
as teacher.
J. Deutsch has completed fine new
shop and the clang of his hammer is
heard day and night.
A. Hanich has reorganized the North
Cheyenne Brass Band, and will play at
Hoisington during the Catholic fair,
oath to 2Sth.
The Reif-Hipp, Wondre-J Jenisch, and
Brosser- -Reif weddings are all about
due. The young men are coming to the
front this time.
The Rev. J. II. RENTS had much
damage done his fence by fires lately;
also Tyark Riemann. For about a mile
the posts are mostly burned down.
The barn of Mr.. Shrepelle, which
burned down some time ago, has been
replaced by brand new one, which
does credit to the neighborhooG, and is
| more neat than the old one was.
Jacob Parkison's large barn was
| accidentally burned on last Saturday,
| about the hour of noon. The little
children we're at home alone and acci-
dentally the barn took fire. The timely
arrival of the neighbors saved the
other buildings of the place and much
of the farm machinery. Considerable
corn, wheat and hay was destroyed by
| the fire and the loss is very great.
ELLINWOOD.
| From the Advocate.
A joint, dive. saloon and ''blind
pig" all means the same thing.
Esther Willms' school in the Herter
| District will close on April 21st. with
a picnic.
| People are onlv human and liable to
err, but the devil of it is so many of the
errors are premeditated.
The daily output of -four Of the FL
linwood Mills is 125 barrels, and is of a
quality second to none in the state.
Jos Koelsch has made another fish
pond on his farm and has connected ii
with the first one. He has the largest
pond in the neighborhood.
The fruit crop will be heavy if not
reached by late frost or if the wealth
er don't keep too everlasting dry. 1t is
not often that the weather is dry
enough to spoil fruit crop but such
a thing is not impossible.
| The sandy roads south of town are
being greatly improved of late by the
addition of straw and manure. This
treatment it is supposed, in a short
time, will give good solid road bed
and prevent the sand from blowing in
the tracks so bad.
While r. B. Herold was threshing on
the II. F. Fanny farm northeast OF
town last Friday the wind suddenly
changed and blew sparks from the en-
gine into the wheat stacks and set them
on fire, and il a short time the separa-
tor, which was nearly new. two hundred
bushels of wheat and one wagon had
burned.
At the last meeting of the city coun.
Gil the new mayor was sworn in and af.
ter which the old officer retired with q
breath of relief. The appointments as
given by the mayor and confirmed by
the council are as follows: Night watch
Fred Scroeder; Street commissioner, G.
q. Archer: Clerk, Fred Wolf; Treasur
er, Mrs. T. p. Fair.
CLAFLIN.
From the Banner
April showers are much needed in
these parts.
J Adam Jordan has erected a neat barr
| on his farm near this place.
Clafiin continues to grow, and in {
very few weeks she will have two first
class lumber yards.
New stone hitch posts have beer
placed in front of the New York Stor,
the past week for the accommodation o.
their patrons.
We don't like to admit that We lie(
last week. but we must own that ",
were badly mistaken so far as that new
train matter goes. We thought it wal
all right this time, but the Mo. Pacif