Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-09
NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS.
NLINWOoD.

From the Advocate
Two Ellinwood females, whose names
we will not give, engaged in regular
fsticuff in this city last week.
]. w. Evans has sold half interest
in his livery business to J. D. Brown Of
Hutchinson who will hereafter be one
of the firm.
Fruit buds are reported as being all
right so far and if nothing happens from
now on there viii be fruit in this county
by the car load.
Frank Burnett of the south side had
his hand so badly crushed in corn
shelter last week that ampitation of a
part of the hand was necessary.
The cheerful chrip of the ''robin red
breast" and other spring birds, is an
indication that winter is permanently
broken, unless the grounding interiors.
Ducks have made their appearance
in Cheyenne bottoms and on Salt marsh
in great numbers and are attracting
considerable of the attention of our nim-
rods.
Word reached town Wednesday,
that barn about eight miles north, be-
longing to Fred Schrepel, had burned.
The barn contained about fourteen hun
dred bushels of wheat
B. L. Sickle who has been on the
road for the past three years has resign
ed that position and will help conduct
the business at home in the future.
Glad Burt is to be a regular resident
after this.
When the Cheyenne bottoms are
turned into great lake, the Great
Bend extension is built through to Colo
rado Springs, and the Mo. P. is built
from Sterling to Great Bend old Barton
will be ''strictly in the push"
The postal telegraph wires are being
transferred to v. S. Musirs store this
week. Mr.. Musil has an office nicely
arranged for it and as soon as complet-
ed will be handsome as well as very
useful addition to our city.
Ellinwood will show further of her
metropoltanism by having two newspa.
pers after the middle of March. The
new paper will be German and will be
the only one of its kind in the county.
Mr.. Carl Voigt, so we understand, has
already been employed as its local ed
itor. IF Ellinwood gets the new rail
road she may be able to support both
papers. But we doubt whether she viii
or not without it. The more the merrier.
CLAFLIN.
Corn land is in great demand in this
vicinity.
Mr.. Zimmerman of southwest of here,
lost little child last week from diph.
| iberia.
H. M. Stover's new dwelling is going
up on the rapid plan, and will soon be
ready for occupancy.
The next sitting of the district court
is not far distant, consequently oul
town is moderately quiet now.
Another child of Mr.. Ehly's died OF
Friday last making, in all, loss of foul
out of family of eight children.
Wes. can't always keep it from US
and we are now going to say that Mr
RAIDER and wife are the the parents of {
bright little daughter.
A small child of Mr.. Weigle died Sat
urday and was buried Sunday. Th,
cause of death, we understand, was {:
fall which caused a fever.
1t it is claimed by a Great Bend pa
per that seventeen joints do bushes
in that town. Come over and get th
belt; we've not got quite so many.
One new church is just completed
another's spire is rearing itself heaven
ward. Upwards of a half-dozen ne,
dwellings are now building, and the cit
is forging right along to the front.
Fred Schrapel, one of our farmers
met with heavy loss by fire, on Tues
day evening. His large new barn an
several hundred bushels of wheat wen
up in smoke. The loss will reach up i
the thousands, on which we understan
there was no insurance.
Il HOISINGTON.
From the Dispatch
Farmers were plowing for oats las
week while we had such lovely sprin
weather.
i T. L. Richardson and family return
ed Saturday night from so days Wis
J in Michigan.
! An expert accountant in town has fs
ured out that there are o7 cases of mes
sles in and near town.