Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
HEIaHB0RHo0D HAPPENINGS.
ELLINWOOD.


each one of his customers present OF
Christmas morning.
Capt. Chas. Grant made all the EN-
ployees of the mill present of biz
fat turkey piece on Christmas.
The Christmas tree that was to b.
voted to the most popular lady taking
supper at the Delmonico, was capturet
by Miss Katie Wolf.
The community seems to be enjoyin.
/ excellent health. There has not beer
q burial in the Ellinwood cemetery fo,
over a month.
A splendid Christmas tree was en-
ioyed by the German Baptist folks a
the Herter school house southeast o
town, on Christmas day.
One reason why heaven il a happ,
place is becaase angels are always rep
Presented as being barefooted, conse
quently they never have corns.
| There was Christmas tree at the
Reed school house last Saturday night
We hear that it was 4 very beautiful
one and many presents were on it.
| Several of our merchants are arrang.
ing to ship a car load of jack rabbits.
The next thing we know Kansas jack
rabbits will be staple commodity on
| the markets of the world.
| A Christmas exercise and tree were
given by the school here last Friday
afternoon. The program was considered
excellent by those who were present.
Every scholar in the school took part
and did their best to make the occasion
an enjoyable one.
The population of Ellinwood is nearly
1000 and larger per cent of her popu.
lation is German than any other town
/ in Kansas of the same size. This is
one of the principle reasons why Ellin.
wood is such prosperous town.
The Sterling Bulletin reports SIX
deaths which took place ir that city last
| week among which we notice the name
of John Watt a Scotchman who used to
live in the west part of this county and
with whom the Advocate editor was
we'll acquainted.
The Hoisington Blade remarked last
week that ''a joint would send more
men to hades than two saloons" II
that is fact, and we believe it is, the
republican party will be held response.
BILE for one of the most stupendous
crimes ever perpetrated on an intelli-
gent people.
The German Baptist of the south
side, of which Rev. w. F. Klephart is
pastor, hold prayer meetings twice
every week at the residences of the
different church members. This is an
old fashioned way but there is more
genuine religion in it than there is in /.
good many of the new fastened ways.
PAwNEE ROCK.
From the Leader.
He, who sows courtesy, reaps friend
ship.
Tom Morris returned from a short
visit in Illinois Friday night.
w. S. McDougal came out yesterday
for the first time in two weeks.
Christmas was very quiet in Pawnee
Rock. The snow and cold kept every
body indoors.
Misses Pet and Grace ~Gano are
home from Bethany college at Topeka,
for the holidays. They return next
week.
DR.. Daniels received, Sunday, a box
of roses from John Hepler at Hitch.
cock. Tex. They were picked from the
garden and are still fresh.
The proprietor of the Leader gives
notice that unless the business men
accept his proposition, the next issue of
this paper will be the last. The prop.
osition is at this Office.
Larned is to have a ditch running
from the Pawnee river through the city
to furnish power for the mills. Grant
Bros, formerly of this place, are the
principal persons in the project.
People who look with awe upon the
thermometer when the mercury goes
below zero should think of Dakota,
where mercurial Thermometer is worth
less, and one of spirit has to be used to
record forty -below-zero mark.
Wednesday morning, FIVE wolves
we're seen Just west of town and
crowd with dogs went after them.
After they had followed their tracks for
some distance, they came across two
dogs. The grey-hounds were urged
upon one of them until they had torn it
to pieces then it was shot. Men and
boys who have no more feeling than to
stand and see dogs tear another to
pieces, are, to say the least, brutal