Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Great Bend Items of Thanksgiving
Time, 1874.
Editor DEMooRAr.

the Great Bend Register of November
%. 1874, the writer thought the DEMO
Graf readers would be interested in
reading the news Of long ago as
published in what was then the only
paper in Great Bend.
The paper is number 80 of volume 1,
yith A. J. Hoisington, manager.
Among the local items your readers
will be possibly most interested in the
following:
B. I. Dawson came in from Jones
county, Iowa. last week with 40 head
of domestic cattle.
The Touring mills of Landis &
Hollinger. of Peace, (Sterling now
grind wheat at / and rye at /. They
do good work. Only 80 miles from
Great Bend.
Notice-All persons indebted to us
must settle Immediately by note OF
otherwise. POOLE & MAHER.
(Very like notices To be seen now a.
days.)
Cranberries, cocoanuts and cabbage,
at Buckland'S.
Q We learn from Ed. Tyler that his
little boy is nearly we'll.
Lucas county, Iowa, is sendieg some
good men. Last week came A. Hood,
VIM. Hood and Frank Hood 10 inspect
Great Bend and vicinity.
Baby wagons, best styles, at Brink
mau & Sooy 5.
A. s. Allen will haYe in a day or two
the tiuesG assortment OF confectionery
ever brought TO Great Bend.
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$10, we will pay Jones, Jones can pay
Smlth. Smith can pay Thompson and
Thompson can pay us-that $40 Will
thus nave paid $50 Indebtedness and
you will be $40 better off, because Of
having your original $40 and that
amount of debt paid.
Would not that be good plan in
this year of 1894?)
Rice county sends her preachers over
the country procIaImIng drouth, chIncn
bugs and IocustS. Barton county keeps
hers at nome and donates them the
proceeds of balls. Ours Is the best way.
In the district court, on the 2d,
Judge Brown presiding, Sam / Maher,
Esq, was admitted TO practice.
j. R Vancll returned trom Illinois
Sunday morning. He says hard :
times are the fashion there.
(Not SO much behind the fashion"
after 20 years, are we?l
Burton & Johnson are putting up a
$25 Ulrd cage for "A. a. Hurd-
Thanks 10 j. IL. Hubbard. j. F.
Lewis ana j. w. Brown for assistance
III helping TO move one of the Register
presses
Those muscular lads are not moving
many presses now.l
VS. hear the name of James Clay ton
OF Great Bend, mentioned as u candi-
daLe Tor clerk of the senate.
lis Jim still after something's
Seems like 20 years was "a long time to
walt for political eWarG.)
Canton flannel, Z yards for 81, at j
W. 81 j. LIghtOOdy 5.
(How does that compare with present
prlces?)
Promoted.-D. N. Heizer was admit
ted To the bar yesterday. He is now
de toctO a lawyer.
{Bul de jure not governor. See?l
These are few of the echoes from
long ago that are picked at random.
might furnish more if 1 thought L
would not be Intrudlng on your valu-
able space. There were plenty of en-
terprlsing advertisers in tcnose days;
among those not above men toned were:
ID. Balm, ,pnysieian; John Typer,
proprietor ryper House; FL. II. Kid
der, dry goods ard groceries: Dahm
Bros, .,bakers;J. B. Miller, photographer;
Harpham s. Barnes, grocers; a. Gid
dens, blacksmith: E. j. Dodge, justice
of the peace; j. w. Brown, real estate;
G.. L. Brinkman, lumber and coal;
Reynolds s. Moses. and Cook s. Kroepfii
dryogoods and groceries.
j. B. Howord was county surveyor:
G. N. Moses sheriff; Chas. E. Dodge
register of deedss A. w. Gray county
treasurer; T. G. Polk district clerk; T
s. Morton probate judge; w. III. Odel
county clerk, and J. IL. Hubbard, L
l,. ROBERTS aud G. B. Worden commis
sioners.
Sam Maher was mayor of the city
and Willis Winstead and James Gains
ford marshals,
land she latter two gentlemen hae