Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-05

IF there was aay money in serving
as member of the city council or
school board lasto Tuesdays election
would not have been the quiet affair
it was.
The guttersnipe. with its proveFbial
exactness, had Mrs Mitchell. Miss
Holmes, Mr. Palmer. Mr. FlanIey and
Mr. Clarke all appointed P Nj before
Grover pressed the button
A late dispatch from tue Shumann
Quartet makes it necessary to change
the date of their appearance to Satur-
day night. the 7th. They will POSI-
lively be here on THAT date.
Register of Deeds Henry Klein was
not April fooled a little bit He
wanted a girl, of course, and she
came bright and early Monday MORN
ing. Mother and babe doing well.
FoR sALE-Some large mares, gel
digs and good work mules. Will
sell cheap, on time or for cash.
G. n JOHNSON. Great Bend.
When Matte Shawhan, of the Ar
kansas City Journal speaks about
"going to press" the Young newspaper
men down there feel kind of all over
ish, says the Arkansas City Demo
crat.
The third ward man who topk a
home made bath the other evening
and by mistake got hold of the stove
polish instead of cake Of tar soap,
is the most polished individual in the
city.
Grand Opening of New Millinery
and Pattern Hats, April 9Th 9th and
18th; Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
at Mrs H D Hahn's, North Side.
Come everybody and see those lovely
goods
John Porter. from near Olmitz, was
in to see the DEMOCRAT last Monday.
He reports all quiet in his neighbour
hood, and the wheat not in such bad
shape providing we get good rains
soon.
The early bird catches the worm,
and the early vegetables catches the
frosts; while the weather clerk catches
thunder for dishing up the conglomer-
ate kind of weather we have had dur
ing the past week or so
"In Dixies Land, Before the War
is the title of an interesting story
commenced 10 tho Dem ,CRAT this
week. 1t is story of thrilling inter-
est, and no one should fail to take
in the opening chapters
Joe Schneider, of Olmitz, has secur
ed a position as telegraph operator at
Shields, Kansas. Joe is an active
honest and industrious young man.
and greatly deserves the position to
which lie has been called.
The foot disease is breaking out
among cattle in the eastern part of
Kansas, and the mouth disease Is
showing itself among the'ofice hunt
ers all over the state. We are unde-
cided as to which is the greatest curse,
"The Ancient Order of Hercules
will be exemphfied by the K. P b"vs
of Pawnee Rock Friday night IF this
week. Too bad the play comes on
the same nigh the Schumaun quar-
tet IS to be in Great Bend-we would
like to he with you, boys.
w. H. Rice is putting down deep
we'll for S P Hager, at Hoisine ton.
He now is down SO feet and finds no
water. though he has drilled SIX other
wells in the town and found water at
a depth of 30 feet-some of them
within a block of the Hager place.
d. G. Luse writes from Hennessey,
Ok, ON date of March 2ath, shat they
were then having a terrible sand
storm all that week. He found crops
looking fine and peach trees in bloom
He saw the former Great Bend hoys
at Enid and aennessey and says they
appeared all in good heart, but very
glad to see Great Bender.
A committee from the fire depart
ment waited upon the mayor and city
council last Monday night and pre-
sented a request for hook and ladder
truck to be added to the FIRE paraphe-