Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27

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special effort to attend the meeting
next Saturday.
Smed Wilkinson and about hun
dred other populists were in town last
Tuesday s'to see the crowd" but say
they had to go home disappointed.
The school book combine will be
ca lied upon to answer for many cnss
words let out by the fathers who have
had to buy new books at the beginning
of school.
Uncle Bobby Smart was up from
Ellinwood Monday, entertaining the
boys with dog talk and politics, Bobby
has ''got the stuff" that says he will
be strictly in the cousing meeting this
year.
Marriage certificates were issued
Tuesday to Jacob S. Osgood of
Marion county, and Florence M.
Partridge of Ellinwood; W". Schroe>
der of Albert and Miss Orletta Miller
from near Great Bend.
Has "Col. Bill Dalton" left the
historical precincts of Pawnee Rock,
or is he too busy killing off populists
and republicans (Which are said to be
very numerous about the Rock to
send in his weekly news letter?
And now comes Will Shockey with
the glad tidings; "iu's a girl" and
weighs eight and a half pounds. A
barber of the masculine gender might
have been more to his liking; but in
the good time coming Miss Shockey
may take notion to barber if she
does not fancy to be one.
Mary L Whipple was declared insane
IN the probate court last Saturday and
will be taken to the asylum at Osa-
watomie on Friday. This case is
indeed a sad one as it leaves four
young children without a mothers
loving care. Her home is west of
Hoisington about four miles.
Ellis Garten, of the Cimmaron
Jacksonian, was in town to attend the
democratic congressional committee
meeting Tuesday. Mr. Garten is
quite an enthusiast on caursing, hav-
ing fine kennel of well bred hounds
and will be with us with some of his
swift-footed dogs at the coursing meet
ing.
The car of fish that was to be
through this fall has been postponed
another year on account of the supply
of fish being exhausted. Parties who
desire fish will do we'll to address U. S.
Fish Commissioner, Washington, D.
@. By so doing [ will be able to have
a car of fish consigned to this place for
D g. LUsE,
Fish Commissioner.
George Hamlin, the man who
pitched for the Lyons ball team in
their game with Great Bend on July
18th, and who also pitched for Ellis
worth on Thursday of last week at this
place, was killed in the Lyons salt
mines on the Oath inst. The accident
was caused by support giving way
and q large quantity of fine salt bury-
ing Hamlin and smothering him be-
fore he could be rescued.
Joe Fugate, the handsome and cor
teous editor Of the Newton Journal,
one of Uncle Sans best postmasters-I
serving a second term-made it con-
venient to visit Great Bend once more,
coming up to the committee meeting
Tuesday. Joe had the pleasure of
grasping many warm and friendly
palms and exchanging pleasing rem
iniscences of olden times whom he was
editor of the Arkansas Valley Demo-
crat at Great Bend. Joe should come
Gov. VIM. Mckinley, of Ohio, the
celebrated statesman and orator, will
deliver an address at Hutchinson,
Kansas, the afternoon and evening of
Wednesday. October 3rd- We will
sell round trip tickets for above
occasion Oct 3rd final limit Oct 4th,
rate S1.54. In addition to our regular
train we will run special train leav.
ing Great Bend at 1920 q. m. return-
ing leaves Hutchinson at II p, m.
W. ToRREY, ACT.
E. T. & S. F. r R.
Come out on Saturday September
29th, and see the Wonder pump and
rasoline engine throw water at the
rate of a barrel a second. The exhi-
hilton will take Mace on MrgCowoi1Ps