Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-10-03

CHEAT BEND,
According to Prof. Hicks October
will be a month of climatic changes and
storms.
The fellow who invests in stock cat
tie this year will make profitable in
yestment.
By order of the county attorney the
joints we're all closed in Dodge City
last week.
The officials of the Santa Fe have at
last decided to build new round house
at Dodge City.
John Wesley is now On the streets
all the time. He Is engineer on the
street sprinkler.
Mrs. Flanley and family left Satur-
day evening for their new home at Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
DR.. Emil Besser, V. S., of Harper,
Iowa. is in the county this week, visit
ing with Robert Merten's.
Ben McAullin came home from the
strip last week. He played series of
games with the Alva base ball club last
month.
Mrs. Ella Stoke and daughters are
spending week in Kansas City, visit
ing friends and taking in the fall fes-
tivities.
The lumber yards are doing a great
deal of business now. Every day large
loads of lumber can be seen going into
the country.
Kansas City Star: The office of
venerable counsel'' O; Modern Wood
men evidently pays little or nothing.
Morgan Caraway has resigned it.
From what Hicks says it will be
well to put up your stoves. While the
old man does not always hit it, as a
general thing he is weather prophet
worthy of consideration.
Woodward, o. Z. News: The first
man who starts a prairie fire without
sufficient help should be given free
board at Sheriff Odem's hotel for a
year. Second offense, hang him.
There is general commendable dis
position on the part of our farmers to
put thoroughbred male hogs in their
breeding pens. This will have bene-
fetal effect on the future hog product
of this section of the state.
Lyons Democrat: Mrs. Ida E. Tebbe,
nee Wood, of Great Bend, and her two
boys are visiting with the Democrat
family this week, having come UP from
Sterling yesterday evening where they
had spent week OF more among her
husbands relatives.
In column and half write up of
the county fair, the Independence MOI
Blade Joe Borders paper-devotes
half of said space in relating his exper-
fence in riding on the 'cowcatcher" of
the special train. Great Bend people
are familiar with this class of news,
Hiss Lottie Cliff, daughter of Mrs.
II. l.. Shore of this city, was married
on Thursday, September 10, to b. Kel-
lerer of Champaign, Ill. the ceremony
occurring at st. Matthew's Episcopal
church, Bloomington, Ill.,, Rev. S. B.
Pond officiating. The couple will re-
side at Champaign, LII.
We know of several people in Great
Bend who will not cast their bread up
on the water unless they are assured
beforehand that it will come back
again in few days full grown sand
and mustarded. rolled up in a warranty
deed for one half of the earth and a
mortgage on the other half.
Prof. Charles Address, who is with
the Ringling circus, shipped cute lit
tie Shetland pony to "Uncle John"
Kimbrell last week to be trained.
Uncle john is professional trainer
of dogs and birds and has charge OF the
professors training farm south of this
city. Mr.. Address will go on the road
with circus of his own next season.
The court house, which is OF should
be the pride of every citizen of the
county, is in condition that is not
very likely to attract public approval.
In nearly every corner of the halls is a
heap of dirt, the woodwork is badly
disfgured, chickens roost in the door
ways and things in general are very
unsightly.