Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-01

We believe it would pay to drop
three-fourths of our wheat crop and
raise oats. corn, cane, millett, alfalfa
and rye. They are all surer crops than
wheat.
Ernest Speck, who escaped from the
Ossaw atomic asylum and wandered
back to his home near Hoisington. was
taken back to the insane asylum on
Monday.
j. l.. G. Sweeney, formerly teacher
in the Barton county schools. was last
week married to Miss Bennett of La
kin, Kan: They will reside at Canon
City. Colo.
Garden City Imprint: Mid Shockey
of Shockey, Grant county, was here
Saturday and marketed three hogs, the
aggregate weight of which was over
1900 pounds.
The DEMOCRATS advertising columns
look tolerably thin at this season. The
DEMOCRAT has never been in the habit
of running dead ads to keep up an ap-
pearance of business.
Judge L. M. Kniseley of Hoisington
dropped in the other day for a chat.
We are pleased to state that his arm.
which has been very badly crippled
since last February, is much improved
A biograpner of Wagner asserts that
the composers strongest emotion was
his love for dogs. People who listen
to some of the pianos around town have
always believed it was cats OF parrots.
w. L. johnson writes us from Thayer,
Kan, that he has not yet located on a
farm, but expects to soon. They have
been blessed with an abundance of
raiG, and will have big corn crop, lots
Of fruit, etc.
Tom Shaughnessy is conducting
little daily at Portage la Prairie, Man
itOba. called the Graphic. It is the
same size as our guttersnipe, but a
much better paper, however, in every
respect.
Pete Dougherty, the popular Ellin-
wood druggist, accompanied by his
wife and son, came up to the ball game
Friday, thinking possibly he might
fud republican candidate for sheriff
in the crowd.
It is not often Barton county crops
are hurt by too much water, but A. B.
Clifford, southwest of town, lost the
most Of his potatoes about 200 bush
els-by the back water from the river
covering them.
The second nine defeated a picked
nine of country boys west of town the
other day. Dunn and Allison for the
town aud McMullin and Thatcher for
the country were the batteries, and the
score was IL to 9.
George Pelter, southwest of town.
suffered considerable loss of crops from
the high water last week. One of
these days our river bottom farmers
will have to build dykes to protect their
lands from floods.
Frank Ullom and family left for Sar-
coke. Mo-, Tuesday of last week. He
traded his farm in Barton county for
Missouri property. One of these days
Frank will be moseYing back to Bar
ton, beautiful Barton.
Frank Krum, whose farm house,
eight miles west of Great Bend, was
destroyed some months ago, has moved
the old Mcbride house, on the corner
north of the Methodist church, to the
farm, and will have it fixed up.
James Shrofe has gone into business
for himself and opened neat barber
shop one door west of the First Ma
tionaI bank, where he will be pleased
to see all his friends. Jim is a goo d
workman and we wish him success,
Colonel G. L. Jones of the Cheyenne
was in Saturday to see the great repub-
lican hypodrome of 1895. He believes
that the democrats should now pull
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