Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-07-25

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Rev. S. E. Busser will hold Episcopal
services at the church building west of
the postoffice, on Broadway, Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. Subject will
be ''Aaron's Rod Ali are cordially
invited to attend.
State Superintendent E. Stanley of
Topeka was in the city on Tuesday to
look into the matter of dividing school
district No. 46, in Washburn precinct,
Liberty township, and forming joint
district with Stafford county.
Union church service at the park
next Sunday evening", conducted by
Rev. S. E. Busser. Subject, 1.-The De-
ceitful Heart" Larger and more com
Portable seating arrangements have
been made and everybody is cordially
invited.
A customer dropped in the other day
and said be had discovered why it was
so hard for some men to learn to ride
bicycle. Their heads are so swelled
that there isn't room for them between
the saddle seat and the blue dome of
heaven.
VIII Gould and Axell Wemmergren
on their wheels split the early morning
mists in the direction of Mcpherson on
Wednesday of last week. AxeIl says
the boys may talk about his wheel
being 'Studebaker," but it gets there
just the same.
The year old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Os Wood, residing north of town, died
last Saturday, from summer complaint.
The funeral occurred on Sunday from
the family home. The parents have
the sincere sympathy of all in their
great atfiiction.
Charles Y. BrInkman returned last
week from months visit to Wiscon-
sin and Michigan. He says he saw no
rain while away, and that dust was
several inches deep at many places.
He still thinks Kansas not the worst
place in the world.
The management of the DEMOCRAT
are willing to meet their country
friends half way and issue a receipt
for subscription upon receipt Of any
anything in the line of spring chicken,
potatoes or garden sass. And we can
get out the best local paper in Kansas
On this diet.
Ont of SQVQnfU-QIOhf qnnfI09nfS for
teachers certificates in Rush county
II per cent failed. Five got fist grade,
nineteen second grade and forty-two
third grade. Among the successful
ones we find the name of Clarence
Oneal, son of Charley Oneal, formerly
of Pawnee Rock.
The case of the First National bank
of Great Bend against the First Ma
tional bank Of Larned came up for
argument on motion to dissolve a
garnishment on J. w. Rush, at Larned
last week. G. A. Swartz represented
the Great Bend bank and succeeded in
! haYing the motion overuled.
! We were called upon this week to
decide a wager. One man claimed the
pestiferous little chigger was an insect
and the other thought it small species
of thorn. Under the microscope the
chigger resembles wood tick and has
a meat augur longer than the diameter
of its body. o, yes, it's an insect.
The DEMOCRAT job rooms turn out
artistic and up-to-date work. We
have the only new style job faces that
have come to Great Bend in ten years.
When we get through with your work
it doesn't have the appearance of hav-
ing been set up out of the heh box,
linked with the Office towel ond printed
by sitting on the form.
Sam Stover of Independent township
announces as a republican candidate
for register of deeds IN the Clafin
Leader of last week. Sam is good
citizen, as republicans go, and that we
cannot look forward to the pleasure of
having him as resident of Great
Bend is to be regretted. Henry Klein,
the democrotic incumbent, will hold
the of1ice 6or two years yet, anyway.