Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-09-19

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Corn cutting is in full blast.
Mrs. S. J. Shaw is visiting in Ohio.
c. o. Swartz is now clerk at Grit
fth's.
Mrs. John REIN is visiting in Mis-
souri,.
Several loads of new corn were sold
here this week.
Mrs. L. p. Aber visited in Pawnee
Rock last week.
Bicycling has made the horse stealing
industry Improbable.
f. L. Blanke made professional
visit to Kinsley last week
d. N. Heller came in from Colorado
last Thursday on business.
Miss Ella WiIdgen of Hoisiugton
visited in the city Monday.
Miss Elise Moss is in Chicago post
ing herself in Kindergarten work.
There are rumJrs OF two weddings
in city high life in the near future.
Fall blowing is nearly done and
farmers are getting ready to begin seed
ing.
Willie Simpson is attending the
State Agricultural college at Manhat
tan.
Messrs. Sam and Ed Boxwell and
George A. Orr of Hosington were here
on Thursday.
George Meacham was kicked on the
head by a vicious horse one day last
week, making painful wound.
The citizens of Garden City have
provided and neatly furnished head
quarters for the new appellate court.
A force of workmen on the JetmOre
branch are removing the fifty pound
rails and laying sixtysIx pound steel.
w. II. Brown accompanied Henry
Klein to Denver last week. We pre-
sent letter from Mr.. Brown IN anoth-
er column.
Benjamin 1. McClary of Lacon, ILL.,.
was here on Thursday, enroute to Rush
county, where he has large landed in
terest
John Frank is in Albuquerque, N.
M, where he is to set up the display of
the Woodmanse company at the ma
tional irrigation congress.
G. Reeder says he has some corn so
large that two or three hills make a
sled load, and when the stalks falls it
makes sound like the crack of doom.
The public schools opened Monday, !
every room being filled to overlooking. !
Nearly sixty more students are enrolled
than at the opening in September of
1894.
Great Bend merchants in every line
are purchasing heavier this fall than
at any time in the past three years.
Hard times will soon be thing of the
past.
A sure indication that summer is on
the wane, is the blossomlng of the
golden rod, which is now making the
fields and road sides glorious with its
beauty.
Look out that some fellow don't get
up a corner on step-ladders this fall. A
large number will probably be needed
by farmers to enable them to gather
their corn.
We understand that William Mid
dlestett, former resident of Ellin-
wood, now located at La Junta, Col,
is to return to Ellinwood and engage
in business.
Max Shafer has q position with
RAIDER Sc Sprinkler at Ellinwood. Max
has few equals as salesman and this
firm is to be congratulated upon secur-
ing his services.
The Grand Army veterans are ar
ranging for a grand reunion and picnic
in this city on October 5. Further par
ticulars next week. 1t is expected to
have John j. Ingalls, here,
Louis Zinmeht lost valuable mich |
cow one day last week. He thinks it
was caused by eating a second growth /
of Kaffir corn. 1t would be well for
our farmers to make note Of this.