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

health.
The school board on Monday award
ed the contract for supplying the city
schools with coal the ensuing year to
the Great Bend Fuel company, their
bid being $3.50 per ton for Weir City
lump coal.
Will Feder accompanied Command
erin Chief Russell of the Sons of Vet
Grams, of Rush Center, to a meeting of
the division council at Emporia on
Tuesday. Will being chairman. The
council will chose state commander
in Mr.. Russell's stead. he havingTbeen
elevated in office.
Mrs. Will Shockey left Saturday ev-
ening for Neosha Falls in response to
a telegram announcing the death of
her mother, Mrs. D. r. Inge. Mrs.
Inge had just undergone a surgical
operation at Kansas City for the re-
moval of a umor and survived the op
Grafton but few hours.
At the city council meeting Monday
evening Ioutine claims were allowed,
reports of clerk, marshal, police judge,
treasurer, and road overseer read and
filed. Ordinance 1877, vacating certain
streets in Wells addition, was passed.
The improvement committee was en-
powered to purchase full car of tile
ing.
Lyons Democrat: l.. B. Tebbe, of
Great Bend, drove down from that
point on Saturday evening and spent
Sunday with his wife and babies who
have been spending week or more in
this city visiting her parents Ed. w.
and Mrs. Wood. He returned on Mon
day morning, but Mrs. L. will not go
home for a week. The Occidental
hotel has been re opened after four
years of idleness.
Ellinwood Advocate: Miss Anna
ScharIz was betrothed to John Heut-
maker, whose burial occurred in this
city Tuesday. They We're to have been
in few weeks and the poor
girl is almost heart broken with grief.
-. Miss Lizzie Armstrong daughter
of Senator John Armstrong was mar
ried to Rev. G. S. Burchfeld of Okla
homa at seven O'Clock yesterday even
ing at her fathers country residence.
The young couple will make their fu-
ture home in the strip,
AS will be observed, the ST. Louis
Store people, with their phenominal
array of bargains, have encroached
largely upon our advertising space this
week. There is to be change in the
firm January 1st and the stock is to be
ran out at cost to facilitate the contem-
plated change. A copy of this weeks
DEMOCRAT goes into every home in
Barton county, and he who does not
improve the opportunity of laying in
his winters supply of the comforts and
of life must indeed be
blind to his own interest. 1t is good
thing and the public knows how to
push it along,
The Oriole club, which for the past
two seasons has furnished our citizens
a delightful series of entertainments,
do not expect to have as elaborate a
program the coming winter as formerly.
but expect to hold their organization
intact and furnish an occasional enter
tainmen. during the season. If the
club receives sufficient encouragement
we shall have at an early day the Chic
ago Lady Quartette, now on their sixth
annual concert tour. This famous Or
ganiZation has been here before, and no
entertaicment was ever given a more
hearty welcome from our people. They
are equalled by few and certainly sur
passed by none. We hope the Oriole
club may receive sufficient encourage
ment to guarantee US this entertain
ment at least, to say nothing of what
the future may present.
It was resolved by the mayor and
councilmen of the City of Great Bend
on Monday evening that a reward of
S5 offered for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of any person
or persons guilty of committing any
sort of trespass on any building or
other improvement of real estate with
n the limits of the city of Great Bend
Kansas, such as breaking panes of
window glass, breaking or carrying OF
boards, doors, gates, ETC., throwing
stones against buildings. defacing
walls, bruisiDg shrubbery. committing
a nuisance or otherwise, or of breaking
injuring or carrying away any boards
from any sidewalks within the limits
of the said scity; and the city CLERK
was authorized to publish notice OF