Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-29

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| Ed McNoun has rented the room for
merly occupied by Tom Clayton and
will occupy it with his meat market TO-
day.
Finn Likes is to remain in Great
Bend for awhile, his situation in the
OsaWatomie railroad shops being in
stotu quo.
Mr. and Mrs. Slutestoger stopped off
a few days last week with the Misses
Brinkman, enroute home to Iowa from
Colorado. Il
| at the DEMOCRAT Office you will
find the proper style and size of cards
for gentlemen and for married and un-
married ladies.
| County Superintendent Mckinney
requests that all school boards send in
at once their notification OF contracts
with teachers.
Ellsworth Wyman, who lives on the
Dry Walnut over in Rush county, was
here on business Saturday. Crops are
good up there. |,
Judge McCorkle last week issued
marriage license to Phillip A. Kemp,
age II. and Miss, Eva Williams, age SO.
both of this city.
A total eclipse of the moon occurs
next Tuesday evening, September 8, at
IL O'Clock. Star gazing swains should
not overlook this. i
The Hooper Drug company will oc-
cudy the Klein building after the firsa
of the month. The room is being put
in first class order. Il
Miss Laura Humphrey returned last
Friday from her summer outing in
Colorado. Miss Ota stopped at Gar
den City for visit. |
Heavy dews seem to be in order now.
They begin falling before sundown and
are so heavy that the grass remains wet
until late in the day. 1
l. Correspondents will confer favor |
by dropping into the Office when in
town and getting a supply of paper,
envelopes and stamps.
0Nick Tucker of Odin, who was men
toned in these columns last week as
having finger mashed, had to have
the member amputated.
| Farmers, bring in samples of your
products. We want to ornament our ;
sanctum with them and show strang-
ers what we can do here. IL
Will Brady, who has lately accepted
position as fireman at the Walnut
Greek mills, will soon move his family
here from Pawnee Rock.
The annual love feast of the Dunk :
ards will be held at their church twelve
miles northwest of Great Bend on the 4,
first Saturday in October. 5
The many friends of Mrs. 0. Ell.
Knight will be glad to learn that she
was not in the Gumry hotel at Denver s
at the time of the explosion.
Milton McGreevy left last Thursday
for Atlanta. Ca, to resume work for
the Daily Constitution, after pleasant
visit with his parents at Dundee.
| Judge Cole went to Topeka yesterday
morning. accompanied by Herbert and
Eva Clayton, children of James Clay
ton, who have been visiting here.
w, IL. Dodge is to return to Great ,
Bend to live. Mr.. Dodge was in bust ,
ness here for years and owns fine resi-
dence property on West Broadway.
John Coss' steam thresher was badly
disabled in pulling out of a mud hole
near Heizer last week and is laying at !,
Fred Whites shop in HeIZer for re-
pairs. ,
Messrs. Marx, Kelley, REIN and @
Shaw, with their wives, and Misses
| Vida Shaw and Flora Oliverson spenti
| Sunday with Robert Merton's in the I
country.
Mrs. A. IL. ellison died at her home I.
in this city on Monday, aftera sh ort
illness, aged 72 years. The funeral
services were held on Tuesday morning ,
at the family residence.