Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Register before the 23d.
Attend the school house meetings.
October 31st will be halloween. 1
Chain up the kids.
Coursing on the Cheyenne bottoms
all the rest of this week.
After the Sd of November the Tri- .
bune man Will want '"twins'' again. ,
One more issue of the DEMOCRAT
before the battle of the ballots is won.
Fred III. Miller has had a new barn
built, the past week, in the west part
of town.
Everybody-and the family-wants
to hear the speaking in Great Bend this
afternoon and evening.
Rev. a. 2. Heilnaun, of the north
side, was in the city Thursday and ;
called on the DEMOCRAT.
Mr. and Mrs. o. b. Looney are re-
joicing over the birth of fine, 10 {
pound boy, Monday week.
Geo. Crummack is city clerk, and {
can be found at Gus Schaeffer's coal |
yard. Step around and register. ;
A marriage license was issued Thurs /,
day to J. A. Husig and Miss Mary ,
FOrscher, both of the north part of the !.
county.
Every fair minded citizen condemns
the effort by the republicans to mix .
up politics In the late irrigation con-
ventIou.
Randall LivesaY, who has just re- s
covered from long sick spell, was in a
town Saturday for the first time in sew T
eral months. II
Say. my friend of silver, do you
live in Great Bend? Ii SO, are you
properly registered? The books close 8
to-morrow-the 23d. Il
The city schools will take holiday !
Friday of this week, to enable the stu y
dents and teachers to study the points i
in jack rabbit chasing.
w. II. Varah was down from Wheat = =
land township Friday. He reports
Wkeatland all right-about II to LIP
for Bryan to Mckinley. t
This week will be given up to dogs, +
: jack rabbits, sportsmen and such, but a
next week the political candidates will f
be coming down the home stretch.
Mrs. VIM Hughes, formerly Of this
county, died at her home in Kentucky
last week. Mrs. Hughes was a sister
of Mrs. Jas. w. Clarke, of this city.
The state fish commissioners car
was at the Santa Fe depot last Friday. !.
and large number of people visited it '
e. h. oil
Charlie Beye has accepted a position a
In the grocery department at Lund- I
blades Charities popularity will take t
many of his old friends there to see .
him. {
OF the large numoer of sporting men
who are here this week from all parts e
of the United States, "a out of every %
of them are for Bryan and free coinage 9
of silver. h
The Great Bend band is again in the d
thr0es of an attempt to re organize I
This will happen quite periodically so |
long as disorgauizers are permitted to l
creep in. 3
j. W. Epperson. west of town, had
visit last week from his brother,
John II. Epperson, who also attended C
the meeting of the state irrigation as t
ISOLATION. q
On Tuesday evening banquet was S
given the Atlcar Coursing Climb, at z
Hotel Greene. An elegant board was G
spread, and delightful evening Gu
joyed by all who attended. G
Solon Gray, the liveliest hustler in F
Rice county, was up to the Bend Sat. i
nrday rubbing up against the boys
Scion promises Rice for the silver tick.
ct by good, round 800 majority. t
It will be actually criminal for any {
friend of silver in Great Bend to neg f
iect to register so they can vote on o
election day. The books close on the e
evening of the 23rd--Friday of this 2
week. 9
Hon. Jas. McKinstrey, the we'll ]
In tor aE I