Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13

Over $50 people persisted from the
heat in the large cities of this country
last Sunday, SO of them in New York
city alone. We ought to BE thankful
for the cool night breezes we have out
here in Kansas.
WANTED-a backbone by a politician
whose main stock in trade is sharp
tongue and banker after Office. a
flexible backbone is preferred.
Address: John James Ingals, care Re-
publican Soup House.
A splendid musical concert was Civ
en- at Martin Menzer's grove, near Oh
mitZ, on Sunday the End inst. It was
under the auspices of the OlmitZ Social
League, and all who attended speak in
most pleased terms of the sociable and
pleasant time they enjoyed.
It is estimated that there was rain
fall of at the least four inches in this
part of the county las: Wednesday, the
18th. While the hail was large, it did
no particular damage, except to kill off
a few young chickens.
Did all the delegates to the ropubli-
can state convention receive transport
tation from headquarters? Barton
county's delegation did. The question
now is: Did Hanna's money buy tickets,
or did the Santa Fe donate passes?
Dr.. II. E. Lindas, the popular dem
tist who has been looking after the GUS
toners of the late DR.. Castle, has
arranged to locate in Great Bend per-
manentiy. He will move his household
goods here shortly and open dental
parlors.
Edward auckland, oldest son of A.
J. Buckland, came in from Colorado
last Sunday. He had been on a visit
to his brother in law, Will Moses, at
Pueblo. Ed is practicing law in Con-
necticut, and is rapidly making record
as one of the brightest young attorneys
of the East.
On Friday afternoon Jim Airheart,
one of the old settlers, was kicked by
a horse, on his place northeast of town
and had one of his legs hurt between
the knee and ankle. 1t is a painful
and dangerous injury for man of his
age, especially during the hot season
of the year.
Captain J. 81. Smith, of Rice county
who was the republican state senator
preceding Armstrong, of this district
is out for Bryan and free silver. Cap.
tain Smith is power in his county
and will encourage the Abraham Lin
coin republicans to cut loose from the
sinking ship of Hannaism.
Bro. Cookie of the Cla1in Leader
last week said something about fight
ing windmills' and ''popocrats" and
''forger-er" and ''falsifer," but as the
devil had smeared so much dope on
the paper that it was unreliable land
the subscriber fought to be thankful
for that'0 we could not make out just
what was hurting him.
Rev. III. White, formerly a minister
at Ellinwood, writes a letter to thu
Advocate, protesting that he is no
dead, has not been dead. has made
no arrangements to go dead, and is OF
the other hand very much alive and il
good health, Notwithstanding it wa
recently reported that he had kicket
the bucket. We are glad to announc
| that it is thus.
Charlie Hobart, of tie HoisingtoI
Dispatch, must certainly have beef
more effected by his late Illness thai
his friends thought. Something i
surely wrong, else he would not tax
the statements Of some unknown tram
printer who struck him for a lift. a
against the honest, straight-foE waI,
statements of his-Charlie's-old frien
and political conrad, Win Carr, on th
4 silver question in Mexic, !. Say Charlie
j what have you done to yourself?