Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-09

A pair OF horses SOLD In topeka the
other day for Is cents
Thieves are so bad in Fort Scott
that they are carrying off bird dogs
Ga1ena and the surrounding mining
camps are to have an electric railway.
Foolish little boys and matches
burned a barn at Belleville a few
days ago.
The Beloit poker game has moved
away. but the loss is offset by new
Methodist church.
Holtons Christ mas gift was an cleo
trio light plant. Nortonville's came
the Saturday following.
The potatoes raised in the Bow
| Creek irrigation section are now
| marketed by the car load.
Farmers living in the southern part
of Labette county rounded up and
slew 5s6sra bbits the other afternoon.
Paul Hudson will retire from the
| Topeka Capital January Is and take a
| position in the state printing Office.
His eyes can't stand night work.
Stockton is fighting diphtheria, but
| enough to close the schools promptly
| the disease has not spread much
In Lincoln the town papers are con-
stantly kept among the pupils of the
grammar department in the city
| schools for the benefit of said pupils
The correct and proper Dick Morris,
| who sets the religious fads in Atchison
! was promptly on hand at the midnight
services of the Episcopal church Christ
| mas eve.
| The Everest State bank which was
placed in the hands of a receiver Octo-
Der 10, has been reorganized and
| opened for business again Monday
morning.
| Some of the citizens of western
| Kansas will rejoice to learn that Tank
| Kee, the Chinese lecturer, is talking to
| empty houses in the southern part of
| the state.
The game of checkers has become
fastened upon the people Of Pottawat-
omie county. The influence of the
Rev. L. S. Rocks is beginning to wane,
| evidently
| The Stanton county court house,
which was paid for in county bonds, IS
used for public balls by the tax
payers. Those who dance must pay
| the fiddler
Even in Topeka a free dinner was
provided for the destitute on Christmas
and by way of extending a further am
nesty. to the poor, the banks were
on that day.
| The Missouri University glee and
banjo club was held at Atchison FRI
day night for $50 board bill and had
| to cancel their date at ST. Joseph on
Saturday night.
| A sufficient number of chafing dishes
| changed hands in Kansas City on
Christmas day to justify a few phys
| icians in taking disorders of the stom-
ach as a speciality.
| General Manager Fl. r. Nickerson of
| the Mexican Central formerly was
station agent for the. Santa Fe at Nor
| tonville. town of few hundred in
habitants in Jefferson county.
Sol Miller says: ''John Hare, an
English Comedian, has just come over
to this country. By the time he makes
tour of the West, they will familiar
| ly refer to him as Jack Rabbit
Lon Henry of Leavenworth has a
Siberian bloodhound that is said to be
the largest dog in Kansas. He is
| twenty-one months old, his height is
two feet and six inches and his weight
152 pounds.
Two men tried to hold up Memphis
Station Agent George w. Holmes. al
Gal@na Monday night. He tried: tc
shoot but one of the robbers was toe
quick and shot him through the arms.
The robbers escaped.
Judge o. A Bassett, of Ellsworth
who is very seriously i'll was taken to
Chicago for surgical treatment Sunday
by brother who is a physician. 1t is
thought his leg will have to be am
putated above his knee.
Mary Green of Argentine gets dam
ages against the city for 81, 500. The
suit was brought for $4,000. The
plaintiff received perm anent physica
in iuries and the loss of twenty teeth
by falling on a defective sidewalk.
Charley Harger's New Year happi
ness is married by the reflection that
the leap year joke has come for. {
twelve month, but the further9reflect
ion that it will not come again fol-
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