Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13


warning TO tramps. But it will not.
A. A. Sharp. an insurance and real
estate man of Larned, was down to
Great Bend on legal business Thurs
day.
Farm hand wanted" will soon be
the cry in this locality il nothing hap
pens to decrease the amount of wheat
to be harvested.
L. Z. Simpson and family removed
this week to Illinois. They have many
friends here who regret very much to
see them leave us.
S. A. Young and wife, and Miss
Bertha Crummack came out from
Usage county last week, and will re-
main here indefinitely.
It costs oyer 81 400 day to operate
Ringing Bros. enormous exhibition.
This is, in itself, a proof of the i'm
mensity if the institution.
Jim keenan, and wife, who have
made their home in Cleo, Ok, for the
past two or three years, removed last
week to Trinidad, Colo.
Sewing Machines, warranted for five
years, $40. Drop head Machine at $25.
Come and see them-no pot metal.
THE GREAT BEND IMPLEMENT Co.
Vern Russell last week had a house
moved from the east side of town to
the lot just north of Maggie Brinkman's
and is fitting it up for a residence.
Don't try to read the Eastern war
news to your wife; you are sure to get
stumped on the proper pronunciation of
half the names of people and places.
You may have caught onto a slice of
confidence - lit has been ..'returhing"
lately we are told), but don't be too
free with it around the vicinity of the
show.
TrampS are becoming too numerous.
The city authorities should provide
some way to run 'em up against job
of work and thus make them shy of
the town.
The five long trains of double cars
used for transporting Ringing Bros.
Worlds Greatest Shows from city to
city have floor space of over $50
ordinary railway cars.
Senator John Armstrong says that
when he meets with his friends of the
populist central committee to answer
their questions, he will have few
questions to ask, himself.
The Larned Optic says: Everybody
is talking about going to Great Bend
to the circus, ON the 18th" Of course.
When the Larned people want any
thing good, from zuei lager to circus,
they come to Great Bend.
MUsICIANs.-I want a class to take
on the violin Prefer to
have six to start with. Ask for par
ticulars of Fred Zutayern, or at DEM
oCRAT Office. Address, Ambrose
Baier, Seward, Kansas. Sill
''Sbamus'' O'Brian returned last
Thursday from Mexico, where he had
been the past two weeks. He expects
to go back onto the Santa Fe, at New
ton, in couple of weeks. He says
Harry has job down in Mexico.
Five pair of twins have been born
in the vicinity of Pawnee Rock the
past three months.-Hoisingto Dis
patch.
Nothing very strange about that.
The vicinity of Pawnee Rock is solid
for free silver, and don't you forget it.
On last Thursday forenoon the re-
mains of Mrs. Daniel Jordan, of Lar
ned, were brought down to Great Bend |
Tor .interment in the Catholic cemetery |
here, there being no Catholic church |
Or burial place at Larned. Deceased |
eft husband and two small children. |
The Great Bend Fire Department |
Will receive, as Its proportion of the |
fund collected from the New FORK in |
surance companies doing business in |
S111e5. At present the de- |
partment carries, for Its members, an |
accident policy of 81 900 on each mem
Der, expiring September 10, 1897.
On last Thursday evening at clock,
at the home of George Boshell in this
city, Mr. Jonce Byers and Miss Lydia |
Weimert, both popular and well known |
residents of near Heller, were joined |
in wedlock, Probate Judge Breeden |
doing the legal work in the latest
approved manner. The DEMOCRAT
hastens to extend congratulations.