Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-01

here visiting her father. a. L. Whit
comb.
Hiss Lizzie Wildgen of Hoisington
spent last friday visiting friends in
this city.
Mrs. S. 3. Giddings left for an ex-
tended visit to her old home in Con,
netticut last week.
Allison Bros. uptown coal Office is
resplendent in new coat of yellow
paint and a bran new sign.
Mrs. Ella Fits returned the. latter
part of last week from Ottawa, report,
ing good time at the Chatanqua.
Master Earl Noses gave 2 birth day
party to some of his friends Friday
afternoon. He was fifteen years old.
VIM. White. Of near Olritz, wss in
the city Saturday securing repairs for
his binder and preparing fer harvest.
Roy Putnam, the south side farmer.
has thrown up his farming job and &C.
cepted = job IN Newton b2rber.shop
Although Dad Deleplain is hustler
with the sprinkling cart the dust
rather got the best of him last Sat-
urday.
ilrs. @. L. Chapman and Miss lii.
Ian Brinkman are in Ann Arbor,
Mich, attending the wedding of their
cousin, Miss Fisher.
"Oh, yes! This is fine country,
remarked drummer last SATURDAY IS
She win9blew the eagle ofsof a Qua
ter he held in his hand.
twenty-five hours late in three sue
cessiTe days is not a bad record To-
the branch train. However, this is
not good example to emula..s.
3 new tailor came to town last week
and is staying at the home OF John
REIN. Mother and baby are doing
vel. while John is on the improve.
1t is safe to say that when the temp
erance people Of Topeka beseeched
Leeay for water they did not desire it
ii the shape of one-pound hail stones.
Andy Meyers is now ''papa," and its
boy OF regulation weight. Andy
says although the boy cannot vote he
is right in the push when It comes to
shouting.
Sinc9 the residents of 'sSleepy Hol-
low" h-Ys discovered that they have
rot single heir to the Barnato for
tune they realize what a really small
town Larned is.
Henry Nordiman of Olmitz was
coUnty seat visitor last Saturday.
Henry says that wheat around Olmitz
is fine and that the yield will be a
-5cord breaker:
". =. Klein and wife, of Ellinwood,
were in this city last Friday. Billy
says the tIamps are keeping him busy,
and gently intimates that he is earning
his salary as marshall.
The city council of Abeline have
passed curfew ordinance which puts
the children IN the house at D. m. and
the ole folks at midnight. Abeline
citizens must be tough people.
Colorado strawberries are on the
market. However, not being as for
tUnate as ". y. Wilkinson, OF the
Ellinwood Advocate, we can no. say
whether they are good or bad.
While many different people make a
practice OF cleaning tts cobwebs from
the editors mind on many different
subjects nc one has yet given us any
points OF the usefulness of the hy.
Let everybody help the ladies with
their Fourth OF July celebration in the
park next Saturday evening and then
later we viii have a Grand Harvest
Home Picnic in which every one in the
county can take part.
3 500 acre feld of wheat near Dart
mouth caught fire from sparks from
passing Santa Fe train last Friday and
was entirely burned. This field was
the property of MangIesdorf Brothers
of Ellinwood and was just ready for
harvest.
The English people are celebrating
the Goth anniversary of Queen Victo-
ria's coronation. AS the reign of
Queen Victoria has been a reign OF
prosperity it is small wonder the apni-
versary is made the occasion for a
great celebration.