Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-29

Thursday evening, when the hail
storm struck the ditching camp there
was trouble in de camp, sure" Two
large ditchers, with u horses hauling
each, were working close together
when the horses became frantic from
the pelting of the hail and began to
"mill," that is turn about in a circle
getting clear beyond CONTROL of the
drivers. For few minutes there was
a general mixup of horses, mules, men
and machinery, with the result that
both machines were laid up for repairs
all day Friday. None of the men were
injured, and the teams came out of
the muss without any serious damage.
a mock trial was conducted in the
city high school last Friday afternoon.
Bert Winterburg was attorney for de-
fence and Paul Lewis attorney for
prosecution. The complaining wit
ness did not appear, and the case was
continued to the 30th. A little girl
who visited the schools that afternoon
reported at home that ''they played
cross questions and silly answers, all
afternoon; and the professor played
with the rest of them"
EyIer, the statuesque ball pitcher
with a merry go-round movement on
the side, who came up from Harvey
county few years ago to get knocked
ont of the box by the Great Bend
Shamrocks, is low the main stand by
of the Kansas City league club, and is
doing some good work. too. Eyler got
whole lot of joshing while here, but
he is a gentleman and good ball
pitcher just the same.
Last Thursday afternoon between
4:30 and O'Clock, hail storm swept
acr oss the county from south to Dorth
in strip a couple of miles wide. The
heaviest hail seemed to pass west of
Great Bend. Many windows were
young garden truck was wiped out,
and leaves and blossoms knocked off
of fruit trees. In town a number of
windows were broken.
Foster JOrdOn got word Friday that
his son, Jesse, met with an accident in
Colorado one day last week by which
he had a leg broken. Jesse and
another man were hauling wood down
a mountain side, wheI, their wagon
tipped over. falling On Jesse and
breaking one of his legs below the
knee
Throughout the length and breadth
of the land Ringing Day" is now rec
ognized as the grandesC gaia event of
the season. In many of the cities
where Ringing Bros. exhibit the
schools are dismissed and the employees
of the big manufacturing concerns are
given a holiday in order to see the big
show.
Capt. w. b. Pearson was over from
north of Hoisington. last Thursday.
He says he guesses our wheat crop in
Barton county this year at half full
crop IN his neighborhood the middle
sowing of wheat was hurt last fail
worse than the early or late sowing,
by the frOSts.
Last Wednesday morning Leonard
Krause accidentally cut his foot badly
with an ak Misfortune has been rath
er OVERRIDING it with Leonard lately.
One day last week son of his was run
over by a wagon and header barge and
had leg badly bruised up.
The 1iiiterate toughs about E lin
wood are evidently trying to improve
their education. Both the Advocate
and Leader tell about different school
houses being broken into and Webster's
dictionaries and other books being
stolen.
The old croaker who used TO sit
around on dry goods boxes and COM
plain that not enough rain fell in Kan
sas in a year to wet a gnat's shirt, was
drowned while attending to cross
Main street in Glaflin the other day.
W. B. Grimes made a business trip
10 Dodge City ard other western points
last week, on stock business. His
son, W. B. Grimes jr., has a stock
ranch in the eastern part OF the state
and raises graded cattle.
The amount of money expended on
any one of the more than one hundred
dens. cages and tableaux exhibited by
the Ringing Bros would pay for the
construction of handsome residence