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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09
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The rain of last Sunday slackened
the threshing for several days this
week, but the farmers are not much
put out as they are putting IN full
time blowing.
Philip Grossardt has sold his farm
to Mr.. Debes and will give possession
the 9Th of tn Is month. Mr.. Grossardt
intends locating somewhere in south
west Missouri
We neglected to state last week
that Mr.. and Mrs. M. d. Little are
the happy parents of an eight pound
boy, but it's a fact and Mort is as
proud as boy With his first pair of
pants.
Triple moving affair occurred in
town Tuesday Ed Carson moved
into the house occupied by George
and Title Dotter; the Dotters moved
into to the Clafin Hotel and JOS
Welsh moved into the house occupied
! by Ed Carson. The idea of the move
was so that Mrs. Welsh will not be
bothered by the noise in the hotel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

port corn about ready to shock.
E. S. Murphy has been selected to
teach the school in district 3, west OF
town.
A nice rain fell Sunday, but did
not extend very far south. 1t put the
plowed ground in this vicinity in good
condition.
Amos johnson has been drawn on
the federal petit jury, and will have
to report to Wichita for duty, Mon
day, Sept. -.
P. Doherty will move his Gem
drug store into the Mangelsdorf room
now occupied by Joe A. Stepanek,
about the middle of September.
DIR. Lash reports the birth of son
and heir to Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Brinning last Friday morning. All
parties, including the old man, are
we'll.
RAIDER q Sprinkler contemplate en- d.
larging their salesrooms and are fig
uring on building an archway into
the salesroom soon to be vacated by
I. OOherty.
The congregation of the German
Baptist church, five miles west Of
Ellinwood, have paid off the last of
their debt on the church property by
voluntary contributions. Rev. G.
Drummer and Mr.. H Fritzemeier
paid the last note of 1898 Monday,
Aug. so.
J. T. Reaugh and family and q.
NJ. Reaugh and wife will leave Satur.
day overland for Parker, Kansas
MIR. Reaugh and son will then go to
Arkansas TO look over the country.
They don't expect to return to Barton
county. The community is very
sorry to lose them.
The school board has. now COM
pleted their roster of teachers for the
coming year. and school will begin
next Monday. The following is the
official list of the teachers employed:
Albert Dickens, Principal, Alden.
Eta Frey, Grammar Dept. Great
Bend; Kathleen Wedge, intermediate
Dept. Larned; Lydia Berger, Pri
mary Dept, Halstead
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09
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By "Searcher."
Threshing is going on.
The weather could not be fiuer.
Corn is short crop in these parts
Adolph Hampel has lots of potatoes
for sale.
g. s. Emery is putting out 300
acres of wheat this fall.
DR.. Atkins is kept quite busy at
tending the sick, these hot days.
Miss Dora Nordman is clerking for
her father in his store at this place.
Landlord Mayer is now a married
MANI 80 we have a new land-lady in
town.
Put White is still single. Go for
him, girls, and get a good home free
of charge.
Heaps of wheat coming into this
town; prices paid average about 20
cents per bushel.
At the conventions Saturday some
got there and some failed-does that
mean some were glad and some mad?
met two of the leading editors
of the county at the conventions in
Hoisington Saturday. 1t is not neces'
sary to mention their names, both are
we'll known.
In the action before Justice J. P.
Lyle of Hoisington, in which L..
B;cknell sued A. E. Wigton and at.
tached property belonging to other
parties, as claimed, the attachment
was dissolved at plaintiffs cost. Prose
was attorney for plaintiff and Hotch.
kiss for defendant.
The convention has adjourned. the
ticket is before the people, and ]
don't know how the majority are
suited. But hereafter give Us the
popular cote system to nominate, and
then all will have say in nominating
candidates. / listened to some fowery
speeches in the convention; but it
seems they were all in vain-it seemed
as though the candidates who talked
SO nice and beautiful came ont farth :
est Ia the rear. I.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

From the Banner
Guy Weltmer is working for Schroe.
der d Roesler.
Trials and lawsuits seem to be q
very common thing nowadays.
The recent drop in wheat has stop
ped many farmers from hauling, yet
quite bit is being marketed.
Will Schroeder received quite an
injury this evening while unloading a
buggy crate from dray wagon.
The Epworth League has been
postponed indefinitely owing to Mr..
Fleisher being called to another place
on the same date.
The air ship, hen, COW and baby
stories have all been forgotten by the
newspaper men in their clamor to
get up the biggest cereal story.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09


Rubber stamp stationery is back
number.
Clifton Cobun Is assisting in the
hardware store.
There is no necessity for any one
being idle this summer and fall.
Rev. Barr has been retained by the
Friends church of this charge for an
other year.
How about that fire department
Hoisington was going to have so sud
denly last winter.
G. III Luce, of Galatia, lett this
week for Kanopolis to take charge of
the city schools at that place.
The city calaboose had an occupant
last week the first time in over a year
1t was case OF too much "snake
bite"
It is strange, but nevertheless true,
that the business man who spends but
little with the home paper kicks hard
if said b. p. does not constantly urge
the people to trade at the home stores.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Ralph Aiken has resigned as teacher
in our city schools and will go to the
state of Washington with sister who
is in poor health. Miss Sadie Good
win has been chosen to conduct the
Grammar grade.
Great Bend and Ellinwood keep the
city treasury i'll good shape by the
fines received from saloons. Other
towns of the county have the saloons
but receive no money consideration.
Which are the wiser?
Mrs. Emanuel Keener died Mon
day night at Council Grove. The
remains were brought here and in
tered in the U. B. cemetery IN Eu.
reka township yesterday afternoon
Rev. Stutzman conducted funeral
services.
Mr.. J,hn A. Coons died at his
home north of town on Wednesday
Sept l, 1897, at 2:15 M. after a
lingering illness. Mr.. Coons was
born in Virginia, December %, 1928,
and was married in Indiana Jan. 5,
1913, to Cathrine E Worries. They
came to Kansas in May, 1881. Eleven
children we're born to them, eight
of whom and the wife survive Mr.
Coons. The chindren now living are
w. H., J. P. j. T., and g. G..
Coons. Mrs M j. loot, Mrs. S. A
Olson and Mrs. 0. r. Gillian.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09
From the Advocate.

From the Advocate.
a A. A. Ward will teach district No
"a, south of town.
Ed Ramey and wife and Will
Eberhardt and wife left Wednesday
for the Strip.
Fred Wolf received young deer
last Thursday to add to his collection
in their beautiful park.
Q 1t is rLmored that the Kansas
Grain Company will build new ele-
vator at this point soon.
Miss Augusta Kattenhorn has
secured a school four miles south
which opens week from next Mon
day.
Miss Adella Ives has secured dis
trict No. 80, and will begin an eight
months term of school next Monday.
Albert Donnebohm, Jr., son OF
Albert Donnebobm, living five miles
south of here, fell off of the roof of a
barn last Saturday, fracturing his
collar bone in the fall. Boy is re-
covering.
Johnnie Auchstetter, II year old
son of the drayman, met with serious
accident last Thursday. He was on
the seat of the wagon, and from some
cause he fell forward striking the sin.
gle tree and lit under the wheel which
passed over him breaking his leg and
collar bone.
g. T. McCaughn who has been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Mas
Shafer. for the past month, left Mon
day evening for Pueblo, Colorado
where he will visit with his daughter
from there he win go to Colorado
Springs, which will conclude his visit
ing tour among his children for thi.
season.
From the Leader.
The farmers south of the river re
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

At the regular monthly meeting of
the school board Monday night the
board adopted Whites Geometry and
Hewitt's Psychology. These books
are recommended by Pro. Barber as
being much more satisfactory, and also
less expensive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Some OF the boys who said they
were going to 'sell out and pull out"
after this year have about concluded
to craw6sh, after they see the expert
ences of those who have left here but
are coming back.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

John Johnston came up from Okla
homa country last week. He says he
was out of the wheat belt" this year,
and did not get into very close COM
munication with the ''corn belt"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

The city schools opened Monday
with a total enrolment of 52S, as
against 476 on opening day last year.
This number will undoubtedly be in
creased to upwards of 900 within the
next month.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

ME-. T. Jackson. of Homestead,
Indiana, near Lawrenceburg. arrived
IN the county last Wednesday, to look
around a bit. Mr. Jackson is accom-
panied by the mother of his wife, the
two of them being relatives of the late
John 81. Taylor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

w. D. Boyle. of Albion, started for
Oklahoma Tuesday evening to look
after an so acre corn field he has got
down there. Before he left he order
ed the DEMOCRAT and Cincinnati
Weekly Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Otto Hiss, of the south side, was
one among the many substantial farm
ers we have added to our list of sub.
scribers during the past week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Conductor Pat Boughan is taking a
ten days lay off to visit hissold home
at Sedalla. Missouri, where he also has
property interests. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

A. ID, Baldwin of near Heller, was
doing business in town Wednesday
and called on the newspaper man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

p How about those holes in the side
walk-wiIl they be left open unit
some one breaks leg?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

No improvement is reported in the
condition of Mrs. Jas. W. Clarke. On
the contrary she is growing weaker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

On Tuesday of this week a marriage
license was issued to ". Fl. Adams,
aged At, and Miss Isabel Smart, aged
81, both Of ElliIwood postoffice. Miss
Smart is daughter of Uncle Bobby
Smart.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Knights and Ladys of Security will
meet at the Woodmen Hall (Hulme
building) on Friday evening of this
week to organize lodge. All inter
ested should take notice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Blank farm leases, blank notes,
mortgages, ETC.. and full line Of jus.
tice of the peace blanks for sale at
the DEMOCRAT office strc--
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Col. w. W. Stewards. of Homestead
township, was chewing dust on our
streets Wednesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

J. w. Haege has moved from the
first ward to the Fred Walker prop
erty, third ward.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Ira Wilde, an old soldier who has
been making his home with Tneo
Dahm, left this week for the Soldiers
Home at LeavenwOrth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

The man who let's his prejudiees
overbalance his business judgment
will not make a success of anything.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

A. FL. Schaeffer, of the Great Bend
Fuel Co., is in Colorado, at the coal
mines, preparing for his winter sup.
ply Of coal. He will probably return
next Sunday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

CCol. W. p FEEDER left Monday for
the national meeting of The Sons of
Veterans, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Little Beula DuMont, who has
been visiting in Larned the past
week. returned home Sunday. Her
Grandmother DuMont accompanied
her hOma
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Chester O'Neal, formerly a Barton
county man, but now farmer in Reno
county, near Hutchinson, was up a
couple of days the fist of the week on
hIlSinnss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09
THE NEW SCHOOL BOOKS

Are arriving in large numbers and are now pre-
pared furnish nearly all books the list following which
is complete and adopted by the State Text Book Com
mission These books MUST be used in the here
after
The the column =
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Students Speler
Students Third
Excelsior Fourth Reader
:. .
Tiotson's Elementary
Hoenshels Complete
Rand McNally
Rand Mentally Grammar choolG DIV -
TarTss Physical
WrghI's Civil
Collins Algebra -
ory
Sevensons Book keeping
HoIzeis
HOtzes Ply soogv
Verti
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.


~
Burn fire guards.
Council meeting next Monday
night.
Good OYeralls for SO cents. at the
Cyclone.
Miss Hally Tyler is still very dan,
gerously ill. so
Everything for school-Allen' Drug
Store.
Mrs. Walter Tindan is slowly re-
covering.
Wire Stretchers for 80 cents, at the
Cyclone.
Have you time to haul the printer a
load of hay?.
Workmen picnic next Thursday =
everybody attend.
Investigate irrigation. It is bound
to prove successful.
Ten sheets of Tissue Paper for 5
cents, at the Cyclone.
The DEMOCRAT, with all the county
news. for 81 year.
For goodness sakei Mr.. Weather
clerk, give us a rain.
DR.. P. j. Bartle was down from
Pawnee Rock Tuesday.
Ed Moses, jr. returned from his Colo.
do outing Tuesday night.
The park is in good shape for the
Wcrkmen picnic next Thursday.
p. FL. Cory, of the north side, was
doing business in town Wednesday.
Miss Clara Buckland returned home
from Pueblo. Colo. Tuesday morning.
Wanted-a first class female cook
at once, at Johnson Bros. Restau-
rant.
Fred White was down from Heller
Wednesday, and made the DEMOCRAT
his annual call.
Jim Pearson, Of Hoisington, is Sub
UluS lcl az DOuSuou Ou tuO diOdt
Bend s. Hoisington branch.
WANTED girl to do plain kitchen
work at Hotel Greene; good wages
given.
CCol. W. p. FEEDER left Monday for
the national meeting of The Sons of
Veterans, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
The man who let's his prejudices
overbalance his business judgment
will not make a success of anything.
Blank farm leases, blank notes,
mortgages, ETC.. and full line Of JUS.
tice of the peace blanks for sale at
the DEMOCRAT office. al 'uea
Conductor Pat Boughan is taking a
ten days. lay off to visit hissold home
at Sedalla, Missouri, where he also has
property interests. 20
Otto Hiss, of the south side, was
one among the many substantial farm
ers we have added to our list of sub
scribers during the past week.
John Johnston came up from Okla
homa country last week. He says he
was out of the wheat belt" this year,
and did not get into very close COM
munication with the ''corn belt"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

WANTED girl to do plain kitchen
work at Hotel Greene; good wages
uiu
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

j. w. Haege has moved from the
first ward to the Fred Walker prop
erty, third ward.
Col. w. w. Stewards, of Homestead
township, was chewing dust on our
streets Wednesday.
p How about those holes in the side
walk-wiIl they be left open until
some one breaks leg?
A. ID, Baldwin of near Heller, was
doing business in town Wednesday
and called on the newspaper man.
No improvement is reported in the
condition of Mrs. JAS. W. Clarke. On
the contrary she is growing weaker
Ira Wilde, an old soldier who has
beeh making his home with Tneo
Dahm, left this week for the Soldiers
Home at Leavenw worth.
Chester O'Neal, formerly a Barton
county man, but now a farmer in Reno
county, near Hutchinson, was up a
couple of days the fist of the week on
business.
Little Beula DuMont, who has
been visiting in Larned the past
week. returned home Sunday. Her
Grandmother DuMont accompanied
her home.
A. FL. Schaeffer, of the Great Bend
Fuel Co., is in Colorado, at the coal
mines, preparing for his winter sup
ply Of coal. He will probably return
next Sunday.
Knights and Ladys of Security will
meet at the Woodmen Hall tHulme
building) on Friday evening of this
week to organize lodge. All inter
ested should take notice.
The city schools opened Monday
with total enrolment of 52S, as
against 476 on opening day last year.
This number will undoubtedly be in
creased to upwards of 600 within the
next month.
On Tuesday of this week a marriage
license was issued to ". Fl. Adams,
aged At, and Miss Isabel Smart, aged
81, both Of ElliIwood postoffice. Miss
Smart is daughter of Uncle Bobby
Smart.
Some OF the boys who said they
were going to ''sell out and pull out"
after this year have about concluded
to crawfsh, after they see the experi-
ences of those who have left here but
are coming back.
w. D. Boyle. of Albion, started for
Oklahoma Tuesday evening to look
after an so acre corn field he has got
down there. Before he left he order
ed the DEMOCRAT and Cincinnati
Weekly ENQUIRER.
Mr.. E. T. Jackson. of Homestead,
Indiana, near Lawrenceburg. arrived
IN the county last Wednesday, to look
around a bit. Mr. Jackson is accom-
panied by the mother of his wife, the
two of them being relatives of the late
John 81. Taylor.
AT the regular monthly meeting of
the school board Monday night the
board adopted Whites Geometry and
Hewitt's Psychology. These books
are recommended by Pro. Barber as
being much more satisfactory, and also
less expensive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Jim Pearson, of Hoisington, is Sub
bing'' for Pat Boughan on the Great
Bend s. Hoisington branch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Miss Clara Buckland returned home
from Pueblo, Colo, Tuesday morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Fred Witte was down from Heller
Wednesday, and made the DEMOCRAT
his annual call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-09

Wanted-a first class female cook
at once, at Johnson Bros. Restau-
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DIED.

At Lenoir, N. c., Mrs. Emily Eugenla
Lewis. late consort of Hon. Edmund
Jones. of Lenoir. She was born on De-
cember 25th, 1852, and died on August
25th, 1897, aged 45 years and 8 months
In recording the death of this lovely
Christian lady whom the writer has
known from childhood, the binding tears
of sympathetic love compel us, ever and
anon, to drop our pen to resume again
the powerful narrative.
Hers was life of love and she was
greatly beloved by ALL The whole COM
munity bowed in sympathetic grief.
The railroad authorities dispatched a
8 speciaI train to Hickory in order to con-
yey her mother, Mrs. A. M. Lewis, to
Lenoir, who was visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Rassett, in Chicago. Mrs. A. M.
Lewis reached Lenoir at a. m. on
Friday, the day of the funeral, and Mrs.
Robt. G.. Lewis arrived the same day at
1 p. m. from Louisburg. N. G. The
brothers, Frank Lewis, from Boston,
Mass, and William Lewis, Of States
vile, N. c., arrived on Thursday.
DR.. Thomas r. Skinner, OF Raleigh,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-31
Thomas Pescud
TAE GROCER.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
TAS GROCER

On Monday, October 4th, 1897, at the
Court House door in Raleigh, N. c.,
will sell at public cutlery those tracts of
land in Wake County, about two miles
southwark of Raleigh on the Holleman
Road and adjoining the lands OF w. B.
Wilder, Mrs. Roe Ella Holleman, tie
North Carolina Railroad Company and
theirs and described in the deed Of trust
ereinafter mentioned, as follows:
First tract Of (305) three hundred
liz five acres, more or less, lying on the
Holleman Road about 213 miles South
Raleigh, adjoining the lands Of w. II.
1olleman, NJ. A. Bledsoe and others and
known as the Nixon tract, formerly
wned by George T. Cooke; it being the
and conveyed to said George T. Cooke
by e. A. Nixon and others by deed re-
corded in Book No. 81 at page 100 of
the Register Of Deeds office of Wake
County, reference to which deed as re-
corded is hereby made for more par
ticular and detailed description of said
land.
Second, a tract OF land in said County
and State, containing one hundred and
thirteen nacres 113), more or less, known
the ORourke tract, formerly owned
by said George T. Cooke, it being the
land conveyed to said C. orge T. Cooke
by Martha e. Stronach and her husband
b deed recorded In Book No. 80 at
age PSI of the Register of Deeds office
of Wake County, reference to which
deed as recorded and t the deed from
satchelor and Battle Commissioners, to
aid Martha e. Stronach, fer sid land,
recorded in Book No. 80 at page II of
id Registers office is hereby made for
more particular and detailed descrip-
ion Of said land. Both of said tracts Of
land We're conveyed to said Martha K.
Stronach by Mary V. d. Cooke. Commits
Toner, by deed bearing even date here
with"
| Excepting, nevertheless, that part Of
he aforesaid lands vhich was conveyed
to w. b. Wilder, Esq, by said Martha
Stronach by deed registered in Book
No. 120 at pages AL and 442 of said
Registers office of Wake County: the
part conveyed to said w. B. Wilder by
aid deed contains 145 acres, leaving 273
cres which will be sold at the time and
place above stated.
Said lands will be sold In parcels.
Sale made by virtue of powers con-
rred upon me by a deed OF trust regis
tered |, Book No. 107 at page 500 of the
Register of Deeds office of Wake
County.
Terms of sale Cash. Hour OF sale IL
m. Crops on the land not sold.
s. f. MORDECAI. Trustee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-31

To the Editor: VIII you please puDhsh
hollow a letter which | have sent to "Char-
lotte Observer" with request to publish
to-morrow. / am pleased to note that
49, .syy;lmington Messenger" (Which has
+be same correspondent here) omitted
from his letter on both OCCASIONS Ine "a
tnrmati on as to my correspondence and
visitors Mt my residence.