Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-18
LOCAL HAPPENINGS S.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The C. n. G. gives golden" Medal
contest. Saturday evening of this week.
If Prof, Striker was running the insti.
tuition that would not happan-it
would be ''sllver" medal cor tes6, 16
to 1.
Some one in the second ward vas doi
ing some careless shooting Nonday
night, A couple of heavy sho, went
through the window of Squire J Wood
Brown, but fortunately without injury
TO anyone.
There has been more sleigh-riding
the past month in this county than for
many year. Anything that would
answer was pressed into service, and
almost constantly could be heard the
jingling and tinkling of the bells.
The way to get good roads is to build
them. We hope that, after the expert.
ence of the past two weeks, road over
seers all over the county Will seq the
need of giving more attention 10 put.
ting the roads in better condition.
Attorney S. 1. Hale, of La Crosse,
has been offered the position of assist
ant claim agent for the Mo. p road.
1t does not seem as if Sam had killed
himself off by standing by his honest
convictions for the free coinage of silver
The low.lyIng flats about the city
were one continuous lake last Friday
and Saturday. bitches which If open
would have carried off the surplus
water, were stopped up with snow and
debris, and the city looked ike a
southern Illinois swamp.
The only reason Garden City dudes
part their hair in the middle is tn keep
their minds from becoming uhbalanc-
| ed, while if they had little less point
to their shoes and more to their conver-
sation it would seem more interesting
to tn cir Sentinel.
| y. Llndblom, accom- panied by his
wife and daughter, stopped off to visit
with Jesse Rasor and wife last week,
on their way home to Rush county
from Florida. Mr.. Lindblom says that
everything is overdone in Florida, and
he does not care to locate there.
1t is one of the peculiar amenities of
fate. that often The man wiIosn ycp did
everything you cuuld to advance in a
political way, will take the first oppor-
tunity which offers to cut you il the
back. Newspaper men experience this
oftener than any other class.
The township assessors, with the
county commissioners, will meet at the
Office of county clerk on Monday,
March 1st, to go through the form Of
agreeing on basis of valuation. Why
not be fair, square, and assess all
property according to its actual cash
value?
'Shave, or a haircut-which shall it
be? Cut your face or shave your hair
while you count threel One boy two
boys-happy as a clami What's the
matter? Dad again that's what amp
And that's the way EIbert Seward has
been going on, by spells, ever since last
Friday morning.
The snow last Sunday seems to have
, been general all over the state. At
, Topeka snow fell to the depth Of eight
J or ten inches; at Great Bend about
seven inches. No wind, and no drift
J Ing, and by Monday evening the sun
1 had already melted much of it into the
ground.
The attention of DEMOCRAT readers
is called to the advertisement of the
l &C. A." grocery, to be found elsewhere
= in this paper. Mr.. Weltmer is one OF
l our oldest citizens, and makes it a rule
. to always treat everybody fairly. If
you are not dealing with him it viii
r pay you to do so.