Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Tom Hart made a flying trip oyel
from Hoisington Tuesday evening.
Frank Dell this week opened res
turant in connection with his saloon
A census taken now would give
Great Bend upwards of 5000 inhabi
tants.
Master Eddie Hoffman, of Hutchin
son, is visiting his cousin, Master Ed
die Gallup of Great Bend.
Harry Tracy, of Topeka, stopped of
between trains, on his way to Garder
City last Sunday evening.
The annual school meetings in the
various districts will be held this year
on July Goth, at p. m.
Turkey red handkerchiefs &c at the
"Cyclone.''
w. II. Zutavern is up near Albert
this week looking after the threshing
OF some of Ny. Gillmore's wheat.
The old, old, story entitled 'Delin-
quent Tax List" will be running il
the papers now for few weeks.
Eugene TelIeaux, publisher of the
Western Homestead, in Wichita coun
ty was Great Bend visitor Saturday
Miss Floy Gilmore returned last
week from her visit to Colorado, and is
again "at home" in the New YORK
store.
VIM. Roberts and Anna Andree,
both OF near Albert, were married al
LaCross on July 10sh, by the probate
judge.
SOC overalls soc at the Cyclone"
Richard Jett the branch engineer
is so far recovered from his recent
wreck injuries as TO be out on the street
little.
D. Y. Hern of Belvidere, Neb., visit
ed with Crume L, sen's folks the first
of the week. Ie WI, yHing through
on his wheel.
A stroke of lightning i'll tie vicin'
ity of Heller last Friday, during the
shower, came near knocking num-
Der of people out with solar plexus
blow.
Col. w. P. Feeder and Leon Roberts
of the Great Bend Sons of Veterans
camp, attended the Mother Bickerdyke
celebration at Hays CITY the first OF
this week.
An old saw: LAS d rule mans a
fool. When it's hot he wants it cool:
when it's cool he wants it hot-always
wants what he has not never pleased
with what he's got. L maintain that
as a rule, mans fool.
Sunday afternoon Messrs John Wag'
ner, Austin Terrence, Charlie Christ.
oph and Will Weisenburg, four of
Ellinwood's young wheelmen, came
up to the Bend and from there rode
out to the big irrigation ditch.
Under ordinary circumstanc we
have no objections to piano music, but
when we awaken in the middle of the
night and hear the neighbors humping
on the piano we do not consider these
ordinary circumstances.
When you call for mail at the post
office mention your name-not the
number of your box. The postmaster
cannot hand out the boxes. they are
fixtures which he needs in his business
Besides the boxes are known on the
inside by the names of the renters.
and not by their numbers.
On Saturday. July 17th,- Mrs. Julia
Ann Erwin, wife of @. w. Erwin, aged
Fl years, died of consumption. De
ceased was one of the we'll known
young colored people of this city, and
leaves many friends to mourn hel
death. Funeral services were held a,
5. p. m. Sunday
The La Crosse Clarion tells of the
wedding of James Boes and Matte
Reed, aged % and Is years, which oc-
cured on the street, in front of fur
niture store in La Crosse. on July 18th.
Both young people claimed to be from
Wichita, but had been working in the
harvest field near Albert. in Barton
county.
a little girl was invited to take tea
with some old ladies and set off laden
with much good advice as to behavior.
When she returned home tired, but
happy. her mother inquired whether
she had been polite. ''Oh yes mamma;
we had jam for teal You know you
told me was not to take anything
the sacnnd TINA aSo rthou- askad nao 70