Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-11

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Mrs. S. D. Craine, formerly of this
county but now of Oklahoma, arrived
in Great Bend Saturday to visit with
her mother, Mrs. Col. Tom Stone, who
is still quite sick.
Captain W. l.. Stewart, of Logan
township, who has been doing jury
duty the past week or more, made the
DEMOCRAT Office social call last
Saturday.
Call at the city clerks office (Schaef-
fer's coal office) any lime during bust
ness hours and have your name proper,
~ registered, so you can vote at the
spring election
jim Sroufe has purchased the Star
barber shop, at Larned, and is now in
business for himself again. His Great
Bend friends will be pleased to know
that be is located so near.
Rt. Rev'd F. r. Millspaugh will hold
Episcopal service at the little Church
on Broadway. two blocks west of the
2. 0. Wednesday the 18th, al which all
are most cordially invited.
Every Old settler with whom we have
talked says the ground in Barton
county is now in better condition for
putting in spring crops than it has been
in the history OF the county before.
McCray's juvenile brass band has
been putting in the time pretty faith
fully the past few months in practice,
and one of these days will come out on
the streets and surprise the natives
Register of DEEDS Klein slipped out
of the Office long enough, last Tuesday
to become fundamentally registered as
the husband of Miss Mary Sanko-that
was. The DEMOCRAT extends cOngrat.
ulatiOns.
A deputy United States marshal
came to Great Bend Friday and arrest
ed John D. Younker, of this city, und
the charge of selling whiskey without
government license. He left with
his prisoner for Wichita Friday even.
ing.
We feel it our duty to hereby record
our annual warning to all people to
protect their premises with fire guards.
Prairie fires will soon be started, and
little attention given to protection of
buildings and hay stacks may save you
many dollars.
The Evening News says that, since
the inauguration of President McKin-
ley 1.-The grass begins to grow, and the
sap to rise IN the trees" It might
have truthfully continued by stating
that the sap had also begun to flow
from the head of its editor in tie usual
sloppy manner.
On Sunday afternoon, Feb, %, the
fine. country residence of DR.. w. III.
White, a few miles southwest of
town took fire and burned down.
1t was occupied by Mr.. Tacker who
was. with his family, away from home
when the fire occurred, and lost most of
his household goods. The farm house
was fine two story structure which
cost when built about 81 900, and it's
loss is a serious one to DR. White. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
County Attorney Diffenbacher has,
in the present term of district court, al
ready secured the conviction bv iurv of
two men, Rice and Willinger, for steal
ing wheat. and they will go to the peni-
tertiary; and of two others who got a
jail sentence for petty larceny. No
emotions to quash" have been sprung,
and the law-breaker will now come to a
realization Of the fact that now the
county attorney OF Barton county will
do his full duty.
LATER. The judge set aside the de-
cision of the jury in the case of the boy
Willinger.