Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
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NUMBER 33.
Richard Jett and wife are home
from trip east. Mr.. Jetf has almost
recovered from the effects OF the en-
gine wreck, and is growing fiat and
sassy" during his lay-off.
Chris and Nick Graf, of the east
side, were callers on the DEMOCRAT
last Thursday. They say the result OF
the election would have been different
if the east side democrats had turned
out and voted.
The great Santa Fe road lie painting
the depots and other buildings along
its lines. The work is done with a
sort of squirt gun machine, run by
steam. The buildings st Great Bend
got their dose one day last week.
Don't fail to examine the Cummings
New Improved Coffee Pot, Condenser
and Dripper, on exhibition at Moss
store. A new process of making coffee
that condenses the steam and separates
all the grounds from the coffee.
j. E. Hotchkiss has been down in
Egypt stafford Coz among the pros
porous pops for the last few weeks.
He plastered new house for Howard
Lake, a new house for Ed. Mcdonald.
and an old house for VIM. johnson.
have opened a new stock of gfoc-
cries in my store next the First Ma
tional Bank. Prices low. Produce
wanted. Will give cash, groceries or
dry goods for it. Goods delivered in
the city.
A. r. Moss, Star Grocery,
Mr.. NJ. l.. Cook, whose home is near
Chicago, came out this week on a visit
to his son, o. T. Cooke of the Arksn-
sas Valley Grain s. Elevator Co. He
will remain some time, if the climate
agrees with hinp-and it undoubtedly
will.
Ii the city council should condemn
that dilapidated, disgraceful old pre-
tense of an opera house, wonder if it
would not encourage the erection of
good show room? We would not be
surprised if the council tried the ex-
pertinent.
Talk about unadulterated gall. We
drove past church building in this
city last Saturday, on one side of which
a fence board advertiser had painted a
couple of signs in bold, black letters.
Would not be surprised to see every
private house in the town made a pub
lie billboard.
G. L. Chapman, F. B. Patterson,
John REIN, Ralph Bailey, @. a.
SwartZ. J. j. Winterburg aud Ed. F..
Winterburg, of Great Bend, and John
Grant of Ellinwood, attended the
Knights of Pythias banquet at Pawnee
Rock last Saturday night.
Mss Winifred Wilcox, of Chicago,
assisted by Mrs. Geo. Parker, Messrs.
H. r. Johnson, E. F. Buess,. and the
Orchestra, will give CONS
Piano Recital at the Chris
tian church, Hoisington, on the event
ing of Saturday. November 18th, be-
ginning at o'clock
II. J. Roetzel was up from EIlini
wood Monday and favored this Office
with a call. Mr. Roetzel named .
large number of democrats and popu.
lists in Lakin township who did not
turn out to vote-but nary a rspubli-
can. You can fool some of the peo-
pie some of the time'' etc.
Hon. M. W. Cobun, of Albion town
ship, made the DEMOCRAT office a
friendly call last. Monday evening. He
expressed his surprise at the unwar-
ranted laziness Tor something else) that
prevented many populists in his, part
of the county from turning out and
voting on election day.
The pictures of the Corbett-Fitz-
simmons fight, Saturday night, were a
miserable fake. After three even
ings of really meritorious entertain
ments it was too bad that Mr.. Kempton
spoiled the good impression made by
his excellent company by working off
that horrible farce of fight upon his
audience.
A north side democrat says he has
just found out show it happened
He says he marked in the square to the