Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-29
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Alex Noakes of EilihWood, is visit
ing friends in this city.
Geo Moses made flying trip to
Hoisington Thursday night.
joe Schneider, of near Albert, was
transacting business in this city last
Thursday.
Mike Hickey of Olmitz was doing
business with our merchants last
Thursday.
w A. Diekee nephew of Fair
Bros. is working in their lumber yard
at this place.
Louis Reynolds. of Ohio. took posi-.
tion with Will Ferger in his barber
shop last waek.
The Arknsas Valley Grain Co. have
finished repairing the Culver elevator,
and are now roady for business.
Pasture has improved considerably
since the recent rains but we have
not yet received that load of hay
Mr.. S. E. Leland of Troy Kansas
was visiting with the family of
Judge Townsley few days last week
Chralie King was up from Enid Ok
lahoma. couple of days last week, to
look after business affairs in Barton
county.
''Piute Bill'', with his banjo, songs,
and funny sayings, entertained large
crowds on the street three evenings
last week.
Geo. Spencer last week completed
carpenter work on Nike Hickey's new
house near Olmitz, and is again count
ed as Great Bender.
The Arkansas Valley Grain Co. pur-
chased cars of wheat at Dundee last
week; two from Thos. keenan, and
three from Frank Kern.
D. C Glissman is getting to be an
expert on windmill work If we may
judge by the elegant red sun-burns
on his hands and nose.
Judging from the appearance of
Leon Miller's face since his return
from Wichita the maidens of that city
must object to a mustache.
Charlie Morrison, who is superin-
tending the building of Kelly & Carr's
new mill at Hutchinson, was up to
spend Sunday with his family.
Bill Quinlan of near OImitz was In
the city last Thursday and invested in
a new wagon with which to handle
his share of our immense wheat crop.
VIM. Bush of Olmitz was transact
ing business in the city last Thursday.
Will says that corn in the neighbor-
hood will make at least part of a crop.
viii Mcdonald, an old Great Bend
boy, stopped over last week on his re-
turn from attending the meeting of the
colored Odd Fellows, at Sallna, to visit
old friends.
Scott Ciugston of darlington Kans :,
who has been in this county for the
past month attending to the cutting,
threshiDg and marketing of his wheat,
returned home this week.
E. @. McNOwn spent a couple Of
days last week at Jetmore, looking
after stock interests. He reports the
grass as being first class and lots of it,
and the prospects fair for other feed.
Many farmers in Barton county this
fall reckon their wheat by the car load
rather than by the bushel. When
asked how much wheat they will have
the reply is generally so many "car
I, loads"
Judging from the talk made by the
patent medicine. man last week the
bare sight of even the label on one OF
his packages would cure the worst case
of bubonie plague that India could
produce.
Mrs. E. G. Hill, whose husband was
book-keeper for G Y. and E. r. Moses
j several years ago, passed through thi:
city Friday morning on the Santa Fe
j Lon her way east for visit with heI
parents.
! A few farmers have already remem
bered the newspaper man when they
marketed their wheat Your harvest