Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-28

experiments with oxygen, hydrogen
and carbonic acid gas were performed.
Mr.. Buses was assisted by Mr.. Meal
lister, of district IS, and many ex-
pressed the hope that the lecture may
be repeated in the near future.
The new board of county commits
sioners ought to find out, if possible, te
what use they can put that county pile
driver which has, for the past year or
80. reposed in inoccuous disuetude in
the street at the west of the Morrison
house,
What a dandy good christian our
brother of the Tribune is. How benignly
he smiles as he ''scatters seeds of kind
ness.'' See his letter from that other
sanctimonious, Cody man from Texas,
and his comment on the election of
Senator Harris.
The Y. P. S. G. e. of the First Con-
church have secured Geo.
W. Oles, the celebrated American Vic,
finest, to give one of his grand concerts
at the Congregational church, Monday,
February 1st, 1897. Adults 25 cents;
children Is cents.
Every day or so we are in receipt of
requests of copies of the DEMOCRAT
matter pertaining to the
lake and ditch. One party writes that
be ''saw notice of the new enterprise in
the American Investors Journal" and
wants 'sall the information he can get
from the local papers,
The EllinwOOd papers announce a
mountain lion prowling around that
Some people who visit Ell
inwood frequently often see snakes,
and things like that, but the EllinwOod
men are the first to get 'em
10 bad as to see lions and other wild
beasts.
One of these days, when some one
gets leg broken by stepping into q
1ole in the sidewalk. the need of more
to said walks will be brought
forcibly before the authorities. AS it
s, there are lots of places on the most
streets where fellow has got
20 go sort of b'guess and b'gosh gait
% save his bacon.
There
,umed with a cankerous desire to get
INTO print, aud if, perchance through
The misplaced confidence of some news
paper man they succeed in breaking
nto his columns, the public generally
wonders how the writer with the afore-
'aid cankerous desire happened to be-
come afflicted that way.
A fellow was here from Texas last
week buying up all the old plugs of
lorses he could get hold of. And he
rot hold of a good many of them-at
rom SO cents up, but not very high up.
lie will ship them down to the cotton
country and sell them to the planters,
v lIO III SCH GuOui W UIl0 uOSIO
rs and take mortgage on the cotton
:rop as pay for same. Any old plug is
,ood enough to tend cotton with.
Geo. w. Greene. Jr., slipped off to
Kansas City last week. and on Wed
lesday was married to Miss Georgia |
1ulme, of this city. Now we all knew
his event was going to happen sooner |
II later, and it happened ''sooner."
rhe good wishes of the DEMOCRAT are |
extended the happy young couple.
day no monster with eye the color of |
heir name ever stalk their footsteps, |
nd may their path through life be one |
f pleasure, profit and plenty of greens. |
A Cheyenne township farmer was in |
own the other day and explained the |
7hole secret of the failure of the repub- |
can candidate to be elected county at |
orney. He said ''Nimocks he tam |
DOL. she send fife kegs beer und one |
allon viskey over dare all right, but |
end i'm fo do wrono folIar-6at fof1ar