Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
OUR NEIGHBORs.
OLMITZ.

! Fall seeding has commenced,
Oar motel mas again changed hands
| this time to a stranger.
Our P. NJ. still lives and rejoices
that he still wears his own scalp.
This town is still lively; home talent
starts out and foreign talent puts on
the polish.
The society of the Workmen had
doings in this town last Saturday
afternoon and evening, which was
largely attended, with a general good
time. Dancing in the evening was the
principal enjoyment.
c S. Emery visited on Upper Blood
Creek a few hours last Saturday.
Charlie reports the corn crop on the
Smoky, where he lives. a failure. Says
land is increasin in price and much
of it changing hands.
The g FL. Speck family of Fair
view township. are having siege of
the typhoid fever. Ben, who took 1t
first. is now convalescent; his mother
and one of the younger boys now
have it. Doctor Atkins is their physi-
clan.
It's amusing to read in the Repub-
lican newspapers of today; the sharp
hits and criticising many OF their
writer's give Secy. AIger. viii, an
occasional dip at Aunt Hanna, and a
sly rub at Nc Kinley. Crack away,
gentlemen. this is good water on
Democrat and Populist wheels.
Last Saturday while Nike Duly
was moving his thresher. on going
down a grade in the road near the
bridge on Upper Blood Greek snmt
of the machinery gave way aud he
was caught and severely hurs in the
jam made by the break. Daily was
carried into the home of near hr
resident and Doctor Atkins called
who gave him the necessary medical
attention, and late in the evening he
was able to be removed. on a cot
placed on spring wagon, to his
home few miles southwest of this
town.
A man by the name of Bush, we'll
advanced in age, tried to put himself
out of the way of worldly trouble by
la ing on the r. r. track In front of
night train going west Sunday
night. But he was hurled off the
track by the cow catcher-this time
man catcher-and dangerously in
jured. He now lies, on cot in the
hotel of this place. under the care of
the doctor, and if he dies it will be-
go it is stated-death No 5 caused by
violation of the prohibition law in
this town in the last few years.
4. H. Boyle who has been attend
ing a telegraphic college at st. Louis,
Mo-, for the last four or five months,
came home last week on few days
furlough to visit relatives and his
many friends in these parts. He
started back Sunday morning last
Hank is looking we'll, Is in the best
of spirits, and expects to be back
again in time to vote the free silver
county and state ticket the coming
election. There are no flies stay
lighted on young Fl. 81. IS he is al.
ways up and doing and is fast making
his mark in the rising generation.
You young men with 80 much polit
ical ambition for county Office, re-
member now in your youthful days to
march slow and cautious while you
start out on the way to gain notorietY,
become popular, and climb the ladder
to political fame. Remember, young
meD, that you are slill young in
years and are not conversans with the
tricks and treachery carried on by the
once powerful G o. P. of Barton
County, for that party well>knew
this was another "of year" for them.
and somebody had to be sacrificed
and they have selected you, o young
men, for the lambs.
Complaint has been made that
within the last few evenings, last
Saturday and Sunday evenings | hear,
some parties, two or three in numb Der,
who it is stated are known to num-
Der of the people of this town have
threatened to tear up, demolish and
destroy the Post Office of this town.
thereby greatly alarming our worthy
post It seems to me that
our authorities when notified, as | am
informed some of them have been.
should lose no time in investigating
this matter and make all concerned
in the plot to destroy the u. 5. prop