Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-16

SAOu0l IL, 6EoAL 6S0Q.
A constant drop of water wears away
the hardest stone. and the constant
advertisers no chump. He gets there
as surely as the drop of water.
L. B. Wilcox has purchased the c. F.
Culdr residence, on Forest avenue,
where he now lives. He Will greatly
improve the appearance of it in the
next few years.
The rains will cause the road over
seers' work to show up in its best or
worst light. They will also cause the
road overseer to warn out more men
on their poll tax.
LosT-A stick-pin. s29 gold piece
initials s. a. B. engraved on it. Finder
will be suitably rewarded for its re-
turn.
MRS. A. A. HOLMES, Great Bend.
The Woodmen at Olmitz will have q
picnic there Saturday of this week the
18th, to which everybody is most cor
daily invited. There will be sbun.
dance of refreshments, and good music.
a bookeeper named Simmons, in
Warsaw, Missouri, is hired by a man
named Green, and signs letters Green,
per Simmons" One would suppose
that such firm would be In constant
pucker.
The tramp nuisance. always the most
provoking during the summer months,
is beginning to worry the housewives.
There should be some drastic measures
adopted to steer them away from
Great Bend.
"Fine rain that, wasn't it?' Nav;
it was cOarse-beastly coarse, coarse
enough to cut with cleaver. Nothing
fine about. had my alfalfa down,
and it Is still down-under a foot'n q
half of water"
Jacob Bland made trip up into
Rush county the first of the week.
He found some farmers in the west
who are reporting worms in the wheat
something like the straw worm that
We had some years ago.
= When we hear a man praying at the
top of his voice, as though the Lord
was hard Of hearing, we generally put
that man down as a sensationalist,
whose desire is that the people should
hear him, not the Lord.
Jim Jeffries, the American, has won
the worlds championship from Bob
Fitzsimmons. the Cornishman, in the
prize ring. 1t is now in order for
Jeffries to drink himself to death. ala
Sullivan, Corbett. etc.
See proceedings of Board of Equali-
zation, in this issue Next year
there is going to be a whole lot of diff
ference in the assessments in this
county-especially IN Great Bend.
Paste this in your hat.
A young man recently told us that
he had made all arrangements to COM
NIT suicide, and felt pretty well satisfi-
sd thereat. But he met a handsome
young lady, and became so desperate
he got married instead.
For SALE-Schooi house Dist. No,
so, size 18x24 feet; will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash or bankable
note, on July IL, 1899. Bids must be
sent in sealed envelopes, to GUST
SELLE, Great Bend, Kansas.
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The casualty list from the Philli-
pines, of June 18th, reports among the
wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Cossius
NJ Moses, wounded in the forearm.
moderaty. Cash is ayounger brother
of Clayt and Ed Moses of this CITY.
Ed. Allison, a brakeman on the
GreatBend s. Scott branch of the Santa
Fe. will have to revive his knowledge
Of the switches of his childhood days,
for he has young lady Allison now
whose trains he will have to manipulate
In future days. She was born Tues
day, the 18th, and the whole family IS
doing we'll.
The conncil. at its meeting last
Monday night, ordered new sidewalks
down on Williams street, west side,
from the Presbyterian church to VIII
Kelly residence; on the north side of
Broadway from the ice factory to Fl.
Caro's: and on Main street. west side,
down to Santa Fe track. Now the
council should, in justice to all
citizens. order walks built on the
opposite side of these streets also.
Henry Boyle, of Albion township,
was in the city Friday as q witness in