Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29

WANTED-A good housekeepsr. VII
paw good wages. VIM, OsMoND-
.s1699-190e'' is the morning subject
at the Presbyteri an church Sunday
Dee, 81st. The new pastor will preach
at II: A. NJ. and 7:30 p. N.
Gail at G. B. GIllis' and see sample
OF the exhibition coops for the poultry
show. Anyone can make their own
eoops, at a few cents expense.
If your neighbor has fine fowls OF
any kind, tell him to call aud get
premium list Of the coming show.
They are for free distribution.
Will Sloniger and family are up
from Hutchinson to spend the hell
days with relatives here. Will is ems
ployed in one Of the salt plants there
G. E. Wymon had gun shoot,
south of the college on Christmas day,
and some of the young sports made
some good records bursting blue rocks
The wheat which had to be resoWn
IN this county, on account of being
taken by the grasshoppers. is now LOOK
ing as well as that of the first sowing.
Senator John Armstrong, who lives
nine miles northeast Of town. says ne
saw the blaze from the Arkansas
Valley Elevator fire when it was at its
iercest.
j. Leon Miller, manager of the postal
telegraph at Hutchinson, was up to
Great Bend to spend Christmas with
his father, ]. B. Miller, and sister,
Miss Anna.
A. II. Schaeffer has made arrange
ments to double the capacity of the ice
factory, and leaves for Chicago and St.
Louis next week to look after the new
machinery.
G. l.. Daley and Miss Della Herr
celebrated Christmas day by getting
married. The wedding occurred at
the home of the parents Of the bride,
south OF EllInWood.
Geo. Friend, son of Mark Friend
who WAS in The early seventies in the
grocery business in Great Bend. was
in the city last week. He is traveiiug
for q Chicago clothing house.
Poetry on 1.-The beautiful snow
will be published this winter at the
reduced price of SLUG 2er line. Only
limited number can be accommO>
dated. Cash to accompany copy.
Thomas Reynolds. who is former
Great BeEd boy, but now rapidly
coming to the front as prominent
attorney at Kansas City, came out tc
spend the holidays with his parents.
T. D. Stradley and G.. II. Moore
visited the Rice county poultry show
last week. They say they saw some
elegant fowls, and some Of them will
be in Great Bend next month, at the
Barton county show.
Some OF the boys are talking up g
circle wolf hunt. If these hunts are to
be 1naugurated again, they should be
carried out more Systematically thar
they were last winter, and then salts
factory results could be obtained.
The Great Bend Furniture Co. last
week bought the j. W. MCMlcaE
furniture stock, on Forest avenue
The goods are being sold off to re,
duce the stock before consolidating il
with he furniture stock in the p O.
block
Theo. Griffith, treasurer>elect hand,
ed in his resignation as commissioner
this week and Messrs. Dick, thinner
and Fits filed the vacancy on the
board by the appointment of Chas. E
Dodge of this city, to fill the unexs
PRED term.
+. FL. Shallaberger. of West Liberty
Iowa, who judged the Barton county
show last winter, will score the birds
in the State Poultry Show at Topeks
this winter. Judge g. II. Rhodes
of North Topeka, Kans., has scored
in various state shows in Kansas ant
neighboring states. He will score
the birds in the Barton County show
next month.
A Solomon man has chicken thai
Is q great freak Of nature It has fee