Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-24

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Keep in mind the county fair.
Eat at McCulloughs. il you would
be happy. Open day and night.
j. G. Slentz is having substantial
new barn built, on his Forest Avenue
place.
Ed Belfield who fuses" about Albert
mostly, was down to the county seat
Saturday.
Miss Blanche Thatcher and Miss
Carrie Pyle visited up near Galatia
last week.
Farmers Protect Yourselves.
It costs but little to insure your
grain. either in stack or granary
Call and see Us. o. w. DAWSON.
A man named George Schneider.
north of Otis. last week drank q quan>
tity of carbolic acid by mistake. but
prompt action oD the part of physi
clan saved his life.
The grand stand at the fair gounds
will be built so that base ball dia.
mond can be placed directly In font
of it. and hereafter permanent
grounds can be depended upon.
The world surely is growing better!
Notwithstanding the miserable heat
Of the past week We did not run across
a single individual mean enough to
ask Is it hot enough for your"
Complaint is being made that on &C.
count of the long dry spell, wells on
the highlands are going dry. making
it quite hardship for farmers who
have goodly punches of stock to water.
The Modern Woodmen Lodge. at
Galatia. having some money in the
| treasury general fund, rented q piece
of ground and will put in q crop of
wheat this fall. May they reap an
hundred fold.
| For Sale.
100 acres; 14O III good shape for
wheat. Also 80 acres all for wheat,
south side. See me at once.
A. l.. MILLER.
P.S No commission.
Henry Rankin, from up in the edge
of Rush county. near Shaffer. called
On Tuesday of this weak to renew on
his DEMOCRAT to the year l. He says
the seven weeks of dronth is getting
mighty monotonous.
Charles Schilling an old settler of
Stafford county. died at his home in
Seward township. August 8. He
settled in this country in 1875. and had
many friends in Great Bend and Bar
ton county who will regret that he is
no more.
Jacob Bland returned laAt week
from Oklahoma, where he has been
for the past few months. He reports
the Barton county friends whom he
came across in his travels all in pretty
fair shape, financially, and pleased
with their surroundings.
Before placing yonr order with any
one else. come and see me, as will save
you money. Others are saying they
will sell cheaper But give the Home
Shop chance. supply any kind Of
| q monument you wish.
| GREAT BEND MARBEL WORKS,
A. G. Baxter, Prop
|
Prof. w. T. Clark has been nominat-
ed by the fusion forces of Rush
county, for county superintendent.
Only short time ago the repu blicans
dewn here were circulating the canard
that Prof. Clark had gone back to the
republicans. But it's habit they have
got-starting such reports without the
least foundation in fact,
The ice cream social, by the band
boys, Saturday, night was social" in
every sense. 1t was also a financial as
/ we'll as q social success, as there was Q
large crowd of several hundred pres :
ent-- so large crowd that the 80 gal
Ions of cream the boys had was not
enough to go around. A neat sum
was netted to the boys for the uniform
fund
Joe Walter was up from Stafford
county Tuesday. Joe talks q whole
lot just to hear himself, but when h'