Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-02-23

were down from Olmitz. Tuesday.
FIT, Belt ran down from Pawnee
Rock. Tuesday, on business trip.
A social dance will be given at Peter
Brack's hall, Olmitz, Saturday evening |
the oath.
DR.. Damn, of Ellinwood, was re-
ported very sick last week, but is now
recovering.
F. p. Ladenberger, of Hoisington.
was transacting business at the county
seat. Thursday.
Frank B. Patterson. the jeweler, has
been confinod to his home few days
with influenza.
MONEY TO LoAN-On Barton
county farms. at 8 per cent straight
See 0. w. DAWSON.
Albert Dotson, of the Great Bend
Furniture Co., is on business trip to
st. Louis this week.
Half of the ground hogs six weeks
of winter are past, And I'VE ought
to be thankful for that
The Kansas boys In the Philippines
would like to come home and beat their
swords into plow>shares.
The north end of south wind will
make cattle hump their backs as high |
as will a northwest blizzard.
Fred Zutavern, of the Great Bend
Implement Co., attended the Masonic
meeting at Topeka this week.
There is going to be opposition tick
cts, in the city election, no matter how
you fix it. We're for Uncle Dick.
The Great Bend Ice Co. now has
extensive foundations in for the new
machinery which will be soon put in.
Louis Kruckenburg was In from
Clarence, Tuesday, with a load of
potatoes for the Great Bend market.
Last week was a real winter week
having more hours Of YEA cold weather
than had the whole month January.
James Clayton came out from
Topeka the first of the week, for a
few days visit with Great Bend
friends na&
The old mill site at Ellin wood will
be donated by the citizens of the town
to the man who will erect new mill
thereon.
Henry Bosse, brother of County
Treasurer Dick Bosse, is dangerously
ill at his home at -EliiHwood. with
bowel trouble.
A. G. Layman aud Miss ReJina Nc
Daniel, both of Hoisington. were mars
ried on the 18th, Rev. J. n. McCon-
nell officiating.
Homer Wells returned this wsek
from the Oklahoma country, where he
has taken claim, which he will begin
improving in the spring.
Remember the Fair Association
meeting at the court house Saturday
afternoon of this week. Help the
movement along by your presence.
On the first pages we printed this
week We call for "a correspondent at
Albert On the last pages we have
the correspondence. It pays to
advertise.
Albert Strobel, of Stafford county,
and Miss Kate Haas, of northeast Of
Great Bend, were married at the
Catholic church in Great Bend, by
Rev. Podgorsek. on Tuesday, Feb.
goth.
It's little late to mention it, but
that baby girl who arrived at the home
of j. F. Riedel, In Omitz, on the 5th
inst. has been instrumental in causing
a great run on Mr.. Riedel's cigar
stock.
The time is close at hand when the
township trustees Will meet in nearly
every county of Kansas to decide upon
basis of assessment and agree as to
how much they will violate the law,
which says property shall be assessed
at actual value.-Hutchinson News.
When a young wife keeps one
drawer of her bureau locked, and only
shows the contents to her husband,
with the remark: Isn't that just too
cunning" that young man had best be
looking around to see where he can
buy cigars the cheapest. in large
quantities.
In Justice Ogle's court, last Friday. i
the case against Alex Noaks was dis,
missed by the county attorney. We