Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-10

For SALE-A block OF good town
property; room house; stable. buggy
house, granary, chicken yards and
houses. 500 bearing grape vines,
other fruit trees. windmills and
horse power pump Call and see
JOHN ScHAFFER
Otis Bolinger always has pleasant
smile for his friends. but since last
Friday the smile has grown more
pleasant. and has very fatherly curl
which says as plain as day ''I'm daddy
now" 1t is q boy. and grand son to
Will Merritt. while you think about it.
They are coming father Adam
coming several thousand strong; from
the east and from the west, north and
south. they eager throng; they are
coming to the circus-to the Bend to
spend the day. Welcome-have q
jolly time-but my friends. don't get
too gay.
H. P. Culbertson. accompanied by
his wife, visited friends in the city
Tuesday. They are off on an outing,
travelling overland, and enjoying the
trip immensely. Mr.. Culbertson was
formly in business here, of the firm of
Shafer & Culbertson. Their home is
now at Newton.
Rodney Torrey, of the Lacrosse
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Saturday night on his way home from
Linn county. MIR. Torrey was q deIe~
gate to the populist convention at
Fort Scott, and says there is not a
change that could be made in the state
ticket to better it.
O. A. Smith, manager for the Farm
ers Mill & Elevator Co., will shortly
remove to Oklahoma and embark in
the real estate business, with neat
bunch of cattle on the side. E. G.
Davis will succeed Mr.. Smith as
manager at the mill. He is getting
familiar with the duties now.
Monday evening the city school
board held its monthly meeting. AT.
ter routine business the board levied Is
mills for general fund and Is mills for
interest and sinking fund. The salary
of Miss Susie Long was raised from
S42.50 to $45 month, and Miss Bina
Dighton from $37 so to $40 a month.
Sheriff johnson captured three horse
thieves at Scott City, and landed them
in the Barton county Jail the first of
the week. They. with two others who
went on west from Scott with the
horses, are charged with stealing q
couple of horses from Moore's pasture
in this city. The evidence appears to
be pretty strong that the right parties
have been nabbed.
Burglars are again about. Sunday
night, the 9Th, in attempting to break
into the New York Store they removed
pane of glass from q window in the
grocery department. Finding the
window protected on the inside with
iron bars. an attempt was made on
the front door. Night Watch Nc
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street to the park, from tie store door,
and took couple of ill directed shots
at him. At the door brace and bit
were found, where the burglar had at.
tempted to bore hole over the lock
Our night police should take up target
practice.
| Will Bunting, and the insurance ads
juster of the Shawnee Insurance Co.,
represented at Great Bend by o. w.
Dawson, the real estate and insurance
man, visited the D. G. Bird homestead
Monday and promptly paid the 500
insurance on Mr.. Birds barn. This
only partly reimbursed Mr.. Bird for
his financial loss, leaving him still out
about $500. The prompt action OF the
Shawnee Insurance Co. In promptly
paying the full value of the policy is
somewhat oct Of the usual line, as
insurance companies generally take
several months to adjust loss.
Yesterday morning the Hoisipgton
State Bank posted notice in its wins
dow to the effect that the bank had
quit business. and for all depositors to
come and get their money, which they
are receiving in full, and leave receipt.
Thus HOisingtOn is without bank.
The reason given for disseminating the
BUSINESS is that it was not paying