Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-03-16

A. .. u. w. hall.
John He!fricb, trustee of Logan
township. was trsnsacting business In
the county seat Monday.
a mixture of rain and snow fell
Tuesday night and Wednesday il this
locality. Did you notice it?"
N. G. Ney and Nick Feltes, of near
Dubuque, who are in on jury duty this
week, called on the DEMOCRAT Mon-
day.
The city council should begin max
ing plans to put the streets leading to
the proposed fair gounds in good
condition.
Farmers, their families and friends,
are invited to the Heizer school house
on Sunday, March Is, at 8 O'Clock.
Preaching service.
The county schools will soon be clos
ing, and the lads and lasses will pro.
coed to take on Drawn and brown with
healthful outdoor WORK.
The daily papers announce that Exs
Congressman John Davis has entirely
lost his eyesight. Mr.. Davis is the
father of Mrs. l.. G. Schnacke, of this
city.
Jack Mccullough is taking a
hunting vacation down on the Salt
Marsh. this week, while "the senator"
looks after the destinies of the Chile
Parlor.
w. Nj. Stevens is with one of the
Santa Fe local freight crews now run
ming out of Great Bend. He expects
to move his family up from Newton
shortly.
Leon Roberts took his first run as
mail clerk, last Saturday, filling Mail
Clerk McDonold's run to Scott City,
and lay over Sunday on the White,
woman.
There will be from 500 to 1000
visitors in town on April 18th, the
date of the Congressional conventions.
From Missouri. Great Bend must
show them. did you notice it?''
Along the Arkansa W. the Walnut,
and the Cheyenne Bottoms there is
constant crack Of fire arms, like the
storming of a Boer lager, and ducks
and geese are falling by the hundreds
The Park Sisters" will be the next
attraction at the opera house, Wednes
day evening Of next week, March 2lst.
This will be the last of the Oriole
series, and Of course will be warm
number"
| "Man VS.. Fate" is the evening sub
ject, and "Christianity's Challenge
is the morning theme at the Presby-
terrain churh Sunday. March Is, at II
and 1880. Helpful discourses, idspir.
ing songs, hearty welcome.
At the bachelor dinner given by
Clarence Mackay at the Waldorf
Astoria the Misses Park rendered
several selections, creating great
enthusiasm.-New York Tribune. At
the Opera House Wednesday night.
| March 21st.
| John Base last week bought the w.
j. McGreeVey farm. near Dundee
This makes Mr.. Base one of the Bar
ton county land moguls, with oyer 600
acres. MIR. McGreevey VIII move to
town and occupy the property be pur
| chased on Forest avenue.
! "What will Jesus do" to the fellow
who skins his neighbor six days in
the week and makes long, ostentatious
prayers on Sunday? Our private
| opinion is that such fellow will never
get near enough to His throne for
Jesus to recognize him. And the
devil won't do ting to 'im.''
G. L. Zutaveru is home this week,
after being out about three weeks on
| his first trip as travelling man. Most
of the time he has been through the
coyote" counties, and he says the
range men are lining up almost un-
animously for democracy in the COM
ing campaign; while the travelling men
he meets with are invariably for VIM.
J. Bryan.
| G. T. wilkins and T. A.Garrett of
Heller, Barton county, were here this
week looking up the prospects of starts
ing the creamery. They returned home
on Wednesday and left Eugene Irvine
to canvas the situation as to securin g
sufficient milk to enable them TO start
up. B. Woodley. Eugene Irvine
and & number of other farmers have
agreed to patronize the creamery but