Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-13

Prof. Foster, of this city, has charge |
of the McCracken schools, which |
opened this week.
There will be no more Union meet
ings. Sunday evenings in the park
until next summer.
Mrs. Frank Patterson and children
are up from Weatherford, Ok, on a
visit with relative here.
W. E. Beardsley is again a. fixture
at Ferger's barber shop. having sold
out his business at Larned.
Rubber balls aud rubber necks will
vie with each other for supremacy on
the fair grounds next week.
Rev. Townsend, of Northwest
Nebraska, filled the pulpit at the
Congregational church, last Sunday.
Persons who will furnish room and
board tor young girl attending the
city schools, please notify this Office.
from the new Indian country, where
he has been for the past few months.
Miss Shaffer, cashier at the E. r
Noses Mercantile Co., went on visit
to relatives at Haven. Kansas. last
week.
| II. S. Baird, of near Pawnee Rock.
called on the DEMOCRAT Monday,
to order the paper to his sons down at
Rawden, Ok.
| Louis Zutaveru, Theo. Griffith and
.. W. Dawson made trip to Colorado
the past week. to lock after some min-
ing interests there.
Mrs. Potts. % miles due south of
the Dundee sugar factory, will enter
tain the Old Soldiers and their families
on Tuesday. Sept Oath.
Mathew Nelson and Miss Laura
Childs, of the north part of this
county, were married on the 11th inst,
at the home of the bride.
The railroads sell reduced rate
tickets to the Barton Co. Fair, and we
look for large number in attendance
from surrounding towns.
NJ Gilmore has been appointed
post.master-of Cokedale, Cherokee
county. My! if it was only our My,
and the town of Great Bend!
Marriage license was issued on
Monday the 9th to VIM. II, Cornell
AMI Miss Maggie Bushnell, both of
near Dubuque. Barton county.
A colored man named Ross was
badly used up in one of the saloons,
Monday. His head was cut open by a
blow from some hard weapon.
A movement is On foot among our
business men to close all stores from
/ to p N. on Thursday and Friday OF
. next week. A very proper thing to do
The Rice county fair is on, at Ster'
greatest of them all-the Barton
county fsir-to open next Wednesday
u
D granted to III. Jacobs, of the north
part OF the county. after many years o
waiting Mike is Union war veteran
/ john W. Howard, an OLD time resi-
dent of this county, but late golt
miner up in the Klopdyke. came il
/ the first of the week to visit with OF
| BARTON county friends
Z The few ezra copies of the DEMO
GRAFT of last week. which we had no
sent out by Friday morning, went lik
hot cakes. Our people know GOO
a thing when they see it.
Clark Coss was down from Heller
Wednesday. He says Mir. Koen is hav
Z ing trouble with bis water again: it Ia
u broken out of bounds and is foodin
.e where it hadn't oaght to.
Auc.ioneer Dennis, of this city
> than whom there is not more populs
, auctioneer in the county--cried a sal
g on the WINS place, Buffalo township
Wednesday of this week
Kindergarten opens under the aus
y pieces of the kindergarten Association
y in the Methodist church Monday morI
Jog September 18th, at 9 O'Clock. EI
AT trance south side
&c MISS MEADE. Teacher