Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-03-22

]. B. Underwood Was over from the
Deception creek country. Saturday.
One day q rain, the next . snow
and that's the way the March days 20.
John and Frank Bahr were in from
near Olmitz. Monday. with their crack
draft team.
Miss Mabel Anthony is now Book
keeper at F. 81. Miller's Hardware
and Implement store.
A man over at Salina last week kick.
ed at his dog and fell and broke his
neck. A cur ious coincidence.
That dirty old rag. Hopping in the
wind at the southwest corner of the
square, il a monument to general shift
lessness.
s'All things come to him who waits, y
but here's q rule that's slicker: The
man who goes for what he wants viii
get it all the quicker.
We are Offering to the trade this
year the best Header ever exhibited in
Barton county. 1t is the Kansas No.
2. Don't fail to see it, its a peach.
Chas. A. Potter came up from Okla
homa, Saturday, to be here for month
or so. He reports Homer doing finely.
having q nice place and elegant pros
poets.
E. s. Medberry came out from Ilfin
nois last week to see if the ranch in the
bottoms was all under water yet.and
was pleased that he did not have to
hire boat to find it.
The tax dodger will now put on his
thinking cap and devise ways and
means to conceal from the assessor
that which the assessor should be
mighty particular to get.
FoUND-At First National Bank
corner. ladies leather hand bag
(probably lost by little girl riding a bi-
cycle.) Owner call at this Office and
pay for notice and get same.
The Mo. P. line west of Hoisington
has had more than its portion of
wrecks. 1t IS a rough piece of road.
That road ought to have been run
down by the way of Great Bend and
then up the Walnut valley, in the first
place.
What is the matter with the mail
service to Macksville2 Two parties
have written US from there that they do
not get the DEMOCRAT, which is
ALWAYS mailed from here Thursday
evening or Friday morning, until some.
time next week-and sometimes not at
all.
Some OF the incest house plants to
be seen in the town are at Seward
& Barnett's, the First National Bar
ber Shop. The boys want Their custo-
mers to look at the beautiful while
their BARRIERS make the customers look
beautiful.
Is the absence of '.bitters" respon
| sible for the influx in this town of di-
vine healers faith curers osteopaths,
electric rubbers. christian scientists
aud what-not? If so, the deacon AID
his committee of 100 have a whole lot
to account for some day.
An east side young man, who some-
time last fall bought a whole quarter
of ton of nice pr Airie hay to keep his
COW during the winter, can't under
stand why she is not more prolific in
he- fow of tactical fluid? Possibly the
''tiller" was not just the right sortr
| FOR SALE-Near water works, five
room house in first class condition;
with water works piped inside and
out; also splendid deep we'll with
pump. sink aud overflow inside One
acre of land; good Shade Price $500
Call on j. A PRITCHARD, opposite
Laundry.
Another shooting occurred at Leoti
one day last week in which the same
parties we're participants as on a for
mer occasion. As before. W. eB
Washington was the winner be sue.
ceeded in lodging a ball from his
pistol in his antagonists leg If hi:
thing is kept up some one is lisbie to
get hurt.-1a Crosse Chieftain
Election Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that the pol
ing place for the election of u membe
of the Board of Education for the ter
ritory outside of the city of Great Bsnd
in District No One ~ OF Barton conn
ty, Kansas, viii he at the residences o