Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-16

NUMBER %.
A Larned clergyman saw . railroad
mans advertisement for 800 sleepers."
and Immediately offered his whole
congregation.
The change of the weather which
causes fellow 70 wake up in the mid
die OF the night and reach for more
kiver. is very appreciable.
Charlie Townsley. who has been
making his homo with his sister, Ars.
Leland, for the past six months. IL
! home in Great Bend again.
Mr.. Grimes says be IL In correspon>
dence with various firms with . view
to changing the telephone from an
automatic to q central system.
Rev. J. W. Thompson. in the early
days pastor of the Presbyterian
church here, was up from Marion last
week, visiting with old friends.
A tent minstrel show visited Great
Bend Tuesday of this week, but "a it
did not advertise In the local papers
its patronage was naturally slim.
Jack Lanter braved death the other
day BY remarking that ''the fellow
who discovered the Italian sunset was
probably watching the day go.".
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Mrs. McAllister aud husband, from
Lexington, Oregon. are here on visit
with Mrs. N. R. Holmes. Mrs. Nc
Allister is q sister of Mrs. Holmes.
Wemmergren and his force Of paint
ers were out south this week, putting
the finishing touches on A. j. Sears
handsome new residence. near Sew
ard.
An eastern Kansas preacher an.
nounced in tho paper that the subject
OF his Sabbath evening sermon would
be: 'Foo.s," aud added: "You are
all invited"
j. ID. Chadd was up Monday. from
near Seward. He says there will DO
some corn in his locality, but most
fields will not make over 3 to 8 bushels
to the acre.
Henry Klein came up from Kingman
county last week. Henry has been
around over the state considerably, and
finds no locality more favored than
Barton county.
Nick Mevers vrit.. mn. from N;,,ov
dale, Kingman county, that he 10 do
Ing nicely down there, and will be up
to see his old Barton county friends
some time this fall.
The old. .. b. Wilson residence,
built by John W. Lightbody in the
aarlY seventies, is being moved out to
give moro room around o. w. Daw.
son q palatial homo.
Hicks, the colored man who got his
foot mashed off over at Hoisina ton, on
the Mo. p, and who has been on the
county, was sent to relatives at Par
sons, Monday morning.
Don Porter was in town Monday. to
visit his brother, Frank. Don was in
railroad wreck recently down in Ok.
lahoma. and is just getting over tho
shaking up he received.
Buggies Road wagons and Surries
we are leading. A carload of Racine
work coming on. Quality aud work
manship guaranteed.
THE GREAT BEND IMPL. Co
Probate Judge FEEDERS little girl is
now having fun with lit" and the
judge is again coDfiued within the
quarantine corydon, waiting expect.
au.ly for q chance to "break out"
A man with silk hat set Hoising-
! ton wild one day last week. The Dis
patch man thought sure he was a Mo.
P. official come to claim that stone the
people propose to donate the Mo. P.
Sheriff Johnson has at last landed
tho man Kennedy. wanted for stealing
horse at Eilin wood. In the county
Jail. The Oklahoma people were
cranky about giving up the prisoner
Sometime back Leo. son of Frank
Kern. west Of town. had his face badly
burned by the explosion of babbit
metal, and it was thought he would
loose his sight. But ne ia now report.
ed all right again.
| A force Of men have been ut
/ work the past week or more cleanin1