Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-02-08

Mrs. Nation put In one day at
Topeka, making ''them goo-goo eyesm
at the joint keepers. and warning them
Of the time when she would come to
smash.
Chas- Zitavern was in town the
first of the week, aud left in his wake
. choice selection OF new jokes.
smooth shaven, up to~date aud N ark
ed 20 csnspry: S.,g
The Lord made little apples" and
the worms tnat are.in 'em, but He
is not to be held responsible for the
price you haye to pay for them at this
.ime of the year.
Saturday last, was grounding day,
and-but this is not an extra good lo-
cality for groundhogs so it does not
make any difference whether he saw
his shadow or not.
The following Barton county men
were here last week looking for and
buying land. Jas. Yonksrs. M. G.
Simpson, Irvine Stanley and Ed Goudy.
t-Macksville Argus.
"4>11-44>" you wonder what it
means? 1t is the cabalistic sign that
tells you where to find the bsst lunch
in the city for the money at Wilson s.
McCullough's, "4,11~44.''
Frank Schaffer, late of Rush county,
has leased a half section of land two
miles north of Great Bend, and will
build house and make other improve.
ments. and probably buy the land.
That Goth century smallpox which
has sprung up all over the land has
few of the teTrors of the old century
scourge. It does not mean death, and
| there are few marks left on it's victims
as general rule.
Pizinger's Orchestra will furnish
music for grand, st. Valentines Day
Masque ball, ct Brack's hail, Olmitz,
on the night Of the 14th, which means
that there will be real dance music. a
good time is promised.
The lecture. '.Buddha, and His Sys-
tep of Religion" to have been given
at the Episcopal church last Sabbath
evening was postponed on account Of
bad weather, and will be given by Rev.
Morony next Sabbath evening, the
10Th inst.
Only the usual routine business was
transacted by the city council and city
school board, Mond ay night.e The
council allowed city bills to the amount
of 81 ,202 o.. w. B. King was reeen,
gagged for Park Commissioners at s23
per month.
As a result of the preliminary trial
of Bud" Sellers, charged with crimi~
nal assault upon the young man Hicks,
Halloween night, the defendant was
District Court. Friday, the boads be-
ing fixed at $500.
Wasn't Saturday s snow a joe dandy? /?
The ground hog burrowed out from
under a two-foot drift. wallowed
about in the snow for a while looking
for bis shadow, and failing to find 1t,
!. loped off in search Of wild onions, and
lost the location of his hole entirely.
We don't know much about 4he VI +
cinatiOn business-we submitted 10 it
two or three times when we were tco
small to resist-but we do believe from
what we can learn of it. that there is
great danger in introducing the vac
3 cine virus into the blood. especially Of
3 young girls.
The Macksviiie Argus says that w.
l.. Jennings. of that locality will lei
f the boys run the farm while he goes o.
q the road as an evangelist preacher, AND
d that Il. n. r..cx-r vii. <, with Mr.
Jennings as an evangelist singer. Mr
Tucker formerly lived near Claflin
this county.
u Frank Ewing. city Teacher VIII
went home last week too sick with th
grip" TO teach. is noE fepurted b
at the health officer as having a well de
re veloped case nf it He is luaran
B. tined. as ia the her case near th
soIy If "a