Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

About an inch of rain fell in this
locality Saturday night.
The city council meets in regular
monthly session on July 9th.
Walter Mathewson is home from
college at Salina, for the summer.
Jim McGann was knocked out of
the box physically for several days
last week.
Mayor Gluck and wife, of Dodge
City were down to spend Sunday
with H. S. Born and wife of Great
Bend
Peter Schmitt, one of the north side
threshers, came out from Wisconsin
last week to get ready for the thresh-
ing season.
The Great Bend Implement Co.
on Saturday got in five car loads of
implements, and has four car loads
more on the road.
Burglars seem to have a grudge
against Mo. P. depots. The Mo. P.
depot at Sterling was broken into
and robbed on the night of the 18th.
Father Heiman of Odin and Father
Weirsma of this city, assisted in the
laying of the corner stone of a new
Catholic church at St. Marks, last
week.
A team with which Miss Koesler, a
sister of Frank Koesler, was raking
hay near Odin, last week, ran away
with her, bruising her up SO badly
that a doctor had to be called.
Bert Swartz returned Tuesday
from trip down into Oklahoma. He
says harvest commenced there last
week, and there will be some fine
wheat in some parts of the Territory.
Bob Merten and My. Gilmore were
down in the south west last week
looking at the Big Four ranch. Mr.
Merten returned Friday, while Mr..
Gilmore remained to look after some
work.
Mrs. Nellie Harris and sister, Miss
Margaret Zimmeht, will leave next
week for an extended trip to
Colorado Springs and other points;
they expect to be gone until
September.
Urban McGreevey returned from
Manhattan last Saturday, where he
had been attending the Agricultural
college. Lynn Degarmo came with
him and expects to. put in The -ssasn@er
here. Both will return to Manhattan
in the fall.
Attorney w. B. Hess returned
Tuesday from trip to Kansas City
and Topeka. He says no one who
has not gone over the ground can
have the least idea of the immense
damages done by the flood down the
whole Kaw Valley.
Look the Barton County Fair pre-
MUM list over carefully, and note the
good premiums offered on all things
that our people will have for exhibi-
ton. And while you are about it,
note the advertisement on the lower
half of page Sc. It's all true.
Word came to Great Bend Tues
day that a farmer near Ray took a
man out to his place Sunday, to help
in harvest. That evening the fellow
assaulted the farmers daughter. then
skipped out. The whole neighbor-
hood is said to be up in arms seeking
the human brute.
That walk on the north side of For
est avenue, on the half block opposite
the DEMOCRAT Office, is getting in
worse condition every day. A new
stone or brick walk is badly needed
there, also the crossing from the old
Buckland corner to the school grounds
needs digging up out of the mud.
Frank Porter has had word of the
death of his uncle, Moore Porter, at
Bellefontaine, Ohio. Mr.. Porter
was 70 years old and had formerly
been prominently identified with
public affairs in his section of Ohio.
He was for nineteen years superin-
tendent of the Logan County
Infirmary.
Editor Townsley of Great Bend is