Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-07-31

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Miss Bertha Cohen, of Hutchinson.
were the guests Of Miss Juanita o.
Brien Thursday.
W. L. Smythe has had relapse,
and was taken to the hospital again
Thursday. His many friends hope he
will speedily recover.
State Superintendent Fairchild has
issued a Bulletin of information re-
garding the consolidation Of the rural
schools, which contains much valuable
information along this line.
The loss of a line Of type in our
Hoisington trip rpeort caused US to
leave out any reference to Tom Kee'
gan, catcher for Great Bend, and one
of the sure-enough all-star players.
Prof. W. S. Robb, of Larned, was
in the city this morning on his way
home after conducting normal insti.
tutes at Lacrosse and Tribune. He
will also conduct the institute in Nor
ton county.
A little dispute over a horse sale,
coupled with a bank check etc.,
collected a big crowd on the street
just before dinner, but all was peace
able and nothing came of it.
Mrs. Tyler has moved her millinery
store up stairs, the lower room hav'
ing been rented by G. A. Hawley, OF
Newton, who will soon open mer
camille establishment, probably early
in August.
Joe Sprinkler and Tom Dennis came
in from south of Radium this morning
Mr.. Dennis was taken very sick out
there last night, and DR.. Chas. Ewing
was called from Larned, and helped
him to such an extent that he was
able to come home this morning.
The Jury in the Bockemohle case
came into courtthis morning with {
verdict finding the defendant guilty
on the sixth count of the information
They have been out since Wednes
day evening at s o'clock. A motion
for new trial was filed, and cour
adjourned until Tuesday, July 2Sth
at which time the motion will be ar
gued.
Morgan L. Webb, the man who or
Wednesday forged the check on STAR
Leek, and which was cashed by Mr.
Massey, yesterday plead guilty in the
district court and was sentenced II
not to exceed ten years in the Hutch
inson reformatory. He made quite 9
talk to the court in stating why he
should not be tied up for years. Som
papers found on him, while not hav
ing anything to do with this case
were not much in favor Of his char
acter or record.
The ball game at the east side parl
yesterday was a rather onesided at
fair, the score being Great Bend 8
/. Lacrosse 1. Great Bend made thir
teen hits to three by Lacrosse, while
Lacrosse made six errors to three
by the home team. The game thil
afternoon will be about even as La
Crosse has a good battery in reserve
and will use them this evening. Tit
game is called for 6 o'clock. Futur,
ball games here will depend largel!
on whether we get into the league o.
not. The chances are about even OF
that.
r. E. Hathaway, a salesman for a
oil company, Of Cleveland, and A. W
Chrisman, Of Dundee, had little mi
up at the blacksmith shop atDunde'
yesterday. It seems that the OF
man was pressing Mr.. Chrisman t.
buy oil, and Chrisman informed hin
that he wanted no oil. An argumen
waxed warm, and Mr.. Hathaway, /
is claimed, pulled a knife from hi
pocket. Hathaway says he intended
to sharpen his knife, Chrisman bein.
in doubt about the peaceable inten
tions and taking no chances tapped
Hathaway on the head with stril
Of iron, cutting his head considerable
A case was filed before Justice Jen
nison, Chrisman made his appearan
and the matter will be tried this a
noon unless 1t is settled.
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