Great Bend Daily Graphic from Great Bend, Kansas • 2

THE DAILY GRAPHIC. A. S. ALLE raj A Farmers' Poem. The following poem was written by the wife of an Ohio farmer uud read before the farmers1 institute at Howling WILL E.

STOKE, Editor Prop. The Youngest Man, but WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1888. Oldest Druggist I'll Rll'TION DAILY ulMI'MIC. PT year lfl.no (Ml 15 Six niouthi Three montlii Ona mnnili Pr week Hingis coplit IDVXHTISIXa RATK. Iwml Kcullng Solicit una dny, tviiU fx.r In Great Bend, has a Full and lino.

COMPLETE XmINU of FANCY line, Hue, one ink 10 eta kt Cminil a second class mutter at I lio Urcat Ifc'iid ami Ornamental Goods. ostoffics, February 15. 18KA. Cor. Main St.

and Forest Avenue, Great Bend. ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATE MENT. Following Is ft summary of the state ruent of the city clerk, for the city of For 7 room house and block well improved and well located, Special Prices for To-day, St. Louis Store! 1000 yards Crinkled Seersucker, at 9 cents, worth 12. Tho very best Sateens, at 22 cents, worth 30.

2000 yards Figured Check Nansook, at 9 cents, worth 15. Thirty-eight inch Tricos, at 42ya cents, worth 60. Don't fail to gret some of t3a.ese St. Louis Store. S.

MARX, Proprietor. Great Bond, for the year beginning April 13, 1887, ami ending on good terms if sold soon. Apply Don't deny yourself and burden your farms With debts you never ca'l pay, To All the pockets of greedy men And of the swindlers who throng your way; Keep good watch dog to give the alarm, A guu that will shoot with a bang; Wheu you see one coming, be sure of your uini And exterminate all of the gang. to Ki. II.

Hedges at Walnut Creek April 2, 1888, together with the statement of thu city treasurer for the same Mills, or on premises. 7tf Kalsomining, paper hanging, dec orating and ornamental painting made CLARENCE. a specialty. Urkve aoxler. 15tf period: KECEir-rs'.

Mcel.mj IX in Oeiirrul lax, OSTHJfc! Sidewalk tax, Ditch MUM Auimint on hand, April l'l, 74 HI (4 811 DISlIUItSKMKNT. Editor Graimiiu. A line boy to Mr. Martin. Surprise party the other night.

Mr. Doty lias built a large addition 7 348 IWC05 tittW Ocnernl fund, Krlp pal fund Auhmiiii on hand April to his residence. GLOVES. Such handsome assortment as we have this season in Kid, Silk, Taffeta and Berlin Lisle gloves is certaiuly reason enough fur our immense Pales on same. Our Castor driving gloves are very much admired by the Ladies.

To cap the Climax it is admitted that we sell same very cheap. Be sure to buy jour gloves at the New Yobk Store. F. Chlumsky was over from Buffalo Sunday, on a visit. (H 811 89 1 029 40 8 80887 Bl'JIMAUY KTATKMKNT.

Warrant uutntanil'g April 14, 1K7 tMiicd front 13, 1HH7, to April IMS), Mr. D. Bird was out in Rush county last Saturday, on business. Mr. Williams of Edwards county was calling in Clarence last week.

Fob Rent: Furnished rooms. of Mrs. J. II. Hubbard.

9tf 887 77 Warrants Ukvn up during 1711410! Warruuu nw oulaUindiug 5 39(1 75 grnurul and linirivimnt lu lid now on lax roll, lUj 20 Caiih In trcmirjr April 2, 1883.... 000 Miss Agness Wilkison closed her school in Pawnee Rock township, on the 29th. V. V'. I 1 fTvirTfFfrt1u The dance at Wra.

Campbell's place, I ooooooooooooo COIiSETS AND JERSEYS. Every lady is interested in knowing where to obtain a well fitting Corset. Wc keep a large variety, and can suit everybody, and particularly so as recently, passed off very pleasantly to no ooooooooooooooooooi all. 171 40 Aiiidtuiton hamlaln I ho city trcun-urjr and niiiount tux mils lliii-illi''tcd will lav a of lloutiiiK tlnlt lileillienn not pru-viJttl for, ol 4A1 Vi Will E. City Clerk.

tS" Sm I NT rx tyT' 1 V'TV' Mr. Wilkinson has moved ids effects to price. We carry the best line of to Albert and will make that metropolis his home. Mrs. Seeber closed a very Jerseys in town, and our low prices cannot be resisted.

A few minutes looking will convince you that it nays successful term of school at district No. To the Public. You can find the best selected STOCK OF to trade at the New York Store. 44, on Friday, the 27lh. A nice dinner celebrated the event.

I have the oldest paper hanger in Mr. Emmeret, ho has been teach ing tho young idea how to shoot at dis trict 2so. 17, loft for Iowa, on Monday, tho city, tho finest workman in the country, the largest 6tock ot wall paper in the west, bought from the largest factory in the east, my prices are as reasonable ns any in the U. S. where he will take charge of a school.

Report of City Treasurer, from April 13, 1887, to April 2, 1888. KEUE1ITS. Llrennui, 808 '13 1M tax, IS on (ii'iit'i-al lax 6 8 82 Nldvwulk lux IWH Mtch tax, 04:1 1)0 Aiuuiuil ou baud April 13, 1887.. 75 HI (881139 DISBURSEMENT. (lem-ral fund, acrlp pal t248M Ditch fund UtMUIt Amount ou hand April 4, 1888.

00 SH 81189 James Clayton, City Treasurer. wall Paper, James Bird arrived two weeks ago from Virginia, where lie has been making an extended visit. Jim says he is glad to get back to Sunny Kansas. A. lhc season is here and the work has already begun.

To avoid the rush, which will soon be here, you Thomas Jurgensen came from town had better leave your orders at the City Book Store at once. last week gopher prairie dogs and every time lie took careful aim he probably J. 11. Harper, Prop. Ceiling Decorations, Ever Brought to Great Send, at SIielw Wilson's.

SFProf. Six, formerly of St. Louis, will do our work. thought: "Cur you must not sing to night." DRESS TRIMMINGS. We invite your attention to our School, district 17, was on the night choice stock of Buttons, Beads and other Dress Trimmings.

We can of the 30th, crowded to its utmost capacity by an appreciative audience suit your taste, and are willing to sell ooooooooooooo-ooooo tfJ which had assembled to witness the very cheap. Just step in when you Green, Ohio, July 15, 1887: MM.KHILV CARTER' POKM. 'Twus a scorching hot day In summer, Fliealaclljrdruucd In tliu air; Tbo dust on the tree tnpa hud gathered, The pastures wcro shriveled and Imre. The patient eyed cows quit their fording And Ktood iiuletljr chewing their cud; Tbo )Iga In a mndholc were wallowing, Trying to corf tlicnieclvc with mud The house dug lay panting and lolling Under nentli the aliade of a tree, And the tabby cat stretched in the griun, Was a liuj and alwpy aa hi-. That turkey, the ducks and the chlukcu liy the ho lgerow were taking a rent, Except ono ambition young pullet That wui trying to steal her a neat.

And so upon hilltop and valley, In cuutry, and city, and town, On the roof of the high and the lowly, The sun' Aorcest raya were poured down. The liontea brought In from the wheat field, Low bent o'er the watering tank, And gratefully glanced at their driver, As the clear aparkling water they drank. The farmer too, canio for hia nooning; Wiped hla brow aa be ant In the shade, And wowed "ol all hot days In harvest, 'Twaa the hottest one ever was made," His wife was perspiring In the kitchen, She had risen when the rays of the ann Klmt glided the lree-toMi that morning, And yet her daya work was not done. But dinner was now on the table And the family Just sitting down, When over the long, dusty roadway Caiuo a carriage and borne from town. The driver, a dapper yotuig'ellow, Arrayed In the tonicst style; Left his team in the shade of a maple And came In with a bow and a smile.

A bow and a smile for the farmer, And the former's family of nine; Shook hands with the tired housewife, And invited hliiMcIf to (line. And while he partook finite freely Of the well served bread and meat, He smiled, and slin pored and talked, And ijavo tlicru "tally" to eat. a Praised be dinner, the conk and the baby In each qc lp a likeness discovered To Lincoln, or tiarfteld, or Grant, Or anuic other men great and learned. Ha id hla one was meant for a preacher, And that had a Ifenry Clay head; Ho must surely aspire to Congress, Or porhaps like hia father Instead, Would niake a remarkable farmer. Why 'twas common talk all around; Them wan not in all the ronntry Ilia equal to tilling the ground.

And thus having hated his hook With flattering, subtilo rnd sweet, He pntceeded to state his business; All lie raid I can never reeat. But the grist of it was, he'd a patent to sell, A right toni'ikos machine; The uioet wonderful tiling that was aver known, Or thought of, or heard of, or seen. It could dig potatoes, or load up hay, lluak the euro and chop the wood, 'T were easier to tell what It could not do Than enumerate all til it It could. lie ha a model to show uud explain, As its merits he glibly ex trolled, The result was plain, ns you may have guessed, The right and the fanner were auld. It 1st rue that his best was a thread-bare suit.

And his wife had worn for year A rusty shawl, while children plead Tor music and hooks with tear. Ilu "could nut afford such foolish things'' Ho "had uo money to give Kor organs and pictures, dress and styles; 'T was all lie could do to hvo." Hut now he was caught, (Iboy sometimes are) So lie gave hla note of hand Kor five hundred dollars, duly secured lly mortgage upon his land, Well of course 'twaa worthless, we all kuow that, The machine was never made, The hoy with the Henry Clay head Is a man. Hut the mortgage is still unpaid. This Is only one case where the farmer is fleeced, Hut the Instances are not rare, Of huinbiiKsand swindle, the world Is full, And the farmers, tbo victims nro, Thorn are vampires in every grade of Ufa, ho feed Ukii the tiommt nwu, And the only wny to escape their tolls Havu nothing to do with them, The days of wooden nutmegs are past, And uasswood hams nro no more, But agenta heart your every slop A ml harass you by tbe.seore, They have "Itedllue wheat, llohcmliim oats, ltusslan apples" to sell, And if you have not the money hi spare Your nolo will do just ns well, They hsve plum trees to sell, which they any Are proof against worms, but the "bore" Tbnt worries you most, mid does the harm, Is the one that enters your dour. They bring you the ostensible foreign clotli, English robes and shawls and hoods, They iwcket their pay and you And to your cost They're the shoddiest kind of goods.

There are medicine quncks who haunt your home And lor all of your ncheaand ills, They have life-giving curdiulsaud panaceas, l'ntent plasters and patent pills. They'll make you believe In spite of yourself They have power, your health to restore Uo you swallow a dose, and if you should dio You will nevor be sick any inure, There is scarcely a thing you buy to use To sit on, to drink, or to wear, Hut the spoiler has set his seal thereon, Making foul what scemeth fair. There nro "personal histories" which assert "You are older than your mother, You have married your father's second wife, And she eloped with your brother." And when you read the astonishing news. You think (oh can this be true,) That you paid the author fifteen, dollars To invent theso lies about you. Yes, your money is gone, though the fraud exists Atid your only redress then Is to sharpen your wits for the next who comes And perhaps be swludlcd again, And brother farmer "a word to the wlso" Is all I have to make, Kor advice is one of the things that is More blessed to give than to take.

Deal justly with men whom you know to be true Of.ngents and straugertjhewttic, Let your wives have finger in the pie, And yourchildreu another share. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO entertainment furnished by the" stu- denrs and citizens it being the occa are down town and you will find that for anxiety to please and satisfy there is none like the New York Store. sion of the last day of school. The following program was curried out in SPECIAL LIMITED HATES, TTntil further notice first-class lim an unpussable maimer: EMBROIDERIES. Every Lady needs more or less of Groat Bend Gun Olub.

Yesterday afternoon the third meeting of tiio Great Uend Gun Club was well attended. The weather was very unfavorable for shooting, it biting cloudy and a strong wind blowing, hence a low score was the result. The scores are: FIRST 8U0OT l'BOKIA BLACK lit HUB. W. Cmtw, 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0-3 1 1 0 0 092 J.

Swct-t 1 0 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1-U 10 111-8 11. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 II 0 1 1 0-2 II. lU-innltco 0110110004 0100 0-1 A.T. Wlllimiia.l 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-4 0 IO1 02 J. II.

IhinitU ..1 1 1 0 1 0 000 0-4 0 1 1 0 0-2 H. lli.ll, 0 1 10 0-2 MM'ONII SIIUOT BLACKBIRDS. W. L'oates 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 I 1100 0-S J. rtveat 1 10 1O0011 1 tt 1IO10-8 K.

I'li-Ker 0 '00 1 0 1 1 1 0-4 0 0 0 1 0-1 11. 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0 1OI0-2 A. T. 0 1 1 1 I 1 0 16 0 0 1 1 0-2 J. II.

I.ilil 1110 1111 0-8 I I 0 1 0 a B. 11110 1110-7 11111-6 THIRD MIOoT IXH'BLK ullllia. W. CoaU-s 10 00 00 00 M-1 J. 10 10 10 1(1 11-0 It.

00 01 01 110 01-3 It. ltuirtrt ke 01 10 11 11 10-7 J. 11. JJunlWii 10 00 II 10 00-4 'Song of the West" Mesdames ited tickets will be sold at following Embroideries, Laces, and White Campbell and Seeber, and Mr. Martin.

Goods. We are prepared to show the Declamations by J'-uuie Mai tin and rates: New York, Pittsburg, SSO.iO- Philadelnhin. 834.65: Buffalo. COLORADO UTAH TOURIST. Tickets are now on sale good 90 days from date of sale.

Rates to Trinidad, Pueblo, Col. Springs and Denver and return $21.00 Salt Lake, or Ogden and return $43.50. W. Torrey, Ag't. A.T.

F. R.R. Great Bend, April 2nd, '88. Miss May Meek. finest and largest stock of new and novel goods.

In order to find out Dialogue "Two school teachers. 832.50; Baltimore, 533.65; Boston, Washington, Albany, AO ft ti iir iif Mary Martin and Nora Stibbs. how cheap vou can really buy these Declamation by Miss Vida, Shaw ot goods it will he wise in you to call at Great Bend. Ageut, Mo. Pacific, Ry.

the New lORK otore. Dialogue "Medicine for rheumatiz" Chas. Loomiller and James Long. L. MILLER, Declamation "John Swigg" by Ag FOR RENT.

Five room, 1 story house, good BRAN NEW GROCERY! nes Wilkinson. "Clarence News' by Mary Martin. Declamation "Curfew must not cellar, 5 blocks west of depot rent $10 per "month, to the. right party. Enquire at this office.

21w 11. 10 10 10 10 ring tonight." Mrs. Campbell. Declamation Subject and speaker unknown. A GENUINE Cash Grocery, SHOES For fivei vbodv.

Our (roods in this Dialogue "A neighborhood quarrel" Wb publish to-day the annual statement of the city's finances. It shows our city in exceptionally good financial Btanding. With an actual property vtilnul Inn iil! iw i- 1 "(M nni) tli limit. Harry Arnold and Fred Haws. line are purchased direct from Manu Declamation, by laddie Button.

Song, "Wait till the clouds roll by" lUiuiiViv'i i. IIVU1 uw(vuvi a Mr. and Mrs. Seeber, Alice Button and Mr. Martin.

facturers, who warrant tneir goods to us. We consequently can warrant every pair we sell. We are willing 1o sell you our reliable goods at a small Dialogue "The mysterious box" Mr. and Mrs. Seeber, Mrs.

Patterson and Mr. Martin. margin. pay tor ail repairing BfifpHsnrv to hold crood our ffunrantee. will be opened in the building formerly occupied by M.

L. Mcintosh on APRIL 10,1888, and all are cordially invited to attend. Respectfully, W. H. H.

KBBNEY CO. Come and buy your Shoes of the Recess. After which came the drama "Seth JNEW IOP.K OTORE. log and bonded indebtedness or liieat Bend will not be felt by the tax payers of the city. There lias been some talk of issuing funding bonds, and we bo-lieve the measure would be advisable.

We pay much more for what the city has to purchase by the issuing of scrip than we would have to was there funds in the treasury for current expenses. In the long run, as far as we can see at the present writing, the issuing of bonds would bo a good move. PHYSICIAN SURGEON, Chronic Diseases A Specialty. Calls attended to day or night. Office at C.

A. Hooper's drug store, southwest corner square, GREAT BEND. KAS. I MEAN Business! Business property for Sale: The Arcade Hotel, 50x140. The Store and Coal Yard occupied by Coates Buckland, The Ironclad Store now occupied by Charles Beye.

The New Brick Store occupied by the Steam Bakery. Also the residence property of the undersigned. All will be sold at BOTTOM PRICES AND LIBERAL TERMS OF PAYMENT. A. J.

BUCKLAND. Greenback" and was rendered in an artistic manner. The acting of A. M. Button, Mr.

Emmeret and Mrs. Bird was especially good, and the other characters conducted themselves admirably. ARE YOU A SPORT. Call and see the new Gun and Sporting Goods Store. Guns, Revolvers, base ball and athelitio goods Buckeye.

Dog muzzles, and in fact all kinds of Everybody carries bags nowadays. The children carry school bags, the la MONKEY BUSINESS. dies shopping bags, the shop girlss carry lunch bags and the editor gets'. into the swim and carries bags ut the knees Sporting Uoods and amumtion. une door north Chas.

Beye's grocery, Main street. 23w Largest, finest and cheapest assortment of wall paper in the west, at the Wall Paper Store, north side opera house building. 94m. ALL KINDS OF Second Hand FUKNITURE Bought and sold for cash or sold on commission, at Wallace's, Where you can find bargains before purchasing elsewhere. Call and see me at the Hess building, opposite Post-office.

J. WALLACE, of his trousers. A man knocked senseless in a prize tight isn't knocked very far, generally. It is better to go through life like a sunbeam than to chill those around with the frost of ill nature. A French woman confesses to bav Mrs.

Langtry was tendered a recep tion by Mrs. Trenholm at Charleston, S. tho other day, but she declined Asparagus roots for sale. T. T.

Rhodes, east side of square. 15t3 ins married eight husbands. Few when it was learned that many of the Fresh vegetables, bulk oysters and South American tomatos at Star Grocery. women possess her power to fasten eight men. The Kansas dude will soon blossom out now in a seersucker suit, and be gin to shedspeckcls for gumdrops and aristocrats of the town intended to remain at home to avoid meeting her, The Lily has some seuse of propriety in social matters.

"Why are you like dough," said Stubbs' girl to him the other night. "Because I am kneaded," replied the hantlsome young lumber dealer. "No, because you are so bard to get off my hands," remarked the young lady, and red lemonado for his solid girl. gO m'le9 0 bordering, 300 patterns of WALL PA PER to 8elect from. The cheapes place to buy.

Do plain and decorative paper-hanging. Refferenccs, my work and prices in the past year. Wall paper store, north side opera block. Genius lias often occupied very positions. John L.

Sulivan once drove a street car in Boston for the paltry sum of $2 per day. Now look at him. Stubbs then closed the parlor door from the outside. The different kinds of laughs they BRINKMAN BROS. GWINN, Dealers in Sash, DOORS BTiI3STTDS.

Plasterers' Supplies and everything pertainicg to house building. A fulr line of Kaw Valley Paints. EVERY GALLON WARRANTED. Southwest Corner Square, CHEAT BEND, KANSAS. When is an actress old? Here comes have: Dudes Ha! ha! Farmers Ho! ho! Teamsters Haw! haw! Ilallooii- ists Hi! hi! Feed dealers Hay! hay! LADIES' FINE SHOES.

We know that the only way for us to gain and hold your patronage, is to give you reliable goods at low prices. This we will do. We hi.vo the best French Kid and Curocoa Walking Shoe in this City, and we guarantee to selljthem from 50c to $1.00 a pair cheaper than anybody. We warrant every pai r. We are bound to make it to your interest to trade at the New York Store.

Women He! he! An Oskaloosa man is offering a pre a story from Bordeaux, France, to the effect that Mme. Cornelia Faverle, celebrated her eighteith birthday by playing the same soubrette part in which she made her debut three-quarters of aceutury ago. In tho audience were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. mium for live mice. It is supposed that he is preparing for some fun when the female council of that place meet for the first time..