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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-18
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GouId's pIu Fortune.

Probably no man in America receives MS
much attention at the hands OF newspaper
paragraphcs rs Jay Gould. Various and
conflicting reports as to his physical, mental
and financial conditions constantly appear
In print and 60 the rounds Of the papers
They are read with much interest and
with some degree OF credence by the pub
lie, but as matter OF fact they are seldom
based on authentic information, and in
many cases are purely imaginary. In
Wall street the frequently recurring rumor
OF MIR. GOuld's death or Illness with a
fatal malady is treated with ridicule, and
attempts 10 bear stocks In that way ara
dismal failures. The amount oi his hold
ings, however Is 50 great that he IL a great
power on the street, and any sudden nuc.
fuations Of the market rouse the suspicion
that hc is at work again. His enormous
fortune has increased 10 rapidly that
many exaggerated statements in regard 90
the amount OF individual properties and as
10 the total amount OF tho fortune have
hccn made. Information obtained from
reliable resources places the amount of the
holdings OF the various properties as fol.
lows
Western Union Telegraph Company .... $50 aOo 40 |
Manhattan Elevated railroad company ueSlo0 |
Missouri Pacific Hailfuld Company. ...... iiOnHO |
Iron Mouumln IA tOmpHuy. ........ bUniHD |
Government huuds ......... 81. .... amman
Miscellaneous railroad stocks and houds I0nnO0 |
Real estate. other Investments and cash. i0.OulOD
Attsnulu
Although popular opinion places Mr..
Goulds resources nj 100000, OOO, con-
sentative estimates sustain the figures given
above. Byplacng face values on stocks in
western railroads that are now obscure and
scarcely marketable the amount may be
greatly increased.
The rrpor that Mr.. Gould contcmplatcs
The division Of his property among the
members of his family and retirement
rom business at an early day Is declared
by Mr.. Gould's friends Ia be totally with
,ut foundation. Mr.. Gould is only flfty-
.wo years OF age, and although temporarily
Iorced 10 stop work, lac possesses vigor and
strength that will last him many years.
lie will undoubtedly pay muro attention
TO hcalthiul rest and recreation in the fut-
urc' and leave many matters that have re-
cceiycd his personal attention 10 tho care OF
MT. George could, his son, in whose capa.
piliilcs he has great confidence.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-18
RUMBLTNGS OF THE RAIL.
FREIGHT BLOCKADE ABOUT RAISED
ON THE L. g. N.

Conservative Estimate OF Jay Gould's
Colossal Fortune Fighting About
Rates-Personal and General Rail-
road News.
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MENKBN a. COMPANY.
THE BATES BANKRUPT sALEI

Don't wait, but como ut once aud Get
some Of those startling bargains, now offer
ed by us.
Remember they arc goods Tor all time
like gold dollars. Lace Curtains, Brd
Blankets, Table Damasks, Towels aud
such articles m are ever needed by the
thrifty and careful housekccpor
PRosrEcT pARK-So that all our snbnr-
ban population can take advantage Of this
sale, We will give tickets 10 all purchasers
today, to 10 and come OF come and ~ 10
Prospect Park, tickets good ior all time.
Every purchaser is entitled to round trip
whether the purchase Is Ice or $1,000.
We want every man, woman aud child Ia
this community 20 profit by our great
bankrupt Sale Don't miss IL.
NorE Open ON Saturdays, M on all
other days, until u o'clock pm
| CLoruiNo-Two special lots today, mcns'
odd Truscrs, all wool, good, stylish cassi.
more, nj $40; worth 500. also mems
odd fine black corksCrcw Trousers at a.. %.
such as Worc sold earlier at $500.
Don't forgot the Curtain sale
Don't forget the Blanket Sale
MENKEN 81 COMPANY.
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DRISK Malio at soda fountain.
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COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August II, 1888. ]
Health Order No. L.
On and after this date, until further notification
an Inspecting Sanitary Officer will be placed on all
through trains entering Memphis east of the Mis-
sissippi river. Railroad officials and Express mes
sengers will give him desired information In regard
10 Passengers, Baggage. Packages or Frcights
shipped from either one of the following named
places jacksonville. Tampa, Manatce, Plant City,
Orlando Fla, or any other place south or east Of
this where Yellow Fever has been officially an
nounccd. No Baggage, freghts or Persons from
the above named localities will be allowed 10 re-
main In the city by order Of the Board Of Health.
PETER H. FORD Secretary pro tenn.
The following Is the list Of sanitary officers ap-
pointed In accordance with the above orders
o. II. PERRY. Memphis & Charleston Railroad.
ED \. o'BRIEN and II. DELANEY. Louisville a
Nashville Railroad.
DAN KELLY, Newport News & Mississippi Val.
Icy Railroad
r. l. TIDwELL and 4. n HURST. Louisville.
New Orleans q Texas Railroad
PAT MAH0N, Mississippi 4 Tennessee Railroad
BEN HIGGINS, Kansas City, Memphis Il Bir-
mingham Railroad
&c. GwARTNEY, Tennessee Midland Railroad.
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Health Order No. IL

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, I
No. l5i FRONT ST., TAXING DISTRICT OF SHELBY |
COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
MEMPHIS, TENN, August II, 1888. ]
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A good time 90
ORDER YOUR COAL
G. H. BRYAN & co.

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Special attention a. car load orlcA
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Don't forgot tho Curtain sale
Don't iorgci the Blanket sale
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Don't wait but como nj once aud &c,
some Of those startling bargains, now offer.
cd by us.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19

We recommend that the primary convention for
the election of delegates and aternates to the state
convention be held in the counties or districts as the
several committees may determine on the 9th day Oh
May 1888. Phe manner of selecting the delegates
and alternates whether by county or district, mass
or delegate conventions, to be determined by the
several county committees each OF itself.
The Secretari es ofthe several conventions, county
district or mass respectfully requested to for
ward to the secretary of the state central committee
Mt Leayenworth full and accurate lists of the dele
gates and alternates chosen, Immediately after the
adjournment of their respective conventions
The state convention when assembled at Wichita
shall elect four delegates and four aternaes Mt large
10 the national convention, and the delegates from
the veral congressional DISTRICTS in enhance at
said state convention. shall elect in separate con-
ence two del egaes and two alternates from each
congressional district be reported and endorsed
by the state convention
All voters in the state, whether heretofore FORM
ally affiliated with the Democratic party not,
who are in harmony with the position of the De-
mocracy on ational questions. ahd believe in the
principles phasized in he late message oil the
pr resident ito congress- are heartily and cordially in
yited to oin in the selection of the representatives
of our party to the national convention.
We earnestly urge upon the dc mocrats of Kansas
the absolute importance of prompt and thorough
organization Of the party IN every county and town.
ship in the state in order that every district may be
fully represen ted in the state convention, and
active and effective organization obtained at once
for a vigorous campaign the coming summer and
fall.
We respectfully request every democratic news
paper in the state to publish this notice and ed-
toriay call special attention to the importance of
complying with the suggestion herein made.
By order of the state central committee at Leav-
enworth, April 9th, 1888.
I'll. MILLS MOORE, EDWARD CARROLL,
Secretary. Chairman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
KANSAS FARM MORTGAGES.

The Larned Ctron0Scope, in comment
ing on the effort Of jealous minded en-
emies of Kansas to spread the report
that Kansas farm property is covered
knee deep with mortgages, says:
sit has been asserted by professional
defamers of Kansas that her farmers
are groaning beneath a load of mort
cages that is a menace to the prospect
tY of the state. This assertion. how
ever, has never been made by anyone
cOnversant with the facts in the case or
with the history of the loan business of
the state. The following figures and
comment from the Rand-McN ally
Bankers Monthly, which is recognized
as one of the leading financial journals
of the country, ought to set at rest the
groundless ISLANDERS on the state that
have been circulated in regard to our
mortgages"
''There has been a good deal of talk
about Kansas farm mortgages for
| the good of Kansas, of course. The
records show that, while Kansas now
owes on her farm mortgages about
1926, 600 900, Indiana owes $685., 000, 600;
Iowa, 1857, O00, 900; Michigan, $500 ,000,-
900; Wisconsin, 1857 zoo, 900; and Ohio
81 ,127 zoo, 900, so that, AFTER all. Kan
sas is not so heavily in debt as some of
her competitors are endeavoring to
make it appear. 1t is true that Kansas
is much the youngest state named, but
| it is also true that her farm lands are,
for that very reason, owing to greater
fertility, best able to carry her debt, and
that the proportion of her indebtedness
is much smaller and far less burden
some"
ANOTHER fact should be considered
when comparing Kansas mortgaged
property with that of other states, and
that is this: Kansas lands, being only
partially developed and improved, are
mortgaged for much less in proportion
to their real value, than the lands of
the aforementioned states. Again.
should the making of loans on Kansas
property be stopped for couple of
years, the natural increase in the value
of farm property alone would be sufi-
Gent to pay off the mortgages. On the
other hand, the lands in the older states
are almost as rapidly decreasing in
value as they become impoverished and
unproductive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
Publication Notice.

To Gaar, Scott and Company, corporation, of the
state of Indiana:
You are hereby notified that you, together with
Henry A. Norman and Mary L. Norman have
been sued 10y B. r. Able by his petition filed in the
district court OF Barton County State of Kansas,
the End day of April, 1888, whereby he seeks to
foreclose a certain mortgage in the of five hun
dred aud fifty dollars aud interest thereon. on the
following described lands situated in said county and
state, to-wit; The northwest quarter of section
ten (10) in township sixteen (16). south in range
eleven I'D, west of the sixth principal meridian SUI
perior to any interest you may have therein.
You are further notified that unless you answer or
denur to said petition before the 18th day Of
May 1888, said petition will be taken true and
Judgment rendered thereon against said defend
ants, Henry a. Norman and Mary L. Norman in
the of five hundred and fifty dollars and inter-
est thereon at the rate Of twelve per cent annun
from the 1st day of August, 1882, less the sum OF
S17475 paid interest thereon, declaring said Judg
ment first and prior lien upon said real estate and
ordering a sale of real estate and that upon
such sale you together with the other de-
PENDANTS herein will be forever barred from any or
all interest in or to said real estate. B. X. ABBE,
lis. By 4. +. Mead, his attorney.
Attest: IRA d. BRoUGHER, Clerk of the District
Court 1t3
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
CHICK.
Nine Sensible Savings.

Curses are like professions; they re-
turn to the place whence they came.
The brave man is an inspiration to
the weak. and compels following.
What we believe is right is more Of
ten so because it grinds our AK than
otherwise.
Never did any soul do good but it
came reader to do the same again with
more enjoyment.
There is nothing like settling with
ourselves, as there is deal we must
do without in this life.
To smile at the jest which plants a
thorn in another's breast is to become
a principal in the mischief.
Nothing is so contagious as example;
we are never either much good or much
evil without imitatorS.
Wickedness may prosper for While;
but, i'll the long run, he who sets all
knaves at work will pay them.
The nerve that never relaXes, the eye
that never blanches, the thought that
never wanders, are the harbingers of
victory.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
Our Foundry.

The location of the Great Bend
Foundry and Machine Co., has been
definitely settled, and plans ard speci-
fications for buildings and plant ap-
proved. The plant will be just opposite
the Walnut Greek Mills, near the Santa
Fe depot, and the works will be on a
larger scale than was at first proposed.
The stock, it is thought, will prove a
paying investment to those Of our citi-
Zens who have subscribed to it, as the
works will be of great advantage and
convenience to the town and country,
as well as to our neighbOring towns,
who will be able to purchase, the
articles manufactured, much lower
than they have hitherto been procura-
BILE for. Work will be commenced at
once and carried rapidly forward, so
that as soon as it is possible to get an
enterprise of such magnitude into full
operation, it will be done. The parties
who are backing this, are, neither
| spectators, nor schemers, but practical
| operators who understand thoroughly
their business and expect to win only
by the substantial work they turn out.
Everyone who has witnessed it, can
not but be favorably impressed with
the business like manner in which this
project has been started and put under
way, and take it as promising omen
of what it's future will be. Great Bend
is ready to say-''next'' to any feasible
enterprise, proposed that comes in the
form of a fair and square business
proposition, but to nothing else has
she an open door.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
National Democratic Convent on

The national democratic committee having met
In tbs city of Washington on the I'D day of Feb,
1885, has appointed Tuesday, the fifth day of June
next at noon, the time, and chose the city of st.
Louis the place of holding the national democratic
convention.
Each state is entitled to representation therein
equal to double the number of its senator's and
representative in the congress of the United States
The democrats of each organized territory and the
district of Columbia invited to send two dele
gates, subject the decision of the convention
to their admission. All democrats conservative
citizens of the United States irrespective of past
political association and differences who unite
with us in the effort for pure, economical and con-
stitutional government, cordially invited to
Join in sending delegates to the convention.
VIM. II. BARNUM. Chairman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
CHEYENNE NO. So.

The Union Sabbath school is in full
progress with Father Reynolds super
intendent. A good interest is the or
der of each Sabbath.
Mrs Kench has been ON the sick list,
but is too ambitious to be bed-fast.
D. j. Brown has erected fine house
on his bottom farm, that it is an honor
to him and the neighborhood.
D. Aldrick has began planting corn
and has a large herd of cattle that he is
running over the bottoms.
Brinkman and Poole are farming
with the calculation to make it win if
cattle business fails.
The supervisor is on the lookout for
road work, he is putting in fine
bridge, between section and 3, which
is a great benefit to the farmers.
Mr.. Sourweire has two fine grey
hounds. He contemplates making the
wolves howl this fall.
Tke prospect for spring crops is
splendid. If the farmers are blessed
with crops this year they will all feel
satisfied to make Kansas their home.
The timber culture is being exercised
more this spring in this neighbOrhOod
than in former years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
Exchange.

OUR towns have been trying for the
last year OF two to boom the country.
The country now, at least, about Great
Bend, is going to boom the town, and
strangers strike our town, get rig and
drive them out into the country the
first thing. After that if you want to,
you may talk new railroads, factories.
shops, oil, gas, salt wells and works,
etc., etc. But the best argument of all
is found in the fields and farmers to
which you can point to speak in silent
voices for themselves.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19

A SIGHT worth seeing is to look over
many sections of our county at present.
Such broad and promising fields OF
growing grain have scarcely ever been
witnessed here before. Any who have
not taken driYe lately to our rural
districts will be richly repaid in TAX
ing whirl around in almost any di-
rection. 1t will heal all old sores and
perfectly cure the worst case OF the
ssblues.'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
ma Luke, Lucinda Murrant, orell

Anna Luke, Lucinda Murrant, Oren
Cooley.
c Primary-Ada Eppstein, Stella
Hassler, Stella Headly. Geo. Hume,
Dale Nimocks, Edna Patterson, Nellie
Zimmeht, Walter auckland, John
Devel, Arthur Diehl.
G and d Primary-Grace Martin,
Minnie Sumption Alice Smith. Isabelle
Seeley, Eddie frankie, Viola Gwinn,
Priscilla Martin, Stella Wooden, Harry
Thatcher, Lee Daniels.
d Primary-Geo. Dale. Earnest Pres
cot, Charlie Lewis. Harry Weiss.
Much interest was manifested in the
observance of Arbor Day. The pupils
of each grade planted large tree to
daily remind them of noble character
and useful life.
Respectfully Submitted,
WILLIAM REECE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
THE STING OF 1T.

In recent copy of the Kansas City
Times we found the following grouping
of telling facts concerning the stra its
to which the rank old republican party
is now being put to beat President
Cleveland. After enumerating num-
Der of spiteful and ungentlemanly
names applied to our chief executive,
the president of this republic, the
Times says:
Cleveland is boss. There lies the
agony. There the rack, the boot, the
thumb-screw, the pully, the boiling
pitch aud the boiling oil. Cleveland is
boss. Amid the dust and the dirt of
the highway there lies the great God
and-morality party sprawling like a
turtle, with Cleveland's heavy foot upon
it's neck. Do you suppose that it does
not suffer I? That it's flesh does not
culver {? Its lips get parched? Its
tongue does not crack? Its heart is not
eaten into by the fury of baffled rage
and malice, even as the verltable
vultures eat always into the liver OF
PrometheuS chained inexOrably to a
bare rock to appease aGod's vengeance?
You see this party, thus wriggling and
SpraWling, was no common party. IL
leaned from the loins of the civil war
as a sword blade might leap suddenly
from its scabbard. 1t encompassed the
nation. 1t ruled as it pleased, robbed
as it pleased, prescribed as it pleased,
confiscated as it pleased, stole every
thing in sight, defied public opinion,
lorded the land, had palaces, thrones,
crowns and crown jewels; when one day
there came creeping out of the brush,
| Cleveland at its head "a spectre-a poor,
measly, pinched, woe-begone, attenuat-
ed thing called the democratic party,
which took it's lord and master by the
throat, throttled it until it fell painting,
put it's foot upon it and has kept 1t
there three years last month";
If swearing will do any good IN pity S
name let it outvie the devil. If black
guardism will help its misery, see that
it has at its command an Augean stable
full. If cries of fierce denunciation
will mitigate any of its pain, let it yell
as Indians do when palefaces are being
slowly roasted at the stake. The coun-
try knows all about it. How precious
paradise must have appeared to the
fallen pair driven forth forever. How
sweet the sound of the running water;
how the dew glistened to the moon
light; how the overblown musk of the
roses filed all the air; how the nectars
gave up their gold and the orange trees
their blossoms; how the birds made all
the day dawns jocund, and how the
siesta of all the noontides made even
nature dream, as, side by side, ere the
need came for the skins and the fig
leaves, Adam and Eve slumbered too
'she in his arms, and he in her tresses."
Go back! Not much. Look over
Wonder. at sword-blade not forged OF
earthly hands, nor earthly metal. 1t
flames, and turns. and horrifies, and
the accursed pair go out into the I'M
known and the darkness.
So let those who were once lords of
all, lust, and yearn, and pant like the
hart for the WATERPROOF; and curse
God, and finally get up to rear another
Cain to kill his brother Abel. AS the
case now stands, Mr.. Cleveland's course
is simply making the PROSTATE beast
furious 1t will get tanner by and by.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
SheriR's Sale.

State of Kansas, 90
Barton County. 90 9
The St. John & Marsh Company Edward Pertz
and Cecilia Pertz.
By virtue of a Special Execution to ne directed
and delivered issued of the Goth District Court
of the State of Kansas sitting IN and for Barton
County, in said State. will, on Saturday, May
5th A ID. 1888. between the hours of II O'clock a.
m and 2 o'clock p. M, of said day, at the Court
House door in Great Bend, in the County and
highest bidder, for cash in hand, the following
described real properly, to wit: The northeast
quarter Il of Section twenty-one (21), township
sixteen 90. range thirteen (13) west, in Barton
County, Kansas. Said property to be sold
manded by the said Special Execution
r. ID. WILSON Sheriff
herif7s Office, March 23d, 1885, 52t5
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19

featuring and selling to dealers only.
They will employ several hands, aside
from travelling salesman, some of which
will come with them, former employees.
Their reputation as firm is first-class,
and their product have been able COM
petitOrs and met ready sale, in the
crowded and streng competiting mark
cts of the east, where they have been
doing business. An open field is be-
fore them in western Kansas, which
they will doubtless work well, and fad
productive in large measure. The
days of depending on the east TO man
ufacture every article in our use in this
country, are fast coming to an end.
In the past years Great Bend has
had but one road over which to receive
freight and ship products, namely, the
main line of the Santa Fe. That of
course gave US an outlet to the east
and west; but it opened small amount
OF territory compared with that now
reached by the same road and its
branches, and the Missouri Pacific and
it's branches. Thus, slowly, it is true.
but surely, all the same, are we gain
ing that which shall prove our main
stay and our support as "a city, viz:
home manufacturing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19

IT is A FACT worthy of comment that
the farmers in Kansas have increased
to very gratifying extent the acreage
Of cultivated land this spring. The
farmers are the only residents in Kan
sas who have had any cause for COM
plaint. They have had poor crops and
it was to be expected that they would
become discouraged and, if anything,
decrease their invested capital. On the
contrary they have increased their cap
ital by investment in the way of in
creasing the amount of cultivated land,
that they are not only not discouraged
but have the greatest confidence in
the ability of Kansas to yield them
a handsome profit from their invest
ment. Faith in Kansas by her popu-
lation is what has made this the pros
porous state it is to-day, and it will con-
tinue to be one of the prominent char
acteristics of her people.-Press,