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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02
COST!

1t is rumored that ''No mans
land in the south part Ct the city,
has been sold to the Rock Island
railroad company.
Henry Nordman. of Walnut town
ship, was in the city Tuesday selling
his wheat. He raised over 1 400
bushels last year.
Willis Winstead sold the bouncing
bovine of the season Tuesday to
Summers & Clayton. The COW
weighed 1850 pounds.
VIM. Legg, ST., uncle Of VIM.
Legg of this city, arrived last night
from Pittsburgh, Texas, and will
visit his relatives in this city.
The Misses Thomas, the Forest
avenue milliners, have moved to the
northeast corner of the square, oppo-
site the Morrison hotel, west.
Dave Gray says he is going to have
three new railroads running across his
section of land within the next six
months, if some of them don't get
away.
A surveying corps of the Mo. Pacific
railroad are surveying line to this
city from Frederick, town east Of
Clatiin. Will say more about it in the
future.
William Friend found the party
who obtained goods from him some
time ago, under false pretenses. The
party was promptly brought to time,
and the affair hushed.
Rev. c.. II. Brown, of Sterling,
Kansas, will preach at the court
house at II o'clock, Sunday. Feb. 5.
All members IF the Christian church
are requested to attend.
Fred Murphy has collection in the
show window of the City Book Store,
consisting of Spanish moss, alligators
teeth and postage stamps from nearly
all parts of the globe.
Work has again commenced on the
Hulme-Wilner block, on Forest ave
nue.. We understand this will only
be starting of the building that will
be done on that street this year.
Golden Star Chapter, o. E. S.,
will meet ut the Masonic hall Satur-
day evening, Feb. 4th, at half past
seven. All members are requested
to be present for the transacting OF
business.
w. d. &. Smith is in the city with
view of establishing a branch of the
Commonwealth Loan and Trust COM
pany of Kansas City and Boston.
He will operate from this city in about
twenty counties.
Mike Jacobs and Lon Ball were in
last Monday from Beaver township.
We understand that work will be
commenced on the Little River ex-
tension of the Santa Fe, as soon as
the weather permits.
A New York girl stuffed the sleeve
of an old coat with straw, and placed
It around her waist as she sat III the
window wrapped in the soft June twi-
light. 1t looked all right and nat
ural from distance, and broke the
neighbours girls all up with envy, but
the satisfaction she derived from the
hug was about as thin az strained
moonshine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02

The grand jury will hold forth
next week.
Mr.. L. Schwemley, of Buffalo town
ship, is reported very i'll. J
Miss Grace Rankin has accepted a
position in the post Office.
w. p. Coles is having his trees on
Forest avenue trimmed up.
John Harris reports the fish harvest
from the Walnut, immense.
H. G.. Chapel left this morning for
his old home in Wisconsin.
George Kincaid and family are
visiting in ST. John this week.
George Young and wife are ex-
pected home Saturday of this week.
Our feed stores are doing big
business these days, selling seeds and
feed.
Men may come and men may go,
but monthly bills come around for
ever.
Squire Brown, of Fairview town
ship, was in the city to-day visiting his
father.
Fred Du Mont is in the city visiting
relatives, having arrived last evening
from Arkansas.
G. II. BROKER has placed marble
top on the Masters pedestal, in the
Masonic temple.
Suppose you have not neglected to
read the Famous" ad. at the top Of
these columns?
Miss Nettie Sowle has returned,
after a few weeks visit co Kansas
City and Topeka.
The school board are having Dodge
u Co. put the waterworks into the
east side school house.
. Joe Ewalt and j. G. Evans were
out about thirty miles north Sunday,
taking IN the fresh air.
Fl. 0. Beal, of Kinsley, Kans., is
in the city looking after his landed
interests in Barton county.
This kind of weather maketh glad
the heart of the farmer, for it soak.
eth the wheat fields muchly.
Real estate has commenced to pick
Up. Several pieces of land changed
. hands yesterday and to-day.
Jacob Alefs telegraphs from San
Diego, California, that his brother
John, is very low and recovery doubt
full.
The children will long remem Del
Kansas Day and its celebration il
Great Bend; and the "grown folks
should remember it also, and wher
next year it comes around again i
should be celebrated by ev cry person
IN the county, young and old.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02
Led Astray.

Ferdinando, Nassau Co., Fla, March 18th, 1880.
81 have used DR.. Simmons Liver
Regulator and always found it would
do what is claimed for it. The last
bottle and two packages did me nc
good and worse than nothing. I see
it is not put up by J. II: Zeilin & Co.,
and not genuine, and a waste of
money to buy it. would be glad to
get the pure and genuine. Send me
some from honest hands with red q.
and Zeilin q Co.'s signature on
The wrapper) The fictitious stuff sold
will injure some one badly.
Corn and Feed, at Culver's Eleva-
tor. 37tf
WANTED-Al load of good, clean
oats straw. Inquire at this office.
Good, Nebraska White Oats, at
Culver's Elevator. 37tf
Only Forty Cents
In postage stamps for a new Nickle
Plated Stem Winder and Stem Setter
Watch, just patented. Address Roy
jackson, Box Is, 81 East 104th st.
New York City.
Mention this paper.
LosT.-In town, last Saturday. A
black silk lace scarf, about a
quarter of a yard wide, yard and a
half long. Finder will oblige by leav-
ing at this Office.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02
John AlefS Dead.

A telegram received by j. V.
Brinkman this afternoon, contains the
sad intelligence of the death at San
Diego, Cal, of our old townsman,
John Alefs. His remains will arrive
here Saturday and be inferred by the
side of his wife and children.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02

P. F. Kline and D. r. Logan were
in the city Monday, taking in the
town and transacting business They
say business is picking up in their
town, and boring they will soon com
mence for natural gas.
Ira Brougher was out in the north
part of the county yesterday. He
has the same report to make concern
ing the crop prospects that we hear
from every side, viz: they could not
be better at this time of year.
A Chicago paper tells of man who
was complaining that he had invested
a rather large sum of money in Wall
street and lost it. A sympathizing
friend asked him wheather he lad
been "bull' or "bear." He re-
piled, neither; was jackass."
A butchers boy, carrying a tray on
his shoulders, accidenty struck it
against a lady's head, and nearly
knocked her hat off. "The deuce
take the tray" cried the lady, in a
passion. MADAM" said the boy
gravely, "the deuce cannot take he
tray"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02

What makes you think the world is round?
Give me a reason fair.
Because so very few are found
Who act upon the square.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02
City and County.

OF all dear words the tongue can tell,
In this land or another,
The one without its parallel
Is-Mother.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

mayor, 1--WE have forty-two furniture
factories, employing ten thousand
men. whose products are shipped to
almost every country in the civilized
world. Not the slightest protection
is furnished them by the tariff tax.
But on the lumber, plate-glass, marble,
metal trimmings and upholstering
goods used, the factories pay very
heavy import duties, and when
workman wants new suit of clothes
he finds it takes just twice as many
days work to buy it as it did during
the war.
Il tell you the owners and employees
of these factories, as well as the farm
ers, are coming over to us by the thou
sand, and when asked to stand by the
war taxes, even to the extent of cheap
whisky and oleomargarine,. they shout
'Ratsv with vigor that is appalling to
Republican campaign committees
Cor. Chicago Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

when he had to buy e15.7 70 suit Of
clothes. Now, with wheat 70 cents,
he has to put twenty-one bushels II %
get the same, or very little better suit
He gets inquisitive and finds the OLD
war tariff tax Of 81 per cent still stand
ing on wooden goods, which is mainly re-
sponsible for the big hole made In his
wheat bin. also find that since the
war, when every thing that IL 70 Dc
sold has declined 80 to 200 per cent?
and all that is being consumed is being
held up to approximately war prices
by ruinous tariff tax, the amount OF
mortgages on Michigan farms has been
steadily and regularly increasing until
they have reached the frightful aggre-
gate of $37, 454. 679. according to the
last report of the State Commissioner
of Labor.
Again, in my city," continued the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
RUINED RY PROTECTION.

How High Import Duties Have Crippled
the American Wool Industry.
It is a fact not to be denied upon
competent authority by any one that
under high tariff the number of sheep
in the States east of the Mississippi
river has decreased right along. The
assertion of the high tariff takers that
the threat of putting wool on the free
list has caused the number OF sheep to
decrease is false.
Between 1860 and 1867, when the
wool tariff was low, the number OF
sheep east of the Mississippi river in
creased from 10, 221, TIA to 81, 1854. 6O9.
That was under a low tariff. In 1867
the high tariff was put on wool, the
highest tariff the product has ever
borne, and the number of sheep In the
States east of the Mississippi river be-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
a DOLLAR A DAY ENOUGH.

Better for the working men that they be
willing to content themselves to work for ten
cents per day rather than incur the risk OF be-
ing thrown out of employment by their mas
tiers because Of their efforts by means OF organ
ization to secure increase Of wages.-Benjanin
Harrison, Republican Candidate for the Presi-
deney1
For the farmer, who tolls from the coming Of
morn,
In the field. at the plow. mid the fast growing
corn;
Who sows, mows and reaps works through
sunshine and rain,
Piles high the great harvest of rich golden
grain,
"a dollar a day, dollar a day
For the work OF farmer is plenty of pay
For the men who have builded our great rail-
For the men who ape digging down in the
dark mines,
For the men who have reared our church
spires to the sky,
For the men at the cases whose swift fingers
fly,
A dollar day, dollar a day
For these brave. honest workmen is plenty
of pay"
For the men in the factory and men at the
wheel,
For the men who bend YEARLY over their
OencneS,
For the men who are digging in hot, dusty
trenches,
" A dollar day, dollar day
For such men as these plenty Of pay"
For the wants of their families dollar day
Is all that they need. 1t is plenty OF pay.
They're accustomed to hardship and sorrow
and pain:
They possess no affection, they never COM
PLAIN;
They need no vacation, no comfort no rest,
They are only the families of laborers at
BEST
They want nothing saved for a dark rainy
day
So o dollar for them is plenty Of pay.
But the kid-gloved monopolist, what OF their
pay.
Who would kindly allow US dollar a day!
At the price OF their laborer's happiness and
health,
Lost by long hours Of toll, these men roll in
wealth
And luxurious ease throughout each long
day,
While we're toiling along for dollar day.
But the star-spangled banner still waves
DER our land
And when in November the laborng band
Goes down to the polls and all vote as one,
1t will not be for Harrison--'' grand pappy,
grandson"
But for Cleveland and Thurman, who lead in
the van,
Who protect and respect the laboring man.
-Indianapokis .SsntineI.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
MICHIGAN POLITICS

Whore the Grand Cause of TARIFF Refasn
Is Making Big strides.
Mayor l. III. Weston. of Grand aaso-
ids, chairman OF the Michigan Deus,-
cratic State Committee, was in view
York the other day, and at the Dea1~
cratic National headquarters report VI
his State in admirable condition pc. liz
cally. He said the idea OF reduciIg
the tariff taxes on the necessarily u
life is popular one in Michigan. Iae
people begin to realize the startling
TACT that is costs Michigan six times as
much to pay its annual Federal tariff
tax as it does to run the entire State
Government.
The farmer remembers the war
period said Mr.. Weston, :. when
wheat was 81. Is per bushel, and h
put just seven bushels into the wagon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
hovEY FOR GOVERNOR.

Tho would-Be Moses of Indiana's Dis
eouraged Republicans.
The agony in Indiana ends with
Harrison holding his machine well in
hand, and Hovey, Congressman of the
First district, nominated to run against
Matson for Governor. Porter thus
sinks out OF sight as rapidly as he
rose. No comet has lately stretched
the length of the political ophiueus
and so perplexed the managers of
campaigns. Impartial spectators can
not fail to sympathize with Harrison.
surrounded as he has been with enc
mics under thu armor of foes and the
cruise of friends. No Democrat can
sorrow that Porter was ruled out by
the judges of the race. Porter made
fast time in $780, If Harrison could
not afford to accept this aid now no
reformer need mourn about it.
As for General Hovey. he is high
taxer. He has sat in Congress and re-
manned deaf to the appeals of the peo-
pie and the rumblings of financial evil
in the public funds. He has voted for
all the grabs and against the abolition
of taxes. When there were S29a, Co.,
600 of public taxes on hand, and $780,
600 a day of surplus income above the
$500, 600 of expense, he was charmed
with the idea Of new tax Of $3.50, coo
! year on bogus butter. He ought to
be beaten, because all high-taxers
| should get tina heel Of the people rather
than their aosiaiming palm.
The figures have often been axhib-
/ tied. In 1890 Garfield had 6,S41 plu.
| rality, and there were 1885 Green
| hackers. The total vote was 47O, 673.
In 1884 Cleveland turned this plurality
| around to s. SIC for the Democrats. The
Greenbackers iell of to &293 and the
Prohibitionists polled SO2S There
| were 1900 new votes. Of which l9, 600
were Democratic. In 1856 with q. 900
stay-at-homes, of whom 1000 seem to
have been Republicans the Republic.
ans had 1924 plurality, the Greenback.
ers fell of to 4.S46, and the Prohibi.
| tiOnists swelled TO q, 1SA
This year the Prohibitionists have
been elated with a National conyen-
tion. and may poll $4,000 votes. The
vote ought to he $4,000. The Labo,.
vote is hostile to Harrison, but ne,s al
bitterly arrayed against Hovey. The
Green hackers retain an old guard who
| will die fighting. say some 1900. II
the Labor detection amount 10 2.OOO
votes. we may see that Matson mus
win about 5000 Of the 10000 new vot.
ers In order to be safe. while Hovev
must have not less than 5000 Of them.
or lose the day. Chicago Nsws.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
A Most Horrid Thought.

Jones-Isn't it dreadful what &C
counts appear in the papers about the
sufferers from the overflow in Mexico?
Ferguson-They are not half as
dreadful as something l read in pa
per yesterday.
do you mean that account of 81 rail-
road accident where forty people were
burned to death?"
THAT was bad enough. but what
read was that there are eight million
piano players in the United States,
and that they can elect any man Presi-
dent that they unite on."-Teras Sitt
i,s9s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

gan Immediately to decline. The fall
has been so great that there are now
in the States east of the Mississippi
river but Is, 100000 sheep, against 81
100000 in round numbers in 1867
This decline has not been due to the
Mills bill or to any tariff reduction
project, but has been continuous for
the greater part of the time under the
highest wool tariff ever imposed in
this country. Hence the significant
fact that the farmers ought to insist
that the high tariff taxer should ex-
plain is that the number of sheep has
increased most under low tariff and
decreased most under high tariff
The State of Ohio affords another
illustration of how the high tariff has
affected the sheep raising and wool
growing business. There were III 1867,
when the high wool tariff was put on,
$3.50, 126 sheep in the State of Ohio,
the greatest number the State has ever
had before or since. The number had
reached this point by gradual increase
under no tariff prior to 1850 and under
a low tariff from 1860 to 1867 But
mark the result. just as soon as a
heavy tariff was placed on wool in
1867 the number of sheep in Ohio be-
gan to decline so that in ten years with
this tariff unchanged the number fell
from $50, 126 to 3,783.O00 in 1873. a
loss of nearly one-half.
Similarly, in the State of Pennsyl-
Of 81, 70
from ?, 422, OO2 in 1867 to 984, 1891, a loss
of over two-thirds, and all under the
operation of high tariff laws. So in
Michigan the number of sheep has de-
creased, as it has in Maine, in New
York, in Illinois and generally every
where except in the States and Terri
tories of the far West, where grazing
land is abundant and cheap.
Now, these are the facts, and there can
be but one sound conclusion drawn from
them, and that is that high tariff on
wool is powerless of itself to make
sheep-raising and wool-growing profit
able east of the Mississippi river. Man
ifestly it has utterly failed to do what
it's advocates have claimed for it, be-
cause under the very highest of tariffs
the farmers all over the East and CEN
trail portions of the country have
.abandoned the industry as Improbable
and the number Of sheep has decreased
right along in spite of the high .4rid.
Now let the farmer, when he is sold
sy some preacher of high tariff prGtsc-
ton that the sheep and wool induJ%y
is being ruined by the efforts ot tie
Democrats to pass the Mills bill. eise
him to these facts and figures ans axh
him to explain why the ruin has sa.r
going on steadily since 1867 under tae
very highest kind Of tariffs?-CleaassDa
Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
INFORMATION WANTED.

A Few of the Things to Which the Free
Whisky Organs Don't Respond.
Why Republicans in 1872 favored
putting salt and lumber on the free
list.
Why they have changed their minds.
Why in 1884 the Republicans favored
reducing tariff taxes.
Why they lave changed their minds.
Why the Republicans placed hides
ON the free, list in 1872.
Why the tanning industry was not
ruined thereby.
Why DO pauper-made leather or
shoes of Europe came over.
Why tie feather industry prospered
more than ever before.
Why more workmen were employed.
Why they got better wages.
Why, in short, the Republican tariff
theory d..,ln't work.
Why s.e price of wool has steadily
declined ,inder protective tariff.
Why ti.e reduction of duty on wool in
1883 was followed by an advance in
price ms, cad of decline.
Why tae lowest point in the price of
wool was reached under the highest
tariff.
Why sheep in Ohio have decreased
in number right along for seven years
under protective tariff.
Why the sheep of Ohio decreased
over 100000 in numbers during one
ar-1SS1-2-when the highest wool
tariff existed.
Why the price of wheat has declined
right along under a protective tariff.
Why the price of corn has declined
under protective tariff.
Why wages have declined under a
protective tariff.
Why strikes and large bitter con-
ficts between employees and employers
have been common under protective
tariff.
Why the working-men OF this coun-
try have lost more by ten-fold in
strikes and lockouts caused by at
tempts to reduce their wages under a
protective tariff than they could have
got our of the tariff tax if they had re-
ceived ever7 cent of it.
Why the cost of living has increased
| under protective tariff.
Why anarchy and socialism have de-
veloped under protective tariff.
Why trusts have grown up under a
protective tariff.
These are only few of the many
| points that the people would like to
have the advocates of high-tariff bles-
sedness explain. It may not be as
| easy as to howl about rebels and rave
over the bloody-shirt and cry out that
Great Britain is upon us, but it would
be vastly more sensible - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
A St. Louis orchestra leader tell.

A St. Louis orchestra leader tells a
reporter how he was identified the
other day: I went into bank, ana
the teller, looking at me, said: Il
Dug hit to know you, but / can't place
vou.n looked at him, gave him a
good chance, and, as he looked more
puzzled, said: You don't recognize
mepn He still said, INC" and turned
around and took off my hat. NOW
7 said, shows that?" He looked for
but a second or so and exclaimed. ooh,
know you now; you're Vogel. of the
OlYmpi. Theater."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

An exchange informs us that a
Kansas schoolma'am rewards her pupils
by letting the boy who chances to spell
correctly a word a girl has missed, kiss
the fair misser. This may encourage
the boys in the art of spelling, but
what a deal of ipsus lingua it will
create among the girls. We feel as ii
we could spell few words ourselves
in Kansas. -Dalnth PdrdQraphsH
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

The Republican managers are
doing vast amount of underground
work in Indiana. They have already
persuaded four or 1--WE men that the
Mills bill is bought by British gold.--
Cincinnati EnQuirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
The LIE Moyne school for colored

The LIE Moyne school for colored
children at Memphis, Tenn, is a mod
ell one. apparently. A visitor describ-
ing it says: Imagine hundred and
twenty-five white children up North
remaining quiet without teacher in
sight. In the LIE Moyne school that
number of children are left in charge
of a monitor, who IS responsible for
their safe and orderly conduct to their
recitation rooms. A girl sits at the
piano. and at the word from the mont
tor strikes into march, and the chill
dren file out. How the children are
made to behave so nicely is mystery"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

The announcement of the vote was received
with wild enthusiasm and the convention ad.
journed sine die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

Barclay gained votes, DearmOnd 9and Strait
ton 2; Burgess lost fifteen.
The eighteenth ballot followed Immediately,
and no change was made until Grundy was
reached, when E. M. HARDER withdrew Judge
Burgess name from further onsideration. A
wild scene ensued. Two-thirds of the delegates
were on their feet yelling like mad
men. The roll-call was suspended, and Chair
man Martin hammered in vain for i've minutes.
He finally informed the sergeant-at-arms that
the Chair would soon exchange places with him
il order were not restored. This had the de-
sired effect and the balloting proceeded and re-
suited in the nomination of Judge Barclay, the
vote standing:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

There was break in the st Louis delega-
tien said to have been caused by q threat from
some OF the Northwestern counties to work
against Francis If they did not get some votes
from St. Louis for Burgess
AtT:4j the convention took recess until
mine o'clock.
The convention was promptly called to order
Mt nine o'clock. Hon. Walter Young, of ST. JG-
seph. presiding. The chair Immediately or
dered second roll-call for the nomination OF
Supreme Judge The ballot resulted: