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The Now York Financial Chronicle Of
March ", gives the following figures Total
visible supply, 2sOi, 5ii bales, against ASA,
40 IN ISL These flgurs indicate q de.
crease Of cotton In sight Of 1882 bales, as
compared with the same date In 1851, aud
DECREASE Of ill 100 bales ~ compared with
same dale In iSSI
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1000 na.hel. o. wheat Bur.sa.

L.RHoRr, ID. T., March 1.-THE 200.
barrel roller mills burned yesterday, with
the warehouse. elevator and 5000 bush.
els oi wheat. The loss Is S65, 900, insured
for So. 900.
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COTTON MARKETS.

he local cotton market opened quie, and
hand closed quiet aud easy, middling
+. sales, 100 bales, including no bales
cning. Of which all 10 exporters aud
o spinners.
ExcHASon QUOTATIONS.
mary, eS-icc, god ordinary. 8 1916:
bidding, . bic; mlddilnr. o 0.i0c. good
llng, o i5-ioci middling fair, 10 5.ioc,
nominal.
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CLEVELAND, o., March 17.--Pctrolenm--
Firm; s. W., li0o, 7Ac.
WILMIScTos, N. c. March --Turpentinc
Quiet at Sic.
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OFFICIAL SIGNAL sEHyIcr. q. g. Al
MEarnia, March ~ pm.
Tho following observations are taken Al all sta
lions named at 10Th meridian time, which Il one
hour later than Memphis time.
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NEW ORLEANS

The spot market opened easy and closed
quiet middllng, o'sc. Sales, $500 bales.
Quotations were as follows: Ordinary, SIC;
good ordinary, sAc low middling, 8 3-iGc;
midding, olGc; good mlddling, o7Sc.
Futures opened steady and closed barely
steady, as follows; March, 0.37@0.30; April,
0S7@o.3s; May o.io@oi3; June, o.4o@95O;
July, 057@05s; August 0.jl@95G; Sep.
TENDER, 0.2O@0.2l; October, 0.0O@9.0l; No
vcmbcr s.o5@s.O6; December s.06@s07i
January, 0.05@000. Sales, 81, 100 bales.
DAILY PORT AND INTERIOR MARRET.
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ST. LOUIS Mo-, March l7.-Wool- Steady;
unwashed. bright medium, lGa2Ic; coarse
braid, li@12c; low sandy, l0Celsc fine
light, l3@l9c; fine heavy, l0917c; tub,
washed, choice, Soc; inferior, 30GgS3ci sacks,
lO(dl5c
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.I1noorlT N 4 CIR 100. HATRR NLAN
IS r. N a LnHH "a c,o& Wv y n, "a
H0ATn n g. X G. s1nRR ~ kc,M&
4 ~ Steamer. 4. wagons 10 Total, 80 bsles
11sr1< ~ xcnH. .<s1 u&TRR. fsss La n
II = ~ c. o&swnH. <tS LNo&TRR,s za
~ 1.I> bales
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GreecrIc..

CoFrrE--Common, Loo ordinary, iOc; fair
lie; prime Rio isc; choice TO fancy, 20c old
government 2SCtJoc quiet.
BOaAR.-purc white. OAc. of white, 0ifc
yellow clarified, OR@0Ac open kettle, 5kls
bJic; refined A, 0,.ci standard graduated,
NC; plantation granunied nc; powdescd,
ihcr-.i.ouisiana, 0c, Carolina, o,f@7ci
strong.
CANNED Goops--rine apples ti.25@i.5o.
Peaches, ? Ibs, standard, n.75 he, stand.
ard, $40, second, ti.bo Tomatoes, 2 NJ,
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Nrw Yonr, March i7.-Cofiee- Dull, fair
RIO, nominal, i3hc; options ioa29 points
lower and fairly active. Sales, $500 bags.
March, slo2o@io.so. April, $ioic@@ioSo
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NOTICE.

IN All pcrons are hereby warned no, 10 purchase
Certificate No. for Eight shares Of Masonic TEN.
pie Stock, Issued 10 John W. Clarke January p is72
a. Il has been losi or mlslad aud have applied for
adupllcaie MINNIE q. CLARKE,
Admlnlstratrlx
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PAM from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating 4 relieved AZ once by taking
one OF Carriers Little Liver Pills Immediately
after dinner Don't FORGET this.
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llNLRrOOL
Atnoon; spois--Dull, price. generally In
buyers favor. Sales, 1900 bales, Of which
American. 5000 bales. Receipts %, 600 bales,
OF which American, 900 bales. Closing
quotations were ~ follows Ordinary,
( l5-i0l; good ordinary, , Lied low mid
ding . 3-l6d; good middllng, . 0-l6d mid.
ding uplands, b}sd; middling Orleans,
lied.
Futures opened quiet at decline and closed
barely steady, as follows
t'fhe prices are given w pence and 0Iths
thus i.O3 means i.6j.Jid and b.0i means
5.1-0id.l
At D. March, 8. i0i buyers; March.
April, b.ioi buyers April.May, b2od, buy
| err. May-June, 6.22d, sellers. June-July.
b2Jd buyers July-August, a2id, sellers;
August-Sepicmbcr, 5.2hd, sellers, September,
. 2od, sellers, September October, Old, buy
en-
nAvRr.
spots-Quict aud steady Tres ordinnlrc
Orleans spot OG,lE futures for April de-
livery, O3A.L
Noic--'frcs orlinairc Orleans spot, 6sf,
represents G6H francs for 10 kllos OF strict
mildling cotton, Hayrc terms. A kilo Is
about 2 lbs, or % 35-iO0 klos equal 100 lbs.
A frame II equal 10 zoe.
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Chancery Sale
-OF-
r e A Il K S r. A r X.

No coo, Rim the Chanccry Court Of shelby Conn.
y.-John Ne Brooks. Guardian, w. Kate A.
league a A.
ny virtue ~ an intcrlocuiory decree for sale On.
errd In the above cansc on the xd day of February
lsSs " n 81. paec 80 will sell n public auction,
70 the highest bidder. In front 81 The Clerk and
Masters once, courthouso Of shelby county, Mem.
phls, Tennessee. on
saturday. March n. Isss,
within legal hours the following described propcr
~ situated In Ncmphis shelby county, tennessee
towlt
east corucr OF Ninth street tMlchirnn ayenucl and
broadway street. fronting 1Oi feet on Hruad
way street and running back between parallel lines
Ae feet Tho bid 20 start n 5000.
Terms Of sale--ono third cash. balance IN - and
q months purchaser 10 execute notes with uecu.
rity. hearing interest frum date. and lien reiaincd
10 secure payment This February ~ lsss
al MCDOWELL, q and NJ
ny J. ~ bradley n. O. snd ".
John Nc. nnoofl. &. " Bareau. Solicitors
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Money 9 PER CENT, NEW YORK.
N ExCHAN9E Ia PREM. SELLING.
lotion Quiet and Easy-AfiddiinG Cot
'tbn. Q e-ioc--sales Today. 100 Bales
The Tone of the General Market
e 0teady- Meats Firm.


SATURDAY EVENING, March II, isss
Money is still loaning at $ per cent, and
hanks as rule show no disposition TO
lower rates. The supply OF funds is ample
{pr present wants.
The clearinghouse report Is ns follows:
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PRrNE CRupr Ous--32m3lc prime summer
yellow. 37a3Sc; choice cooking summer vel
low, i0ail,3 prime cotton seed meal. SiG1b
ctl1Oo carload lots less Than carload, $40
aINuD
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BANK STOCKS.

Tho following list Is corrected regularly
and may bc regarded rs the alest quotations
RANK STOCKS.
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Miscellaneous,

WHsKY-Stpight Kentucky Bourbon
slJ0(a6 co. Robinson and Lincoln counties,
Tennessee, ~. i0a3OO Eastern Ryos Sl.Sbn
600 according "a aye and make; common
whisky, O0cGfsi2j, according TO proof.
BAo0iNG--5lI1c.
TIrs-si iOdl.i5.
snor-Drop, sL40; buck, Si.05.
LrAD--0Ifc.
Nlms-Iron, 81. 10; steel. $2e5d23o.
PowpER-kcgs, $500, half kegs, S275; quar-
ter Keys, Sl.5O.
iIIprs-Dry nint No. 1, l9c No ., Ic; dry
salted. Ghmsifc; green salted No. l, &c; No.
.. ilEc; green, lM5c; sheepskins. l5ctdfi.O 90.
TonAoco-Common. 2jg3jc; other grades,
35GtSjc.
sSurr-Garrrctts siOs5; Ralph's. SiO25;
railroad, sos; Gail A Ak, $500
Coal On.-Primc white, wholesale lots, l0c
per gal.
Woodbury. grease wool. unwashcd, $50
lsc; clear grease wool 2lft2jc; bury washed,
2Oag0': tub washed, 33dJSc.
BEEswAN-lstr9lc.
TALLow--3M3lsc.
FuRs Ann SEiNs-Decr, 306L35c; bar, 500
EI7.O0 mink, i5di0c; coon, hunter handled,
l56s5c; country handled, l5M9Oc; otter,
a. OOa,5.5 80: beaver, 50cGIsl.50; wild eat. lj6f
25c fox, i5CI75c; muskrat, i0Cai5c; opossum,
i0@i5c; wolf, 60cas20f skunk, i5@I5ci
panther, 5ocCdsi.Oo.
SEKDs-Red clover, Si55Gs5. 25 per bu; tim
othy, S.i.sb per bu. herds, bO@31c per bu;
blue grass fi.25 per bu; orchard grass, si.tt
@i.50 per bu; rel oats, I7Cg50c per bu.
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uan.ehoIa snnniics.

ArrLrs-New York, si00@500 per brl;
dried apples, 7@Sc per ID from store. Dried
peaches, Sc from store
NEdETADLrs--Onions $l2j(1l,J0 per brl,
500 per bu. Cabbage new Louisiana, crate,
$3.0OGtJ 80; bulk, Ss.0O@l00O per 100
kraut. brls $780, half brls, Sl.5O. Garlic
81 Loo per 100 Turnips, 500 per brl.
poUITnY--Chickcns spring, S2.OO@3.OOi
hens. S3OO69J5O; turkeys, SlO.OOCa 300
dressed chickens, s2.O0a3.00; turkeys, 100
l5c per lb; ducks S30O@36O; geese, $1,000
800 per doz.
FRurr.--oranges, s3oO@5.Oo per box Lem
ons, S3.0O@3.5O per box Bananas, $1,000
$50 per bunch.
GANE--Quail, 800 per doz; squirrels, Sl,2i
per doz. Nenison, whole deer, 1tabc; sad
dies, l0c. Wild ducks. $3.50 per doz. I,ab'
bits, Sl.75 per doz. Prairie chickens, $1,000
500 per doz. Wild turkeys, 5OtgI5c snipe
1925. Woodcock, $500 per doz.
PIcRLEs---Brls, $500, hall brls, 500.
EdGs---unsettled; bxs, l0lzc cases. lie.
RNsIYs--I. London layers, $500; layers, 2.75
California, 1928.
NuTs---Cocoanuts $3.50 per 100. Peanuts
Virginia. &c; Tennessee, farmers stock 80
4c roasted, 2ISc higher shclled, Toe. Pccans
Texas, Sole.
BurrER-Buttcrin i2@i5c; creamery, q
assoc dairy, isce22c; country butter, 10000
buiterine. lhn20c.
CInrR-0zark, $500 per bril- and $3.50 pc
half bril-.
PorAroEs-Firm; selling at si.25@il 40 pc
bu, - 2o@3.5O per bril- sweet potatoes, $50
per brl.
NINru Aa-pcr cal s6lfoc
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ME,rpHIs DAILY Appeals MONDAY MARCH IL, 1883.

Rchdihs. COZ
Rock Island, ii1N
81 Louis & San r. 20
StL San u pid, GS
stL&S Il LIST pfd, lllh
81 Paul, 75M
81 Paul pfd, ia
81 PAM NJ a. NJ. 90
~ Paul a Omaha, 3lh
stp Omaha pfd, lCIn
Tenn Coal 4 Iron, 2T5t
Texas Pacific. M
TQl \ Ohio Cen pid, 30
Union Pacific, 5f1
United States Express,72
! Wabash, ST l. 4 r, l2A
w, ~ y x z pfd, az
Wells 4 Fargo Exp, 10
Western Union, 75H
American Cot OIL, q
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standard. 81 GOAL. 10; lbs, standard, 81 $50
$50. Strawberries, sl.75. Raspberrles,
Si.0O. Blackberries, Sl.25@l.4o. Green
cages, Si75MIs5. Pears, Sl.76g225'
Plums, $iG5@l75, Asparagus, $500 - -
Green corn, u. 2563i45 Green peas, Sl.Goa
100. Cove oyesters, full weight, ID, soc;
lbs, 81. 65@l'5; light weight. lbl GO@Ooc; :
lbs, Sl.00tdll0. Condensed milk, Grown,
80 zoos. IS; Eagle, 1915; Swiss, S5.75. Sal
mon, 500. Sardnes, 1915; mustard sar-
dimes 800. Mackcrcl $50; herring mack
ercl, Sl.25.
CAYpIrs-.Stick, all sizes, IN bxs, pals and
brls, s,sOa9c; fancy assorted, Sk@l5ci extra
fancy, ls@25c; firm. 80,
Clirrsr-.New York factory, case; full
cream, 12@l2I1c; young America, l3Wl8lsc'
SALT--saginaw, $i35@l,I0 per brl; ONO
river, 81 POOL % per br; SKIS fine, Sl.S5@
lao; coarse 81. i0all5; pkts bleached, %;
mixed brls $3.50; mixed, 2AG7c.
Scars AND CANDLEs---S0ap, 3G519ci can
dies full weight, sA@0c.
MoLAssrs--Louisiann common TO fair -
Gl2jc; prime 20 choice, 3Og37c; fancy, $50
4Oc; common 10 fair 20@25c prime to choice,
2j(g2sc; syrup, 20(d i0c; firm.
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East Tenn ID pfd, 10
Erie, 23Is
Erie pfd, 81
Fort Wayne, 1873
Fort Worth & Den. 10
Hooking Valley, lyia
EOuston 4 Texas, 10
Illinois Central, ilj Il
Ind, Bloom * West, IL
Kansas 4 Texas, 10
Lake Eric 4 West, 10
Lake Erie & W pfd, Al
Lake Shore, 80
Louisville a Nash. J254
LOUSY & n Albany. 81
Memphis 4 Charles, 49,
Michigan Central, u
Nil. l. 8 a w, 20
NJ, l. ) a. w pfd, 0j
Min n ~ Louis, 6
Min q ~ Louis pfd. 10
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Inctcasc II nlccIpl. lhIs day......
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.

Receipts IN ports this day iss....... ....... AGO
keeelps In ports lhls day, sl.,........... esl2
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-12
TRUTHFUL DALZELL.

Private Dalzell has been talking, or
rather writing, again. Some one at
tempted to argue the tariff question
with him; hut he says he knows nothing
about II and cares nothing about the
tariff Il am determined to know moth
ing but the old comrade, and him well
pensiOned,' says the truthful Private
Dalzell. And continuing, he says:
politicians do nothing for love, and
are only driven by the scorpion whips
of vengeance. A vote is their heaven
and the loss of it their hell. Their
third heaven is Office and the highway
To II must be prepared by the votes of
the G.. A. r.. who are omnipotent IN
American politics and will be till 2O5O-
they and their sons. They will rule
this country as absolutely as the car
of all the Russias for two centuries To
come, one way or the other, directly or
indirectly Then why fool away our
time talking about what all are talking
and So few understandable tariff for ex-
ampleY When man talks tariff, it re-
minds me of the ScOtchman's definition
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man talking to an
other about what neither understands. -
am for n high tariff if that will pen.
sion all the poor old soldiers. / don't
care where the money comes from!
After that they may vote tariff up OF
vote L down; it's all the same to me-
and you and won't quarrel over it un-
iii We both find out more about it,"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-12
4 PRACTICAL LESSON.

During the next thirty days, the farm
ers of this country will learn more
about the practical operations of high
protective tariff than they learned dur
ing the five months of the campaign.
II is fact that the considerable per
family supplies from their local mer-
chants on credit and that yearly set
Element is the usual custom. And 1t is
fact, that the customer does not real
ly know what he has been charged for
his goods until he sees an itemiZed bill.
This bill he will get now in few days
and then he will have an opportunity
of applying some of the knowledge that
he Is supposed to have gained during
the campaign,
He can figure how much more his
blankets and wooden goods have cost
under high protective tariff than they
should; he can calculate how much
more barbed wire he could have pur-
chased had the Mills bill been a law:
be can figure how much he would have
saved on his salt his hardware, his ium-
Der, his harness, his farm implements.
his window glass, his carpets, his fur
niture, and in fact everything he used.
If he will take the itemIzed bills re-
ceived from his tradesmen, and calcu-
late an average tax of AZ per cent. on
the same. he will know how much he
has paid for the protection of the great
Industries of the east. He will know
how much he has paid for the privilege
of voting the Republican ticket; how
much he has contributed to the Repub-
lican campaign corruption fund, used
with such marked success i'll New York
and Indiana last month.
1t is a good time now for Barber
county farmers to make a reckoning
They have had three poor crop years
and they have had to buy nearly every.
| thing they have used in their families
or on their farms. If they can get any
consolation out their itemiZed bills OF
merchandise we hope they will do it
But we cannot think that they will.
we candidly believe that the farming
class will be the strongest advocates OF
tariff reform during the next two years
of any other. This class is not usually
quick to inaugurate reforms; but it has
been its history that once it has decided
on a reform, it is never turned from
its aim.
We believe that in 1890 there will b,
a revolution of sentiment on this grea
question of tariff, right here in Kansas
and in 1892 we look for Democratic ma
iorities in Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon
sin, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Il
the farmers ever get to studying th'
question of tariff as they should, W,
have no doubt as to what the outcom,
will be.
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Wellington salt.

a dispatch, dated the 9Th, from Well
ington, says: The salt works are in
full blast and are the center of attrac-
ton and investigation. On Monday
morning the fires in the three huge
furnaces were started and the brine
turned INTO the immense evaporating
pan. In six hours the brine was at the
boiling point and yesterday and to-day
at intervals of two hours, large quantI-
ties of snow white salt was raked from
the seeIhing cauldron. Everything is
working smoothly and a visit to the
works, which is accessible and open
at all times to the public, will convince
the most skeptical that in the salt in
dustry, Wellington can develop a per-
petual source of wealth. There is no
limit to the field and capitalists are in
vited to come and satisfy themselves
that for supplying a staple that must
continue to be in demand as long as the
world stands, there is no limit TO the
Wellington field.
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a committee OF county clerks, one
member from each congressional dis
trict, will prepare and submit to the leg
lslature bill having for ITS object the
correction OF unequal assessments in
this state. IL is well known that there
are no two counties i'm the state that
put the same valuation on property.
The idea is to get property assessed as
near its cash value as possible. 1t is
also proposed to substitute one county
assessor for the township assessors. 1t
is thought that county assessor would
come nearer getting property listed at
It's true value and that his valuations
would certainly be more uniform.
There is great room for Improvement,
unquestiOnably.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-12

a Wichita dispatch tells more about
Stewart, the drug clerk. who, about a
year ago was fined so, 600 and sentenced
to u years in Jail tor violating the pro-
hibitOry law. After several months in
jail he was pardoned by the governor;
but last Saturday he was re-arrested on
complaint of Assistant Attorney Gener-
al Hallowell who made an unsuccessful
attempt to collect the costs from the
building in which the liquor was sold
and who now demands that Stewart be
incarcerated until the costs amounting
to S5.277 SHALL have been paid. OF this
amount $500 goes to Prosecuting At
toney Hallowell, leaving but ST. for
the county.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-12
STUBBORN FACTS.

California. the largest wOOl-prOduc-
ing state I'm the Union, votes for Iar-
risou 10y 0ne-third less than Blaine re-
ceived i'm 1854.
Texas the second largest wool pro-
ducing state in the Union, elects solid
delegation TO the next congress in favor
of free wool.
Ohio, the third wool growing state in
the Union, gives Harrison, a native of
Ohio, one-third less majority than was
given to Blaine.
Colonel Breckenridge, who voted for
free hemp, aud who represents the larg-
est hemp growing district in the Union
is reelected by an increased majority.
Philadelphia, the strongest protection
community in the Union, gave Harri-
son 1900 less majority than was given
To Blaine, and it was done with tariff
and tax reduction accepted by both
sides as the supreme Issue.
The great manufacturing centres
gave greatly reduced Republican MAJOR
tiles on the tariff issue. Providence
fell from ,S84 for Blaine to ass for Har-
rlson: Rhode Island. the great centre OF
New England factories, gave Harrison
one-third less majority than was gwen
to Blaine; and New Hampshire, an.
other manufacturing state, reduced
Blaine's majority nearly one-half.
Connecticut is very close on The pres
idency, but the manufacturing cltie:
gave Cleveland decided gains. Nor
wich fell from 43l for Blaine to 90 fol
Harrison; Waterbury gave Cleveland
49l in 1884 and 749 in 1888; Bridgeport
increased Cleyeland's majority from 57C
in 1854 to 6Is; and Meriden increased
his majority from 81 in 1884 to 34l.
In Massachusetts, the great msnufac
turing cities of Lynn, Worcester. Hol
yoke and Salem gave positive CleyelanC
gains. and Boston gives 1900 majorit,
for tariff and tax reduction and fre'
raw materials.
These are stubborn facts which con
siderate men in the councils of the new
administration will take pause to con
slider II is entirely safe to assume
that our manufacturing industries fp
which protection is specially needed
will peremptorily demand free raw ma
terials, eheapened necessanes Of lif,
and protection only to labor and not L
monopoly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-12

Kansas Republicans will urge the
name of Ex-Governor Thomas A. Os-
born for place in Mr.. HarrisOn's cabi-
net. OF course he won't get it; but he
will probably get soft job. The peo-
pie of this part of Kansas will long have
reason to remember Mr.. Osborn. He
was governor when the thieves pretend
ed to organize Harper, Barber and Com
anche counties, and when these coun-
ties were loaded down with fraudulent
debts. 1t is generally understood that
Osborn stood in with the bond thieves,
If not to the extent of sharing in their
ill-gotten gains, at least to the extent of
protecting them and leaving the impress
sion that the thieves were the regular
officers of the counties and that the
counties had been organized according
to law. Oh, yes. Mr.. Osborn would be
representative Kansan in president s
cabinet
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-12

There Is growing demand for re.
form system of voting. and the Aus
tralian system appears to be the most
popular. IL not only secures an absO-
lutely secret ballot, but IL practically
does away with bribery ut the polls, for
there can be no political henehman to
stand by and see that the goods are de
livered. Under this system the state
OF county prints the election tickets,
putting the names Of every regularly
nominated candidate on the ticket. The
voter is gwen one ticket only and OPP
posite the names he would vote for he
marks an X. This ticket he must pre-
pare for himself and that he may not be
interfered with. he is required 10 step
in a closed booth, OF stall. Every tick
ct Is numbered, and none must be des-
troyed. aud the election officers are 10
return every ticket furnished them,
either as n voted ballot or as a blank
that was not used. This precaution
viii keep the "heelersv from fixing IN
fraudulent tickets. No one is permit
ted in the polling place except the
judges and clerks OF the election and
one voter at time.