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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

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Churches.

Churches.
NJ f. CHURCH herman Society Preaching
every Sunday, at 7:30 p. M. also at 1880 a.. III.
every other Sunday after Nov. 6. Sabbath 81 hool
at2 p. m. Prayer and praise service Wednesday
evening at 1880.
ADAM ]. Ross, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-services on the second
fourth Sundays of each month. Mass commences
during summer at 9:45 m /, in winter at 1O:45 m.
Rev. Father DIssELcANP, Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Corner Forest avenue
and Morton street, w. r. Watson, pastor. Ser
vices every Sabbath, morning and evening; SUM-
Tuesday evening, prayer meeting Thursday even
ing.
CONGREGATIONAL,-Co Broadway and Stone
street, w. A. Bosworth, pastor. Services every
ing Thursday night young peoples meeting Tues
day night; Sunday school at 11:45
observation-disclosures Broadway and William
avene, ]. w. Thompson. pastor Services every
Sunday at IL a. and 7.3o q. H., Sunday school
$3.50 a. Teachers meeting every Wednesday
and prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at school house first and
third Sunday ST each month Rev. Haering, pas
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Services at the Court
House on the secord and fourth Sunday of every
month at IL O'Clock q. N. Sunday school every
sunday at p. m.
BAPTIST-G Burdick, Phi. D., pastor. Preac ming
in the q A Rial on the second ID fourth Sun.
days OF each month at II and 7:3O IN, Sun
ta4e prayer meeting every "Wednesday evening at
$50. Everybody invited to attend. PASTORS res
1dence on Morphy street, Goors south of Forest
avenue.
GERMAN United Evangelical-{New Lutheran
Services every Sabbath morning at II o'clock:
VIM. Echemeyer, PASTOR
MISSIONARY BAPTIST (Colored).-Preachine
every Sunday at II a.. m, and p. IN. Sunday
School at2 PIN Prayer meeting on Thursday
ut D.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13
City Officers.

City Officers.
Mayor--A Buckland
City Cierk-Wul E. stoke.
City Attorney-D A Banta
City Engineer, Chas Chamberlin.
City Marshall Airhart
Street Oonninioner-W Cone
oouNc1LMEN.
First Wurd-W O Morrison, " f Harper
Second WaHd-Geo J Spencer, c L Moses
Third Ward-F Caldwell, Geo Moses
Fourth WaPd-F Sehuster, Chaa- Chamberlin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

NJ F. CHURCH herman Society).-PreachinA
every Sunday, at 7:3O p. M; also at 1880 a. III:
every other sunday after Nov. 6. Sabbath 81 hool
at2p. m. Prayer and praise service Wednesday
evening at 7:30
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-13

Barton county justices of the peace
should remember that we have at this
Office all kinds of justices blanks, for
sale at prices that positively cannot be
beaten for reasonableness.
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Good, Nebraska White Oats, at
Culver's Elevator. 37tf
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Our English Language.

r. A. Marsh in June Forum says: A
universal language must be a growth.
Some national language must expand
until it covers the whole world. OF late
years the English language alone has
been much spoken of as likely to grow
SO great. Hardly any philosophic lin
guist attempts to forecast the future
without some discussion of the destiny
of English; and De Candolle calculates
hat within IL hundred years English
will be spoken by $50 900 900 men, Ger
man by l24, 900, 900 and French by 96,-
900 600. At present the populations
or under the domination of English
speaking peoples number more than
3lS, 29S 900, or o~ne-fourth of the popula-
tion of the globe. The English
speaking races occupy one-fourth
of the dry land of the earth,
and own nearly two-thirds
of the tonnage OF the ships. They live
in all regions; they handle all articles
of trade; they preach to all nations;
they command one-half of the world's
gold. and silver, and distribute more
than two-thirds OF the bibles and tesla
ments. More than one-half OF the
letters mailed FAD carried by the postal
service 9. the world are written, mailed
ara read by the English-speaking pOpu-
l~ations. The expectation that English
will come into universal use is not based
upon anything in the nature of the
language, but rather on the character
and circumstances of the people. The
English people have been the great
~eolonizers of modern times. They have
taken possession of America, OF Aus
tralia, of South Africa, the regions
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
THE DANCER.

81 say, old man. said Harry Kim
berly to his friend Jack Wainwright,
what u divinity she is, to be sure. We
gods! Her facet Her forml"
The curtain had just risen in a we'll
known New York theatre upon a ballet,
and the premiere ~danseu8e," posing
prominently in the foreground, had
called forth this exclamation.
81 must meet her." replied his COM
panion, who had been gazing raptly at
her, SPY some means for | have dreamed
of just such n face as that often and
often, and | feel that she is my fate"
Kimberly laughed as loud as he dared,
then he said:
"Oh. w ainwrightl So you are caught
in the tolls of love at last! You, the
bored, blase, wearied man of the world,
son of the pround Nine. Wainwright,
who can date back to George the First
you in love with a ballet girl! BY
Jove it must go into the fashionable in
telligence column of the Times!" and
laughed again.
Then his friend broke out hotly:
II don't care who she is or what she
is! / love her, and meet her | must
and shall. But let us drop the subject"
"Willingly," answered Kimberly.
"But first tell me, old man, if you should
marry this pretty member of h corps
de ballet what would Miss Raemy, to
whom you We're betrothed at her birth,
say?m
IT is absurd to think of binding a fellow
like that AT the tender age of three
years. And though my parents do de-
sire this connection l will marry o N
but her whom | have seen tonight
"Ah, WE'LL" and his friend sighed,
''go your way, but, Jack, we have al
ways beer friends, and l have only
sought to influence you for your own
good. So forgive me if | have said too
much" Z
The warm heart OF Wainwright was
touched.
mo more apologies, for I was wrong
TO take ogense so quickly"
With this the W separated, KIM
berly to go back to his club and Vain
wright to haunt the stage door until his
fair inamorata should appear,
She o o came out and sprang quickly
into a hired cab which was waiting.
Wainwright jumped into another and
ordered the driver TO keep close behind
the one ahead. To his surprise the car
riage he was following stopped in front
of II palatial Fifth avenue mansion,
where a New York banker of large for
tune lived.
Here the fair unknown left her cab,
which drove away at once. Suddenly
she screamed, and Wainwright had
time only to see that a %rufian, attracted
by the glitter of her diamonds, was
trying to get them, before he sprang to
her assistance, and dispatched the man
with "a few well-aimed blows: When he
turned TO ask If she were hurt she
tremuously thanked him for his timely
aid with tears in her beautiful ewes,
and then n within the house.
When the butler had closed the heavy
hall doors, Wainwright remained
standing on the pavement, rubbing his
eyes and Wondering if it were all a
dream. But 20! there was q cab wait
ing lie pad ana dismissed the driver,
and then turned h%omeward, trying to
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10

Three months after all fashionable
New York went to the wedding. And
as Mr.. Harry Kimberly vent up to con
graduate the bride, he said:
but it is too bad that Jack should
marry the premiere ~dansense."
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Notice .o Bridge Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received at the office of the
County Clerk of Dodge County, Nebraska, until
IL O'Clock M, of June 18th. 1855, for the rebuild
ing of the approximation of two so foot spans
IA feet wide straining beam combination bridge
to replace the two spans in the Platte river
bridge near North Bend. Also for the rebuild
ing of the superstruction of seven 90 foot spans
10 feet wide straining beam combination bridge
to replace seven spans in the Platte river bridge
near Fremont, Nebraska.
Bids will also be receivedfor all piling, caps and
ice breaks that may be needed in building and
repairing said bridges to be computed by the
thousand feet when completed work included.
All lumber ana timber to be of oak; the floor
plank to be "a inches thick; piling to be 10
inches at point and Ii inches at butt end, and to
be driven not less than % feet.
All bids to be accompanied with q deposit of
fifty dollars, $4,000 and to be forfeited to the
County, in case the bidder or bidders to whom
the contract or contracts are awarded fails
within five days to enter into contract & execute
a good and sufficient bond for the faithful per-
Torrance of said contract.
The board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. BY order of the Board OF Supervisors,
of Dodge County, Nebraska.
Attest: O. II. p. SHlVELY,
County Clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10

Faults of digestion cause disorders of
the liver, and the whole system becomes
deranged.t DR.. j. II. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Puri-
fer perfects the process of digestion
and assimilation, and this makes pure
blood. 10
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10

which are to be the seats of new en-
pires, and they control and assimilate
the populations which flow into them
and which grow up in them.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
lie NptlCo.

IbyHI NUTINH,
Proposals to receive Sealed bids, for building a
Court House at Csa1alla, Nebraska.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be
received at the Office of the County Clerk at
Ggalalla. Neb., VI to the hour of Pm, on June
II. 1889, for the purpose of building a court house
at Ogalalla, Keith County, Neb. Plans and spe-
cificationS for the construction of said court
house will be filed for inspection at the office of
the County CLERK at Ogalalla Neb, on and after
the 10th day of May.
The board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Dated May Q, 1888
j. NJ. SHERIDAN Chm,
HORACE COLLINS, Co. Com.
w. o. JAMESON.
Attest:-FRANKP p. DICKERsON.
I'm sy2Tj3-l0-l7 County Clerk
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
ANTl-ROMANlSTS.
A Powerful Organization Said to be
Fighting the Catholic Church.

IL is said that for some time past the rep
resentatives Of q new anti Roman Catholic
political organization have been quietly at
work about Minneapolis but owing to the
extreme secrecy of the order but little can
be asceI tanned concerning IL except that its
avowed object is to prevent the Catholics
from extending their political power in this
country. II is claimed by those who are
working up the membership that the organ
iZation is national and has tremendous
total membership, that in Minneapolis alone
there are 5000 names OH the rolls, and that
the order is so powerful in Chicago that il
practically controlled the last election there.
In st. Paul, according TO this report, less
rapid progress has been made, that town
having larger percentage of Catholic pop
ulation. In Minneapolis great many lead
ing politicians are claimed to be pushing the
organization, but the majority of the mem
bers are not prominent. When approaching
prospective members the agents of the or
ganization first sound them as to their reliQ
ious belief and convictions, and il found sat
isfactory present a card bearing eight cues
tons, submitted sin view of the intolerant.
persistent, aggressive efforts of the Roman
lists, their evident determination to control
the government of the United States and 10
destroy our civil religious liberty.u
II the candidate for membership answers
these questions affirmatively and wishes to
Join the society, he is sworn to support prin.
ciples even moro radical in their nature.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGRESSIONAL.

AuGusT %, Observation-Disclosures OF
the report on the sundry civil bill took up
he entire time Of the senate.
HoUsE-A short but animated debate
over the propriety of giving leave of alb
sence TO members to go home and make
political speeches was the feature of the
house proceedings. The Oklahoma bill
was discussed, the discussion being upon
the amendment to throw the lands open TO
settlers.
AUG. 30, SENATE.-Mr Reagan introduced
a bin to place imported iute bagging on tho
free list, which was referred TO the COM
mittee on finance The measure, he SAID,
was intended to break up the cotton bagging
trust" which struck at one OF the great
interests of the country-cotton-th had
no protection, but had TO compete in the
markets with wool and cotton from other
countries Mr.. Plumb, from the appropria-
ton committee, reported back with amend
ments the fortifcation bill and gave notice
that he would ask its consideration To NOR
row. Mr.. Stewart offered a resolution call
ing on the secretary of the interior for IN
formation about suits, land patents and tim
Der depredations, which, after criticism
by Mr.. Morgan that it was an effort made
to dig up everything done by tho interior
department relating 10 public lands for sew
eral years past, went OUT without action,
and the senate resumed consideration of the
sundry civil bill. Discussion of the Presi-
dents retaliation message occupied the re-
mainder of the session.
HoUsE.-Discussion of the Oklahoma bill
was continued, but went over without
action.
AUGUST so, SENATE.-Mr. Blair offered
resolution, which was referred TO the com
mittee on contingent expenses, instructing
the house committee on interstate com.
merce to examine ID. II. Craig's system OF
automatic telegraphy, now OH exhibition at
the capital. The senate then resumed con-
sideration of the presidents retaliation
message, and Mr.. George finished his
speech, begun yesterday, in support OF the
presidents position. He was followed by
Mr.. McCullom, who argued that sufficient
power already existed. Tho message was
then laid aside without action and the forti-
fication bill, with the senate committees
amendments, was taken TYP and discussed
until the hour of adjournment.
HoUsB.-The day was spent in discussing
the Oklahoma bill
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
THE STATE.
Fierce Forest Fires.


Advises from Ishpeming dated August
81, say:
Forest fires to the south are very bad.
Twenty houses have been burned at Ma
deau, Bolten, and Mumford. Stores, coal
kilns, and freight cars have been burned.
Railroad bridges were saved by the en-
gines. Telegraph poles and wires were
burned down. People from burning viii
lagos are removing followers and Stephen
son.
One family of seven persons are missing
from Mumford and are supposed to have
been burned. Farmers who were working
the clearings lost their buildings, crops and
everything but their lives. Smoke covers
everything. 1t is impossible TO estimate
the losses.
AT Mumford four charcoal kilns and all
the buildings were burned to the ground.
Live stock was lost and the people saved
only what they had on.
The women and children were taken to
Powers for safety on a special train.
Twenty five buildings were burned; loss
$4,000; uninsured.
Fires are burning on both sides OF the
railway track for 100 miles with occasional
breaks. Several hundred people are home
less. There is little prospect of rain,
which alone can check the flames.
Specials from Negaunee and other points
in the neighborhood, all agree in saying
that the fires have exceeded any known in
years. People are panic stricken and il is
feared many lives will be lost
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
Pension Statistics.

The annual report of the commissioner of
pensions shows that there were during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1888, added to the
pension rolls g., $50 new names, the largest
annual increase in the history of the bureau,
making total of 452, 557 pensioners on the
rolls at the close Of the year. During the
same period Is, 130 were dropped from the
rolls on account Of death and various other
causes, leaving net increase on the rolls of
AZ, $50 names.
One million one hundred and sixty six
thousand nine hundred and twenty six
dollars in pension claims have been filed
since 1864, and 737 200 claims of all classes
have been allowed since that date. The
amount paid for pensions since 1861 has
been $963, 1855, IA. The aggregate annual
value of pensions is $50, 707, POI. The
amount of pensions paid during the year
was $16, 715, $50, an increase over the pre-
vious year of s., 30S, $50. IL cost n fraction
less than 4 per cent of the total expendi-
lures of the bureau for disbursing.
The higest number of claims on account
of the late war was received from Ohio,
Indiana followed next then New York and
Pennsylvania, and from Montana, Utah
and South Carolina none were received.
Up to June 80 last $751; claims were filed
under the Mexican pension act, 10, TSS being
survivors and 4, 793 widows. All completed
cases OF this class, 1889 survivors and
5,195 widows cases have been allowed.
The reflections were 1921 survivors and 60l
widows claims, mainly because the appli-
cant had not arrived at the required age OF
SO years.
The total number of special pension acts
which have become laws from 1851 10 1886
is 2,001, and from 1885 to 1898, during the
present administration, 1889, total OF
reasons fully set forth in the Presidents
messages from time to tint.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
The RetOrt Courteous.

When the sister OF the governor OF a neigh.
boring state was married, few years ago,
she received great many valuable presents,
and among them were many pieces of plate
and siverware OF all sorts. But particularly
was she overwhelmed with silver fruit spoons.
Beautifully chased, gold.lined, in every sort
Of variety, were these spoons.
After the wedding, and when they had re-
turned from the honeymoon, the bride found
that she had no immediate use for half OF the
silverware she possessed, especially as for the
time they were to live In her mothers house.
SO she consigned some OF II to the care of a
bank In town. The fruit spoons all went to
the vault
A few months later she received nm invita-
tion to attend q wedding OF a schoolmate in
a neghborng town. She knew she would
have to 90 to New York to buy q suitable
present, and she didn't care about taking the
journey just then.
All at once the idea came into her head
that she had great superfuty OF fruit
spoons. Why should she not send some OF
them TO her schoolmate for q PRESENT. There
seemed to be no objection, so she sent the
out case OF spoons The butler fulfilled bis
mission. None OF the presents we're ticketed,
so that IL was altogether impossible 10 tell
from whom this particular set OF spoons had
come.
The spoons travelled once more 10 hymenesl
altar, and the lady who sent them heard
nothing about them for several days. Then
she received the following letter:
DEAR MADAME: am very grateful 10 you
Tor returning the spoons i thought they
were too good for you when sent them TO
you as wedding present, and IL Is honest for
you to send them back. Yours, etc,
1t is not wise TO give away your wedding
presenfa N<,o Yorf Droolfc
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06

end OF June the first stages of the march
were well over, ept no information from
Stanley had been received
The steamer Bratsburg went ashore at
st. Felicite, Quebec, Aug. 2S, and Is of her
crew were drowned.
Emperor William declines to visit the
Vatican unless tho Vatican authorities so
arrange that there shall be no semblance of
superiority. The Vatican declines to make
an exception in favor OF the new emperor.
The Parnell defense fund is still growing
The cost of the proceedings before the
commission is estimated at 5000, and
with the expense in the Scotch court, the
cost to Parnell will be g45,000.
The feature of tho coming winter session
of parliament will be the Introduction of o
local government bill for Ireland.
Consul Watson Of Colonial Uruguay, says
the southern provinces of Brazil are ripe
for rebellion, and as soon as Dom Pedro
dies concerted effort will be made TO de-
clare Brazil u republic.
A cable has been laid between Cuba and
Hayti, connecting Cuba with Port Plat,
San Domingo, Curaco and Venezuela.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
FOREIGN.

A Belgian anti-slavery society has been
formed for the Congo state.
Eight hundred workmen were drowned
by an inundation at Ting Tcon, China.
The Pope is a great suffer from rheuma-
tism.
Mahmoud Pasha, ex-minister of finance,
is accused OF embezzling g15,000. An open
inquiry will be held at once.
1t is announced that Lieutenant Wiss-
mann, who Is now in Egypt en- route to
Zanzibar, is member of the Emin Bey re-
lief committee, IL the relief expedition
proves successful IL Is intended 10 form and
maintain a commercial highway with sta
tons from the lakes eastward. For this
purpose the "German African Lakes COM
pany'' will be formed.
Advices from London summarize the
present European wheat and corn crop
as the worst known for longtime. Con-
tinued rain and cold weather have cut the
crops down almost everywhere. and the
wheat that will be harvested is sure TO be
of inferior quality. Russia however, Is an
exception TO this, that country having the
best yield for the past three years.
Dispatches from St. Paul de Lounda
state that Maj. Bartellot's party, In search
OF Stanley, consists Of $40 carriers and 100
soldiers, recruited by Tippoo Tip. At the
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-06
Michigan's Corn Crop.

The area planted to corn in Michigan this
year is slightly in excess of the average
and it is probable that this excess has not
been lost by failure of seed TO grow On
the LIST of August the condition of the crop
in the southern counties averaged "a per
cent, and in the central and northern coun-
ties 30 per cent of the average condition.
AS in 1887 and 1886 the crop has suffered by
drouth, though not TO the same extent.
The average rainfall for July was but
little more than half the normal for ID years
Since that date the meteorological stations
mako a little better showing, but the rain
had been badly distributed, and in many To-
calities the crop greatly needs more mois-
ture.
In sections in which rains have occurred
the conditions of corn is above the average
and probably SO per cent would be fair
estimate for this date. A steady soaking
rain OF several days duration is needed
throughout the state
With average weather from now on corn
will ripen from the fifth TO the fifteenth of
September.