Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-21

VOLUME V.
A WOMAN at Horton, Kas., gave
birth to handsome quartette a few
days ago. You can bet your boots that
woman will never join an equal suffrage
club.
SEE IF wheat Will not be a good
price this year, price that will bring
about as'much money into the country
O as if there had been full crop all over
O the country.
THB republican senatorial conven-
fion for this senatorial district, has
been called to meet at st. John, July
e1O. Barton county has 8 delegates.
/, Stafford Z, and Rice 10.
E. E. STEVENS, formerly editor of
the Larned ChronOscope has severed his
connection with that paper, and gen.
tleman from Kentucky has taken the
editorial management.
"THE people want the TRUTH" says
O the Topeka Capital. Fact. But the
Capital will mend its ways eonsidera-
bly before "the people, will go to its
columns for ''the TRUTH
"a The Wichita Beacon, General Brad
foros and the city of Atchison, are some
what luixed up in what may prove
rather a sensational muddle, all out of
the effort Of the Beacon to have Joints
in Atchison closed.
AN exchane e has suggested that each
farmer this year prepare himself with
an extra hoe. and when the candidate
comes around hand him the hoe and
make him ''hoe row" across lots
while talking politics.
AGAIN he is abroad in the land-the
festive train robber. This time he
Shows up in the Indian Territory, re-
suit: One dead man, one wounded,
and the robbers escaped. Bring on
G another railroad train.
COOLIDGE is building mammoth
basin into which it is proposed to run
Arkansas river water, ana draw from
1t to supply the town. AT the present
state of the Arkansas the sch eme would
be a hollow mockery and dry failure,
we fear.
''THE wind bloWeth where it liiSteth,
and it hsteth to bloweth Internally hot
from the south these days; and the
soda fountain meal rejoice and say:
''Yea, veriIi, that is all hunkedori;" and
the church mite society disheth up the
ice cream with dimil.ntive spoon.
MAXWELL, the murderer of Preller,
WEI hang on the 18th Of July. The
srrpneme court of Missouri Nas just fixed
that date, and we doubt if there is
person in the county, outside of Max
wells personal connections, who will
regret to learn of the final swinging OIL
One of our typos went cunning !ast
night and miStOOk a skunk Tor q raDOlC
All persons having business at our
office will probably find it more pleasant
to call tomorrow. ChTo11o-
scope.
If THE above item had appeared on
the first day of the month we could
better understand the need OF publish
ing it.
THE dead letter Office receives 4,SOo.-
OOe letters last year, for about a third
of which owners were discovered.
Money to the value of 1857 was
found from Il, ,5SS letters. These fig
ures show the necessity of care in di-
recting letters and seeing that they are
stamped, as we'll as indicating on the
outside by some means who sends
them.-EG.
DANIEL is favorite name With MIR.
Cleveland. 1t was Daniel Lockwood
. who nominated him for sheriff, mayor,
governor and president. Daniel Man
ning managed his canvass and was
member of the cabinet. Daniel La
mont is his invaluable private secre-
tary. Last week, at st. Louis, Daniel
Dougherty re-nominated him. The
word signifies " Judgment of God. y
Medicine Lodge h,der.
FARMERS who have stock hogs or
cattle are doing we'll to hold on to them
now. There is scarcity of them in
the country, and the demand for stock