Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16

The motion IN the Supreme court Tor
a rehearing in the Mandamus against
the officers of Rush county over ruled,
and a writ Issued to remove the
county records from La Crosse to
Rush Center within five days.
The program for the grand lodge
session has been received from Grand
Recorder Ford, of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, to be held in
the city of Atchinson on the 28th inst.
The headquarters for the grand lodge
officers will be at the Byran hotel:
Reduced rates have been secured ON
all the railroads
County clerk Jones, assisted by Mr..
j. r. Brown, is busy getting the Bar
ton county assessment rolls ready for
the March assessments. This being
an "even year" when assessors are re-
quired to make changes in valuations
if deemed necessary, these gentle
men will have more than the usual
amount of work to do.
Another of our young men suc'
cumbed to the inevitable. Mr.. r. A.
Allison, of the firm of Allison Bros,
this city, was married on the 6th
inst, at Mitchell, Kansas, to Miss
Laura Good, at the home of her
parents, Rev. Gross officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Allison have the congratu-
lations and best wishes of this Office.
The Hoisington Echo of last Satur-
day says that Rev. A. @. Taylor,
well-kn9wn in the northern part of
the county, gathered his family and
traps together recently, and skipped
"by the light of the moon" for ''other
fields and pastures new" The family
is reported as having gone to Otto
kee, Ohio.
The three story block to be built
by Messrs. Wilmer and Hume on
the corner of Forest avenue and W IL.
liams streets, will be commence
as soon as possible. Capt.
Hannum, who has the contr act, says
it will have front of one-hundred
feet on Williams street and fifty on
Forest avenue. The fronts to be
built of brick and the balance of
stone.
Representative of the Wichita
mining company have been here and
examined the lay Of the land. They
were suffi GENTLY satisfied with their
examination to procure leases OF GER
tain lands adjacent to Great Bend,
and some time during this week Mr..
Harris, treasurer of this company, will
be at the Grand Central, when we
expect to learn of some important
developments.
Deputy sheriff Benedict went out
to Clafin Friday and arrested G.
w. Tinchney, of that place and brought
him to this city. He had been in
dicted by the grand jury for violat-
ing the prohibitory law and gambling.
He was conducted back to Clahin
last night, where he will try and
raise a bond in the sum of one-hun-
dred dollars.
Of the nearly 5000 Kansas real es>
tate mortgages held by the Lombard
Investment Company, of Kansas City,
only about twenty-five have been fore
closed This is the experience of
every other investment company do
ing business in Kansas. The fore
closures Of mortgages on Kansas farms
will not aggregate one per cent. of the
total number held.
Great Bend is about to make things
"hum, and this spring will receive
the greatest advertising she has ever
The committee recent
ly appointed at the meeting held in
D. n. Heizer's office started cut in
the afternoon and collected nearly
a thousand dollars in a few hours.
and are collecting to- day. The boom
will start with the opening of the
Morrison hotel.
One of the most important court
decisions that has been rendered for
a long time has just been made by the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 1t
is to the effect that person may fry