Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-15


ed democrat. was stabbed by a colored
republican at Topeka on election day.
the ofiense being simply that Of distr1b-
uting tickets. A policeman witnessed
the ARRAY and failed even to make an
attempt to arrest the assaasin.-Abilene
Gazette.
z BECAUSE republicans have gained
another president Is no reason why
they should take accession to sneer a.
every democrat in oface, regardless Of
his ability or manhood. There is moth.
ing either smart or gentlemanly abou,
it, and everything that is mean and
cowardlY.
THE republican party will now have
an opportunity to CARY out the prom.
ise Of its platform, and "paint bright
red the poor mans nose while keeping
the tax upon his clothes.'' Quite con
soling, il it not? Just at the approach
Of winter, too, when something more
substantial is needed by the poor d
America.
MRs.HALLoCK, of Milton, New York
one summer cleared q, 800 from fv'
acres Of raspberries with but foul
months work. She paid men for set
ting out tho plants, and women anG
children for picking the berries, and
then used such care in putting them or
the market in an attractive way thai
she found plenty Of buyers.
To THE newly elected county oficer'
we offer congratulations. We acknowl
edge that they fought hard and nov
they have won we submit gracefully K
defeat. The DEMOCRAT and its edito
used every honorable means to defea
them and secure the election Of th,
democratic candidates, everyone o1
whom are capable and honorable gen
tlemen.
DURING Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of last week west bound train.
over the Santa Fe were delayed, some
of them twenty-four hours, by heav.
snow and wind storm. Snow fell t.
depth of two inches on the level, and I
heavy gale drifted all cuts full ant
blew telegraph poles down and across
the track. The storm reached as Ia
west as Hutchinson.
! THURSDAY, November 29th, has bee,
named by the president as Thanksgiv
ing day. Some of us democrats ough
to be thankful that the republicans le
US still live and pay allegiance to thu
American flag. The republicans ar
or will be very thankful that they ca,
give Jim Blaine another chance t.
show his hand in state affairs. for jim
will do it without doubt.
As WE did not find a merchant tai
lor who would give us a stand of for
suit Of clothes with sufficient tone to g
with q silk hat, we have concluded t
put up little longer with common
hand-me-downs, and have ordered tn
silk hat for Walt. Cornell. There i
nothing small about we democrats bu
our pocketbooks-and the number o
our majority in some places.
! WITH the issue of last Saturday tn
Larned Daily Ctroaoscopc suspe nde
publication. The Chronosoope was
credit to Larned, and the publisher
gave their readers good paper to tn
last. The reasons given were that tn
size Of the town and the state Of fin
ances made it Improbable to publis
a daily paper, and the running Of tn
daily injured the business OF tn
weekly.
THE Athen@um Library, at St
Edmunds, has biography of . mar
named Corder which is bound in
piece Of human skin. Corder murder
ed his sweetheart and married som
one more to his liking. Having beer
detected and hanged, the doctor VIII
obtained his corpse sent a piece of hi
skin, properly cured, to the publisher
and copy of the dead mans life wa
accordingly bound up in his skin.
! -= $40
THE federal supreme court has su,
ttained the. constitutienality of til
Iowa prohibition law. The case We
brought by ]. 3. Kidd, distiller, an
the point at issue was the right I
manufacture liquors solely for exports
ton to other states, and the claim wa
made that the prohibitory nature Q
the Law in such cases was in coflit
with the constitutional provisions Civ