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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Went Insane and Died.

ANTHONY, Kan, Feb. 6-January Is l.
F. Landers had an attachment issued on
some cattle sold by his brother, George R.
Mulhall, to lack Mulhall, who was in the
employ of Hunter, Evans & Co, of Kansas
City. By the decision of Judge Herrick,
of this district, the attachment was dis
solved. Upon hearing the verdict L. r.
Landers proceeded to the hardware store
of A II. Davis in this city and purchased
a bulldog revolver and proceeding down
Main street met his brother George and
Mulhall at the First National Bank build
ing and after q few words from both par
ties shot Mulhall, the ball striking the left
hip bone and ranging upward through or
near the stomach. At the time the wound
was thought to be fatal, but Mulhall was
again seen on the streets this week. Inn
mediately after the shooting Landers be-
came violently insane and was confined to
his bed ever since and Saturday night he
died.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14


at Edith She biushed y1olently. and tried
In vain to meet his eyes steadily.
- So this Is tho thing you sent your
cousin as coming from me! You are lady.
Miss Fairfax, and am a gentleman. 40
can't tell you as plainly as would like
what think Of this pleasantly of yours.
Ibeg, however. when you next feel dis
posed to play OF practical joke, YOU will
choose another subject A mans honor
and q gentleman's courtesy are too
precious things to be sacrificed for q frolic.
May l ask what you have done with my
valentineW
Without word Edith opened her work
box and handed him tho beautifully
decorated sheet
valentine Won't you look at it darling.
It isn't half pretty enough for you, but it
was the best could do" whispered the
young lover.
But Mamie turned her head still further
away.
mo. no." she exclaimed, ST don't want
ever to see it! know you only sent it be.
cause Isent You one, and what bold. for.
ward girl you think me.''
but pledge you my word of honor.
dearest. 1 had sent mine had that in.
slant dropped it in the letter-box when
Cupid came with yours. know 1 ought
not to have taken it from him, but. as Miss
Fairfax says: The temptation was IRE.
sistible' Iswear mine was sent firstp,
OF course, Mamie believed him What
girl doubts when her lover swearsa Es.
pecially when belief applies salve to sore
heart and wounded pride.
Whether she ever cordially foreaye
Edith Fairfax for her practical joke, OF
| ever fully believed it was simple mischief
| without a spice of jealousy that Influenced
her. Ican't say Ipresume she did, how
ever, for she had a soft little heart and not
much dignity, as you have doubtless OBJ
served. At any rate, her cousin oficiated
as head bridesmaid at the wedding some
months later, and believe she kept her
| word and never again sent a comic valen-
tine. MRS. A. G. CANFIELD.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
VALENTINES.
The Faded Treasures OF Young Loves
Dream of Long, Long Ago.
Just a naked little Cupid

Inc Faded treasures OF Young Loves
Dream of Long, Long Ago.
Just naked little Cupid
Aiming at a pair OF loves
With o dainty bow and arrow,
And PAIR of turtle doves.
That is loves young dream, and it strikes
sensitive strain in every mans heart
when he goes through his faded treasures
treasures whose vanished biisses Of old
time kisses come out of the mist; some with
tears upon them, and some with the little
golden tinsels stained with the pressure
OF lips whose moisture left their impress
there. The Inscription upon the worn and
faded envelope may bear the semblance of
dear youths early attempt at handling the
PEN Ahi it was so long, long agoi It
brightest and when its perfumes greeted
every fancy the purest That was long,
long agol So long ago that the
recipient looks back through the
variable channels Of time and sees in a lit
tie coffin pair OF wsxen hands folded
upon little maiden's breast. and a sweet
white face wreathed in yellow curls and
only this poor little missiye left to tell
the story of a little life romance whose
tender graces died long, long ago, and were
buried with the daint, form now lying
under the snow in a fax-off country. Can
man, grown old, mayhap, forget that
gentle thrill which sent his heart up into
his throat when he received through the
country post-oiico window the token
which told hira bis young love was re-
turned! Young loves dream in the rural
parts was the property of all; it was too
sweet q theme to hug close to ones self.
The sly chances over the top OF class
book in school, and the plain preferences
manife9t at recess, or the noon gathering in
the hs:il-all, all told as plain as print the
charSer in hfe's first lesson which was
pul,ating two hearts to more than
natural throes Up in the quiet OF
BIS chamber boy sits hugging to
'ais breast his first valentine. If his
very soul seems lifted upon piaions of
joy-it is human; If his heart thrills
with rapture and satisfaction it has
never known before-it is human. And
time and trials, changes in life's countless
routines, perplexiug and dismal doubts,
vexation of MUD and pang of heart-all
are naught to the man grown old, who
looks into the mist and shadow and sees
the little face with rosebud lips, the pure
blue eyes, dimmed before the world
opened them to glances of amazemcnt. a
smooth brow. whose perfect front was
covered away out of sight OF all ere tho
wrinkles of caro- plowed channels upon
it-these and the countless graces and the
tender fancies surrounding life's sweetest
romance.
And there are other valentines. Some
are pure-but not so pure as the other.
And some-some are laid upon the Goals,
and as they burn. the sparkle OF memories
not true, not pure, fade away into nothing
ness, when the one most highly priced
valentine of all is pressed to the lips now
fringed with gray.-H S. Keller, in De.
troit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
A Striker Killed.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Yesterday after.
noon a party of men. presumably strikers,
attacked car at Sixty-fifth street and
the boulevard and began pelting it with
stones. The passengers left the car and
the officer in charge of it, Thomas <. Sny-
der, having been hit in the face by
one of the stones, fired into the crowd. The
bullet went whizzng through the brain
of one of the men. He died while being
removed to the Roosevelt Hospital. His
name was not asceriained- He WIS about
forty years of age and a laboIer. The
officer who did the shooting was placed
under arrest and brought before Superin-
teudent Murray. He has an excellent
character.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

Zee nom the Govefunent M ODaGoa Qf KnD
sss WEIR allowed M Per aere upon Elpm4 -
their reservation and this land of the Creeks .
reported by those familiar with IL to be equal
regard to the present enhaneed vsaue of
this land and II feference be only Rad tu
the conditions when the cession Was made no
less price ought to be paid for IL than the
ordinary Government price. Therefore. in this
provisional Agreements which has been made
with the Greeks the price of d - has been set
tied upon for such land with the deduction OF
the thir cents per acre which mas already
the remainder OF the unassigned lands, in view
of the fact that some use has been made OF
them OF the general character indicated by
the treaty Of 1855, and because some portion OF
them should be allotted to Indians under
the General Allotment act and to cover the ex-
penses of surveys and adjustments diminish
ment OF p cents per acre has been Scceded to-
There is no difference in the charac ter of the
lands, thus combining the unassigned and en-
fHeiy unappropriated land being the Oklahoma
country containing .S9S 704 90 acres at e5 ccufs
per acre and the remainder which has been on
propriated to the extent above stated being
5,o6Ol 10 acres at % cents per acre the total
price stipulated in the agreement has been
reached-s2s $50 05.
But as i: was desirable that the Indian title
should be beyond question extinguished to an
parts of the lands ceded by the Creeks in 1866.
with their full consent and understanding the
agreement OF cession has been made to en-
brace a complete surrender Of all claim
to the western half OF their domain. including
the assigned and the unassigned lands for tho
price named So the agreement takes the form
in the first article of such cession, and in the
second article Is stipulated the price in gross OF
all the lan,:s and interests coded with no de-
tailed reference to the manner Of the ascertain
ment. 49,
The oyertures which led to this agreement
were made by representatives of the Creek
Nation who came here for that purpose. They
were intelligent and evidently loyal to the
interests of their people The terms OF the
agreement were fully discussed and concessions
were made by both parties. 1t was promptly
confirmed by the National Council OF the
Creek Indians, and its complete consumma.ion
only awaits the approval of the Congress OF the
United States. 1 ann convinced that such rati-
fcation viii be Of decided benefit to the Gov
eminent, and that the agreement is entirely
free from any suspicion OF uniairness or inius-
tice toward the Indians. @
I desire to call especial attention to the fact
that to become effective the agreement must
be ratified by the Congress prior to July i. 1884,
The draft OF an act OF ratification is herewith
submitted GROVER CLEvE-.AND.
Executive Mansion, February 5, lSSQ
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Seventeen Drowued.

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 6--News has been
received here that at Pine Lake, Fulton
County, as seventeen men were driving
teams engaged in hauling logs across the
ice the ice broke and the men and horses
were all lost
A dispatch from Canajoharie says that
the following Information has been re-
ceived there regarding the accident:
Twenty -four teams were engaged in draw
ing logs across the ice. regarding the safe
ty of which no fears had been felt. 1t
gave way, however, after seven drivers
and teams had reached the shore, and the
remaining drivers broke through the ice
aud sank ont Of sight. None Of the bodies
have yet been recovered.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

"What dreadful consequences would fol-
low if he shoulda" asked Cousin Edith,
rising with lazy grace from the sofa and
approaching the table.
"Why, should die Of shamei I'd never,
never have the courage to look him in the
face againl Why, I've as good as told him
love him! Just listenr 70 taking up one Of
dozen rough copies that lay scattered
around promiscuously. Il put it in
French, you know, because, somehow, it
didn't sound quite so bold. I've sent him
O bunch of pansies of my own painting
and underneath I've written:
Pensez a moi. je pense a vous;
Mes pensees vous suivent partout'
"OnIy think of that! Telling young
man my thoughts follow him every
Observation-Disclosures rosy lips and
blue eyes rounding into an expression of
acute horror.
'sDreadful, indeed! Unless your Valen-
tine is a model young man-an exception
to the general run of young men-your
thoughts will find themselves in queer
company sometimes. and witnessing some
rather questionable proceedings. But who
is this important he2 Has he no namea
Might one see it2"
Without waiting permission, she took
up the envelope placed carefully face
downward on tho table. The owner ex-
tended her hand quickly, but too late
OuGnOerC MarSnalI, Esq. " lay PLAINLY re-
vealed in handwriting sloped carefully
backward, but every up-stroke and down.
stroke betraying the writer. For q mo-
ment neither spoke One blushed. the
other frowned.
"Cuthbert Marshalli Is he your Valen-
tinea l thought you hated hint You said
80 only last week"
"That was just make believe, because
you leased me So 1 don't exactly hate
himr' smiling demurely.
Evidently not. Now, see what fool
ish piece of business this sending valen-
tines is. You love this young n,an-don't
protest you know you do-you want him
to know it. too, but you daren't tell him
so in plain English; so you take ad-
vantage OF st. Valentines Day, write it
in French, taen say you will die of shame
1t he finds you out, and it won't do You a
particle of good if he doesn't. Consist
emit, isn't lta In the good old times they
managed better; selected a Valentine
early in the morning; kissed and courted
oil day; kept company for a year; and
then dissolved partnership or continued
1t for life. according as the experiment
answered. Now, I call that a sensible ar
rangement.n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
Under HIS Engine.

Boston. Feb 6.-Shortly after midnight
on the Lowell railroad near Prospect
station in Somcrville locomotive and
tender left the track and toppled. over
on its side. The engineer fell across the
inward track and was pinioned beneath
the cab. A train collided with the locomo-
tive and drove in ahead, carrying the in
jured man beneath it When he was
taken out he was dead and horribly
mangled- His name was w. L. Ankesl,
thirty-fiye years of age.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
My Valentine.

One wintry morning early,
Ere yet the dawn was bright,
When snow6akes pure and peariy
Clad fallow fields in white,
Iheard light footsteps falling
In cadence on the floor,
And then q sweet voice calling
Without my chamber door.
He tapped in tender greeting.
Then pausing, tapped again,
AS softly as the be ating
or rain drops on the pane.
A surge of JOY swept DER me.
But ere could arise,
An Elf appeared before me
3. With beaming, starry eyes.
His round bare arms uplifted
Were white as feathery snow
Ger garden pathways drifted
By winds that wildly blow.
=" Fse tans." he gally shouted.
With face pressed close TO mine,
And pinky lips. half pouted.
- ITO be 'oor Tdlea'ine!'
Clinton Scotland, in Youths Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

HERE! it's done;
and Pm perfectly
certain he'll never,
never guess who
sent it. Never in
this world 7"
Mamie w a l sing
h a N. a pre- t t y
blonde, laid down
tn 9 dainty, per-
fumed missive she
had just sealed, and
turned appe aling
eyes on her compan-
ion.
do you think
he i'll, Cousin
Edith?"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. Ga faetional
church fight at Olivet which has been in
court the last three months culzninated in
q fight yesterday in which Simeon Shorts.
rough character, assaulted Tom Dona-
hoe, infiicting fatal injuries.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

WORKING the growler Making your
husband hang out the clothes on a freez-
ing washing day. = NarIha,s Vineyasd
HexaA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
New Mb.tst~,

& PANS, Feb. en-. Guyot Dessaigne sue.
Deeds NJ Ferriolat rs Minister Of Justice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14
CUPID'S MISTAKES.
They Caused Trouble, bat Ended
in a Wedding After ALL

Written for This Paper.1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14

II really was not my
design
To send you, dear. q
valentine,
But since 1t seems the
thing TO do
I'll weave q rhyme,
sweet one, for you
I shall not say your
$50 t1~ 4-~
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20
Wa, % the World.

LONDON, July 1S.-In the Com
mons to-day f. Stanhope, Secretary
Of State for War, read the reply Of
NadEl-Jumi, the Dervish lsader IN
Egypt, in response to the demand
of General Grenfell for his surrender.
n ,d-El-Jumi says: "Your force is
nothing to ne. / have been sent to
conquer the world. l cannot stop
now, / call upon you to surrender.
/ will protect YOU. Remember Hicks
and Gordon" General Grenfr.ll
states that the Dervishes are we'll led
and in good condition
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20

Concerning the present condition
of affairs in the Knights of Labor
General Master Workman Powderly
SAYS: AT present We have a
membership OF 800 900. When
am asked to explain tho falling of
| ask Why SO MAN. should come
ia? This present mem bership is
really an increase which l strongly
opposed. Much of it is made mp
Of those people who think strikes
tie solution Of ali evils. | have
opposed this membership from the
beginning.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20
A young man, who sat down tn

A young man, who sat down the
last of thirteen, at an Omaha
dnner less than y wear ago, has
just died from liver compIi-
Cation and the super tition will
gather AN Impetus from the wide
circulation oil the fact that will give
IL another century OF survival.
the young man, it Is recorded Z,
on being warned 10y his friends
and urged not To tempt his fate
laughed 'em to scorn. and declared
that he believed in no such nom
scnss. And now behold he is
dad.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20


The residents oil Prince George
county, Virginia, are alarmed over
tine sinking OF the earth in that Vi
cinily, covering wide area of terri
tory. The earth began sinking Tues
day and continued Wednesday, I'M
til IL has sunk from ten to sixteen
feet over An area of twelve acres.
IL the center of the depression u
lake has formed about Two acres
wide. No stream is running into
tie lake. The water is forced up
from some subferranean river.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20

xCErTEuNaL DROUGHT.

Much has been said. written,
preembled and resolnted over the
condition of things arising from a
lack OF sufficient water in the
Carson river. The mill men are
all complaining brcause they have
to hang up their batteries for lark
o. power To- turn their wheels. and
tie wood drivers are growing he
cause there are hundreds of cords
OF " 'od yet awaiting transportation
by water, to points where IT can he
conveniently handled. The tenn
p,rary cessation of work by the
m lls throw cut OF employment
many hundreds of men, and this
Cessation OF employment causes
dull times tor all classrs and very
noticpably lessons the volume OF
business in this part OF the State.
v
OF water in the Carson river, and
how To remedy that evil l., the
absorbing question with all inter
esipd.
1t is claimed by the users OF
this water Tor motive power. that
the farmers in Ca son valley viii
fully waste it Ivy turning it on
barren, useless and uncnltiyatcd
lands, and AT season OF the wear
when it rarnot produce any good
results for the farmer, except the
killing of sayebru~h by drowning.
While, To = certain extent, this
'arge is true, II is not a fact that
d he not 20 use the water there
" ,uld he ennu.l. t. turn the
wi-els OF the mills. At tie pres
o Il tune there is very little water
in the CaIsIn river. THIS IS es-
p, ally the case with the West !
fork. This branch OF the river !
.-S less water now il:an Tor !
n ~ years past. The cause Is
. s,,iain,.d 10y the lack OF snow In .
{ = m .untarnsin in winch it takes .
its source. TIE bitches taken
from this ioIk of the main river,
il rnany instances. are now carrying
more water than is necessary for
farm use and for stock running
about the farm.
Ths is difficult mttter to de-
teIni ne. aid what one consumer
NAV consider is the proper amount
necessary for his use would be
considered by ano,h as altogether
to much. or too little.
The undeniabIe fact is that this has
be N year of exceptional drought
and may he followed by successive
years OF like evil Ii all the water
III the entire Ca son IIver We're turn
. 4 50 as to hIw Ia the old Mexican
dam il would he barely enough, II
enough, to iuTnIsh motive power for
tie mills below that point on the
RIVER.
There is no use blaming the
farmer with the whole trouble
pl. ce some of il where it right
fully belongs-drcreased rainfall
AMI snowfall IN the mountains in
which the stream takes its rise and
( ON which IL draws it's supply.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20

The charge OF murder against w.
III. Harrison, the Assistant Superin-
tenden; OF the Industrial School, at
San Francisco, - shonirg and kill
ing Thomas O'Brien, an escaped
p-iso Ter who was res sting capture,
was dismissed IN Jndg- Lawler's
Court to-day on motion OF the Prose-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-07-20

The officials OF the Chicago & Al
ton road assert that there is no
truth in the runor that negotiate ns
are III progress for the sale OF that
road to the Chicago & Northwestern
or Missouri Pacific. They say the
road IA not for sale.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-06
Human Beings Sold.

The Japan Mail speaks of the traf-
fic in women and children among
the destitute as follows: The sale
of women and children has become
regular occurrence in the famine
stricken districts of China. 1t is
''as much a matter of notoriety,"
writes a missionary, "as the selling
ofmules and donkeys." The women
and children are not brought to
market, however; the traffic takes
place privately. A woman between
20 and 81 years of age is sold for
from IS to $40; q child under 10
for 81 to 81 so.
What is the meaning of this traf-
fic? Is it entirely owing to the de-
mand for female chattels in the
great cities or has it more direct
connection with the famine? Some
people incline to the latter view.
They declare that the famished peo-
pie, in their pressing need, have re-
sorted to cannibalism, add that
though, parents will not kill and
eat their own children, they are less
scrupulous about selling them to
other persons to kill and eat
It is impossible to credit this. If
we were told that q family, reduced.
to utter destitutien and brought
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-06

eyes, sar, but I KANT here no
'oman an chillun cryin' for bread,
when my arms are long 'nough ter
git through er window pane an on
fasten de SASH"
We did not prosecute Monk, but
in the future the general manager
kept up the poor that Monk dis
covered, and let him have the satis-
faction of taking it to them.
The orphan boy and girl were
taken by a worthy farmer, not far
from the mill, and every now and
then I catch a sight of their happy
faces, and think what change was
made in their lives, and that by a
negro whom no one would trust
ten steps prior to that.-Edward N.
Wood, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-06
A WASHER CRUSHED.

There were three or four unoccu-
pied seats in the car, but he stood
for moment, grip in hand, near
the door, and then walked to a seat
in which young lady sat alone,
and sat down beside her with an i'm
pudence that astonished all the
other passengers. The girl looked
up at him and around the ear, and
evidently realized the situation, for
she took pencil and tablet from her
reticule and made ready for him.
After about five minutes the man
turned to her and observed:
"Beg pardon, if l am mistaken,
but don't you live at Utica?"
She looked up in a furtive way.
and then wrote on the tablet and
handed:
II am deaf and dumb"
"Ah! by George = he sighed, as
he read it !: "that's too bad ! Deuced
pretty girl to have such a misfor-
tune. Well, I'm left, after all my
smartness. Saw her at the window
before got on, and carried out the
plan to a dot"
He nodded his head to her to sig
nifty that he understood, and ho
would have been glad to change
seats if he could have done so with.
out loss of dignity. AS the train
thundered on he perused the con-
tents of a couple Of newspapers,
yavned awhile, and then bought
ana finished novel; and finally,
after ride of four mortal hours,
the whistle blew and he reached for
his grip with the remark:
'I'll be hanged if I amt glad this
stupid ride has come to al end at
last"
Ditto I" quietly replied the girl
as she turned on him.
"You-you-" he gasped, as he
stood there looking down upon her
with twelve kinds of emotion gall
loping over his countenance.
Goodbye" she said, as he back.
I'd out and dropped to the platform
ike man retreating from a mules
hind leg.-N. Y. Sun.