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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
OKLAHOMA LAWYERS.
They Are as Numerous and as BloOdthirs
Jersey Mosquitoes.

as jersey Mosquitoes.
At no point in Oklah oma is the law
yer so conspicuous as at Kingfsher.
There are probably as many attorneys
at Guthrie. but their identity is less
marked. and they seem more lost in
the crowd. But here there is street
which might almost be called cat
tOrney street." SO numerous are the
adjacent lawyers offices. The quail
cations for practicing are not very
exacting in the new country. and it is
tolerably obvious that the shyster is
well represented. although there are
also many highly respectable attorneys
from various States. The land-office
shyster is distinct individual, and
has methods peculiarly his own. His
sign is a perpetual invitation to the
boomer to file a contest if he has not
secured a good claim, an invitation
which. in many instances, is equiva-
lent to the spiders courteous invite
to the fly. He also mingles among
the crowd in the land-office lobby, and
succeeds in persuading peaceful citi-
ing which they know nothing and care
less.
Many of these contests are spiteful
and not beyond suspicion of at
tempted blacKmail. The fees for fill
ing claim are $14. but to file con-
test is an inexpensive matter, the cost
depending on the charges of the attor-
ney. At the time of the opening legal
fees were very high, and $50 was
easily earned by the pioneer attorney.
Now. however. the competition is so
great. and there is so much touting,
that very small sums suffice to secure
the services of something resembling
a counselor-at-law. The better class
of lawyers hold aloof and treat their
competitors with the most supreme
contempt This feature in the new
country is not peculiar to Kingfisher,
but the way the legal fraternity have
settled right round the land-ofice
gives to it a prominence bordering on
the ludicrous. Altogether 215 home
stead contests have been filed in the
land-office here and these do not in
clude city lot disputes. Atch;son
(Kan. Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
INDIAN BURIAL PLACE.

| Interesting Discovery Made i'm the Vicinity
of Romney, w. Va.
About ten days ago / again visited
the Indian graves near Romney. w.
Va 1t seems that ashes played an
important part in the burial ceremony,
as I found from half a peck to five
bushels of ashes in each grave. The
method of burial, so far as can Judge
from careful examination. was a fol-
lows: They dug or scooped out hole
from one to five feet deep by two feet
wide and three feet long in the hard.
stiff clay, which underlies a covering
of two feet of soft, sandy loan These
holes were filed with ashes and Gin
ders. among which were parts of the
skull and horns of deer and bones OF
other animals. though they showed no
signs of being burned or charred. On
top of these ashes the body was
placed and then covered with sandy
loam
At the bottom of one of these graves
we found a pot made of clay, about
twenty-five inches in diameter by nine
inches deep. the sides of which were
of elaborate ornamentation. the prin-
cipal being a carved face about every
six inches around the top. In the pot
was the upper shell OF turtle, the
jaw bone of squirrel and several
clam shells-evidences of food placed
in the grave for use in the journey to
the happy hunting grounds"
The pottery consisted of three kinds
yellow. brown and black. The first
had but little ornamentation; the sec
ond was ornamented to some extent:
but the last was the Royal Worcester
of Indian art production. and was!
without doubt. placed in the graves OF
those only who were greatly distin-
guished. ::
Among the articles found was &
knife made of copper roughly beaten
out. The blade was five inches long
by one and one-fourth inches broad.
and its dull, sandstone-sharpened edge
must have required strong muscular
exertion on the part of the operator to
remove the scalp of his dead enemy.
The graves are scattered over q
space of about ten acres. and are on
what is called the Island Farm. which
consists of about ninety acres The
owner thinks the entire island was a
burying ground Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
NAVIGATING THE AIR.
Carl Myers Thinks 1T VIII Some Day BE
Common Thing.

Carl Myers Thinks 1t VIII Some Day BE .
Common Thing.
Carl Myers, of Frankfort, n. Y, the
husband of Carlotta, the well-known
feminine aronaut, and identified him
self for the past twelve years with the
problem of aerial navigation. who has
been a guest at the Wayne Hotel dur
ing the past few days, is what a the
atrical man might call an 9ronautic
manager. He sometimes takes a
little excursion up into the cold coun-
try to see if the ethereal regions look
natural and if things are all there,
but not often. The ascensiOns which
he himself has made number only
forty-fOur. He has. however, a corps
of star 4rOnauts employed and con-
tracts with county fairs and Fourth of
July celebrations to furnish balloons
and experienced air sailors at reason
able prices, He has also given con-
siderable attention to the improve
ment of the balloon, and fine mus lin
manufactured from sea island cotton
becomes. when treated by a process
invented by him, better material
from which to manufacture air-ships
than silk. and much less expensive.
Anticipating the day when monopol-
istic individuals will control the aerial
trunk lines of navigation as we'll as
State Legislatures and slower means
of transportation lower down, he has
continued investing in aerial property,
occasionally laying by balloon for a
rainy day. until now he is the owner
HI, l.
a large number OF hOt-air balloons.
His gas balloons are manned by a
crew of thirteen persons. and he has
much larger number than that to run
his hot-air contrivances.
The result of long study devoted to
the subject and an extensive expert
ence has been to make Mr.. Myers
firm believer in the eventful practical
bility of navigating the upper air.
He is now the proprietor of what is
said to be the only balloon factory in
ton that such concerns will some day
be as common as car shops or ship
yards.
Il have just perfected" he said.
Wv hat 1 call an air velocipede, and
shall give public exhibitions OF its ca
liabilities in the near future 1t is
provided with a reservoir containing
sufficient hydrogen gas to support the
weight of one Individual Then by
means of device operated by the
hands and feet it can be propelled in
any direction in the air desired. The
experiment already made with the
machine shows IFS Dracticability and
it is easier to run it than it is to pro-
pei bicycle on land.
1.-The same propelling apparatus on
a larger scale could. of course. be used
to navigate great air-ship. if suf1i-
GENTLY powerful engine. not too heavy
to overcome the lifting power of the
gas, could be found to furnish the mo-
tive power. i am now experimenting,
with encouraging results. on a very
light, simple continuance run by sue
cessive explosions of small quantities
of dynamite. Detroit Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

Solomon. in all his glory. was not
arrayed like the young man of fashion
in the summer. From his russell
colored shoes to his striped cap. the
dude of the moment is a polychromatic
apparition. 1t is his sash, however,
which causes him the keenest pleas
ure and makes the most striking i'm
preston upon an admiring world. Not
since the days when bedizened
courtiers gloried in silk. satins, and
laces, has the sterner sex INDUCED in
any garments so dazzling as the bril-
liant sash now wrapped around the
waist of many a spoiled darling of the
day.-N. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
QUAY FOR PRESIDENT.
An Announcement Which Il Much NJ
Serious Than 1t Seems.

Serious Than 1t Seems.
1t Is given out on good authority
that Senator Quay has actually made
up his mind to be the next Republican
candidate for President and that he
is now maturing his plans for control
ling the next National convention of
his party in his own interest On the
first blush this announcement appears
to have tinge Of the ludicrous; and
yet, when one stops to ponder over
the matter. It readily assumes q serip
Gus aspect Upon reflection we dis
cover that there Is really no reason
why Mr.. Quay should not become his
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

tective. said. in q tone of cool villainy:
Il have played my game and l have
lost. wish you joy of your victory"
Then pointing to the PROSTATE hg-
ure of Hortense. he smiled sardon1cal-
ly, and left the room with the we'll
bred ease so characteristic OF the true
aristocrat and head waiter N. I.
Evening Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

Why" asked an examiner, docs
Because q merciful Providence has
created sponges to grow in it." was
the reply.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

"A correspondent who has been
looking around Damascus describes
how visitors are shown the house OF
Ananias, the house of Judas, the very
fountain where Paul was baptized. and
the place where he was let down from
the wall in a basket.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

Where trees are sent long dis
tances and from any cause appear
shriveled or dry. do not despair. for
they can often be saved. Do not plant
them as soon as unpacked, but bury
the tree. root and branch in moist
earth for a few days until the wood
pumps up naturally.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

"A Missouri farmers wife has found
that the best way to save pumpkins
for winter use is to stew and can them
like fruit. When thus prepared they
can not DO told from fresh pumpkin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

Kansas has q school teacher only
twelve years old. who has been teacnr
ing for nearly q year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

The Woman's Journal has found Q
her outdoor work In mems clothes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05


You positively refuse?'
II positiv ely refuse"
''Enough!'
The lady stretches forward her
dainty jeweled hand and touches a
golden bell. A stately butler enters
with noiseless tread.
see him here at once"
The butler disappears and in the
next moment ushers in Theophilus "
Simpson. the famous detective. He
COWS politely to Mr.. and Mrs. Mont
morenci and stands waiting in silence.
'You have followed my instruc-
tions?". inquired Hortense. eagerly, of
the detective.
II have. madam"
land you succeeded"
IL did"
land his business?" she asks, rising
part way from her golden Louis XIV.
chair in her increasing excitement
There is a dreadful pause, and 81
Hence so intense that it seems to fill
the room to suffocation and be trying
to burst the limits of the walls and es-
cape into the world at large. This
lasted fully thirty seconds; then the
detective leans forward, and in a voice
trembling with the intensity of his
emotion. says in a hoarse whisper:
He is the head waiter in a Coney
Island hotel"
With the smothered shrek of a
stified maniac Hortense fell prone
spon the Assyrian carpet.
TT r,,ioflxy oa1v L., 1s~A
I'd a Cigarette. and. turning to the de-
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02
A Winter Vacation.

Do you think that sounds strange?
Probably because you are a C it
dweller and take your vacation in the
dog days. The farmer, however. and
there are more of him than of you, is
too busy in the summer, and if lie
has a play spell of any length, must
take it when the seasons work is
over and the crops housed or sold.
The farmers of Northern Minnesota
and Dakota find this the practicable
time to visit the old home in New
England or Canada. and that winter
is, after all, the best time for social
pleasures. There are the long even.
ings, when the sleighride. the apple.
pairing, the country ball are in their
glory, and have charms that com.
pletely o%vershadow all that can he
had by chasing pleasure at heated
summer resorts. When getting youl
ticket for your winter visit east, ask
the agent to send you over "'The Bur
lington," or write to w. j. C. Kenyon
Gen. Pass. Agent e. b. & n. r. r..
st. Paul, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02
SOUTH DAKOTA.

A movement is on foot to organize a
board of trade at Blunt.
Yankton has had three new drug
stores established since election.
The board of directors of the South
Dakota Horticultural society meets on
Dec. IL ut Madison
Chamberlain will have a new $40, 900
hotel. 1t will be erected by a syndicate
of South Dakota and Indiana capitalists.
Mcpherson and Campbell counties are
being settled with Russians. Six pas
senger coaches have arrived lately filled
with emigrants.
A nine-year-old girl of Spring Lake
township, Kingsbury county, plowed
eighty acres Of land this fall with a
three-horse sulky pillow.
1t is a singular fact that not eighty feet
away from the gas well discovered at
Salem a well was sunk to the depth of
water OF gas. The gas well is 1882 feet
deep.
Auditor McManima places the total
number of shecpin South Dakota at 1884,
1923, with an average of five pounds of
wool, making a total of GA, 115 pounds,
an amount large enough to keep twenty
five WOODEN mill going the entire year.
Work has been begun at Pierre on a
capitol building, which is being built by
local capitalists. 1t will cost S15, 900 and
will be done in time for the use of the
legislature Jan. 1. 1t will be donated for
the use of the state as a capitol building
until the location of a permanent capital
in 1892.
Prohibitionists of South Dakota i'll con
vention at Huron perfected an organiza-
ton under the name of the Prohibition
Enforcement league. Fifty thousand
dollars is to be raised for enforcement
purposes. AT the same time and place
IL state Equal Franchise association was
formed.
Carthage correspondence SIOUX Falls
Press: Farmers of this county are re-
joiced to hear that the so-called "heart-
less railroad corporations are to bring
them in coal free Of freight charges. We
hear that some coal will be given away
to the most destitute, while others can
obtain it at about 81 per ton.
John Bishop was invited by a stranger
into a Pierre saloon to ''irrigate." The
stranger pulled out a $40 bill and asked
John to change it. John fished out a
roll containing $500. and the stranger hit
John a blow in the eye. grabbed the
money and melted into the darkness.
The authorities are looking into the
darkness.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02
NEWS FROM THE DAEOTAS,
NORTH DAKOTA

james Elton has been appointed regis
ter OF the Grand Forks land office.
A bushes block in the center of Hun
ter wa burned early Sunday morning.
The insurance was light.
Two men near Arthur robbed NJ. Col
lett, agent of the Northwestern Elevator
company of that place, of 50, 500.
The First National bank of Lakota has
been authorized by the comptroller of
the currency to commence business with
a capital of $50, 600.
Hon. j. c. Pyatt, one of North Dako-
ta's well known lawyers and Il former
member of the territorial council, died at
Wahpeton on Monday last.
Lawrence Jacobs, aged Z years, shot
and instantly killed his brother Elmer,
aged 10 years, at Lidgerwood. The two
were playing with a rifle and the shot
was accidental.
An irrigation convention will meet at
Grand Forks on Nov. (. The old soldiers,
who remember that every great battle
brought heavy rains, are anxious to have
the government test the effect of mortar
firing during the seasons of drouth.
Tho sensational reports sent out about
the raging prairie fires, and stating that
Bismarck was in danger, are now said to
have been made out of whole cloth. The
only fires were the regulation fall fires
that burned a few hay stacks and the
prairie grass.
Grafton Herald: There is a horse seen
frequently on the streets of Grafton that
possesses a mustache that would elevate
some dudes to the seventh heaven if at
tached to them. 1t is light in color and
quite thick and curls beautifully on each
side. 1t is Il most remarkable freak and
always causes a good deal of comment.
Night Postofice Clerk Melton has been
arrested at Fargo, charged with shooting
himself to avert suspicion. Several days
ago he reported that he was bound and a
hot iron placed to his feet to make him
give up the combination to the vault. In
the morning 1928 was missing. A few
nights later he was shot in the ARM, as
he alleged, by would-be robbers. His
first story was believed, but his subse-
quent statement is questioned.
Three hard characters escaped from
the Ramsey county Jail at Devils Lake
last week. The jailer was knocked
senseless. Another prisoner ran out and
notified the sheriff's wife, who called
for assistance. County Auditor Hale
responded, taking a lamp along. A
prisoner knocked the lamp from his hand
and dealt him a blow which stunned
him, while they escaped. Two of the
escaped prisoners are Hubbard, the horse
thief, and Becker, the burglar, who got
away some time ago but were recap
tured.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02

wish that unity might prevail. but de-
clared that it could not be obtained so
long as certain members persisted in
Safeguarding in secret the man. (refer-
ring to DR.. Cronin) who had the courage
% take corruption by the throat and
throttle it. Alsothat the man ALEX Sui
livan) who recommended LIE Caron to
membership in the Clan-na-Gael was a
thousand times greater scoundrcl than
LIE Caron. On the night following DIR.
Cronin's disappearance witness went to
Patrick OSullivan's house and told
OSullivan that his contract with the
doctor was a suspicious circumstance.
Osullivan had asked him if he did not
think DIR. Cronin was murdered by the
United Order of Deputies. Witness had
said the doctor was murdered by somc
one nearer home. The witness was on
the stand when court adjourned
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02
McRea Wants Money.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The Herald prints
the following: Tclegraphic advices from
Assistant States Attorney George Baker,
who is in Winnipeg, have been received,
and they go a long way toward confirm
ing the belief that the Manitoba wit
ncoscs, whom the state was depending on
to relate the story of Martin Burkc's
flight and capture, will not come to
Chicago. McRac wants money. not only
for arrcsting Burke, but for the time he
will use in coming here. He has already
indicated by his charges against the Chi
cago police department the high value he
places ON his services, but his recent de-
mands are beyond all precedent. McRae's
testimony would be valuable not only
because it would show Burkc's anxiety
to get ou of the country, but because he
made important admissions to the Cana
dian chief when he was first locked up.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02

Our readers will remember that at
the last meeting Of the board of coun-
ty commissioners \ bill WAS present.
ed Ivy Hollembaek & Long, of Bis
marck, for $l0O, attorneys fees in the
recent attempt TO unseat Commits
sioner Underhill. These attorneys
were employed 10y private parties and
not by the county and the very fact
that Aud and his followers, who en-
ploycd the attorneys, allowed the bill
to be presented to the county for pay.
ment shows just what the tax payers
may expect il a. Jopp is elected
commissioner from the second dis.
trict. With Commissioner McGilli.
vray's vote it would give those who
attempted to unseat Cnderhill OH
troll of the board and all such bills as
Hollembaek Il Longs would he
passed, the Stark county treasury de.
pleted and her credit ruined. All
this means increased taxation, heavi
Ell burdens Oh the people who can i'll
afford it in such hard times as these
The people of the whole county are
interested in the election of IL com
missioner in the Gladstone distric,
for the very reason that they do moi
feel able to stand increased taxation
as a result of the indiscriminate pass,
age of such bills as the above and We
do not believe the intelligent voter:
residing III that district will, by thcil
votes, turn the county over to the con
troll of such men 10y electing Jopp a.
against such man as Z. w. kittel
whose fitness and honesty is wei
known and unquestioned. The ques
ton simmered down is simply this
Will the people vote to have Starl
county pay the private bills of Geo
Aud and his followers by voting TO
Jopp? We think not.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02
THE PILLSBURY MILLS,
All Admission by the Owners
That They Are Practically
Sold.
Another Great Railroad Com
bine Announced by the Bos-
ton News Bureau.
Injunction Proceedings in the Duluth
Crookston and Northern Case Dis
solved-The Northwest.

ST. PAUL. Oct. 29.-The Pioneer Press
says in regard to the much talked of sale
of the Pillsbury mills at Minneapolis:
Information was received at the Pioneer
Press Office in Minneapolis Monday, on
what seemed undoubted authority, that
the much talked of mill deal is practi-
cally as good as effected, and that the
transfer will be made Nov. 5. The Pills
bury mills and elevator system, the prop
erty OF the two water power companies,
and the w. d. Washburn mills are in
Guided in the present deal. The informa-
ton came straight that several days ago
the Office employees were informed that
the change would be made on the 5tl. A
cable message was sent to London rela-
tive to the name OF the new company to
lie formed, i'll order that arrangements
might be made for the books. The CON
sideration was put at a5,25O,0 900. 1t was
given out, too, that the Pillsburys
would retain a large interest in
their property here and that
they would continue in general
management of the concern. \. reporter
duly presented himself at the Office of c..
a. Pillsbury 4 Co. and announced the
information he had received to C. A.
Pillsbury. That gentleman busted him
self in thought for a IN and then
called in f. G.. The two evolved the fol-
lowing authoritative statements:
In reference to the run,ored sale of our
mill and elevator property, we would say
that no deal has at yet been absolutely
closed. If our property is sold it will be
to a Joint stock company in which we
shall retain a very large interest. and we
shall have to agree to continue in the
management of the same. The sale, if
made at all, will be to a company to be
organized i'll New York or some other
Eastern state, and as far as the public,
and especially the interests of Minneapo-
lis. are concerned, we cannot see how it
will affect them one way or another.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-02

lT is Il well known fact that county
warrants have been at IL slight dis
count during the past two OF three
years. Ii Jopp is elected commits
sioner, we have it from IL reliable
source that Geo. Auld and others of
his followers who have regularly
drawn their warrants from the coun.
ty, intend to put in bills for fifteen
per cent. of the total amount drawn
by them claiming that the amount is
due on account of their d%iscounting
warrants. when it is Il well known
fact that warrants have never been
at Il discount of fifteen per cent. and
such a scheme is an outrage upon the
people OF Stark county, who cannot
afford to have such a precedent us
this established us it would mean the
payment OF large sums Of money
from the treasury and bankruptcy to
the county. Jopps election means
the payment of these bills. therefore
it is important that every voter who
is opposed to such measures should
he ut the polls and vote and work for
kittell, IN honest farmer and i'm
every way qualified.