Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
kAssAs irArE JEWS

PM HxKox - shot Iced at Norton
the other morning by Willie Rhodes.
They were friends and the killing oc-
Cured while beth were intoxicated.
Heron was ,runniBgr restaurant and
whisky JOINT Rhodes is highly connect.
cd and had . bright future until strong
drink got the better of him Rhodes
waived preliminary examination and was
held for trial -...s--.-
When William STANLEY, a North Topeka
groceryman. went to his store the other
morning he found but little left except the
bnilding and empty shelves When he
went away from his store the evening
previous ne left it well filed with . COM
plete stock of groceries, but during the
night burglars had visited it and nothing
was left bat empty shelves, barrels and
bins Flour. meat, tobacco, cigars. sugar,
coffee, potatoes-every thing worth hav-
ing-had been carted away.
On September 16 Thomas A. Giblin. ex.
aminer and general agent Of lockwood
Mortgage Company Of Wellington, left
his homo in Pratt on q trip in the interest
of his company. since which time nothing
has been heard from him, either by his
family or company. Facts have since
come to light showing him to be q de-
faulter to the company to the amount OF
about 1000.
THE other day Mr.. and Mrs Martin
Ridenour, of Fort Scott celebrated their
golden wedding. They have forty living
grandchildren and nine great-grand.
children.
The jeweIry store of C. l. Vets, at Au-
gusta, was completely cleaned out by
burglars the other night.
AT an early hour the OF er morning the
Lawrence water works engine house was
damaged to the extent of 81 900 by fire.
The fire was caused by spontaneous COM
bustion in the coal bin
ANNIE GRIMES. the daughter of promi-
nant Douglas County farmer recently
eIoped with James Wiison, the hired man
of her father.
The first convention of The Young Mems
Christian Association of Kans as was held
in Topeka in 1882 with only tn irty-seven
delegates present. On the 18th of the
present month the annual convention of
the Y. " c. A. was again held at To-
peka with over eight hundred delegates
present The conven ton was very in
teresting one and the following officers
were elected: President. Manford Schoon-
|, over, Garnett; first vice. president W. II.
Howell, Baker University; second vice.
president. B. Hobbs. Kansas City, Kan |;
secretary, w. W. Bowman, Concordia;
assistant secretary, s. w. Naylor, Wash
burn College,; assistant press secretary,
A. L. Ackley. State University.
MAY. the fifteen year daughter of
Sheriff Thomas B. Bowling. of Wyandotte
County, recently eloped with Ollie G.
Cannon, street car conductor, aged
twenty one years. kilograms were sent
in all directions for the arrest of the
I clippers. hut they had got the start and
were married at Carthage, IL
A. b BENEDICT. an old gentleman Of
eighty five wears, residing five miles
northeast of Lawrence, was thrown from
his wagon the other evening and injured
so seriously that he died the following
day.
The State Board Of Railroad Commits
sioners recently made an inspection of the
Southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe
road from Holiday to Winfield and noti-
fed the officers of the company that tn .
track from Holiday to Ottawa was in a
very unsatisfactory condition, and at
other points the rails were badly worn.
AT the recent biennial session of the
Grand Legion Select Knights a. o. q.
W., held at Emporia, the following officers
were chosen: Grand commander. T. a.
Alden. OF Atchison; grand vice-com-
mander. j. A. Rsgnel1, Mcpherson; grand
lieutenant-coInmander s. D Hallowell,
Wichita; grand r. corder, E. II. Ford, En-
poria; grand treasurer, A j. Huntoon,
Topeka; grand standard bearer, r. p.
Ray. Topeka; grand senior workman. c.
w. Green. Topeka; grand junior work
man, Ed. Russell, Lawrence; grand
guard, j. P. Duncan, lola; grand medical
examiner. j. B. Hibben, Topeka
A RECENT letter received at Topeka
from Washington stated that General a
B. Campbell, of Topeka, has been assured
Of an appointment as Consul at Melbourne,
Australia.
INFORMATION recently received at To-
peka from the Paris Exposition was to
the effect that the State of Kansas had
been awarded a gold medal for the best
agricultural report exhibited.
ROB zRr HENDKRsoS, the co1ored boy
who shot and killed his step-fatber at
Leavenworth last spring while the latter
was abusing his wife young Henderson's
mother) was recently tried and acquitted.
THE Parkinson Sugar Company. Of Fort
Scott has just closed q most successful
season in spits # the delays incident to
the wet weather in the spring. The prod
uct of marketable sugar will be about
800 600 pounds. The run on the 18Th was
13. 600 rounds from cane that was planted
July Ia
| SIX THOUSAND Southern sheep were
lately driven into Russell County.
IT is stated that the most successful
| sugar making this year with the highest
grade of molasses has been that of the
Wichita Sugar Company. at Conway
| Springs. In addition to fifty barrels of
| sugar per day. a car load of strip per day
| was turned off. every drop Of which for
| the entire season has been contracted at
more than twenty cents per gallon.
| THE will of the late Bishop Vail con-
| tanned the following requests: College OF
| the Sisters of Bethany s, 600 20 be invested
| by the trustees and held as a scholarship
| to aid the education and support Of a
| clergy mans daughter, to be named by the
! Bishop of the diocese and to be known as
| Bishop Val! scholarship in aid of a poor
| clergyman's daughter" Christ's Hospital
| 81. 900; College of the Sisters of Bethany
| s.. O00. to be known as the Montgomery H
| Garrison scholars hip in aid of poor
| clergyman's daughter. Bishop Wallis ex-
tensive library is given to the chapter OF
| Grace Cattle dral, excepting fifty volumes
| to Rev. John BakewelL The library is to
| be placed in q suitable room or rooms and
| held for the future benefit of the diocese
| of Kansas or any future diocese which
| shall include the city Of Topeka There
| are ten minor bsquests to members OF the
family of $500 to s.. 900 each
| FoRf Ecorf is exceedingly happy over
| the prospect of becoming the c-nter Of the
1 Gould roads in Southern KansaA
| SAMUEL. GnPIx, resident of Lincoln