Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. A.-DEAR SR-Tho
board of engineers asked for by the Denver
resolutions has reported to the Secretary of
War that Galveston is the most suitable
place upon the Texas coast for the construc
toni of the deep harbor asked for; there
fore President Evans instructs me to call the
general committee together to meet in Gal
weston, January IA, 1880. at ten O'Clock a. M,
In the parlors of the fremont Hotel. to con-
slider the report and provide for further
carrying out of the Denver resolutions.
ann making arrangements for transportation
with every hope of success. Correspond
with me at Topeka, Kas., until December g,
afterwards at Denver, Col, until January 2.
Your presence is earnestly desired at the
meeting. Hoping to see you there, am,
truly yours, +. L. DANA, Secretary.
Fatal Playing of Santa Claus.
C. 81. Long, of Wichita, leading citi-
zen, who personated Santa Claus at the
First Christian Church entertainment
Christmas eve, died few hours after
ward. His physicians say the mask
worn at the entertainment caused him to
breath bad air and bring on heart
trouble.
Judge Dostler's Decision.
An item is going the rounds of the
press stating that Judge Frank Dostler,
of Marion. had decided that a mortgage
could not buy property at a sheriff sale.
under foreclosure proceedings. The fol-
lowing extract from letter written by
Judge Dostler explains his decision:
DEAR SIR-Yours of the 18th instant with
clippings from paper saying had decided
mortgage could not buy mOrtgaSed prop
erty received I. of course, did not SO de-
eide as far as mortgage of real estate is con
cerncd. did decide that a chattie
mortgage could not buy at his own
sale, where he had refused competitive
bids, and where instead of selling in parcels,
he sold in gross, after being requested by
by ISLANDERS to sell in parcels, and in such
case he must account to mOrtgagOr for value
of property and not its purchase price
simply. In this case probably instructed
that a chattel mortgagee.could not buy at his
own sale, but such instruction was intended
to apply to the particular facts of the case.
A few days after this case was tried the
Supreme court decided, SO the syllabus
reads, that a chattel mortgage may buy st
his own sale, but the burden is upon him to
show that such sale was fair and bona fide,
etc., etc.
Shot by His Own Gun.
A hunting party twenty miles west of
Wichita, while chasing jack rabbit,
was startled by the explosion of gun
and John Dillman falling from his horse.
He was accidentally shot in the side by
his own gun, and soon afterward died.
Kansas Asks For Ten.
Kansas members have introduced in
Congress bills for ten public buildings in
the State. Mr.. Morrill, thinks Atchison
is of sufficient Importance to demand
public building, and Mr.. Anderson is
similarly impressed with the claims of
Salina. Mr.. Perkins wants two new
buildings in his district-one at Win
field and the other at Arkansas City.
Finn in
$3.50, 900 building at Kansas City. We'll
lington, Hutchinson and Newton, in Mr.
Peters district, each wants a public
building. Mr.. Kelley desires the en-
largement of the Topeka post-office, and
also will ask for a public building at
Emporia.
An Old Soldier Killed.
An old veteran stationed at the Leav-
enworth Soldiers Home, named Alex
ander Blackburn, was foully murdered
and robbed in that city few nights ago
for a small amount of pension money he
had on his person.
Teachers Declare for Prohibition.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Teachers Association, held at Topeka,
was largely attended. The following
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, The Prohibitory amendment to
the Constitution of Kansas has, by driving
the saloon beyond her borders, brought hap
pineSS and comfort to thousands of homes,
has brought thousands of sober, Industrious
people to US from other States and from
other lands: has reduced crime and pauper-
ism has made it easier for us to govern and
teach the children of the Commonwealth,
and has elevated Kansas to a plane of civil
iZatiOn never reached by any other people
in the history of the world; therefore,
Resolved, That we are now and forever op-
posed to a resubmission of the Prohihitory
and that it is our deliberate
conviction that the Prohibitory amendment
is as firmly embedded in the Constitution of
Kansas and in the hearts of her people as are
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
embedded in the Federal Con-
stitution, and in the hearts of the American
people.
Resotrcd, That the substance of the fore
going resolution be telegraphed to every
State Teachers Association now in session
in any part of the United States.
Wants Damages.
Mrs. Margaret Edwards, who, in COM
pany with her husband, Alonzo Sd
wards, was maltreated by mob last
summer at Ell Dorado on suspicion of
having murdered and concealed the re-
mains of little Sadie Bloomer, has
brought suit against D. r. Tilton, the
leader of the mob, and forty-five of his
followers for $25, 900 for injuries re-
ceived at their hands. Mrs. Edwards
and her husband were brutally beaten
by Tilton and his party, and both were
hung several times until life was ex-
tinct in the effort to make them reveal
the place where they had hidden the re-
mains of the child. The child was aft
erward found on the door step of a
neigboring house totally uninjured.
A New Enterprise.
Articles of incorporation, announcing
a capital stock of 500, 900, have been
filed by the Consolidated Land and Cat
tie Company of Kansas City with the
Secretary of State at Topeka. The OBJ
ject of the company is the breeding,
raising, buying and selling of cattle and
horses, and in connection Herewith the
buying, owning, holding, leasing and
selling of real estate throughout the
United States.
A Missouri Pacific Cut-OH
An official of the Missouri Pacific
states that the company has decided to
build the road from Mcpherson to Mar
quette early in the spring. This would