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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

Col. ]. e. HAAdowELE appears to
have put his eapaeious Soet in It. In
trying to masquerade es prohibition
ist, he.has not deceived temperance
people and has greatly disguised the
resubnlssionists. It fakes @ skiAfuf
acrobat TO carry wafer on msh
shoulders rather water or ono
shoulder and wiskey on the Oeher.2
EmpOria RspUblscS,a.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

DEMOCRATS, see to it that every
township is represented in the mass
convention to be held in this city Sat
urday of this week. A meeting of the
central committee will be held on tnat
day, and all committeeman should be
present.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

VERBS she sarif heaven given to the
people during sAe last presidential cam
paign is doiBs good work. Last week
the Atchison Cbeaspsoa; fcr thirty years
a staiWart republican eEgan, came out
against the protection falacy, saying
that 1.-The west, and ell agricultural
countries, have 40 uss 9or protection .
Let the gaOd work 60 on.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

THE congressional scoopshovel still
continues to shovel the money out of
the nation's s treasury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

jim HALLOwskI GILL cork the old
soldier racket for ell there is in it. He
will be fuller Of promises than dos is
full Of fleas. In the meantime there
will be many old soldier Farmers
throughout the district who would
railroad regulation and fEee silver, thsil
hear all the false promises of the repub-
lican party over agasn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

GovERNoR CRAWFORD says 1T does
seem as though some people were
doomed To be misIed and robbed on
every hand by designing demxgogues
and disreputable scoandrels." It has
seemed that way for several years past
but there Is going to be c;Ianse this
year and 1.-THE designing demagog1es
and disreputable scoundrels- are going
to get left Put this in your PIPE and
smoke it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

time, and when helped to his feet by
some Of the young men present he rznted
about. and was found to have turned
insane. This misfortune alone would
have caused sorrow in the home for
years, but the fates had ordained that
the household suffer more severe loss.
in death. Theresis creamery located
somewhere in Beaver township and the
young lady, daughter about Is years
Of age, e,.was in the custom of driving to
this factory and take the milk every
morning. Last Friday the young
maiden started on her morning journey,
and passing outsof their yard, the horse
scared, started off at mad gallop and
upset the wagon, the girl falling under
it killing her instantly. The bereaved
parents have thessympathy of all in
their misfortune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07
Pawnee Rock.

Cook, of Great Bend.
% Pawnee Rock.
From the Leader.
There wont be- much ten cent corn
iii this neighborhood this year.
H. A. Fruit aad others met with
heavy losses. Monday, by the traib set
sing fire to their wheat
And still another fire from an engine.
This time Henry Unruh, of Dundee, is
the looser to the amount9f five wheat
ricks.
Bro. ToWS4sley's silk hat must have
fit pretty tight last week, or something
else muddled his brain. He so far
forgot himself as to copy an article from
the DEAOCRAT. He will be spelling
'Hoisintenn with ''g" If he don't
look out.
Or all the accounts of prairie fires
lave come to our notice of late. none
has struck us with more sorrow than
that of our old neighbor, Joe Hes,
Sather of Mrs. Benefea now living
near Dodge City. We were just in
formed that he was burned out of
house and home everything he had.
even to the clothing and furniture i'm
his house, and that his daughter, Mrs.
Benefiel, of this city who with her
Ghildfen were there on a visit. lost
her clothing and what money she had
uith her.
Fires set oat by the Santa Fe engi-
neerS have become so common that it
don't seem worth While to speak of the
one set out Sunday afternoon, which
came near burning up QUE town. Train
No. 6, going easts was some hours late.
When it did go through, it went at the
rate of 40 or 80 miles an hour. and as
usual, threw sparks into the dry grass
and set out a fire. They tell us the
engineer and fireman took hearty
laugh when they saw the fire start.
Pawnee Rock people may enjoy the
opportunity of seeing these gentlemen
laugh on the other side of their mouth.
= Ellinwood Items.
From the AIroczfe-
What jay Gould would raise if he
were i'm the horticultural line-water.
millions.s
A little boy arrived at the palatial
residence of our townsman v. s. Musil
last Friday, hence the smile on the face
of V. s. ever since.
Rev. Frank c. Fay of Hazelton will
he the permanent pastor of the NJ. E,
church in this city, beginning two weeks
from next Sunday, a Rev. Griffeth
will preach next Sunday morning and
evening.
Miss Hattie Andrea made this Office
a pleasant call last Saturday afternoon
She informed us that she was the
recipient of a fine $50 organ, presented
to her by her father Mr.. c. Andrea
1t is quite handsome present.
One of Wanamakers efficient post
masters in Wyoming has been charg
ing FIVE cents each for two cent stamps
telling the patrons that the high rate.
of freight rendered it impossible to sci
for less money. He surely possesses
some of the business talent of hi
cheif.
| a streak of misfortune struck tin,
heretofore happy home of Mr.. Doll
check living in Beaver township. Mr.
| DOlicheck is at present visiting il
Europe Last week, SO Mr.. UdeI
inferms us, the bad luck commenced
The Oldest son, a young man apou
2S years, WAS at dance out at neigi,
bors house and while dancing a quad
rill he slipped and fell. He remaines
motionless on the door for a shor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

THE advance in silver has appreci-
ated the grain market abroad by
increasing the cost of the rupee, with
which England pays for her Indian or
colonial wheat. The higher silver goes
the more the wSeat costs, whether the
quotations are advanced or not. As
we sell our wheat for gold, we are thus
e3abled to cSnlpete more easily as siluer
and gold neore to,cards parity--Balti-
Moze Journal of Commerce.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-07

WESTERN kansss is dryer now than
it has been for seven years. From
Larned sest, except Immediately
ander thejrrigating bitches, all kiuds
of vegetation is dry enough to burn.
Between Dodge City and kinsley the
whole face of the coentry is a bleak
waste; especially on the north side of
the Santa Fe read where To grass has
been fired by passing trains, is the pros
peet dreary looklRs- The question of
irrigation in western Kansas is an
important one, afd one that will be
agitated D. the people of that district
with their last breath.
=. THE senate" said Senator Plumb,
ssowed some duty % the American peo-
pie as well as to the manufacturers, and
there was ;epoint where political sym
pathies ended and wbere business inter
ests began That was well and truly
said, aani the psople e the west will
swait with great ihteaest to see whesher
Senator Plumb means what he says or
whetl,er he is simply making a Butter
worth talk and will fall in line at the
final@ad decisive moment with rs lame
and pitiable an excuse as the Ohio con-
gresham gave.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
Tupper's EgotfSn1.

Sir G. D., apersonage notun
known to fame, once encountered the
late Martin Farquhar Tupper on
Clyde steamer, and was accosted by
him in these terms: Il perceive that
l am not the only distinguished man
on board" Mr.. Tupper smiled not
as he spoke, being quite in earnest
and, indeed, wishing to pay re
what he conceived to be n high COM
pliment. This little incident occurred
on deck. Presently Mr.. Tupper went
down into the cabin, but before doing
so handed his umbrella to a young
lady, a perfect stranger, to take care
of it for him. Young lady" he OBJ
served to the astonished recipient of
the umbrella, "you will now be able
to say in after life that you once held
the umbrella of Martin Tupper." :"
Same smileless expression as before.
The story is told of Tupper that one
evening he attended a dinner party
after having lost his portmanteau in
the afternoon, and at the table, when
he had talked great deal about his
loss, a wit who was present inter-
rupted him by saying: eff Ihadlost
my portmanteau, Mr.. Tupper, l, be-
ing an ordinary man, should have
been justified in boring dinner Ia
BILE with my grief. But you, Mr..
Tupper-your philosophy is proven
bal. San Francisco Argonaut.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
The Horse in Battle.

An officer of experience, writing on
the behavior of horses in battle,
says: "When it comes to battle, a
horse seems to know everything that
is going on; but he does his duty
nobly and seems to bein his element.
He enters into the spirit of the bat
tie like human being. He shows
no fear of death, and it is singular
that if his mate is shot down, he will
turn tolook at him and seem pleased.
A horse in my battery was once
struck by a piece of shell which split
his skull SO that one side was loose.
The driver turned him loose, but he
walked up by the side of the gun and
watched the firing, and when a shot
was fired would look away in the di-
rection of the enemy as if too see the
effect of the shot. When a shell
would burst near by, he would calm
ly turn and look at it. When he
saw his own team going back for
ammunition, he ran back to his own
place and galloped back to the cais-
son with the rest. When the lieuten-
ant pushed him aside to put in an
other horse, lie looked at the other
one sorrowfully while he was being
Harnesses up, and when he seemed to
/ ledi1rze hat there WAS no further nse
for him he lay down and died. The
lieutenant strongly asserted that he
did 4 1i6Y3rnaatf natf a broken heart. Court
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
DIABoLIcAL PLOT.
Attempt by the Hatfield Crowd to
Commit Wholesale Poisoning.

Attempt by the Hatfield Crowd to
Commit Wholesale Poisoning.
After the execution of Ellison Mounts at
Pikeville, KY, the officers discovered a plot
which, if successful, would have resulted in
the escape and the probable death of num-
Der OF the guards Of the jail. Through the
confession OF the jail cook, the discovery was
made The Hatfelds had paid the cook 5000
to place a drug in the food of the Jail
guards the night before the execution.
The cook was told that the drug that was
given her was merely to make the guards go
TO Sleep She became suspicious and con-
cluded to try the effects of the preparation
on the iail cat. The result was the death of
the animal in horrible agony. She then be-
came alarmed and refused to put the poison
into the food. She did not communicate
her intentions, however, to the outlaws,
and they gathered near the Jail to await
the signal which would indicate that the
guards were sick within. Had this whole
sale attempt at murder been successful, not
| only the prisoners in the prison would
| have been killed from the effects
| of the poison, but also the shql Instantly and
posse The drug was found to bestrychnino.
| The cook was Immediately arrested. All the
outlaw gang have fled to the mountains OF
| West Virginia, where it is sure death for the
officers to follow them. All the lawless per-
| sons who are responsible for this outrageous
| affair are from West Virginia. The sheriff is
/ having the necessary papers arranged to pc.
cure acquisitions for the would-be murderers,
/ and every effort will be made to bring them
/ to Justice, Should they be brought back dur.
1 ing the present intense excitement, every one
Of them would be instantly mobbed, as the
| people are erazed with indignation.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
PERsEcUTEDBY HIS RELATIVES
An Old Man Who Has Spent Mucl
of His Life in Insane Asylums.

An Old Man Who Has Spent Much
of His Life in Insane Asylums.
One of the most remarkable cases of a sane
man confined for nearly his whole life in an in
sane asylum came to light in Seattle, Wash,
Homer Fl. Brown is sixty years old and for
the past twenty years he has been confined in
asyIums in different parts of the country.
For the past eight years he has been in the
custody of his brother, Watson Brown, now
of Seattle, who has just sought to have him
again confined in an insane asylum and 1T
was through his efforts in the probate court
that led to Homer Browns having his fiji st
trial before jury of his peers, and they
have decided he is perfectly sane: Testi-
mony before the probate court brought out
these facts: The other brothers are all rich,
They inherited property from their father:
Soon after graduating from college and
after practicing law for short time in Syra-
cuse N. Y. and Sioux City, Iowa, Homer
was confined in insane asylums and was close
" watched by his relatives. Mr.. Brown him.
self asserts he never before had a trial and
was simply arrested and confined. The rea-
| SONS given for this was that one
drank whisky and another caught him
smoking in drawing room. His guardian
! brother consented to his going back to Min
nesota, where his other two brothers are rich
and prosperous, one brother being president
and principal owner OF the National
| Bank of Albert Lea, Mimi, and
the other, Marcus Brown, owns several
large farms in that state. His guardian con
sented to his going East, but when he went
ostensibly to get his ticket Homer Brown
suspected him and wentto heprobate court
where he found him just about to seal hil
doom for another term of confinement. HI
demanded another trial, with the above re
! pr0v ho %hipEa fhnr0 n
a large amount of money coming to him
but he never got it. Expert physicians anC
others in court believe that the man hal
been persecuted all these years.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
A Dog Coaxer.

"Dog Profit" Holloway, the tramp
who was found a short time ago in
Connecticut, nearly dead from expos
ure, is well known there because of
the fascination he exercises over
dogs. He has been seen accompau-
led by as many as twenty-five dogs,
and he always has from four to ten
with him. Almost any dog will fol-
low him with half an invitation, it
is said, and when he coaxes no dog
can resist him. Valuable dogs have
been known to leave their masters to
take up with Holloway, and, when
brought back would seek the first
opportunity to join the beggar.
Holloway has been so long wan
derer that he can claim no town as
a residence, but, so far as can be
learned, he was born in Foster, r. /.
Exchange.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27

is published in Mi h,taba. 1t proves that al
public schools shi n be free schools, separate
Catholic schools being abolished. Schoo.
matters will be managed by an advisory
board under the supervision ofthe govern
ment.
The building contractor, Thomas Kav.
anagh, a member of Camp 1876, Clau-na-Gacl,
accused of boing implicated in attempts to
bribe possible jurors on the Cronin trial,
walked out of court at Chicago free man.
kavanagh's release took place after the evil
dence for the prosecution was all in and was
ordered by Judge Water, who ruled that
States Attorney Longenecker had failed to
make out case. This leaves one man, Jer.
emiah O'Donnell, on trial, of the total OF
seven indicted.
The senate ofthe U. s. ratified the British ex-
tradition treaty. The text of the treaty was re-
Gently published. Extradition is not to be had
for political offense, nor shall any person sur
rendered by either party be tried for any
other offense than the one for which he was
extradited. The treaty does not apply to
any crimes committed before its ratification.
Two changes OF Importance were adopted by
the senate. The word voluntary" was in
serted before "manslaughter, thus limiting
the degree of that crime which is made ex-
traditable. The paragraph relating to the
crime OF obtaining money or goods under
false pretenses was substantially modified, II
not stricken out. With these changes the
treaty is said to have met the approval of
Democratic senator's, and the vote in it's ia
vor understood to have been practically
unanimous.
At Brainard, Mimi, occnrrred the mar
marriage of Miss Lille Dean, daughter
of a North side widow, to j. Bulmer.
The latter was yard train clerk of the North
ern Pacific The ceremony was performed
about clock, and after an evening spent
with guests and friends the twain said good
night and retired to the al-chamber. In
about half an hour the remaining guests
we're horifed to see the bride come flying
down stairs in her night attire with the cry
that her husband was dead or in q faint.
Rushing upstairs the excited guests found
the appearance only too true. The former
bridegroom lay in bed unconscious Of their
efforts to rouse him, and DR.. Grover, hastily
summoned, confirmed the worst fears of all,
Heart failure or acute fatty degeneration oi
the heart had been the probable cause
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

Another heavy snow storm is raging in the
Sierras, and another railroad blockade is
threatened. At Summit the snow is eighteen
feet deep.
While the twelve-year old son OF John
Erickson, farmer near Gidden, Wis, was
currying young stallion he was kicked in
the head by the horse and his skull crushed.
Death was instantaneous.
tenement house occupied by John Listou,
longshoreman, was burned at Kingston,
Ont. The father mother, and five children
comprised the family Four of the children
were burned to death, and the remaining
members of the family were severely burned.
fire broke out in the dry goods establish
ment of D. Davidson L Co, at Sioux City, To-,
the fire department was out promptly in re-
Bponse to the alarm, but the flames were un.
der such headway that one-half OF the estab.
hshment was burned out and the other halt
gutted. The water and smoke drenChed the
large stock completed V, and the loss is vari-
ously estimated from $25, 900 to $4,000
Mrs. K. L. Anderson, aged seventy-tive
years, was frozen to death in herhome three
miles northwest OF Aberdeen, s. d. She was
blind and the family watched that she did
not go out doors alone. She got up in the
middle of the night went out in her night
half mile from the house frozen to death.
The night was cold, but she would not have
frozen had she not lost her way.
j. W Kerr, a farming living 20 miles south
east of Wichita, Ka., was awakened and
fou nd his house on fire. He was in the sec.
ond story, and on the lower floor were his
three children. In the dense smoke he car
ried his vie to window and dropped her to
the ground. Kerr followed her and found
that the children had perished. Everything
was burned. He put his vie in a carriage
and took her two miles to a neighbor's.
They had only night clothes on, and the ex-
posure, it is feared, will prove fatal to Mrs
Kerr
Otto Lindoff, young German about
twenty-five years of age, who has been en-
ployed on the gas works being constructed
at Pierre, S. D., was Sufocated in an open
trench by escaping gas. The pipes had just
been laid, and the gas was turned on to
"blow them ont" while LindoH stood with
the cap in his hand to put on the open end
as soon as escaping gas showed the pipe was
clear. 1t came too soon or him, and his
helpers found him lying at the end of the pipe
unconscious. Every effort was made to re-
suscitate him, but proved unayaiing.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
Bogus Coffee.

Lookout for a new kind of coffee
that is not coffee. Some clever
Frenchmen at the island of Reunion
have discovered that the fruit of
the wild orange that grows there
has the aroma ofthe coffee berry. AS
it costs less to raise the wild orange
than the regular coffee. naturally
the planters are substituting the
former for the latter, and the gov
ernment even has ordered that q
great part of the highlands on the
island be reserved for the cultivation
of the new bogus coffee. One bright
gleam on the coffee horizon is the
fact that the new berry viii be so
cheap, that it will, if it's culture sue
ceeds, drive out chicory, and as an
adulterant it is said to be much less
vile than that staple coffee cheapen-
err New York Sun.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
Insomnia Is Dangerous.

DR.. Sara B. Chase is a great believ-
er in resting the brain. She said:
People die sooner from brain work
than they do from physical work.
We ought not to be obliged to work
so asto kill ourselves. Wecan stand
a great deal more of physical work if
we have proper conditions oflife than
we can brain work. The brain is q
very peculiar organ, and requires
more attention and care than pre-
haps any other organ of the body.
1t must have plenty ofrest and plenty
of change and recreation. The only
way to rest the brain properly and
thoroughly is by taking sleep. Ifthe
brain becomes overtaxed and weary
through a constant amount of work
and worry it must be rested by hav-
ing an entire change obscene and con-
ditiOn. When the brain has become
wearied the whole body becomes dis
organized, and for a man to be IN
healthy condition his brain must be
strong and clear and active. The
brain is the most active and hard
worked of all the organs of the body,
and great care must be taken that it
is not overtaxed and overburdened.
Students particularly should avoid
studying too hard. Persons who are
troubled with insomnia are in a very
dangerous condition. There are many
who obtain only two or three hours
sleepina night and yet feel comparat-
lively well and free from pain. They
will however, break down very sudden
ly. This is caused very often by their
nerves not being in healthy condi-
ton, and unless attended to at once
may develop into insanity.-New
York Mail and Express.