Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15
Miscellaneous.

miscellaneous.
The aged mother of Congressman
Morrill, died recently in Maine.
A heavy snow fell in most parts of
Kansas on the Sth. Farmers claim that
it has much improved the crop pros
poets.
Mrs. John J. ingalls,, who is at home
in Atchison, denies that she gave the
New York Sun the interview credited
to her as had in Washington. She states
that she has not been in Washington
since last May.
The wife of John Brooks, a farmer
living near Russell Springs. recently at
tempted. in the absence of her husband,
to reach neighbor's, and was found at
ter the blizzard insensible and frost-blt-
ten. The babe she carried in her arms
was frozen to death.
At the recent convention of the State
Teachers Association at Topeka, $50
worth of books was given to the county
showing the greatest average attend
ance at the annual meeting of the assO-
citation, considering the distance from
Topeka. The prize was secured by
Russell County.
At 10 o'clock the other night as
Deputy Sheriff Allen was returning a
prisoner to jail from the district court
at Fort Scott the prisoners in the jail,
as soon as Allen entered, dashed out his
light and fred two shots from revOl-
yer, both taking effect in Aliens left
arm. Allen stood at the door and
emptied his revolver among the eight
men who attacked him. One of the
prisoners, John Harper, in for burglary,
was dangerously wounded. None of
the gang escaped
The receipts of the penitentiary for
the month of December were 50, 613. -,
of which s.. $50 was from convict labor,
"a, $50 for coal sales, SS12 for boarding
United States civil prisoners and S1S7
for boarding United States military
| prisoners. The expenses of the
institution for the month were S14,-
| 334.16, of which 81, 564.76 was for
| salaries, So, 626.O1 for boarding of pris-
oners, 50, 525 for royalty on coal, S737.7O
for earnings of convicts and S509.55 for
tobacco furnished to conv1cts.
On December 81 Charles, Johnny and
| Birdie Bell attended watch meeting
at the Wilson school house in Pratt
County, and started for home, about
two and a half miles, when blizzard
| UucI1. DeCdLc IOSG duu
wandered till near morning, when they
found till next day Charles, aged
| 81 years, was found on top of the drift
frozen to death: Johnny, aged 10, was
buried in the drift, dead, and Birdie, is
years old, was alive and able to tell the
story of their wanderings, but it was
feared could not live
| I,
tary Mohler, of the Agricultural De-
| partment, from correspondents in near
ly every county in Kansas showing that
the winter wheat crop is in a fine condi-
ton. The heavy snow of the past week
came just in the right time, and Secre-
tary Moh1er believes it has improved the
condition of the crop twenty per cent.
In Western Kansas there was danger Of
damage by the Hessian fly, but the Sec
rotary says that the late excessive pre-
cipitation of moisture saves the crop
from the ravages of the fly.
fearful story comes from the north
ern part of Rocks County to the effect
that five years ago John Clifton died
and left his widow with five children to
carry on the fight for bread. Year after
year the crops failed This year fin
ished the fight, and when the recent
blizzard came it found the house with
neither fuel nor food. The house was
four miles from the nearest neighbor,
and in recently passing the house a
neighbor, seeing no sign of life, entered
when he found the dead bodies of Mrs.
Clifton and three of her children. while
the other two were in the last agonies
of death.
At the late annual meeting Of the
National Farmers Alliance plan OF
organizing Congressional District Al
liances to act as adjuncts of the State
Alliance was decided upon In order te
comply with this arrangement President
McGrath, of the Kansas Alliance, ha:
recommended the calling of Alliance
conventions in the several Congression-
al districts of Kansas as follows: FRS
Congressional district, Valley Falls
January IL; Second district, Ottawa
: January %; Third district, Cherryvale
: January II; Fourth district, Emporia
January II; Fifth district, Clay Center
January II; Sixth district, Stockton
? February Z: Seventh district Hutchin
: son. January 81.
The report of the State School Super
4 intendent shows that there were 1900
: less school children in Kansas in 1S9
= | IMAM IN 1889. anu CIldt fVO 1CSS tSoSiiSi
f were employed The value of schoo
e property has increased about $1,000, O0
and the bonded Indebtedness of tn
9 schools has been decreased from 81 .003,
f s6S to S497, SO4.
f Suit was begun in the district cour
$ at Arkansas City recently by the count
B attorney against the Arkansas Cit
. Water Company, in behalf of the State
asking that the charter and franchise
of the company be forfeited Numer
Gus charges of fraud and bribery ar
a made in the petition.
q A recent fire at Ochiltree destroye
Q the post-office and store adjoining.
O l.. 81. Corse, the Alliance exchang
+ agent at Lawrence, is reported to b
}. short. Farmers who shipped their pro
d duce to him are said to be out seyers
l. thousand dollars.
A fire McLouth the other mornin
5 DESTROYED the double stone building o.
p cupied by C. T. Stark as general stor
+ and T. w. Burk as q harness shop. III
l. loss was over $1,000, with about 81.
# insurance.
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