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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
AS To Assessments.

The new editor of the Atchison Pat
riot has just immigrated from Ohio to
Kansas, and in the following remarks
on the plan of assessing property in his
adopted state he hits the nail squarely
on the head:
kansas people have been told of
their one great fault in the matter Of
assessments and taxation very many
times and doubtless know it. But it
occurs to us who have just cast our lot
with you that it is proper for us to re-
mind you of it again. Tie Kansas idea
of low valuations and high percentages
has done the state irveparible in
jury. 1t has kept many and many Il
manufactory from the state, many and
many a capitalist, many ard many a
sturdy farmer. People east and people
in the great Mississippi valley read the
figures that tell the story of your wealth
and your taxation, not knowing as you
do that they tell d monstrous lie, aud
shun the state because of her fearfully
high rate of taxation. They do not
know that your property is listed at
about one third Of its actual value and
that the rate of taxation is therefore,
though apparently very great. no great
er than that of other states"
The system is wrong and foolish. 1t
should be changed at the first oppOrtu-
nifty, So that property may be assessed
at its actual value. -ParSous Pailad-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
As They "Shot." /"

Yes, Bro. Iownsiey, the old parties
are we'll PLEASED, they are tickled; you
are WOndrouS kind; your thorn i'll the
flesh has been removed. they accomp
lisied the overthrow of the peoples
party by uniting with the men they shot
at, but sure AS there is Il God in heaven
these self same fellows will live to see
the day that they Will realize the fact
that they have made grand mistake
-Pawnee Rock Globe, lpeoples).
The above from d peoples party
paper, published by an old soldier, a
commander of a 6. A. r. post, ought to
open the eyes of democrats who may
still be in the third party movement, as
to the inmost thoughts of some OF the
leaders. Knowing, as Bro. Huls or
any man with his amount of intelli-
gence ought TO know that the democrat
party of Barton county made an honest.
square fight for Il straight democrat
ticket. he still raises that old, worn out
cry against democracy being the party
'atswl lich you shot, Is it all myth,
this thing the peoples party orators have
been telling us about sectional hatred
being buried by their people and no old
war issues being considered? Or have
they been trying to fool the demo
Gratis" in this also as they Dragged that
| they ''foo.ed the democrats last year?'
We are both surprised and dissap-
| pointed in the GluCe We Rad thought
its editor in earnest in his advocacy oi
the Things he has been teaching the
people. Future events may prove that
We have placed a. wrong construction
upon his paragraph above quated: We
Fope they may. a@a .aao
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
Spurious Souvenirs-

DR. LEM, the explorer, has a warn
ing for tourists at Tangier who are eager
to buy Moroccan wares to carry home
as mementoes, says the New York Sun
Two large bazaars are filed with goods
and kept by Jews for the tourist trade
DIR. Lenz says that most of these ar
ticles are made In Paris, where the
business Of manufacturing oriental an
tiquities and art goods is carried on to
a large extent The price asked for
these spurious Moroccan wares is very
high Tourists are advised, II they de-
sire to buy genuine specimens Of Mo-
roccan handiwork, not TO visit these
bazaars in company with native serv-
ants for interpreters, but TO take with
them one of the European merchants
of the town, who can prevent their be-
ing imposed upon
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch
A coat of tar and feathers was ad-
ministered to a Geneseo business man
last week.
The news comes from Pueblo that a
daughter has been born TO Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Curtis.
The Touring mills of Kansas are
shipping a great deal of -four TO Europe
at present.
We are feeling pretty good and we
can't help it. 1t was better and more
of it than we had even expected.
David Eby, formerly residing jus;
east of town, died at Oklahoma City Oh
Sunday, October 10th. He had been
to the new lands and upon returning
was taken sick which ended in death
Z prairie FIRE in the northern part OF
the county Thursday dore. considerable
damage. Mr.. Thorne lost some corn
and number of stacks of hay. Fred
Prindle had team of horses and a SET
of harness burned up. The fire was
not stopped until it reached the Smoky
river.
:. DIzD-On Friday, October 80, 1891,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
PAWNEE ROCK.


From the Globe.
DR.. D. B. Shaut win leave Tuesday
for Durango, Col.
DR.. Koch says that Perry Gates is up
and around again,
DR.. M. l. Daniels moved back to the
old stamping grounds on last Thursday.
DR.. Koch informs US that Albert and
William Depue are sick, Albert with
the typhoid fever and William with the
typhoid maleria.
Pawnee Rock did not vary eight votes
from last years vote. The democrats
held their little own, the republicans
likewise, and the peoples party took
the cake.
From the Leader.
Threshing is about over in this neigh
borhood.
The wild geese are beginning to come
in quite freely.
Rev. Dixon will commence a series of
revival meetings at Pioneer, south side,
Sunday evening, November IS.
Mr.. Robt. Converse has sold his farm,
south side, and moved his family to
Clark county. His wife has a farm
there on which they expect to locate:
We congratulate, with all our heart,
Bro. Joel Miller, of Stafford county, on
his election to the Office of county treas
urer. Alliance though he be. he was
one of their most conservative ones.
Stafford county will not snffer any for
Joers being one of its officers.
Bro. Huls, of the Globe, was so bad
ly ratified this week over the defeat oi
his party that, when he went to the ex-
press Office for his papers he made q
mistake and got ours. The mistake
was not discovered until he had one
side off, SO that tie Leader Will go ou
to our readers with alliance doctrine OF
the inside and the republican victory or
the outside, and Bro. Huls' readers WI
get alliance sympathy on the outside
and good sound republican doctrine OF
It f,f, -I-aszfi-.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

The STANDARD does not have any
disposition To crow over any alliance
voter. 1t is. pleased to know that
the schemers who have brought the al
lance into disrepute are defeated aud
that that defeat was brought abnut by
the democrats they treated SD Shdbbiiy.
When the honest voters of the party
rise up aud unite with the democrats
on tariff referm and other practical
undertakings we vii! wipe the earth up
with all opposition Speed the day
when this will be possible Wellington
Standard a.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
Ensrfsh Couvfces.

The report Of the directors of convict
prisons in England for the year 1890 -'s1,
just issued, shows that the number Of
male convicts received into the convict
prisons under fresh sentences during
the year ended March 81. 1894, was Cos,
besides so with licenses revoked or re-
committed to serve out the period re-
mitted from their former sentences.
The number Of female eonvicts received
into the convict prisons under fresh
sentences during the year ended March
81, 1891, was IS. besides % with licenses
revoked or recommitted TO serve out the
period RENTED from their former SEN
tences The number of sentences of
penal servitude passed by ordinary
courts in England and Wales in 1880
namely. 72e-was lower than in any
previous year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
ELLINwOOD.

From the Advocate
Wheat is looking much better here
than it is in the southern part of the
state. 1t is very dry down there now.
A sister of Melvin Mcbride, of this
city, came in from the east to make her
future home in this city.
Mrs. H. Sprinkler and her little grand
son, Joe, returned from an extended
visit in Illinois, Wednesday morning. =
The wanton workings of the weary
political wireworkers, have waxed warm
waned and will now pass into oblivion.
We are glad to see VIM. Ludwig able
to be around again after having been
laid up SO long with a sprained ankle and
other serious injuries.
One of r. Harolds little boys had
the misfortune to get his hand caught
in the machinery of his fathers engine,
and the result was badly mangled
hand, and the entire loss of three
fingers.
DIED-At her home five miles north
east of this city, on Tuesday morning,
November sd, of Typhoid fever, Minnie
Truo, in the fifteenth year of her life.
Her illness was of a very short dura
ton, having been sick only five or six
days. The bereaved family have the
heartfelt sympathy of large concourse
of friends.
good deal of trading was done for
Bosse and Spencer which we very much
regretted to see, but which unfortunate
ly could not be avoided. Had it not
been for the trading done in this city
the entire democratic ticket would have
been elected. When democrats IN Lakin
township and especially in young Kan
sas City (which is Ellinwood's nom de
plume given it by the republicans be-
cause it is so strongly democratic.) get
to trading they are pretty sure to get
the worst end of the bargain, because
there is never more than forty or fifty
republican votes in the entire township,
so anyone can plainly see that there is
no object in the democrats trading
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
NEIGHB0RHo0D HAPPENINGS.
CLAFLIN.

From the Banner
Several prairie schooners were seen
aoating5eastward the past few days.
preparatory to going into winter quart
ers with s'ma's folks
Mrs. E. H. Grizzell, Alex Giles, G..
w. Norris. Al. Plasket, and J. H. VIII
hanson were elected as the board of
trustees of the first NJ. E. church of
this city.
From the large amount of fruit trees
that have been delivered in this vicinity
the past few days, one would think that
this portion OF Kansas would be fruit
growing country at no distant day.
The peoples party in Barton county
is stronger than it was last year, and
stands good chance to elect the entire
ticket next Tuesday.-Beacon.
Eh? Did you hear anything drop.
brother Armstrong?
The Atchison Globe boasts of beet
that is on exhibition there that is three
feet long, but we can beat such beets
as that. We have them in this country
that are great deal longer than that
and have been on exhibition ali their
lives.
Oh, yes, money is the root of all evil,
but you needn't be backward in coming
forward on that account. We know it,
the universal passport to everything ex-
cept heaven and the universal provider
of everything except happiness, but
you needn't mind that. we'll take our
chances.
The election passed off fairly quie t
in Independent township, and resulted
in the election eff the following township
officers: Trustee, F. Ozenberger, peo-
pies party; treasurer, r. N. Tucker,
democrat; CLERK, Charles McClain, dem
ocrat; constables, VIM. Travis, repub-
ican, and E. ]. Ingersoll, democrat;
road overseers, John Lunz, democrat,
and Phil Grossardt, mixed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
The Size nf Il.

ln the political contest in Kansas in
1880, many democrats felt friendly
toward the alliance part, not because
they endorsed all the principles set
forth in their platform, but because
they Thought that there was an effort
being made to free the state from the
mismanagmsnt of the republican party.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
The Democratic Vote.

State Printer e. H-Snow in speaking
of the election said to reporter: 1.-The
republicans needn t howl about repub-
lican success: it is no such thirg. 1t
is nothing but the democratic vote that
you have caught. The alliance is just
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

WHEN farmers say ''they have no
chance in either of the old parties'
they have wrong idea of the situation
The farmers have demonstrated that
they have wonderful power in the
ba lot and all that remains for them to
do to bring about the legislation they
want is to use that power judiciously.
If every farmer in the great west who
is opposed to the republican policy of
high protection to Infant industries
would make it a point to work in a rea-
sonable way to down the party which
fathers such high protection they would
win their desires beyond any question.
Bat when they go to work and abuse
and malign the democrats who have.
for many years strived for the same
thing, and expect by so doing to get
such democrats to f0rsake all they have
ever striven for and join an untried
move ment. V hat else c"uld he expected
than that the friends of tariff rfduc-
tion should be divided.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

Washington, D. C.. Nov 3, 1891
1t will be great day for high tariff
manufacturers when a five day steamer
cuts through the Atlantic. They won't
have to wait SO long for their imported
workmen.
Gen. Eppa Hunton was mildly jubi-
liant at the Ebbitt Wednesday night
over democratic success. In Vir-
ginia," he said, there was nothing to
stir up interest. Our people had it all
their own way, as the opposition made
no fight worth mentioning. The vote
WAS unusually light. and in my county
the total number Of ballots cast was
less than our customary majority i
think we have done well to elect three
out of four governors, and the outlook
for '92 is brighter than ever. The bat
tie for the presidency next year will be
fought oD the same lines as before, but
we shall not lose New York again. That
statt is just rs essential 20 the democ-
racy as ever. l look to see Mr. Cleve-
land head the national ticket.
Representative Mckinney, of New
Hampshire, says that McKinley's nar-
row margin i'm Ohio is no better than q
defeat, when il is remembered that it
took tbe whole republican party. in
Guiding Secretary Foster and Ex-
Speaker Reed. to accomplish the result.
The result IN Massachusetts is TO him
matter for great joy and he predicts
glorious things for the democrats in
New England in the future. He saws
that Cleveland will, without doubt, be
the nominee, and he gees further. even
than this, for he says that Cleveland
will have the four electoral votes Of
New Hampshire, fourteen from Massa-
chusetts, four from Rhode Island, and
SIX from Connecticut twenty eight in
ALL
In Ohio the republicans put forth
their strongest possible candidate
| Maj. Mckinley, with his name attached
to the recent tariff act, is the pre- emf
nent exponent of high protection, sthe
policy To which his party is chiefly
committed. Representing tie idea, he
received support from outside sources
that would not nave been given 10 any
other candidate in state fight. His
personal character is unasSailable. and
he had No bitter enemies to fight With
all those advantages he only secured
his election by a narrow majOrity-SO
narrow that, Instead of boasting, his
friends should feel humiiiafed. The
drm.cI aey will never be discouraged
Tuesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

Samuel Caesar Degen. the six weeks old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Degen. The
life of the little one had been despaired
of almost since its birth, but few days
previous to its death hopes were enter
tanned that it would recover. The peo-
pie of Hoisington sympathize with the
parents In their bereavement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

MCKINLEY bought bis. way into the
Governor's clair this year. His cleo
tion is not an endorsement of protec-
ton. Even with the million dollar
slush fund ne did't get a majority of
the votes cast--only a plarality.-Pao'a
Spirit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
REFLECTION

REFLECTION
Why do We court this life of woe?
Why do we dread from it to go? Why
do we love these dreary years, these
days of gnawing woes, and fears, with
breaking hearts and falling tears?
CONVICTION.
Death has a realm of rest and sleep:
no sobs are there from those who weep,
no breaking hearts or streaming eyes,
no CALLING toll, despairing sighs; no
winter blasts or sullen skies.
CONTEMPLATION.
And why not seek that silent shore,
where human wailings are no more?
Why struggle on in grinding chains.
when we can fly to where rest reignsP
Why suffer all these earthly pains?
DETERMINATION.
Aha! l know potent draught, !,
which will, when it I've gaily quaff'd,
bring to this form a sweet repOse, drive
from this heart its 'sordid woes, and
bring life to gentle close.
PREPARATION.
gaze upon its murky hue-farewell,
. skies of smiling blue; farewell, 0
earth, farewell to thee! To towering
mount and roaring sea, to meadow,
and to wind-swept lea.
ACTION.
take ito thou Xondrous drink! I
seem to stand upon the brink, already
of the yawning grave. see the mists
DER Jordan wave; no human hand this
life can save.
All. all is dark; slow is my breath; /
gasp-I freeze say, is this death?
What are these wondrous lights that
shine? Whose are those faces, soft,
divine? These velvet hands that 'round
me twine?
DELIRIUM.
The scene has changed. Black forms
are here, and tawny faces now are near:
long, bony hands reach out for me, foul
mouths and flaming eyes l see-and
this is death-O, can it be?
TERROR.
There are no voices in the air, but
silence. silence everywhere; no forms
are longer by my side, caressing, stern,
OF evil eyed-and can it be that 1 have
diedp
CONVALESCENT.
What mean these dark and rusty
bars, through which l see the smiling
stars? What means this dull and dis
NAL pain that reaches to my very brain? ?
Say, am back ON earth again?
RECOVERY.
lear the traffic on the streets; lie
with twenty other beats; my head is
swollen to a size, to agitate a corpse IS
eyes, or resurrect it with surprise.
CONCLUSION.
The frowning judge looks down on
me; no pity in his eyes 1 see: ''last
night the duce you tried to raise, you
fioundered i'll the glddy maze: an X,''
he said, ''or thirty days. ALI
Mason
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

STATE PRINTER Snow speaks of tie
democrats as a .'prostituted band of
fodder hunters This is in return for
the support the democratic members of
the legislature gave Snow last. winter.
*. G. Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

/ LOTS OF the boys VINO left the dem-
onratic party last year and ''burned
their bridges behind them" were plucky
enough ta swim back in 81, and in 80
there will be many more in the sWim.'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12

The frowning judge looks down on
me; no pity in his eyes 1 see: ''last
night the duce you tried to raise, you
floundered i'll the glddy maze: an X,''
he said, ''or thirty days. all
Mason
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, D. c.. Nov 9, 1891
1t viii be great dag for high tariff
manufacturers when five day steamer
cuts through the Atlantic. They won't
have to wait SO long for their imported
workmen.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-24
JOTTlNGS ABOUT TOWN.

There will he a special meeting of the
Builders and Manufacturing Exchange this
evening.
John w. Eddy and r. s. A. Biokell have
secured handsome quarters in the Board OF
Trade rooms
Secretary Walker, of the Board Of Trade,
is busy sending out receipts to ember fol
the third quarters due.
There will be music at the Hotel Broad
water this evening, n every evening dur
ing the remainder of the season.
The Jewish Sabbath school will hold
their annual picnic Sunday, July Goth, at
Montana Central depot at $50 a. m. sharp.
The men doing the excavating on the
John II. Watson ground on Main street,
yesterday found n good sized gold nugget.
The dirt taken out il said to be quite rich
A, A. Campbell and II. Rosenzweig came
in from the west side Yesterday. The gentle
men brought some very elegant flowers, the
compliments Of the lady friends of The
INDEPENDENT, the receipt of which Is thank
fully acknowledged.
c. w. Cannon and his son Willie had
just alighted from their buggy on sChancer
street yesterday when the horse took fright
and ran off. At the corner of broadway the
buggy struck the telegraph pole, breaking
the singletree and letting the horse loose
from the rig. The animal was caught on
the way to the stable.
Information has been received here that
the postofice at Minidoka, Idaho. was en-
tered on July II, and all the stamped en-
velopes and postal cards torn up. Robbery
was not the object, rs none of the money or
stamps were stolen. 1t is supposed to be
the work of some one who had a grudge
against the postmaster. Two arrests have
been made.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-24
h Horr Coal MiCes.

J.H. Conrad, president Of the Horr Coal
and Coking company, is in town, SAYS the
1nter-hountain. He says the company re-
gently struck a new vein of coal and that
the mine is opened up 5000 feet, thus I'M.
covering a supply of coal that cannot be
exhausted IN years. w are producing
more coke than we can sell at present., said
Mr.. Conrad, land it is as fine Il quality as
can be turned out anywhere. Butte, Castle
and Helena are the principal markets. We
have forty ovens running with a daily ca
pacity of fifty tons. We shall add sixty
more oysns soon which will give US a daily
capacity of $50 tons. No, ! don'tknow any
thing of ths Castle railroad. AS to the re-
ported sale of the Cora mine you Can state
that there is nothing in it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-24
THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
In the Grand Spectacle, The Bottom of
the Sea.

In the Grand Spectacle, The Bottom OF
the Sea.
The old poem of the Oliver" forgotten
years ago, comes back again, and nothing
too fearful would be a surprise. MOTTO all
the jewels the greatest of the moguls ever
possessed would we venture into those wa
terry depths, and we watch with curious
eyes the figure of a diver coming down into
that gruesome place.
He wears a complete rubber suit. There
is a big helmet on his head, and all electric
light sends it's flashes before him.
He steps along carefully, feeling his way
as he goes.
There is a high rock before him, on top
of which is apparently a big submarine
plant, set in motion by the almost imper-
ceptible undulation of the water.
The diver steps toward it, when it sud
denly springs into horrible life, and its ter
rible tentacles weave themselves about him.
The spectacle is very real.
There is a very clever representation of
the giant cutie fish; the huge poulp of the
| tropic seas, and fighting it is Il man clothed
in a Divers dress.
The tentacles wave through the water and
fasten themselves on the rubber suit, only
to be beaten and cut off by the men, until
at last the horror sinks into death behind
the big boulder.
1t is a realistic representation of what
would be the most terrible of submarine
adventures.
This stupepdous e~ffort.of stage mechan
ism will appear at Mings opera house July
30 and 81.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-24
PERSONAL.

Hon. L. L. Collins returned to Great Falls
yesterday.
Charles f.. Severance, of Okla, is registered
at The Helena.
w. A. Haven returned yesterday from his
trip to the south and east.
Mr.. L. G. Maclay, of Great Falls, we'll
known to all old Montanians, was in the
city yesterday.
DR.. Beach. Il brother of Hon. Elizur
Beach. is in the city from the east, paying
his brother a visit.
John Potter. the banker of White Sulphur
Springs, and Hon. Will kennedy, of Boul-
der, are at The Helena.
Morris Sands, who has been confined to
his house with mountain fever, is much
better, but still unable to attend to bust
ness.
H. +. Band, assistant superintendent of
the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance com pany,
is in Helena in the interests Of his COM
pany. He has his headquarters with w. b
Richards q Co.
Mrs. Lee w. Foster, of Butte, is in Helena
for a few days, the guest OF Mrs. d. H.
Weston. Mrs, Foster is stopping over on
her return from the grand tour of Europe,
Egypt and Asia Minor.