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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
hollands LIGHT SENTENCE.
He Gets Two Xesrs for Stealing
$4,000 OF nHTssouri,s Moncv

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, July I3.--The
jury in the case of ex State Treasurer
holland, Tor embezzling $50, eco of the
States money, this morning returned a
verdict of guilty. holland Is sem
fenced to two years in the penitentiary
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
garillas Preparfn9 for Flight.

CITY OF MEXICO, July I3.-Guate.
malan kilograms received by merchants
here say that President BariIlas Is pre-
pairing for flight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
REJECTED AT LAST,
Forsyth Will Not be Chief of Hortic ulture
al the Worlds Fair

CHICAGO, July 13.-The nomination Of
VIM. Forsyth, one of the California
worlds fair commissioners, to be chief Of
the horticultural department of the
worlds fair, was finally rejected today by
the board of reference and control.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
English CoIlfery Wrecked by Fire.

LONDON, July 13.-The West stanley
colliery, near Durham, was wrecked by
fire to-day. The loss is over 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
SAID 10 BE HANKER.

Rumor Concerning the SUPPLEMENTARY
| of the Northern Hospital
| OSHKOSH, Wis, July 13.-lG is report
ed from an authoritative source that AS
sistant Physician Tanker, of Milwaukee,
will succeed DR.. Booth as superinten-
dent of the Northern Hospital for the In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
AFTER TIMBER THIEVES

United States Marshal in Ashland to Make
Arrests.
MINNEAPoLIs, July ia Tribune
special from Ashland says: A United
States marshal from Madison is in that city
with large number of warrants for the
arrest of parties who have cut timber on
government lands.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Franklin's Famous Toast.

Ben Franklin was dining with a
small party of distinguished gentlemen,
when one of them said: Here are three
natiOnalities represented; 1 am French,
and my friend there is English. and
Mr.. Franklin is an American. Let
each one propose toast"
1t was agreed to-. and the English
mans turn came first. He arose, and,
in the tone of Briton bold, said,
Heres to Great Britain, the sun that
gave light to all nations of the earth.''
The Frenchman was rather taken
back at this, but he proposed: Here's
to France. the moon whose magic rays
move the tides of the wOrld.,'
Ben then arose, with an air of quaint
modesty, and said. Here's to George
Washington, the Joshua Of America,
who commanded the sun and moon to
stand still and they stood still. -
Household.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19


A WRITER in London Truth says be
once asked an American general how
he obtained his title. He replied that
it was in the flour trade, where he had
been general miller. Another Amer
lean, judge, upon being asked
whether he was judge of United
States court or of a state court, answer
ed, Neither. I have been several
times judge of a horse race" For
eigners make themselves very merry
over the American fondness for titles,
but there is little to choose, after all,
between the domestic and foreign
article. An investigation of the origin
of the foreign titles will show that
most of them were earned by some
scoundrelly act of robbery or depraved
service to the king on the part of re-
mote ancestor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Ia Il So Rad?

The Los Angeles, (Cal.) Times
trenchantly describes the social condi-
tions as follows: I'VE are fond of
boasting about the superiority of social
conditions in the New World over those
which prevail in the Old. Are they so
much superior? There have been 1850
foreclosures of farm mortgages in Kan
sas during the past six months. In the
city of New York there are over
10000 people who earn less than so
cents a day. Thousands of this num-
Der are poor girls, who work from
eleven to sixteen hours a day. Last
year there we're over $4,000 families
forcibly evicted in that city, owing to
inability to pay their rent. One person
in every ten who died in New York in
1889 was buried in the Potter's Field.
Let us cease deceiving ourselves. and
admit that like causes everywhere pro-
duce like effectS-that the cOncentra-
tion of great wealth in the hands of a
few who seek to increase it, breeds
misery az readily in a republic as it does
in monarchy, and that it is nothing
but the existence of our wide stretches
of virgin soil. open to the people
rapidly disappearing-wh has hither-
to kept the poor of the United States
less abject than are the poor of
Europe"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
The Concert and Lecture.

On Tuesday evening the Catholic
church Of this city was filled with an
appreciative audience to listen to the
lecture delivered by Father Kelley
and the sacred concert rendered by
our best home talent.
Part first consisted Of an organ
voluntary by Miss Wilson of the c. N.
g.; a soprano solo "Salva Regina" by
that pleasing young lady Miss Etka
Caro-, and Duet, be Sanctissima"
by Misses Agnes Dalziel and Pauline
Wilmer.
Father Kelley followed in an
address that was full Of advanced
thought, pleasing "reminiscences aud
christian logic such as is seldom heard
from Great Bend pulpit. He
proved himself an exceedingly pleas
ant speaker, and handled his subject
st. Patrick, and the condition Of Ire
land in very able way.
Part third consisted of a soprano
solo, "Oratorio of the Creation" by
Mrs. G. H. Flanley; quartette
protect US Through the Coming
Night" by Misses Wilmer and Dial
| ziel and Messrs. Walker and Glenn
The musical part of the evening
entertainment was under the direction
Of Mrs. Flanley, and the marked sue
cess of the same is another evidence 0
that lady's thorough musical talent.
We have not learned what we're TIL
receipts of the evening. but as tn
church was filled to it's fullest seatins
capacity the receipts must have bee
satisfactory.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
WANTED.
CONSUMPTION Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice. having
had placed in his hands by East India missionary
the formula of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and
all throat and lung affections. also a
positive and radical for Nervous DEBILITY
nd all nervous complaints. after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands OF cases,
has felt it his duty to make known his suffering
fellows. Actuated by this motive and desire to
relieve human suffering will send free OF charg-
all who desire it, this recipe in German, French,
or English, with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp.
naming this paper. w. A. Noyes so Powers
Block, Rochester, n. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
From Easton, Illinois.

e DIToR DEMOCRAT, Great Bend, Kans
DEAH SIR:-As 1 was naturalized
citizen of Claflin, Kansas, for three or
four years am interested in the pros
perity of the people of Claflin and Bar
ton generally. l left Kansas last Sep
TENDER. Since then / have been scam
ing the columns of your paper closely
ward offered for me. therefore am not
afraid to speak out loud and tell where
1 am.
Well, I'm here; that is, in the demo-
ity. In reading your paper l see you
have correspondent that / never had
the pleasure of meeting, and l don't
just like the tone of his items for
think he m1srepresents Claflin when he
says they have open saloons. With one
or two exceptions found the people of
Clafiln to be strictly law abiding citi-
zens. 1 think your correspondent has
been republican and lived at Great
Bend. in some nnfrequented place,
probably at Caraway's headquarters.
He was an Office aspirant, and has been
in one of Caraway's mOuth-fighting con-
yentions where they divided. He was
in the minority, and. according to Car
Reed, the minority has no right to he
heard, therefore he got no Office, which
made him turn mugwump.
l heard Ex-Governor St. John speak
at Springfield recently; he said prohi.
bition was success in Kansas; he also
said MOrtOn'S saloon at Washington
is success. 1 differ with St. John in
regard to prohibition in Kansas.
The cannons are booming in al
directions, in honor of Gen. Palmer'e
election to the U. S. senate.
This morning [ was scratching in the
lower extremity of my breeches pocket
for Tobacco and found $1.51; in order tt
get value received l will enclose it tt
pay for the DEMOCRAT another year
You will wonder why send the extrs
one cent; you see democratic stock is
little above par here-its 1O1. See?
Yours Truly,
r. b. HAWTHORNE,
Easton, Illinois
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Oln1its Notes.

From "P. H. j."
e. r. Livesay contemplates taking
another term at the G. n. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Meyer were visit
ing your scribe the last of the week.
George Durand and Frank Georges
were visiting Mr.. Pilkington and family
Sunday.
Our genial assessor, Mr.. Adolph
Hampel, was making his rounds the
first part of the week.
Mr.. Karl Kreisel has put in another
set of rollers and is prepared to turn out
No. troller process) flour.
Mrs. Wigton returned Tuesday
accompanied by her son, daughter and
niece, from Greenwood county.
Miss Augusta Bittner. daughter of
Mr.. F. Bittner, of Grant township, is
attending the Central Normal College.
Geo. Strobel, of Great Bend, was
around the last of the week taking de-
scriptions of saleable lands in the
county.
Mr.. Stevens and family. nephew of
our justice, Mr.. Silas Speck. arrived
from Gearney county, Ohio. Mr..
Stevens takes possession of the Woolly
farm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Humphrey and Felt Justly Scored.


A correspondent from Finney county
writing to the Hutchinson News Of the
18th, expresses the sentiments Of the
people of central and western Kansas
in the following:
Governor Humphrey and Lieut..
Gov. Felt have been interviewed by
that veteran vOracious newspaper
romancer, Cath" Among them they
get up string of gross libels and false
hoods about western Kansas, and es-
pecially the west 15O or 200 miles. ;
According to his report, published in
the Boston, Mass, Daily Herald, they
told him that the west 200 miles of the
state is dried up desert, hopeless OF
future reclamation. They have for
gotten to remember when the eastern
part of the state was ''drouthy Kansas y
the dwellers in which yearly appealed
for aid from outsiders in other states
much more piteously than any of the
present calls from this region. The
first settlers of all new countries are
usually improvident and poor financiers
and managers, without any particular
faults of theirs. If our governors will
look into the state agricultural report
for September 1880, page 81, they will
find the statement of DIR. Guess, from
much slandered Garfield county, which
gives yield of 1920 bushels of frs,
| I
year. giving yearly profit of 81 pei
cent. on the investment. Is it probable
that there is any ''desert" about such &
country?
Just now Kansas is in the SOUP
enough without being made still worse
by the FALsEHOODs of big state officials
who ought to draw their pay to be il
better business The treatment tn
western half of the state receives from
the eastern part, who twenty years ag
were in no better fix themselves, i
simply inexcusable.'
The DEMOCRAT would add, that
there were not so many political liar
hoisted to the front by the republican
party in the past, and thus placed in
position to lrreparably injure Kansa
by sending out all sorts of groundles
reports for political effect only, GU
reputation as state would never hav
gained its present unsavory name. Ii
, the honest voters of Kansas expires
, what they want, and select the me
, they want for office, instead of leavin
such matters to the sole managemeI
! of the old gang Of republican manas
ers who are now responsible for all tn
: ills our people complain Of.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

g. II. Taylor, Of the south side, re-
turned last Saturday morning from a
FIVE weeks visit to relatives in Illinois.
He was in Morgan and Sangamore
counties; says that land values are
high; rents from 81 to 81 per acre,
cash; that most of the land is owned
by few men and consequently the
majority IF farmers are renters, and
are hard up and lacking in ambition.
As to their opinion of Kansas, he
learned that the papers in that state,
and throughout the east, took the sit
uation In the extreme western counties
OF Kansas as representing the entire
state, and they therefore think Kan
sas IS hard state. Mr.. Taylor thinks
that if Kansas makes q proper show
ing In the Worlds Fair the eastern
people will begin to understand that
our state has been greatly lied about.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Will They Do It?

Will Tney do LIZ
EDITOR DEMOCRAT:
Please allow me few lines in your
valuable paper.
''GREETING.''
That is the caption word in the ed:-
torial of the Great Bend Register of
March 9Th. It IS -brief, short, specific,
and sympathetic in its contents. Now
brothers. while / have read the con-
tents of the Register for years in this
county, have yet to read an editorial
that is SO impairment as to ask the citi-
Zens of this county to help to support
county paper that has abused every
other party that has sprung up, besides
his OVID, since that editor took posses
sion of it. Now brothers, the election
of last fail is over and past, and all the
abuse that was used against the farm
ers and laboliGg men. OF peoples party
is forgotten. At least let it be forgot
ten anyway. and come up like honest
citizens and help to swell the subscrip-
ton list of the paper called 1.-The old
Reliable Tor Register). Pay $500 Il
year, boys, for the paper to abuse your
party. 1t is ''reliable'' for mistakes
and errors that the editor may make.
And why not patronize it? Ask the
editor to patronize your views and see
! the result. | think when he appeals to
you as citizens of this county as he does
in the issue Of March 9Th, it behooves
us whether farmers, mechanics, labor
ers or merchants to stand by him until
the next attack is made (Which if you
keep posted as well as ], do, will be this
coming fall.
| The editor says, Aid us.'' I should
say SO! Aid him to down the ma ority
and help the poor minority. Is
there anything absurd in that? Go
and advise with him when in the city.
brothers. and he (the Il amy will tell
you when you are In the soup, and how
to get out by subscribing for the "old
reliable" He wants it to be- united
fight That is just what it is if he
will look at his subscription list now
and when he became the editor one
year ago. His enemies,'' as be calls
them-the majority which was up tt
last fall staunch republicans and sub
scribers are the ones that have refused
to patrOniZe his paper since that time
And l think when this month has
closed that be will be minus few
more.
He beasts by saying that he has ''suc
ceeded in keeping them all mad" Th
editor was not at all mad though, tn,
way the election went. He took his med
icine all the same and will have to again
Insts ad of his subscription list increas
better; use your own judgement an
2 don't be led astray in that way. LIE
: him see that you can get him 'mad' il
the course of another year and sc
where his subscription list is then. Kee
courage. boys; it is beginning to hurt
and persevere. as perseverance is tn
secret of success; and you will down th
|, greatest enemy against the party yo
have in the county.
[ presume when the editor of til
b Register reads this will be an ''anarcl
v ist," communist; or ''nihilist," {
L some other list Hoping each men
S Der will take up subscription to kee
s the editors flesh still up. and gainin,
y l am yours for the cause,
T. p. H. J.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
First published March 10, 1871
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Kansas,
Barton County,
{. ". Lewis,


E. ". Lewis,
Edward Pertz and Cecil Pertz.
his wife, J. V. Brinkma
Smith & Woodward, W. III. III.
Keeney :. c. Smith. J. F.
Limerick & Co, the St. john
Il Marsh Co., O. V Dodge &
Co.
BY virtue of an order OF sale issued out Of the
Barton District Court sitting in and for said Barton
county in the above entitled action and to di-
rected, will Monday the Both day of April, A.
D. 1891, O'Clock the afternoon of said day, at
the west front door of the Court House in said
county, offer sale public auction and sell sub
ject to a lien OF a certain mortgage eXecu'ed to
the payment OF $500 and interest Their frfn
the first day OF February. 1889, land record in
Vol. l. at page 6,. in the office of he Register of
Deeds of said Barton Count without apprais ment
the highest and best b oder for cash hand to
satisfy said order sale, ali the right, title and in
ferest whatsoever of the above named defendants,
and each The m, ann al persons claim Bg under
them and to the following described tract, piece,
and parcel OF land ing and situate in said county
of Barton, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of section twentyone CID,
township sixteen t16;. range thirteen (13, west Of
the 9th Z. NJ, cont lining one hundred and sixty
ti60) less together with all and singu-
lar the ieD-meDts beEeditame Is and app1rfenances
thereunto belonging CT in snywsse appertainiDg.
Given under nay hand at my office in he city of
Gaeat Ben. ii said county, this 18th day of March.
1884,
Ed WILSON. Sheriff. >.
GEO. j. BARKEE, AxD ELDcK c. Co.'s.
61a. Attorneys toe etiine6.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

A STRAW which may be regarded as
significant of the republican presidential
situation is the publication by the
Helena Herald of the preference of the
thirty-three republican members of the
Montana legislature. Thirty-two of
them declare in favor of Blaine and only
eone for Harrison. Little Ben has prob
ably got lost in his grand-pa's hat
Larned Eagle-Optic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

THREE cheers for the solid 1O1 OF
Illinois. and for United States Senator
John M. Palmer! Streeter was willing
to sell his soul to the republicans for
mess of senatorial pottage, but he only
got one vote, and a very cranky one at
that.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

IF THERE are no joints or saloons in
the city, as some people persist in say
ing, will some person please inform us
why so many wagons are engaged on
the streets in hauling beer? They GER
tainly don't do it for amusement
WyandOtte Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

A NUMBER of farmers living in the
eastern part Of Sumner county will
fertiliZe their wheat with salt this
spring. Salt can be obtained for So 6O
per ton for fertilizing if the buyer will
sign a contract that it will be used for
that purpose.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

THE Democrat does not see how the
peoples party can 60 back on resubmis-
sion-in other words to refuse to trust
the PEOPLE with any issue. To take a
position so violently inconsistent would
be sheer suicide tor any party claiming
to be the party of the people. Topeka
Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

The council has instructed a COM
mittee to purchase an electric FIRE ALAN
to connect the hose house with the
engineers oaiee ct The water works.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

VIM. r. Smith returned to New
York. Saturday, feeling very well sat.
isfed with the situation in Kansas, and
the condition of his property interests
in Barton county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

IN 1889 a change was effected by the
government of Hungary whereby the
fare on railroads under governmental
control was reduced to one-fifth OF the
former rates. Predictions were freely
offered that tie step would result in
disaster, but according to figures now
at hand the opposite seems to be the
case. Where 225, 900 passengers were
carried under the old rate there were
4,357 $50 under the new. At the same
time there has been no material
increase in the operating expenses.
Hundreds of thousands Of the
people OF Hungary have thus
been allowed to break away
from their social restrictions and
limitations and see the world
outside of the little realm where they
we're born and where they were chained
down from birth to old age because
they could not afford to travel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

THE republican administration loves
the old soldier. Its orators have said
SO from the stump and from comfort
able and we'll paid berths at Washing
ton. Still it is hard to fully credit their
campaign statements when it is known
that three old veterans, respected and
honored, after weeks of incessant
solicitation, we're cast aside to make a
this city.-Wellington Standard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
Ont Of Sorts.

That is something is wrong with the baby bit
can't tell just what il is. All mothers recog-
nize the term by the lassitude weakness. loss of
appetite in clinaion to sleep heavy breathing and
lack of interest shown by baby These the
symptoms of sickness. Ii may be fever. congestion
worms. Group, dphtheria, scarlatina- Do not
lose minute Give the child Castoria- 1t Will
start the digestive organs into OPERATION open the
pores of the skin, carry of the fetid matter, and
drive away the threatened sickness.
Gentlemen
Il notice that you have made MeSsrs- EIlieott
Bros, of Sidney, Australian agents Castor
ia When travelling ia America last year. my little
sick The Chicago phi ysician upon whom 1 called,
recommended me to use Castoria. From the day
commenced its use my child grew better and soon
regained his usual health, procured a dozen bot
ties of Castoria: have used some and given some
away. 1t is prompt and good remedy
Very Respectfully,
, MES EvANSON.
Clarence, Australia.
:O,52
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

NOTICE.-The several committees
from the diff rent Masonic branches,
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, and
Accent Order of United Work men, ap-
pointed to confer as to reunion of
benevolent societies of this city, will
meet at the office of Mayor O. B. Will
son on Saturday evening. March u,
to organize and make necessary
arrangements. Let all attend.
MInstreiS at the Grand next
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19
ICEi ICEI ICE!

1t will pay any business man to call
and examine the envelopes we are
printing for 50 SO thousand
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

In OUR Geographic news will be
found an account of the terrible ven
geance of a mob in New Orleans, where
eleven Italians, charged with assasslna-
tion were summarily dealt with. The
daily press is full of conjectures as to
what will be the final outcome of the
that the victims fully deserved the pun
ishment they got. There are all sorts
of threats made by Italians throughout
the United States, some of them going
so far as to say that Italy will wage
war with us if proper reparation is not
made by the United States.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-19

EDITOR DEMOCRATS:
Please allow me few lines in your
valuable paper.