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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
A Gard.

ALBEIT, kA,zs-, Nov -, 1891
To the roters of Walnut tosrasItip and all
readers of the DEMOCRAT:
Since my recall is published, make i.
use of the privilege to explain bow I
made an error IN the statements against
j. f. Mauler. By looking over the as
sessment roll missed the first page TO
look at the assessment Of my own land,
then I looked for sections eight, six and
FIVE on first page and by not looking at
the top of column again did not see the
mistake made there, namely: The total
assessments are entered in the wrong
columns; through this mistake in the
assessment roll 1 enormously copied
the improvement assessment of 1890
and total assessment of 1SSS, because
the latter stands in the column where
the assessment of 1890 should be.
Through this mistake again l had
difference of $50 between two quarters
where there actually is no difference;
then had difference of % cents per
acre between two quarters where there
is only cents difference per acre.
JOHN SCHNEIDER. JR.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
CLAFLIN.

From the Banner.
Mrs. H. Cannon and children left for
Sedalia, Mo-, where they viii spend the
holidays with friends.
Lew Norris will start east on Monday
next for a two months visit with old
friends In Missouri and Iowa. He will
make the trip overland and return by
rail.
Hon. S. J. Day. of Great Bend. will
speak at the Claf1in public school house
Sunday, December 9th, at II O'Clock a.
M, and in all probability, in the even
ing of the same day.
Bro. Huls, of the Globe, talks of en-
larging his sheet; but to us, judging
from the appearance of his paper, il
would resemble very much a frontier
city-a large survey but poorly settled.
The boys report good time at the
wedding festivities of Mr.. Deutsche OIL
Tuesday last. They say he did himself
proud. Here's to him and his bride,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
ALBERT.

From "Spunk.'
The foundation for the parsonage was
laid the first of this week.
Mr.. ]. Brash, of Iowa, arrived here
Monday last to reside permanently.
The Thanksgiving dinner last Thurs
day netted the Ladies Aid society
SIG. so.
Mr.. c. F. Hayes and the children
took dinner with Grandpa Mitcheil's.
Thanksgiving.
Misses Bertha and Edith Crummack,
of Great Bend, visited their sister Anna
at this place Friday last.
John Campbell visited Great Bend
SATURDAY last and attended revival
meeting at No. z3, Sunday evening.
Dave Smith and Warren Wilkinson
accompanied by their ..best girls" at
tended services at No. IS Sunday night
last.
Relatives of c. L. Archer s,who have
been visiting them for some time past,
left Thursday last for their home In
Oregon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
Clicks Political Prophesies.

Ex-Governor Click of Kansas says
the silver question will be disposed Of
by congress this winter. A free COIN
age bill will pass both houses and be
sent to President Harrison for approv-
al. Harrison will reject 1t. tut will
Indicate that ne Will sign u bill that
provides for lhe TREE Coinage of Amer-
ican silver only. This will be accepta-
bic to the free coinage men. aud the
bill will be modified accordingly. In
this form it will become q law, aud lit
tie will be heard Of the question next
year. Mr.. Click thinks Harrison does
not want to sign silver bill in any
form, but he dare not offend the west
ern republicans, and he will be glad to
make this sort Of \ compromise. The
question will be touched upon mildly
by both national conventions. but the
great question ID be brought before the
people will be the tariff. Mr.. Click
thinks Cleveland will be the democrat
ic nominee; and that with q good plat
form he will carry not only the states
he carried in 1854. but some Of the
western states that have heretofore
been reliably republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
DUBUQUE.

From "Germania-"
Hay is plentiful, and stock is still
getting pretty good pasturage.
The weather is little dry for US up
here; the wheat needs rain or snow.
Valentine Kramer is arranging to visit
a sister In Chicago in about two weeks.
Farmers in this vicinity had a pretty
fair yield of corn, but there was not
much of an acreage planted this year.
Fully as much wheat is sown this fall
in the vicinity of Dubuque as was last
year. Hit or miss, we are going to git
there.
The wedding of John Deutsch and
Mary Werron, which came off at the
Odin church on Nov. z4th, was a big
affair. Nearly all the people of this
neighborhood were there and all had a
jolly time. John is well known and
liked by the people here. and his bride
is handsome young lady from upper
Cow creek Father Emerich, the Cath
olic priest, performed the marriage
ceremony, which was a very nice cere-
mony. The folks here sure know how
to make merry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

to death bra yeariiug hezfer last week.
MrssC Chazses-l lzancss1 Is visiting her
sister Mrs. Bowman IN Lane county,
Kansas.
Mr.. DayEe Davis, who is teaching
north and west of Great Bend was over
In this vicinity on short visit.
NJ. ]. Herbert returned from Clover,
dale. Indiana, where he has been visit
ing some FIVE weeks; the roads there
were very muddy on account of too
much rain.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
River improvement.

At an expense of s. 2,OOO, 900 per year
for ten years. system OF permeable
dikes can be put in the Missouri river
from Sioux City to the mouth, guaran-
teeing All average depth of eight feet at
low water. The cost of the improve
ments now being made is about $50 900
per mile. The sand deposited in one
mile of the river in rectifying the chan-
mel and protecting caving bends
amounts to two and one half million
cubic feet. To collect this sand would
cost $3O0,O00.
The river can be made navigable for
about the same amount per mile that 1t
would cost to build one single track
railroad. 1t will have the CARRYING
capacity of thirty such roads, and is be-
sides free to the people. Anybody can
use it who wishes to. u rarely is closed
by ice now, and with deeper water to
float off broken foes. the danger of
gorges would be obviated to very
great extent. With the river open and
improved fully to New Orleans, the
closing of the northern4akes could not
be used .s an excuse N she immediate
advance of rates on grain for export.
This question will be discussed at the
coming convention at Kansas City,
December 18th and 10Th. The govern
ors, members of the legislatures, men,
bers of both houses of congress, mayors
by delegations are entitled to seats in
the convention.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
HOISINGTON.

From the Dispatch
Sam Shattuck's little child broke an
arm Tuesday.
Mr.. O'Donnel is building a residence
in the. eastern part of town.
Quite number are figuring on erect
ing residences in the spring.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Huston on Wednesday, November
IS.
Moses Bros. & Co. intend erecting a
large addition to their building in the
near future.
Revival meetings at the Methodist
church continue and considerable inter-
est is being manifested.
The Knights of Pythias order of this
city is making big preparations for a
grand ball to be given in about three
weeks.
Some of the Russians of this country
are soliciting aid for their destitute
friends and relatives in the old country
who are sorely distressed by the famine.
A meeting of the officers and direc-
tors of the farmers scale company is
hereby called to meet at Boxwell's meat
shop in Hoisington, Saturday afternoon,
December S. A SHRIwIsE, Pres.
At the request of the County Superin-
tendent, the teachers of Hoisington AS
sociation District are asked to meet in
Hoisington on December 5, at 2 P. M,
for the purpose of organizing Teach
ers' Association. All teachers are urged
to be present.
MARRIED.-At the residence of the
brides parents in Eureka township. on
Thursday, November z6, by Rev. r. A.
Dadisman, Mr Thomas White, Jr., and
Miss Eva A. Langford. These are very
worthy young people and widely known.
We predict for them happy and pros
porous life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
How is This, Farmers7

We reproduce herewith letter from
Mr.. Karl Voigt to the Ellinwood Advo-
cate, in which he makes plea for the
quail. It seems to us that she birds
ought to be preserved, at least until
they become more numerous than they
are at present in this county. MIR.
Voigt's letter is as follows:
''Mr. EDITOR:-The farmers of Hi.
nois are waging war upon the quail
hunters. They have put out notices
engaged attorneys, and every hunter
caught on their farms is to be prose.
cuted to the full extent of the law
Furthermore they will ask their next
legislature to pass laws prohibiting the
killing of quail at all seasons of the
year. upon the grounds that these birds
destroy chinch bugs and other ravenous
insects that are detrimental to the
wheat, and Vegetable crops.
NOW, Mr.. Editor, I would like tc
see the same law enacted in cur own
state. 1t lie a shame to see these pretty
and useful birds slaughtered in such
numbers-only for wantonness and tc
satisfy the appetites of city epicureans
Farmers let us stand together and
not allow any hunting whatever on oul
premises, especially quail hunting, and
let us also work for the enactment Oi
laws for the protection of all usefu
national birds.
Respectfully,
CARL VOIGT.n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

Washington, d. NOV. 30. 1891.
There viii scarcely be enough repub-
licans for house committeeman in the
congress to meet next week.
Cleveland and Boies," or 'sBoies
and Russell, )" or " Palmer and Flo1 1er,"
or Cleveland and Gray" would give
the country sound and honest Gemo-
cratic government after 1892. Take
your choice out of the combinations,
for out of them the choice will be made.
In selecting a speaker the democrats
should not consider sectional lines.
There is no occasion for it. There is
no patriotism in it. On the contrary,
it would be emir emily unpatriotic If
the honor should be refused to the best
man on the ground that he comes from
the south. If the south has the best
man for speaker. the democrats should
elect him.
The officials at the Chinese legation
in this city have received no informa-
tion whatever in regard to the reported
massacre of christians in northern
China. The secretary of the legation
said yesterday morning that he believed
the trouble if any was grossly exagger-
ated. Such a massacre, if it really oc-
CURED, he said, was an event of the
greatest moment to the Chinese gov
ernment and the legation would, he
thought, be Immediately notified of it.
Ohio politics are almost as hot now
as they were before the election. Ex-
Governor Foraker Is now waging a war
on John L. Sherman, who hopes TO be
reelected to the United States senate.
Foraker would like to spend six years
In Washington himself and is waging a
most bitter contest with venerable
John. Foraker, who is known as
great wielder of his voice, claims to be.
in the lead, while Sherman also feels
| confident that his distingu sled seryi-
ces to his state and to his country will
give him so much prestige that he will
be an easy winner. He might do well
| to be careful, however.
Hon. Oscar r. Hundley, temporary
secretary of the committee on awards
of the Worlds Fair commission is one
of the well known democrats of Ala
bama. He has served two terms as a
member of the lower house of the gen
eral assembly and is now a. state sena-
tor. He was in the assembly when
Senator Pugh was reelected, and
| naturally his views upon the recent
| letter of the senator are of interest.
| "Of course, you understand" said he,
for any view entertained by Senator
Pugh. As to his attitude in reference
to the denomination of Cleveland for
president am forced to say he does
not represent the views of the majority
of the people of Alabama. Indeed /
might say that he represents only a
small minority. / believe when the
time comes for Alabama to speak there
will be no other name mentioned ex-
cept that of Cleveland; our people Will
be almost unit for his re-nomina-
tion." Speaking of the farmers alli-
ance attacks on Senator Morgan, MI.
Hundley said that they had not been
harmful; that Senator Morgan was
very popular with the masses, and had
few opponents among the farmers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
PAwNEE ROCK,

From the Leader.
A revival meeting will commence at
this place as soon as the meetings at
Pioneer close.
Rumors are current to the effect that
wedding will be sprung upon us on
Christmas day.
P. H. Cleveland, J. P. elect. took the
oath of Office last week and has been
duly installed.
c. w. vosburg landed safe and sound
Friday evening, fresh from the hills of
Pennsylvania.
Miss Addie Lille. am told, is giving
the best of satisfaction at her school.
south of Great Bend.
Geo. Steel has musically inclined
coyote. Every time the elevator whistle
blows the coyote joins in the chorus.
Rollie lies, son of Joe lies. of Snyder,
Kansas. is here taking Advantage of our
excellent school. He stops with his
sister, Mrs. L. K. Benehel.
From the Globe.
MIllard Converse, is the happy pappy
of a fine 10 pound boy which was pre-
sented him last Saturday.
Rev. NJ. P. Dixon reports II conver-
sions and more to come, at his protracted
meeting, at the Pioneer school house.
Frank Porter and wife, spent Thanks
giving at Larned. Frank says they
had a good old fashioned family reun-
ion, with father mother sisters and
brothers.
Frank Taylor, while loading coalat
Bakers yards on last Saturday, met
with quite a serious accident, the eleva-
tor whistle blowing, frightened his team
and in trying to catch them he was
thrown under the wagon, the wheel
running over his hips injuring him pret-
ty bad.
Mr.. Ed Riggs. sustained quite an in
jury at Bakers elevator, on last Tues
day. while handing some boards up to H.
Booze at the top of ladder, the ladder
slipped precipitating him to the floor
his head striking some part of the hop
per scale cutting two very severe gashes
In the back of his head.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

THE national congress convenes the
irst Of next week, aud by this time next
week the preliminary skirmishing will
be over and the business of the session
fairly under way. There will be q
gentleman in the speakers chair of tue
lower house, aud not = braggart aud q
buil.dozeI.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
HEIaHBoRH0oD HAPPENINGS.
ELLNWoOD.

ELLINWOOD.
From the Advocate
Merchants report a good trade and
say it is getting better all the time.
Otto Brock has gone to Great Bend
to attend the Central Normal college.
c. Hartley spent Sunday in Great
Bend and while there he was taken sud-
denly Ill, which prevented him coming
home for day or two.
A very destructive prairie fire swept
over the Cheyenne bottoms Tuesday
night destroying large amount of hay
and other property.
The new boilers for the mills have
arrived and are being placed in position,
and the mill will soon be in better run
ming order than ever.
The city authorities are laying
much needed sidewalk in place of the
ones consumed by the fires recently.
That is one of the city's needs, now let's
see if we can get other needs supplied,
of which we have list published in this
paper this week.
Quite a number of our citizens are
very anxious to know of the where
abouts of one Hans Matthias, who took
French leave few days since, but not
leaving much behind him with which to
liquidate his bills. This scoundrel af-
ter working on the confidence of quite a
number of our business men and mort
gaging property the second and third
times, and getting as deep in debt as
possible skipped the country.
OUR NEEDS.
We need more business houses.
We need another good hotel.
We need more dwelling houses.
We need some kind of a good efec-
tive method of extinguishing fire.
We need another railroad so we will
not be bothered with car famines.
We need little more support from
our mrchants In order to make our pa.
per credit to one of the most prosper
Gus cities in Kansas. A town is judged
very largely by the kind of a paper it
turns out. Give us a little more sup
Iort and we will make a corresponding
improvement In our paper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

when it howled long and loud about
the farmers of Kansas contemplating
the repudiation of their honest debts:
when it bawled and croaked about the
financial credit Of Kansas being in
jured because the alliance last fall
triumphed over a gang of pot-house
politicians, and elected majority of
the legislature; because the machine
upon which it depends for patronage
got pair of beautiful black eyes.
And this calamity howl, first started
and kept up by the Capital. alarmed
eastern holders of Kansas securities
and started all the co@m0tion which
has agitated financial &rcles in refer
ence to Kansas for the past ten months.
The Capital, for political effect, started
this howl and kept it up. and did it
conscious that it was misrepresenting
the facts, that it was manufacturing
lies out of whole cloth, and that it was
perpetrating a great iSiustice upon the
best class of citizens Kansas has. And
yet this journalistic Uriah Heep, this
walleyed partisan hypocrite, now has
the gall to accuse its superiors of being
calamity hOwlers.
However, it makes no sort Of differ
ence one way or the other what the
Capital says or does; its influence.
political or otherwise, is about as
potent in shaping public opinion and
directing public affairs as is the baying
of frightened whiffet in determining
the course of the full-Orbed moOn."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

modified. and your courage unques-
toned. Quit your foolishness and get
to business.
With this letter shall close for this
week. / may write again some eve
ming after the chores are done.
Yours for unity,
UNCLE ELDORUs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

wishing that their life may be one con.
tinued round of sunshine.
1t is now high time that the citizens
of ourOfair village make some arrange
ments to guard against fire. All our
neighbors have been visited during the
past few months. Should FIRE break
out in the heavy mating of grass in the
north part of town, it would be utterly
impossible to save some of our best bus
mess buildings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03

XHE average yield of wheat per acre,
1891. is 154 bushels. Barton couRty
will hardly make that average on .the
acres cut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
ORIGINAL Calamity Howler.

1.-The very frst calamity howl ever
raised in Kansas" )" says the Atchison
Champion, an honorable republican
journal, twas by the Topeka Capital,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-03
SOUTH BEND.

From .3ouncer."
Mrs. John Riegel is sick.
Wm. Hiss baby is very sick.
O OArtaur Goold IL visiting IN xsssou1
c. v. Meier had a sprlag colt hooke
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-06-27
Harsh, But

"Ho," said well-known statesman
81 shall never believe that woman
has the proper judgment and sense to
cast ballot, or interfere in politics,
while she is so weak-minded as to
passively suffer, year after year, from
diseases peculiar to females, when
every newspaper she picks up, tells
of the merits of DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Not to take advantage
Of this remedy is certainly an indica-
tion Of mental weaknessn',
There is a wholesome kernel of
truth inside the rough shell of this
ungallant speech, The "Favorite
Prescription" is invaluable in all
uterine troubles, infammations,
alterations, displacements. nervous
disorders, prostration, exhaustion, or
hysteria. For rundown, WORKOUT
women, no more strengthening tonic
or nervine is known.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-06-27
Blaspllemy.

Editor Roundabout.
"What is the use of cursing ir
common conversational This ques
ton was recently asked by father
whose son was swearing outrageous
ly in his presence. The question was
q very pertinent one, but would il
not have been better if the father
had asked what necessity there is for
swearing in either "common" or Gun
common" conversation? Has bias
phemy become fashionable? 1t
would seem SO from the number of
persons who engage in this interest
ing and highly elevating practice.
A lady or child cannot pass along
the street without having their ears
assailed with language calculated to
bring the blush of Indignation to the
cheek. All classes, ages, nations and
tribes vie with one another as to
which can become the most prof.
cient in this entertaining accomplish
ment. A lady travelling in another
State, not long since, stated that the
air was freighted with the fearful
oaths of a United States Senator,
who occupied the adjoining seat in
the car. He seemed to think that
terrible maledictions and anathemas
were absolutely necessary in order
to make himself understood. Indeed
it appears that the English language
cannot be made clear or emphatic
without being mixed with profanity,
and from the present rate of pro-
gression it will not be many years be-
for every other word will be a "cuss"
word.
T. B. FORD.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-06-27
Forks of ElkiAOrH,.

Regular services at Buck Run to-
morrow; both morning and night, at
II and respectively.
Rev. F.. w. Eberhardt has returned
home from visit to Louisville.
BY visiting the County Teachers
Association, trustees may be enlight-
ened as to who the live teachers are.
In an experience of 30 years as
teacher, we have never yet found a
single grumbler or fault-tinder among
the patrons who have sent regularly
to school. But on the contrary those
who send but little or probably not
at all are the croakers.
Two gentlemen in our vicinity,
while preparing for bed one night
last week, killed $50 fleas and declare
as many escaped as they killed. Next
Rev. Gibson assisted pastor Club
in the services at the Christian
Church last Saturday night and Sun
day.
Mr.. j. @. Demaree, of Henry coun-
ty, visited friends in this vicinity
the first of the week.
Mrs. Mary Belle Darrell and infant,
of Texas, are visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. f. Cox, at Ste oman
vile.
Some of the farmers in this section
are complaining that worm is de-
stroying the potato vines, thus cut
ting the growth Of the tuber. Who
will give remedy.
We are GLAD to announce that Mr..
Church and Mr.. Stedman are each
very much improved since last re-
port.
Bro. Burdin is engaged in protract-
ed meeting at Beech Ridge, Shelby
county. He reports several additions
to date.
Next Saturday, July 4th, Franklin
county will celebrate by holding a
Teachers Association in Gen. Scott