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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

threshed from the shock It will sell at a
heavy discount under old wheat, as it
will not be in good export condition.
We believe all people should encour-
age farmers to stack their wheat, care
fully, and not rush it upon the market.
not only for the reasons above stated,
alone, but because we believe that
within few months the price of wheat
will go up to better notch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25
SAM WOOD KILLED.
Another Bloody Chapter in the Stevens
County Vendetta.

HUGOTIN, Kan, June 23.-Col. S. N.
Wood was most foully and brutally
murdered at this place this morning at
1918 o'clock, while in attendance at
this term of court, by James Brennan,
notorious tough from Morton county,
This man, James Brennan, is, and has
been, chief of the desperadoes of Hugo
ton, and was one of the principal wit
nesses in the Cross murder case. After
the shooting occurred today he refused
to give himself up to Sheriff Cam un-
less he had a warrant of this county,
but surrendered himself to Sheriff Weir,
custody of Sheriff Cam.
The murder of Col. Wood is only one
of a long list of tragedies that have re-
suited from the notorious Stevens coun-
ty county-seat war. Today's tragedy
resulted directly from what has become
known the country over as 1.-The Sheriff
Cross murder case.''
During the trial at Paris, Tex, Bren-
nan was one Of the principal witnesses
for the defense. Mr.. Wood was one OF
the prosecuting counsel, and during
gloves. Brennan swore revenge, and
when he heard today that Sam Wood
was in town he armed himself, and
after search, he found Wood standing
on the court house corner. Without
warning he drew revolver and fired
four shots into his victims heart
Wood dropped without uttering &
word.
Sheriff Cam attempted the arrest Of
the murderer, but Brennan stood thu
officer off with his revolver. Finally ht
surrendered to Sheriff Weir, of Morton
county, who turned him over to Sheriff
| Cam.
Sam Wood was very popular il
Woodsdale, and when the news of thu
murder reaches his native town it il
feared the people will seek revenge
The murdered man was prominent IL
| L1lt lCI dlllduCC dHO WdS C1C1 n "
the legislative committee in the lower
house of the last legislature. He wa
also whole steering committee'' il
himself and was about the only ''fin'
worker the lower house boosted Of
Hutchinson News.
If the above be correct report of tn
killing it was indeed fendish piece o
work and the murderer should receiv
quick punishment. While we have n
respect for the class of adventures VIII
have kept the western counties in al
uproar for several years past, and 0
whom Sam Wood was an acknowledge
leader, we do not think that his mur
derer should receive one word of com
mendation for his dastardly act. Their
be men. however, whose political hatre'
of Wood is SO great that they Openl
express admiration for the man VIII
sent him to his long sleep.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

THE verdict Of Kentucky jury, that
a man whose wife has been enticed
away by another man is not entitled to
damages and that he ought to rejoice at
being rid of such a mate, is likely to
become poplar precedent. No such
foolish women should be thought worth
the trouble or expense of lawsuit.
Her punishment will come in the nat
ural course of events.-Kinsley
Graphic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

Pawnee Rock has some very hand
some and commodious residences, and
one of the pleasantest homes in the
town is that of D. r. Logan. Its 6t-
tings and surroundings show that its
owner is one of the stable men of the
county who has a just appreciation OF
the good things of life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

The Hutchinson News is industrious
ly booming Senator Plumb for presi-
dent. Plumb would come nearer car
rying Kansas than would Harrison,
but he would not come any nearer car
rying the election in 1892. The ques-
ton that all the newspaper boys will
now ask, is: What does Ralph Easley
want now?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

James Armstrong, of Cedar county,
Mo-, father of Mrs. Gus Schaefer, of
this city, is here on visit. Mr..
Armstrong formerly lived four miles
west of town, and was one of the
earliest settlers in the county. He
says of the alliance in Missouri that it
is pretty well organized and growing
stronger. He thinks that in the main
the alliance demands and the demands
of the democratic party are principally
the same, and that it does not matter
much which wins in 1892; the success,
of either, he thinks, will benefit the
| west.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

Representative Lovett, Of Rush
county, was in the city Saturday.
He says that, with the exception of a
few fields in the west part IF the
county, Rush county's wheat crop will
be immense,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

SOME one should telegraph the Tope-
ka Democrat that the Dundee Doodle
ding has taken a strong stand for Hill
for president. Hill supporters in Kan
sas are so scarce that Col. Tomlinson
should not let any of them get away.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

'H1GH TARIFF" the race horse, was
not equal to the great American derby
Of 1891, at Chicago last Saturday, and
died in the mud. High Tariff, the G.
o. p. nag, will go down in the mud in
the great political race of 1892, and
democracy will be named 'StIath-
meath.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

The days will now gradually grow
shorter, the sun having reached the
summer solstice on the 21st. Excess
lively warm weather may be looked for
during the next two months.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

Now THAT the surplus is gone and
the treasury of our nation is empty,
you may expect to hear the republican
party renew its exertions to maintain
the high tariff duties; Notwithstanding
more of protected (?) American work
men thrown out of employment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

NJ. Daley has sold his interest in
the Advance thresher TO his partner,
Mr.. White. Mr.. DALEY has bought
another new steam thresher, from
Cooke d Wildgen, Of Hoisington.
Mike will be in the field with the new
Aultman & Taylor thresher this sea-
son. He is a good thresher, and the
farmers know it. "Comes quick and
goes quick" and gives general good
satisfaction. x
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

WILL the Register and other Cheap
John republican sheets please publish
the report of the national silver COM
mittee-especially that part where it
charges the republican pa. " with being
the representative of the gold trust.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

A lodge of Knights of Pythias was
instituted at Pawnee Rock last Fri
day evening, and is now in a good
way to become a beneficial and pros
porous lodge. The degrees were con-
ferred upon Messrs. D. R. Logan, j,
r. Baker, Ernest Smith, Newt.
Smith, L. X. Benefel, T. j. Powell,
T. P. Nichols, Ash Marin. DR.. G. l..
Koch, John G. Miller and A. B.
Crook. There were some seventy-ive
or hundred Knights from Larned,
Jetmore, Ellinwood, Great Bend and
other points, and the ceremonies oc-
cupied the entire night. Following
are the officers Of the new lodge: g. c.,
DR.. Koch; K. OF r. and S.. L. K.
Beneiel; M. of E., j. r. Baker; NJ.
of F., D. r. Logan; M. at A., A. b.
Crook; prelate, F. S. Porter.
Out Of the hundred and sixty odd
thousand acres of wheat that was
sown in Barton county last fall, it is
now estimated, by several well in
formed men, that there will not be
more than fifteen Thousand acres no:
cut; and that the balance will make
an average yield of not less than
fifteen bushels to the acre. Say there
was $1,000 acres sown, $4,000 of
would leave $4,000 to cut, which, al
an average of 10 bushels to the acre,
would make 100000 bushels for the
county. Even though ''the chickens
are not hatched" they count very
handsomely, don't they?
While Ed Eaton and Andy Powell.
son were working on house for John
Price, west part of town, Saturday
morning, scafold fell with them
precipitating them distance of about
eleven feet to the ground. MIR. Pow
elson had shoulder damned up, while
Mr.. Eaton was hurt a great deal
worse, having to be brought home IL
wagon. His internal injuries may
prove very serious.
The Register has just discovered thai
our county Jail is very unhealthy
place. just why it is suddenly
awakened to this fact is hard for some
people to understand. Heretofore
when the the DEMOCRAT has called the
attention of its readers to the bad con-
dition of our county Jail, the Register
was as silent as the grave on the
| matter.
The sad intelligence was received
here Tuesday that the wife of I. J.
Ross, of this city, had died suddenly
at Nevada, Iowa. Mr.. Ross left fol
Iowa Wednesday morning.
The DEMOCRAT would like its cor
respondents to not desert it entirely
through harvest. While we are al
deeply interested in the wheat crop
there are still many kernels of read
able news that our correspondent
could garner for our readers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25
Sporting Days.

July sd and 4th the Great Bend
Shooting Association will hold tourna-
ment in the grove just east of the Don
Cole place. All matches are to be
under the A. S. A. rules. There will
be plenty cf guns, ammunition and re-
freshments on the ground, and the
grove is well adapted for the shoot.
D. H. Halliday is managing the tour
nament. Following is the program:
FIRST DAY.
Shoot Mime single Blue Rocks.
Shoot z.-Seven live birds, 80
yards, entrance . 3 90
Shoot 3.-Three pair, six single
blue rocks, entrance $1,000 so
AFTERNOON.
Shoot 4.-Ten live birds, so
yards, entrance. ... 5 90
Shoot 5.-Nine single blue rocks,
entrance 90
Shoot 6.-Ten single blue rocks,
GILL d0CC ~
Shoot Ten live birds, entrance 20
SECOND DAY.
Shoot S.-Nine single blue rocks
entrance. ..- %
Shoot o.-Seven live birds, 80
yards, entrance. ...... 90
Shoot 1o.-Three pair, four single,
blue rocks, entrance. oo
AFTERNOON.
Shoot II.-Ten live birds, 80
yards, entrance .. oo
Shoot 1z.-Fifteen single blue
rocks, entrance. 3 &C
Shoot I3.-Nine single blue rocks,
entrance. oo
Shoot 14.-Nine single blue rocks,
| nsA o.SS. w
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

CALIFORNIA is sending up wall
over the devastation caused by grass.
hoppers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

KANSAS and her Italian skies ha:
again asserted herself.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

825 REV ARD
twenty-five dollars reward offered
for the capture of the lair, that says
you cannot get any Hodge Header
repairs.
THE GREAT BEND IMPLEMENT Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25
CaStoria.

aCastoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren- Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
Dr. G. c. OsGooD.
Lowell Mass
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

The DEMOCRAT would like its cor
respondents to not desert it entirely
through harvest. While we are al
deeply interested in the wheat crop
there are still many kernels of read
able news that our correspondents
could garner for our readers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

The sad intelligence was received
here Tuesday that the wife of 7. j
Ross, of this city, had died suddenly
at Nevada, Iowa. Mr.. Ross left TO
Iowa Wednesday morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted L hope the day is not
far distant when mothers viii consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nos-rurns which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats. thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr. ). z KISCHELoE-
Conway, ARK
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25
CaStoria.

Company Murray Street, York Cts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04

abundance for the city and her people
and their manufactures close at hand;
having CLAWS of remarkable excellence
about and under her for brick and thing
and pottery; having silicious sandstoness
for building and the manufacture OF
glass; having waterway improved by
the skilled hand OF n patriotic govern
ment which has viewed the Kanawha
Valley us perhaps the greatest treasure
house of the West and acted accordingly
in improving by elaborate public works
This thoroughfare; having the Southern
Pacific transcontincntal railway SYSTEM
passinp through the city's borders; the
KanaWha & Michigan trunk line enter
Ing her doors, and the Baltimore & Ohio
and Pennsvivania Railway systems
pushing to her; having all these gifts OF
God and the most genial climate in the
world, what city is securer for fairer
fOrtune2
To Charleston the cheap ironsof the
South, OF North Carolina and Virginia
may be brought. Here the rich irons
Of the Lakes can be fetched and deliver
ed as cheap rs at Pittsburgh, cheaper
than at Bridgeport, Steubcnville or ut
Wheeling. and here with the natural
ras may iron be manufactured and q
cheaper product produced than at Chat
anoosa, or at Birmingham, or any city
OF the South, or even ut Pittsburgh or
any Northern point. e-
A CHANCE FOR CAPITALISTS AND, SETTLERS.
OF the extensive coal territory, upon
the Kanawha and New rivers and adj
iacent to them the greater part Is still
undeveloped and is purchasable at from
S. to $40 per acre, depending upon To-
cality andascertained quantityandqual-
ity OF coal. On the great limestone
farming and gulzing belt still eastward
improved farms may be bought with
yarying BUILDINGS on them 1T prices
ranging from SlOto $50 per acft, while
wild, rich soiled land covered with tim
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04

barge, is n fair average, equal it will be
remembered, to q train Of "a cars OF 20
tons each.
A small tow OF four barges, easily
handled by small tug or tow boat, and
passed through the locks when the
dams are up at one lockage, will have
nearly or quite 1000 tons, or enough to
fill 100 freight cars of twenty tons each.
In open navigation q tow-boat han
dies from six to fourteen loaded barges
in the Kanawha, depending on the stage
of the river andthe size Of the tow.boat,
In the Ohio river, or from Point Pleas
ant down, the Great Kanawha tow
boats take from fourteen to thirty
barges. A feet OF twenty-five barges
would have about 1900 tons; this
amount of coal loaded into twenty ton
cars would make twenty-four trainso OF
twenty-five cars each, or q continuous
line OF cars over four miles long.
CHEAP FREIGHT.
The general ratio Mt present from the
Charleston pool to Cincinnati is cent
per bushcl or % cents per ton. Opera
tors who hire barges pay half cent a
bushel barge rent, making the cost TO
Cincinnati, to operators who hire both
barges and towing, l ! cents per bushel
or SO cents per ton. This includes the
return of the empty barge to the mine.
This rate to Cincinnati distance from
Charleston 263 miles, is close to one
sereah Of a cent per Ton per mile. For
longer distances, or to points on the
| Ohio and Mississir,t,i belnW Cincinnati.
the rates per mile are still less. The
usual rates from Cincinnatitoth emouth
Of the Kentucky river, Louisville and
points between, amounts to about l0l
cents per ton, making the cost from the
Charleston pool to Louisville, including
towing and rent and return OF barge, IS
cents per ton. Thedistancefrom Charles
ton to Louisville being Ss4 miles, makes
the rate n little less than one-eighh Of a
! cent psr ton pa nlil6.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04
TrestIe of Pas. DrIdge-A wLeket In plnce.

per measure Goals are mined and cooked
to considerable and increasing extent,
and beyond these again. lie the lowland
and corn yielding counties Of Jackson,
Mason and 'Cabell, with their big farms
and rich river bottoms along the Kama
wha and Ohio and adjacent streams. In
not one of these counties is more than
half of the land under cultivation, but
the chief part OF them is still in prime
val timber, while tile mining, where
begun in Fayette and Kanawha and
Putnam, is but a mere earth scratch
compared with theSery great coal area
accessible. to water and that may be
made accessibility rail.
THE CAPITAL ciTY-7ADE4NTAdEs AND
MANUFAeruRIEe.s
The chief, indecd,onIy, trade center of
this great region SO rich in soil and
minerals and timbers, is Charleston, set
like gem amidst the hills OF Kanawha
at the meeting OF KanaW6a and Elk
waters. 1t is a growing city OF some
eleven thousand people and witha wide
trade focused in it reaching out into
Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, besides
the twenty or more counties dependent
on it in WestsYirginia.
For sixty miles above the city and
south OF it extends ribbon of mining
towns and villages bearing a population
of some $1,000 miners and artizans who
depend largely on the city for supplies
and necessaries and who come to it to
spend their money on Holidays.
Charleston, hecapitdl city of West
Virginia, is happily placed. In the
midst Of a great and fertile valley, wat
cred by q great and navigable river
upon one side, laved upon the other by
a lesser but important stream, Elk
river, flowing from forest counties,
which send down their wealth OF logs
and lumber upon every tide for her
wood mills md factories; seated at the
doorwayof the grcnt coal and coke re-
gions OF the State, fast growing with as
| tonishing development, it is the only
city OF importance in their vicinage.
Located right atthe famous Kanawha
Salines, where natural gas made cheap
the best salt OF the West and where
natural gas again revives this important
industry; having natural gas itself IN
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04

river where there is water enough for
such navigation, than when the stage
or discharge OF the river compels the
use Of the locks.
WHERE THE DAMS CONE IN PLAY.
The gauge of the record Of the Great
Kanawha, kept at the United States
engineers office at Charleston, for the
last is years, shows there is on an ave-
rage holidays in the year when there are
3 feet or more OF water for open naVi-
cation" from Charleston down. there
are 142 days of feet or more.
From the above it appears that coal
can be shipped by open river in about
six months OF the year, during which
time the movable dams will be down.
The rest Of the time, or in other words,
when the river falls below coal boat
stage, the dams will be kept up and
make an available slack water depth Of
feet,
The shipment of coal from the Great
Kanawha Valley, below Kanawha Falls,
both by river and railroad for the sew
eral years named is given in the follow.
ing table. 1t is from the last annual
report OF the Chief Of Engineers, beng
part Of an official report made TO Col.
William +. Craighill, the Engineer in
charge OF the Great Kanawha River I'M
provement:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04
GREAT WATERWAY.
The Kanawha River System of
Looks and Movable Dams.
CHEgPESTOF ALL TRANSPORTATION
What the Government Is Doing for
Valley of Vast Natural Wealth.
What tho Scheme Is and How 1t
works-.A Splendid Improvement.

n Towork that has been under
IN taken in West Virginia has
4 4 done more for the development
of the State than the improvement Of
the Great Kanawha river, generously
taken in hand by the National Govern
ment and now approaching completion.
While the improvement relates physi-
cally TO only a part of the State, that part
is SO important and embraces SO wide
an area of natural wealth, that the sys-
tenn of locks and dams assumes not
only State importance, but takes the
dignity Of one of the most notable i'm
provements yet authorized by Congress.
1t is of incalculable benefit to West Vir-
ginia as producer, and It'll of equal
advantage to the Mississippi Valley
communities as consumers. If the cost
had been ten times as great every dollar
of the expenditure would have been
justified on the ground of economy Of
interstate commerce The lETELLIGEN-
GER, from photographs taken by the
engineers, gives a graphic idea OF the
nature OF the system and the solid char
acter of the work. Mr. Addison NJ. Scott,
the accomplished and faithful resident
engineer, furnishes the following de-
scrfption of the work and its commercial
value:
The United States improvement of
the river was begun in 1873. The per-
mancnt or slack water improvement
was commenced in 1875, and the first
two locks and dams were completed
and put in operation in the summer Of
1880.
General progress on the improvement
to date, location, etc., of the locks and
dams already completed, now under
construction and yet to be commenced
are given in tabular form below:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-04

.,o tro;,bt cars we're added to our
rsi Wy w., Us Isl year, besides 500 new
eiH't ,"rs equipped with air brakes ana
.2L y.'I bHher. We will add consider
li,1 % Ills during the year 1891
guy FINE PASSENGER SERVICE.
.ro,n ,he opening OF our Ohio river
,i r.,, Cincinnati and Hunting
p D, he went on to say, 1--WE determin-
iVl' aorin the most elegant and COM
a. =" ' sI1ssenqer trains that could be
peyio9 What NE succeeded We are salts
bun. lave t.ly 10 the public, whose APP
Eea Ian al our +. F. W trains, rum
P RE-. Ie,Ween Cincinnati and New York,
Washington, with through dining
u. ann amply attested by their increas-
Cd .PTo have recently put on nm addi-
=" cory fine train, running direct to
, n Ky Sinct1n, The equipment for this
win "' consists OF six elegant coaches
t p.5 ,bree composite cars lighted with
GU; Slp,' "i,> ms We also received a new
PM PM, ar which will enable us, in
DIM a;nSoc,ion with those We now have,
ell .iTa1j lining car service with the new
% a.S' az we'll as with the F; F. ".
handsome Pullman sieepefs %lI1 COM
i .a The makeup Of the train: .,.-
F'aOpr prcsentcquipment consists OF 10
,rcs 200 passenger cars and 1900
e st;,b, cars We maintain shops both
te's,, as,rnrtion and repairs at Coving-
W W. Ey Huntington, W. Va, Clifton
w. E.,c w. and Richmond, Va. The
t I,a5. at Clifton Forge, rs you are aware,
s -, new and will be in partial opera
W. ", about the first of May. When ful ly
N..Ua n there will not be superior
tg J.rt oi Ibis kind in America. It will
s[' a value OF half million OF
igI,p or about the value of the Hun
t ,;n,,o1 and Richmond shops combined.
ar .boD pay.roIls will distribute 81
mOlO annually. =,
I'VE found, on taking possession OF
Ae Chesapeake 4 Ohio, several wooden
E,i5ses Every one OF these has been
@m5yed aid substituted by the most
;,gasFoyed iron bridges. The last one is
nom being completed.
I'VE have erected quite a number OF
,or Messenger stations at different
nsipts along our line, and now have
Erjar course OF construction new
stations at Glasgow, Iron Gate, Mineral
iiy and Bessemer. Va. We have COM
liked about twenty-five miles OF double
INK since June and will continue to
5o1bIe track our line until our entire
nountain district is double tracked.
FAMOUS STRINGS.
nThe line from 'Covington to Hot
Springs, Va, will be OF great benefit
10th to our own property and to Vir-
tms at large. TheVirginia Hot Springs
!. eoual in every effect to the Hot
springs Of Arkansas, and has attractive
,lnncts in the Warm and Healing
Springs. With the completion OF a
riilroad, the building OF n bathing es-
nbli.hmeut to cost $4,000, where
every known character OF baths will be
administered, the erection Of villas in
he vicinity OF the springs, and the
harness Of the property to the great