Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

FULLY 1900 veterans attended the
late old soldiers reunion at Wichita
The old soldiers of Northwestern
Kansas recently held a pleasant re-
union at Marysville.
Milton Wallace recently fell from a
train at Turner, rupturing the intes-
tines and causing death.
The Topeka democratic fambeau club
has invited Senator Hill. of New York,
to visit Topeka this fall as guest of
the club.
The six-year-old son of Conductor
Hugh s Courtway fell from the bridge
spanning Mission creek at Horton the
other day and was drowned.
The democratic congressional conven-
ton of the Seventh district made Jerry
Simpson, peoples party candidate, also
the democratic nominee for congress.
Two twelve-year-o1d boys recently
got into a quarrel at Argentine when
one Of them stabbed the other with a
pocket knife. inficting an ugly wound
young man by the name of Ora
Fear, while driving home from Waverly
with load of lumber the other even
ing, was struck by lightning and he
and his team instantly killed.
The ninth annual reunion of the de-
partment Of Kansas G. A. z. opened at
Wichita on the 18th, and department
commander, A. 2 Greene. pronounced
the attenpance the largest he had ever
seen on an opening day.
James Kelly, aged 10 years, son of j.
j. Kelly, of Atchison, who was acct
dentally shot in the face by playmate
last March and frightfu1ly disfgured,
was sent to Roosevelt hospital. New
York, to have his face Strengthened. He
died under the operation.
The republican state central COM
mittee has announced the places at
which the opening rallies will be held
as follows: First district, HoltOn; Sec
ond, Ottawa; Third, Chanute; Fourth,
Emporia; Fifth. Salina; Sixth, Beloit,
and Seventh, Hutchinson.
4 thief recently stole a bicycle from
a Leavenworth party and rode it into
St. Joseph, Mo, riding all night to ac-
complish the feat, but the telegraph
got ahead of him and he was arrested
as he proudly rode into the Missouri
city. His next ride will probably be to
the penitentiary.
The laborers of the Kansas Salt Co.,
who recently struck at Hutchinson for
an advance in pay, have issued cir
culer warning laborers not to go to
Hutchinson, stating that the town is
full OF idle men, and that the work is
too hard for ordinary laborers to en-
dure. Neither side seemed inclined to
yield
The field agent OF the chinch bug sta
ton at Lawrence has returned from q
four weeks trip in Marion, Lyon, Me-
Pherson and other counties in that vi
cinity. The work of killing off the
chinch bugs by Chancellor Shows in
lection is successful in about the same
per cent. as last year. Farmers are
highly pleased with the workings.
The parade of the veterans at the
late encarnpment at Wichita was very
creditable affair, although, it is said, at
least half OF the old soldiers preferred
to lie around under the shade of the
trees in camp. Joe Hooker post, Of
Hutchinson. carried off the 800 silk
flag offered to the post having the
greatest number of uniformed men in
line.
Miners were lately much excited over
remarkable discovery of lead ore on
the St Clair farm, three miles north of
Empire City. The ore was discovered
by some children while they were play
ing in a ravine. Nuggets of high grade
galenn were picked up from the surface
OF the ground and they lay along the
bottom of the ravine for quite dis
lance.
John P. St John opened the prohi-
bition campaign at Topeka on the 10th
before about /. 500 people. He said the
people We're now thinking for them
selves and the reception rendered him
on this visit to Topeka was some differ
ent from the one he received when he
returned from his eastern trip after the
election ii 1854 and found himself hang
ing in efigy on Kansas avenue.
Seven ty five men employed as scrapers
at the Hutchinson salt works struck re-
Gently The men claimed that they
have for years been working twelve
hours day for $3.50 per day. when by
the laws of the state ten hours is a
days work. They demanded IS cents
an hour for the extra two hours. The
president of the company said that If
compelled to pay the advance demanded
it would close the works as salt would
have to be sold at less than cost.
year 1899 is estimated by Secretary
Mohler to be 40, 927, 515 bushels Chinch
bugs are reported in all parts of the
state. In some places they are nunaer-
Gus. but up to the present time no great
damage has been done. Corn adjacent
to wheat fields has suffered most Many
farmers OF the state are testing Prot.
Shows process of DISCRIMINATING bugs
by artifcially Spreading fatal disease
among them, and generally the expert
ment is pronounced a success.
The yards Of the Santa Fe Railway
Co. at Argentine were completely
blocked on the 10th. Trains Of freight
cars extending from Argentine to Tur-
ner, distance of four miles, were oc-
cupying the main line and there was no
track room to get them out of the way.
The great number of cars was due 70
the heavy grain crop of Kansas, which
is now moving. Other roads are equally
involved in the great blockade. The
Union Pacific, It was said, had not done
SO large business for twelve. years
A number OF editors of eastern Kan
sas held an interesting and profitable
meeting at Fort Scott the other day
which resulted in the organization OF
FCitO-ial aSSOcia-