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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-27
n NJ. HARVEY,
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND LOAN BROKER.

AND LUAN BhONEIV'
hlUNEl to loan on improved ranches at
low rate of interest ! have land once
plats of all surveyed land in the county;
also blanks for all kinds of conveyahclng.
Am agent for Home, Ph@nix Royal Ian
cashire, Lion, Imperial and hamburg
Bremen Insurance companies.
wEISER, IDAHO
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-27

Just received large stock of all
grades of Carpets and Oilcloth, at
Sommer & Sons.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
The Liquor Ordinance,

Following is the full text of the new
city ordinance, under which the joint
keepers will be fined and the fines thus
collected turned into the city Treasury:
an Ordinance to Prohibit the Sale of In
to1acdtiYag Liquors ,oithin the City of
Great Bend, Kansas.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the city of Great Bend,
Kansas.
SECTION 1. That-it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to sell, barter
or give away, for the purpose of evading
the law within the city of Great Bend,
Kansas, any spirituous, vinous, malt, or
other intoxicating beverages of any
kind whatsoever. PROvIDED:-That
this ordinance shall not apply to any
person actually and in good faith en-
gagged in the business of druggist, and
who has permit to sell liquor from the
Probate Judge of Barton County, Kan
SaS.
SEC. 2. Any person or persons viO-
lating the provisions of this ordinance
shall upon conviction thereof, be fined
in any sum not less than Forty Dollars
$4,000 and costs, and in default of
payment of said fine and costs, shall be
committed to the City Jail until said
fine and costs are paid.
SEC. 3. ALI ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with this ordi-
nance are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage and publication in the
official city paper.
Passed the Council, April 10th, 1898
Approved April 10th. 1898.
e. W. MOSES, Mayor.
Record of final passage found on page
50 of Journal "F.n
(sEAL1
r. A. CHARLES. City Clerk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
Good Bye, Leader.


Mark Keynes has suspended the pub
LEGATION of the Pawnee Rock Leader.
He has made good paper of it. the
best the town has ever owned, but bis
pearls of thought have been cast be-
fore-an unappreciative public. In his
positively last appearance" Mark says:
This is the last issue of the Pawnee
Rock Leader. 1t is not necessary to
give the reason. Nothing but lack of
funds can kill a country newspaper.
For eight long months the present
editor has patiently withstOod the trials
incident to running a country news
paper; he has taken the kicks from
kind and loving public, has accepted its
advice with good grace and its praise
with the utmost degree of modesty. He
has no tears to shed, no signs to heave,
no means to utter, but with that gentle
submission for which the fraternity Is
noted, he bows before the decree of
fate. No, dear reader. think not that
there is weeping and wailing in the
editorial sanctum; the successful office
holder is not happier than the editor.
There are greener pastures elsewhere
and he will HE himself henceward."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
Transfers for the Week.

The following are the deeds filed for
record with the Register of Deeds for
the week ending April Is, 1898:
Thos Kennedy to Kate Aresn-
dorff, hf 11-2O-11 5000 90
Harm Keller ex'r to Charles
Heidel, W hf 9-16-13. 80. 1850 90
Edward r Gooding to Ovid
Butler, Its IL, IL, blk 8. Ar
Val addn Great Bend. 100 10
Nj :holas Myers to Nicholas
Thill, n hf NV or 12-16-12 2400 90
Harry Stern and Saml Rotbs-
child to Nicholas Myers, "
hf IT'LL. 1900 90
Sebastian Gunther to j III
Johnston. sw or 7-20-13. $500 90
j III Myers to Reinhold Herold
NV or 23-19-11 240O 90
American Freehold Trust Co
to VIM Pettinger, % # off
west end Its 13 to Is, blk 90
Great Bend, qcd. / 90
II A Bishop to VIM ] Grant 1t
6, blk 68, Ct Bend. ....... 721 90
j B McAfee assignee to ] B
WestcOtt, It's 1, 2, 3, 4, 3,
Excepting one lott, Baldwin
sub division CT Bend. -. los 81
Kansas Trust and Bank Co to
Fred w Ferguson, Its rs,
BID IA, Its IL, II, blk 45, Elm
wood, qcd ......--.-- 90
w r Smith to O p Putnam,
sw or 24-1e-1s. - 14oo 90
Ellen Porter nee Wolfe to III
Goddard. Sc Or 24-lS-15, qed 90
n Z Norris to Effie Norris.
: Its to 8. biz 8. clafin 500 90
Q 8 to Anna e WEIGH. sw or
80 -ls-12, final rect. 200 90
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

were both for Thomas, and Cleveland
would naturally let them name the
postmaster for their own town."
By this utterance Mr.. Harris, who IS
chairman of the so-called s'stalwart''
democratic state central committee, and
who accepted several thousand dollars
of republican and railroad corporation
money last fall to lead the bolt against
the regular democracy in the interest OF
the republican state ticket, and under
cover to give the state to Harrison,
openly acknowledges that he and his
fellows have practiced deception and
duplicity upon the democrats of Kan
sas and upon the administration at
Washington. and that the ''stalwart'
crowd are nothing more or less than
impositors and intriguers.-Topeka
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
the Bureau of Information"

the Bureau or Information"
1t is place to which all travellers
may apply for information and receive
full and correct answer. This is the
only Office of the kind west of the sea-
board cities; and it cannot but prove a
help and convenience to the travelling
public. ALI trains of the Burlington y
enter and depart from this station, and
the intelligent and valuable service of
the Bureau may be enjoyed by ali pat
rons of this line.
A special pamphlet Will be issued by
the Burlington in the near future, Civ
| ing accurate information as to "HoW
to get to the Words Fair Grounds .
How to secure rooms and board al
the various hotels, boarding and lodg-
ing houses"
Trustworthy agents will be at the c.
B. g Q. depot in Oh icago, to impart al
information to visitors. Arrangements
will probably be made by which some
trains will be run direct to the WORLDS
Fair grounds without change or delay
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
A Pleasant Surprise

Saturday the 10th. at about 10 O'Clock
Mr.. and Mrs. A M. Button were very
pleasantly surprised by their friends
and neighbors. The party was in
honor of their 25th wedding anniver-
sary, and it was honored right royalty
indeed. The guests came well supplied
with all the provisions necessary for a
banquet, and at table heavily laden,
about eighty guests did ample justice
to the viands.
Before dinner the wedding march
was played and the bride and groom of
% years ago stepped into the center of
the room to be retied for the remainder
of life. The pastor, Rev. Rubicam,
after stating that they had met for a
very solemn cernmony, asked if the
company knew of any good reason why
the couple should not be remarked,
and many laughable objections were
raised, among which were, 1.-THE bride
groom had forgotten to black his shoes
and put on collar" The pastor then
asked Mr.. Button if he could give any
good reason why he should be married
and he answered.: eff you should
gather our children about us you would
plainly see that marriage has not been
failure, hence we ought to be united
for the remainder of life"
Twill you take this woman to be your
wife," asked the pastor and in earnest
response came the II WILL" and turn
ing to the bride, Twill you take this
BUTTON to keep on your charmstring
during the remainder of your life?''
and the usual response was given, and
they were once more pronounced man
and wife. After saluting the bride, the
groom kissed all the ladies present and
his wife not to be outdone treated the
gentlemen in the same way, land one
would think that the men were the
most bashful by their actions.)
Mrs. Button led the way to the din
ing room, where ali refreshed themselves
with hearty dinner.
The afternoon was spent in playing
croquet, rambling through the groves
and in singing and music, the organ
and guitar doing good service. Mr..
and Mrs. Button were presented by
their friends, with silver cake stand,
pickle castor and napkin ring, the
groom presented his bride with silver
castor.
"Oh happy state, when souls each other draw,
When love is liberty and nature law,
All then is full, possessing and possessed
No craving void left aching in the breast,
Fen thought meets thought ere from the lips it
part,
AS each warm wish springs mutual from the
heart"
A. C.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
"Stalwart" Duplicity.


If any person on earth has any doubt
that the so-called A'Stalwarts" have
been practicing the greatest deception
and duplicity upon the democrats OF
Kansas as wellcas upon the president
and cabinet at Washington. the utter
ance of A. A. Harris to Journal re-
porter yesterday concerning the APP
pointment of postmaster for Topeka
will dispel that doubt entirely. Yester-
day, prior to the announcement in this
city that Frank S. Thomas had been
appointed postmaster here, a Journal
reporter sought Mr.. Harris and OBJ
tanned an interview with him, in which
he said:
"Garvey will be Topeka's next post
master. Frank Thomas isn't in it.
don t think the appointment will be de-
layed much longer"
After the news of the Thomas ap-
| pointment had been received the Jour-
nal reporter again sought Hr. Harris
and found him at the Copeland as he
was looking for his hat. Speaking of
postm astership and the statements he
had made to the reporter in the morn
ing, he said:
What told you about Garvey was
merely to encourage our fellows. i
knew all the time that Thomas would
get the appointment, and expected
nothing else. Martin and PETER of
course could name their choice. They
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
ASSESSING WHEAT IN KANSAS.

AS is we'll known, the township as
SCISSORS. at their annual meeting this
spring to fix uniform rate of values
in the county for taxation purposes,
agreed not to assess wheat in the hands
of the farmers. Comment was made
at the time that this was not just to
other tax payers; but the assessors
went to work and made their returns
without assessing wheat. The board
of county commissioners, with the adj
vice of County Attorney Hotchkiss, at
its April meeting issued an order to
the township assessors to assess wheat
the same as any other property. and
those gentlemen are now at work doing
that same, and are meeting with some
difficulty.
We cannot understand why any man
| who desires to be honest and fair with
his fellow men, should object to wheat
or corn in the crib being assessed and
taxes paid on just as any other property
is assessed.
Supposing that merchant should
say: 81 have $4,000 worth of goods in
my store, which are for sale, and which
1 am compelled to hold for an indefinite
time until find purchasers therefor; if
1 could sell these goods could lift my
mortgage, pay my debts; and as I am
holding these goods for u purchaser 1
don't think they ought to be assessed
OF taxed. l am doing business at a loss
already, and don't think you should
further burden me with taxes"
Three-fourths of the small merchants
in Kansas could say that, and say it
truthfully; yet who will say that such
plea should be listened to? You, my
reader, will laugh at the idea of such a
thing; but when you apply the same
rule to a farmer, what difference is
there?
Many men get wrong idea of the
supposed advantages of mercantile
pursuits. Many farmers think that a
town man has perpetual picnic, con-
slant soft snap, and that he is hap
PLY living in luxury and gaining in
wealth, when the fact is that not more
than one-fifth Of the men who embark
in mercantile OR professional pursuit S
make success of them, or ever become
well-tO-dO.
1t is true. that under our present
system of assessment and taxation,
many Of the wealthiest men pay the
least amount of taxes IN proportion to
their possessions; but they do it through
dishonesty and perjury; by studied
avoidance of the strict letter of the law.
A large per cent. of the town men, or
business men, pay as much taxes as do
the farmers in proportion to their pos
sessions. Because a few men evade
taxation does not make it right for
others to do the same. The remedy Ees
| in changing or amending the laws so
| that there is less chance for anyone to
avoid them; and we believe that the
time will soon come when the burdens
of taxation will be more equally dis
tributed.
If every kind of property was assess
ed at its full value, and graded in
come tax established, there would be
much less chance for dishonest mercen-
aries to sneak out of paying their pro-
portionate share Of taxes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL Services every Sum
IM day morning and evening. Sunday School at
$50 n m. Young peoples meeting Tuesday even
ings; Prayer meeting THURSDAY evenings
PRESBYTERIAN Services every Sabbath ut Il
L am. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at 9:45 q. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening:
CONGREGATIONAL Services every Sabbath at
" 10.45 and 7:30. Sunday school at Has. Young
peoples meeting Tuesday evening, prayer meeting
j. VIM CARSON, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL Services at German NJ. E. church
II I'd and 4th Sundays in each month"; morning
and evening, at the usual hours. Sunday School
every Sunday at $3.50 a.
REV. wM. RICHMOND, Rector.
GERMAN NJ. z. Broadway. Preaching every
at 10 a. M. ro% December 4ih. Sabbath school :,
i0:45 a. m Prayer and Praise service every
wednesday at T:3O .. m s. p. SPKCKMANN
Pastor
CHRISTIAN Services in the wilmer building
~ opposite school house every two weeks. at IL q.
CATHOLIC Services second, fourth and fifth
~ Sundays In every month. at 1880 and 730
Sunday School at 10 every Sunday
GERMAN EVANGELICAL UNITED. Ser
~ vices every ? weeks. Sunday school every
Sunday. Condensation studies every "Wednesday
and Saturday at p. m, at new church south
REvH KuPFERNAGEL. Pastor.
BAPTIST Services every Sunday at II e N and
ID sp. n. Prayer meeting Thursday night. Sun
Saiu1day before the ,yst Sunday. At d. q. 3. hal
e. n. ARMSTRONG. Pastor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
Bureau of Information

The Burlington has recently
established in convenient quarter
of its elegant and comodious passenger
station, at Chicago, an Office designed
to afford travellers information on the
.thousand-and-one things they need to
know, with regard to roetes, rates, COZ
nections and accommodations. It has
been placed II charge Of an experienced
man, supplied with all railway guides
maps and timetables, and is known a.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

The ''stalwarts" Crouch, Mitchell s.
Co., through the aid of the republican
press, have been enabled to make it APP
pear that they would have voice in
the distribution of federal patronage in
Kansas, and as result they drew about
them at Hutchinson, the first of the
week, a number of mercenaries with
itching palms for Office, and organized
what they term a congressional COM
mittee of the 9TH district. Mitchell,
as railroad commissioner by grace of a
republican governor, was enabled to
furnish transportation for all who
thought they saw something in sight.
The meeting is advertised I'm republic
can papers) as a rousing one, and the
half dozen klckers-selfstyled demo-
grassland republicans of this county
are full of glee over the possibility, as
they see it, of disruption of the DEM
ocratic party Of this district.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

BACKWARD, turn backward, oh time
in your flight, give me July agan just
for tonight; soften the soil where the
frost has lain; oh let me hear one mos
quito again. ann so weary of north
winds and ice, weary of paying the coal
trust its price; weary, so weary of FROST
bitten pie-bring me slice of Fourth
of July. Backward, swing backward,
oh season of sand-mercury not know
ing whittier to land; turn on the heat
of the tropical zone, roast me until I
am cooked to the bone; am so tired of
freezing my nose, weary of chill winds
and corns on my toes, weary of trying
to sleep with cold feet-turn on the
heat, mister, turn on the heat. Ne
braska State Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

/, Louis Zutavern, cashier of said bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and belief, help me
LOUIS ZUTAVERN, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day
OF April, 1898. D. B. PALMER,
[SEAL] Notary Public.
Com. Expires January, %, 1895.
Correct: Attest
e.. V. Brinkman.
Directors. ~. Geo. Brinkman,
(Chas. V. Brinkman,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

Ripans Tabules purify the blood.
Ripans Tabules prolong life.
Ripans Tabules cure hives.
Ripans TabuIes cure tae blues.
Ripans Tabules for torpid liver.
Ripaps Tatul@ careySs0eDla.
Ripans Tshules cure biliousnsss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

BY REASON of a combination of the
class of fnanciers called ''gold bugs,
combining to deplete the United States
treasury of the gold there in store, a
very serious financial situation now
confronts this country. The object of
this drawing out and shipping away
our gold is plainly to force the admin
istration to issue bonds and thus give
the bond holders and dealers chance
to continue in CONTROL of the nations
finances and compel an .adherance to
the single gold standard. Secretary
Carlisle has thus far strenoCsly refused
to be coerced into the selling of more
bonds; and we earnestly hope he will
be enabled to stand firm in his determ-
ination to thus stand by the interests OF
the debtor class and against the
national parasites, the ''gold bugs"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

THREE persons were killed at char
avari near Ness City, Saturday even.
ing, the 18th. A young man named
Anderson was married and the neigh
bors serenaded him and his bride after
the usual manner. 4 drunken cowboy
fired load of buckshot into the cot
tage, slightly woundiDg the bride.
This made Anderson frantic with rage
and he fire both barrels of shot gun
into the crowd outside. Two men were
instantly killed and third fatally
wounded.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
Official Statement

Official Statement
The Financial Condition of the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank at Great Bend, State of Kansas, at
the close of business on the 5th day of April,
1898.
RESOURCES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Masonic
st Omer Coininandery No. IA, X T., meets at
Masonic hall. Fair block the first and third Tues
days of each month.
z. Moses, E. C.
E.W Waynant. Rec.
Mt. Nebo Chapter No. &c, r. A. N meets at
Masonic hall the first and third FridaysAof each
month r. C. Bailey, II. P.
j. Geo. Brinkman, Sec.
Great Bend Lodge No. Is. A. F. A. NJ. meets at
Masonic hall the second and fourth Fridays of each
month. EW Waynant, W. NJ.
j. Geo. Brinkman. See.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
First published April %, 1893. ]
Official Statement

The Financial Condition of The J. " Brinkman
Company Bank, at Great Bend, Kansas.
at the close of business on the 5th day of
April, 1898
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

K. Of p
Woodland Lodge No. 81, meets every Thursday
evening. at hall north side of square.
G. L. Chapman, G. G..
W. r. Bunting, X. of r. q s.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

4. q. u. W.
Great Bend Lodge No. 49, meets at Odd Fellows
hail, every Tuesday evening. All visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
F. J. Kramer, NJ W.
Geo. Crummack, Rec.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
Treasurer DckEBosse
Clerk r P Typer,
Attorney z L Hotchkiss
Sheriff Geo Spencer
Clerk of Court X A Charles
Register r G Strothman
Probate Judge Brewer
Supt of Schools Mckinney
Surveyor Sid A Newcomb.
q Strothman
tCL Moses
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

/, o. J. Richards, cashier of said bank, do SOL
emily swear that the above statement is true, to
the best of my knowledge and belief. So help me
God. o. j. RICHARDS Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th day
of April, 1893 CHARLES W. MURPHY,
lSEALl Notary Public.
Commission expires the 18th day of July, 1895
CORRECT: Attest
~. NJ. DoNLEY,
Directors. C. L. Moses.
lE W. Moses,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

G. q. r.
Pap Thomas Post No. So, meets every first and
third Saturday evenings, at g.. A. r.. Hall.
B Ogle, p. C.
E. Tyler, Agt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

Odd Fellows
Valley Lodge No. So, meets every Wednesday
evening.
w. B. Cornell, N. G.
Q W. II. Bonner, Sec.
CCiara Barton, Rebecca Degree, Lodge No. 50.
meets first and third Monday evenings OF each
month.
MRS. Cheney, N. G.
Mrs. John Crilley,V. g.
Miss Mary Moore. Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

CLEVELAND left the Harrison adj
ministration 800, O00, 900 in the treas
ury; Harrison left the Cleveland adj
ministration bankrupt treasury; and
still the fools talk about Harrison IS
BUSINESS administration.
WE DO NOT believe that Governor
Lewelling viii call an extra session of
the state legislature, and he should
not. We can peg along very well for
another year and three quarters, or un-
Til we elect democratic house of rep
resentatives who will do something.
SINCE the telegraph columns of the
daily papers have been full lately of
ontrages and murders by negroes, and
lynching bees, in Kansas and other
western states, the indignation and
sympathy of the republican press OF
Kansas should be aroused in the de-
fence of the poor negro. Why don't
the Register give US some more of the
southern outrage" rot?
If ANYTHING was needed to prove
that the Kansas City Times is not the
friend Of Kansas democrats. but is a
willing and doubtless well paid tool of
Kansas republicans. the fact that that
paper refused to publish the memorial
issued by the democratic committee of
the big seventh district should settle
all doubt that may have heretofore
existed In the minds of the moro
credulous.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27

CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor A. Laidlaw
Clerk Charles
Treasurer o Richards
Marshal Dick Ewalt.
Surveyor Newcombe
COUNCILMEN.
Rohn Langham G l. Moses
n. Cossman Hannum
VIM. Kelley W. w. Culver
w Coles Myron Gilmore
Postmaster Morgan Caraway.