Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-09

One tiIls the ever faithful earth,
The other tills the mind.
Henry Boyle. the township trustee
f Albion township, was in Monday.
Ie says, after 20 years residence in
his county, he has never seen wheat
4 as unpromising a condition at this
ime of the year as it now is. Much Of it
ill be plowed up and the ground put
nto spring crops.
G. L. Archer, of near Albert, made
visit to Iowa recently, returning
Feb. Oath. He is better pleased
han ever with Kansas, and
kinks that in 1894, when the repub-
leans have been more completely
Innihilated, Kansas will be the pride
# the Union.
Captain Lewis says he has matters
arranged go that there viii be no more
allowed in the Grand
,pera house. The first big footed,
hallow Drained, dirty faced kid who
'versteps the line of decorum will be
7anked before Police Judge Corbin
md taxed the usual dollarncosts.
The roads across the hills between
Great Bend and Hoisington are bad.
Il is unfortunate for Great Bend that
such is the case; for if it was not for
he big hills to be climbed to reach
Great Bend, half the buildings in
would be moved over here
to Accommodate the demand for houses.
The school children in their Long
fellow entertainment last week, netted
s28.47, to apply on the purchase of
books for a library. The AZ cents
should be devoted to the purchase of
some serviceable, water elm clubs for
use upon the gallery hoodlums in flu
ture school entertainments.
Mr.. G. Samuels, of the New York
store, returned from the east last
where he has purchased the
largest stock of spring goods
ever selected for the Great Bend and
Barton county trade. He will have
to say to you in the adver-
Using columns of the DEMOCRAT.
Charley Montgomery, the afable
and popular trustee of Logan town.
ship, was in attendance On the assess
ors' meeting, Monday. He says a
of farms have changed hands
in his locality this spring, but that the
purchasers have been their own farm
ers who desired to add to their valu-
able possessions.
Smed Wilkinson, of the north side,
was down Monday to meet with the
rest of the towship assessors, and made
part of his business a liquidation of all
financial claims The DEMOCRAT had
against him. Smed will now proceed
to visit the residents of his township
with a clear record and spirit of fair.
ness and business.
D. III. McCord, who has been in
Ohio for some months past, returned
to Great Bend last week, to remain
here some time. He says that the
Kansas legislative middle was greatly
exaggerated by the eastern papers. and
that it will take some time to disabuse
the people back there of the idea that
we are all set of outlaws.
j. A. johnson, who has been in
Topeka the past few weeks, as one of
the assistants in the Dunsmore house
of representatives, returned last Friday
He thinks there will be an
extra session of the legislature called
for some time in May, as it seems i'm.
probable that the proper appropria-
tons for running the state government
can be made this session. As to the
removal of the state copitaI, he thinks
it will be only matter of four or five
years before Topeka will be no longer
the capital city. He says there is no
joke about it, but that influential men
of the central and western parts of the
state will push the matter to the de-
sired end.
How would it strike the people of
Great Bend to call mass meeting for
the purpose of placing in nomination
for mayor, justices of the
peace, and police judge? Of course it
would not be in accordance with the
plans of the republican managers, who
will assume to take charge of the city
election; but it would be a good way