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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
INTERESTING BOND DECISION.
A TwO-Thirds Vote of the TOwnspeo pie
Decided Be Requisite.

A Two-Thirds Vote of the TOwnspeop pie
Decided to Be Requisite.
CLEVELAND, o. May 25.-Judge Kicks,
sitting in the United States court, yes
terday handed down decision which
establishes an important precedent and
Indirectly affects millions of dollars
worth of municipal bonds issued on the
authority of special legislation and not
authorized by popular vote of the
people living in the town or city by
which the bonds are issued.
Bonds issued without a thirds
vote of the people are practically de-
clared to be worthless. 1t is said
that millions of dollars worth Of
bonds have been issued by the various
towns and cities throughout the state
which will be affected by this decision.
Another phase of the case is the pos
sibility of such bonds being redeemed.
Such redemption could be restrained
by any taxpayer on the ground that
the act by which they were issued was
constitutional.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
GRESHAM Is DEAD.
Passed Peacefully away at an
Early Hour Tuesday Morning.
Sudden Ending of an Active and Honorable
Career-SOldIer. Judge, Statesman
Filling Each Position with
Credft-Sketch OF His Life.

WASHINGTON, May 2s.-Walter Qpin-
ten Gresham, secretary of state, died
at 1:12 o'clock this morning. Mr..
Gresham's illness began May 1, when
he was attacked with acute pleu-
risy. The effusion filed the pleural
cavity, but this condition yielded to
treatment until last Saturday, when he
suffered a relapse accompanied by
acute pneumonia. His condition since
that time has been extremely critical
His heart action became enfeebled
requiring the constant administration
of the most powerful heart stimulants
By midnight the signs of dissolution
were crowding thick and fast. The
members of the secretary's family, who
had been excluded earlier in the even
ing from fear that their presence
might arouse the apprehension of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

Two Men Hold Up a st. Louis Brewery
Messenger q Public Street.
ST. Louis, May 2S.-Richard Boze-
wetter, a messenger in the employ of
the Stifel brewery, started just before
noon for the Northwestern bank, only
few blocks away, carrying $1,000 in
money and checks in valise. just as
he was passing a corner, a block and a
half from the brewery, young
man seized the satchel containing the
money, while another beat him. The
bag was wrenched from his grasp and
the robbers made off in an instant.
Bozewetter screamed for help, but al
though the neighborhood in which the
robbery occurred is thickly populated,
no one came to his rescue until the
highwaymen had disappeared.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
WHY THIS CoYNEss P
Republican Presidential Aspirants Are
Lying Low just Now.

Republican Presidential Aspirants Are
Lying Low just Now.
The question is being asked, why
are candidates for the republican nom
ination for the presidency so few when
republican prospects are supposed to
be so bright? If the party is to have
walk-over in 1896, if nomination is
to be equivalent to an election, it might
naturally be supposed that every re-
publican state at least would have its
candidate, if not two or three of them
But the list continues to be very short
one, albeit John Wanamaker has dem
onstrated with how little trouble
pushing man may find a place on it,
and the friends of Gov. Morton, of New
York, have made it plain that pretty
modest endowment of ability, some
what blunted by age, may be a suita-
BILE equipment for a candidate. The
trouble seems to be that the practical
politicians of the party are Lying
low" or are combining themselves &c
declarations of hostility rather than OF
preference to this or the other candi-
date. These gentlemen will doubtless
be heard from at the proper time, and
all the more surely because nothing
recommends an aspiring statesman
quite SO much to the public at the pres
ent time as disposition to thwart the
bosses.
Perhaps, however, the causes of the
coyness of republican candidates lie
deeper than the cautious attitude OF
the machine made party leaders The
issues of 1896, or at least the dOmin41t
issue, are not quite apparent yet. II
the democratic party is to split on the
money question, that would almost
certainly involve split in the repub-
lican party, too Ali the silver fanat-
| les, populists and state socialists are
not original democrats by any means.
and if the sound money men of the
| republican party are to have the bene-
| 1T of the cooperation of democrats OF
like views, kind of combination viii
| be formed which the bosses viii be
quite powerless to manage. For it will
be a combination which will insist on
honesty in other matters besides the
currency, and will hardly seek It's nat
ural leaders among the party hacks
With national honor and prosperity at
stake on the result of an election,
good many familiar issues will have &c
| take a subordinate place, or be passed
over altogether. With them may sink
| into insignificauce some familiar names
which stand for dead rather than liv-
| ing questions Politicians have not
| ceased to puzzle over the bewildering
difference between 1892 and 1894, and
have pretty generally failed to GRASP
| the idea that so sudden and completes
reversal of a popular verdict argues
certain mobility of the popular vote
which BODIES no good for the existing
sparty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
KANSAS OIL SUP PLY.

It Is Found in Abundant Quantities in
Many Counties Hut None Is Shipped.
TOPEKA. Kan, May 25.-It is prob
ably known by this time to ali we'll
informed people in this state that Kan
sas possesses supply of crude oil as
good in quality, as accessible and
almost as extensive rs that OF Ohio
and Indiana. The oil is found m
abundant quantities in number OF
counties in the southeast, and the
land is dotted for miles with
wells capable of producing at once
a great supply of the marketable oil
and contributing thereby much to the
wealth of the state. Yet these oil de-
posits are neglected, and not car
load is being shipped. The Kansas oil
men charge that the railroads are dis
eliminating against them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
BAPTIST MISSION WOMEN.
The Annual Meeting Conyenes at Saratoga
Reports OF Officers.

The Annual Meeting COnvenes at Ssratoga
Reports OF Officers.
SARATOGA. n. Y. May 2s.-The
eighteenth annual meeting of Woman's
Baptist Home Mission societies began
to-day, the president, Mrs. j. n.
Grouse, of Chicago. delivering the an.
nual address The reports of the secre-
tary. treasurer and committee of obit-
uaries were made. The total mum beI
of auxiliary branches is 2, 1s4, of which
1,7SO are women's and 395 children's S.
One hundred and fifteen new life mem.
bers have been added. making an ag-
gregate of 1,S15. The receipts for the
year amounted to S64. 129 and the dis
-bursements to s62, 709. leaving bal
ance on hand of S1,419.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
IMPORTS COMPARED.
The New Tarin Showing Against tns
Mckinley Law.

Mckinley Law.
For some time past the Mckinney
newspapers have been filling great
part OF their space with dispatches ana
editorial articles relating to the value
of goods imported under the new tariff
Every month the official reports of the
government have given them fresh
text.
But none of the republican journals
has ventured to compare the values re-
Gently reported with the values for the
corresponding months OF the fiscal
year ending on June 80, 1898, a year IN
which the sacred Mckinley tariff was
in force.
The treasury department published
few days ago a summary OF the I'M
ports for the nine months ending on
March 81 and beginning on July 1.
1894. 1t will be noticed that the new
tariff was in force for a little moro
than seven of these nine months. In
the following table the values of thu
imports of the leading articles or kinds
of goods for the nine months ending on
March 81 last are compared with the
values for the corresponding nine
months ending on March 81, 1893, dur
ing which the Mckinley tariff was In
operation:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
The Oueen.s BirthdaY Celebrated.

LONDON. May 25.-The 10th birthday
of Queen Victoria was observed to-day
at all the naval and military stations
by the usual display of flags, trooping
OF the eolors, etc. Here the cele bra
ton will be held to-morrow.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

These figures speak for themselves
They demoIish hundreds of columns of
unjust and misleading par tisan com
unent upon the imports of the last few
months under the new tariff. Our re-
publican friends have sought to de-
ceive by comparing the values of re-
cent imports $sith the values of the inn
ports in panic year. when trade and
industry were depressed by the opera
ton of the Mckinley bill. The read
ers of republican journals are not per
mitted to see any comparison between
recent imports and those of the year
Immediately preceding the silver panic
Our table shows that the imports of
that year-or of the nine months taken
for .comparison-were considerably in
excess of those reported under the new
tariff-N. Y Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04

Trust Estate for
of Hartford County.
Mordecai Price. In Equity.
TN PURSUA of an order of the Circuit
l. Court for Hartford county, sitting in Equity,
passed in the above entitled cause, notice is
hereby given to the creditors of Mordecai Price
to file their Claims duly authenticated, with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hartford
county, on or before February list, 1895.
EDWARD C. PRICE,
WILLIAM PENROSE,
Trustees
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
DARN THE REPTILES,

Judge Bell, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, in Washington, was recently
down in Georgia buying snakes for
medical experiments, and his mission
becoming well known, the amateur
snake catchers were out in force.
One day the judge met all Alachua
county editor on the street in Gaines
Vile, who greeted him with calm
sweet smile, Indicative of restful
mind.
Hello, Jedge,' said he. I've got g.
most uncommon snake that ketched
yesterday. l amt much on snake
ketching, but | come across this Teller
and bagged him for YOU"
What kind of a snake is it?" inquir-
ed the judge.
It's one of them coral or thunder
snakes some folks calls them
''And where is it?''
Why, in my breaches pocket, here
jedge.:'
my God, man, exclaimed the
Judge, don't you know that that's one
of the most poisonous snakes that
crawl? It's sure to bite"
"Poisonous!' whispered the scribe
in a hushed voice, while his eyes grew
white and bulged out and his face
grew wan and pale. "Jedge yer
didn't say poison? ee-whittaker!-
I'll-I'll-" and the editor began let
ting go his suspenders in a stealthy
sort of way, with rapidity that was
startling, as several ladies were near.
POISON! Ghost of Sam Hill, there
they go!' and he dropped his pants on
the side walk and scuttled into
store, where he got behind the front
door and with his neck craned around
the edge of it bawled out: Say, jedge
just you poke them brooches into the
gutter and call to that grinning ape
over there in the clothing store to
bring me a pair of pants quicker'n
house on fire. Darn the snakes.''
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04

in Havre de Grace.
16. Mrs. Eliza Robinson, widow of
Joseph Robinson, died near Hickory.
aged 70.
II, Captain Martin T. Murphy died
in Fawn Grove, Pa, aged SO.
18. John Adair drowned in the Sus-
quehanna river at Glencove.
10. James Wann, aged IS, died near
Forest Hill
90. Mrs. Carrie r. Foard, wife of
John B. Foard died near Long Green,
aged 20. Mrs. Pauline Kehoe, wife of
John Kehoe, of Dublin, died, aged 80.
jeremiah E. Yellott died, aged 3d.
Everett g. Hughes, aged 80, died near
Lapidum.
90 First Maryland Regiment sent to
Frostburg. James Scott, near Red
Pump, killed by fall from a cherry
tree: Mrs. Joseph Ashton died at
High Point.
%. Contract made for lighting Bel
Air by electricity with the Reckord
Mfg. Co. Charles Milstead, formerly
of Hartford, accidently killed in Balti-
more.
25. Josiah J. Scarborough, son Of
H. Sapp Scarborough, died.
28. George A. Kimble, aged 40, died
near Abingdon.
continual 9le1;t week
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
VARIETIES.

-Teacher-'When water becomes
ice what is the great change that takes
place - Pupil-"The change in
price.
When Fogg was asked regarding
the latest additions to the English
language, he said he would ask his
wife. She always had the last word.
Mr. DIFF you'll get my coat
done by Saturday, shall be forever
indebted to you" "If that's the case,
it won't be done, "replied the tailor.
Woman will be famed as we'll as
MANI she calculated as she threw
down the book YES" responded
old Cynicus, ''for untold ages"
"A remarkably hard drinker, who
was expiring, begged one of his
friends to bring him a goblet of water
telling him, "On our death-beds we
must be reconciled to our enemies"
Did any one remember you on
Christmas DayY" inquired JONES'
"Oh, yes" responded Smith, showing
a handsome collection of lately open
ed envelopes, my creditors did"
Young Man-"So Miss Ella is your
oldest sister? Who comes after her?'
Small Enthusiastically amt come
as yet; but pa says the first fellow that
comes can have her."
Little Daughter-"Oh, mamma,
didn't you say Dick mustn't go with
that neighbor' shay?" Mamma-"In-
deed | did, "WNl, he's with him
behind the barn smoking cigarettes. :"
'Horrorsl Is that 0irtyfaced boy
teaching Dick to smoke cigarette
- - I'm. Dicks te~4.hin' him."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
MANNERS IN BALTIMORE.

In Baltimore, before the Revolution
| manners were artless and sincere; the
young men were manly and constant,
| and their sweethearts ingenious and
| confiding; Dick and Cousin Betty sat
| in the front porch in the evening, and
| did their cooling frankly. Old maids
were regarded as sad accidents, al
though weddings were prolonged and
expensive raptures; the company who
came to the wedding dinner stayed to
the late supper; punch flowed in rivu-
let's, and every gentleman kissed the
bride. Ladies wore large pockets un-
their gowns, and wells were discount
enanced except for mourning. Stoves
were unknown in dwellings and
churches, four-wheeled coaches were
rare, and the favorite saddle-nag was
a PAGER. AS yet folding doors, marble
mantels, sofas, sideboards and gran
doles were not. Pewter plates and
dishes were eminently respectable;
"China" first came in the form of tea
sets, when ladies spoke of a dish
of tea," and is not mentioned in the
earlier; but massive trays, bowls, and
tankards of silver glorified with heral-
die establishment, were found in the
cupboards of every good old family.
uTeeGluSS VI COLnIllulelG were WIFI
ten or printed on playing cards.
Scharf tells of an invitation from
the Juvenile Amicable Society,""
printed ON the back of the deuce of
diamonds, requesting the pleasure of
Miss Cox's company ''at ball to be
held at six o'clock P. M. at the room
formerly occupied by the Social Socie-
ty in Lovely lane" The same fair
lady is invited to Mr.. Curley's ball, ON
the back of the four of spades, and
swell of the period Graves 1.-The honor
of escorting her." on the appropriate
surface of the ace of hearts. Gentle
men and ladies often rode to balls in
full dress on horse back, and favorite
place of assembly was the hall that
adjoined the Methodist Church in
Light Street, opposite the Fountain
Inn, where it was not unusual for the
voice of Wesleyan hymn to struggle
for a hearing above the profane
strains of waltz. Century.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
WORTHLESS POSTAGE STAMPS.

Two hundred million two-cent post
age stamps that are reported as worth
less by postmasters throughout the
country have been called in by the
Postmaster General and will be de-
stroyed. Although 200,000,000 seems
to be an enormous number, it is really
trifiing, compared with the number Of
stamps used by the American people
each year and would last less than
twenty days. 1t requires about
10000 900 stamps day to conduct the
correspondence of our population, or
q total of 1880, 900 for the year.
There is not as much letter-writting
these times as there was when the
country was more prosperous, but a
decided increase has been noticeable
during the last two months. The
weight of the mails is an accurate
barometer of business affairs
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04

3. Rev. William F. Brand celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of his ordina.
ton as priest.
4. Mr. Eli Turner died near Black
Horse, aged g.
.. Wild geeseflying northward; many
signs of approaching spring. William
L. Shay, aged 60, died in Romney
Neck. Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, widow
of Robert Nelson, died in Jarrettsville,
aged SO. The Taylor will case taken
up in court.
8. Susquehanna Paper Mills stop
ped by high water. Mrs. leila A.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04

VS..
the Susquehanna Ca
nal Company, the Tide
Water Canal Com
pany, the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad
Company, the I'm
known Holders of the
Susquehanna Canal
Preferred Bonds which
matured on January
1, 1894, and the IN
known Holders of the
Tide Water Canal
Priority Bonds which
matured on January
l, 1894.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
NOTICE TO CREDITOR.

WILLIAM PENROSE, Solicitor, 200 st. Pau
Street, Baltimore,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
TERMS.-SI.OO A Year I'm advance.
goetical.
WINTER.

h.
Flushed in dream of rest the earth is keeping
Beneath the SHOWS, Sabbath of repose
Her buds and blossoms are not dead, but sleep.
ing
Till Spring their eyes unclose.
The hoary frost of heaven with noiseless fin.
Spreads its white raiment over field and fold
And all is still, save where the robin fingers
To sing amid the cold.
All. troubled heart, in doubt and sadness sigh
ing,
Bearing life's winter as a heavy cross
God hath bright buds of promise underlying
The SHOWS of pain and loss.
What though the great rains of his strength
have broken
The summer flowers love cherished all in
vain;
And hope discerns no resurrection token
That such shall rise again.
Be still and wait, the frost of life shall harden
Thy fallow ground, and make it richer far
And he who slept and Weakened in the garden
Knows where the violets are.
Soon shall the long eternal summer, breaking
Across the gloom, his thoughts of love dis
close;
And satisfied at last the soul, awaking,
Shall blossom as the rose.
MARY RowLEs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04


| 1. John T. Ward died near Chest
nut Hill. Strike of can makers at
| Aberdeen.
T. Stock ON the farms of DIR. John
A. Hawkins and Amos J. Day, killed
| by lightning. Dwellings of George
Blaney near the Rocks and David B.
Love, near Pilottown, struck by light
ming. Alfred S. Day convicted of
enlightenment. Dwellings of John
Jackson and Harry Foard near Aber-
deem struck by lightning.
5. Charles Hartman, colored, found
dead in Delta. There were suspicious
of foul play. Mrs. Lucinda Stansbury,
wife of Tobias Stansbury, died near
Jarrettsville, aged 50.
| 6. W. q. Rouse elected End Lieu
tenant of Jackson Guards, Bel Air
Rev. Theodore ID. Valiant, formerly a
we'll known pastor in Hartford county,
died at Deals Island, aged a. John
McFadden died near Prospect, aged
IS.
Z. William Bouldin convicted of
murder of VIM. B. Lawrence, at
Havre de Grace.
8. Colored boy drowned at Havre
de Grace.
IL. Herman Stump, colored, arrest
ed for the murder of Charles Hart
man in Delta.
IA. Frank Fadely died in Havre de
Grace.
Is. Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad
sold. Mrs. Martha Thompson died
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
JOHN L. KELLY.

The above statement shows the settlement
of a twenty payment life policy with twenty
year tontine provisions, written in 1874 and
maturing in 1894 issued by the Equitable Life
Assurance Society After indemnifying his
family against pecuniary loss, to the extent of
$1,000 by death for twenty years, the owner
draws in his life time 81 ,945 more than his in
surance cost him, being Il return to him of all
the money he paid for his insurance with inter
est of nearly Az per cent per year.
No other company can show results as prof.
table as above on similar policies covering the
same period of time.
The Equitable issues policies on the life of
ladies on the plans upon which gentlemen in
sure, and those who desire to provide for those
dependent upon them in the event of death,
and at the same time provide for an income in
later life, have an opportunity in a company
where policies are as safe as a government
bond and much more profitable.
JOS. BOWES, Manager,
Equitable Building, Balto.. Md.
JOHN J. ALEXANDER, Ag't
14dec Bel Air, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
LIVING UP TO HIS LIGHT.

"That new hand l hired this morn
ing" said Farmer Haycroft, 'plowed
one furrow across the field and then
went and laid down, and he hasn't
moved since"
what was the matter with him ~
HE said he believed in goin' &C
cordin' to Scriptur, and that when a
man has put his hand to the pillow he
never ort to turn back
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-04
d. SappilgtOl'S
LIVER PILLS.
For Purifying the Blood, Strengthening
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