Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-26

ton correspondent of the Topeka Capl-
tai
A Sumner county dressmaker catch
es trade by advertising that she is from
Oklahoma.
Kansas must now learn to hate an
other man. The Santa Eel will drop
Pullman sleeping cars and put on
Waguers.
DR.. E. L. Wilson of Marysville has
sold his trotting mare for So, 600. Now
he ought to be content to drop one of
rs from his name.
Judge J. S. West of the Sixth Kan
sas judicial district, whose term would
expire January II, has resigned, to
take effect January 6.
The editor of the Santa Fee Monitor
wears mittens made of coyote hide, the
gift of friends. This ought to entitl0
him to membership in Billy Edwards
singing club.
Twelve year old Ollie Twogood
broke through the ice while skating at
Leavenworth and was saved from
drowning by ineman who was
working near.
A. c. Jordon, who as sergeant-at-
arms called the house from labor to
refreshment last winter, has rented
5000 acres of land in Ellsworth county,
where he will pasture his herds.
Lawrence and Leavenworth have
doubled teams and established cock
ing main in Lawrence. 1t is thought
there will be lots of old roosters in at
~ l.,
off.
The people of Monett do not miss
their preacher if they can sing. One
Sunday night recently he failed to
show up, but they held a meeting just
the same, singing gospel hymns until
1 o'clock.
The Amity Canal company has sold
40, 900 acres of its land, in small tracks,
northwest of Coolidge, at $50 an acre.
That is the right kind of a boom. 1t
means increased populations not a
swindles
The Topeka Lance suggests that in
order to make sure that the dead shall
rest in peace, a live man be stationed
with a shot gun over every new grave.
1t is a good idea; there are some dead
live men who could be spared.
Over 100, 900 bushels of corn has been
cribbed at small town in Harper
county, and it is still coming in at the
rate of 500 bushels day The same
story is found in allthe Kansas papers
No corn is moving cut Of the state.
Montgomery county has a mission
airy in Alaska and a s9ld-seelsasr on his
way to the Kaf1ir mines of Africa. The
latter IS George CREST. He went to
England, thence south To the African
coast, and travelled by wagon ]. 900
miles into the interior.
Some of Bailey WaggenerSs towns
men complain that he is trying to
steal the plaee.- but it keeps right up
with the procession under his infiu-
ence. Waggener gathers up great
deal of money in the course of a year.
but be turns 1t loose and all hands get
a share Of it.
Walter q. Allen and some OF his
neighbers sold Sc, eco worth Of cattle
in Kansas City 1a:.s week. They re-
eeived the commission mans check
and deposited it in the Meridian bank
for collection. It was sent forward,
and in due time returned protested.
Alr. Aliens share of the loss is So, ee0
Il has come out through the vanity
of the young Ingallses. who bank
largely on the genius of their sire,
that John J. Ingalls, comes of kingly
stock. The coat of arms is used on
the family stationary and it is lily
springing through a crown, with the
matto below: Though humble from
a crown I spring"
The course of true love doesn't rnn
smooth at Co4feyviile, and hence the
fling of a somewhat sensational suit
for a, breach of promise The plain
tiff is salaie Williams, of duslzy tint,
and the defendant, Foster Williams, a
free American of African descent. The
plaintiff alleges that the defendant
trifled with her affections, and as he
is a prosperous dealer in groceries, she
thinks that SIS, 900 would satisfy her
| wounded pride.
Kansas is shipping her corn to Eu
rope by the way of Galveston.
Ed Sands of Phillips county, who
had been arrested escaped and made
a short cut across the cornfieIa for lib
erty. The constable gave chase in {
| buggy and getting within haiIing dis
lance, commanded the fugitive to sur
render or die. Sands looked back and
beheld the constable taking steady
| aim. He threw up his hands and
CHM bed into the buggy, where he dis