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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

game of ball Thursday afternoon, Nav
80, on the ball grounds in the east
part of town.
Frank Stout and family moved to
their farm three miles east of town
Tuesday. Frank will now tenderly
minister to the needs of his suffering
crop.
The cool weather of the past week
has enabled wheat to hold its own
against further damage, but of course
unless there is rain very soon there
will be but scant crop.
John Evans constructed fine irri-
cation pond at his farm northeast of
town. The pond is circular one and
hundred feet around. Its depth is
six feet, three below and three above
the ground with banks of dirt around.
Mr.. Evans will be able to irrigate a
large patch with his reservoir and the
returns will more than repay him for
his labor in a short time. Let the
good work go on until there is a pump
and reservoir on every farm in the
community,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
NOTES FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs.
NORTH SIDE,


By ''Lone Star"
The north side has organized another
ball team,
Will Smith came up from Marquette
last week to visit his parents.
Pfeister Bros. played for dance
Tuesday night near Great Bend.
News is very scarce this week, hope
it will not remain that way very long.
The long expected rain came Friday,
Hope we will have some more of the
beautiful, soon.
The wife of Geo. Wilson died at her
home Tuesday, and was buried at the
Ollivet cemetery.
Robert Niblo is now driving a fine
team of ponies; and has very neat
conveyance for his best girl.
A small party of young folks gather
ed at Lee Howard's, Friday night; the
principal amusement was dancing.
Several of the young folks of this
vicinity attended the club dance at
Hoisington Tuesday night, it being the
last dance of the club.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
HOISINGToN.

From the Dispatch.
Land Lord Harris family have ar
rived from Kansas City.
S. P. Hager and family expect to
move to Pittsburg, Pa, as soon as S.
P. closes out his stock of goods.
Mrs. L. ]. Barrett and children are
visiting friends at Saina
James Hennessy has purchased the
E. NJ. Carr residence, paying $500
therefore.
The creamery started up Monday
morning with everything in good shape.
1880 pounds of milk were received the
first day; the proprietors think as much
as three thousand pounds daily will be
received in thirty days time.
Our good friend Mr.. Jas. Bruce is.
about as happy a man as can be found
and he has good reasons for so being.
His wife presented him with a fine
nine pound daughter Wednesday morn
ing. Jim was around yesterday telling
| about it and distributing choice havanas.
We very much regret that 1t is our
| duty this week to announce the death
of Mrs. George Wilson at her residence
FIVE miles northwest of Hoisington
which occurred on Tuesday. May Fl.
She has been suffering with typhus fever
and on Monday was stricken with par
alysis. Her death is a particularly sad
one as she leaves six little children the
oldest of which is but nine years old.
She was lady much esteemed and
loved by all her acquaIntences and her
death is sad blow to her sorrow strick-
en- husband and family.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
a HARMLESS Old ReptiIe.
M. W. COBUN.

Some of the g. O. p. newspaper men
,ef Kansas are becoming free minded
enough to acknowledge the true con-
dktion of affairs in our fair state, and
to .denounce conrnptness and original
sin in members of their own party.
The following extract from a tWo-col-
umn article in the Hiawatha World,
published by Ewing Herbert will
show how truthful a word pictuEe can
he painted by one Eho knows:
The World charged that a certa in
state officer, whose name Sol Miller
knows, had tried to seduce an innocent,
friendless girl, whom the state officer
had enticed to Topeka by giving her a
clerkship to earn little money to help
her parents. The charge was direct,
and Miller knew it. But what does the
old reptile do? Does he defend wo-
manly virtue? Does he strike at the
libertine2 Not much. His faded old
eyes biinked with sickening rage, and
he pulled his vile old body through the
slime about him and made a weak at
tempt to strike US for assaiIing the cur
who sought to despoil the girl. The
viper instinct in the scabby old body
was strong. He was at war with yir-
tue. He defended the l1bertine. He
crawled in the mire to defend his new
found creature who would sink to his
serpentinellevel. But he can do moth
ing. He is powerless. His neck has
worn brass collar so long that he can
not strike. He is poor, fangless,
blear-eyed reptile, whose hide is torn
in many a fight with the good he saw
around him. His head is crushed but
his tail will wiggle till sundown.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

those from whom you are drawing
your support. Stand up like man
and help place Americans where they
rightfully beloug-at the head, and not
at the tail of the procession.
The time is very near at hand when
the people will trot out band wagon
that all true friends of silver will
either ride in or follow.
You boast about the great amount of
silver coined under the.republicans.
Yes, and, where is it? Hid away in the
vaults of the q. S. Treasury. dishonor-
edland discri minated against by law.
The obligations of the government
made payable in coin of standard
value is construed to mean gold, when
the contract implies silver as well, and
on bonds to buy gold to discharge the
obligations. A democratic secretary
of the treasury is now engaged in this
business, and is quoted as saying that
if his party adopts free silver plank
in its platform he will be compelled to
go with the republicans. Mckinley
very recently said he would refuse the
nomination for president on a free
silver platform.
Ali this shows how deep your con-
victions are on this subject of free
coinage. IF fisherman, Reed, or Nc
Kinley should receive the nomination
in 1895 on any kind of a straddle
or patched up platform, the Register
as soon as the news can be flashed
over the wires will fall into line and
you know and / know, and all read
ing, thinking people know that the
leaders of the republican party are
in the east or in sympathy with those
that are there, and that, they are op'
posed to free coinage on any basis
other than that dictated by the lead
ers of the gold bug aristocracy, with
out any regard to the wishes or in
terests of the people of the south OF
west. You might as well try to or
ganize bible society in hi, as tC
/ try to bring about free and unlinit
ed coinage of silver 16-to-1 with sucl
material. This is not SO much
partisan as a sectional fight, th'
west has been helping the east built
up their interests long enough, anC
it is about time we were giving :
little attention to our own. And, my
young friend, don't be deceived, tht
people are moving and in the righ
direction, and a few little squibs il
the newspapers with the truth care
fully extracted will not change thei.
course. Respectfully,
Il M. W. COBUN.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
REOWING.

From "Jewel.''
A. Keller has drilled a new well.
George Hirsch left for Burton last
week.
H. Uden visited the county seat Sat-
urday.
Mrs. E. Hughes purchased a cow
of Mr.. Widner.
Henry Uden took a trip to Nc
Cracken this week.
We are sorry to see so many of the
young folks leaving US.
Robert Rudig is reported very sick
and is not expected to live.
A nice little shower last Fridav
freshened things up little.
Mrs. Edith Hughes drove over to
Holsington last Wednesday.
Elmer Widner and George Hirsch
have quit working for Mr.. Very.
Several Russian families living west
of Redwing will leave next week for
Missouri.
John Deutsch will leave in a few DAYS
for the eastern part of the state to look
for work.
VIII Amerine has quit working for
Mr.. Very and will leave for Hutchin.
son next week.
A dance given at the home of Her
man Drew last Sunday evening was en-
joyed by all present.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
FROM FAR PENNSYLVANIA.
To the Editor of the DEMooRAT:

To the Editor of the DEMOCRAT:
SIR: I have been a reader of your
valuable paper for five or six years and
find you true and firm to the principles
of democracy. If all the democrats of
the different states would do for the
democratic party as you o,there would
not be republican elected in '96 in all
the United States. Every democrat in
Kansas should read your paper, and it
would not hurt the republicans to read
the truth, if they had to read the
DEMOCRAT on Sunday morning before
they go to church, (that is, if they go
to church), unless they are like man
we have up here. He says he doesn't
care for all the lies the people tell about
him. but when they come with the
truth he gets mad
Hard times are over! Wages have
gone up at the iron works at Pittsburg,
Steelton and Harrisburg, and all over
the east, from 10 to "a per cent. 1
think by '96 the democrats will have
everything booming. It is on fair
way now, and we will give the republi
cans another Landslide"
| Look at wheat! It is now selling
here at 72c. per bushel at the mills,
and wall go to 81 before the next crop
is ready for market. Altogether the
wheat looks very promising never
seen it look better. The grass is splen-
did, oats look we'll. We have not got
our corn all planted yet, on account of
week. The corn that was planted be-
fore the cold snap looks little sickly.
Apples, peaches, pears and cherries
are going to be good crop. Straw
berries, raspberries and blackberries
are blooming and there will be big
crop if there is no dry spell from oow
to time of ripening. The Lincoln po-
tato bug, (better known by most people
as the Colorado potato bug,1 is with
US. The reason the bug got the name
of Lincoln is this: In LincolE's ad-
ministration the first potato bug of the
kind was seen in this country. They
promise to be a fair crop this year.
You can see them sitting on the fence
as you drive along the road; they are
very polite, they bid you the time OF
day and ask you ''how many potatoes
are you going to plant" etc. There
are a great many potatoes planted this
year and they pay about as we'll as any
crop we can raise. They (old) sell now
j at 65c. per bushel.
i Well, will stop for this time. II
'does me good to talk to good demo.
Icrat and tell him the truth. Hoping
that you and your paper may ever be
true to democracy, and you will surely
4 prosper and win in 1896, am yours,
d. D. BRoUGHER.
Il. S.-That man in Kansas who was
frightened so wonderfully at the first
boy baby in his family is no Pennsyl-
Vanian, for they don't get scared at
little things like that. If they do they
are ridden on rail. D. D. d.
Dillsburg. Pa. May %, 1895.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
CLARENCE,

By "Parrott."
Blow! blow! how the wind does blow!
Birdie, have you tanned that Martin
YETI
Anyone desiring to trade call on
Johnnie Compton.
Mrs. Rosa Button hauls milk to the
creamery every other day.
Willie Bird walked and listed IFS
acres of corn this spring for his Uncle
Daniel Bird. How is that for boy of
Is?
Boys, you had better take heed; if
what the preacher says about baseball
is true.
Mrs. w. P. Bruce, of Great Bend,
came out Saturday to visit friends and
relatives.
The dance at William Gagelman's
last Friday night is reported quite a
success.
William Chapman and mother, of
Great Bend, visited his brother, John
| Chapman, Sunday.
Phil LeRoy's Oldest son fell from a
| header barge one day last week, result
| ing in a broken arm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
CLAFLIN,

From the Leader
]. H. Miller of Missouri, brother in.
law of Mrs. Will Giles is here on a
visit.
Walter Cummings is able to be out
again after his serious illness, resulting
from the kick of horse.
Dave Little who has been living at
Lydon for the past two years moved
back to Clafiin last week to reside here
in the future.
Claflin and Hollywood will play a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

THE Register makes wild guess as
to who III. E."-the west side CORES
pondent who sent in an article on the
Hoisington irrigation scheme some
time ago-is. It will now be in order
for n. E.'' to ''come again." and pos
sibiy Mr.. II. can be induced to tell the
people when he is going to begin work
on his canal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
ELLINwOOD.


From the Advocate.
The high school commencement will
be held in the opera house June S.
Twenty-one children (nineteen boys
and three giris) of the Catholic school
will receive First communion Sunday.
Rev. w. F. Lipphart returned from
Leavenworth the first of last week
where he had been on ministerial
duties.
Mrs. B. M. Ford of Castleton, Kan
sas and Mrs. Anna Boone of Lipcomb,
Texas are visiting friends and relatives
in the city this week.
Mrs. ]. L. Ruddick returned from a
visit to Turon Saturday, accompanied
by her brother Harry Walker who will
remain in the city for short time.
Quite number of the young folks as.
sembled at V. S. Musil's Friday night
and INDUCED in an evening of pleas
antries the occasion being the 14th
anniversary of Miss Katie's birth.
Rev. F. 0. johnson the new Presby-
terlan preacher arrived last week and
preached his Introductory sermon last
Sunday, which was listened to and
much appreciated by large congrega-
ton of people.
B. A. Smith and family have gone
to Hutchinson to visit among friends
for couple of weeks and in the mean
time his place at the freight depotswill
be filled by baggage agent Bonnell
while Bonnell's place will be filled by L.
G. Tullis.
S. H. Chatten returned from Kansas
City Friday where he has been with
his family and his mother-in law, Mrs,
Willard for the past month, the latter
who underwent surgical operation.
The rest of the folks including the pa
tient are yet in Kansas City and will
remain there indefinitely, depending
on the progress of the patient.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

IF the government would issue no
paper money below SO notes and make
no gold coins under S5, the demand for
silver would grow greatly. It is strange
this experiment is not tried when
everybody processes to favor the ex-
tended use of silver. Wichita Beacon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

TIE Atchis0n Champian quotes an
old farmer who, after carefully and
prayerfuily considering the financial
and political situation. made the fol-
lowing confession to his wife: 'Things
are getting mighty mixed, Mandy. The
politicians are tryin' to tell the farm
ers all about farmin', and the farmers
are tryin' to tell the politicians all
about politics, and the result is nobody
knows nottlin' about nothin'.
Our old time democratic erring
brother, w. III. Brown. is sOjournIng
in Denver, and writes to the DEMO
Graf that the s'wave cf prosperity
promised by our friends, the enemy,
struck Denver so hard that it knocked
the life out OF business and everything
is at a standstill." Well. Brother
Brown. you've been a good democrat
and populist ever since we've known
you-nOw over twenty-One years-why
in thunder don'tyou change?-Register.
EVER since reading the above we
have been wondering how in thunder
the Register man got hold of a letter
written to the DEMOCRAT. We never
saw the letter; but it sounds just like
Brother Brown. As to 'swhy in thun-
der doesn't he changer" why, that is
just what is the matter with Brother
Brown; he changed from a consistent
democrat to an Inconsistent poPulist-
and then his troubles began.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

IF the governor wants to know how
"public sentiment" is in Great Bend,
we can inform him that financially it
is for free coinage of silver, and socially
for beer. Therefore public sentiment
is feminist him. first, last and all
the time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-23
A Murder Mystery.

PAcoLEr, Oct. IL The body Of Silas
Nancy, colored, was found early this
morning about one mile above the sta
ton on the railroad, terribly mutilated
The head was severed from the body
and one arm cut off. There was bask-
ct and two or three bottles of whiskey
by the side of the body.
It is known that the dead man came
down from Spartanburg as far as Rich
Hill with another colored man, late
yesterday afternoon and he left a col
ored mans house near where his body
now lies about 10 o'clock.
At the inquest evidence may be pro-
duced showing the cause of his death.
Silas worked at the stone quarry and
was rather a favorite with his emple-
yers.-State
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-23
A Brutal Murder

GREENWOOD, Oct. 13.-State Consta-
BILE J. J. Moseley was brutally murd-
cred this morning at 1:15 o'clock. lie
was at the Georgia, Carolina and Nor
thern depot, where a large lot OF liquol
was expected on the night trains. He
asked a trial justice for aid and had
the constable of that officer accompany
him.
While transferring packages, after
he had seized them, a negro grabbed a
Jug and ran. The express drayman
fired two shots and Moseley fired two
shots at the man.
A negro behind Moseley shot at him
at close range, killing him instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-23
Port Royal or Brooklyn.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-After an in"
ouiry, the navy department has decid-
ed that the depth of the water in the
dry dock at the Norfolk navy yard
will not permit the new battleship
Texas to be docked there. The dock
was found adequate for the Texas be-
fore she was fitted with armament and
other heavy material, but she is now
too deep in the water to permit her to
enter. She will be sent for docking
either to Port Royal, s. c., or Brook
lyn navy yard with the probabilities
strongly in favor of the latter place.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
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y.
alton thrown in the way Of any mem
Der of the general assembly. He
thought that this section would do
much to elevate the legislators.
Senator Tillman said that the matter
must be looked at practically. They
were going on the supposition that the
legislature would elect the judges. 1t
was by no means certain that it
would. He hoped the people would
elect all officers. This section was an
Indictment any way they looked at it
that there has been debauchery and
bribery on all past legislation in this
State. He was glad to see this ideal
scheme to place the people on a higher
plane. I dislike to mention it, but let
us look at one practical matter. The
legal fraternity has been in sympathy
with the people. They number some
800 men and only about 80 of them
have been on the peoples side. We
have been simply forced to take men
who were perhaps not the men we
would have chosen, who were not as
able as the men we would have select
ed, and put them on the bench, lie
| intended no partisan references here:
He said they had better leave well
enough alone. If a legislator was
made ineligible to office, the best men
would be kept out of the body: lie
was afraid this was Trojan horse.
The legislature should be allowed to
elect judges from its own number, II
they were not going to place the elec-
ton in the hands of the people.
MR.. BURNS TALKS OUT.
Mr.. Burns respected the members OF
the legislature, but who were they
100 men chosen by the people. To be
a lawmaker is the highest function of
the individual. But the people were
the power behind the throne. What
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-23

the charter thereby.
4. To incorporate educational, rel-
gious, charitable, social manufacturing
or banking institutions.
5. To incorporate school districts.
6. To authorize the adoption of legit-
imitation of children.
Z. To provide for the protection of
game.
8. To summon and empanel grand
or petit jurors.
8. To provide for the age at which
citizens shall be subject to road or
other public duty.
10. To fix the amount or manner OF
compensation to be paid to any county
officer, except that the laws may be so
made as to grade the compensation in
proportion to the population and nec-
essary service required.
IL. In all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable no
special law shall be enacted.
It had no sooner been called up
than Mr.. Gage offered the following
to be added to the section to be known
as subdivision u:
IL. Inc general assembly Snall
forthwith enact general laws concern
ing said subjects for said purposes,
which shall be uniform in their opera,
tions."
Mr.. Ragsdale thought it was unwise
to have an iron-clad law. 1t was gong
step too far to have absolute unifor,
nifty. The same conditions should
not be made to apply to smaller and
larger counties alike.
Mr.. Gage said he did not wish to
make the matter too binding on the
general assembly. The figures showed
what the trouble was. In the last five
years the legislature had passed 29e
general laws and 1,149 special acts.
Many counties had their domestic
troubles regulated in the convention.
His only object was to stop this. He
quoted some more statistics obtained
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power, bribery, tumult or improper
conduct.
FIRST ELECTION DIsCTssIoN.
Section IL, which was as follows,
was called up and it turned loose a
a flood of the first election laws talk:
Section IL. All elections shall be
free and open, and each inhabitant OF
this State possessing the quail
provided for in this Constitution shell
have an equal right to elect officers
and be elected to fill public officers.
Senator Tillman moved to strike out
the section, because the article on suf-
frape covered the matter. If you left
the provision that the elections should
be held openly, then the legislature
would be debarred the right to estab-
lished the Australian ballot system, II
it had the desire to do so.
Mr.. Johnstone replied that this pro
vision was absolutely necessary; that
it did not prevent the passage and op-
Grafton of the Australian ballot sys-
tenn. The fundamental principle OF
free government was in this clause,
which was in every Constitution in
America.
Senator Tillman said the suffrage
plan provided for the appointment OF
equal managers from the two parties.
Therein lay the preservation OF the
purity of the ballot.
Mr.. Johnstone replied that the last
thing to do was to trust the ballots OF
the people to managers. Never take
the management and inspection of the
count out of the handa of the people.
The managers could up stairs, if they
wanted to, and count the ballots.
Tillman-The gentleman's argu-
ment intimates that I am advocating
fraud in elections. deny it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-08
A SEVERE rREspAss LAW.

The last legislature passed a string,
ent law against g%unners. If any per.
son carrying a gun shall trespass on
any land after public notice is given
forbidding such trespassing or If he be
forbidden the owner, occupant or lessee
or licensee may bring suit and the dam
ages awarded shall not be less than $40.
Amy owner, occupants, l~essees, or any
constable can lawfully apprehend..with-
out a warrant any such ~tresspasser and
take him before a Justice-of.the-Peace
whose duty it shall be 10 impose a fine
of S., besides the cost of prosecution.
If the fines and cost are not paid the
offender may be sent to Jail for not less
than five days and not more than ten
days. II any person defaces, removes
or alters the posted notices he shall be
fined not exceeding S2O,Eor imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days.
Gunners notices on card board for
sale at the RECORD office.