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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

One of our city preachers regaled
formation that the newspapers are all
horrible liars. The press and the pull
pit are the two great powers in civili-
zation thai 90 hand in hand with
pleasant words and whitewash brushes
and we wish to dwell in harmony with
the preachers. But the Great Bend
preacher who told the whole truth
under all circumstances would receive
sudden and imperative "call'' to
preach in some other place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

o. Whiteman and F. Hays of Gal
alta were down Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

David Speck was bound over to the
district court on Saturday on charges
of larceny ard embezzlement. 1t is
alleged tnat Speek stole wheat belong
ing to G. F. Diffenbacher, stored in
Wheatland township, and then burned
the grainerY to hide the crime.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

The uptown merchants are hot over
the way they are treated in the matter
of street sprinkhng. The nearest crane
for filling the sprinkler is two blocks
from the business center, and much
time is wasted in hauling water. AS
the city provided for three Of these
cranes. the kick is just one. Why
are they not properly located?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

When Jack Hege, the genial sales
man at G.. n. s. E. R. Moses, came
down to business Monday morning he
was holding his head so high that he
was in constant danger of falling over
backwards. The reason for this was a
fine son, who put in an appearance on
Sunday. Mother and child are doing
well.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Charley Murphy left Monday fol
Centralia, ILL.,, on business.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Chunk Lightbody left last Friday
for Clinton, Mo-, where he will assist
his father, wko is manager of the
RAIDER store there. Chunk has grown
from boYhood in Great Bend and is
universally known as a young man of
integrity and good morals and we can
recommend him to the young people of
Clinton as a valuable acquisition to
their social circle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Mrs. w. r. Armstrong leaves to-
day for her new home at Galva, Kan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Ora Dawson is putting new fenc'
around his residence property.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Joseph Morris, Larnedite, was il
the city Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Larned Optic: Milton McGreevey,
Great Bends (Dundee] popular society
lion, was visiting with Will Scott, Jr.,
Tuesday evening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
OCTOBER 1-5.-state fair at Wichita.
OCTOBER 1-5--Kansas Irrigation Association at Gar
den City.
sRprEMBEn7--Pcnic of Modern Woodmen at Great
Bend.
AUGUST Sth and 9h--Basebal games between the
Great Bend and Marion teams at Great Bend
AUaUsr 1O-Caucuses to choose delegates to the
Democratic County Convention.
AUGUST 17--Democratic County Convention at
Great Bend.
Center.
Visit the normal.
New hay is selling at $4 per ton.
Look up the new ads in this issue,
Our city schools begin September Is.
Monday, Great Bend VS.. Minneapolis
Fred Adams is here from Rocky Ford
Colo.
Louie Woodburn is i'll with typhoid
fever.
J. V. Brinkman visited in Ellin wood
on Sunday.
Dick Moseley is now located at Bon
ner Springs.
Mrs. j. Rasor is back from her
eastern visit.
The DEMOCRAT job room guarantees
artistic printing.
Charley Worman is i'll at his home
west Of the city.
Joseph Morris, Larnedite, was in
the city Saturday.
o. Whiteman and F. Hays of Gal
alta were down Saturday.
Charley Murphy left Monday fol
Centralia, ILL.,, on business.
Ora Dawson is putting new fence
around his residence property.
Charley Zutavern attended divine
services in the park Sunday night.
C. SamueIs is in the east looking VI
bargains for Barton county people.
Our second nine was defeated b5
Chase Tuesday, the score being to 10
Howard Diffenbacher started Mon
day on an overland trip to Clinton, Mo
Mrs. W. r. Armstrong leaves to
day for her new home at Galva, Kan
Engineer Bagley is running the Hols
lngton branch engine during Mooney
lay off.
Pete Doherty, S. 81. Thomas and r
Harris were Ellinwooders in town ol
Tuesday.
N. w. Shaffer and Charles Hittle
prominent natives of Ness, were her
Saturday.
Bon Dawson acted as catcher 70
Florence this week in series Of game
with Minneapolis.
A. j. Deatz, the popular grocer
drummer, reports wonderful revive
in business all along the road.
Misses Cora and Amanda Flanle
left Saturday evening for Colorad
Springs to spend the summer.
Mrs. Joakin Bush, north of town
very dangerously i'll with dropsy- He
sons have been telegraphed for.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Miss Maud RAIDER of EllinwoOd was
a guest of Misses Roe Hotchkiss anG
Daisy Allen this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

To DEMOCRAT reporter who inter-
viewed Mr.. Gould in regard to his
auction sales he stated: 1--WE hope to
raise enough money to enable us to
meet all obligations and continue our
business. We attribute our temporary
embarrassment to the fact of our carry
ing too many high grade goods iR these
dull times. Oh, yes, everything will
be sold until we realize enough to pay
all bliss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Howard Diffenbacher started Mon
day on an overland trip to Clinton, Mt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Our second nine was defeated by
Chase Tuesday, the score being Z to 10.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Charley Worman is i'll at his home
west Of the city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

A pleasant social was given by the |
ladies of the Congregational church |
last evening at the home of Mrs Fred |
Zutavern.
Mrs. Heres. who was so brutally
cut with knife by her husband at
last winter is paralyzed on
one side as result.
Democrats, remember the county
on the 18th, and send in a
delegation from every township. There
is victory in the air
During the electrical storm last week
struck the house of John ".
in Eureka township. doing
damage.
The Misses Geiser of Kansas City,
enroute home from the Denver educa-
tional meeting, visited few days with
Miss Florence Poole.
Prof. Reese and family of Fall City,
Neb., formerly of this place, passed
through last Thursday enroute to the
mountains of Colorado,
We will give years subscription
to the DEMOCRAT to the first Great
Bend lady to appear on the streets in
bloomer bicycle costume.
Robert Benton, ore of the old timers
of Barton county, was down from AL
bion township last Friday. reporting
splendid rain Thursday night.
Henry Langfeld and Thomas De
Werff of Commanche township we're
up to the county seat last Monday on
business with the county commission
ers.
John Myer, a gardener southeast of
the Santa Fe depot, is another unfortu-
nate man who lost his entire summers
work on his garden by reason of the
overflow.
A little daughter OF Andrew Bird of
Clarence township drank small guam
tity of concentrated lye one day last
week and was in precarious condition
for some time.
Messrs. Andrew Daniels and Charles
Gano of Pawnee Rock were waiting
on the county commissioners last Mon
day to see about getting that Pawnee
Rock bridge rebuilt.
9. V. Meier and family of the south
side left for Cunot, Ind, the first of
the week. We predict that Charlie
will be back on the Barton county
farm inside of two years.
The Woodmen lodges of Barton
county will hold a grand picnic on the
7th of September. The details have
been left with the Great Bend lodge
and will be published later.
We heard a man say the other day
that no matter how much corn we
raised this year, it would never go be-
low 25 cents bushel. We hope this
prediction may prove correct.
| Avery Avis, who goes over the terri
tory weekly, says there are more stacks
of grain in northwest Barton and east
ern Rush county than he ever saw be-
fore. Corn is finer than ever before.
II. S. Baird of near Pawnee Rock
was doing business in town Monday
He says he will have some fair wheat
for market this fall and plenty o.
spring crops. if the season is good from
now on.
Misses Leona Griffith, Ella Day
Meta Woodward and May WoodburI
and Messrs. James Airhart, Charle
Emley and Ed Fouch are delegates t.
tbs EEpworth league meeting Larnet
ne week.
The DEMOCRAT will be sent on,
year free to the person bringing as tht
five largest potatoes, weight measured
one year free for the largest ear o
corn and one year free for the larges
Watermelo
r. A. Charles and family now Occup'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Charley Zutavern attended divine
services in the park Sunday night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Pete Doherty, S. Fl. Thomas and r.
Harris were Ellinwooders in town on
TunSdaV
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

The social given at the park Sunday
night by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church was grand success. Prof.
Mathes' lecture on ''Tale of Woe"
was delightful.
The event of the season Will be the
grand jewelry auction sales of ". D.
Gould s. Co. Everything will be sold
of cost or value, as the firm
must raise cash to meet bills.
The city council passed an ordin-
ance Tuesday night to levy 10 mills
General and mills interest tax. Three
new fire hydrants were accepted and
the electric fire alarms ordered put in
working order.
There are some men who astonish
the world with their smartness, and
that is the kind of man who remarked
the other day that Andy Hoisington
would not build his irrigation ditch
until the corn crop was assured.
Enumerator Buckland finds the fol-
lowing children of school age in Great
Bend: First ward, So boys, 81 girls;
Second ward, Ill boys, 146 girls; Third
ward, 127 boys. 153 girls; Fourth ward.
So boys, 90 girls; total, 375 boys, 45S
girls.
David Speck was bound over to the
district court on Saturday on charges
of larceny ard embezzlement. 1t is
alleged tnat Speek stole wheat belong
ing to G. F. Diffenbacher, stored in
Wheatland township, and then burned
the grainery to hide the crime.
had his pasture and hay land all
Yeneered over by about two feet of new
soil by the recent high water. He
would not kick so much if this new
deposit of alluvial richness had been
withheld until after he got his hay
crop off.
We understand that the ladies of
Great Bend are making up parties to
attend Gould's jeweiry auction sales,
which begin Friday, August 16, at 2:3O
p. N. The auctioneer is an expert in
everything pertaining to jewely, gems,
| etc, and his descriptions are said to be
very fine.
Misses Laura and Otie Humphrey,
who are in the mountains of Colorado
were the first ladies to reach the sum.
nit OF Longs Peak this season
There is an unusual amount of snow
on the peak, and the young ladies dis
played great courage and endurance il
making the trip.
Wedding rings and birthday and
other anniversary presents will soon b'
cheap, and many of our timid swaini
should then seize their time to ''rinf
their bellies" w. D. Gould 81 Co.'S
auction sales begin Friday, August IL
and continue from day to day unit
their fine stock is closed out.
1t is only about once in a lifetime
that one has chance to buy jeWelry
at his own price, but such a chancs
will occur in Great Bend very soon
On Friday, August 18th W. D. Gould
& Co., begin an auction sale of thei
fine goods, to be continued from day
to day until further notice.
When Jack Hege, the genial sales
man at @. N. s. E. r. Moses, cam
down to business Monday morning b
was holding his head SO high that b
was in constant danger of falling owe
backwards. The reason for this was
fine son, who put in an appearance ol
Sunday. Mother and child are doin
well.
, The uptown merchants are hot owe
, the way they are treated in the matte
of street sprinkling. The nearest Gran
for filling the sprinkler is two block
, from the business center, and mucl
time is wasted in hauling water. A
the city provided for three of thes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

C. Samuels is in the east looking VI
bargains for Barton county people.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

G. G. Cantwell and Paul Haas, two
of Sterlings best ball players and affi-
able gentlemen. spent Friday and Sat
urday in the city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Albion correspondence in HoisingtOn
Dispatch: I'VE were amused at the
convention last Saturday when the
resolutions were read and the part
came, Resolved. That we are in favor
of the ratio of Is to /" which was met
with great applause, but continued,
in favor Of Is votes for the ticket this
day nominated to l for the opposition
At that some few looked sour, but
that soon wore off and everything
worked to the utter satisfaction of all
in the south part of the county"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Engineer Bagley is running the Hois-
lngton branch engine during Moneys
LON oH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Last Saturday night was an Internal
hot one. It was so warm the skeeters
hung on the screens with their tongues
ont
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Bon Dawson acted as catcher for
Florence this week in series Of games
with Minneapolis.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

at the DEMOCRAT Office you will
find the proper style and size of cards
for gentlemen and for married and un-
married ladies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Axell Wemmergren went up to L.
Crosse Tuesday to figure on paperini
the Windsor hotel at that place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

On another page today will be-
found the announcement of L. n.
Kelley as a democratic candidate for
sheriff. ''Lou," as his friends call him
is young man well qualified for that
position. He has been a resident of
the county over ten years, and has a
host of friends in all parts of the
county and in all parties. His ability
to minister the details Of this response
ble position can not be Questioned
Should he receive the nomination his
canvas viii be a manly and open one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Ebert Seward visited his parents at
Alden over Sunday. Mrs. Seward re.
m aimed for a longer visit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

N. w. Shaffer and Charles Hitt1e
prominent natives of Ness, were here
Saturday
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

The Daughters of the King gave a
very pleasant social at the .home of
Miss Floy Gilmore last Wednesday
night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

A. L. Whilcombe has put an addi-
tion onto his residence near the east
side school house and will move in this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

J. W. A. Cooke Of the Claflin Leader
witnessed the ball game last Thursday
and made US a pleasant call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

A. MeTaggert will commence school
at No. 27, east of Pawnee Rock, the
second Monday in September.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

J. w. Brown, the pioneer, real estate
man, HOW has his Office with Clarke s.
Russell, over the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Drake, the republican nominee for
governor of Iowa, is cousin of Charley
Oneal, an old time Pawnee Rock citi-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Mrs. Katie Mcdonald of Chicago is
here on visit to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. II. Clancy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

It is absolutely disgraceful to allow
so many weeds around town. First
thing we know we will be as bad as
Larned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

RIM. Salisbury went down to Hunts
vile, Reno county. the first of the
week to visit few days with relatives
and friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

The DEMOCRAT job room guarantees
artistic printing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Mrs. Stevenson, sister of Mrs. o. ]
left for her home in Fort
Worth, Texas, Monday, after short
visit here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

: New hay is selling at $4 per ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Louie Woodburn is i'll with typhoid
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Mrs. j. Rasor is back from her
eastern visit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-08

Dick Moseley is now located at Bon
ner Springs.
The herald., 1895-04-10

Wan paper at Eckstrom's. ss4 5. spring st.
The herald., 1895-04-10

ruary of 1898. two months after he died,
showed that the Gould fortune had in
creased to more than $50, 600 900. At that
time Missouri Pacific was selling at 5S34,
Western Union at 94ls and Manhattan l.
at 156. In April of 1893 the bottom began
to drop out of stocks in general and the
Gould wealth suffered accordingly.
In January of 1894 Missouri Paictic was
down to 1871, Manhattan l. to 11S15 and
Western Union to so rs. In February
there was slight improvement in values
and the Gould wealth jumped up mil
lion and a half This increase, lagre
fortune in itself, was eau sed by mere
nominal change in values, Missouri Pa
cific going to II 5-S, Manhattan to 12Ola
and Western Union to s24. There was
another small improvement in March
which sent the tor tune up three-quarters
of a million. In April Missouri Pacific
was quoted at 2Sl 4, an Improvement of 5A
points over March, and while there was a
small loss in Western Union and slight
increase in Manhattan, the fortune gained
one and three-quarter millions.
NAV was bad month for the wealth.
Missouri Pacific went down to pa. Man.
haitian dropped to lis and Western Union
sagged away TO STA. Ihis was total
drop of 1917 points and the fortune fell
away three and three-quarter millions.
Did George Gould worry much i'll that
month? 1t is not likely, because at that
very time he bought the famous sloop
Vigilant, and that same month went
abroad with his family to race in English
waters against the Britannia, owned by
the prince of Wales.
There was very slight improvement in
.e month of June. and i'll July and Aug
us the fluctuations were SO slight that
the fortune only moved quarter of q
million each way These are the dull
summer months when busircs on the
stock exchange is exceedingly light, and
when every one but the drudgcs of Wall
street are away summering III cool spots.
Things p cked up somew at Septem-
Der. Missouri Pacific went up to 26iS,
NJ nhat;an l. crawled up TO ll3la, and
Western Union jumped TO S1i4. This sent
the fortune up a million and a quarter.
There was another bad drop in October,
caused mainly by slump i'll Manhattan
due to the likelihood OF competition by
the propo ed underground road to be built
by the city. Manhat an went d own to
104%, and while Missouri Pac ic lost
moth ng from the previous montI and
Western Union only TX points, toe for
tune dropped two millions, touching the
lowest point of the year.
1t recovered slightly in December and
wa, iu t quarter OF Il million more than
it was at tue beginning of the year. At
The herald., 1895-04-10
MILLIONS ON THE JUMP
The Stupendous Fluctuations of
a Big Fortune
GOULD FAMlLY'S WEALTH
Its Ups and Downs as Shown by
q Chart
a Change Of Point on tho Stock
Exchange Means Hilllons More
So or Millions Less

Utmost people we're 81, 900, 900 poorer on
Saturday night taan they were on Mon
day. morning they would be inclined to
feel depressed. Again, if they were seve al
millions richer Tuesday than on Monday,
they would ma ,urally be somewhaJ clated.
Such fluctuations of fortune would stag
ger the equanimity of the most hardened
gambler. Famous plungers like Pitts
burg Phil, mike Dwyer and young Shan
non of Kentucky could never stand the
stra of terrific changes of wealth OF that
kind even if their bank accounts could.
But there is one man wno can stand
and he stands it well. lie doesn't lose a
wink of .leep if he happen to be 5000
900 or $4,000, 600 poorer when he goes to
be than he was il the m rning. In
fact it is doubtful if he ever tn nks of 1t !;
at any rate he doe MT worry over the
thing. Net or is he clated if he is half
dozen millions ric er at the end Cf the
week han he was in t e beginning. lie
was bred an reared in a mon yed atmo :
phere wh.cIf continually changed for bet
ter or for worse. A majority OF the peo-
ple would i'm agine tn s state OF mind an
ideal one but it's question whether the
owner OF the mind SO regards
The man in view is George Gouiu. lie
is the re manager of the Gould family
wealth, W lie his brothers and sisters are
The herald., 1895-04-10
AN INTERESTING CHART

co-executors of the estate, they have lie
TO say about is management. They have
all agreed to allow George to use his judg-
ment in the matter, and although it is
nOminally divided into six different
parts, it is practically one power and can
be used, if neces ary, like it was in the
days Of Jay Gould. to cru h any rival.
The Gould brothers and sister appIecia e
the truth of the old maxim, In union
there is strength" and they abide by 1T
absolutely.
The chart clearly shows the ups and
downs OF the family wealth for the year
1884,. When Jay Gould died the offic al
statement of h wealt as submitted to
the municipal authorities for the collec-
tion OF the local tax was $4,000, 600.
About S., ,OO0, 900 of Ethis was invested in
real estate. Thirteen millions were and
are invested in the Union Pacific rail
road, the International and Great No th-
ern railroad. the Texa and Pacific rail
road, the st. Louis and | on Mounta
ra lroad and the Wabash roat. BY far
the greater portion of the wealth is in
vested in til rec railroads-the Mnhattan
Elevated system, Missouri and Pacific and
the Western Union Telegraph company.
At the time of Jay Gould death it was
computed that his investments in these
properties were as follows:
Twenty million dollars in Western
Union at S5 ST, 900. 900.
JWcuby iD1lllOu uOlldlo III
at12s, SIS, 100000.
Twenty million dollars in Missouri Pa
citic at 55, $11, ,000, 900.
This makes total for the three roads
OF $53. 800 900. which, with the SIS, O0O, 600
insthe other systems mentioned and the
$1,000, 600 in real estate. makes a complete
total of 81. 900, 900, which approximately
shows how the vast fortune is placed.
The fluctuations as shown in the chart
are based upon the prices of the three
wealth is invested, during the year 1894.
infvalue, except to comparatively slight
degree. The fluctuations of the other
stocks than Manhattan j. Western Union
and Missouri Pacific were about the same
ayit the three roads Just mentIo ned.
quoted on each sock at the end of the
month has been taken and the estimates
based upon this value. While portions
of the Gould holdings in each of the prop
critics are in bonds, the bulk of the money
isin the stocks
twill be noticed that there is de-
crease of SIC, 900, 900 in the fortune be-
tween the death of Jay Gould and the end
OF January of 1894. More than year
elapsed between these periods, and the
the latter time. Many people thought
there would be fearful collapse of Gould
laciOus by the course of the stocks i'm
niediately after his death. They doomed
and estimates made in Feb