Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-03-05

The Standard OH company has said
they intend to bore three hundred
wells IN Kansas this year
Chauncy Depew says he did not re-
fuse to lecture before the Kansas law
students; he was not invited.
John Carey OF Noble county has been
convicted of the atrocious crime OF at
lacking a blind man with a corn cut
ter.
A Lawrence man swallowed cop
per cent and it ate hole through his
stomach. There can be no idle money
in Lawrence.
The grand lodge old sports who
were at Leavenworth last week ought
to supply themselves with new lot
OF newspaper cuts.
By this time next week the Noble
county gold boom viii have thrown
the Washington county Kansas, gold
boom into the deep shade.
Sumner county farmers are having
good success treating hog cholera
with coal oil. Kansas porkers and
petroleum holes ought to work pretty
well together now.
Il am waiting here explained
Archie Williams, as he sat in Copeland
county, Ito buy copy of this new
book on Jim Lane. I've got his broth
er. the Pre- Historic Man"
She-Se-W a-Ge- one of our red breth-
rem from the Pottawatomie reserva-
ton, was arrested at Horton Saturday,
for stealing a cake of toilet soap from
a druggist. He was fined 81 and
costs, amounting in all to $3.50
J. III. Love, Elmer Hoffman and
George Elliott of Galena have gone to
far-off Alaska in search of gold. There
is no gold in Galena, but there is what
may be sold for gold-lead and zinc in
abundance-and that's the place to go
and dig.
The Lanier boys of East Atchison
have returned to the old habit of
crossing over to the Kansas side and
whipping newspaper reporters. They
have been making these invasions
about every ten years since the time
of Tom Stivers, the first local of
the old Atchison Champion.
John Wentworth of Butler county
IS1uSCo W IiS IOo COA-
tract. The agents said that was all
right. and then pulled out a battery
and told him to have a shock. The
next day they turned up with a con-
tract signed by him and made him
put up and pay for a lightning rod for
his house.
Abilene has an inspired weather
prophet. He declares that he has re-
ceived assurances from on High that
| there will be abundant crops this year,
that June will De Il wet month and
the fruit crop a bountiful one. He
AYERS that the wheat crop will be
good one though Hicks says not, but
he agrees with Foster on the storm
during the first week in March.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year at the state edi-
torial convention at Leavenworth last
week: f. H. Roberts OskalOosa, pres
ident: w. Y. Morgan, Hutchinson, sec
rotary; w. l.. Brown. Kingnan, treas
| urer, together with half dozen vice
presidents. The national convention
meets in Galveston, Texas, in Novem-
| Der and Kansas will be ably represent
ed.
There is danger of blood shed in
Meade and Comanche counties between
stockmen and citizens. Some stock
! men fenced in grazing lands belonging
| to nonresident owners and drove in
several hundred head of cattle recent
| ly from Texas. Several nights later
the wire was cut in several places.
the herd stampeded and scattered
| over the country and more than 100
| lost.
Clay WhiteInan tells the following
story and credits it to Sol Miller: A
| Troy girl once made visit to neigh
boring town to visit the sister of her
STEADY" On the trip she took paint
| ing materials with her in order to
| give lessons in the art to her hostess.
When she returned, she forgot her
| colors. and in the next letter to her
beau, asked him to bring with him the
next time he called, her paints. She
| left the ''i'' out OF paints. and caused
much embarra ssment to the young
man. who was much too modest to at
| tempt to execute the commission.
| The south end of Dickinson county
/ continues much exercised over the al
legged robbers treasure said to be hid