Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-02-27
Harper countv-s corn crop reached

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4, 147,675 bushels.
The base ball season has already
begun in Haskell county.
Goodland is reveling in ghosts, relig-
ious revivals and wildcats.
The state normal expects to get
slice of the Fort Hays reservation.
Concordia is said to become more ex-
cited over game of whist than over
rumors of war.
Kansas had cash in its fist to the
amount of $500, 152. SO the first of the
present month.
A Topeka paper offered a reward
for the return of "a small lady IS parse
which had been lost.
The energetic Kansas hens caused a
Chicago cold storage firm to lose $780,
900 on eggs last week.
i: 1t is said Ed Little of Abilene, Is in
love with girl who is travelling in
Japan for her health.
An editor in western Kansas an
nounces that he will take anything on
subscription 'seNpect parsnips.
Atchison will advertise for bids for
an $95, 900 sewer as soon as the city en-
gineer can prepare the plans and spec
ifications.
The recent pension payment at To-
peka was the largest ever made there.
OF the $4,000 disbursed, $3.50, 900 was
received by Kansans.
The icemen in Kansas has one
hope. Two years ago there. was a
cold snap at the last Of February and
a crop of ice secured
Greedy county three weeks ago and al
ready one-twentieth of the entire pop
ulation has surrendered.
The newspapers have much to say
about the Ingalls, girls, but not a
word about the Ingalls, boys. john
boys must be all girls.
The cost of lighting Fort Scott s
streets by electricity is running about
$500 month, and quite a vigorous
roar is being made about it.
last meeting condemned fifteen miles
of sidewalk. They will finish the job
at their next regular meeting.
It is the newspaper fashion in Leav-
enworth to set names in the socitey
columns after the style of a hotel bill
of fare. 1t is fat for the printer
\ farmer in Stevens county fed his
hogs on onions for three months. The
hogs ate the onions with tears running
off their shouts but it made them fat.
The Northeast Kansas Teachers
associa ton is endeavoring to secure
Henry Watterson for lecture some
time during their meeting at Atchison
in April.
Mrs. Martin E. Conway, whose hus-
band was the first Kansas representa-
tive in congress, died at the home of
her daughter in Lawrence Monday
morning. Mr.. Conway died several
years ago in Washington
It is reported that Webb McNall
has been riding in second class coach
es ever since his return from Cripple
Creek, just to keep the boys out in
Sixth district from finding out that he
is millionaire mine-owner.
B. L. Glenn of Hodgeman county
has what is probably the only cram
berry marsh in Kansas. He started
last spring with a barrel full of young
plants shipped from Michigan. He
irrigated well and cultivated thorough
ly during the summer and his plan ia
ton has thrived amazingly. Mr.. Glenn
gathere a few berries this fall and
the promise is for an abundant crop
in ano ther season.
A company of exporters of walnut
logs are purchasing in the vicinity of
Concordia. r. s. Coughlin sold them
twelve logs that were from ten to
fourteen feet in length and from eight
teen inches to three feet in diameter.
Mr.. Coughlin received about $50 for
the logs, or as the rate of $50 a thous-
and feet. The logs were shipped to
Russia, where they are in much de-
mand for furniture.
Jerome Pitney, who lives on the Red
Vermillion river, few miles from Wa
mega. has ranch of ., 40 acres upon
which he feeds 1000 cattle and 300
hogs. For grinding he has a twenty
five horse power engine.
AS the Rock Island freight was near
ing Woodbine from the south at 1890