Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23

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Fire-guards are being burnt on town
ship lines in many western counties
J. r. Burton's lecture Is entitled,
.sTalking and Takers . 1t is said to
be very fine.
L. L. Dyche, certain that his lecture
alone will be sufficient to draw crowd
has had his hair cut.
Ex-Probate Judge Johnson of Cow
ley county has gone to California with
the view of locating there.
A single firm raised $4,000 pounds of
garden seeds in Stevens county last
year, its value being $1,000.
Kansas has 3s5 mills. employing
2.349 men with an annual output of
flour amounting to $50, 900, 600.
Judge c. w. Smith of the Stockton
district, has appointed his wife to the
position of court stenographer.
Stag parties are so common in Stock
ton that the Record speaks of "a party
to number of friends of both sexes. :
Leavenworth people are preparing
a magnificent entertainment for the
editorial association. February II and
18th.
Christ's hospital at Topeka will re-
ceive bequest of $25. 900 from the es-
tate of the late j. c. Kyle, of that
city.
A Kansas minister preached for
con gregatiOn for two years and did
not get cent of his salary. He has
resigned.
Colonel L. C. Weldy and Bill Sapp's
brother John nave organized a theat-
rical club at Galena. and will play for
sweet charity.
The Rev. J. A. Bull. presiding elder
of the Beloit district, preached 300
| sermons in 1895, and the Call says they
| were good ones, too.
| DIR. Mabel Spencer, of Mania ttan,
| has been appointed physician for Re
public county. She is the first woman
| in the state to be SO honored.
| The Short Creek run of lead and
zine has jumped Shoal Creek, and a
! town on ''Teanesee prairie" south
west of Galena. is talked of.
| There is over As. 600 bushels of corn at
! Ellsworth. 1t is expected that over
| 1OO. 900 bushels Will be stored before
| spring, awaiting better prices.
! Bank robbers at Baldwin, Sunday
night blew open the State bank with
| nitro 81 ycerine, but were frightened
| away without securing any booty.
| Out in the Solomon valley where
| corn is king, the hen has risen to the
rank of queen. a bushel of corn going
at market rates for d dozen of eggs.
People who read the Hiawatha
| World hereafter without paying for it
| will have to borrow it. Herbert has
| hung out the sign. No pay, no paper.
| An Atchison job printer, finding bus
mess little dull. has induced lot of
young gillies Of the town to put a
comic opera on for the benefit of char
ity.
"A Seneca man, who owed SLIGO to
| Stockton Record on subscription, sent
| a check for $16O, and the honest editor
| diddt do thing but send it back for
correction.
The Topeka Capital Almanac and
Year Book is a complete encyclopedia
| of state and political information. 1t
| is especially valuable to pu bile speak
ers and writer's.
| 1t is believed that AtchisOn has been
! hoodooed as a show town by young
| women who wear knitted faSciuators
on their heads to the theaters and
| keep them on during the performance.
| A Lawrence man has struck plan
to avoid paying rent for telephone at
| his residence. He has established a
telegraph line of his own and with a
ticker" at each end. keeps up a COM
munica ton and pays no toll.
Local newspaper writer's are allow
ed great deal of latitude, but the
young man on the Topeka Capital
crossed the equator when he said a
woman wearing a Mother Hubbard,
walked into court like a queen
When an Atchison man gets ahead
enough to lift the mortgage from
his house and little extra to build a
brick porch. his wife prints all hel
names on her visiting cards. As pei
example: Mrs. Jonathan AIillsop
Bllll1ins.
A profita BILE industry in Leaven-
worth is the organization of Cripple
Creek colonies. The victims. in addi
, ton to railroad fares. pay a fee to the
promoter for the privilege. Whe1
they get to Cripple Creek they hustle