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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-30
GREAT BEND KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 80 1896

All firemen should remember that
there will be a regular meeting Of the
on Friday evening of this
week.
You can subscribe for any prominent |
paper or magazine, at the postoffice,
and save the cost OF stamps, money |
order etc.
Send TO the county superintendent
for sample copy of School Visitor. 1t
is the only county paper devoted to the
public Schools.
Fourteen new members were added |
to the Congregational church rolls last |
Sunday. Rev. l.. C. Schnacke is doing |
a good work in our midst.
j. D. Welch, having severed his con-
nectlon with the DEMOCRAT, goes to |
Independence, Mo-. to take charge of |
Joa Borders Daily Blade.
Will some one bring in a load Of cobs
on subscription? Big cobs or little cobs |
white or yellar-any color Or size, So |
they will make the kettle boil.
A dishonest man is the most con-
temptable work of G-of the devil we |
should say. Don't think God had any
thing to do do with making 'em.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Con-
gregational church gave delightful
observation social last Friday evening
at the home of j. George Brinkman.
The avocation of footpad IS more
honorable than that,of the professional
dead beat who lays his plans to defraud
those who have been his best friends.
Ex County Clerk Typer is still very
sick man. He went home sick after
retiring from the county clerks Office.
and has hardly been able to sit up since
then.
The C. N. c. menagerie is again open
for visitors. Saturday night of this
week the Guerillas will be put through
a series of performances for the amuse-
ment of the public.
Prof. e. G. FoHtana and Grace Eden
gave our people two very pleasant
evenings entertainment. The K. of
P's were fortunate in securing so pleas
ing an attraction.
Alex Edwards, cOlored, aged Al years
living in the north part of town, went
crazy this week. About two months
ago he lost his wife. Alex is son-in-
law of Rev. Stevenson.
The Great Bend brass band will give
benefit dance in the near future. The
boys are practicing with much pains
and study. and are already able to fur
nish excellent music.
Owing to the Vaccinations of Welch
and misunderstanding with the ready
print house, the. DEMOCRAT is day
late this week. We promise you it
will not happen again.
Bob Brown says mis- enjoyment Of the
Fontana hypnotic show would have
been complete. if the opera house jani-
tor could have been induced to put a
couple more cobs In the stove.
Chess Nichols went up to Nekomo,
Rush county, Wednesday morning to
take charge of the skimming station
for the Great Bend Creamery Co.
Chess is an old hand at the business.
Mrs. 6. L. Chapman visited with the
family of her uncle, w. 81. Brinkman
at Larned the last few days. Mrs.
Brinknan's mother, Mrs. Waters, died
while OF visit in California last week.
How many parents know the number,
or what studies their children are pur-
suing at school? Few takes enough
interest in the school life of their little
ones to look in upon their work once a
year.
Mrs. Belle Corson. formerly of Hois-
inaton, but now of Denver, Colorado,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-30

Matthias Buess and wife: returned
from Toulaire, California, last Sunday
They went out last fall with the inten-
tion OF making it their home; but con
cluded that old Barton county is best.
Mr.. Buess says times are as hard in Cal
ifornia as in Kansas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-30

Last Saturday afternoon, the 25th,
young fellow from the livery stable at
Bushton started with travelling man
to drive to Clatiin. While bowling
along over the undulating prairies en-
joying the health-giving ozone of Kan
sas' own production, unmindful OF
near approaching enemy, they were
suddenly made aware that they had
hot box-or something else hot-in the
vicinity of their pedal extremeties.
Suddenly the buggy bottom, lap-robe
and their own clothing were attacked
by fire, and it was only by close shave
that they goi out of the buggy: alive
and released their team. The buggy
was entirely burned up, and the drum
mer lost the lower part of his panta-
looms and had his legs badly scorched.
It is supposed that match dropped
into the bottom of the buggy, and
stepped on became ignited, and thus
set fire to the outfit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-30

VOLUME XII.
LOCAL BREVETIES.
Sunny Kansas foreverl
Don't be in hurry to make garden.
March is yet to come.
Judge Cole went to Topeka yester-
day on court business.
Do you take school paper? Sub
scribe for School Visitor.
Tom Brown was down from Galatia
a couple of days last week.
John j. Smith of near Pawnee Rock
was in town the first of the week.
Miss Flo Harper, sister of Mrs. M.
p. Parker, is in the city on visit.
Ten applicants for teachers eertii-
Gates took the examination last lSatur-
day.
The cold wave will do one good thing
for the farmers: bring up the price of
eggs.
Howard Bishop and wife are in the
city on visit to the family of FL. A.
Bishop.
School Visitor is an all home print
paper devoted to the schools, only 35c
per year.
Will correspondents please notify US
when in need of stationery, and we will
supply them.
Frank Herthel, Sr., was down from
Claflin Tuesday, and made the DEMO
Graf office call.
All knights of Pythias should try
and be in attendance at lodge this
Thursday evening.
Wednesday, the Goth. was Kansas
Day, and was appropriately celebrated
by the public schools.
g. Z. Ayers, OF the south side, is up
in Rush county. near Shaffer this week,
baling hay for shipment.
Licence to wed was issued on the
9th to William Jones and Miss Susie
Madison, both of Clafiin.
The Cyclone and the New York
Store have each something new to say
to their readers this week.
On Sunday. the 10Th, a fine girl baby
came to increase the joys of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Barth, at Clatiin.
Tom Ely has rented the room next
south of him, and will open a restau-
rant in it the first of the month.
E. FL. Sbirk, formerly of Sterling, is
the new night agent at the Santa Fe.
He comes highly recommended.
Justice J. G. Lytle, of Hoisington,
was in tho city Wednesday, and favored
the DEMOCRAT office with call.
The people generally seem to be in
favor of retaining the street lights at
the present price paid by the city,
The ladies of the M. E. church clear
ed about $2S on the course of lectures
delivered by Tank Kee last week.
Louis Haight of Pawnee Rock was
shopping in town the first of the week,
and made the DEMOCRAT Office call.
C. ], Harrison, a nephew of w. H..
Wyley of this CITY, came in from Pea
body this week to attend the e. N. G.
Mrs. Fanny, Mccormick; of Chicago,
came in last week, to visit old friends
and look after some business matters.
FL. F. Myers, the machinist. has just
received couple of elegant Crescent
bicycles. To see them is to want them.
The January School Visitor, Super
intendent McKinney's neat and popu-
lar educational journal. is out this
week.
Charley Zutavern, Geo. Nimocks, Jr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-30

The Santa Fe mortgages now being
fled in the different counties through
which the road passes make 20S pages
of printed matter and add S73 so to TIE
exchequer of each register of deeds
who handles them.
Editor Pope of the Weekly Cali, and
Attorney Bass, both prominent Topeka
colored men, were in the city the first
or the week IN the interest of the Call
They will give a write up of Great
Bend and it's interests.
The probate judge has had Slight
boom in business the last few days of
spring weather. Monday he granted
a marriage license to Charles Metz, of
Ellinwood, and Miss Minnie Kaufman
of Stafford county, ar Hudson.
1t is reported that Will Shockey has
again taken up the razor and shears,
and we will not be surprised to see him
back in Great Bend before long. Once
a Bender. always Bender-at least
that seems to be the way witA all good
people.
Matthias Buess and wife: returned
from Toulaire, California, last Sunday
They went out last fall with the inten-
tion of making it their homs; but con-
cluded that old Barton county is best.
Mr.. Buess says times are as hard in Cal
ifornia as in Kansas.
For SALE: A well improved farm
of 160 acres, s miles north of Hollywood
Barton county Kansas, value 81, 500,
will sell at a bargain. For particulars
address MRS. E. w. ALLEN,
ct 24S Clark avenue.
Freeport, Ill.
Anumber of the friends of W. B.
King and wife called at the residence,
in the Third ward, last Saturday night,
all "unbeknownst" to them, and enjoy
ed pleasant evening. They say the
old soldiers acted just like ''passef''
of kids turned loose from school for a
holiday.
It does pay TO adYeTtize. Rumor has
| it that at least three of she gentlemen
whose advertisement appeared in the
DEMOCRAT last week are already en-
gagged to new girls: and as Zute reports
an unusual sale of one cent stamps we
may look for continued good results in
the near future.
hoe fo11oxvod tho QXanantp nf
Great Bend and levys tax on joints.
Time has demonstrated that it is i'm
possible to enforce the prohibitory law
in a community where public senti-
ment is against it, and Larned has
done wisely in reaping an advantage
from the tariff.
Last Saturday the team of a colOred
man living south of the river ran away.
Going down Main street they ran into
one of the fire hydrants, breaking it OFF
and flooding the streets from the wat
erworks, which latter had to shut down
for the greater part of the day in order
to make repairs.
The Great Bend Foundry and Ma
chine Co. have leased their machine
shop to H.>F Meyers. He will do all
kinds of machine work promptly and in
workman like manner; also Black
smithing in ali its branches; will also
do all kinds of Bicycle repairing and
buy and sell Bicycles and Trimmings.
Give me call, will treat you right. st
Tank Kee closed his series of lectur-
es on China and interesting exhibition
of the many curious articles used by the
AHtipodean people, Saturday evening.
These lectures were given under the
auspices of the Nj. e. church and were
both interesting and profitable. Tank
Kee promised to visit Great Bend
oooSp ubov, mo n bopo fha uoYf ecuraiD o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-30

state.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03
CLOUDBURsT IN OHIO.
Houses Washed Away Two
Hundred People Rendered
Homeless.

Stenbenviile, O., July 3O.-A
severe storm, like a cloudbursr
occurred west of here this af-
ternoon, and within a period OF
thirty minutes a mighty tor
rent of water had epread desc
lation along both PaFmar's and
Fishers runs, in the lower part
of the city. No lives were lost
as there were persons along the
creeks who saw the water com
ing down The valley, and wee
ran from house to house warn ;
ing the people. Everybody
fed, r9any wadihg knee deep
in water from their homes, 10
the hills which line the runs
on both sides. Two hundred
people are homeless tonight as
a result Of the flood. The dam
age viii aggregate S2O0,O00'
The water came down the
creeks twenty feet high sweep
ing before il houses, trees;
bridges and outhouses. The
debris all gathered at the
mouth CT the Panhandle cul-
vert and the water backed up|
in the low lands near hy.I
where all the houses were
washed away. The culveri was
undermined and most of il
swept away. Trains have not
been running since 3 o'clock
this morning on the Panhandle
There was another culverE
washed away a mile west on,
the Panhandle.
The poor people along lhe
line of the food have gona
bravely to work to repair tbe
damage done.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03

planning matters would follow.
| remarked that it seemed to
me that l had better wait a
while and see what the situation
was going to be. Mr.. Bryan
would have to respond to our
nomination in a few days or
the executive committee would
meet on August 5 and taken
some action concerning his 81
lance. Besides this reason til, o
are others, one Of them being
that our Georgia state conven
ton conyenes August 6, and it
might we'll indorse what was
done at st. Louis. 1t is by no
means certain that the party
will do so. There are mutter-
ings of discomfort all along the
line, and if Mr.. Sewall declines
to retire for harmony's sake,
the rank and file of our party
may break away from the lead
ers and refuse to vote for Mr..
Bryan al all.
Therefore, my own opinion
is that we had better 60 slow
until the atmosphere is more
clear. THOMASE.WATSON.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03

metals. Tbs dollars would be
coined on private account ana
delivered to private individuals
and corporations as their own
property, the government hay
ing no interest whatever in
them and being, therefore, un.
der no obligation to sustain
them by guaranteeing their
value.
Under our existing system
all silver dollars are coined on
account of the government and
are issued by the government
in payment Of its expenditures
and other obligations, and it
would be an act of bad faith,
therefore, to permit them to de-
prsciate. Yours very truly,
81. G.. Carlisle"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03
ABOUT FREE COINAGE.
Secretary Carlisle Explains
What Wohld Happen to
Dollars.

Little Rock, Ark, July 80
A statement was widely pub
llshed by the press few days
ago that President G. L. Green
of the Connecticut Life Insnr-
ance company of Hartford had
issued a circular letter to policy
holders, notifying them that in
the event the government adopt
ed the free coinage of silver the
company would be compelled
to pay all claims in depreciat
ed silver coin. Mr.. +. N. Al
sopp of this city sent a clip
ping of this statement to Sec
rotary Of the Treas ury Carlisle
with a request for an expires
sion on the subject He has
received a reply from Mr.. Car
Isle, which is in part as fol
lows:
ain case free coinage OF sill
yer should be established in
this country, presume insur-
ance companies and all other
institutions will continue to
make their payments by
checks and drafts on banks as
heretofore, but in my opinion
the whole volume of our cur
rency would sink at once to
the silver basis and these
checks and drafts would be
paid in silver dollars, or theft
equivalent. instead of gold OF
its equivalent, as is now the
case. I presume DO one sup
poses for a moment that i
would be he duty of the gov
ernment to attempt to keep the
standard silver dollar, coined
for private individuals and cor
porations, equal in value to
gold dollar, or, in other words
that it would be the duty o.
the government TO attempt I'M
der a system of free coinage t.
maintain the parity OF the tWt
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03
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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03

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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03
WATsoN's ULTIMATUM.
Virtually Demands the With
drawal OF Sewall in His
Favor.

1UOtnaS II. w alSOu is OUT III
a strong editorial in his paper,
stating his grounds for accept
ing the nomination for vice
president from-the populist ma
tional convention. He refers TO
Mr.. Sewall as an individual Of
standing and a free silver demo
Graf, but adopts the argument
elaborated at ST. Lonis. that the
nomination Of q populist for
second place was necessary to
preserve the autonomy of the
populisL organization; especial
ly in the south. The editorial
is accepted, not only as a letter
of acceptance, but also as an
official nltimatum that propos
itions for withdrawal will not
be considered by Mr.. Watson,
and the case now rests with Mr.
Spwall.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, in
a signed editorial in his paper
of today, strikes a very hard
blow Mt SewaIl and virtually
demands the withdrawal of de
mocracy's vie presidential 10
minee. Throughout the editor
ial insinuations are made, and
where it seems 10 analyze the
situation develops the fact that
Mr.. Watson is making a strong
demand for his immediate re
coguiIion as Bryan's logical
running mate. In part he says:
with such a large number
of experienced workers, organ
led and will equipped, striV
ing for the Endorsement of both
Bryan and Sewall, the face of
the party was in The highest
degree critical. The middle of
the road men were the mora
numerous but less united. They
could not agree upon the lead
ers. In the vice presidential
nomination they were divided
between severa, different caudi-
dates, while the Sewall men
were a compact body, which
threatened TO become Il major
i y by the mere failure of the
o position to concentrate, 1t
was this chaotic condition OF
things which l witnessed with
keen anxiety and which caused
members of the Georgia delege =
ton to wire me to allow my
name to by used to restore
harmony and save the party.
SewalI was defeated, the pop
ulist factions harmonized and
The democratic programme was
checkmated. This condition Of
things was not of my seeking.
If the democrats continue to
demand that tue popnlists shall
go out single handed the world
will know that the object was
not so much to get free silver as
it was to bury the peoples
party.
aThe Atlanta Journal at
tempts TO show that there is a
collision between Senator Butt
er and myself. This is all idle
talk. The correspondent called
on ME and | was asked if ! had
heard from Seualor ButIer. In
reply I stated that had Il tele
or,,, from him Sucr 1Stinu
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TAMES B. WELLS,

JAMES B. WELLS,
ATTORNEY At LAW,
BroaonSg5Ue Teras.
floe Second Floor RIO arande Railroad Building
VIII practice in any of the Courts state or Federal
and and railroad litigation, the investigation of
tiles and preparation ofabstraots. sPecialties.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-03
From and after June 18TH, 1896
regular passenger train will
run as follows:
Passenger Train between Browns
vile and Point Isabel in effect
on and after Juue Is.
REGULAR TRAIN.
EXCURSION TRAINS.

I've Dville every SATURDAY at OPP. m.
/, Sunday - ga. NJ
,, Pt.Isabel ;, - 4-P- H.
Excursion tickets are good until Mon
day mornings train,
Communication carls, good for thirty
first class. round strips transferable
to members of ones family good unit
September 3Oth 1896, Will be sold for
S25. 90 Mexican coin.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-07-18
Rutabagas for Fodder.

It is gratifying to<see so many American
farmers putting tier waste places or spare
lands into rutabagas and turnips for early
fall or long winter feeding. They are get
ting the European idea Of root crops.
There the turnips and rutabagas are sown
broadcast as are almost all grains, and If
not desired as roots, the foliage is used for
green food. Just imagine the results Of
a. twenty acre oat patch treated In this way
Think OF the tremendous amount OF green
fodder, magnificent fodder too, coming into
full play in hot August and September.
Why field Of rutabagas and turnips, there
for cattle fod, is worth almost as much as
the oats gathered therefrom. Another god
plan is to SOW rutabaga seed, especially the
variety Known as Salzer's, La Crosse. Wis.
Mammoth Russian variety, or his Milk
Globe turnip sort, at the rate Of one half
pound per acre, into the cornfield, just be-
fore the last cultivation. This vii give you
two good crops-one Of corn, and the other
Of rots from the same land. One advantage
of the rutabaga is that 1t can be sown at
any time Of the summer for green food,
while a sowing the later part Of July is
the best in northern states for big, sweet,
Juicy rots for winter storage and use. 0
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-07-18
GREAT FRESHET.s &
it, Wide Extent and the Destructisy
Force OF the Waters.

1tS Wide Extent and the DeStructioy3
Force or the Waters.
Each year, notably in the season be-
tween actual winter and conventional
spring, there are foods In New Eng
land that seem 50 widespread and de-
structive that the communities afflicted
think the waters must this time have
done their worst, says the Boston
+ Transcript. Floods are, however, no
respecters OF records and the high-wa-
ter mark Of one year may be passed by
the swelling waters OF the next. The
foods that are now beginning to sub
side have broken the record at Mans
chester, N. HI, where structures like
S the steam bridge" Of the Amoskeag
company, built so far above the high
water mark as to be deemed perfectly
safe from the mad dest freshet, have
been carried away. The spectacle of
a large, well-built, valuable business
block, undermined by the waters, slid
ing into the flood was the startling
feature Of the freshet's work at Dover,
+ N. III. Ne 5.s b "a
The wide extent Of the territory
covered by the floods renders an estl--
mate Of the damages inflicted very diff
fcult, but there can be no question that
they will aggregate millions Of dollars,
reckoning the costs Of repairs and re-
placements.
Speaking generally, the flood district
may be said to reach from Bangor, Me-,
to Newburyport, Mass, east and west,
and from Northern Vermont south ward
to Springfield, Mass. The bridges that
have been swept away may be reck-
Honed by scores along the course OF the
Androscoggin, Connecticut and Merit
mac, and their replacement will make
a big bill for communities and rail-
roads to pay. Travel eastward and
northWard has been all but paralyzed
for several days and to render washed
out tracks safe and build temporary
bridges has called for an army in num-
bers and energy.
The most vexatious reflection follow
ing the subsistence of the floods is that
no measure, either to prevent them or
curb their waters to the safety point,
is humanity practicable. It is impos-
sible to wall in such rivers as those
mentioned all along their course, and
wherever they have flowed they nave
wrought havoc. What has made these
floods peculiarly destructive is the.
fact that the rain of three days, being
unable to sink into the frozen ground,
ran upon the ice Of the rivers, which
was thereby disintegrated and was
borne a battering mass against all the
bridges the swollen waters en-
countered in their course. ,a