Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-29
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.


still shrouded In Mystery.
An impenetrable shroud of mystery
still envelopes the Castle-Morrison
tragedy at Eldoraio. 1t will be re-
membered that one morning recently
neighbors were attracted to the Cas-
tie home by a woman's screams, and
upon entering the house found Mrs.
Clara Castle, a bride ola week, dying
from a throat wound and standing
over her was Miss Jessie Morrison,
her throat also badly cut. The report
was circulated that Miss Morrison
had attacked Mrs. Castle in fit of
jealous rage. 1t is the most tragic
and sensational women's quarrel in
the history of Kansas. There is evil
IDENTIFY something deeper than green
eyed jealousy behind it, for it is sell
dom that the rankest jealousy, even
womanhood, ends in such a tigerish
finale. The parents of both COM
batants are Frustrated with grief and
the tragic affair is on everybody's
Fps.
Kansas Fair Dates,
Following is a list of fairs to be
held in Kansas this year, so far as
reported to the state board of agri-
culture: lola, September 1913; Hia-
watha, September ST; Eldorado, Sep
TENDER 1914; Cedervale, August s.
IL; Clay Center, September 1928; Bur-
lington, September 1928; Burden,
September 1921; Ottawa, September
1921; Tribune, October 2-3; Holton,
September lila; Oskaloosa, Septem-
Der A.; Mankato, September lila;
Frankfort, September 25-2s; Paola,
September 1928; Coffeyville, August
14-17; Council Grove, September 25-2S;
Erie, August 1881: Chanute, Septem-
Der ~; Burlingame, September 1S-
21; Stockton, September Al; Salina,
September 25-2S; Wichita, September
Al; Fredonia, August 21-24.
Life Certificates Teachers-
The state board of education has
granted life certificates to the fol-
lowing teachers: Emma M. Clark,
Hutchinson; A. 81. Hill, Lenora; w.
W. w. Jones, Leroy; I. L. Mitchell,
LithopoIs; Maggie NJ. Moore, Salina;
Matte McCurdy, ST. Marys; w. C.
Pearce, Santa Fe; Barbara Geiger
Penix, Salina; Alta Stanton, Law
renee; c. B. Taylor, Delphos; A. A.
Ward, Ellinwood. Q.
Barton County's Empty Almshouse.
A county of $4,000 population with
out pauper and with an empty aims
house. That is Barton county, in the
great wheat belt of Kansas. Forty
years ago the country had written
across it on the maps 1.-THE Great
American Desert This desert has
| been made to blossom as the rose.
Barton county alone this year has
253,974 acres of wheat.
To Appeal from Hooks Decision.
The attorney general has taken
steps to appeal from the decision of
Federal Judge Hook, which declared
unconstitutional that section of the
prohibition law which provided for
the arrest of liquor solicitors. The
attorney general holds that the case
properly belonged to the state courts
and that Federal Judge Hook had no
jurisdiction.
Five of q Kind.
Two years ago John Bloomfield
was the groom in what is known in
Kansas as military wedding" TAX
ing place at the Jail in Fort Scott.
And now divorce suit between the
pair reveals the astonishing fact that
the bride had four sisters, every one
of whom had been a victim of the
same kind of trouble.-Kansas City
Journal.
Made It on a Farm.
John ThOrnburrOw, farmer of Ne
nfaha county, recently put $4,000 in
his pocket and with his daughter
started for the Paris exposition.
Forty years ago Mr.. Thornburrow
took up the claim on which he now
resides, and at that time his entire
possessions were represented in $40
bill. He is now worth 100000.
The Immigrants Did Not Come.
sian nobleman who claimed to repre-
sent 200 Russian families and secured
options on 200 farms in. Dickinson
county, at $4,000 to 5000 each, dis
appeared. He is said to have fol-
lowed the same tactics in other coun-
ties, and several real estate men are
anxiously looking for him.
Victory for the County Board.
In January, 1899, the Montgomery
county commissioners elected Joshua
Perkins superintendent of the poor
farm for a period of is months. The