Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-02

Witnesses Paid the Costs.
A peculiar thing happened at Os-
wego during the trial of ]. P. Axton,
charged with assaulting Mike Hahn.
a farmer, with pitchfork, in dis
pute over the division of some straw.
Axiom was found guilty and fined
There were about 25 witnesses in the
case, and after the trial was over the
witnesses each refused to accept any
money as pay for their services. but
they went down into their pockets
and paid Axton's fine and the JUS
tees and constables' costs. Axton
was not out a cent
Two Historic Buildings, Sold.
Two historical buildings at Fort
Leavenworth, known as Thomas and
Mcpherson halls. and which were
built IS years ago, were sold at auc-
ton, bringing So each. For years
Offices of the headquarters depart
ment of the Missouri were in these
buildings, and such noted officers as
Persifer G. Smith, Fitzjohn Porter,
Gems. Miles, Wilcox and Wesley Mer-
rift have issued their orders from
these buildings.
Prisoners Would be Pleased.
Warden Jewett favors the abolition
o. the ''tin service" SO long in use in
the state prison dining room and the
substitution therefore of dishes made
of durable but more attractive ma
terial. 1t would make the dining
roc II cheerful looking and the limo
vation would no doubt have a good
moral effect on the prisoners.
She Raided a Gambling Joint.
| Mrs. Mary L. Dickens entered a
gambling establishment in Leaven-
worth and broke up a roulette wheel
and other machines connected with
the place. She used a Ratchet. Her
arm was cut by flying glass. Mrs
Dickens has two boys whom she says
were allowed to gamble in the place.
Grain Fight Is Now On.
The grain trust began a fight
against the farmers elevator at Solo,
mon Saturday. Notwithstanding that
the Kansas City market only warrant
ed a scant So cents, the trust paid 81
cents for grain at that point. AT Tai
mage, few miles distant, the trust
was only paying 40 cents.
Not Equal to 1860.
| EX-Gov. E. n. Morrill, says the
| drought of 1901 is not to be compared
with that of 1860. This year there is
an abundant wheat crop and a fair
crop of hay. In 1860 money command
ed 60 per cent interest, with no money
to be loaned. In 1901 it commands
six per cent.
Hers a Notable Life.
Mrs Mahetible Ryus, one of the first
white women to become a resident
of Wyandotte county, is dead in Kan
sas City, aged 81. She had lived in the
county more than so years. She was
the mother of W. H. Ryus, who built
the Ryus hotel in Kansas City many
years ago.
Practical Demonstration.
Near Colby a well-known farmer got
religion in the recent revival. The
next day he went to the courthouse
and paid SIS over to the county clerk.
saying that he had collected that
much unlawfully ia the shape of
bounty on coyotes not killed in the
county
Three Bridge Builders Killed.
A wreck on the Howard branch Of
the Santa Fe two miles south of En-
poria caused the death of three bridge
builders-Frank Macdonald, of FIRE.
donna; Cyrus Wing and Cromwell
Lake, of Chanute. Several others
were injured.
Convicts Number 1,O69.
There are now 1,069 convicts in tho
Kansas state prison at Lansing. OF
these, 1,041 are males and % females.
OF the males, US are white and 25S
colored. There are 5 Indians and B
Mexicans. Fifty-one of these are life
convicts.
What 1t Costs to Feed Them.
It costs on an average of IL to Il
cents a day to feed each convict in
the Kansas prison. All the work con-
nected with the preparation and serv-
ing of food is done by the prisoners.
Pioneer Resident.
Robert Garrett, a resident of Leav-
enworth since 1857 and a wealthy
lumber dealer, is dead. He was one
| of the founders of the Presbyterian
church in Leavenworth.
Baseball Players Good Luck.
Young Agnew, baseball player OF
Minneapolis, has been appointed sec
on5 lieutenant in the regular army.
TIC was with the Twentieth Kansas.
VIII BE Bristow's Secretary.