Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-02-15
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
WIN Open . New Industry.


VIII Open 8 New Industry.
The old sorghum sugar factory in
Fort Scott, which was established by
an experiment station for the manu-
be operated this year on an Inn
the manufacture of sirups for mixing
purposes. Sorghum cane grows quite
as well as kaffir corn, or perhaps bet
ter, in dry climate. The strip is used
in the mixing of glucose and it can
be produced at a cost that is sure to
make it factor in the glucose and
trade.
Intended to End Fusion.
The senate, by strict party wore,
passed the Pestana election bill, which
is intended to strike deadly blow at
any name on an official ballot in more
than one place. It also prevents the
use of hyphenated name for party.
In case person wants to vote the
straight ticket, he can do so by max
ing one mark in a circle at the top
of that ticket. Party emblems are
authorized and shall be printed at the
top of each ticket on the ballot. It
is said the house will pass the bill.
Liquors Were Publicly Destroyed.
E. j. Eicholtz, one of Hiawatha's
nation to destroy all the liquor in his
store, and from this time on will sell
no liquors whatever. The liquors were
publicly destroyed in the presence of
the evangelists and a great crowd of
people were invited to witness the
event. Mr.. Eicholtz has concluded
since hearing the revival evangelists
that to sell liquor for any purpose is
wrong.
Thinks It Charged Too Much.
Senator Mcmillan introduced a bill
to reduce the appropriation to the
Santa Fe railroad for hauling the
Twentieth Kansas boys from San
Francisco to Topeka in 1899 from $41,-
335 to $3O,452. Mcmillan claims that
the company has made an overcharge
of $10,175 on transportation and $70S.32
on interest. He takes the position
that the rate of $3.50 made by the
company for each man was too high.
Strong Grounds for Divorce.
After living with her husband 80
years Mrs. T. n. Bledsoe, of Wichita,
has sued for divorce. Her petition
recites that he has become FISHER
of fish" and wanders away along the
streams for days at time without
a thought of returning home until he
becomes SO hungry that he is COM
PEELED to return.
Negro Baptists at War.
Some time ago a factional feeling
broke out in the negro Baptist church
at Usage City and several members
pulled out of the church and started
to build a new edifice. This did not
suit the other members and the other
day they went to the new structure
with axes and hatchets and demol-
ished the building.
Consider the Old Soldiers.
Sedgwick county teachers passed
resolutions requesting that old sol
diers be given more consideration in
the next history of Kansas. The res
olutions say that the old soldiers in
Kansas have for long time been dis
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the civil war which the histories have
given.
A Hint to Harper Jolntists.
A committee of the leading ladie:
of Harper visited the joints and in
sisted that they be closed at once. II
is expected that Mrs. Nations tao
tics will be resorted to if the request
of the women is not granted.
A Bride Killed by Her Father.
Mrs. W. III. Mortimer, near Gypsum
City, was accidentally killed by thu
discharge of gun in the hands O.
her father, n. w. Shaw. The youns
woman was only Is years of age ane
had recently been married.
Remarkable Family Of Brothers.
Judge NJ. B. Nicholson, of Council
| Grove, received word of the death O.
his father in Nova Scotia. He hai
reached the age of 101 years, anf
three of his brothers had passed tn,
century mark.
Kansas Town Has Secoud Fire.
Everest, Brown county, had a SIS,
| 900 fire the other night, the secont
within a year. The heavy losers arr
NJ. A. Malinawsky, Kopietz & Lid
necky Everest bank, and Neff's bar
Der shop.
| School Named for Ingalls,.
The new schoolhouse just com
| pleted at Wichita will be named aftel
John j. Ingalls,. It is probably tn
! first school in Kansas named in homo,
| of the man who invented the mott'
| Of Kansas.
state Insurance Scheme Fails.