Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-08-14
that wonderful divorce Law.

yides that divorce shall not become
final until six months after the de- {
cree has been granted. AT Emporia
two months ago a woman was given q
divorce from her husband. Recently
she noticed that he was making up
to another woman, taking her to
church and buying her peanuts and
popcorn. She says she is going into
court to have a ruling on the question
of whether the man has q right to
keep company" with another woman
before his divorce becomes final. The
case is as deep as another which arose
under somewhat similar circumstan-
ces. A woman was divorced from her
husband. Before the six months had
expired he was elected to the once OF
district judge. Thereupon his divorced
wife had her visiting cards printed
with the title, announcing herself as
Mrs. Judge Blank" Society in the
district broke all to pieces over the
question Of whether she had the right
to do it--Kansas City Journal
Pleased with the State Prison.
Gov. Bailey has just completed an
inspection of several of the state in
situations and is well pleased with
their condition. The governor is es-
pecially well pleased with the state
penitentiary and the labor conditions
there. He said: ''One of the indus
tries which 1 hope to see become ons
of the main features of the peniten-
tiary is the brick kiln. The peniten-
tiary kiln is manufacturing a great
deal of good brick, but we need more
skilled labor there than we have at
present. This business can be de-
Veloped until Kansas will have the
best state institutions in the west
Buildings can be erected at a very
small cost when our brick is prison
manufactured. The girls industrial
school at Reloit needs more cottages
and these can be erected when we get
cheaper brick. Too many girls are
low Quartered in one building. They
should be classified according to
character and ambition and put into
cottages. We can build these cottages
and pave the streets around our instf--
tutions with brick.
Two Kansas Days Wanted.
The Kansas worlds fair board has
requested the managers of the St
Louis fair to set aside September %.
1904, as Native Kansans' day. It
also has asked that the second or
third Wednesday in October, 1904, be
set aside as kansas" day.
Tillman to Sow Kansas Wheat.
Senator "Pitchfork'' Tillman, Oh
South Carolina, who recently visited
Senator Burton at Abilene, ordered
some Russian wheat sent to his south
ern home for planting. He said the
need of new seed was as manifest in
the south as in Kansas.
Town Row at Industry.
Five members of the baseball team
at Industry were fined $3.50 each for.
playing ball on Sunday. The people OF
the community turned out in large
numbers to see the game, but others
made complaint, and arrests followed.
Lived i'm Shawnee County 4S Years.
W. w. Phillips, for 4S years resi-
dent of Shawnee county, is dead at
Topeka He moved to Brownsville,
now Auburn, in 1855, when that place
was of more Importance as a business
center than Topeka
Opinion of an Expert.
John Martin, of Topeka. ex-judge
and ex-United States senator and 20
years a democratic wheel horse" de-
clares he has quit politics for good
There is no honest money in poll
TICS" he says.
The States Mineral Exhibit -
Prof. Grimsley, who has been named
as director of the Kansas mineral ex-
hfbit at st. Louis, has mapped out the
plans for an exhibit that will eclipse
any other mineral exhibit at tx fair.
Bailey Denies Morrison Story.
Gov. Bailey denies the story to the
| Morrison. 1t was represented that
Mrs. Bailey was keen to have the FL
dorado fresco artist pardoned..
Constitute the Aristocraey.
The aristocracy of Lawrence, which
is composed of those who lit in the
town prior to 1857, will hold q picnic
| and talk old times over on the 18th Of
| September.
Paying widows Divorce Fees.
A southern Kansas man is paying
| divorce court fees for a woman he in
| tends to marry as soon as the Law
will permit 1t.
Died I'm the Hayaeld.
Richard Delane, a wealthy farmer.
succumbed to sunstroke while
| working in his bayfield, near Hart
| ford.
Champion Berry Picker.
Ina berry-picking contest near Troy
Matilda Euler iS wears old picked 20