Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-30

Fine Bunch of HOGS.

Fine Bunch OF Hogs.
J. J. Klippe, farmer near Robin
SON, was the conductor, superintend-
ent, trainmaster, president and gen.
eral manager of a train Of hog wagons
that unloaded carload of hogs at the
Robinson stock yards. There were Ii
wagons and each held five hogs. The
total weight was Is, 900 pounds and the
hogs averaged PSI pounds apiece and
brought $3.50 per hundred; the total
SUM lacking s10.55 of making an even
81, ZOO. All were Poland China year
lings.
Paid $122,4OO for . FaFnE.
Moses Harvey, a prominent farmer
and stock raiser, has purchased the
Usher farm near Wallufa, In Leayen-
worth county. The farm Is one of the
largest in the eastern half Of Kansas,
containing 2.040 acres. The considera-
ton is said to have been $122, 400, OF
$50 an acre.
Negroes with White Wives.
At Topeka three negroes were con-
fined in the city jail on the charge of
drunkenness. They were visited by
their wives, all Of whom are white
women. It evoked a discussion which
discloses that not a few negroes at
Topeka are married to white women.
Insane Woman In Mans Attire.
A woman named Gassock was ar
rested in Galena at the Katy depot
for promenadihg in male attire. She
claimed that she was fleeing from her
husband. Marshal Fitzgerald inves-
tigated the affair and found that the
woman was insane.
Oil and Gas at stark.
Local men at Stark have organized
company with $3.50, 900 capital to
prospect in oil and gas lands. The
company owns leases on 1000 acres Of
land in and around Stark, has one good
oil well and one good gas well which
supplies the town with fuel and light.
He Got Too Gay.
On his wedding day George Bigge.
a Stockton man, stepped into a barn
and slapped a colt on the hip as an
! evidence of his joyful mood. The colt
| Immediately planted a hoof in Bigge's
face with force sufficient to lay him up
| for repairs.
HISS at State Normal.
The attendance at the state normal
school aggregates 1.453, an increase of
! so overcast year. President Wilkinson
says the increase would have been
| greater had there not been such q de-
mand for teachers throughout the
| state.
Youngest County Treasurer.
When A v. Johnson finished his
| term as treasurer of Pottawatomie
county he was succeeded by his son,
| NJ. r. johnson. Johnson is but &c
| years of age and is thought to be the
Youngest county treasurer in Kansas
Exhibit of Kansas Glass.
G. P. Grimsley, director of the Kan
sas mineral display at the st. Louis
| worlds fair, was at Coffeyyille where
he completed arrangements for the
making of a big glass exhibit by the
| glass manufacturers in this state.
Kansans Go to Siam.
I Rev. Howard L. Cornell and wife
/ who sail this month from San Francis
co for the Laos mission in northern
Siam, lived at Cherokee a few years
ago, where Mr.. Cornell was pastor OF
the Presbyterian church.
| Pipe Organs i'm Ottawa Churches.
The congregation of the First Bap-
fist church at Ottawa voted to install
new pipe organ to cost $1,000. The
First Methodist church recently closed
contract for a $1,000 organ to- be
ready for use by January 1.
To Teach New Mexicans Agriculture
John Scott, of Westmoreland, s
graduate of the state agricultural col
lege, has been elected TO the position
of professor of agriculture and anima
Industry. of the territorial college oi
New Mexico.
Secretary Wilson to Speak.
James Wilson, SECRETARY of agricul-
ture in the presidents cabinet, will at
tend the annual meeting of the Kansas
state board of agriculture at Topeks
in January and deliver an address.
/ Kansas Delegation Must Agree.
The president has given notice Of his
intention to make no appointment t.
succeed Judge Hook until the Kansas
delegation gets togther and agrees or
candidate.
10000 from other States.
T. B. Gerow, state free employment
agent, estimates that over $4,000 har
vest hands from outside OF the stat,
| were esnplOyed I'm the recent whea