The Barton County Times from Great Bend, Kansas • 1

CO NTT BAETON TIE VOL. i. GREAT BEND, AUGUST 23, 1883. NO. 5.

The Senator's Lecture. THE TIMES. EDITED BY FRANK. M. WOLF, Publisher.

Charles George Kempf, Willie Evans, Frank Patterson, Elmer Ruby, Arthur Turner, Will Chamberlain, Pres Typer, J. H. Goit Arthur Culver, George Moss, and Frank Smith. SUBSCRIFflON: $1 50 Per Year. ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Barton county produced this year, 1,068,480 bushels of wheat, it being seventh on the wheat list in the state. When it comes down to grain, old Barton just naturally takes the waffle. The acreage of sorghum in Barton county, is greater this year, than that planted in any other county in the state. We have growing 3,938 acres, or nearly 4,000. Hodgeman the strongest sorghum county containing 4,941.

An examination of applicants for teachers certificates will be held at the school house in Great Bend, on Friday and Saturday, August 31st and Sept. 1st, 1883. C. C. Wolfe Co.

Supt. Wm. Maher of Evansville, Com-manche county, is in the city. G. N.

Moses has beantifed his dwelling with a new coat of paint. Paul S. Miller Post-master at Olmitz, was in the city, last Tuesday. T. L.

Ryan Sheriff of Lyon county, gave the Times a pleasant call, yesterday. Cal Wever and E. W. Moses made a flying trip to the Rattle snake district, this week. The Central House registers from sixteen to twenty-two arrivals every day.

All transient J. II. Bement of Clarence, one of the progressive fanners of Barton The rain fall in Central Kansas, during the month of July, this year, was 6.52 inches. How is that for water? But then it is easily accounted for. We are now a prohibition state and hence require more in "our business," One hundred and sixty-one thousand, two hundred and thirty-five bushels of oats were harvested in this county, this year.

This seems to yield better than the wild oats that so many of our youngsters are in the habit of sowing. Mr. W. H. Casey, or Emporia, called upon us yesterday.

Money to loan 011 lieu! Estate, at Bnckland's land office. Captain Morris ex-register of the land office at Lamed, was seen perambulating our streets yerterday. Little Miss Carrie Lightbody is visiting with her friend Miss "Bo-peep" Wells, at the res-idenceof Dr. Bain. Hon.

D. M. Frost of the Dodge City Globe, was in town shaking hands with his many friends, Wednesday. Captain T. F.

Leftwich of tho Optic, Larned, was in the city and a caller upon the Times, yesterday. The captain is a host within himself; and a welcome visitor here. Senator John J. Ingalls was registered at the Southern last Wred-liesday. United Slates Senators and those used to good hotel life always know where to go for the good things of life.

Tuesday nightthe School Board met and appointed the following teachers for the ensuing term of our public school O. J. Richards, Principal. Mrs, Parker, Grammar Department. Kit-tie Ewalt, Louie Morton, Mabel Day and Jessie Prescott.

The four last named have not been assigned, to any special department. This action upon the part of onr School Hoard is looked upon approvingly, inasmuch as the appointees are well qualified, and competent to discharge the duties pertaining, to the positions to which they have been appointed. A base ball match, between the Larned and Great Bend clubs took place in this city last Friday in pursuance to pevious announcement. The game was well played, judging from the number scored, by the respective clubs, and was witnessed by a large number of our people. Owing to an indifference on the part of members of the club upon the score of furnishing names c.

we find ourselves unable to give the complete list, of members, of the two clubs. The score stood at the end of the first half of the ninth inning as follows Great Bend, runs, 71. Larned's, Do. 27. The last half of the ninth inning, which fell to the Larned's, was not played, owing to the lateness of the hour.

Good feeling was manifested, and another match between the two clubs arranged for the same to take place in Larned at an early day, the time however not being announced. Ellinwood Notes. Barton county produced this year 269,440 bushels of rye, which ranks us third in the state. The acres sown in rye numbered 15,504. In view of the fact that none of this cereal can be distilled for the benefit of mankind, there necessarily will be considerable of it wasted for bread.

Crip and His Ride. Host Maxwell of the Southern, or "Crip" as he is commonly called, is in the habit of taking an occasional trip to Ellinwood, ten miles east of this place. Last Saturday afternoon he took the four o'clock train to the latter place, expecting to return on the "cannon-ball" at 8 oclock the same evening. He missed the "cannon-ball" and had to wait at Ellinwood until 11 o'clock at night, for the "emigrant" train. At eleven he went to the Ellinwood depot to take the train.

It was a long string of cars and so Crip thought he would not walk back to the caboose but would board a flat car. near the engine and ride home. After getting under fair headway, a breaksman came along and asked Crip what point he was going to. Great Bend said he. Train dotit stop there, this is a through freight, you should have taken the emigrant, was the answer of the breaksman, and sure enough it was a wild freight and took him to Dundee ten miles west of his home.

Just as the train stopped at Dundee Crip noticed a freight, east bound, pulling off the side track. So he concluded he had struck a soft thing after all, and boarded it for Great Bend, but imagine his surprise, when the conductor informed him that he had boarded a through stock train and that it would' nt stop at, the Bend, and not before they would reach Ellinwood. The victim passed the Bend station, colors flying and reached Ellinwood in-fine style, bat somewhat at half past one. He had ridden forty miles in order to go ten, paid $1,20 fare, passed his town twice and then landed at the spot from which he started, two hours and a half after leaving L. To say that Crip got hot, and "ch uckf' (that is a term they use in Ellinwood, but we do not know what it means) that night, and caught jessie when he came home the next day "putting it easy." We have an idea that his experience last Saturday and Sundry will keep him from going to his "summer resort" for a long time; Ellinwood has ceased to have charms for him and as for rail road rides, he dont want them.

Sociable. A rousing sociable was had at Mrs. Rufus Bell's residence Tuesday evening, under the auspices and for the benefit of the Congregational church. There was a general turnout of prominent members of our city society, and everything done to make the affair a grand success. Among those in attendance we noticed the following named D.

N. Ileizer and wife, Dr. Shaw and wife, Dr. McCormick and wife, Rev. Prior and wife, Dr.

Castle and wife, Mrs. C. M. Smith, Misses Nina Gould, Katie Ewalt, Julia Miller, Jessie Culver, Lena Schermerhorn, Clara Diffenbacher, Jessie Odell, Bertie Hall, Jessie Prescott, Lucy Diffenbacher, Laura Chapman, Ella McDonald, Ida Whitcomb, Katie Miller, Carrie Tyler, Florence Poole, Florence Towmsley, Dorinda Ewalt, Katie Day, Ilattie Culver, Ilattie Fulton, Jennie Turner, Nettie Turner, Ada Whitcomb, Clara Negbaur, Madge Smith, Laura Patterson. The receipts were large.

No announcements were made upon the subject of the next sociable. We apprehend that the announcement will be made from the pulpit or rostrum of the Consrreational church about a week from next Sunday. Messrs. Schnider, D.P. Meachem, John J.

Ingalls, member of the higher delegation from Kansas, in Congress delivered a lecture at the Congregational church in this city last upon his favorite subject, "Reminiscences of Garfield." The gentleman was favored with a large audience made up of the most inteligent citizens of Great Bend, and received most respectful attention throughout the entire time that it took to deliver his remarks. Of Ingalls we know much in a general way, but little, in any special direction. We were first introduced to him in 1876 and formed opinions concerning him, then, that we have had no reason to change, since. He is a man who is practical to an eminent degree; being a shrewd, sharp, wiry politician, a keen thinker, if we may use such an expression, quick in perception, a good analyzer, and hence straight forward clear, direct and logical in preparation and delivery. His lecture is good, in fact, very entertaining on account of its accuracy, and for the reason that it discloses many things, concerning the life and death of the president, that could not be given by any other, than an intimate friend, and a close observer.

The lecture is free from fulsome eulogy, and anything that might smack of affectation, is studiously kept from it. It is scholarly in its simplicity, noble in its truthfulness and friendly to its subject, from the fact that it, is the embodiment of plain statements of what occurred fact statements, that cannot slander the honest man, and virtuous statesman, Upon the whole, the proper tribute was paid the memory of Garfield, and in saying that, we mean that Ingalls did justice to his subject, and gave reminiscences of one of the greatest and noblest men that ever honored the land of his nativity, by working in its cause with good intentions. Glick's maligners. Judge Strang and several others, are now engaged in criticising Governor Glick's action in pardoning Robert Beyers. Beyers it will be remembered was convicted for violating the liquor law, and was selected as a victim when others, it is alleged, friends of the prosecutor, were permitted to go unpunished.

The Governor was petitioned to pardon, and did pardon Beyers. For this action, or rather for the purpose of maligning somebody, efforts are now being made to bring the Governor's conduct in question. As a matter of fact Robert Beyers is a good citizen, is a one armed man, and his pardon was demanded by the liberal element in this county, and was not opposed by the prohibitionists. There is some talk about him not having lost his arm in the war. Upon that score we have simply this to say, that a man who permits his patriotism to control his conduct twenty years after having failed to improve a good opportunity to show courage, and attempts to discrimuate between the misfortunes of an ex-soldier and a citizen who did not participate in the war, must have a poor opinion of public sense, or be dishonest in lfis purposes.

While we were a soldier in the Union service, we have learned to despise the demagogue that panders to sectional prejudices. Bobby Byers is all right, the Governor did right, and Judge Strang should have that idea of the fitness of things that would cause him to mind his own business. The republican leaders, we learn, are leaving no stone unturned in efforts to secure the good will, favor, and co-operation of the German voters. The last attack on poor persecuted Byers, will, in all probability, effect their object(?) Gentlemen let us whisper gently in your capacious ears, that the day has passed, when a few political tricksters are able to wield any considerable portion of the voters of our county. Good sense and fair dealing, will do more good than secret abuse and open, but insincere, praise.

"Tote" fair, or go under. county, gave the Times a pleasant call yesterday. The name of Miss Anna J. Rearick, was enrolled, since our last issue, with the listof attendents, at the Institute. Mr.

Nimocks, of Iowa, father of G. W. Nimocks Esq. is visiting his sons in this city, having arrived here last Tuesday. J.

M. McCown oi Emporia Democrat, was in the city last Wednesday, The Democrat under Mac's management is flourishing. Miss Fie Diffenbacher is attending college in Jacksonville, 111. The young lady contemplates remaining at the Jacksonville institution during the next year. News reached this city yesterday, that a brother of Win.

Zuta-vern, of this city, residing near Bolivar, Ohio, was killed by being shot through the heart. The shooting took place Monday. No particulars other than those given above. Those who want a good shave or hair cut should not fail to patronize Frank Farris, the tonsorial artist, in the Southern Hotel Block. Frank is one of the best a rtists in his line and occupies a central location.

His rooms are neat and clean, his towels fresh, while his razors are of the best. Joe Ewalt writes his father from El Paso, Texas that the heat in that region is so intense that it brings the waters of the streams to a boiling heat and cooks the fish therein, ready for the table, and says too that the red hot atmosphere lights the lamps in the stores and dwellings. Joe's story might have been accepted as true by his fond parent had it not been for the fact that a statement contained in the same letter to tiie effect that the Mexican girls as they appeared, dressed in mosquito netting, looked just "too sweet for any thing." His father said: If the heat boils waler, cooks fislmnd lights lamps, it would surely burn the netting. Unless Joe at once marshals his wit, and writes that all the Mexicans are prome-nadeing in nudity his reputation for truth and veracity will be blasted for ever. There are many advocates of prohibition who are sincere in their opinions and are moved by strictly conciencious motives.

But their course is made futile by the deceitful skunks who pretend to affilliate with them. The honest members of the party are thwarted in their measures, by treachery of pretended friends. Prohibitionists can be more successful after kicking a good percentage of their party out of their ranks. It is easier to fight an open, honorable foe, than to withstand the lurkiug, sneaking, insincere friendship of hypocrites in one's own ranks. Editor Times Mr.

and Mrs. J. V. Brink-man of Great Bend, were in this city last Sunday so was also Fred Zutavern. Miss Effie Norton, a beautiful young lady, resident of Great Bend, was visiting friends in our city, last Wednesday.

A. Ioss of McPherson gave us a call last Friday. Robert Beyer, of Great Bend, was here on business a few days ago. Thomas L. Powers of the Express contemplates moving to Great Bend, just as soon as he is elected to the office of register of deeds.

He says that he proposes to 'get thar Eli." Mr. and Mrs. Ashton are happy over the fact that a new boy made his appearance at their place a few days ago. We want correspondents to write on one side of paper only, when preparing communications for the Times. We do not want anything of an advertising character in communications.

Not that it is particularly objectionable to us for a regular advertiser to "get his work in," occasionally, but our readers don't like to have ads and puffs and news too promiscuous on the pages of the paper. What we want is news; good, clean, straight news or.