Haddam City Times from Haddam, Kansas • 1

TTMR HUnSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES Advert iao In THE TIMES FEARLESS IN PRINCIPLE, INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE FARMERS; MECHANICS AND LABORING MEN OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. HADDAM CITY, KANSAS, SATUKDAY, MAKCH 1890, NO. 5. VOLUME HADD AM GIT LQCJIIi JISCELL-E6tIjS jxEWg FIFTH DISTRICT.

a spinal columg to stand up for the "hope he has within him." In intelli- DO YOU The Iladdam City Times Local News. AN UNPARALELLED OFFER. -Youb Cnoica of Fifty Books Fkee 1,000. Subscribers, Our list of subscribers Is growing very rapidly and if it continues at the res-rate will reach witbia the next thirty days. The Times is the recog A Correspondent Nominates J.

Veatch for Congress. To Hit Editor of the Topeka Capital. Washington, February 23. Political cliin chat is much indulged in by the voters ot the Fifth Congressional district as to who will succeed the lion. JolinlA.

Anderson, and we are enlightened occasionally bv the press from the outside with the news mat is no use to talk of anv one else for Hon. John A will succeed himself. This will undoubt edly be true If the opposition to him lies inactive, but this is by no means certain and altogether improbable. Mr. Anderson has the backing of the government appointees and the postmaster papers are partisan in the extreme.

Every argument tney can muster win do useu by them to manufacture public opinion in his favor. We will be told in thunder tones that the Hon. John A. Ander son is just getting ready to do some mighty thing for the people. Give hira another term to perfect the plans he lias in mind and the people of the Fifth district will not regret it.

This argument will in all probability win if the opposision do not concentrate their forces upon some available man. There is no use for politicians or Anderson's friends to ignore the fact scores of his warm admirers of heretofore are lukewarm and looking tor some other Moses to leas them against the encrouchments of capital, railroads and combinations. The writer has talked with numbers of voters in this and Marshall county and almost all think it time to retire Mr. A and he should aot complain if this is put in force for the people of the Fifth district have done well by him. There will undoubtedly be other men, between now and convention time who will "'loom up as aspirants for congressional boners; and it is not unlikely, but altogether certain, that this county will have a candidate in the person of the HON.

J. J. VEATCH, and if there is to be a change made no better one can be determined upon than Mr. Veatch. He is thoroughly identified with the farming and laboring classes and grasps, as few men do, their wants and what legislation they need.

He is independent in thought and possesses a tund of intelligence which fits him for the position. He is fully in sympathy with ths farmers and laborers' movement and holds that they need a little legislation to better their condition as well as for the capitalist to have it all, and be thinks it time for Kansas congressmen to consult the wants ot the people instead of corporations and eastern capitalists. Mr. Veatch is a republican without blot or blemish, but is not an extremist on protection but believes the tariff should be revised in the interests of the people and not in the interests ol corporations and moneyed powers. He is a man of unimpeachable character, pleasing in manners, social in intercourse and has j.

J. MUTH, President. A. J. C.

eeuce. judgment and discretion he stands second to none in the district. Whether Mr. Veach baa any aspirations for the place the writer cannot say: but I have heard his name mentioned in that connection quiw often In conversation. If Mr.

Anderson is to be retired, and it is no use to shut our eyes to the tact there is a growing tendency in that direction there are few men so identllied with the bestiutorests of the district and state as Mr, Veach and in the event the choice should fall upon him he will be fresh from the DeoDle and in a position, without any entangling alliance, to iook alter such legislation as they need. JrKTEB MABSUJM. Kansas needs deversity of Industries. She carries too many eggs in one basket. Too many of her citizens are en gaged in rood-producing.

There is an over-production of food and under pro duction of other necessaries and con veniences of life; too much corn, wheat- oats and bay; too little of other productions of the farm, and too little manufacturing. Thus It happens that agreat portion of the products ot the State must seek a market beyond the limits of the State. Nor do the products go to market in a condensed shape, hut in the bulkiest form. Corn in the share of bogs and cattle would be better, but the corn goes largely as com. The country that ships raw material remains poor.

tanners must unvote less attention to food products and more to other products of the Kansas cities must build more manu factories it she would increase in weall as she Bhould. It can be done if the people will go at It and do it. But they muBt build the manufactories or materially aid them themselves, not wait for the Eastern capitalist to come along and do it for them. He who would have a good servant must serve himself. TWO PAPERS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.

A SPLENDID OFFER, Having made special arrangements with the publishers of the Topeka Weekly capital, a spienuia s-page family newspaper, published at Topeka, and woithy of patronage, we are enabled to offer the Times and the Topeka Weekly Capital, both one year, for $1.50. Every Kansas man should have bts County paper for home newB and a paper from the capital of the State. Give this combination a trial. OOFF, Vioe Prea. O.

L. TAYLOR, Cashier. Business Transacted. TAYLOR, Cashier. JOB PAINTING.

and honest cou-it: WESTERN EXCHANGE BANK. Capital, $50,000.00. Haddam City, Kansas. Mrs A. L.

Rhoads and children left Wednesday evening for EIReno, O. K. Mr. II. Long has been out In the southern part of the county looking up the stock business.

John Randall requests all parties indebted to him to make settlement at once, if not sooner. Mr. John Lindsey, who has been very sick for some time, is, we are 'glad to learn, getting better. Mr. M.

Van Winkle, one of our good farmers living a few miles north of town, Is quite sick. An Alliance was organized at the Milton school bouse last week with thirty-nine charter members. Mrs. M. J.

Edwards and daughter returned Tuesday evening from an ex tended visit to Illinois and Indiana. Mr. J. T. Ellyson.ot Pleasant Plain, Iowa, A member of milling company, is here this week on a tour of inspection.

The Times will next week give full procoedides of the meeting of the County Union held at Washington Friday. The ice crop is being harvested, and from present indications Haddam City will not lack tor cooling material next Summer. Mrs. J. S.

Clark left Wednesday morning for Cattauraeus county, New York, to visit her mother and daughters who reside there. Mr. A. C. McKinney went to K.

C. with stock Sunday, lie will visit bis daughter, Hi a. J. B. Roe, at Sedalia, before he returns.

Mr, Jarvis Harvey informs us that he shall move his family to Haddam City In the spring soon as be can get things shaped to suit him. Mr. Geo. Larabee was called to Brown county last week, an account of the severe illness of his brother. His brother was dead when be arrived there.

Milt Brick and wife visited at Steele City the forepurt of week, lie reports a fire at that place Tuesday nlpht which destroyed the printing office and a resi dence. Mr. Dayis. of northern Missouri, is making a visit with his brother-in-law, Mr. A.

Dooth. MibS who has been isiting in Missouri came home with him. The entire Kausasj delegation voted for Chicago as the site fer the World's fair on the final ballot. Anderson cast his vote for Washington on the fust two ballots. J.

C. Adams, of JS arita, was last week convicted, at Relleville, ot selling in toxlcating liquors and sentenced to pay a flue of one hundred dollars and thirty days in the county jail. The city council will hold its regular meeting next Monday evening. The Times suggests they take some action toward securing control of the Haddam cemetery and have it lixed up so as to look decent. As we predicted last week the Republican criticised a mistake which appeared in our first issue.

If the Republican isdesirieus of a summer's jb they might tackle a late issue of our contemporary over the way. In several counties a slate of candidates for county offices bas already been made up. remarks an exchange. Slates are sometimes broken, and if we are a judge the sign is just right to smash a few ot those ready made slates this fall. All these who appreciate neat clean job printing will call at The Times office.

Those who are not particular and satisfied with most any kind of blacksini thing should go elsewhere. Our work is warranted and prices guaranteed to be below any office in the county. All persons intending to breed mares this do well to call and see the Imported horses at A. J. C.

Goff 'a barn. An English shire, Clydesdale and Hambletonian trotter will make the season at bis barn iu Haddam. Call and see them before breeding else where. Terms within the reach of all. An ordinance has beeu offered to the council of Topeka commanding that all gates abutting on either streets or allies should be so swung as to open inward instead of outward and irovid- Inga penalty forevery violation thereof.

This ordinance should be adopted by every city in the state. Prof. Harris and Bert Smith engaged in a little mill Thursday, according to rules. At the end of the. first round Bert claimed a foul and ttie flcht as declared off.

say the Prof, can yank a boy from his seat and put his foot upon him as graceful as a torn cat can a mouse. Hardly a week passes but what you can see from one to a half doreu boys, who are just merging into manhood, under the influence of intoxicants in Iladdam. Where they pet it and whether it is cider. bitters or whisky stiaiht we are unable to say. but its a burning shame that in a prohibition state lifcs Kansas so many ot our young men and boys, some of them who an open saloon, should Biow op as oi topers.

Want the Times It Is not our intention to force the Times upon anyone, and we assure you that no charge will be made for the paper unless you order it sent. For the past three weeks we have been sending out a large number of copies, and to those who baye been receiving them we desire to say, if you like the paper come in and subscribe, as we shall send no more sample copies, after this week to those who have been re ceiving them. If you deem our under taking worthy your support.you cannot show your appreciation in a more beneficial way than by becoming a permanent subscriber. know many of you have not the money to spare just now, and to those we are willing to give a reasonable amount ot lime. He-member our rates are one dollar per year for single copy, or five copies tor four dollars.

FIKE 11UG3. An Unsuccessful Attempt to burn the town. Sunday eveninu about eight o'clock, as Will Kennelly was standing in front of Yoder Uros. Store talking to Menda Samuels, be looked across the street and saw a big light in the side room of L. H.

Samuels Store. He rushed over and tried to kick the door in, and finally picked up a patent endgate and mashed it in, by this time other parties bad put iu an appearance, Kennelly grabbed a couple of buckets and started for the well in the rear of the store, but found the pin out of the pump and be fore be could get back Mr. Cramer had come to the rescue with a pail of water and bad the flames partly subdued. It was but the work of a moment to complete the extinguishing of the fire. Which bad been started in a box of old papers near the coal.oil tank.

Had the Are not have been diseoyered just as it was it would have ignited the coal oil and soon been beyond control. It had become hot enough to melt the souder on the tank. They all want into the store and some one remarked that there was consider able smoke and sugc ested opening the door to let it out, but nothing motti was thought ot it and Jesse lucked the store and those pvesonL. wmt ho dip. Air.

Chas Caulil. neiiiif uneasy, came back and saw smoke issuing liom the side of the house, whertt coal wits put iito the cellar, and beleiving, like tu old saying that where there is so much smoke thnre must be some th'e, sent for Mr. Samuels, and they proceeded to investigate the cellar and in the back part, which is used by Mr. league as btote. room for eggs and baiter, found a nice little lire, under headway, kindled between the floor and the cross beam oa which the joist rest.

This wu? soon put out, and during the remainder of the nignt strict waicn was Kept rjy jur. Canfll and his father to see that the fiends did not complete their hellish undertaking. Eyideutly the fire was set by some one with the intention of burning out the town, and had their plans Deen successful Iladdam City would to-day have been in ashes. Whoever did the job was no novice at the business as the clans were well laid. While the Are iu the side room was being put out tnev exuected the one kindled iu the cellar to get under such headway as to be beyoud control, but fortunately for tne town, their plans failed.

The way iladdam is situated it would be the next thing to aujin possibility to save any of the business portion of town should a Are break out. There are no means for extinguishing a tire, there not being but two or three wells near, ana tney furnish but a limited supply of water, Insurance is very high, many of the standard companies refusing to take the risks at any price, and should the town burn it would be a very severe blow on all who own property here. 1 The Samuels should let no stone be unturned in ferreting out the person who set the 3re, and in an effort to this end they will be heartily seconed by the entire business population of the town. The guilty parties should be brought to justice and given the full benefit of the. law in regard to this class of criminals.

TO ADVERTISERS. Th Times circulates more papers in tne northwestern part of Washington county than any other publication in the county, and is therefore the best advertising medium through which to reach the people throughout this portion of the countiy. Our rates will be found very reasonable. We ask you to give us a trial. Mr.

S. Peabody is making many improvements and adding new macrinery to his blacksmith shop. lie proposes to be fully up with the times. We have had considerable bother to get our paier entered, arcoraina to the rules aid regulations laved down lt the department, and inlerprotteii by our P. M.

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It may not be any of our business, but we would kitidly siivrixest that our 1. M. Iomk up the ot his parier and have it entered properly, as the law provides that when a certificate is issued it is valid wh: the character of the publication remains unchanged. Ami it a certiiioate ever was issuea to the clip, it is certainly void as; the character of I hat sheet has been I chanced from a newspaper, to a "real estate, loan, insurauce ami patent citd-'i kiue almauic By THE TIMES COMPANY. incorporated ONE DOLLAR A YEAR ADVERTISING BATES.

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Haddam City, Kansas. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. SADDAM CITT. L. TAYLOR cK RIO MORRISON Treasurer, JESSE SAMUELS Police wpumttt" City Marshal IRA MERRITT COUNCILMKN, LEI BEL, MULTER, WD WILSON.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY. zlerk. Treanrr- NEEDIIAM YOU-NGr PERKINS R8 U1RCH BROWN II HAMILTON" CBLACKSTONE A ARMSTRONG A WATERS EVANS AJ MORRISON, DUST1N, Wm CUMMINGS liegister Deeds, Probate Judge, Superintendent, llounty Attorney Surveyor, -Coroner, -Clerk of Court, Sheriff, Commissioners SOCIETIES. CHURCHES. TTTIOW BTJND.IY SCHOOL, every Sunday KJ morning at leo'cock, at ths M.

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METHODIST PROTESTANT servloes every morning- aad evening each alternate Hun-41. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening Church, j. H.M, Pastor. Til B. CHURCH hoLis servloes every two J.Y1.

weeks moruing and evening. Prayer meeting every Thursday A cordial invitation is given all to attend these servloes. K. B. PER aT, Pastor.

METHOD18T Sunday School every Sunday at 10 o'olock a. m. H. M. Ochiltkek, Superintendent.

Miss Minnie Veudeh, Secretary. SECRET SOCIETIES. "TXIRIGO LODGE No. 228 A. F.

A. M. Holds X) reiralttr communication every 2d and 4th Saturday 8. PEAB0DY, W. M.

J. J. MUTH, Secretary. PUTNAM POST O. A.

R. No. 419. insets eery 1st and 3d Friday night of each month, at hall over Western Exchange Rank. A.

TAN8XL, Commaneer. I. J. WOOLF, Adj. J.

B. CAMPBELL, NOTARY PUBLIC, HADDAM, KANSAS, Conveyances written and acknowledgements taken. Special attention given to hard and doubtful collections. Insurance written In old and solid companies. W.

J. PORTER, DEALER IN LIVE STOCK, HADDAM, KANSAS. I always pay the highest price for hogs and catue. bee me when you want to sell. S.

PEABODY, WAGON MAKER HADDAM, KANSAS. Wagon wood and iron work done in Bret-class shape. Farm machinery fitted up on abort notice and satisfaction guaranteed. Located on main street, near Masonic haU, Haddam, Kansas. B.

A M. TIME TABLE. eoiwo wft. I oman iast. rwscneer, m.

I a.m. freight, 1136 a m. I Freight, llia. in. E.

M. Hovey, Agent. CITY BARBER SHOP. J. W.

LEIBEL, Proprietor haddam. Kansas. All work In my line executed in a satifao-torf manner. Bath room run la connection. Charges reasonable.

J. U. HOOVER, M. D. HADDAM, KANSAS.

Office at K. M. Bale' drug store. Rest-dence In east part of town. All calls promptly answered day or night.

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A. LLNDSEY, Prop'r. CHOICE FRESn MEATS, HAMS and BACON always on hand. GAME and OYfeTERS in their season Highest Cash Prick Paid for Hides The Lavenwoith Daily Times now makes this office dally visits. The Times is an excellent Kansas paper, and we are able to furnish it in connec tion with our paper at a very low price.

Ex-Goy. Glick has been refused admittance as a member of the farmers alliance. He can console with our friend Elacfcwelder and other who have been left out in the cold by the alliances of this county. The Prohibitionists are holdirg a bljr convention at Topeka this week. Between the prohibitionists and Farmers' Alliances the two old parties will have their hands full looking after the fellows who have a mind of their own.

It seems rather foolish for congress to waste time in discussing way and means whereby to irrigate and make an eden parden out of th" barren west, when it is impossible todispse of what has been raised in northeastern Kansas. Better tiivir-e watssud means to create a iiiaiket for what to aheaiij rtiwd. nized frleud of the labotiug class, we are glad to know that our efforts are being appreciated. Come along good peo ple and take the Times. Something: Mast be Done.

From the Weetem Rural and Stockman. The government of the United States, as we have sometimes beferesaid, must give its attention to the deplorable con dition of our agriculture. There is nothing about which we lit down to write that so humiliates and disheartens us at the lack of our agricultural pros" perity. There always appears to be a hand before us pointing to Ireland when we contemplate American agriculture. Yet this is the grandest agricultural country in the world.

Our farmer's have built our cities and railroads and telegraph lines and palaces and colleges and made the America et -1 1. w-uay lue piuuuu, nun, powerful u- tion that it is. And the men who kave made the wealth are themselves poorl How like the world in all the ages past. tut in this country justiee is suppoeetl ever to be sitting on her threne. But the time is here when radical lunova- Hnna mnfit Via rnndu thtnrrh th.

iw.a shake our prejudices and do yiolenoe to our usual mode of thought. We have got into the habit of thinking that government is a Bort of ornament. Hut we must begin to think that It is a thlug of utility. For long years the government has assumed the duty of helping develop our manufactures, The tariff is based upon the theory that it is the right and duty of government to protect its own citizens and its own industries. Rut if the danfnr of ininrv from fnrin competition is sufficient te arouse lb government to stand at our ports of entry to keep out foreign products, the danger of priveledged classes sad cutthroat business methods that are aor common in the United States, is sufl-cient to prompt the government to guard our farms from the tueivinf cob-spiracies.

This government, which costs the farmer so much to support scarcely turns its hand to help tie farmer, and if it goes through the esotleus of helping him tt result is a barren ideality. Manufacturers and railroads and Wall street "apitalists get pretty nearly every thftlglnev want at Wash-' ington. As farmers we are asked to pay to support the money sharks of the East; to pay to support every manufacturer in the land; to pay to protect this industry aud that industry, and while we are doing this our own busineea is going to ruin, and the government leaves us to struggle by ourselves. The money lender has bis grip upon iuo iiiiuaiu ui iuo men woo nave gone into the new West to develop farms for the enriching of the nation; his big, grasping claw covers the new West; adversity is upon great numbers of our producers, and it really seems to be set- tin, darker instead of hecnmlmr hHo-ht. er, and what is government doing? It is compelling us to pay something upon every necessary of life in order to protect the business of other classes, but is not even lending a willing ear to a description of our condition and the utterance of our demands.

Well; what can the govornmunt do, do yon ask? The answer is that it ran do anything that it chooses. It can certainly drive back the norde of corporate cormorants who have fattened for years upon the very lives ef our farmers. It at least can exercise police control of thelves in broadclotn as well as it can exercise control of theiyes In rags. It can ask what the farmer needs. It can ask agriculture without which grass will grow in our streets requires to make it prosperous; and whatever it neuds, this great rich government can do, end this great, rich government must do.

It may lie possible that some of the millions that are lytng idle in public treasury will be required to restore pi o-neritv to sericulture. If thev am hmH. ed.out with them, aud set farniing upon its teet. The man who does moat to make the American governuieat -possible must he given a chance. In a country like this, where from' fifty to a hundred bushel of corn can be raised on every acre planted to ad viae farmers to hold their corn seems foolish.

If they cannot dispose of what they hate already on baud, how will it be when another crop of countless million bushels has been raised. Few of the ordinary farmers of this country are able to build good bins in- which to store their corn, to say nothing about laying nut of the use of the money they have invested iu the crop. On the other hand If they all go into tha ho; or stock busines, the manipulators of the market will set up a erv of 'overproduction" and prices will go down, down, down. The iarmer need a aud demands laws that will protect him. The other fellows have been protected long enough.

Why not give the farmer achauce: Give us such laws as wi'l enable the farmer to ship his own sttx and products to market and get ail it is worth without the assistance of a middle man. We have received from the Kansas seed house their annual catalog and would advise all those desiring; to purchase any kind of field, garden or flower seeds to write for Trices, or call at ibis iiffioe and look over their catalog. This house is perfectly rbaide atid jou can rVpewl on cettihg everything just as they rppnw-nt it. fresh and wan at.tsM. Ail order siioi: addressed.

F. ar-lehW Kansas seed Uu, Ltw-rence, Ks, 8. STOUT, N. D. GOFF, J.

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GOFF. A General Banking Exchange bought and sold. Money to Loan at reasonable rates. The accounts of Farmers, Merchants and others received, and every fayor consistent with sound banking cheerfully extended. O.

L. R. K. BURT, The Old Reliable Harness Maker Keeps a complete stock of Harness, Collars, Whips, Robes, Halters, Bridles. Repairing Promptly attended to.

I warrant all my work. J. B. CAMPBELL, COMMERCIAL Having just received a new job press, new type and a fresh supply of stationery, I am prepared to execute orders tor all kinds of job printing. Call andOget my 'prices which are low.

u-ood worn DRUGS, jViedicipes, faipts apd Oils. Wall Paper, Come and get prices, whether you buy or not No trouble to show Yours Anxious to please,.