The Farm Record from Topeka, Kansas • 1

Devoted to the Interests of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and Other Kindred Organizations. Eight Pages. I a Year. VOL. IX.

XO. 19. ESTABLISHED AT TOPEKA IN I M2. 1 REMOVED TO BURLINGTON IN I I5URLIXG-TOX, KANSAS, FIUDAY, APRIL lU, 181)1. COUNTY OLE AXIXGS.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union. President L. L. Polk, Washington, D.

C. Vine President, 15. II. Clover, Cambridge, Ks. peon tnry J.

H. Turner, Washington, D. C. Lecturer J. F.

Wiliits, McLouth, Kan. overseer will not discredit i is party by his negilence. Rev. C. C.

Platt still continues to preach Sunday nights, leaving the house the condition that it is always found bv the teachers and pupils alter has been used by the various kinds which assemble P'eiv. Brother Munz lias good courage. The recent heavy ruins will prevent tlie farmers from accomplishing much the way of putting in there crops. But the time may be probably spent, in repairing fences and doing work of similar nature, which won Id greatly improve the looks of tics communitv. VY.

T. Kansas Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. President Frank Met, rath, Beloit. Vice-President, -Mrs. F.

R. Vickery, Emporia. Secret iry J- P- Krcnen, Topeka. Treasurer A. 0.

Easter, Burling one. Lecturer, 4 1 li 15. olumbus. Coffey County Alliance. President C.

H. Custenborder, (Iridley. Sere ary F. A. Atnerly, t.ndley.

County Organizer C.N. 1 long lass, Lebo. Offieia'l Organ, The Farm County Meetings. First Tuesday in January; First Tuesday in April; First Tuesday in July; First Tues-iiav in October. A Quiggle, services as br 50 (X) Van Slyck Rhineliart.

coal and wood per order mayor 15 55 A Stanton, burial case and expense of burying soldier 35 50 .1 I Mather, building stairs to jail 5 40 Frazier et al, lees stute vs Henry Rohr 5 20 Neibergor, 2 exumin's W. Parker. 3 UU Geo. Tiltord, 20 days ussosg West tp. to UU Tlios Kirkbimi et al viewing Geo road.

It 00 Geo Roekuill, supplies for pauper pr order Story 3 D5 A Burlingame, chain cur'r on Walker road I 50 Scott, summnng jury Ap. term et. 40 Do Armstrong Burlier, supplies for jail. 10 0o Long, buildg sidewalk et house yrd 2 40 I. Scott, bdg and guarding 45 10 A Eastman, paint for county 1 02 i.iggett, work on Long creek bridge and cash paid 5 75 Turrell, eight wolf bounties 8 to Manchester A Allen, attys tees Parker case A McPheeters and Chess! to Grandstaff, work Long creek brige 4 (X) 0 H.

Cleveland, mdse for poor farm 3 7o A Mosher, mending locks and Axing clocks 1 John Frazier, datn'e on Silas Hoover rd 30 to Smith, job printing for county HI 90 Stephen Baird, 8 days eo. commissioner 24 to OR Tanner, 24 C() Robson 10 days county commis er 30 to Geo X. White, framing county map. 18 to Werts, potatoes for poor farm 3 7. Scott, tees on per property tax 93 6u Armstrong A Barber, lum'r for county 130 to Harrington, drmage on harness to Fee bill state vs Ramsey et ai 21 to Morse, board for Hathaway 1 20 J.

P. Thurman, work on Throckmorton bridge Sj Pratt A lumber for oridge 40 to Frazier, tee bill state vs Ander- anil 30 25 ACCOUNTS ALLOWED. The lollowing is a lull list of accounts allowed by the board of county commissioners up to time of adjournment: Bryant, supplies for pauper 00 Ballinger, expense account to June 1891 Ballinger. bal on quarters salary A Wiseman, map ot Lebo map of Le Roy .) 1 Evans. 2 days bridge commisser I.

Scott, 2 leg irons lor prindiers Lockwood, notary public lees state vs Parker Rallew, 2 wolf bounties PCliess, bal on services extradition in Parker ease Foliensbee Go, I'd ot cobs for co oltis Rnvlmm A Simpson, work in dist clerk's oliice 29 Same, work on county jail 1 to Hamilton, work in court house yd 5 04) Wilcox, one wolf bounty 1 (XI LH Scott board's: and guard's? Parker 354 70 GeoX White, bait dozen oliice chairs. 10 00 Veaeh, work aucounty poor 3 to Applegate et at, viewing Sauessig r'd 8 (X) Bristow, coal for county offices 32 78 Hid 3-4 bushels coal 15 DO 177 5-8 bushels coal 24 8ti J4U bushels coal ID to liti 1-8 bushels coal 32 103 1-8 bushels coal 14 44 805J bushels coal 11 25 CFullen, mdse and repair for county jail 93 Welch, evergreens for court yard. 10 00 Wilson, viewing Win George 11 00 A Burger, wood for Paupers 2 00 Fee bill state vs Hartshorn 125 25 state vs Bunton et al 103 to Sweeney, bdg petit jurors and sheff 3 25 Geo Reid, takg Mary Jones to poor fm 1 KK i ia tin.a 1 AAm'n 4 nrrv held (ran two bridges Geo King, Bridge comy and lumber 937 29 Cbas Stoeltling, quar sal as pro judge. 85 00 David Eppinger, mdse tor county 4 50 Scott, attending jail quarter March 31, 1891 73 00 Scott, boarding prisoner 54 40 Harrington, guarding M. Hilblsh 07 50 Mary Moore, keeping Mrs Detars on mayors order 3 00 Harrington, quar sal as supt poor Im 150 ixi Seott, bdg 2 jurors 2 days 1 to Lane A Kent, erroneous 3 50 Long, 3 days cleaning up et house 3 (XI Gibbon, burial case tor soldier 30 to Mauck.

bal on quarters salary Sears, drugs and medicines for co. Asquith A Ku I ling, pair shoes I Murphy, work on poor iarin Wiseman, map ol Colley county Hull O'Dumild. i.uise tor county Manley, washing lor Mrs Ietur per order of Hopkiii- A Japiiet, liou-e rent for Mrs Manley '9 DO 38 III 75 Dll 35 4 i 1 DD -pur order oi Ho; xins (Ji (KMl'NICATU IN' SHORT THIS WEEK ACCOLNT OF THE BUtsY SF.ASON. ON Le Roy. Mis.

('. Decker, spoken of last week, is still ohiined to her room, with but little improvement in her condition. The people of Le Roy very much feel the need of a rail road communication, especially during the session ol district court. We are as much in favor of political benefits as we are of social or principle benefits, as the first is a gaurimtee to the others. We learn learn that there is a movement on foot to the establishing of an Alliance at Le Roy the near future.

Let the good work go on. Beautiful spring weather is now the order of the day, and on account of the scarcity of feed people are beginning to turn stock on the grass to make their own living. Several farmers in and about Le Roy' are convinced now that Doc. Decker is not as good a judge of a horse as lie is of a mill since his late purchase. How is that.

Doc. J. T. Cottingham has rented the 80 acre farm laying immediately west of the railroad bridge, formerly known as the Cunningham place, for one year, at $75 cash rent. The members of the county assembly F.

M. B. A. No. 41, vote in favor of a third party and their delegate to the Cincinnati convention, Mr.

A. B. Moore, was so instructed. Mr. Roll Norton, spoken ol last week as suffering from cancer of the throat, is dead, and will be buried at his late home in the Indian Territory.

Another good man has gone from us. Quite a respectable delegation got off the M. K. railway train atSankey, a station three miles west of Le Roy, one day last week, it being the nearest point by railroad from Le Roy to Burlington. The station was formerly known as Le Roy Junction and consists of only a platform adjoining a frog pond.

The Knights of Reciprocity is being organized, we learn, all over the state very quietly, but very surely, and let no one be deceived, for it is an organization of the Republicans to light the Alliance and other kindred organs. Our advice is to load heavy, double shot and shoot the law, and for further instructions subscribe for the Farm Record, one dollar per year, and it will furnish the rest. Steady, men, free men, steady. Success is sure. Cadmus.

Strawn. Rev. Sharpless preached to a crowded house Sunday. The one oclock passenger train killed a valuable cow for E. L.

Wingard Sunday. 0. C. Jacobs availed himself of the invitation offered to join the Christian church at this place. Mr.

Sto tern ire shipped four carloads of cattle and hogs from here to-day. They were fed by John Ricliartand Geo. Antrim, and were good ones. Mr. Jas.

Jacobs lias drawn the color line in his business of driving passengers to Ottumwa and turned it over to Bert McClintock. Ask Keno why it is. Mr. G. Harvy gave a party to his scholars last Saturday afternoon, They reported a fine time and a big treat of oranges, bananas, candy and cake.

Mr. H. C. Allen, of Ottumwa, left yesterday for Missouri for a short stay. He will take run down into southeastern Arkansas before lie conies back.

The F. A. I. U. had two more converts at its last meeting and will have more at its next.

We, of the F. M. B. that have gone into the Alliance, are well satisfied with the change. Not that we think the Alliance a better organization but it is better organized in this state and there is no use of keep ng two organizations in the field where but one is needed.

Our object is the same and our mode of operation is about the same. It is the law of nature that the weak should give to the stronger and the sooner we all get to great for her, the better it will be for all. Ann Arky. Eclipse. Rev.

Cranier gave us a good sermon last Sunday. Come again. Everybody come to our Sunday school and make it a success. Our lodge is progressing nicely. Who forgot the pass word the president.

Dr. McMullen was in our neighborhood Monday night. May the old gentleman live to make us many calls in cases of sickuess. There seems to he a better feeling existing among tbe people than there has been lor some time. We are in hopes it may continue and much good be derived from it.

Ournew bridge is of little consequence as it is not yet graded up. There is much work to be done on tbe road which should have been done some time ago. We are in hopes our road it in Waverly. The members aiv1 directors of the ve store ot this place, will meet on Saturday, J. heJntli inst.

and decide on what store room they will occupy and pay over the stock money to the treasurer and get ready to open at once. D. A. (1. Aliceville.

Three young men, of this place, Kir-kum, Marshall and Marrow committed rape on Miss Minnie Godsby, a modest and well appearing young lady. They enticed her to go to a ball. When a short distance from town they commenced their tienish work. The friends of the young lady entered complaint and the boys were arrested by officer, Ben Ware, They arrained before L. S.

Robinson, justice of the peace for preliminary hearing. Evidence being sufficient, they were bound over to the district court in the sum of $500 each. X.Y. Z. Our Party.

Nonconformi't. The People's Party has to deal with social and political questions as broad as the country itself. To deal with these quest ions wisely will require the best thought and character that can he mustered to the service of the party. A knowledge of mankind, their natural relations to each other, a knowledge of law. of polit its, of government, of political economy, and the philospliy of life must he the requisites of the men and women who are called to the work.

Labor is struggling for its rights. Industry is everywhere organizing for conflict. But labor, if it would he entirely successful, and secure the best results from its efforts to better its condition, must remember that there are brain toilers, with good hearts and honest purposes, and cultured minds, whose aid will be necessary in solving the problem and perfecting the great plans for human upliftment. The line must be drawn between the conscienceless scamps who prostrate their brains to the service of mammon, and the thoughtful men and women who have nothing but the good of humanity at heart. Every honest effort must be made to attract to the party the best thought, the best culture and the best character in the country, for our cause is just and it is our mission to prove it.

We must stop following the loud-mouthed blatherskites who aspire to leadership, and who havent brain enough to talk logically upon any question ten minutes, but who, to at tract attention to themselves, depend upon their ability to shout cant phrases. We must deal with causes and aim at results. To do that we must have thoughtful men and women. Tliey may come from behind the plow, or from the workshop, or from the kitchen, or the school room, or the counting room; but whether hand toilers or brain toilers, we need there services if they are honest, and we dont need the services of men who ply the art of the demagogue to keep alive groundless prejudices between these classes. This farmejorganization has not come to injure hut to save the civilization of this century and to equalize the conditions, educate the agriculturist, teach him not only how to improve the quality of his stock and increase the sum of his crops, but to make him well acquainted with the science of govern ment in its best sense.

Government now is run iii its worse se lse, and the farmer is the victim, which has become unbearable, leading him with taxes and extortion. All the farmer wants is justice, and this grand uprising is to se cure it, pot at the expense of others in a single for the benefit of all. -fix. The pres i a power for evil as well as for good? i Even our religious and some of our agricultural papers have stolen tlm livery of heaven to serve the devil in. Wall street controls too many of We must educate our wealth producers to sustain their own independent press.

Hon, Mortimer Whitehead. I. i Finch, constables fees state vs Tip- ton b6 Jordon Brown having been pardoned out of jail by tbe governor, was ordered released, and fine and costs remitted. The claim of tbe Geo. E.

King Bridge Company was rejected. Official bond of E. J. Crego, justice of city of Burlington, approved. Official bonds of 8.

W. Andrews and J. R. South, constables of tbe city ot Burlington, and G. R.

Truitt, justice of Rock Creek township, approved. Die sheriff was instructed to procure and have hauled ami placed in the court house square a stone pile for the purpose of compelling prisoners to work out flues and costs them by the county. of G. Consolidation ol the F. M.

A. with the Alliance. All individual members of any F. M. B.

A. who shall regularly apply for membership in the Alliance shall be received without the membership fee, provided they sign the application for membership as a member of some F. M. 15. A.

Lodge. Sec. 2. Whenever an F. M.

B. A. Lodge shall by a two-thirds vote of its regular members, petition to form themselves into an Alliance, they shall pay 1.00 for charter fees, and the necessary expenses of the County Organizer, who shall regularly organize them. W.S, HANNA, Chairman State Committee. NATIONAL.

Farmers Mutual Benefit Association. President II Mt. Moore, Erie, Wayne Oo. III. Secretary, Stelle, Mt Vernon or Dalilg- greli.

III. State Assembly. President OMarkley, Mound City, Kas. Barrett, (uenemo, K-e. secretary .10 Steward, Ottawa, Kas.

Treasurer G. W. Moore, Carlyle, Ka. Committee os Finance. Moneley, of Neosho; ltoth, of Ness; A Manley, of F.

M. B. A. County Assembly No. 41 Holds regular et-ings the second Tuesday in January, April, July and Octorer commencing, at lu oclock, in in-grens hall.

A. B. Moore, U. K. Tanner, Secretary.

Burlington Market. Flour per hundred, $2. 10(0 $2.70 Corn per bushel, Oats per'bushel, Hay per ton, Eggs per dozen, Butter per pound, Potatoes per bushel, Lard per pound, Chickens per pound, Hogs per hundred, Salt No. 1, Apples, .05 .40 $7.00 .8 .15 $1.00 .07 .05 $4.50 1.25 1.25. Teachers Examination.

Hustings, guard Mc.Miirpliy I day 1) Weaver, drawing jury April term district court Julin Hamilton, cleaning county attorneys office I Levering, 1 wolf bounty I to Davidson, A Co, mdse order mayor. 4 DD Fleming, entry ol prool ot gov land A 5 puir bluukets per order ot sheriff 8 DO Redmond, court fees 4 2D Davidson A Co, mdse order Hopkins 4 40 ee Dill state vs Dover 144 85 Senior, road damage on Smith road 27 to Bowman, quar salary county atty 250 to Hoffmans, mdse lor paupers 3 50 Geo. Schenck, quar saly eo. sup.t $300 00 Ed. Foliensbee, 2 loads cobs for county 3 (X) coal and cobs lor pauper.

3 30 Tom S. Buker, 12 days assessing Pleasant township 33 IX) S. M. ilson, 2 wolf bounties 2 (H) Joseph Gibbon, 2 coffins for 10 00 Window glass for county I 30 Rice Bros, stationery for county 22 30 B. Young A Sou, mdse for jail 18 90 H.

Scott, conveying H. Hathaway from Garnett 12 88 Cooper A Wharton, 2 iron brackets for jajl 1 50 F. Arthur et al, state vs Hartshorn. 12 25 H. Scott, opening aud closing pro ct 3 to Fee bill Btate vs.

Jordan Brown 109 20 O. O. Outcalt, general fee bill 35 70 Church A Co. mdse pr order ot mayor 18 10 S. D.

Rend, witness fees county board. 1 50 O. Outcalt, supplemental fee 2 50 L. H. Scott, taking Jordan Brown to re- form school "Jr L.

Davidson A mdse for pauper. 1 JO L. H. Scott, bd and guardg Hamilton. 74 30 W.

M. Burt, wolf bounty 1 to Chas. Stoeltzing et al, exarag co treasurer's books XJ Geo. Neibracbt, wood for pauper i to R. M.

Evans, drawing jury Apr. term 2 to A H. Niver, wolf bounty I to J. L. Davidson A mdse for pay er.

1 5i L. H. Scott, boarding Chas. Deve drawing jury April W. Denslow, erroneous road G.

W. Crane A stationery 30... J. Gitibon Sr. burial case for J.

H. Smith, 20 days assess'g sprg er G. W. Hanna, road damage K. Nash, road damage Noell Mrs.

M. E. Seamans, aid tor Mrs. Watsu Wm. George, roud damage George road A.

B. Moore, V. Morrow, Isaac Morrow, Geo. E. King Bridge lumber for bridge to J.

P. Shively, clerk's lees inquest ot Larrisou to A Sundv. damage on Smith 14 to i. Ed Drum, 14 to cilic Rail way company; juiy ti ial, vei- Win Mauson, medaton pauper per or- i'- der Hopkins 1J Wm Manson, quar salary oo physician and supplies to Win Manson, mod at on prisoners 7 to med at ou Smith, King and Shelton. ti'd'g and guarg Linetoek 4 10 Saylor 4 10 BlakerA lumber and 5 85 Cbas Kabnt, 1 pair snoes co poor larm 1 7o Franklin boarding CAW idems in 9 to Taylor, er taxes soh 1 dist No 80 Allison, relict tor Mrs Detar 50 Cook, 15 duys asBess'g Hampden tp 45 to Stride, erro taxes Spring creek 195 A Castle, mdse for county 140 91 Evans, 20 days assessing Avon tp.

to to Fee bill state vs Ada in Haehu 2J to AW Taylor 1 to Laffett Snooks I 70 Geo Hall, supplies for county. 41 05 Cleveland, mdse for court bourse 45 25 Geo Throckmorton, 3 days assist teach- ers exam'r to BM Gavin, moil at on 3 to Arnold, erro taxes ou lots in Lebo 4 58 Cora Tompkins, 3 days as asst teach ex 9 to T. C. Ballinger, expense account 43 to Story, 18 days assessing Le Roy tp. 54 to Swindler, 20 days assg city Bur.

to to Logan, mdse for prs pr or mayor. 3 to D. Dumbauld, drugs and med and ut- tendance on pau per. Jones, 25 days asses Lincoln tp 75 to Scott, mdse tor county 19 to Joseph McNIsb, 5 wolf bounties 5 to Joseph Pottinger, boarding jury 8 to John Pottinger, boarding Jury 8 OJ A. S.

Gilkoy. salary and toes us oo sur Armstrong A Barber, lumber for the Throckmorton bridge Scott, serving subpoena inquisit county attorney Henry Young, road damage George rd Burris Hunt, work on Otter erk bridge fji Ukor Dinsmore, erro ases't right of way Davis et al, lees case stute vs and Horton South, sheriff's fees inquisition 8 South, making sidewalk lu ct yard Hamilton uidso for dist clerk. assessed against J. II. Nocll, G.

II. Hunch itnd'L'. M. Alexander were appointed appraisers of tiie northwest quui tend the northwest quarter and the nortuenst quarter ol the soutlivve-t quarter oi. I of sec.

25, tp. 21, range 13, school lands, on reo-2D ommendatnmof Geo. Schenck, county superintendent. Appointment of assistant teaeli-rs' examiners, A. S.

Gilkeyand Wm. Palfen, were approved by the board. In the matter of letting contract for building a bridge across Eagle creek running nortli and south through section 3ii, township 2D range 13, all bids received on such bridges rejected. Road petition of V. W.

Davis, rejected. Road petition of Win. George, granted, aud an increase of 85 made to petitioners ami road ordered opened. Road petition of Wm. Rule granted and viewers appointed.

A proposition to provide the county jail with steel cages, was voted down the roll was called and VV. H. Hobson voted yes; 0 R. Tanner and Stephen Baird voted no. The county treasurer was authorized by tuo county board to purchase in outstanding bonds of Coffey county with accumulated sinking funds, in accordance with special enactment for this purpose.

C. M. Buckles was designated a delegate to represent Coffey Co. at Topeka, April -J, at a convention called by the state board ot agriculture to devise ways and means tor max- I. I.

A. A I Cllip I ing an exhibit at the worlds tair at Chicago. A. H. Britton, T.

M. Alexander and Geo. L. Hoover were appointed viewers to estab-Ugh a corner stone and line at northeast cor-ner section 10, township 19, range 13. Bond of W.

W. Knight, justice of Lincoln township, approved. Frank Fockele and E. L. Traylor were appointed assistant treasury examiners lor quarter ending June 30, 1891.

Claim of H. Rucker, attorney fees in representing the state vs. Dover, forl.i.to rejected. Road petition of D. R.

Hawley granted, and viewers appointed to meet May, -8, at begm-ningof road. w.n The board then adjourned to May Proceedings of District Court. Helow will be found a continuation of the proceeding of district court to Tuesday morning this eek: The Rank of Le lloy vs. James II. Heard et al; continued by consent.

Anna M. Chamberlain vs. Mo. Fa- diet for plaintiff for $800 William Liggett vs. Mo Pacific Railway company; jury trial; jury failing to agree were discharged aud cause continued.

Lucy Smith vs. Mo. Pacific railway company; verdict for defendant. James Lindsay vs. J.

C.Fincli; jury trial; jury failing to agree were discharged. Cause continued. j. R. Me Daniel vs.

John R. Lane et al; settled and dismissed. George C. Norton, Exr, vs. Ellen Toole, et al; publication notice approved; judgment and decree as prayed for.

T. W. Marshall vs. Christopher Russell et al; judgment and decree as prayed for by plaintiff, and for Defendants Lane Kent as prayed for in cross-petition. Anna Potter vs.

George M. Redfearn et al; publication notice approved; judgment and decree as prayed for. Mary L. Flinn vs. Marion Flinn; publication notice approved; decree of divorce granted; children awarded to the plaintiff.

Maggie Manley vs. Richard Manley; publication notice approved; decree divorce granted; custody of minor children awarded to the plaintiff. George A. Stark vs. John A.

Reed; jury trial; verdict for plaintiff P. D. Bedford, administrator, vs. A. Wood; judgment for plaintiff for $90.75 and costs.

The regular quarterly examination of applioants for certificates, will be held at the central shchool building in Burlington, on Saturday, April 25, 1891, commencing at 8 a. m. Geo. Schenck, Supt. Coffey ex, Kans.

Surveying. The new law requires the surveyor's office to be kept open one day each week, and I have seleoted Saturday as the most convenient for all concerned. All desiring work done or any information connected with the office, are requested to call on Saturday. A. S.

Gilkey. County Surveyor,.