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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
THE EAST.

ST. JoHN's military academy at Haddon-
field, n. j., was consumed by fire the other
day.
THE Statue of Liberty in New York har-
Dor was lighted for the first time on the
night of the 1st
DAVID L. BUNKER, of Massachusetts,, has
been appointed United States Consul at
Demerara.
THE directors of the Pennsylvania rail-
way have declared a semi-annual dividend
of 219 per cent. on the capital stock.
THE striking coal miners of Shamokin,
Pa, have decided to resume wor k, the en-
ployers promising raise if business will
warrant it,
''Rag Baby'' company, committed suicide
in Clean, N. Y, recently by cutting his
throat. He was insane
RICHARD PRESTON, dealer in coal in Bos-
ton, Mass, has failed. He has not been
seen for over a week. His debts were very
heavy, being placed at s125, 900.
NJ. DE LEssEPS was entertained at dinner
in Philadelphia on the I'd by George w.
Childs. The dining room was wonderful
in its array OF flowers and shrubs.
SHAW, GoDINGs & Co.'s shoe factory at
Portland, Me-, was destroyed by fire the
other day; loss, S55,0OO; insured.
THE schooner Anna b. Hutchinson, which
arrived recently at New York from
Chagres, via Key West, reports on October
IA, fifty miles south of Dry Tortugas, that
she picked up the captain and mate and
four seamen of the bark Tresauroras, from
Barcelona for Havana, upon a piece of the
cabin house, they having been five days in
that condition without food or water. The
captain stated that the bark broke up and
sunk October 10, during a hurricane. The
balance of crew of seven men are sup
posed to have gone down with her.
PRESIDENT GARRETT, of the Baltimore &
Ohio, is reported to have pledged himself
to put Pittsburgh on the main line of his
system.
A WHITE whale has been troubling the
people near Long Branch.
CONNECTICUT returns give Cleveland
Democrat S. 674; Lounsberry, Republican,
sc, S31; Forbes, Prohibition, 4,S10; Baker;
Labor, 2,74S. The Legislature, which will
elect State officers and a United States
Senator, stands: Senate Republicans IA !;
Democrats, 10; House, Republicans, 13S;
Democrats, 100; Labor, 2.
ANDREW RoBERTsoN's4 400 employees struck
at Excelsior, Pa, recently, for an advance
of 10 per cent. The operator says the con-
dition of trade does not warrant the raise
in wages and he will not grant it.
Dun & Co., mercantile agents, threaten
prosecution of unauthorized persons profit
ing by the figures collected by them.
The Davis malt house at Watkins, n. Y,
with large amount of barley and malt,
was destroyed by fire the other night The
loss was about 100000
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
The British Grain Trade.

LONDON, Nov, 2.-The Marx Lane Er-
pr-.ss, in its review of the British grain
trade during the past week says: 'The de-
llveries of wheat have been small at 6d01s
above the previous week. The sales of
English wheat were 4s.91O quarters at 3Os
Sd. against 56,950 quarters at Sis 4d dur
ing the corresponding period of last year.
Country -four is firm and Cd dearer. A fair
trade is doing in barley atan advance for the
finest of IS and for seconds of Is. Foreign
wheats are firmly held and values are nn-
changed. Corn has risen 3@6d. Linseed
has gained Is. Three cargoes of wheat ar
rived; one cargo was Withdrawn and two
remained.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
Shot by "A Policeman.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. An ugly
shooting encounter took place in Wyan.
dotte at ten O'Clock last night, between
Officer Green B. Anderson and a man from
Kansas City, Mo-, named Joe Darling.
The latter had been drinking elsewhere
and was in an excited state at the Garno
House, brandishing revolver and threat
-ening those around him. The officer was
sent for but the man had, in anticipation of
his arrival, started along Third street
towards the iron bridge, and the
officer followed him, overtaking him
near Armstrong street Upon finding
the officer at his heels Darling turned and
fired two shots at him which Anderson re-
turned with five, two of which took effect
in the abdomen of his assailant He was
removed in a hack to the city hall where
Drs- Terry and Bernhard examined the
wounds and pronounced them of a danger
Gus character. The wounded man was
shortly afterwards removed TO his home,
1910 Forest avenue, Kansas City, NO.,
where lie lies in a lew state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
A SEA MONSTER.

Long Branch Fishermen In Terror Over
tho Continued Appearance OF = White
Whale.
LONG BRANCH, n. j., Nov A big
white whale has for a week past been
using the ocean within two or three miles
of the pier as a sort of playing ground
Day after day he rises from the depths to
spout water and astonish the natives. The
other day two men were seated upon a
swinging scaffold tarring the iron piling at
the end. of the pier. Dangling between
and a little beneath them was tar bucket
which almost touched the water. Suddenly
there came an unusual swelling of the sea,
and in an instant great gray body rose
complacently out of the water to the con-
sternaiion of the men. The new conner
greeted them with a tremendous fountain
of water which he spurted from his ''biow
hole" They lost no time in beat
ing a retreat. Scarcely had they done SO
when the huge leviathan snapped the
rope that held the tar bucket. Pier-keeper
Taylor pronounced the fish to be white
whale. 1t was about thirty-fye feet long.
The whale sank below the water and swan
away. Since then the leviatiian has been
frequently seen iii these waters and has
caused no small alarm among fishermen.
Recently the whale took day of and went
to Seabright. Two. men were quietly fish,
ing in skiff when they felt il suddenly
rise as though lifted by the waves and then
the boat shot off into placid water just as
big fish rose above thesurface of the water
not thrtY-five yards away. 1t was the
white whale again. The men were startled by
the narrow escape and rOwed hastily away,
leaving the fish to sport about the spot at
his pleasure Nearly all fishermen along
shore are in dread of a sudden and untimely
appearance of the whale when their boats
may be cApsiZed and their lives lost. The
appearance of a white whale in the waters
at this time OF year is an unusual thing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
I'm MORTAL TERROR.
A Telegraph Operators Experience Wit
An Armed Maniac.

A Telegraph Operators Experience with
An Armed Maniac.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 5.-Peter Ken
nay, empioyed as telegraph operator at In
gram station, on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
IL st. Louis railroad, was engaged at his in
strument early this morning when he heard
a noise as if of some one trying to open the
door, but thought nothing of it, nor even
looked up from his work until startled by
touch ON his coat sleeve He turned partly
around and TO his horror saw a tall, gaunt
figure dressed in white, with a long
knife in its hand and standing directly
over him. He cleared the slight
railing surrounding his desk at a single
bound, but the strange visitor was between
him and the door and he began pleading for
his life. The specter made no move to fol-
low him except to prevent his escape by the
door. AS the ghostly creature made 10 adj
vance, the operator in measure recovered
his self-possesson and stood OH the defen-
sve in the farthest corner of the room.
The apparitiOn then seated itself in Ken
nays chair before the telegraph instrument,
keeping close watch on the movements of
the operator. They maintained the same
relative positions for nearly all hour,
during which time the trains
on the railroad approaching that point were
brought to a standstll. One or two trains
had been stopped for the signal to go
ahead. The crews of the first train finally
walked up the track to the telegraph office
to find out the cause of the delay, when
they discovered the operators predicament
and subdued his captOr after desperate
struggle. 1t was subsequently learned that
the strange visitor lived at Sheridan sta
ton, nearly mile away. and had escaped
from his home about midnight
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
FARM NOTES.

Oliver Dalrymple, the Dakota farm king,
states that he will put in $1,000 acres of
crops next season.
Delaware County Qowa) farmers claim
that the past has been the best season they
have had for many years
Dixon County (Neb.) farmers complain
of scarcity of laborers. Corn huskers
are paid 21l cents per bushel.
A farmer in Beadle County, Oak, has
an artesian well on his farm that flows 100
barrels an hour, is 67S feet deep and cost
1880.
White fowls when dressed for market do
not show pin-feather marks do the black
breeds. This is point i'll their favor worth
considering.
Nebraska farmers complain of the fall
ing of winter apples previous to the
gathering. Much of the fruit is Of an in
ferior quality. .
A Charles Mix Dak.) County farmer re-
Gently sold 1,6OO pounds of wool to the
Yau1ton wooden mills, receiving nineteen
cents pound therefor.
When the hurry of farm work ceases in
autumn there are many opportunities to
make impro vements, for which the season
is favorable and the time propit!ous.
Well drained and deeply titled land
stores warmth to such an extent as to pro-
long the season of growth and obviate
risks of-frost that otherwise might reduce
profits of cultivation materially.
After the leaves of currants have
dropped, trim the plants, thinning fully
half of the new growth If one cares to
propagate them, cuttings can be made of
these trimmings. Cut to about six inches
in length, bed them firmly in good, mellow
soil to within one eye of the top. and in
upright position.
People who grow chickens in the city
must necessarily keep them in close con-
fnement. But here is not where feathered
tribes flourish the best. On the farm-in
the stubble fields and the pastures are
where the hen delights to feed and roam.
A hen is in her best condition when she
has her liberty TO scratch.
The farmer who chooses lar ge breed of
fowls because fearful the surplus ROSTERS
he can not sell makes a mistake. Up to
the age of nine or ten weeks a Leghorn
will grow as fast as the coclkerel of any
other breed, while their bright yellow legs,
large combs and full feathers give them a
very attractive appearance.
Last Saturday Mr.. Frank O'Dell brough
to town four mammoth squashes which
can not be beaten in any country. He
planted four hills with one seed in hill
and has eleven squashes, in the size
which there is very little difference. The
two largest measured five feet by four
feet Fl We inches and five feet five inches by
five feet, and the largest weighed eighty
eight pounds. The four weighed 279
pounds, making an average of 69s< pounds.
Latham (Kd'..) Signal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
CHICAGO BEEF BUTCHERS.
An Order to Strike by General Master
Workman Butler.

An Order to Strike by General Master
Workman Butler.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-There were no further
strikes at the stock yards yesterday morn
Ing, although 1t was intimated that the
men at the other houses besides Swift's
nd Morris might go out, as many of them
were dissatisfied at being compelled to
work ten hours. The strikers were quiet,
the only act of violence Oh their part hav-
ing been an attack last night OH Henry
Levy, Nelson Morris nephew, who was
beaten almost into inSensibilty on
the Forty-third street viaduct. Swift
and Morris have signed the agree
ment against the eight hour day. The
former will import. it is said expert work
men from Boston and other Eastern points.
Both concerns are now shipping cattle east
to be slaughtered. Swift commenced Op-
Grating to-day with new men who are com
ing from all quarters. Placards all about
the building offer the following prices to
new men: Skilled butchers from 20 To
IS cents per hour, beef carriers 2s
cents per hour, laborers 20 cents
per hour. The strike at the stock yards
TOOK new and, perhaps, very serious turn
last night, and to-day will probably decide
whether or not there is to be collapse or a
prOtracted and more general struggle. The
result depends upon the action taken by
Armour Il Co.'s butchers upon mandate
issued by Master Work man Butler, of the
knights of Labor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

NO1ESs
THE sale of oleomargarine stamps on the
LIST, the first day of the enforcement of the
new law, was much larger than the inter
nalrevenue people expected.
The matter of the bringing in of dutiable
goods on the Saratoga and Portsmouth
has been referred to the Solicitor of the
Treasury, and any further proceedings
will depend upon the character of his re-
port.
The President issued his Thanksgiving
proclamation ON the 1st.
THE seventh annual report of Prof. j. w.
Powell, the director of the Geological Sur
vey, has been delivered to the Secretary Of
the Interior. 1t only incidentally touches
upon the current scientific and economic
work of the survey, the results of which
are embodied from time to time in special
publications.
The total coinage executed at the mints
during October was S4,7l2, 100, Of which
$1,000, 600 was in standard dollars.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON called at the
White House on the 1st and paid his re-
spects to the President. He was accom-
panied by his private secretary and Albert
Deforster, secretary of the Italian lega-
tion.
In a letter to Truman 81. Allen, Pension
Agent at San Francisco, Commissioner
Black takes strong grounds against the
assessment system. and intimates that any
official who yields to the demands of self
constituted committee and pays money in
to campaign fund is in danger of losing
his position.
THE decrease of the public debt during
the month of October was 3d. POI, 6l9.
THE United States Supreme Court has
set the Maxwell land grant cases for hear
ing on the fifth day after the February
sion ends.
THE following announcement was issued
at the White House on the Sd: ''The
President finds it absolutely necessary to
the proper performance of public duties
that the time between the 10th of Novem-
Der and the next meeting of Congress
should be at his disposal, free from inter
ruption. Within this period he will be
obliged to deny himself to visitors, except
upon actual public business of Importance.
This will not be construed to include APP
plications or recommendations for office.
This notification is given to the public this
early to dispose in advance of the plea
that a trip to Washington has been made
in ignorance of the Presidents arrange
ment. The usual public receptions at 80
O'Clock on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days will be continued"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
Tho nebraska legislature.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 5.-The Democrats
in Nebraska have elected fOrty-twO mem
bers OF the Legislature, this being one-third
of that body. This is the largest represent
tation the Democrats ever had in the Ne
braska Legislature. Their gain is due to
the prohibition plank in the Republican
platform, which caused the German Repub-
licans to vote solid for the Democrats. The
Van Wyck men and the Democrats together
can control the next Legislature. The
Democrats last night celebrated the election
of John A. McShane, the first Nebraska
Democratic Congressman, by big torch
light parade and reception of the yIctorI-
Gus candidate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11

In storing away garden seeds place them
in wooden bags, with piece of gum cam
phor in each bag; and also dust the seeds
with insect powder These methods will
protect the seeds against insects, which de-
stroys many kinds, such as peas, beans,
etc. All seeds should be kept in a dry
place, and an examination should be made
several times during the winter.
If the hoeks are properly cared for the
coming winter Colorado will ha-~ more
than 10000, 600 pounds of wool to send
abroad in 1857. A Merino sheep that has
been we'll fed through the winter viii
yield two pounds more wool than one. that
has been starved.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
Socialist Procession.

BRUSSELS, Nov. Yesterday a great
demonstration of $4,000 workingmen took
place at Charlerot to demand free pardon
for all the workmen sentenced on account
of their participation in the strikes,
riots and outrages of last March.
The procession was most orderly,
owing to the fact that the POI
lice force and troops, although in readi-
ness, were kept completely out of sight.
This is just what happened on the occasion
of the great socialist demonstration at
Brussels OH August Is last. The double
experiment shows that immense gatherings
offer no danger so long as the authorities
avoid direct interference. Five hundred
women, dressed in mourning, led the pro-
coesi0n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
THE WEST.

SIX thousand beef butchers employed by
Swift & Co. and Nelson Morris struck at
Chicago on the 1st. The employers wanted
their men to work under the ten-hour sys-
tenn for eight hours pay.
OK the Cincinnati, Washington & Balti-
more railroad recently a cow derailed a
freight train on a bridge. The bridge
caught fire and property to the amount of
100000 was destroyed. No one was in
jured.
THE Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon
railroad in Michigan has been sold to a
syndicate of New York and Western CAPT
talists.
UNITED STATES ARMY Scout CAMPBELL
declares that the apprehended outbreak on
the Tongue river agency, Montana. is a
scare.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11
STILL. UNSETTLED.
Packers are Still Having Trouble with
Their Men.

Packers are Still Having Trouble With
Their Men.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. "A circular was posted
at Whittaker's pork packing house in East
ST. Louis yesterday morning notifying the
employees that hereafter ten hours would
constitute days work at the prevailing
wages. The employees had been working
nine hours per day. AT noon the men
held meeting to consider what
action to take, and pursuant to All
agreement among themselves demanded
of their employers that the present hours of
labor should not be changed. The EN-
plOyers refused to comply with the demand
and the men at one O'Clock refused to go to
work. There is little excitement over the
strike, and no trouble is anticipated, as the
strikers are very quiet. The men notified
the firm in the afternoon that they would
work ten hours for eleven hours pay, which
is equivalent to an advance of ten per cent.
The firm has not acceded to this, and so the
matter stands.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The threatened strike
among the beef men at the stock yards COM
menced this morning. Nearly six thousand
men are now out from the slaughter houses
of &. T. Swift tS Co. and Nelson Morris.
The trouble is over the adoption of
the ten hour system, the men re-
fusfng to work two extra hours with
out additional pay. In these two houses
there are no hogs killed, and employees
say they can not accept the ten hour syS-
tenn. Each of the firms employ about three
thousand men and at present many of these
re congregated about the streets and Oh
corners near the big houses, but there is as
yet no indication of trouble. There is no
indication that the police will be called
upon to protect the two houses, but it is yet
to early to determine the intention OF the
two firms
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1886-11-11

THE Central Labor Union of Chicago has
appealed for funds to aid the convicted
anarchists
Two unknown tramps were run over and
killed by the rear section Of a freight train
near Cincinnati recently.
Mrs. NELLIE DAY was run over by an ex-
press train at Loveland, o., the other
night and her body horribly mutilated.
B. F. HARRINGTON, a wholesale grocer of
Detroit, ieli down an elevator way recently
and fractured his skull. He was wealthy
and well known.
/ A SEALED United States express car on
the Lake Shore road was broken open the
other night on its way from Chicago and
several packages of valuable merchandise
were stolen.
ATLoogootee, Martin County, Ind, early
on the morning of the Sd, the Alderman
Hotel. two-story frame building burned
a 81 three men persisted in the flames. They
were forgotten in the excitement until it
was too late to save them. Two of them
were John G. Gates and Michael Trasey,
who were tine day before elected treasurer
and auditor respectively.
THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
way Company has declared a quarterly
dividend of so per share.
The Republican State ticket in Mime
sofa was elected. McGill, the Republican
nominee for Governor, had a very narrow
majority over Ames, the Democratic nom
inee.
INDIANA Democrats claim a majority of
two on joint ballot
DR.. W. II. PALMER, State prison ply
stefan, was called before the Michigan
prison inspectors recently and charged
with receiving brides from convicts to as
sist them in procuring pardons- The
charges were made by Warden Hatch.
PHILIPS, the defeated candidate in the
Fifth Missouri district, has determined to
contest the election Of Warner on the
ground of fraud.
MARTINS majority over Moonlight in
Kansas was thought on the 4th to be about
$4,000.
OFFICIAL returns announced from the
Ninth Congressional district of Missouri
give Glover, Democrat, a majority over
Frank, Republican, of 102, and assure the
formers reelection.
JOHN L ,HoKE, the Peoria embezzling
bank cashier, has been arrested at Mont
real by Chicago detective. He was trav-
cling under the alias of George Hanna.
He admits that he embezzled $l72, 000 and
says that he lost the money specializing in
grain.
WILLIAM KENNEDY, editor and owner of
the Dixon Qll.) San, was adjudged insane
recently and will be sent to the asylum. MI.
Kennedy was president of the Illinois Press
Association. Insanity was brought on by
oyerwork
The Washington bee., 1886-10-23

wife and home. 1t can be seen,
while Mr.. Lenard appreciates wife,
lie puts the mother front, which
was not at all appreciated by the
young single ladies who had an
idea of marrying. There is more
misery than happiness, but let it
be UNDERSTOOD that women is above
all.
Ii. Price Williams, took issue
with Mr.. Lenard and said that he
had slandered the ftmal 8. At this
junction MT, Lenard asked Mr. Will
Iiams question, but the gentle
man declined to yeald. A privil-
edge question was raised by MT.
Lenard to the affect that MT. Will
Ilams had misrepresented him, that
he had complimented the ladies.
The discussion was quite lively for
a while.
The president said that Mr. Len
ard had said nothing in his opinion
that reflected directly as indirectly
ON the ladies.
MT. Malord asked Mr. Williams a
painted question, which was po.n:-
edly answered.
Mr.. Austin Ficklin, gave his
views on the question and said no
one could appreciate marriage life
more than those who are married.
A. S. Richardson explained the
remarks made by MT. Lenard and
thought that Mr.. Williams had mis-
understood him.
ID. +. Bats, said that the speak
ers were too severe on the men.
He thought the women were as
bad as the men. Prof. Johnson
was the last speaker. He gave
some philosophical views on mar
riage and after a reply by MT.
Smith, one of the most delightfully."-
debates and evening enjoyment clo-
SeS.
Next Thursday evening Mr. Geo.
Arnold, will read a paper entitled
the "Drama.n