Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-26
THE WEST.

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Edward Purcelrs estate, of Cincinnati,
| have declared dividend Of IA per cent
for the benefit of creditors
F. 6. PERRY, one of the new Burlington
| engineers, being attacked by roughs at Au-
| rora, Ill. the other night, drew revolver
and shot one of the strikers.
| JOSEPH DEITzGER, a somewhat noted
| philosopher and economic writer, and CO.
worker OF Karl Marx, the Socialist, died
in Chicago the other day. OF heart disease.
WILLIAM D. CARLILE, the Kansas City
| lawyer, whose divorce recently and the
| facts in connection Herewith created
| much sensation, was married to his ward,
| Miss Sallie j. Crute, at San Francisco on
| the 18th.
claims for dover in the old Times site In
Chicago
The switchmen who work nights in the
south branch yards of the Northwestern
| road at Chicago, struck recently and the
engines which usually work In the yards
along Sixteenth street from the river to
Western avenue were idle. The principal
grievance of the men was stated to be a
change in yard masters.
A GALE on Lake Pepin, Mimi, on the 18th
piled the Ice up high along the west shore.
At Kings Cottage the Milwaukee track
was covered with ice piled fifteen totwenty
feet high, A construction train had to
dig cut through it and take the ice away
on fiat cars.
WHILE attempting to escape from jail at
Trinidad, Col, the other evening W. W.
Reynolds a contractor, awaiting trial for
attempted murder of railway paymaster,
was instantly killed. He knocked the
jailer down, and was getting away when
shot The jaller will die.
ELECTIONS were held in many Illinois
cities on the 18th. the principal feature be-
ing a struggle between temperance and sa-
loon elements In a large number of places
the anti-license ticket was successful. and
in several others high license candidates
were elected. The license and low license
tickets met with success in several of the
larger towns but in few of the smaller
places.
The old depot of the Cincinnati, Wabash
& Michigan railroad at Wabash, Ind,
which was long an eyesore, has been blown
up with dynamite.
SENATOR STANFoRD's valuable stables at
Palo Alto, Cal, were burned the other night
with a number of valuable horses. The loss
amounted to 500, 000.
THE Supreme Court of Ohio has decided
in test case that the Habitual Criminal
law of the State is unconstitutional
THE 2O0 female employees in Shotwell
Clerihew q Lotham's clothing factory IN
Minneapolis, Mimi, struck on the 18th for
the wages paid prior to January 1, when
big cut was made.
JAMES CRowDER, cowboy, was drowned
in the Verdigris river near Caloosa, I. T.,
recently, his horse falling while fording
the stream.
INDIANA Whitecaps whipped two men
and a woman into insenslbility in Craw-
ford County recently.
CONGRESSIONAL district Repu blican con-
ventions were held throughout Indiana on
the 18th and delegates elected to the Chi
cago convention. In twelve districts dele
gates were instructed to vote for General
Harrison for Presidential candidate and
the remaining delegates pledged them
selves to his support. Gresham did not
secure any delegates.
SERIOUS trouble about the lumber docks
at Muskegon, Mich, is looked for because
OF the strike of the longshoremen for IS
day.
DAVID S. FOTHERINGHAM was awarded
$4,000 damages by the st. Louis jury In
his suit for 100000 against the Adams Ex-
press Company for false Imprisonment
The case grew out of the robbery on the
FRISCO road in 1886, when Wittrock, alias
Jim Cummings" robbed the express of
$685. 600, Fotheringham being he'd as an ac-
complice.
Four hundred members OF the Brewers
Union struck at Cincinnati on the 10Th.
The Ohio Repu blcan convention at Day
ton on the 18th Endorsed Hon. John Sher.
man for the Presidency.
MOSES FRALEY, the bear grain operator,
who failed recently at st. Louis for $500.
QUO, declares he will pay dollar for dollar.
THE SOUTH.
JAMES p. BOND and Tom Rond tho cbiaf