Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-01

TIE General Missionary Society OF the
Christian Church began its annual session
at Springfield, Ill.,, on the Path. Reports
showed 260 missionaries ut work in this
and other countries.
FOREST fires are reported raging In Santa
Cruz, Alameda and San Juan Counties,
Cal. Much wheat and fruit hes been de-
stroyed-
JUDGE SAWYER has allowed ten Chinese
sailors Of an American vessel to land 1t
San Francisco. They had shipped from
that port on q round trip.
FURTHER reports of extreme distress In
Ramsey County, OAK. have been pub
1ished. The worst sufferers are said 60 be
a settlement of Polish Jews, numbering
238 souls.
TIE Cheyennes living seventy-fve miles
south of Fort Buford, OAK, are reported in
starving condition.
THE first train through the Wicks tun-
mel on the Montana Central road passed
through on the 9th. The tunnel il g. 200
feet long.
PRAIRIE wolves in Northern Montana
have recently killed hundreds Of sheep
and colts and have even attacked trav-
elers.
TIE will of the late John Wentworth, of
Chicago, divides the estate, which is
worth ST ,5OO, 900, equally between his
daughter Roxana and his nephew Moses.
TIE public schools Of Athens, o.. have
been closed because of the prevalence OF
diphtheria.
THE largest single shipment Of opium
that ever reached San Francisco arrived
there last week aboard the steamer City OF
New York from Hong Kong. It weighed
16, 400 pounds and at $40 per pound netted
the 4Overnne emit in dutV S164. 6OO,
BENJAMIN F. CARTER, cowboy, was
hanged on the 18th at Rawlings, Wyo.,
for the murder of John Jeffrey, farmer,
in October, 1883. The murder grew out OF
the quarrels between stockmen and set
tiers.
except at two points, has been established
for Arizona because of Texas fever.
BY collision between . freight and an
empty passenger train near San Jose, ILL.,,
recently, both locomotives and seventeen
cars were destroyed and Fireman Baum
killed.
MRS. JACKSON and Miss Nellie Norris,
living in Cleveland, O., poured gasoline on
the kitchen floor the other day to kill
reaches. The gas was ignited by the fire
in the range and an explosion resulted.
Both women were severely burned, Miss
Norris severely.
AUGUST HERTKL, an immigrant boy,
aged fourteen years. who was on his way
from Bavaria to join his father, William
Hertel, at Shumway. ILL.,, walked of a
Lake Shore train whils asleep the other
night, near Cleveland, O., and was killed.
The Portland express on the Northern
Pacific was wrecked by an open switch
near Crow Wing the other night. A SOL
der of the third regiment was fatally in
jured. The other passengers, mail clerks
and trainmen escaped with . few bruises.
THE schooner Makah. of Astoria. Ore,
was wrecked near the entrance TO Tilla-
nook bay recently. AS the hull of the YES
sci was bottom side up and no signs of life
were visible, it was supposed that all hands
were lost.
THE Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway has been completed 60 Colorado
Springs. The event was celebrated by
grand banquet.
THE SOUTH.
ORTIZ III. STEIN, q notorious newspaper
crook, formerly of Kansas City, has sue
ceeded In passing a bogus check for $3.50 at
Baltimore, Md.
THEODORE E. GoBELL and a negro, Tom
Peak, have been arrested at Chattanooga,
Tenn, for setting fire to an unoccupied
house which was heavily insured.
THE passenger depot and dining hall of
the Santa Fe railway at Temple, Tex, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
sured.
cases of yellow fever at Jacksonville on
the Oath. There were four deaths OF the
new cases twelve were white and nineteen
colored. Total cases, 39O3; total deaths,
337
THE steamer Phil Armour sank at Will
sons Landing, q short distance above
Vicksburg, Miss, recently. She was en-
gagged in the Vicksburg and Greenville
trade.
THE four small children Of Joseph Whit
aker, colored, were burned to death re-
Gently at Blackshear, Ga, while their par
ents were away from home.
ALL the keno rooms in New Orleans
have been closed and the proprietors ar
rested The faro games have not been in
terfered with.
AT the meeting Of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers at Richmond, Va,
P. M. Arthur wa$ reelected chief and Mr..
Ingraham secretary Of the insurance order
of the brotherhood. g. D. Doherty, of
Massachusetts,wA as elected grand chaplain,
and w. r. Hesky, of Bloomington, ILL.,,
grand guide.
COLLECTOR MAaoFF1N, of Ell Paso, Tex.
finds considerable difficulty with his small
force in keeping out Chinese seeking en-
trance into the United States by way of
Mexico
THREE negro murderers who were to
have been hanged at Arkadelphia, Ark,
on the 26th, have been granted a respite to
allow the State Supreme Court to review
the case.
THE night Waterman at Plat & Co.'s
packing house, Baltimore, Md, was burned
to death the other morning and $4,000
damage done by fire.
SURGEON PORTER reports to the Marine
Hospital Bureau from Jacksonville, Fla,
that there are nine cases of yellow fever
at Enterprise, Fla, six of which are crit
ical, and that DR.. Long is the only ply
stefan there. He adds that DR.. Posey will
go to Enterprise-