Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-10-18
THE WEST.

TnE WEST.
DELEGATE CAME has been renominated
to Congress by the Mormons of Utah.
MRS. CHLOE LANGFORD, mother-in-lew
of Ex-Governor Marshall, of Minnesota,
died in ST. Paul recently, aged ninety
five.
THE Supreme Court of Utah has entered
final judgment in the case Of the United
States against the Mormon Church which
was pending TO dissolve the church cor.
poration and have its property declared
ion was in favor of the Government, and
the case will now be contested in the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
Al point two miles east of Washing
ton, Ind, the other night freight train
on the Ohio & Mississippi railway struck
a COW, ditching che engine and causing
bad wreck. The engineer was killed.
THE passenger packet John NJ. Gilbert
sank near Chester, Ill, the other day. No
lives were lost.
I'm front OF the court house at Sc. Louis
recently Judge Lubke, Of the Circuit
Court, was rotten-egged by q we'll known
business man, Henry Wiegei, against
whom the Judge had rendered q decision
in money matter in his court. Wiegel
was promptly arrested.
THE propeller e. NJ. Foster, Captain
James Fl. Glass, of Windsor, 1oundered
near Oscoda. Mich, the other morning ia .
heavy northeast storm.
The Adams Express Company has ap.
pealed ito Fotheringham suit TO the Su.
preme Court of the United States.
THOMAS J. CALLMAN & Co., dealers in
tailors' trimmings at 2s6 Madison street.
Chicago have made an assignment. Their
liabilities are placed at $75, 900.
MRS. Parsons. the dark skinned widow
OF the executed Anarchist, has been invit.
ed to visit England and make addresses at
number Of meetings the Social Demo-
Gratis intend to hold to commemorate the
anniversary Of the hanging Of the Hay
market conspxators. She will leave DC.
part OF November.
THE meeting OF freight agents called for
the purpose of adjusting cattle rates on
points west Of the Mississippi river, which
was held in Chicago last week, adjourned
to meet in Kansas City. Mo-, without hav.
ing completed the object Of the meeting.
WORDLE z & CLEARY. the oldest whole.
sale liquor firm Of Chicago, have made an
assignment with 200 liabilities and
probably ample assets. Cause, depres.
sion in business and slow collections.
THE gra nd jury at Charleston. ILL.,, has
| indicted =. b Banefel, ex.mayor; 81. M.
Othed, l.. d. Weaver, John Byers, Will
liam Kincaid, r. Brewer, s. Fl. Kirk
patrick, Adolph Walker and Film Myers
for the Ign ching of William Moore on June
%. Moor e was arrested for alleged as
sault upon Mary Baumgartner, who it is
claimed was of immoral character.
HUGH O. PERKINS. who murdered Hugh
Meadows, at Nashville, CLARK County,
Wis, in May, 1884, and escaped from Jail,
| has been arrested at Windsor, Ont.
| A NORTHBOUND passenger train on the
Cleveland. Lorraine & Wheeling road and
a freight train collided near Massillon, O..
ON the 18th, and both engines, two passen.
! ger coaches and several freight cars were
completely wrecked. A brakeman and q
passenger were fatally injured and anoth-
er man had both legs broken. Loss, $50,
600.
| JUDGE SAWYER, of the United States
| Circuit &C uYt at San Francisco has issued
two writs of habeas corpus designed to
test some of the questions to be raised over
the right to land Of Chinese arriving here
after the Exclusion act went into effect
| One writ was for Chinaman ARRIVING by
the steamship Belgic wko had a return
certificate and the question raised is
| whether Congress can constitutionally
deprive Chinese holding custom house
| certificates to return.
l. HON. JAMES q. BLAINE spoke to an i'm.
mense audience at Indianapolis, Ind, or
| the evening of the 18th. There was great
parade and demonstration previous to the
speaking.
ASSESSOR LEWIS SWEET, of Park City
Mont, was shot dead by an unknown as
sassin the other night.