Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-12
THE YEAR i 1887.
Chronology Of Some OF the More
Important Events.
ZEnpPenEngs in tho Industrial F,ieid-Css-
0Altios by Sea ard Land : Political
and social Bgents-Desths OF
Noted Men, Etc.
AGRICuLTuRE.


Coz relief CT drought sufferers
Feb. s-Ame.fca Agr ic1ltural and Dairy As
Eoc5s ton met i'll New York
. 1aay Goal fornia wheat crop damaged D.
hot " nds. Michigan crops below average
July 6-Ch nch bugs and locuSts dong grea
harm in Southern Minnesota.
July 9-InCre sed corn acreage OF country es
<Auafcd ~ l;59onoo acres or per cent;
Aug 9-Whcnt crop OF minnesota ana Dakoti
largest on record and OF fno quality.
Aug. brains in West saved large portion o
5rcpsl but loss to farmers by drought ESTIMATED
II over $4,000 COO.
Aug. 30-Eeported Southern corn crop 5000
COO bushels more than 1856, making South ncarl,
Oct 1-Seventh annual convention Nationa
Earmerc Alliance met at Minneapolis.
Oct- 17--Va NC of wool clip of United States
estimated at q 100000
Nov. 11-Corn crep of the country estimated
1,%5aOO0,0O bushels; potato crop 13ACO0,OOG
against 163, Zoo in 1886.
CASUALTIES.
Jan. 4-Near Republic. o., twenty persons
killed and many injured by collision on the
Baltimore s. OHIO railroad 80, At Elmira. N ",
sour uaen fatally injured by collision in railway
yards. One person burned 10 death and thiT
9ecG injured by wrecking OF express train al
West Springfield. Mass 49,. Miss Kate Nichol-
clothing took fire while lsneelirg to say her
p<ayers al night AT Pewuukee, Wis, sleigh
sS 81 Sna t9o ox frao and nd
,fzen k He'd by explosion of . boiler
Jan. 5-ThFee boys ata,ly injured while coast
inS 1t Rutland VT. Three men killed by a
boiler explosion at Sheakleyvllle, Pa
Jan 8-Gcrman ship Elizabeth wrecked near
frozen to death near Billings. MI
Jan. 17-At Troy, My. 3 persons were over
como by odorless gas und thoir corpses were
Feb 5-Acc;dent on Vermont Central at
Woodstock. VI. Forty-six persons killed and
Mar. i-Steamer W. Fl. Gardner burned near
Gainesville, Ala, Is lives lost. 1850
Mar. -Four persons killed and many injured
Xdrk - -
Mar. 9-seveu men killed by boiler explo-
zsS0n in Michigan s2w-nlilis. r-
Mar. 1l-Forty people KILLED and many in
tEred by fan of bridge on Boston & Providence
Mar. 23-Twe.ve persons burned TO death by
eLpiC sion in clearinghouse of Colby Iron
arrs 1.-Two Vassar graduates killed by ex-
Fsoeion wnile sightseeing Ia coliery near Potts
Apr. a6-SIx men drowned in gale at Tusket
AZ so-Eight persons drowned in collision
SAPsIzing of boat
Missy 4-Twolve men killed. by explosion In
. )osa tunnel, Georgia
May S-Elcvon coIored people drowned at
New Orleans while witnessing an immersion.
May 12-Woman aud children at Coal
Valley Pa, burned to death from using pear
Dean 10 X ndle fire.
May ie-Four tons OF dynamite exploded OF
<plriC Lake, MIMI, killing men and tearing
a hole forty feet deep in ground.
May 2C-Two men at Indianapolis. at Utica
and At Montreal drowned by capsised pleas
IHno 6-F We boys drowned at MacuolIeta, Ia.
si1 at Lemont, Ill. while bathing.
<1harlevoix, Mich: IS people drowned
Juno -e-S men killed by caving-in OF rail-
Eead cmoankmcnt at Portsmouth, o.
July 1s-tfVe men drowned at Boston by boat
<eaEa-Eing-
:suly Is-E'ive men killed by lightning near
Scranton, Pa.
July sO-Four persons shot. two fatally, by
2Hdion performers in circus ct Clinton. Ia.
&S4y 2l-ExpreSS ran into gang of Italian
SSb0recs near Allcndale. n. j.. killing twelve
~0r fnieen and rlanglng many.
&ulY tO-Flocds in Savannah valley, Ga
SsaUse1 q loss of 81, 10000.
Aug; lo-AbouS 100 people killed and 800
~oanded n wrock on Toledo Peoria & West
Aug. a1-Mnn. wife and children drowned by
SnrteT-srou. near Cleburne. Tex.
Sept. Ic-FOur men killed and CT injured by
derailed tn n near Aspen. Col.
Oct f. Pro ooller California wrecked near
Nacistnow, Mich, Is lives lost.
OSt Ia-At Rock Greek, Mo-. woman killed
Ard aeveral people inluI cd by collision of trains
Oct. I5-At MelHphls. Tenn. Judge Elicit fell
speech welcoming the Presidential party.
Oct s5-Fifteon veseeis wrecked and lives
.2oSt BY storm on Lake Eric.
Oct a9-Propeller Vernon lost near Mantle
GOO. WIS. with about 80 lives.
NoS- lat LaInara. La, z persons died and
many others mode i'll from poison ng at supper
Nov IDS 4 men blown to pieces by explo-
sion In dynamite works. I9hpeming. Mich.
Nov. 1S-Babe and two yorng children left in
3so0se near Monon. Ind alone all uight. Dabe
Nov. 23-nIrs Myers and two children Hen
Gerson Co, KY, burned to death in forest fires.
Nov. 2I-Threo men killed 0nd five injured in
railroad collision near Pittsburgh. =. Engineer
and fireman k He'd IN smashup ct Anna. o.
ssoF- s6-Thrce children drowned ct Morrison.
zh---.A Mr.. Homicide and his five childrea
SSurned to death at Wausau, WIS. Five per
SONS killed and many others injured in build
&n9 biown down &C Mireola, Tex.
Nor. .s-Two miners crushed to death by
fallirg rock near Wllkesbarre, Pa. Three
Two young men named Garrison killed in
whine shaft near Webb CITY, Mo. Many per-
Doc 1.-Two young men saffocated by coal
gas at Stroubviile d. It.
Dwelling at Binghamton. N. ". Four men
killed by collapse of water tower at ThomGs-
Fied way by water near Kcnton, Ky.
Dec. Two men killed at flour mill fire In
Portsmouth, o.
Dec S-Two men killed in mine explosion
nsH- Ashv.l Ind.
Dec. l0-A Mrs. Harris and her six children
ID t.. Five men fatally injured by falling car
IN mine at Lucerne Pa.
Dec. Ii-Three men killed In re- ilroad collision
near Cifto Forge. Va.
Dec I4-Charles Whalen, wife and daughter
drowned in Missouri river. near bismarck, DIT.
Dec l5-Tnree young men killed by falling
Dec is-Mrs. Rather. Topeka, Kan, burned
q Aamp =. FIVE persons killed by boiler expio-
sion in ell >ctric light works of West Chester. Pa
Dec. 1.-Two men burned to death in Cincin-
na&i foundry. Three men killed by explosion
m coal mine at Fleming, Kan
Dec 1c-Flve men killed by explosion in saw
mill at II lton. Ga. Man blown into fragments
IN . mine ut ,hpeming, Mich. while lighting
his pipe and holding two sticks OF dynamite in
his hand. Four persons killed on railway
near Lex .ngt on, Ky.
Dec. 2l-Two men killed 10y falling wall OF
build ny Of Joliet, Ill.
Dec S1-Four men killed by gas explosion in
IN ne at Plymouth, Pa. Explosions caused by
4escared naphthn in sewers in Rochester N. ",
which were destroyed. Eleven men lost in
burning steamer on Pigeon Point on the Pacific
coast
Dec. 22-TSo men killed at Glenmary. Tenn.
In quarrel between white and colored worlxulen
DR.. st. John. trial in Chicago for aiding
zn the escape OF Warden McGarigie, found not
guilty.
Dec. 22-Estimated that 60 persons per.
Sal ed in X .nsaS from hunger and cold during
recent bl zzard... James Lundy, wife and :
.ch lsiren- Lima, O.. fatally injured by natural
das explosion -. Mother and daughter burned