Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12

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DELEGATES from at least 400 Democratic
clubs gathered in convention at Baltimore.
Nd, on the 4th.
JOHN MARTIN, OF Shawnee, has been
nominated by the Kansas Democrats for
the Goyernorship. The other candidates
nominated were: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ID.
Miles Moore, of Leavenworth; Secretary,
Allen G. Thurman, OF Parsons; State Aud
itor, w. Il. White, of. Paola; State Treas
urer, w. q. White. OF Council Grove: At
torney-General. G. F. Di6enbacher, OF
Great Bend; Superintendent OF Pu bile In
struction, c. II. Cole, OF Phillips burg; As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court, w.
P. Campbell, of Wichita.
Rev. DIR. w. F. NICHOLS, OF Philadelphia,
recently elected Assistant Bishop Of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, has
declined on the ground that his duty calls
on him to continue his present labors.
THREE balIoonists were dragged out to
sea at Boston on the 4th. They were res
cued by a steam yacht, after an extremely
narrow escape.
The severest rain, hail, thunder and
lightning storm experienced in Scranton,
Pa, for many years prevailed on the 9Th.
Bartholomew Reagan and John Armstrong
were struck by lightning and killed. The
rain fell in torrents, choking the sewers
and flooding the streets and cellars.
TIE WEST.
REV H G. PENDLEToN, widely known
Congregationalist, died at Chicago the
other morning. aged eighty-seven.
AT Flagstaff, A. l., large new stone
block of stores and several other buildings
have been burned. Loss, s10o, 900; insur-
ance small.
ALL Eastern roads at Chicago on the I'd
| dropped the rate on dressed beef to all sea-
| board points from 3011 cents 10 2615 cents,
and the Erie announced its intention OF re-
hR rafa Rates
agricultural implements were reduced 5
| cents and livestock rates cents to l419
| cents. Cheese was cut to 10 from IA cents
FREIGHT train struck and killed three
! horses near Valparaiso, Ind. recently and
the engine and ten cars were wrecked and
| a brakeman killed.
| Two boys were cut to pieces and two
| rakemen badly hurt by an accident to
! fiat cars near Meadville, Mont, the other
| day.
JOHN ZAcHAR, the Wisconsin farmer
! who tasted forty-four days, was reported
| dying from weakness.
A STAGE running between Madeira, Cal,
! and Hlldreth was stopped by masked man
who compelled the express messenger to
| throw him his gun and then compelled him
and the driver to hand over the express
box containing $4,000 in silver bullion.
The robber escaped.
| JUDGE JAMESON has denied the motion of
the attorneys of Mrs. Rawson, now in the
| county Jail for Contempt OF court for shoot
ing at Attorney Whitney in the court room
at Chicago, June last to remit the remain
| ing portion of her sentence.
| The Centennial Exhibition at Cincinnati
| opened on the morning of the 4th.
THE Colorado rate troubles have finally
| been adjusted, and new tariff issued
which advances the rate about twenty per
cent.
| CONGRESSMAN THOMAS, OF Illinois, is lying
seriously ill in his Washington house with
fever and inflammation of the bowels.
GENERAL GEORGE c. ROGERS, of Kansas,
| member of the Board of Pension Appeals
| in the Interior Department, has been dis
| missed, and James Lacey, of Missouri, has
been appointed to the vacancy.
LIGHTNING struck the house Of Ole Ole
stad, ten miles north of Hunter, OAK, the
| other night, killing Olestad and his wife
Their baby was found alive in the house
by neighbors who forced an entrance
twenty-four hours after and found the bod
les of the parents.
GEORGE JONES, a twelve-year old boy, on
the 4th loaded an old tomato can with
powder and, attaching shaving as fuse,
lighted if, at Indianapolis, Ind. Before he
could leave the spot the can exploded, tear
ing off the top Of his head and killing him
instantly.
THERE was a fatal case of sunstroke the
other afternoon on Chouteau island near
Nameoki, Ill. The victim, a stranger
from st. Louis, was shocking wheat at the
time.
HENRY MEYER, German farmer, walk
ing on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad
track at Lebanon. H., was run over and
fatally injured recently.
THE American party Of California held
its State convention on the 5th and elected
delegates to the National convention.
WIND and rain in and about Algona,
Iowa, recently destroyed several small
houses, wrecked a circus and ruined many
crops.
THE business portion Of Lake City, Mich,
was destroyed by fire on the 4th, two
blocks being burned down. The loss was
SO, 600; insurance light.
DISASTROUS fire broke out at Marys-
willie, O., early on the morning of the 5th in
the block in which the most valuable bust
ness houses in the city were located. Loss
was 200 600; insurance. go, 0OO.
Harry c. TUCKER and his father and sis
ter were drowned in Lake Johanna, near
st. Paul, Mimi. recently by their boat cap
sizing.
THREE men were arrested recently and
taken to Chicago. charged with being In a
conspiracy to wreck trains and destroy
property on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. Dynamite was found in their pos
session and card of membership of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
The business portion OF Maumee, O.. was
destroyed by fire the other morning. Loss,
800, O0O Cause, firecrackers.
Four of the principal business houses of
Durango, Col, were destroyed by fire on
the 4th. Loss, $50, 600.
THE SOUTH.
w. b. ROGERS, dealer in paints and oils,
Chattanooga, Tenn, has made an assign
ment 1t was thought the creditors would
get fifty cents on the dollar.
TWENTY-FIVE houses in Paragould, Ark,
were destroyed by fire the other night.