Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
THE EAST. .

AMONG the arrivals at Castle Garden
recently were over 100 Turks. They came
by the steamship Chateau Laville from
Bordeaux and were nearly all destitute.
The authorities at the garden detained
them to await the action Of the collector OF
the port.
L. A. GRANT. aged twenty-eight, and his
younger brother broke through the ice on
Onondaga lake, near Syracuse, N. Y, re-
Gently while skating. l.. A. Grant was
drowned. His brother managed to extri-
cate himself and was saved.
TIE steamer Roman, which arrived at
Boston recently. brought stowaway.
Scotch boy of eighteen, aud permitted HIM
to land and escape. The commissioner of
emigration, ConcordI, fined the company
81, 600 and the vessel was detained in port
until the boy was returned or the fine paid
RAND & Co.'s powder mill near Roches-
ter, N. Y, was blown up the other day, but
the men were at breakfast and nobody was
hurt.
The funeral of ex-Secretary Manning
took place from st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, Albany, N. Y, on the 9th, and
was attended by President Cleveland and
his Cabinet and by many other distin-
guished politicians and citizens.
The strike on the Reading railroad ended
suddenly on the morning OF the 9th, the
men agreeing, after an interview with Su
perintendent Swelgard, to arbitrate their
differences.
RICHARD II. BARRINGER, a popular young
man who died recently at Troy, N. Y, was
q constant smoker of cigarettes. He be-
came troubled with an affection of the
heart which was followed by dropsy. Ply
sicians attributed his death to nicotine
poisoning.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for the
Bijou Opera Company, of New York, on
Judgment of $4,000.
THE Merchants Exchange of Buffalo, N.
Y, is in favor of a naval service on the
great lakes.
AT meeting of the Western Window
Glass Manufacturers Association at Pitts
burgh, Pa, trade was reported unusually
good for this season, with prospects for
spring flattering. No changes were made
in prices.
THE heaviest gale and sea that has pre-
vailed in years at Coney Island visited that
desolate resort on the night of the 2Sth.
Many small buildings were swept out to sea,
and workmen were set to work strength
ening the foundations of the Hotel Brighton.
The National Rubber Company's factory,
at Bristol, r. l., has again shut down,
throwing out $50 hands recently put on.
There are now 400 persons out of employ
ment.
JUDGE RAPALLo, of the New York State
Court of Appeals. died in New York re-
Gently after along illness.
HUNGARIAN and Russian miners at Hiber
mia, N. j., had a desperate encounter re-
Gently. Several of the combatants were
seriously wounded.
THE Sound steamer City of Richmond
struck q rock in East river, New York har-
Dor. on the Goth, and began to fill Fire
also broke out but was extinguished. The
vessel was locked in time.
The freight steamship Newcastle City
went on the beach on the New Jersey coast
the other night. The crew was saved. The
total loss was $50, 600.
The Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
had a meeting and banquet at the Bruins
wick Hotel, Boston, on the 29th. Hon.
James Russell Lowell and other dis
tinguished persons were present. The
speeches were an endorsement OF the views
OF President Cleveland