Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-06


fine turkey for their Thanksgiving day
dinner. It took 400 to go around.
The President attended union services at
Assembly Church, Washington, Thanks
giving morning.
A FIERCE northeasterly gale ragged of
the New England coast on the 25th.
WILLIE DUNDoN, aged ten, while play
ing with a shotgun at Binghamton, N. Y,
recently shot and killed his sister in law,
Mrs. Michael Dundon, aged twenty-six.
By the explosion of keg Of powder in
George Palmer's store at Scranton, Pa,
the other evening, Bertha Palmer, aged
ten, was killed and her father fatally in
jured.
EAERY 8. TURNER, a noted Western
swindler, recently from Cortez, Cal, has
been arrested in Boston, after a chase of
over three thousand miles by detectives.
JAMES K. KELso, ex-chief of police of
New York City, and chief Of detectives at
the time Of the Nathan murder, died re-
Gently.
SURGEON SIMON, of the United States
steamer Boston, in quarantine at New
York, died on the 9th Of yellow fever.
The two other patients were steadily i'm
proving, and the rest Of the ships COM
pany were in good health.
TIE New York police have proof that a
duel with pistols was fought in Central
Park the other night; that one Of the COM
batants was wounded; that the affair was
about a lady, and that the lady tried to
warn the police that the duel was to be
fought, but her letters were received too
late to prevent the meeting. The names
OF the parties were unknown.
The ale and porter brewers of New York
and New Jersey have decided to lock out
all their union men because of the con-
tinued boycott on Stevens brewery in New
York City.
The regular ticket of the New York,
Lake Erie & Western railway was elected
without opposition in New York City.
The steamship Allentown foundered in
the recent gales of Cohassett, Mass. The
crew Of eighteen men were drowned. The
vessel belonged to the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company.
THE bronze bust of John Mccullough,
the dead rragedian, was unvailed at
Mount Moriah cemetery, Philadelphia, on
the 18th in the presence Of many noted
actors and others.
THE proposed lockout of the ale and por-
ter brewers of New Jersey has been avoid
cd, the men having agreed not to contrib
butte in any way to a boycott.
A CASE Of yellow fever in the person of
recent arrival from Jacksonville, Fla,
was found on the 2Sth in q crowded tene-
ment house in New York City
Az a meet ing of the directors of the
Keely Motor Company in Philadelphia all
differences were said to have been settled
The wife of General W. T. Sherman died
at New York on the 2Sth.
GARDNER. the chief of the opium snug
glers Of Ogdensburg, N. Y, has been
found guilty on six counts.
parshal of the Inauguration parade a,
Washington on the 4th of March has been
made to Governor Beaver, of Pennsyl-
vania.
HE insurance suit against General
Daniel E Sickles by a widow named Cave
vas tried in New York on the 18th. The
Jury found that under the contract the
widow was entitled to $2,258 more than
nad been paid her, which verdict Sickles
was willing to accept.
"a STORY was current in New York that
the trunk line rate cutting troubles, which
have occupied so much attention of late
were merely bluff to scare the railroad
men from q projected movement for an in.
crease of wages.
MARY CoNNELL, aged forty-two, fell O,
was thrown from q fire escape of the tene.
ment house, 1U1 Greenwich street, New
York, and was instantly killed during q
general ugnG " QlC0 followed q Ih0nkSglV.
ing orgie among a number of her relative.
and friends at that place.
The dismasted vessel Amanda Morrison
has been lowed into Provincetown. Mass.
and run aground on the fats. The body o
a man about sixty years OF age has beer
taken from the wreck. and has beer
identified as Captain Daniel Morrison, Of
Jordan's Ferry, Nova Scotia.
THE officers and crew of the Haytien Re
public have arrived at New York. having
been sent homo by the American Consul.
Dunno Thanksgiving celebration BY
the Hudson Guards at Manhattan Park
New York. the explosion Of q can of pow
der caused severe injuries to three mel
and resulted in . fire which destroyed tn,
shooting pavilion. Louis Mudhauk wa
badly wounded by the accidental dis
charge ofsa musket.
THE VAST
ABOUT twenty five night switchmen EN-
ployed by the Stock Yar,S Company q
Chicago went out ON ~ strive on the 26tl
on account Of the appoint Went OF TIVE
yardmasters outside Of their r. Snks.