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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
THE LATEST.


MUNICIPAL elections in Virginia on the
a4th went generally in favor of the Demo
Gratis.
CHARLES JAMES, of ST. Louis. has been
elected president of the National Butchers
Association.
A DEsPER ATE conflict occurred recently
on the Grecian coast between large parties
of Greek and italian fishermen. Thirty of
the participants were wounded and many
boats with quantity of fishing tackle
were destroyed.
FRANK MILLS, of California, a sub-fresh-
man of Harvard College, eighteen years
old, died at Boston recently from the ef-
fects of excessive opium smoking. With
wo companions he obtained some pies
and INDUCED in the vice, and, it is said,
smoked several pipefuls in rapid success
sion and was made very i'll His two COM
panions were reported dangerously sick.
EX-MAYOR w. r. GRACE, of New York,
announces his intention to go before the
Democratic State convention to make
contest against Governor Hill for the nom
iuation for Governor.
GENERAL SHERIDAN was reported critical
~ sick on the night OF the oath and was
unconscious. His trouble was an affection
of the heart
SEVERAL OF the wealthlest merchants of
Moscow have been convicted of adulterat-
ing tea. One of them was deprived OF his
civil rights and banished to Siberia for life.
The others were sentenced to different
terms of Imprisonment.
A FAREWELL reception was given to Sir
Thomas 81. Grattan Esmonde. N. P, at the
Academy of Music, New York, on the
night of the 18th.
The number OF forged Bank of France
notes in circulation proves larger than was
1t first supposed. The panic increased and
public confidence is shaken owing to the
refusal of the directors to reimburse hold
ers OF the forged notes. The police have
no clew to the forgers.
PRESIDENT SPENCER, of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, denies in most positive terms
the stores of the alleged sale or the Phila-
delphia branch OF the ROAD.
CROP reports 10 the st. Paul Pioneer Press
from all parts of the Northwest are ex-
ceedngly favorable. The rain in the Red
river valley has been of incalculable ben
fit, and the condition OF the wheat in
.outhern Minnesota is much better than
was thought possible month ago.
THE President has approved the follow
ing acts: Authorizing the President to ar
range conference between the United
States of America and the republics of
Mexico aud the South American countries:
10 restore part Of the Uintah valley In
dian reservation to the public domain; 10
limit the hours that letter carriers in cities
shall be employed per day.
THE Senate on the 25th passed the House
Dill appropriating money to meet a de-
hcency n the expenses of collecting Gus
the Fisheries treaty. No result was ar
rived a.. The House passed dreary day
over proposed increases OF the sala les of
Its empsoyes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
The WEST.

THE other night August Edison, Swede,
bought cheap cigars for himself and
friend at st. Paul, Mimi, and both smoked.
On the way home Edison was taken sick.
His friend also felt squeamish. About
midnight Edison was found dead in his bed.
REPORTS received at Quincy, ILL.,, record
the drowning of Samuel Moore by the
floods in the Indian Grove levee district,
and of two children of William Johnson in
the Sny district. Two families living in
the Sny district are unaccounted for and
no trace of them can be found. Much sick
ness prevailed among the destitute people
from the inundated districts.
PAUL GRoTTKAU, the Milwaukee Anarch
ist, has been released on a writ Of habeas
corpus after being in Jail few days. He
was sentenced for a year and the court
seemed to think the time had expired while
his lawyers were fighting for a new tria.
ABOUT twenty chiefs and commissioners
of various bureaus of statistics If differ
emit Uates assembled at indianapolis, Ind,
on the 22d. Hon. Carroll d. Wright, chief
of the National bureau and presid ent of
the organization, was unable to b present,
and +. A. Fowler, chief of the Wisconsin
bureau, called the convention to order.
Carroll d. Wright was reelected presi-
dent.
AT sale of Polled Aberdeen Angus cat
tie at Dexter Park, Chicago, recently, the
attendance was good and bidding spirited.
Six y-fve head were sold and brought
$40 900.
HENRY LIBERIAN & Co., wholesale fur
nishing goods dealers, of Chicago, have
been closed out by the sheriff with heavy
liabilities.
ILLINOIS Democrats were in session at
Springfield on the 23l and elected the fol-
lowing delegates at large to the National
convention: William R. Morrison, William
c. Cloudy, N. E. Worthington and James s.
Ewing. Alternates, Alfred Orendorff, S.
s. Marshall, A. A. Goodrich and e. E.
Crafts. A resolu ion was adopted thank
ing President Cleveland for appointing
Hon. NJ. w. Fuller Chief Justice of the
United States. John M. Palmer, of San
CANON County, was nom inated for Gov
ernor.
WILLIAM NJ. SPRINGER, of Sangamon
County, ILL.,, has been renominated for
Congress by the Democrats of his district.
HEAVY rains recently washed out brio ges
over a creek on parallel tracks of The
Hannibal and Wabash near Kansas City,
causing the wreck of two freight trains.
Two brakemen and three tramps were
KILLED and four others were seriously in
jured. The loss amounted to considerable,
many box cars being smashed
CHARLES L. JUDsoN, president of the
Chicago Consumers Gas Company, on the
witness stand in the Office of Master in
Chancery Bass recently, testified that the
company made fraudulent issue of $685.
900 worth OF bonds in EXCESS OF IS. OUO,O 0o in
bonds issueI when the company was or
ganizeG.
THE switchmen of the Southern Pacific
road at Los Angeles, Ca, have struck be-
cause the company is gradually getting rid
of the men who struck two weeks ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
Serious Work of a Cyclone.

BoNHAM, Tex, May 24-The cyclone
which passed through the town of Brook
ston, twenty-five miles east of here, Tues
day, destroyed three churches, one school
house and seven residences, killed a col
ored woman and seriously injured eight
persons. The damage in the town amounts
to over Sc, 900, while the losses TO growing
crops and fences can not be estimated. The
track Of the storm was two or three hum
@red yards wide
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE cruiser Baltimore, now building at
Cramps yard, will probably be launched
on July f. and the Secretary of the Navy
has been advised accordingly.
The w. c. r. u, of Monroe County, New
York, has recognized the temperance views
OF Mrs. Cleveland by the gift of Griffith
CLUB microscope of the finest workman
ship, manufactured especially for this gift,
and sent to Washington by express.
The President vetoed nine private pen
sion bills on the 18th.
BELvA LOCKWOOD, who was nominated
for President by the Equal Rights conven-
ton held at Des Mones Iowa, last week
says she has received telegram announc-
ing her nomination, but the official notitica-
tion. has not yet arrived. She will wait for
the formal document before making her
acceptance public.
The seventy-fourth meeting of the For
eign Missionary Society of the Baptist
Church began at Washington on the 2lst.
Hon. George A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis,
presided.
MRS. SAWYER, wife of Senator Sawyer,
OF Wisconsin, died at her residence in
Washington on the 21st. She had been an
invalid for several years.
THE President has nominated Thomas j.
j. Smith, of New Hampshire, as Solicitor
. of the Internal Revenue Bureau.
SENATOR MANDERsoN, from the Commit.
tee on Military Affairs, has reported favor.
ably bill to increase the annual appro-
priation for the militia from $400 OOO to
5000. 600.
The Senate Committee on Finance has
ordered an adverse report on the Fractional
Currency bill, but in its place a bill will be
reported reducing the fee upon postal notes
for less than a dollar to one cent.
MINISTER MCLANE returned from France
rece ntly on a visit to the United States
GENERAL PHILIP SHERIDAN was reported
quite sick at Washington on the I'D.
The Department of State is advised that
the French Government has taken posses
sion of the islands of Huahinek, Raitae and
Borabora, in the Pacific. The lives of sew
eral natives and French ensign were lost
at Borabora.
SECRETARY FAlRCHILD has recommended
that Congress appropriate S95, 600 for light
houses at various unprotected points on the
Pacific coast.
LAWYERS recently met at Washington to
form National Bar Association.
PROP. Z. B. ELLIOTT, who for many years
had held the office of Government Actuary
in the Treasury Department. died very sud
denly recently at Washington from stroke
of apoplexy.
THE corner stone OF the divinity building
of the new Catholic University at Wash
ington was not laid on the oath, as ex-
pec.ed, rain preventing. Exercises were
held, however, President Cleveland being
present. Miss Caldwell. the donor OF
$500 600 for the university, was presented
with q gold medal from the Pope
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
Another Ftand Jailed.

CLINTON, Mo, May 24-W. c. Fewen,
constable OF Davis township. this county.
brought Alexander Murrell, a colored
fend, to the county jail to-day, charged
with the outrage of thfrteen-year-old
girl He had induced her to enter an Old
cabin in the woods and locked the door on
her little sisters aud had torn the clothes
from her person. He came near beng
Iynched
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
Rains In Arkansas.

VAN buren,, Ark. May 23.-Heavy rains
have washed out 10000 feet of bridging
near Mountain Bay, Alchester. A round
house and brick building were swept
away at Winslow. The guests at Yohe's
Hotel had to wade through the water 10
breakfast All bridges are unsafe and no
trains have arrived for the past four days.
Crops and fences were washed away
wherever the rain clouds burst
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
THE EAST.

Tee slate pickers at kenry Clay shaft at
Shamokin, Pa, numbering 800, struck the
other morning for the discharge OF fore
man and the reinstatement of a discharged
under boss. In consequence of the strike
three of the collieries owned by the Read
ing Company were affected, and 3.oO men
were idle.
COLONEL A. WILSON NORRIS, ~-uditor-
General of Pennsylvania, died In Philadel-
phia on the 21st of nervous prostratlon-
PETER j. QUINN, chief bookkeeper for
Dixon & Co., builders, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
has gone to Canada with $1,000 OF the
firms money.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31
Annther nenriern Fnr pattersnn.

LOUISVILLE, May 23-Wiliiam Patter-
son. who was to hang May %, under ex
firation OF the Governors ninety day
respite, has received second repreYe un-
til June -.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-31

HoS. ]. G. BLAINE, recently repeated his
intention not 10 be q candidate before the
Republican National convention His
friends, notwithstanding, asserted that IL
he were the unanimous choice of the con-
yention he would not refuse.
THE large iron and machine works of the
Belmont Iron Company, at Forty-second
and Elm avenue, Phila 1elphia, was COM
pleteIy destroyed by fire the other morn
Ing, causing loss OF Sc 200 on building
and machinery aud $4,000 on stock. In
sured.
CARRIAGES containing a wedding party
on their way to preachers house 1T Plym-
outh, Pa, the other evening, ran over and
killei little girl The whole party were
arrested, and the marriage Old not take
place.
THE college lacrosse championship at
Princeton, N. j., recently was won by
Princeton, the latter beating Harvard by
score of 2 to1.
THE President and Mrs. Cleveland at
tended a reunion of ''North' and South"
Presbyterian delegates at the residence OF
Wistar Morris, near Philadelphia, rec 'ntly,
In the course of his address the President
said to his hearers that he could not under
stand why his religious brethren should
keep up these political distinctions when
business men had obliterated them as being
Improbable.
PENNSYLVANIA Democrats were In con-
vention at Harrisburg on the 23l and made
the following selection: Presidential
electors at large, ex-Congressman Spear
and A F. Heating, of Pittsburgh. Dele
gates at large to st. Louis: L. G. Gas idy,
of Philadelphia; Charles F. Boyer, OF
Washington County; William I. Mutchler,
of Northampton, and William L. Scott, OF
Erie. Judge j. B. McCallom, of Susque-
hanna County, was nominated for Supreme
Judge.
DIR. L W. JOYCE, of Cincinnati, was the
name Of the third new Bishop elected by
the Methodist General Conference at New
York In the ballotiug for the fourth
Bishop on the 23d a sensation was created
by the discovery of two fraudulent votes.
THE Rochester, N. Y, street cars drivers
strike has been settled on terms favorable
to the men.
MAINE Democrats have nominated Hon.
W. L. Putnam, of Portland, for Governor.
By fire in a rag shop in New York City
the other day, three female pickers were
forced to jump by the flames and were Sc
verely hurt.
THE centennial of the Presbyterian
Church, North and South, was celebrated
at Philadelphia on the oath.
DRs. NEWMAN and Goodsen are the MINES
of two more OF the new Bishops elected by
the Methodist General Conference at New
York.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22
4 Singular Experience.

From the Gorham On. r. Mountaineer.
Miss Hattie Edmonds, of Dalton, has
passed through singular experience.
Over a a year ago she had several teeth
extracted by dentist while under the
influence of chloroform, and immedi--
ately afterward she was seized with a.
bad cough and gradually wasted and
took her bed, asst was supposed in con-
sumption. Several physicians exam
ined her case. one of whom attributed
her illness to, an ulcer in the throat, and
gave her remedy. The medicine re-
suited in a severe paroxysm of cough
ing, during which she threw out tooth
that had been lodged in her throat
while she was chlorofoemed, and had
remained, nearly costing her her life.
She is now rapidly recovering. We
think thaA, while saying her evening
prayers, she ought TO say the words of
the little girl who, after having a tooth
extracted, used the expression: aFor-
give us our debts as we forgive orr dem
tistS.'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22


! nothing better than this TO urge, you
| are lost man.
The Count grew still paler. and had
not a word to say for himself.
At this moment the little boy, lin
gering on the threshold ofheaFen, call,
ed out:
Mr.. Peter! Mr.. Peter!''
Are you still there, my little MANI"
returned the apostle. why do you
not enter2o
Instead ofreplying to the question,
| the little fellow said:
"Mr- Peter. do you see this hum
ming top" Saint Peterreturned indul
gently, Pray, how came it here?'
"Aiy mother laid it in my grave.
| with me, answered the child serious
". He then picked up his top, re-
! wound the string, and extending the top
temptingly toward the apostle, said:
MIR. Peter, if you will let the Count
60 in there with me | will let you spin
my top
"Do you know the Count, child?"
"Of course. 1t was the Count that
gave me the top"
"Ah! Tell me how that happened,
dear boy"
"Once Twas sitting at the door, eat.
ing my bread, and when l had finished
| began to cry. just then the Count
came driving along in, a beautiful blue
and gold coach, with four grey horses.
And the carriage stopped and the
Count said:
".Are you hungry, little boy?'
No. said I have just had my
bread
.And the Count said, Then why
are you crylng?'
"And then said, 4 am so lonely,
Father and mother 60 off TO work
early IN the morning, and don't come
home till late at night, and the chill
dren Won't play with. me because / am
SO slow Then the Count said that
he would bring me something to play
with. And in a little while he came
back with the top, and we made it
spin, the Count and [ together; after
that [ never cried any more"
Saint Peter made no reply but bur-
led his head in his ledger, muttering:
"Iknew he's rather old fogyish in
his accounts, our old bookkeeper,
Gabriel-still, we have always been
able to rely upon him-ah, | was sure
ofit!' he exclaimed ioyfully; there it
Is on the very last credit page:
"Gave a day laborer's crippled child
a toy-commonly called humming-
top-and with great kindness and
gentleness, showed the boy how to
spin it,
With almost youthful eagerness
Saint Peter seized his red pencil and
drew a broad line through the whole
long list OF sins and offenses, and the
next moment the Count, clasping the
child's hand, entered the kingdom of
heaven.-New. York independent.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22
a Camden Pulling i'm Florida.


There was a gander-pulling here re-
Gently. Perhaps some OF your read
ers do not know what a gander- pull
ing means. Well, will try to describe
it. A large gander is procured and.
grain sack is thrown over it's body,
neck and wings let loose Mr.. Gander
is hung, head down, to pole, which
is placed across q fence, SO that q
man on: horseback In reach and
take hold of the ganders neck. Now
comes the laugh. Any person wishing
to get the gander pays 25 cents for
three rides. He starts his horse aafew
rods away at p high speed, and when
ne passes the gander he catches him,
by the neck and pulls his head off, /. e..
if he can. Some friend of the gander
has creased his neck we'll with lard,
and it seems that no one can hold on
to it. We had extra scenes at this,
show. First, the horse that John,
Davis. rode stumbled, threw Davis;
over his head, and turned somer-
sault. This created q great deal OF:
sport. The second scene was G.. R..
Pelton, riding mule. When he pass
ed the gander he caught him by the
neck with both hands, but he could
not pull his head off He hung on for
dear.life. His mule left him. and he
found hiiaself sitting on the ground.
I think everybody laughed until they
cried. The poor old gander was; tax
down and sent home as we'll as usual,
from all appearances.-De Land Ella.
News.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22

flowers. As for Phennie's beauty, I
never thought her ugly, though you
were too much occupied with your dis
gust at the place to perceive that she
really had a fair skin and pretty feat
ures. I have only made best of what /
found"
And how has Miss Louisa turned
out IN your hands ?" I asked, smiling.
Look at her; she is coming up the
avenue on horseback.
And very graceful, fearless horse
woman, the quondam hoyden seemed !;
her wildness was subdued into sprightly,
but not unladylike manners;sin short,
Louisa had become what many men
would admire as fine, lively girl.
Why, Aunt Milly," I said, "you
must have grown quite attached to these
girls; it viii really be painful for you
to leave them"
ST do not think of leaving them very
soon," said Aunt Milly, casting down
her eyes, and playing with her golden
watch chain, while faint rosiness,
deepening on her still fair check, and
scarcely perceptibae smile lowering
round her mouth were distinctly Yisi-
BILE
'Indeed!" said T., inquiringly.
eyes; Mr.. Elphinstone is very kind;
he does not wish me to go; the girls
love me very much, and my cousin"
"Follows his daughters good exam
plep' I cried, at last arriving at the
truth. "Well, I don't see how he could
possibly help it; and so, dear aunt, I
wish you JOY
Aunt Milly muttered something in
return blushed as prettily as a girl of
Is, and at last fairly ran out of the
room.
"After all, everything was for the
best, thought I, as I attended the we'd
ding Of Mr.. Elphinstone and his second
wife-loved and loving sincerely:
though to both the affection was but
the Indian summer of their lives. He
did not look half so grave and austere
as [ fancied, and really was very no.
ble-looking man, in spite of his half
century; and if his winning little wife
trod only 10 years behind him in the
road of life, why,I have seen many old
er-looking brides who We're not 80
years by the church register. After
all, what matter years when the heart
is still young? They both did right in
marrying, and the Indian summer shines
peacefully on them still.
I have nothing more to add, except
that have been for two years mar
ried man myself, and therefore fully
sympathize with Aunt NIilly's keeping
OF her seventh wedding anniversary last
week.
I may just mention, en- PEASANT, that
[ rarely call her Aunt Milly now, hap
pening to be her son-in-law as we'll as
nephew. Perhaps, to clear up all mys-
teries, had better confess that my wife
has fair hair, sweet blue eyes, and that
her name is Euphemia.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22
Paper a Protection Against
Cold.
From the New York Times

From the New 9rk Times.
1t is a well known fact that paper is
3 great protection against the cold.
On the frontier miners and woodsmen
preserve large sheets OF wrapping pa
per and newspapers to put between
the covering blankets when there is an
insufficieney OF bed covering in the hor
tells or camps. An exeellenU protee-
ton out.of-doors for the chest when
wearing the dress suit, with the sow-
cut vest exposing a portion that is
generally well covered blythe fashiona.
BILE high-cut coat and vest,i is a few folds
OF paper underneath the oyercoat.
Many roadsters in driving put a few
folds OF paper across their chest I'M
derneath the overeoat as well as at
the back, and find efectual protectioa
against the cold winds that preGNS al
this season. The paper is like Do
in completely protecting the wesses u
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Milford News.

In consequence of the frequent
blizzards roads are in bad condition.
Communications are poor, news are
scarce and Jack Frost is generally vic
torious. -....
W heat is SO cts. at Essig now but
receipts are very light.
The school in dist. No. Fl, town of
Home, will probably be closed Friday
next, for about two months on account
OF the stormy weather and poor roads.
Most all Of the pupils of said district
are obliged to walk as far as from 2 to
3 miles and are thus unable to attend.
We are informed that some of the
learned young men of this vicinity re-
Gently remarked that if they would
write for the Review they should write
on some interesting topics and thus Civ
ing some real value to that department.
of the paper. This really would be
very commendable if bright sun
would all at once rise over field Of
such eternal darkness, in which we
have been cropping about for the last
five years. Step forward and let your
light shine, before the people so that
Shey may see your good works and
praise you for it. We are but too glad
to surrender our commission.
Matrimonial prospects were never
better in this town than just now. Sew
eral parties of this vicinity are about to
enter into some contract for life. But
we are strictly forbidden not to crow
before the day really dawns.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
FOR SALE CHEAP.

The undersigned is compelled on e
count of i'll health to sell his buildi,
and business place on Corner Cen
and Minnesota Streets. 1t is we'll
derstood that the property COOKIES
located in the business center, and
those who wish to invest in a V
equipped and paying business al
small cost will find a rare chance
this to do so. For particulars call
or address
JAG. HOEsCHELER
.... New Ulm, Mir.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership.


Notice is hereby given, that the part
nership heretofore existing by and be-
tween the undersigned at New Ulm,
Mimi, under the firm name and STYLE
of Eagle Roller Mill Co.., has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr.. II. w. Bonnie withdraws from the
firm and the remaining partners con-
tinue the business under the old firm
name and assume all the assets and
liabilities.
The old firm thanks their numerous
friends for their kind patronage in the
past and solicits their future favors and
business for the new firm.
Dated New Ulm, MIMI, Dec. 3lst,
A. D. 1887.
CHAs. SILvERsoN,
H. VIM BONNIE,
GEO. H. FRY, .s