Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-13

apopk6y at Stamford, Conn, o. tho
anorning of the 9th, aged sixty eight.
IUDGn THURMAN was prevented from
addressing Q meeting at Madison Square
Garden, New York, on the night Of the 9Th
by IN attack q cholera morbus, which his
soa said was not serious.
THE WEST.
n SENSATIOH was created in Ju1eico
Fields court room at San Francisco on the
Sd, consequent upon Sarah Altheo Hill.
Sharon Terry violently abusing the court
in the Sharon divorce suit. Judge Terry
also passionately threatened the court and
its officers and drew = dirk, but was disc
armed after considerable trouble. Judge
Field ct tho close sentenced Terry to nix
months imprisonment and Terry's wife to
thirty days.
The Sioux City (1owa) merchants pro-
pose 70 appeal 60 the Interstate Com-
merce Commission Tor equitable railrosd
rates Is compared with St. Paul
The Wholesale grocery and supply store
Of Klaubes & Levi at San Diego, Cal, was
totally destroyed by fire on the 9Th. The
loss ON the stock was $500, 600 and on the
building $4,000. The stock was insured
for $15O, 900 and tho building Tor $50, 600.
Several firemen were buried in the ruins
but mono were killed.
A DISPATCH from Chicago says: The
east bound Chicago & Atlantic fast freight
train struck and instantly killed three
laborers near the State line. The men had
been walking up the other track, from
which they stepped TO the one ON which
tho fast train was running to avoid .
passenger train.
A SHORTAGE Of $4,000 or more has been
found in the accounts Of Secretary List, OF
the Duckworth Building Association OF
Cincinnati. He attempted suicide.
Tue police have closed every gambling
house in Milwaukee, Wis.
THE Democrats OF the First iowa district
have nominated John ]. Searley, OF Bl0Om-
in gton, for Congress.
EIGHT men were terribly injured, some
fatally, by the explosion OF the boiler of q
threshing machine at Ellendale, OAK, re-.
Gently.
NEAR Columbus, Ind, the other night,
James Ford, q farmer, while suffering
from delirium caused by fear, sprang from
his bed, seized q chair and killed his
youngest child, . babe, and fatally
wounded his wife, and SO badly injured
his ten-year-old son that he will die. It
required eight men to manacle the delirious
man.
The striking coal miners about Canton,
o., have returned to work at the owners
terms after q four months fight.
FIRE in Baker City, Ore, has destroyed
an entire business block, causing 100000
loss.
TIE Centennial Exposition Of Columbus,
o., opened ON the 4th.
WISCONSIN Democrats have nominated
James Morgan, OF Milwaukee, for Cow
ern0r.
The rate on packing house products be.
tween Kansas City and Chicago was re-
duced ON the 5th from 10 cents q hundred
to IL cents q hundred or one cent less than
the rate on dressed beef.
TIE Chickasaws are threatened with q
serious outbreak ON account Of election
frauds and Indian Agent Owen has gone
to the scene and it is hoped will be able to
quiet matters, though the feeling is SO in.
tensei on both sides that nothing short of
bloodshed may stop proceedings.
BIZ the explosion of q steam thresher near
Seymour, Ind, the other day, one man was
killed and three fatally injured.
JUICE NEY, OF " aterloo, under the Iowa
ProhibitOry law, decides that q man can
not lawfully manufacture cider for use in
his own family, and instructs the grand
jury to indict il they find that such q thing
has been done.
A SQUAD Of soldiers started from Fort
Wingate, N. NJ, recently to arrest whisky
confronted them and declared that the
peddiers should not be arrested, and the
sergeant in charge, seeing his force largely
outnumbered, desisted. Further trouble
was feared.
THE revenue cutter Bear reports six
whalers wrecked by q hurricane on August
in Behring sea. The crews were rescued
by the Bear and brought to San Francisco.
THE SOUTH.
THREE negro criminals were taken from
Jail at Oxford, n. c., the other morning
and lynched by q masked mob.
The Nee1s and Courier publishes an
elaborate statistical statement Of the trade
and business Of Charleston, Sc, the last