Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

Hlorc6 pr0S1uinR. MANY sou0iOhCH VIM
were prominent in the Anti-Slavery move
ment were present and the speeches were
vigorous and aroused great enthusiasm.
THE WEST.
CORPORAL IRWIN TUCKER, company d,
Thirteenth United States infantry was &C
cidentally shot and killed recently during
target practice by man OF his company at
Blue Grass, in No-Man's Land.
THE international council of Indians end
ed at Muskogee, /. T., on the 18th. A reso-
luton was adopted for the uni6cation OF all
the civilized tribes.
THE stage of Sails bury & Co., carrying
the United States mail and express, was
held up between Blackfoot, Idaho, and
Besides riding the mail pouch silver bull
lion worth s., 500 was taken.
NEAR Eh1ngham, Ill. recently, boiler
exploded at Houg's null, killing two men
and seriously injuring three others.
The Jupiter iron works, st. Louis, were
destroyed by fire recently. The loss was
estimated at $4,000. There were many
narrow and thrilling escapes OF the work
men, but no lives were lost
THE fast train on the Baltimore & Ohio,
loaded with Chicago delegates, ran into a
freight train near Chicago Junction on the
26th. The engines, baggage car aud ex-
press cars were demolished. The engineer
was fatally hurt and the passengers
scratched and bruised.
TIE death of Brigadier- General PIN,
Surgeon General of Missouri, is announced.
Mrs. MAGGIE Ross and Maud Burmeister
were suffocated to death by fire at St.
Paul, Mimi, recently.
MICHIGAN ProhiDitionists have nomi-
mated the following ticket Governor, Hon
A. R. Cheney, of Sparta; Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Stewart B. Williams. of Saginaw;
Secretary of State, Peter N. Hagel; Treas
urer, Alfred Wise; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
Lemuel Clute; Aud itor, General d. A.
Waterman.
A CHICAGO dispatch saying that General
Harrison had selected Colonel Dudley as
his personal representative on the Repub-
lican National Executive Committee is
denied by the General.
AT Chicago during the convention it has
transpired that ex-Mayor NJ A. Smith, of
Philadelphia, while taking bath, had his
| room entered by sneak thief, who stole a
diamond stud valued at $500 and gold
watch and chain valued at $500. The police
have the matter in hand.
FIRE at Fit. Apache, n. NJ. rece ntly de-
stroyed the entire Quartermaster and COM
m ssary supplies. Estimated loss, includ-
ing buildings, 100000.
APPLICATION has been made and granted
at Minneapolis, MINI, for a receiver for
| the Minneapolis & st. LOUIS railway at the
suit of Henry Slebert, trustee for the
| Central Trust Company of New York.
THE Democrats of the Second Kansas
District have nominated John I. Burris, of
| Oiathe, to run against Funston.
| THE Democratic committee of notification
waited on Judge Thurman at Columbus,
| o., on the 2S1h. In his reply the Judge
highly praised the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
TIE State convention Of the Iowa Union
| Labor party recently choose Presidential
| electors and nominated the following State
officers: Secretary of State, j. B. Vincent
| Auditor, E. NJ. Farnsworth; Treasurer,
! James Rice; Attorney-General, j. NJ. Will
hanson. Congressman Weaver and An
| derson were Ind orsed as candidates for re.
! ele ction.
TIE Republicans of the Twentieth Hi
nois district have nominated G. w. Smith
to succeed George r. Thomas.
STATS SENATOR D. S. HALL has been nomi.
mated for Congress by the Republicans OF
| the Third Minnesota district
| The Official canvass of the vote of the
| Oregon Congressional election resulted as
follows: Hermann, Republican, 80, $50; John
NJ. Geary, Democrat, 25,41S; George NJ. Mil
Ter, PROM btlon, 1914. Hermann's plurality
74O7.
THEODORE CASTOR, a farmer, was at
| tackled on his way home from Kingston
Iowa, the other night by three brothers.
named Drost, who demanded his money
He shot one dead, fatally wounded another
and thinks he hit the third. who escaped.
SUIT has been commenced at Chicago BY
j. B. Mayo and Franklin Snencer. stock
holders of the American Exchange Ma
tional Bank, against David W. Irwin. tc
compel him to refund to the bank 1893 200
The suit is an outgrowth of the celebrated
June wheat deal in 1887, which wrecked
the Cincinnati Fidelity Bank and E. L.
Harper.