Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-01
THE WESN

IN the insane asylum at st. Peter, MIMI,
it was discovered the other morning that
J. W. Slower had Drained his cell mate,
Charles Warner. Both lunatics were con-
sldered harmless
THIRTEEN prisoners escaped from the
Newark CO., jail recently.
THE postmaster at Woodward. Iowa. has
run away with an unknown lady. HIS &C
counts ara in good shape.
THE last of the liquor houses at Sioux
City, Iowa, has been closed by the sheriff
at the instance Of the Law and Order
League.
MARSHALL KINsLEY, a boy eighteen years
of age, fatally shot his father, Michael
Kinsley, in Chicago recently. KInsley,
who was drunk, and his wife were quarrel
ing, and the former was about to strike the
woman, when the son fired the fatal shot
EIGHT hundred shares of gas stock owned
by the Mormon Church was seized at Salt
Lake City recently by Marshal Dyer, act
ing as receiver.
AN enormous pocket Of quicksand re-
Gently made itself apparent in the vicinity
of the new water tunnel shaft at Chicago.
The fall of the sand caused the tracks of
the Illinois Central to sink in an alarming
manner.
THE case against Josie Holmes, of the FL
deity Bank, Cincinnati, has been noile
pressed by the Government.
GEORGE S. THURBER, of Thurber & Gore,
was suspended from the Chicago Board of
Trade recently for one year. His offense
was giving customers rebates on commis-
sions.
ARTICLES of Incorporation of the Du-
buque Personal Liberty League have been
filed with the Iowa Secretary of State
The objects of the association are anti
prohibitory.
DR." TEED, the Chicago faith cure or
mental physician attending Fletcher Bene-
dict who died from lack of proper treat
ment for bronco-pneumonia, has been held
to the grand jury by the coroner, the
charge being practicing medicine without
a license.
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES addressed the mem
bers of the Ohio Legislature and others on
the 22d on the subject of industrial educa-
ton. He made strong argument in favor
of making it part of the public school
work, and urged the Importance of greater
respect for labor than now existed.
WAsHINGTON's birthday was celebrated
February % in the usual manner At Chi
cago the Union League gave banquet
after meeting, Chauncey NJ. Depew being
the orator.
THE rink of S. D. Newton, at Peshtigo,
Wis, collapsed recently from the heavy
weight of snow on the roof -Four work
men who were engaged in converting the
rink into stores were killed or fatally in
jured
A MYSTERIOUS explosion of dynamite in a
cut at Duluth, Mimi, recently, fatally in
jured two Workmen and seriously injured
six others.
The west bound Southern Pacific train
was boarded at STEMS Pass, N. NJ, the
other night, by two masked men. They
cut the express and mail Car from the
train, made the engineer run down the
track mile and a half, forced the express
messenger to open the car and rifled it of
all valuables. The mails were not touched.
The robbery was said to be heavy.
A WARRANT has been issued at Cincinnati
for Frank Reigel late assistant cashier of
the Metropolitan National Bank, charging
him with forgery and swindling building
associations. He was officer in several
building associations and influenced them
to deposit in the Metropolitan Bank.
MONMOUTH, ILL.,, the other night was lit
up with what appeared to have been
monster meteor on tramp, moving from
southeast to northwest, and passing the
place with lightning rapidIty. An explo-
sion which Jared walls and windows took
place shortly after. Reports from neigh
boring towns showed that all experienced
the same sensations.
DANIEL WREN, the convicted Chicago
boodler, was taken to the Joliet peniten-
tiary on the Esd to serve his sentence
KATE CAsTLETON, the actress, has filed
Dill Tor separate maintenance against her
husband. Isadore Phillips, whom she mar
red in San Francisco. She charges con-
tinued drunkenness