Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-08
THE EAST.

"A CYCLONIC storm or rain and wind at
Boston ON the Goth uprooted trees, plowed
a furrow fifteen feet wide long distance
and threw water out of the Chicopee river
fifty feet high. Streams rose rapidly.
E. II. ROLLINS. ex-United States Sena-
tor, was reported i'll at the Isle Of Shoals,
d. II. He was unconscious and failing
perceptibly.
THE Cramps and all the other Delaware
river ship builders deny the story from
San Francisco that they are negotiating
for ship yards in British Columbia
BACHELOR & Co, boots and shoes, of
Boston and North Brookfield. failed on the
30th with liabilities of 81, 0O0,0
MCKEAN & APPLETON. shoe manufactur-
ers at Salem, y ass, have made an assign
ment with $75, VO) liabilities.
TWENTY-FIVE seamen of the bark Little
Ohio, of New Bedford, Mass, persisted
when that vessel was wrecked in the
Behring sea, October 8. last year. The
remaining eight survivors were brought
to Alaska by the Thetis.
NEWARK, South Orange Bloomfield,
Millburn, Plainfield and other towns of
New Jersey have suffered seriously by
floods.
THE boiler in the mill of John Flanagan
& Bros. at Philadelphia exploded the
other day, killing Johua Amber and
fatally injuring George Schofield, son of
the engineer, and James Stewart. Two
others were seriously injared.
GOVERNOR BEAVER, of Pennsylvania.
has honored the requisition of the Gov
ernor of South Carolina for Rev. E. F..
Flemon, the colored preacher accused of a
murder in 1884.
HEAVY rains were reported in Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia on the 30th and 31st.
OVERLOOKING rivers and creeks caused the
stoppage of many mills and the derange-
ment of railroad travel
SULLIVAN, the pugilist, was arrested al
New York on the 31st on a requisition
from the Governor of Mississippi, ap-
proved by the Governor of New York.
EX-SENATOR E. H ROLLINS, of New
Hampshire, died on the 31st
THE will of the late Charlemagne Tower
has been admitted to probate at Philadel-
phia. He leaves all his estate in trust TO,
his family. His estate is said to be worth
many millions of dollars.
THE National Bureau of Engraving, >
OF Philadelphia, a large photographic
printing establishment is hopelessly in.
volved. Its material has been ordered
for sale.
THE Massachusetts, Republican State
convention has been set for Boston, Sep
TENDER 2a Ex-Governor Robinson will
be the presiding officer.
ABRAHAM FINKBoNE. aged twenty-six
accused Of arson. hanged himself in thu
Jail at Reading, Pa, the other night.
THERE was q cloudburst at Watkins
Glen, N Y, on the 1st.
TIE latest effort of Ives and Staynor
the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton rail
road manipulators, to secure release from
the New York Jail has failed.
THE Bethlehem (Pa-) Iron Company ha
voluntarily increased the wages of it!
puddlers fifty five cents a day.
w. j. JOHNSON & Co. leather dealers o
Boston, have assigned with SIS, 900 direc
and $170. 600 contingent liabilities TIL,
assets are said to be ample.
FIVE hundred striking italian railroad
laborers near Pittsburgh, Pa, recently en-
gagged in a riot Two were killed.
The rainfall in the Pennsylvania Goa
regions was very heavy recently and Z
number Of collieries were compelled to shu
down. The streams were greatly swoller
and the majority of the colIieres in tn,
Nahoning valley were drowned out
TEE New York Graphic is again il
trouble Reporters and clerks are clamor
ing for .aiaries A syndicate, headed by
Steve B. Elkins, was supposed to own it
THE memorial commemorating the land
ing of the Pilgrims was dedicated a
Plymouth, Mass, ON the LIST
WILLIAM avn, cashier of the freigh
department of the Lake Erie road q
Pittsburgh. Pa. is missing. His account
are being Investigated, and it is currently
reported that there is big shortage.
THE'Bancroft mills at Media, Pa. who's
product was handled by Lewis Bros.
Co, the bankrupt dry goods merchants o
Philadelphia, have been seized by tn
sheriff and advertised to be sold at auc
t1on.
a sourH- BOUND train on the Delaw ar
n Hudson went through an open switcl
Il Kenwood junction, N. Y, recently
Thomas Commit, q passenger. was kille'
and ave persons were more or less injured
4 cLouDBURsr on the LIST did consider
aha damage at Watkins Glen, N. Y.