Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-25
THE EAST.

New Brunswick. plying between Jersey
City and New Y ork, was destroyed by fire,
causing SI6, 900 loss. All on board escaped.
FIRE in the huge Buffalo sash and blind
factory in New York City the other MORN
ing caused 500, 600 loss.
BRIGADIER-G GENERAL SAMUEL KENNEDY
MArsoN, retired, died at Orange, N. j., on
the l1th after short illness.
MINISTER FRED GRANT and family sailed
the steamship Aller for Austria on the
18th. Minister Porter was on the same
vessel. bound for Italy.
FELICE WANT. an old beggar woman,
died in miserable howell at New York a
few days ago. and the coroner, while in
vestigating the case, found that the de-
ceased had left SAC, 900 in gold concealed
in an old flower pot. Her heirs all live in
France.
THE opening of the centennial loan ex-
hibition of historical pain tings and relics
at the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, was graced by the presence of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, who entered the room
leaning on the arm of William E. Dodge
and at once became the center of attrac-
tion. Following them came ex-President
. Cleveland with Mrs. Folsom and the MEM
bers Of the executive committee.
j. MUNDAN, an expert climber, while
carrying a box across a stringer on the
new suspension bridge at Niagara falls,
fell to the water below and was killed.
Two men, named respectively Riley and
Brown, while taking down telegraph
wires, were pulled out of a window of the
st. Omer Hotel. Sixth avenue and
Twenty-third street, New York the other
morning by wire attached to falling
pole and were both instantly killed.
AT Pennington, Pa, recently an iron
ore mine, the shaft of which was 125 feet
Eiubt tho
mine and a dozen of them We're partially
covered with the falling mass. Richard
Ettinger was crushed to death but the
others succeeded in crawling out without
sustaining serious injury.
JOHN II. SWIFT, who shot his wife down
in the street, was hanged at Hartford,
Conn, on the 18th. This was the case
where his sister made such an energetic
effort to save his life. and where the Legis-
1ature passed bill for that purpose, which
was vetoed by the Governor
FERDINAND WoERNER, sixty-nine years
OF age, was smothered to death recently
in fire on Center street, N. Y. Six girls
and three men were burned to death in
the same building ON Christmas eve, 1887.
SIDNEY WALTERS, of Pittsburgh, Pa
VINO had been stopping at the Hotel Richie
-aleu, Chicago, since April 10, committed
suicide by taking morphine. He was
once an officer in the British army but
had lately been book canvasser.
RUMoRS were current in the shirt trade
that ID. d Downs, senior partner of the
firm of Downs s. Finch of New York
(which failed recently for 500, 900, had
gone to Canada
The New York Legislature has passed
"a bill to postpone the cutting of streets
through the New York baseball grounds
sfor another year.
c. NJ. BxR1ExL& Co., dealers in rou oh
Heather and hides, Boston, have assigned
with about $50, 900 liabilities and unknown
assets.
JAMES CAMPBELL, of Pittsburgh, Pa
has resigned the presidency of the Ma
tional Union Glassworkers' Association.
The Hath anniversary of the battls o.
Lexington, Mass, was celebrated on tn,
10th in the usual style.
AT meeting of the descendants o
Revolutionary patriots of Massachusetts
in Boston recently, nineteen aged mel
whose fathers fought in the revolution
We're present. A society was organized.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at New
York on the 10Th. breaking out in the Iart
refinery OF N &. Fairbanks. destroying
the buildings of the New York Central
two elevators and other property, Sew
-eral men Were injured by jumping from
windows, one fatally, and it was rumores
that others perished. The total loss wa
IS 355. 600.
SIR JULIAN PAuNcEyorE, the new Brit
ish Minister, arrived at New York on tn
Goth.
HENRY G. PEARSON, ex-postmaster O
New York, died on the Goth, aged forty
five.
ALEXANDER HENRIQUES, vice-chairma,
of the New York Stock Exchange, died re
Gently.
A BOY created a panic at the Hill stree
N. L. Church, at Newark, n. j., on the 21s