Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31

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THE State Departments estimates for
1S9o-91 aggregate about So, 100000 The
principal new item is S.. 600 for new furni-
ture for the department rooms.
THE EAST.
Low water has inflicted much loss to
manufacturers in Western New York.
The cause was attributed to easterly winds
blowing on the lakes.
Two young men were struck by an ex-
press train at Methuen, Mass, the other
morning and instantly killed.
THE Episcopal convention had very
heated discussion over a change in the
marriage service making it read 'they
may abide together in love" instead of lin
Thy love" The change was adopted.
THE typhoid symptoms among the Yale
students at New Haven, Conn.,, is causing
increased uneasiness. Several men who
showed mild symptoms of typhoid fever
have been sent to their homes to re-
cuperate.
The factions in the Polish Catholic
Church at Plymouth, Pa, were in open
hostilities recently. Guns were pointed
at Bishop O'Hara, who attempted to take
possession of the parsonage. In the melee
Constable Melvin was killed.
THE cable of a train of coal cars as
broke the other day when near the top
The cars rushed to the bottom and were
smashed. w. h Adams John Root and
Hugh Ferguson were taken from the
wreck alive, but fatally hurt
PIETRo BARANovsKI, a Pole, was hanged
at Pottsville, Pa, recently for the murder
Of two women. which was committed while
he was rohbing house. IN 8
The, bulls made a raid on: the oil market
%-Ar rr<vh <I,10 4 l.
4 price up four cents 81 = sfr .o
Ell Rio REY, the celebrated two-year-
old colt, was thought to be stricken with
pneumonia at Westchester, N. Y.
MAX BOXER and Chris Ficken were suf-
located in bed at New York recently.
The gas had been left to escape.
THE round house and machine and re i.
pair shops at Castle Shannon, Pa, were
destroyed by fire the other night causing
$50 600 loss.
The following amounts were pledged to
the New York Worlds Fair on the oath:
C. Vanderbilt 500 600; New York Central
& Hudson River Railroad Company, $780, =
600; Wagner Palace Car Company, $50, :
coo; Joseph Pulitzer. $50. 600. ~ -
The jury in the case OF Assemblyman
Smith, Of New York City, charged with
bribery at elections were unable to agree
and were discharged. ,,+t.s-,,n,,f sal, r
The Episcopal convention adjourned
sine die at New York on the oath.
The will of the late E G. Rabbit, the
wealthy soap manufactures OF New York,
has been probated His widow is left the
family home and $500 600 cash in trust fo1
Lila E Babbitt, is left $500. 600 cash and
$500, 900 of New York Central & Hudson
River railroad stock.
AN autopsy has been had on the body OF
William Burns, q saloon passenger on the
steamer Hondo, who died on the steamer
arrival at New York quarantine. II
showed conc usively that Burns died o.
yellow fever. r4i-,,,ttrr
JOEL b MooREHEAD. a millionaire OF
Philadelphia, is dead. s
A SUPPOSED Tascott was arrested al
Reading, Pa, on ,hs % b 1hs detective.
were sure Of their man.
AT the instance of the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Children, Chuns
Lee, a Buffalo IN. W laundryma hal
been arrested for abducting two little
girls from their homes. A
Two children were fatally injured a
Franklin, Pa. They had found. q dyna.
it exploded Eight other children wer,
seriously hurt.
GEORGE SABoURIN, aged twenty
working on q new Congregational churcf
at Newport, Vt, recently fell eighty fee
from the spire and was fatally injured.
Hon. JKREMIAH MCGUIRE. ex-Speake1
Of the New York Assembly, died recent
iy. He had been in poor health for som,
time.
THE WEST.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY is hopeful of woman
suffrage in the State of South Dakota
II is reported at Guthrie that the Mis-
souri, Pacific system will be extended
through Oklahoma.
A PANIC occurred in q crowded factory
on Fifth avenue, Chicago, recently, caused
by the burning of sulphur. Many Of thu
employees were rescued in q half-suffo
Gated condition. .sfa-F laf
LEON Well, q scrap iron dealer o.
Cleveland. O., has assigned with $50 0O'
liabilities aud small assets. The Fri,
Railway Company loses So, 600 49,
A BLOCK OF frame houses in the Town O
Lake. q suburb OF Chicago. were destroyed
by fire the other morning. Many peopl.
had narrow escapes.
PENSION AGENT ALLEN, Of San Fran
cisco. says the pension fraud case growing
out of the raising of q check on Wells
Fargo & Co, is an old one. having occurred
three years ago The check was altered
from $1S to S. 200. The guilty pensioner
Henry Metcalf il serving q 1--WE years
tern for the crime.
TIE coroner's jury at Clayton, St Loui
County. No., over the killing of Frank
Bowman by b. II. Chambers returned
verdict of sgillful and felonious shooting
QUITE . heavy snow fell throughout
Northern Michigan on the 22d.