Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07

Indianapolis ON the Z0Gu lOF MS 1Qou&Ue
ration as President at Washington on the
4th. Indianapolis was gaily decorated
and the procession was loudly cheered.
On the same evening Vice-President Nor
ton was banqueted at New York by John
e. Plummer, the dry goods merchant
THE bomb explosion at Wesleyan Uni-
versity, Middletown, Conn, originated
from q series of mistakes. Lackaberry.
the freshman who threw the bomb, asked
his father to send him some harmless
bombs for the celebration, and the latter
sent some cannon salute, bombs obtained
by Q messenger. They were exploded az
the college and wrecked . portion OF the
building. "
A NAN and a servant girl were burned
to death in a boarding house near CARBON
dale, Pa, the other day.
GENERAL GRANTS birthday, April ~,
will be celebrated in New ork by grand
banquet. Ex-Governor Long, OF Massa'
chusetts, will be the orator.
THE Republic iron works, Pittsburgh.
Pa. has been closed because OF strike OF
the puddlers for the reinstatement OF
man who was not at work election day.
THE WEST.
THE farm house Of Ernest Xoungs' al
Ransom. six miles from Battle Creek,
Mich. was burned recently. Two chill
dren. a boy and girl. four and I'VE years
of age respectively. persisted In the names
SCARLET fever prevails at Bismarck,
OAK. to such an alarming extent that bus
mess is almost suspended. Schools are
closed and all public gatherings are pro-
hibited.
laborers near Kent, O., the other morning
one man was fatally and four others badly
injured.
GOVERNOR LUCE, Of Michigan, has or
dered a stay in the case of the parties ar
rested for completely in the electric sugar
refining frauds.
AT Winfield, Iowa, the other morning
the dwelling of Thomas lines was de.
stroyed and his mother-in-law. Mrs. For
bett, sixty years old, and lnez' his eleven
year-old daughter, were burned to death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Innes and six other children
escaped in their night clothes.
THE sheriff of Mendocino County, CAL,
has captured two men supposed to be the
parties who held up both Mendocino
stages on the night of January 8. Both
mon were armed with rifles and revolvers
JENs CHRISTENSEN, editor of the Arbeiter
Zeitung, addressed a meeting OF furniture
makers at Chicago recently, advocating q
revolution of force and blood. A peaceful
overthrow of the present system of socie-
ty, he said, was impossible without revo-
luton.
WILLIAM EMERSON, mulattO convict in
the State prison at Fort Madison, Iowa,
recently assaulted Deputy Warden Town
send with a sharp knife ground down
from a heavy table knife while the deputy
was endeavoring to induce him to come
out from his cell Townsend drew his re-
volver and shot Emerson and killed him
almost instantly.
PROF. GREEN, Of the Minnesota State
Agricultural College, has completed his
experiment to ascertain the value of
frosted grain for seed. His report shows
that from 40 to 80 per cent OF the amount
planted will sprout and grow.
WHEN Mr.. and Mrs. Swanson, who lived
in Townsend street, Chicago, awoke the
other morning they discovered that their
twin babes, two months old, lying in the
bed with them, had been smothered to
death.
The jury in the libel suit against Gov
ernor Larrabee at Des Moines, Iowa,
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
CHARGES have again been made of cat
tlemen forcing settlers to leave No Mans
Land by violence. 1t is said that at Bos-
ton, Col, quite a number of refugees are
camped, having been driven out by a
band of armed cowboys.
JUDGE HORTON, of the Chicago Superior
Court, has appointed Ira Greer receiver
for the Union Trust Fund Mutual Life In-
surance Company on information of the
Attorney. General and Auditor of State of
Illinois.
FIVE men were killed by the premature
explosion of a blast at the Red Lodge coal
mines near Helena, Mont, recently.
BoLLs & GRIFFITHs, dealers in carpets,
ETC., Minneapolis, Mimi, have assigned.
Liabilities are placed at 500, 900 and the
assets will not amount to over $75 600. The
Grvr ~ hA oil int Dit
having been in business here for over
twelve years.
THE village of Blooming Prairie. Mimi.
was a'most entirely destroyed by fire on
the 9th. Loss, $4,000.
SETH Cook q noted San Francisco mine
! operator and capitalist, died recently after
q long illness. He made q fortune from
the Comstock mines.
RICH discoveries of gold are reported in
Southern California. It is said to aver
age from 81 to so per pan.
A NUMBER Of gentlemen representing the
starch manufacturing industry held q
meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chi
cago. recently. No details were made
| public.
DAVID BARKEY, aged eleven years, OF
Wooster, O., has been seized with hydro
phobia. During one violent paroxysm he
bit of two Of his fingers.
A DOZEN men were buried by the falling
Of roof in a fire at the millinery store OF
Jenner & Co, Milwaukee, Wis, recently.
They were all rescued more or less hurt.
By a premature explosion in the Norway
mine at Marquette. Mich, Abin Heavy
lost both his arms and one eye and Ed
| ward Rudder had both eyes blown out OF
their sockets and his face terribly torn.
They were fatally injured.
rHn sorTu.
THOMAS CAsSONEE, colored, and Annie
Abbott .white girl of eighteen. were
married in Jeffersonville, KY, recently by
Rev. Ezra Miller. negro preacher. The
preacher and the married pair were after
ward arrested on q charge of miscegena-
tion. The groom was the hired hand Of
the girls father.
TIE n rikin1 mill banda nj Moss Point