Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-05

EMIN PASTA has sent to the Anti
Slavery Society communication, in
which he thanked the society for its
sympathy and expressed regret for the
loss of the Equatorial provinces. He
says that Notwithstanding his unfOr-
tunate experiences he still hopes to be
able to do effective work against the
slave trade.
By an explosion in colliery at
Bochum, Germany, the other day four
teen persons were killed and four In
jured.
A PRIVATE letter from New South
Wales states that Henry w. Moore,
ex-managing editor of the Post-Dis-
patch, and Emma Stockman, formerly
Mrs. John W. Norton, are located in
Sydney. Moore has succeeded in OBJ
tanning a position on one of the news
papers in Sydney, but his paramount,
who looked for an engagement on tbs
stage, has been disappointed.
WILL RUSSELL, sixteen years of age,
accidentally killed himself near Van
Alstyne, Tex, recently. He blew in
the muzzle of his gun, not thinking it
was loaded, when it went off, tearing
the top part of his head to atoms.
AT the North Star mine OH Solomon
mountain near SilvertOn, Col, Pat
Golden and G. Baldwin, two miners,
attempted to pick out an unexploded
blast, which suddenly exploded, blow
ing them into a thousand pieces.
A VERY destructive cyclone passed
over portion of Beaufort County, n.
c., on the 2Sth doing great damage.
Houses were blown down and trees
torn up by the roots. Three persons
were reported killed, among them a
young lady, who was carried off by the
wind, her body not being recovered.
BAPTIsTE PEYNAUD, the famous
tower jumer, while giving All exhibi-
bition in New Orleans the other day,
struck the net with his head and in
jured his spine. His lower extremitieS
were paralyzed.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY has sold his
forthcoming book outright to Sampson,
Low & Co., the London publishers, for
the sum of 100000.
NAVY officials are not satisfied with
the results of the trials of the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius. The contractors
may be required to run the vessel for
one hour at 3 ,2OO-horse power.
DURING recent session of the lower
house of the Hungarian Diet Baron
kass Informed the chamber that the
opposition had discovered plot to as
sassinate Herr Tisza, the Hungarian
Prime Minister, by the use of dyna-
mite. They had, however, succeeded
in frustrating it.
The Scotch Weekly will shortly pub
lish love story written by the Mar
quis of LOrne. The scenes of the mar
rative are laid in Canada, and the plot
is said to be stirring, the incidents pa
thetic and interesting.
FIRE in Wesley, Iowa destroyed two
yard, causing $25, 600.
THE fever hospital at Rochester, En-
gland, has been destroyed by fire. All
the inmates were rescued
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended November %,
numbered 249, compared with 277 the
previous week and 232 the correspond
ing week of last year.
A PARTY of American engineers is
examining the Guanajato mines, in
Mexico, with view to purchasing
them. They report the mines to be in
excellent condition.
FIRE broke out in one of the mills of
the Hartford Carpet Company at
ThompsOnville, Conn.,, the other night.
The building burned was brick, five
stories high and 800 feet long.
JUDGE r. B. TRIPLE committed sui
eide at Atlanta, Ga, blowing out his
brains with a double-barreled derrin-
ger. The cause of the act was de-
spondency, due to ill health. He was
thirty-fiv years of age and had been
judge of the city court of Carterville
before he came to Atlanta and was
afterward assistant United States dis
trict attorney.