Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10
DURING 1888.


Some Of the Important Events o.
the Past Year.
Ehsaalties and mss-LeAdfnS Event.
- tho Political and social World
Observation-Disclosures OF Noted
Individuals-Etc.. Etc.
business. FAILURES.
9MvoIv1NG LIABILITIES OF $4,000 AND OF
WARDS.j
Dealer. New YORK; 100000.
Jan s3-M. E. Solomon. Now York tobacco
Fe6- IF Grote 4 Co. manufacturers Of iron
Feb si-Graa. Bennett Co. from manu-
Eacturers. Pittsburgh, Pa. q. 100000!
Feb as Co.. e &C Clark & Co.. hat dealers Ne"
Mar s7.Staie National Bank Of Raleigh. N.
ofS
Apr. 2c-Clarke, Radcliffe & Co. .dry.goods
Nav 9as son
o1acturers. Skaneate.es Falls. y. Y; $50. COZ.
Jun '., sMDs GolyeG yarnish Company. cnica'
zpg: New York; $1,000. -. NJ
Aug: sGJohn TAYLOR q Co. Trcnton. N. j.,
Aug els. R Post. New York. grain dealer;
L.
merchant in New York City; sz00Uoo
Nov. 15-Bank OF Durham. N. c.; s4.COo GOO:
elo.hing. Chicago; s4oooS.
Nov. l7-Samuel r BULLOCK. New York;
NOV 19-Belden & Mcdowell. lu mber dealers
etc, Syracuse, N. Y: fs50COO
Dec. 17-Calfornia National Bank. OF San
Francisco.
CASUALTIES.
Jan. 5-Four men killed by premature blast
-dren locked in burning house. Jacksonville,
Jan 1o-Nine PERSONS killed and over so
Others wounded in railroad accident near
Jan. 192Frank Smith, wife and five children
burned to death in their dwelling at Harrod. O.
Jan. 21-Ten persons perish in burning board
Sng-house at Tower, MInn.
Feb 4-Five men killed and two O. hers fatal
Iy injured by explosion in saW-mill noar Bel
mont, o.. Four men fatally burned by gas ex-
plosion IN mine at Nanticoke. Pa. Six .idren
perish in burning house near Columbia, S. G.
eident near Steamberg. n: Y.
Feb s-Three men killed by dynamite ex;
1wo small children perish in burning dwelling
near Bolivia N. Y.
persisted in burning dwelling ct Kuiztown. Pa.
Feb. l0-Four persons killed IN powder ex-
pio si at Wapwallopen., Pa: Three persons
N. Y. Three men killed by boiler explosion
near Wabash, Ind: Two men killed by dyna-
Feb 1s.Fye men and girl burned to death
In . fire at Silver Brook, PA.
caear Bastror. La....A Mr.. Wcissman. wife aud
srhld persisted in burning dwelling at Newark.
Feb. 17-Thirty-seven persons killed and
eighty Others wounded and much damage done
Much BY dome in a. Ind
Reo 25-Three children named Miller burned
70 oeath ia house at Annandale. Mimi
March olive men, killed by premature
dynamite explosion in mine at Ishpeming, Mich.
Mar 16-Estima.ed that go persons lost their
Mar. FINAL train went through trestie at
Biackabear Ga, and 60 persons killed and
N1ar. 22-Three men killed in railroad wreck
at Barre, Pa.
dwellings destroyed. three persons killed and
several others wounded by tornado at Mime
Mar. 2s-Thrcc men killed by powder explo-
/ sion at 4. ttenhouse Gap. Pa
MIR. 2s-About 4 miners lose their lives by
natural gas explosion in mine near Rich Hill,
aaaE so-Three boys persisted in burning barn
Apr. olive persons killed and many others
fatally injured In railroad accident near New
Apr. 6-Four men killed by dynamite explo-
s-xi0a at Miller's Station. Ind.
explosion at Baldw n. III. G. K Armour and
ron burned to death in dwelling house near
Apr. 13-Four persons killed in railroad
wreck near Birmingham, Ala. -. Mrs. Baker
md child burned to death near Weilsv.ilo, O.
Apr. 27-Two persons killed and several in
tured in railroad accident at Alma. Neb....
Your persons killed and many injured by Civ
ing way OF floor In a crowded hall in Rushsyi-
Lay 1.-Two little girls at shawneetown Ill,
Entire famiy-four adults and three CT children
persisted in burning barn near Arlington, Neb.
Gap. Pa, killing seven persons, wounding Is
Others, and demolshrng 90 houses.
at 'c sS
shndren perish in burning dwelling at Wiltshire.
KILLED and five others fatally wounded at Besse-
xNer. Mich.
May l0-A Mrs. Lewis and three young chill
dren perish in burning building at Cleveland, o
May 23-Five men killed in railroad acciden-
near Randolph Point. Mo.
Boarding house at Pittston Pa.
Jun. 1-Three men killed by boiler explosion
In iron works at Wyandotts, Mich. :. Five men
fatally scalded in explosion on a raft-boat near
WnOna, MINI -. Two men killed and three
others fatally injured by railroad collision near
Jun eleven o.ES, persons perish in burning no.
Jun. 6-Three men killed by boiler explosion
At Dennison, Ill. Four men killed b. steam.
engine explosion. ST. Paul. Mimi.
near Vandalia, Ill.
Jnl. a-Three men fatally scalded by o boiler
explosion at Port Huron. Mich.
Jul 6-Four persons perish in burning farm.
house near san,t Ste Mario. Mich.
I'm silk mill-at Allentown, Pa.
Jul 12-Eight persons killed in railroad acct
dent near Orange Courthouse, Va
Jul. 1S-Three men killed in pOwder-mul ex.
plosion at Cressonu, Pa.
Jul. GA man named PreSscr and two boys
perish in burning build ng at Maynard, O.
Aug. S-Seventeen people lost their lives and
many others were injured by the burning OF 8
Sfx-story building in New York City.
Aug. S-Twenty persons injured (many fatal
Iy} in railroad accident near Morgantown. Ind
Gustave Berg. wife. mothcr-in-law and
child persisted in q burning house in New Yorl
CITY.
Aug. 9-Five men killed by falling wall at fire
In Chattanooga, Tenn, and tive other lives were
SOSt in the fire.
Aug. 1.-TWO little children left alone per
tshed in burning house near Columbia, S. c..
Simon Wallace and his mother lost their lives
IN burning store at West Charleston. W. Va.
Aug. 23-Fourteen persons killed. seven fatal
u. and many others severely wounded by ex
1osion at paper-miu fire in Monasba, Mimi
Aug. 27-Three men killed ana many other,
hurt in railroad collision ucar Krum La
Aug 2S-Three men killed by premature dis
charge Of cannon near Morris. N. Y.