Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24
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= THE Shah of Persia Tfu arrive in Sc.
Petersburg March p, and after q fortnight
there will go to Berlin, Paris, Madrid and
C nStantinople.-- ------------,---~ sss.---
WHILE hunting recently the Emperor OF
Germany wounded slightly arcltizen OF
Berlin who was looking on.
TIE Central Pacific Railroad Company
has declared q semi-annual dividend of
per cent. ssls.see
JUDGE HANNEN, OF London, has granted
Mrs. Boucicault (Agnes Robertson) de-
cree of divorce.
BISMARCK received an ovation on leav.
ing the Reichstag after his speech on the
German colonial policy on the 10Th.
The Santa Fe directors have agreed to
pass this quarters dividend.
The damage done by the earthquake Of
December 80 in Costa Rica was estimated
at IS 900 600. ,{ s ~: -.
MINISTER PHELPS and Consul General
Waller were prominent guests at the Fish
mongers' banquet in London on the 16.h,
and both made neat speeches
Rev. Mr.. STURGEON, the noted London
Baptist preacher, is improving in health.
: A LETTER addressed by Henry M. Stan.
ley to Tippoo lib has been received In
Brussels. 1t was dated August II last
The explorer had seen Emin Bey and was
in good health, the expedition having lost
only two men by drowning and one by de-
sertion.
THE majority of the royalists have de-
cided to vote for General Boulanger in tho
coming election in Paris. M
THE Temps of Paris says that London
firm has offered the General of the Car
thusian monks of La Grande Chartreuse
$4,000. 600 for monopoly of the manu-
facture and sale of the famous Chartreuse
liquor. The General of the order is dis
posed to reject the proposal.
HENRY WOLFF, the Dutch aeronaut, as
cended in a balloon at Antwerp recently
accompanied by Lieutenant Daniel. The
balloon was driven out to sea and it was
feared both were drowned. %
THE annual boat race between Cam.
bridge and Oxford Universities, England,
will take place March 80.
IT is stated in st. Petersburg that Rus.
STA will build three large men of-war dur.
ing the resent year. .
A GRAND scheme for conveying the sew.
age of Paris to- a tract Of land in the De-
partment of Seine-et-Oise, for subsequent
use as fertilizer, has been approved by
the French Senate. :.
THE Bankruptcy bill has passed the
French Senate. The measure has espe-
cial interest at the present time because it
enables the Panama Canal Company to
convert the old organization into a new
concern. is5stt 5a
THE German Emperor has ordered the
dismissal of all the French cooks employed
in the palace. They will be replaced by
Germans. rtpa . 81
THE ice palace at Montreal collapsed
partially on the 18th. The Thermometer
was 55 degrees in the shade and there was
no ice on the river. - 1fs.: r-f
NINE lima DI MURsKA, the singer, died
at Munich on the 18th in extreme poverty.
Her daughter, who was heart-broken at
the loss of her mother, committed suicide
by taking poison.
RETURNS from the English County Coun-
c l elections show a majority for the Lib
erals. ata -. ff.,t ...ss .s
DIR. FREDERIC has resigned the Office Of
Prussian Minister of Justice because of the
publication of the Geffecken Indictment.
THE British steamer Amor went aground
the other day in the Chesapeake bay near
the entrance to the Craighll channel. She
was bound out.
HENRY WOLFF, the Dutch aeronaut, who
assembled in balloon from Antwerp re-
Gently and was driven out to sea, was
rescued alive by a vessel two days after
ward. His companion, Lieutenant Daniel,
was drowned before the vessel was able to
reach him.
ONE of the messengers sent from Suakim
to Khartoum early in November brings
back letter from European which SAYS
that Lupton Boy died on May s. It was
reported that the equatorial provinces had
yielded to the Mahdi. Nothing was known
of Emin Pasha. Slatin Bey and the other
Europeans were we'll.