Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-08
THE WEST.

The "ESVs
THE tobacco crop of Rock and Jefferson
Counties, Wis, was completely ruined by
| a recent hail storm.
For two or three days the mountains In
| the vicinity of Gunnison, Col. have been
ablaze with burning timber.
NINE persons were poisoned at Burling.
| ton, Wis, the other night by eating dried
beef shipped to local dealers by Chicago
firm. Four victims were precariously ill,
| while the others were on the road to re-
covery. A cat and dog who were given
| the meat would not eat it.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS, of st Louis, re-
| Gently denied emphaticalIy that he went
| to New York for the purpose of selling
the Merchants bridge to Jay Gould.
GENERAL ScHOFIELD has directed the
commander of the division of the Pacific
to take such action as may be necessary
to protect'settlers near Calispeld. WASH
| ington Territory, from the Indian out
break threatened there.
The Cincinnati, Hamlton & Dayton
passenger train was wrecked at Oxford.
O., on the night of the 31st Twelve or
fourteen persons were killed and injured.
A HARMLESS earthquake shock was felt
in California on the morning Of the 31st.
TIE Indians at Mile Lac, Mimi, re-
ceived fresh consignments of frewater
from Mora and Little Falls last week. and
the result was a big drunk. Three were
reported dead.
LACK Of water caused a boiler explosion
east of Fairfield, ILL.,, the other day. One
man was killed and two fatally injured.
The Sierras and Milton stage was
stopped by two highwaymen near Cooper
oils, Cal. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s safe was
blown open, but found to contain nothing.
Seventy five dollars taken from the pas
sengers was all the robbers secured.
u
named Flanagan, McCabe and Farrell
were drowned the other night while try
ing to cross the Menominee river, near
Ishpeming, Mich.
A HORSE suffering from hydrophobia
run amuck in Chicago the other day, Bit
ing two men and several animals before
being killed.
COLONEL CANADAY, sergeant-at-arms of
the United States Senate, who had been
in Alaska with Senate committee, is ly-
ing quite i'll in Montana.
ELEVEN business houses in Fennville,
Mich, were destroyed by fire the other
night causing $35 600 loss. A tramp's
carelessness was the cause
In the Washington Territory Constitu-
tional convention the clause forbidding
countieS to grant subsidies for any pur-
pose whatever was adopted.
The United States Senate Committee on
Irrigation of Arid Lands in the West COM
menced it's labors at st. Paul, Mimi, on
the LIST. Those present were Senators
Stewart of Nevada, and Reagan, of
Texas; Colonel Hinton, of the geological
survey, and Major Powell.
THE Chicago worlds fair committee
held a meeting recently and elected
Mayor Cregier president Two hundred
representative men were present and an
executive committee was appointed.
FROST visited the low grounds about
Galena, ILL, on the morning of the 1st and
damaged growing vegetation.
SENECA SEvALIN, who caused Mrs. Clara
Belle McDonald's divorce from her hus-
band, the son of the president of the Pa
cific Bank of San Francisco, and then
robbed her of $4,000 has been sent to
the California penitentiary for ten years.
NEWS from Gunnison, Col. recently was
that the Utes were off their reservation
and were intmidating settlers.
TREASURER COLEMAN, recently default
ing in Warren County, O.. is $63. 600 short.
MANDAN, Dak.. was devastated by fire
on the afternoon of the I'd.
A RAILROAD deal was reported by the
Chicago Times by which the Chicag &
Alton would purchase or lease the old
Kansas Pacific track to Cheyenne. 1t was
not thought likely, however, by the gen.
eral public that the Union Pacific would
lose contDol of it's terminal at Kansas
City.
A PASSENGER train left the rails on the
South Park (Col.) railroad and fell down
an embankment The engineer was killed
and the fireman was seriously hurt Sew
eral passengers were injured.
Two cases of giant powder exploded in
pit No at Marquette, Mich, recently.
Two men and three boys were killed.