Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
GREAT BEND KANSAS THURSDAY. JUNE g. 1889.

TIE Chicago Board OF Trade shut OF
quotations to 500 regular correspondents
on the 1st
JOHN GRASS, Of Standing Rock, the lead
ing chief of the Sioux Nation. and White
Swan, principal chief at Cheyenne, were
in Pierre the other day. They conversed
freely about the Sioux bill, saying that it
would be ratified. Only one objection
was raised, because the bill did not give
the Nation the south bank of the Cheyenne
river, but the Indians will sign, as the bill
provides for the payment of cash and they
want money more than land.
THE Addystone pipe and steel works
near Cincinnati have been destroyed by
fire. Loss 900.
BUFFINGTON'S wheel works near Bur-
lington. Iowa, were destroyed by fire.
Loss, $50, O00.
E. w. VoIGH's big brewery in Detroit
Mich, has been sold to an English syndi-
cate for 100000, of which $500. 900 is in
cash.
The most disastrous frost of the season
visited Southwestern Michigan the other
night, doing immense damage to early
vegetables and small fruits and even corn
and wheat
NATHAN CoRwITH, one of the most widely
known citizens of Chicago, died recently.
Mr.. Corwith had at one time accumulated
about 81, SOC, 600 and retired from business.
Last July his son, Gurdon Corwith, q
metal broker of New York, persuaded his
father to embark his means in an effort to
corner the lead market, but the attempt
failed and Mr.. Corwith lost every dollar
of his fortune.
THE Southern Inter State Railway As
sociation completed it's work at St Louis
on the Both and adjourned. The West
ern classification sheet will hereafter gov
orD the SOuth0rn tiou
MRS. MoLL1E CoRwIN, OF Shelbyville.
Ind, was recently granted a divorce from
her seventh husband.
The racehorse Saratoga and it's jockey,
Enoch Turner, were both killed by an ac-
cident at the West Side park, Chicago, re-
Gently.
THERE were eight inches Of snow on the
ground in North Dakota on the morning g
of May 81
CHIEF JUSTICE and Mrs. Fuller returned
to Chicago on the 3Oth for the first time
since their departure to Washington.
RoSENBAUM & Co., Who'll esale druggists
of Cincinnati, have disappeared. They
had been buying on credit and selling for
cash for less than cost.
SETTLERS near Norden, Keya Paha
County. Neb., were arriving at that town
recently for protection on account of a
great Indian scare. The scare was due
pTCDdDiy 10 idiSe TSpoTt from tue L luo
Ridge agency of an Indian outbreak there.
A TELEGRAM from Mount Auburn, Iowa,
gives brief particulars of Whitecap out
rage near there in which number of per-
sons were fatally injured. The victim
was a farmer and his barn was burned
down. Being driven out by the flames he
defended himself with pitchfork, wound
ing several Whitecaps.
MCGARIGLE. the boodler, recently re-
turned to Chicago and gave himself up.
when he was fined 81 900 and costs.
THE Federal grand jury at Chicago has
indicted Alexander Mckay, general
freight agent of the Michigan Central
road. and others for granting special rates
on grain shipments to Councilman & Co.,
of Chicago, about six months ago.
AsPECIAL from Spring Valley, ILL.,, says
Governor Fifer has ordered three compa-
nies of militia here to protect the men en-
ployed by the Spring Valley Coal Com
pany who are working in the middle vein.
ADvICEs from Denver state that the
Rock Island is the of obtaining g
control of the Colorado Midland railroad
and will extend it to Ogden. making it q
formidable rival not only of the Rio Grande
road but also of the Union Pacific.