Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-17

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FIRE at Altoona, Pa, recently destroyed
Reittman's Hotel, brewery and stables,
causing SOC, 900 loss. The fire was incen-
diary.
THk WEST.
THE wholesale millinery house of e. L.
Wallace, Columbus, O., was destroyed by
fire the other morning. The entire stock
was lost, amounting to $50, 900. Insured for
$40, 200. Loss on building about Sc, 900.
WILEY MATHEWS, the escaped Bald
Knobber. was reported as having been
seen in the Indian Territory.
CHARLES WISE and Ned Aps1ey of Cadil-
lac, Mich, walked into an air hole in the
ice on the lake the other evening and were
drowned.
IT is rumored in Cleveland, O., that at
the end of his present term Chief Arthur
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers will resign, and, as he is we'll to do,
retire to private life.
THE five hundred employees of the 81. W.
Davis carriage factory, Cincinnati, have
all been locked out for unitedly submitting
a new scale of prices. Davis said that he
would negotiate with the men individually.
THE police officials, Bonfield and Schaak,
have begun another libel suit against the
Chicago Times, the damages in each case
being placed at 800, 900, for articles reflect
ing upon their integrity.
OsGooDBY. a resident of Pomona, Cal,
claims to be the author of the "Murchison"
letter.
The Kansas Legislature met on the 9Th.
Two Hungarians were killed in a cave-in
on Como avenue, st. Paul, Mimi, recently.
MATTHEW FEENEY, an Irish boy who
came to this country short time ago,
pleaded guilty at Chicago recently to q
charge of burglary.
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the Western agent, at Chicago, of the In
ternational Marine Insurance Company,
of Liverpool, England, has disappeared
It Is alleged that he is about sc, 600 short in
his accounts.
THE available assets of the California
National Bank of San Francisco, which
recently suspended, are $415, 2O3; the liza
blities $40, 6S6. The cashiers irregular
doings caused the trouble.
FRANK CHLEBoUN, the Anarchist in
/ former, is a social outcast in the Bohemian
district in which he lives in Chicago. In
| a saloon the other night he was attacked
and beaten.
THE contending factions for the Gov
ernorship of the Chickasaw Nation have
| agreed to submit their claims to Secretary
Villas and allow him to decide, agreeing to
abide by the decision.
The Illinois Federation of Labor has ap-
| pointed committee of three to call on
| Governor Fifer and ask him to pardon the
| imprisoned Anarchists.
| THE seventh annual convention of the
| International Plasterers' Union began at
ST. Paul, Mimi, on the 9th.
| GENERAL LEW WALLACE has bought a
| lot in Indianapolis and will at once begin
residence. He declares emphatically
| that he would under no circumstance ac-
cept Cabinet position.
| II T WEST. nrOnrietOr and T. N nnn1ov,
city editor of the Chicago Times, aud Jens
| Christianson, editor of the Chicago Ar
| better Zeitung, waived examination on the
charge of criminally libelling police off,
Gals Bonfield and Schaak and were bound
over to the criminal court.
1T is reported at Needles, CAL, that out
OF party of seven prospectors who left
| that place recently in a small boat for new
gold fields, four were drowned by the cap
sizing of the boat while going through the
rapids of the river below here.
THE last message of Governor Oglesby,
of illinois,. was read to the Legislature of
that State on the 10th. 1t dealt only with
routine matters.
THE noted canned goods commission firm
of w. T. Coleman & Co., San Francisco,
CAL, have settled with their creditors.
An epidemic of diphtheria prevails at Ar
gyle, Mimi.
The daughter of Mr.. Zeharres, of st.
Paul. Mimi, had her chin bitten off by a
! fierce horse recently.
CHARLES b. DIXON, deputy county treas
| urer of Saginaw County, Mich. has dis
appeared with woman of bad repute.
Several errors in his accounts have been
found.
| The Sioux Indians of the Lower Bru1e
agency, in Dakota, have decided to call q
general council to select a delegation to 20
to Washington and negotiate for the sale
of tn ir lands.
CHICAGO is threatened with a water
! famine, the inlets to the water crib in the
lake being badly choked with siush ice.