Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-31
THE WEST.


FREDERICK DELANEY HALBERr. aged
seventeen, q relative of the late Roscoe
Conkling, fatally shot himself in st. Paul.
Mimi, recently while handling q toy rifle
of younger brother.
The citizens Of Faribault Mimi, have
sent petition to Congress that steps be
taken by the United States to purchase the
island Of Cuba from Spain.
TIE 300 coal miners at Boonesborough,
Iowa, have struck against reduction of
half a cent per bushel in their pay.
The Grand Opera House and adjacent
buildings were burned at st. Paul Mimi,
on the 21st. Loss, about $250,000.
FIRE in St Paul, Mimi, recently did
$50 600 damage to the Berrisford Baking
& Confectionery Company's building and
stock. - $500. - 1 - ieff ST.
. THE Kansas Legislature has chosen
Preston B. Plumb to succeed himself as
United States Senator. G
The crematory which was recently built
in St Louis burned on the 22d. The loss
was estimated at $4,000. The fire is sup
posed to have caught from the furnace
utilized to reduce the dead to ashes. A
body was being cremated when the fire
was discoy cred. s1ftt,, t
! MISS COFFIN. the eccentric young Gin
cinnati heiress, who had annoyed Kyrle
Bellevv, the actor, for some time past, has
NJ Ys)
sane asylum.
E. w. RosENTHAL & Co., carpet dealers,
of st. Louis, have failed with $50, 600 liza
bilities and much smaller assets.
The business portion of the village
of Matamora, ILL.,, was destroyed by fire
the other day. Loss $3O, 900.
w. d. WAsHBURN was elected Senator
by the Minnesota Legislature on the 23d,
Notwithstanding charges of corruption and
bribery in manipulating the Republican
caucus, the investigating committee de-
been used by Washburn or His opponent
Senator Sabin.
SEVEN Mormons of St John. Ariz., have
been arrested on account of timber frauds
and three because of land frauds. The
Mormons who control the region were
greatly excited.
JUDGE WILSON, Of the circuit court at
Geneva, ILL.,, has refused to grant new
trial to Bauereisen, the alleged Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy dynalniter who was
recently found guilty and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. .eatf.
MRS. Lou WRIGHT, a married woman,
was whipped by Whitecaps the other
night in Monroe County, Ind.
The rebellious Polish priest, Father
Kolasinski, has established his indepen-
dent church at Detroit, Mich, and re-
Gently administered the first communion
to 265 girls and boys. The ceremony took
place in a chapel fixed up for the occasion
in a back room in his house. His follow
ing is said to be 1000 families strong.
CHARLES LUMsDALLER, formerly q
wealthy farmer near Fergus Falls, Mimi,
was arrested at Port Townsend. WASH,
recently charged with having poisoned his
wife last spring.
THE Oregon Legislature in joint session
| has declared Hon. j. N. Dolph elected
United States Senator to succeed himself.
ABOUT 600 families were elected from
! Oklahoma by Lieutenant Macomb re-
Gently. The boomers had gone in from
| Texas 81 Fafs - s,.s15ttssi
ONE man was fatally and three seriously
injured by the falling of the walls of q
building which was being torn down in
/ Cincinnati recently. The driver of the
patrol wagon had a leg broken.
| A LARGE oil can exploded in the base
ment of the Belvidere block at Milwaukee,
Wis, the other night, and after the fire
was extinguished it was found that John
NJ Clements, twelve years of age. was
burned to a crisp and his brother James
| so badly injured that he would die.
THE SOUTH.
THE deadlock in the West Virginia SEN
| ate was broken by the election Of r. s.
i Carr, Union Labor, for President. Demo.
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