Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31

| are 1epO1t00 from w 08boHu MOnt8u8 OW .
| ing to the drought of several weeks.
| SEVEN hundred miners Of the Columbus
and Hooking Valley Coal Company Of
Ohio have struck for recognition OF their
progressive union.
| MINERS from along the Yukon river in
| Alaska who have arrived atSan Francisco
deny that there il any truth in the recent
reports of starvation in that section.
TEE striking switchmen of the Illinois
Central railroad in Chicago have returned
to work, their grievances having been
| settled.
TIE wheat growers Of the Mississippi
valley met in convention at ST. Louis on
| the 23d.
| HARRY If. LoEHR, the tax boodler of
| Bloomington. Ill. has been sentenced to
one year In the penitentiary.
HEAVY storms around Los Angeles,
Cal. have inflicted considerable damage.
A DECISION of the Iowa Supreme Court
| extends the nuisance" feature OF the
ohibition law over the property of de-
| fendantA The breweries at Burlington.
valued at $500, 600 were therefore rendered
| valueless.
SBvERAL vessels went ashore in a bunch
at Winnetka, Lake Michigan, the other
night. The Evanston lifeboat went to the
rescue of the crews.
The large Touring mill of the L G.
has been burned to the ground. The ca
pacity of the mill was ], 400 barrels daily.
Loss, $3.50 600, with fair insurance.
HENRY MCNAMARA, an editor of Guthrie,
Ok, was. horsewhipped by Mrs. Haines
recently because of an offensive para
graph.
A PLOT to release prisoners at Sing Sing
has been frustrated.
A LITTLE daughter of Captain Michaels,
Of Msoh hrprvr od IN, n +
in her fathers barn recently. The house
was also consumed.
A FREIGHT engine running at full speed
between Valparaiso and Haskells, Ind,
exploded a crown sheet. The fireman.
John Eadden, was hurled from the cab
over the tender against the first car. The
wheels Of the entire train cut his body to
pieces. Engineer Thomas Callahan, was
scalded in horrible manner.
THE recent wheat growers convention
at St Louis, after the adoption of resolu-
tions, elected the following officers: Pres
ident, Hon. Norman j. Colman, of Mis-
souri,, with the privilege of naming his
own secretary; executive board, w. l.
Scott and A. d. Noe, of Kentucky; N. j.
Colman and U. s. Hall, of Missouri; E. II.
Murphy and P. A. O'Dell, of Minnesota;
D. B. Green and j. T. Mccartney, of Illi-
nois: Calvin Cole and George Gibson, of
|
nor Charles Robinson, of Kansas; j. A.
Coates and D. A. Epson. of Indiana; N.
o. Walker, of Tennessee. and b. N. Sar-
gent. of Ohio.
GEORGE CURTIS and Charles Kimmick
have been held for trial at Ashland, Wis,
on the charge of being principals in a
prize fight
The strike of the switchmen at Evans
vile, Ind, has ended in the defeat of the
men, many of W HON have lost their places.
FIFTEEN farms near Fergus Falls, Mimi,
have been devastated by prairie fires.
JUDGE PRENDERGAsT has issuedwarrants
for the arrest of w. E. Kent and Thomas
E. Downey. Chicago Fifth ward politicians,
charged with procuring change of names
of election judges by false representations.
FIVE hundred Chicago tailors struck on
the oath.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has de-
cided that a railway company allowing
newsboys on it, cars is responsible for any
damages that they may receive. This is
the first decision of its kind and is OF great
Importance to railroad people.
THE examination of witnesses in the
Cronin case commenced at Chico go on the
9th.
FIRE at Port Clinton, O., the other night
| DESTROYED the lumber yard of August
Spies & Co. and other property. Loss,
800 600.
GIANT powder was exploded in the bad
of Oscar Steinberg, a sign painter, at
Butte, Mont, while he was asleep the
other night and he was fatally injured
| His wife and son were arrested for the
crime.
A CONVENTION of persons interested in
the mining industry has been called for
Salt Lake City. Utah, November 10. to take
| steps to force q change of ruling in regard
| to lead-silver ore if possible.
LEWIS A. BEACH, agent of the Cleveland
| & Marietta railway and of the American
Express Company at Phillipsburg, O., has
| disappeared, leaving an unknown short
age.
THREE trainmen lost their lives in burn.
| ing oil by a wreck and explosion on the
Lake Erie & Western at Kokomo recently.
Their awful fate was the work of un.
| known miscreants who placed an obstruc-
ton on the track.
CHARLES MCILvAIN, nineteen years old,
murderer of Christian w. Luca while
committing burglary on the night of Au.
death by electricity at Sing Sing prison
| in the week beginning December 8.
AT Democratic meeting in Cincinnati
recently Judge Thurman, while making a
| speech, was overcome by weakness and
| had to abruptly close.
By the premature explosion of cannon
during a political meeting at GAINESVILLE,
O., William hewitt was blown fifty feet
and fatally injured.
REV. j. w. PowELL's private bank a.
| Fostoria, O., has closed its doors The
assets and liabilities are each about S24.-
600.
l THE SOUTH.
EUGENE CHRISTIAN. a colored jockey,
was killed on the Louisville & Nashville
near Bangor, Ala, recently by the cars
jumping the track. He was feeding his
horses at the time. Three trainmen were
! badly hurt
SIX of the children in the Protestan,
Orphan Home at San Antonio, Tex, re-
Gently drank poisoned milk. Two of them
died. The remainder were in a precarious
condition.
REPoRT that William Howard with q
hundred men was besieging County Judge
Lewis in the court house at Harlantown
KY. has been confirmed. Howard is the
man for whose arrest large rewards have
been offered, both in Kentucky and Mis-.
sissippi
THE first snow of the season fell at Cum.
berland. Md, and Baltimore on the 23d.
GOVERNOR LEE Of Virginia, has re.
signed his position as president of tn.
board of visitors of the Confederate Sol.