Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-14


Harrison and Blaine that the latter is soon
to become Secretary OK State.
J. p. CURRY & Co.'s brewery at Niagara
Falls. n. Y, has been destroyed by fire
Loss, $4,000.
THE WEST.
AN indictment has been returned at In
diana polls, Ind. against Joseph A. Moore,
defaulting agent of the Connecticut
Mutual Insurance Company, for embezzle-
ment and an investigation is being made
looking to an Indictment for forgery.
A LARGE number of merchant millers
met in Indianapolis. Ind, recently to per-
feet an organization for mutual self. pro-
lection. s,4
The Iowa Supreme Court has released
DIR. A. c. Hoag!and, a pharmacist of
$1,000 for selling liquor, though he had a
permit and those to whom he sold said
they were sick.
A MEMORIAL signed by all the State off,
GERS of Colorado indorsing Hon. John NJ
Thurston. of Omaha, Neb., for Secretary
of the Interior has been presented to Gen.
eral Harrison.
A BROKEN rail near Quincy, Ind, caused
the destruction of five freight cars and a
caboose and the death of a brakeman and
probable fatal injury of two other persons.
ers began long secret conference in
Chicago ON the 9th. It is stated that q
stove trust is not contemplated.
TIE Chicago Arbeiter Bund has taken
steps to rid the meetings of police spies
and detectives and are growing more bold
in their utterances.
A FIRE recently broke out in the inter-
mediate school building, Ninth and Main
streets. Cincinnati. The children escaped
o1t oh
the teachers with admirable precision un.
der the fire drill system
ALL the railroads interested in Iowa
traffic have given notice to the Iowa Com
mssioners that they will adop. the new
schedules OF rates under protest. The
low rates do not apply to grain, coal, live
stock or salt.
By collision between freight trains at
Ixonia, Wis, the other night % cars loaded
with grain and merchandise and both en-
gines were wrecked and two brakemen
slightly hurt.
INSPECTOR BoNFIELD, Captain Setback
and Detective Lowenstein, of the Chicago
police, have been suspended by Mayor
Roche, pending the trial of their suits
against the Chicago Times for libel
QUITE a sensation was created in ST. Louis
by the announcement that Henry DECK
mann, a prominent member of the Mer-
a.
leaving a shortage of $4,000.
THE Rock Island aud others Of the Iowa
lines have decided to reduce all rates in
that State to the same level instead of
.availing themselves of the omissions in
the Commissioners schedule. They take
the position that ii they maintain the
present rates of grain, coal, live stock and
salt no good will come if the Commission
ers have authority to reduce these rates
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their mistake in emitting the articles
The Iowa Supreme Court by Diminishing
the writ in the case of Grusendorf VS..
Judge Howatt dealt the liquor dealers of
the State q severe blow. The case was an
original package liquor suit and the
Supreme Court decided that liquor in So
called original packages could only be
sold in the State in accordance with the
Prohibitory law by persons holding per-
mits.
THE Coun Gil of the Irish National League.
in session at Cincinnati on the 7th, issued
an appeal to Irishmen in America for aid
to Parnell in fighting the London Times.
THE Northern Ohio blanket mill at Cleve-
land, O.. was destroyed by fire the other
morning. causing loss of 800, coo.
LIGHT earthquake shocks were felt at
Gallon, Los Angeles and San Bernardino,
CAL, on the night Of the 9Th.
SIXTEEN stores in Wa:kerton, Ind, were
destroyed by fire recently.
Hon. Loco. BURNETT has been Endorsed
in strong terms by the Choctaw, Creek and
Seminole Indian Councils for Indian agent
of the five civilized tribes in the Indian
Territory.
Four hundred people engaged in fox
drive near Perryville, Ind, the other day
but secured only one fox.
THE SOUTH
TWENTY-FIVE cadets at the Annapolis
Naval Academy have failed to pass their
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