Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE largest bar Of gold ever cast in the
world was turned out at the United States
assay Office at Helena, Mont, recently.
1t weighed 500 pounds and was worth a
little over 500, 600.
THE Mexican Government has revised
article of its customs tariff, wherein liv-
ing animals are made free of duty, and
has imposed heavy duties on imported
cattle, swine, sheep, mules and goats, q
measure that can not fail to have a most
disastrous effect on the business of sup
plying Mexico with meat from the United
States.
MAX JACOBSON, son Of an Austrian
Count but q man with q bad criminal rec
ord, has been arrested in Chicago for en-
bezzlements from the Fidelity & Casualty
Company of Chicago. The amount stolen
was large. jacobson had been general
western manager.
THE South of Ireland mackerel fishery
this year is declared a failure.
ORE assaying SO ounces of silver to the
ton, and considerable gold has been struck
at depth of 100 feet in the Eastern View
mine at San Pedro, N. NJ.
THE Government of San Salvador, Gen.
trail America, has obtained a loan of
f300.0 in London for the purpose Of ex-
tending its railroad system.
THREE sealers have arrived at Victoria,
They reported that they saw nothing of
the United States revenue steamer Rush.
II. p. FERRY, q telephone lineman, was
instantly killed by an electric shock from
q wire on a street in Buffalo. N. Y, the
other day.
JACOB ScoLL was smothered to death In
Purcell's grain elevator in Chicago re-
Gently by the giving way of the door of a
bin.
THREE brakemen have been killed In
the past week by Q low bridge near Brim-
field, o. Its removal has been ordered.
TwENTY-FOUR prisoners from the Indian
Territory, all sentenced to long terms,
have been placed in the Ohio penltentiary.
The officers of the Treasury Department
are considering the advisability Of chang.
ing the present form Of the debt state
ment SO as to restore the $1O0, 600, 600 fund
held for redemption to the column of
assets whore it stood before the change
made by Treasurer Jordan.
HEAvY frost fell throughout the North
west on the night Of the 4th.
The anthracite coal mine, No. 2 of the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company at
Scranton, Pa, caught fire recently. Ef-
forts to subdue the fire were unavailing.
FIRE In Laird, Norton & Co.'s lumber
yard at Winona, MIMI, recently de.
stroyed q, 000, 600 feet Of lumber, 1000, OOO
shingles, . three-s story brick warehouse
and contents. consisting Of doors, sashes,
glass, etc. together with sheds. tramways
and other property. making q total loss OF
$S14, 900, On which the Insurance was $40, =
500.
TIE town of Tlacolula, in the State of
Hidalgo. Mex, has been entirely de-
stroyed by foods. Tho people in the
flooded districts are in great distress.
The Streator (nL) miners have resumed
work at the reduced rate of Tx cents per
ton.
THE Western Waterways convention at
Cincinnati adopted strong resolutions
urging Congress to improve the rivera.
An unknown woman committed suicide
at Niagara Falls the other morning by
Jumping into the water above tho falls.
She was about twenty 1--WE years old, had
red hair and wore . black dresa She was
alive when she went over the falls, ~
she was seen to raise her head