Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-10

ceived of battle with moonshiners in
Rowan County, KY. Three men were
said to be killed.
The Peabody Institute at Danvars,
Mass. has been destroyed by fire, caus-
ing $75. 600 loss
THE miners of Great Britain are max
ing arrangements to fight for the eight
hour day next winter.
The Worlds Fair people have chosen
the joint site on the lake front and
jackson park.
AMONG the cities kicking at the CEN
sus returns is Denver, Col
A FULL complement of Pullman cars
has been purchased for Russian rail-
road.
JUDGE THAYER, of the United States
District Court, has granted a decree Or
dering the sale of the ST. Louis, Arkan-
sas & Texas railroad.
JUDGE KAvANAGH, of the Polk
County Qowa) district court has affirmed
that an alien can acquire by inheritance
no right to real estate under the Iowa
law.
THE business section of Pullman,
Wash, was destroyed by fire the other
day.
THE Minneapolis flour trade is re-
ported in better condition than for
many weeks.
THREE men were killed by the fall of
cage 40 feet down a mine near Rich
mond, Va.
SAMUEL 81. BOWS large brick block,
Concord, N. H., was destroyed by fire
recently, causing $50, 900 loss.
LOUISA CALLwELL was stabbed seven
tirnaS ~ har hnc IN, Nouy VorJ, N;<x,
and will die. The man escaped
THE new Masonic Temple at Denver,
Col. has been formally dedicated by the
grand lodge.
ASSIGNEE SMITH, of the defunct Bank
of America of Philadelphia, has begun
suit against the stockholders for the
face value of their shares.
CREDITORS of the bankrupt jewelry
firm of Clapp & Davis, Chicago, have
filed bill in court charging fraud and
asking for a new receiver.
STEPHEN HOLMES, alias Stephen
Smith, arrested in London on suspicion
of being the man who stole the jewels
of the Duchess of Edinburgh, is said to
have been barber at Chicago at one
time.
THE New York Times sprung a story
IOSOhOAy tu0 NdAuOIO1ILS were
about to purchase Santa Fee stock. It
was positively denied in a short time
from Santa Fe headquarters in Boston.
THE East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railroad Company has leased
the Louisville Southern and thus Sc
cured an outlet to both Louisville and
Cincinnati.
JOHN MCMULF was killed at Cincin-
NV ho 20 IS
which penetrated his brain.
A MAN named Souls attempted to
swim the rapids at Niagara on the 9TH,
water badly bruised.
AT Louisville, KY, on the 4th, three
occupants of picnic wagon were killed
by collision with an express train on
the Louisville Southern road.
MANY lives and much property have
been lost by floods in Tomsk, West ST.
beria
WINES from raisins must in future
pay duty in France.
LAKE MICHIGAN was visited by a Sc
we're storm on the night Of the Sd and
morning of the 4th. A schooner was
overturned at Chicago and the captain
drowned.
IHE Ell Paso express was stopped re-
Gently near Van Horn, Tex, by eight
miles of water caused by cloudburst
in the mountains. Fifteen minutes
previously the track was dry.
THREE lives were lost at the burning
of the steamer Iron King at Ashland,
Wis, on the 4th. While endeavoring to
subdue the flames an explosion occurred
in the coal bunkers, causing the fatali-
ties.
WHILE crossing the Youghiogheny, at
McKeesport, Pa, Richard Smith and
John Thompson were drowned; also a
daughter of each. Others of the two
families were rescued. The boat was
rotten and broke in two.
PROF. SAMUEL BLACK, an seronaut,
met with frightful death at Boards
town, I'LL, on the 4th. By some mishap
his parachute took fire. His mangled
remains were found two miles from
where he assembled.