Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-04

MISCELLANEOUS.
CHARLES STURM was crushed to death
under falling safe at Diebold's works,
Canton, o. Two other men were seri-
ously injured.
The Badger Illuminating Company,
OF Milwaukee. Wis, is said to be in
good shape,
AGENT ROVER at Pine Ridge has been
greatly annoyed by newspaper corre-
spondents. He threatened to expel the
New York World-Herald man.
AT St Johns, N. B., on the 25th the
boilers of O. D. Sutton's mill exploded.
Six men were blown to pieces
The Norwegian bark Eyer has been
wrecked. The fate of the crew was un-
certain.
SETTLERS in Western Oklahoma are
much alarmed over the Indian Messiah
craze.
THE report of the Internal Revenue
Department showed an increase of re-
ceipts amounting to about $12, 900, 900
the past year.
EVA HAMILTON, the notorious wife
and now widow of Robert Ray Hamil-
ton, has been pardoned out of the New
Jersey penitentary.
THE Gloucester schooner "Ocean
Queen" recently seized at Souris, P.
E. L, has been released on payment of
fine of $500.
IT is rum ored that j. R. Baker, the
missing Philadelphia broker, who failed,
has gone to Brazil.
RED CLOUD wrote to friend in
Omaha that he did not want any trouble
wi tn the whites.
THE racing stable of Amos G. Camp
bell, Of Louisville, KY, will be sold at
auction.
THE Dublin Express says that the
measures adopted by the Government
to relieve the distress in the western
part of Ireland arising from the failure
of the potato crop will be put in to opera
ton before Christmas
ALL three mem bers of the conference
committee representing the strikers on
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad
have been arrested on the charge OF
conspiracy.
An explosion occurred in a colliery
| near Bolton, England, the other day.
Eight miners were killed
Two companies of cavalry have been
| ord to clear the eastern portion OF
the Cherokee Strip.
THE Car has ordered an investigation
of prison abuses at Tomsk, Siberia.
Horrible treatment of female prisoners
is reported
| SIDNEY DILLON has been elected presi.
dent of the Union Pacific vice Charles
F. Adams, resigned The Gould trnst
was in control of the road.
THE Erie railroad has come to an
agreement with its engineers and the
threatened trouble has been averted.
MAYOR WALSH, of Wexford. Ireland,
has been sent to prison for three months
for publishing interdicted articles
Mrs. O'SHEA has withdrawn her cross
suit against Captain O'Shea
THE Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
freight house Ne 8, Chicago, was de-
'stroyed by fire recently. Loss, $50, 900
81. 81. BELL, Duluth, Mimi, banker
has been forced to the wall The liza
bilities were about 500, 600. more thar
covered by assets.
AT Texarkana, Tex, an election was
held with reference to removing the
county seat Votes were bought a
auction, causing much comment
IT is expected that Western freigh
rates will be put up and become more
stable with Gould in control of so man,
roads
THE French Government will not al
low the importation into France of Prof
Koch's lymph on the ground that tn
importation of medicines, the compost
ton of which is not known. is illegal,
| law prohibiting such importation bein,
, in existence.
, The notorious Dick Liddle is reporte.
{ prospering in the stable business a
Gloucester. N j.
SECRETARY WINDoM has named tn
new revenue cutter being built at Balti
t more the Galveston
The river Shannon has overlooked it
3 banks at Athlone, Ireland.
G A LARGE unknown steamer was re
ported at London to have gone down
: heavy gale of Dungeness
) THREE men were killed and four IL
n jured by boiler explosion at Hackers
t saw mill, Scotland, Worth County, Ga
: THREE small boys were killed recon
t ~ at Atlantic, Iowa, while digging int
Q sandbank