Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-26

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summons to act as petit juror.
THE total net shortage by George p
Whitney's defalcation in the City Ma
tional Bank, of Albany, N. Y. has beer
ascertained to be sos, 1865.
AARON M. JONES, well known pioneer
of Colorado, aged sixty, killed his wife
and himself after quarrel at the break
fast table at his residence in Denver.
In cloudburst at Osceola. Pa, Mrs.
Trip and Miss Mary Thompson were
drowned
SECRETARY WINDOW has applied t.
the Attorney-Generalf for an opinion al
to whether he has the authority t.
from the New York assay Office for ex
port.
BY the explosion of q beer mash tut
were fatally scalded-
ONLY about eighty men were at work
on the Nicaragua canal June 1.
THE striking brakemen on the Pitts
burgh & Charleston road have been paid
off and discharged.
Miss ANNIE FELTON, REYNOLDS is the
first woman dentist to graduate in Mas.
sachusetts. She received the highest
ROBERT A. WARD, champion amateur
half mile runner of the United States,
died suddenly at Hi1lsdale, Mich.
Two men were drowned by the cap
sizing of a boat near Santa Cruz, Cal
The third was rescued just in time.
A REIGN of terror is reported in Polk
County. Tex, caused by negro killing
a white man. The negro was lynched
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the supposed regulators.
THE Superintendent of the Census
has allowed supervisors to issue esti-
mated returns in advance of the official
figures.
A HEAVY storm visited Louisville,
KY, on the 10th and the people were
terror stricken, as they feared another
cyclone. Considerable damage was done
by wind and lightning.
CRETAN Christians recently ambushed
and shot three Turkish soldiers and a
Cretan Mussulman. A body of Mussul-
mans in revenge killed Christian.
SURGEoN-GENERAL HAMILTON, of the
marine hospital bureau, is not inclined
to fear cholera's appearance in this
country from Spain because of the sani-
tary precautions.
JOHN w. MACKAY, the bonanza king,
has sued Cassius H. Reed and Edwin S.
Stokes, of New York City, for 1852, 597
with interest from January, 1889.
SIR E. R. c. BRADFORD is the new
chief of police for London.
A TERRIBLE accident happened early
the other morning near Childs, Md, on
the Philadelphia division of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, by which two
men were killed and several persons
were more or less injured. Among the
injured was Bishop Keane, of the Cath
Ollie University at Washington.
THE flint glass workers have present.
ed scale advancing wages 10 per cent
to the manufacturers, who have it I'M
der consideration.
SEVEN thousand cloak cutters and
makers have been locked out in New
York City.
granting $50 month pension to Mrs.
Della Parnell, mother of the Irish
leader.
CoRcoRAN and McAfee, charged with
wholesale fraud during the last Chi
cago election, were acquitted.
THE Chicago News asserts that the
census OF that city shows population OF
;, $50, 600.
JOSIAH PORTS and Elizabeth Potts,
man and wife, were both hanged to-
gether at Elko. New, for the murder Of
Miles Fawcett in January, 1888. Both
died protesting their innocence.
BUSINESS failures pun's report) for
the seven days ended June 10 numbered
1919, compared with 212 the previous
week and 220 the corresponding week Of
last year.
The Post-ofice Appropriation bill as
laid before the Senate calls for $72, 461,.
500, an increase of $473, 600 over the
House measure.
AN awful tornado visited Illinois Ola
the afternoon of the Goth. In the VIZ
cinity of Earlville twenty-five lives
were lost. -Four were killed at the viii
lage of Sublette, south of Dixon. At
Cornell much damage was done and four
persons were fatally injured.