Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-27
THE WEST.


| twenty-one days fast at Racine, Wis,
to cure dyspepsia, has finished her
seventeenth day. She is in good health,
has lost very little flesh, and is conf
dent that she can hold out the twenty
one days.
CHICAGO Irishmen have determined to
have no st. Patrick's day parade this year.
GOVERNOR LARRABEE, of Iowa, not
outstanding that he might go out of
Office at any moment as soon as the leg
islative deadlock was ended, recently
brought suit against the Rock Island
railroad for forfeitures under the law
calling for gross receipts and expend-
itures, which the road had refused to
furnish the Railroad Commissioners.
THE Western Freight Association at
Chicago on the 18th made reduction
from Missouri river points to Chicago,
first class, of about IS per cent.
MISS CORA BRANDENBURG, of Peoria,
Ill, who was visiting friends in Mime
apolis, Mimi, the other night went to a
drug store, when a man clipped her
beautiful blonde hair close to her head.
She was badly frightened but was other
wise unhurt.
CHRISTOPHER L. SHoLEs. the inventor
of the typewriter, died at Milwaukee,
Wis, on the 18th.
THE Iowa House of Representatives
has succeeded in breaking the deadlock
with which it had been wrestling for the
past four weeks. John T. Hamilton,
Democrat, from Linn County, was elect
ed Speaker. By the terms of compromise
which have been accepted the Democrats
have the Speaker and the Republicans
the important chairmanships of COM
mittees.
A BLIZZARD prevailed in the North
west on the 10Th and goth.
THE building contractor, Thomas
Kavanagh, member of camp 1876, Clan
na-Gael, accused of being implicated in
attempts to bride possible jurors on the
Cronin trial, has been acquitted.
THE Schneider Bros. and Vorce & Blee
breweries at Springfield, O., have been
sold to an English syndicate, to take eff
feet May Is. Charles Schneider, who
is practical brewer, is to be superin-
tendent of the two breweries.
THREE miners were instantly killed
at Aspen, Col, recently, two by scaffold-
ing giving way and one by fall of rock.
GENERAL F. L. CRASiER, Mason OF
high degree and one of the best known
men in the Indian Territory, died re-
Gently at Oklahoma City.
The arrest of j. B. Kelley at st.
Louis for supposed connection with the
Cronin murder at Chicago turned on,
to be case of mistaken identity.
| Two bridges and many culverts have
| been destroyed by a heavy rainfall in
Central Ohio.
l o& p l.
not fear the proposed suit of the heir.
of Julien Dubuque to obtain possession
of the site of the city on an old claim
THERE have been two bad accident
with engines and snow plows in Cali
fornia. Near Sisson there was collision
of the engines caused by a couplin,
breaking. Several of the laborers wer'
killed. At Cape Point mills, Ave loco
motives were wrecked. Two men wer,
killed and two injured.
THE jury in Bishop Dubs' case a
Cleveland, O., returned verdict O
guilty. He was suspended from offic
until the meeting of the gener al confer
ence in September, 1891, when the cas-
will be reopened.
THE Gerhard Paper Company, of But
falo and Detroit, has assigned; asset
and liabilities unknown.
THE Toledo co., Pump Company
works have been seized by the sheriff
The failure is total
THERE was serious fire in Toledo
o., on the morning of the 21st, breakin
out in Breckinridge's fruit can factory
Loss, $50. 900; insurance, one-half.
ONE thousand miners of the Contra
Coal Company, of Springfield, ILL.,, recen,
ly quit work because not paid the wage
due them.