Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-03

The coal miners strike of the region
about Springfield, III, has ended in the
defeat of the men.
The Worden furniture factory. Grand
Rapids. Mich, has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $40, 600.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the
Western North Carolina railroad at
Statesville at a m. on the 27th, a
passenger train going through bridge
200 feet from the ground At least
twenty persons were killed and many
were injured
A TAME bear. belonging in Russian
village, having been trained by the
servants of its wealthy owner to drink
whisky, entered a tavern and STAYED in
a keg of whisky. The owner tried to
prevent the bear from getting at the
whisky and the bear set upon him and
killed him and three children.
THE free delivery experiment at small
towns of the country is declared not a
success by the post office officials, the
gross receipts having decreased under
the system.
THE Grand Trunk railway tunnel un-
der the St Clair river at Sarnia, Can,
and Port Huron, Mich, will be opened
September 10 in grand style. A grand
banquet in the tunnel is proposed.
SIXTY thousand dollars damage was
done to Moses Coleman & Sons four
story building in Boston by fire.
CATTLEMEN in the Cherokee strip
drove several thousand head upon the
Chillocco school reservation and de-
stroyed fifty tons of hay and other
crops Superintendent Coppock tele-
graphed to Washington demanding that
the school property be protected
The steamships Gambler and Easily
were in collision off Port Philip heads,
Melbourne. Australia The Gambler
sunk and twenty-six persons on board
were drowned.
THE great rubber syndicate has gone
to pieces.
SERIOUS riots are reported in Russia,
peasantry attacking Jewish middlemen
engaged in exporting rye. Soldiers
were ordered to repress the troubles,
which they did, killing two peasants
and wounding others
A SERIOUS storm visited Newark, N.
j.. on the 2Sth, accompanied by
tornado. Much damage was done.
FRANK HUGHES, a murderer, was
taken out of jail at Georgetown, KY,
and hanged by mob.
GERMAN farmers along the Volga
river in Russia are reported in great
distress.
The Knights of Labor. of Boston,
have Endorsed General Master Work.
man Powderly.
The Canadian authorities are accused
of sending all the Russian refugees to
this country.
LARGE quantities of dynamite have
been exploded from the highest peak
of the Socorro mountains, N. NJ. AS
result, the heaviest rain of the year
fell, breaking the drought.
AN international prison congress in
session in Christiana, Sweden, favors
fning criminals instead of imprisoning
them.
THE marquis of Lorne, in an article
in the Berlin Deutsche Revue, declares
the German colonies the hottest and
most worthless territories in the world.
REPORTS from Warsaw show that the
peasants of central Russia are emigrat-
ing by the wholesale. Five hundred
men have already abandoned their fam
lilies in order to emigrate.
A FAST freight on the Santa Fee was
wrecked at Willow Springs, I. T., the
engine and ten cars being thrown from
the track. Engineer DINNERS. Con-
ductOr Meyers, and Fireman Eat Cullen
were badly injured. The wreck was
caused by boomers horses on the track.
FIRE in Danville, Ind, destroyed five
stores and residence. Loss, 10000;
insurance, $50, 600
ST. PAUL Sons of Veterans won the
competitive drill of the national en-
campment. Tacoma, Wash, was Sec
ond
WALTER CARR & Co.. produce deal
ers of New York City, have assigned,
with liabilities ana assets each about
$50, 900.
A TRAIN going north near Canton, N.
D., frightened yoke of oxen attached
to a binder led by woman, the man
who operated the machine being
perched on the seat The woman was
literally cut to pieces by the binder,
her legs. arms and head being cut off,
The man escaped.