Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-05

WILLIAM WEST, . Negro was hanged
at Washington, Pas, Tor a treble murder
Committed May Il, 1890 The convict
attempted suicide by cutting his throat
the night previous % his execution
The rope Woke at the first attempt,
eahsing horrible scene.
YUMA, Ariz-, was reported id crit
ical condition On the 18th, owing to the
doeds
The Mohawk valley, N. Y, was
flooded on the 26th.
THE pope has informed the pfopac
ganda that he Is exceedingly dispis asea
with the last nominations for bishops
made in the United States and
sent Ter his approval
CAPTAIN A. e. WOoDsoN denies the
report from Little Rock that there is
much suffering in the Cherokee strip.
The suit of Timothy Harrington, NJ.
P. against the Insuppressible, of Dub
lin, for libel in making certain charges
about the handling of league funds re-
suited in a verdict of five pounds dam
ages against the defendant.
THE trade and navigation returns OF
Canada for 1890 have been issued. The
exports were s97, 74s, 149, and the inn
ports S12s, S5s, PAL. The imports in
creased last year by $500, 900 and the
exports increased about the same. The
balance of trade against Canada was
$25, 100. Canada's exports to the United
States were SAC, 000, 900 and imports $685.
DOC, 900.
Revere is popularity supposed to have
been born is shortly to be torn down
and a more pretentious and better rent
n,c%~-r, H.
house is at Nos. 10 and 81 North square.
ARTHUR BUDDENsIEK, aged IL, a son
of Charles A. Buddensiek, the New
York contractor who Is now serving a
term Of ten years in Sing Sing prison in
| mud" instead of mortar, fell through
hatchway in his fathers barn at Rah-
way, n. j., and broke his neck.
The hight of the 27th was bitterly
cold for the time of year in Nebraska,
Kansas and the western part of Mis-
souri,. The blizzard followed warm
spell of few hours.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
| the seven days ended February &c num-
| bered 200, compared with 297 the pre-
| vious week and 301 the corresponding
! week of last year.
EX-STATE TREASURER WOODRUFF, of
Arkansas, has been arrested on the
charge of violating the law in the inn
proper use Of the public funds during
his term. The shortage of over S63, 900
was paid by his bondsmen.
| STRIKING Hungarian coke workers at
| Scottdale, Pa, beat a man named Hol-
| Hday in frightful manner because they
| thought he was a nOn-Striker.
YUMA, Ariz-, was almost totally
ruined by the floods, only two houses
remaining.
THREE persons have died from tri-
chinosis in the vicinity of Ida Grove,
a., many others being sick. They had
been eating bologna sausage made
| from a diseased hog.
Mrs. MARIA B. WooDwoRTH, the
noted evangelist, was granted divorce
! at Rochester, Ind, on account of the
| adultery of her husband.
The port of San Felipe, of Mexico,
has been flooded by a storm. One
smacks have been wrecked. Eighteen
families made homeless. A number of
lives have been lost and many cattle
drowned.
''Carroty Nel1' in Whitechapel and
thought to be 'Jack the Ripper" has
been released.
THE damage by the flood at Yuma,
Ariz., and vicinity was placed at s2,0oO,-
600. Fourteen hundred persons were
homeless.
A REGULAR exodus of Mormons from
Utah to Mexico is quietly taking place
and within the next three months a
large number of the saints will have
| left. The Mormons have tract of land
| in the state of Chihuahua, 125 miles
long and fifteen wide, upon which they
are settling.
| THE London and continental money
| exchanges were dull and uncertain dur
ing the week ended February %. The
French-German trouble had a weaken
ing effect.
The rolling mills at Joliet, ILL.,, have
| shut down for an indefinite period.