Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06

THE Chicago & Grand Trunk has de-
| clared off its boycott against the Chi
| cago & Alton.
Two hundred and sixty laborers were
! lost recently by collision off the jap
anese coast
| COMMISSIONERS MORGAN has satisfied
Archbishop Ireland that no discrimina-
ton will be made against Catholic In
dian schools, though no further con-
| tracts will be made through the bureau
of missions.
| THE Union Pacific has granted the
Rock Island and the Milwaukee the use
of the Omaha bridge track until the
new rules and schedule now being pre-
pared are completed
EXPERIMENTS have been made in
Dane county, Wis, with the inoculated
chinch bugs from Kansas The inocu-
lated bugs were placed in the field
July 8 and the insects are dying by the
million.
J. C. AVERY, of No. rs Broadway.
New York, who recently failed in
the brokerage investment business, was
a Kansas City man and organized the
Equitable Mortgage Co. of Kansas City
in 1854 His liabilities are over $1,000
600.
| ACSS u uupOWOcT plOueu
in the Great Southern railroad depot at
Birmingham, Ala, doing considerable
damage. One man was slightly injured.
FIRE in Seattle, Wash, destroyed a
large livery stable, saloon and four
stores. George Williams lost his life
and a negro couple were badly burned.
IT is reported that the Big Four-Stock
Yards trouble, Chicago, has been set
tied. The packers will not go to Toll
lesion, Ind.
The new Balmacedan cruiser, Presi-
dente Errasiurez, has left Lisbon for
| Chilli
SYLVESTER YOU'VE, cashier at Louis
vile, KY, for the southwestern division
of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, is
missing, and is alleged to be defaulter
for $50, 600.
| DURING a heavy thunderstorm near
Dry Run, Franklin county, Pa. the
barn of Phillip Skinner was struck by
lightning and totally destroyed by fire.
| Two children of Mr.. Skinner, aged 12
and Is, were playing in the barn at the
time and both were killed instantly.
Miss Ida KEITH, young woman
who lived at Sydney, n. Y, was taken
with severe illness some time ago.
Her parents are believers in the faith
cure and would not allow a doctor to
be summoned to attend her. She suf-
! fered long illness, during which she
wasted to a mere skeleton and finally
died.
THERE was quite serious accident
near Bellaire, O., on the 31st, train OF
the narrow gauge running off at a
curve. Fourteen persons were serious
| ly injured, some, it was feared, fatally.
GRAssHoPPERs are doing considerable
damage to the oats, pastures and mead
ows near Van Vert, o. Many farmers
have cut their oats before fairly ripe in
order to save the crop, but the pests
work on the grain in the shock. Nc
damage to corn is anticipated.
BUSINESS failures CDun's report) for
the seven days ended July 80 numbered
247, compared with 254 the previous
week and 1s9 the corresponding week
of last year.
WILLIAM CALDWELL, a negro, was
hanged at Houston, Tex, for murder.
He was "Woodpecker' in the notori.
Gus Jay bird Woodpecker feud of Fort
Bend county and was the only one OF
the murderers to grace scaffold.
REPORTS from North and South Da-
kota and Minnesota are all that the
wheat crop is in the finest shape.
APPRAISER MARvELLE w. COOPER, OF
the New York custom house, emphatic
ally denies the rumor that he has re.
signed
A WICHITA firm has been awarded
the contract for the iron work on the
public building at Denver, Col, at &c.
O75.
THE Norwegian schooner LORNA was
sunk in a collision in the British chan
mel and eight seamen were drowned.
eral court at Fort Smith, Ark, for re-
ceiver for the Fort Smith, Paris & Oar
danelle railway.
FIRE in the cotton wareh ouse district
of Liverpool destroyed property worth
$3.50, ZOO.
j. KIMdELBERGER's large flour mill
at Morehouse, Wis, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
ADDITIONAL DBPATCHE6
Dom PEDRO, eX-emperor of Brazil, has
suffered a relapse. He is again con-
fined to his bed.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended August 1 showed an average de.
crease of IA. s compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 1877.
| PARNELL met with a remarkab bly, en-.
thusiastic reception at Thurles. Ireland.
SECRETARY BLAINE is showing much
limprOyernent in health He takes 1ono