Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30

IT is announced that 800 more men
| were dropped from the pay rolls of the
Burlington Company last week, effect
ing an additional saving of $50, ZOO.
FIRE in Wullwehr & Co.'S furniture
factory in Chicago caused 500, 600 dam
age.
w. GREGG & Sons, cotton factors and
wholesale grocers of Shreveport, La,
have failed with 1926, 600 liabilities and
$500, 600 assets.
BLOOD was shed in the eviction of
coke strikers at Adelaide, Pa, on the
22d. One Hungarian woman at least
was killed and several more wounded
The whole district was greatly dis
turbed.
CHARLES SwEAZEY, a lineman, was
killed by electricity at Denver, Col, re-
Gently.
JUDGMENT has been rendered in the
famous libel suit Of John w. Mackey,
the millionaire, against Galignani's
Messenger. Blondin, the director, will
undergo sixteen months imprisonment.
LABoRERs at Gilbert, Hedges & Co.'S
lumber yards at Burlington. Ia, drank
freely of water from an old well in the
vicinity and as result of poison from
sewerage five of them are dead and
several others are not expected to live.
REVENUE AGENT HAWKINS and posse
have returned from a moonshine raid
through Letcher. Leslie and Aurele
counties, KY. They made a 500 mile
trip, captured and destroyed six stills
together with 100 gallons of whisky,
1000 gallons of high and 500 gallons of
low wines Fifteen moonshiners were
arrested.
A FEARFUL explosion of gunpowder
took place at Rome, Italy, on the 23d-
| The city was shaken as by an earth
quake. Much damage was done and a
number of persons were killed and in
juredL
The street car strike at Detroit,
Mich, was attended with much rioting
on the Esd. The crowd succeeded in
stopping traffic, though many persons
were dubbed by police.
The wife and son of Charles r. Ham,
mond, of Cleveland street, London, no.
toriety, have been made county paupers
at Seattle, Wash. Hammond is in Jail
for theft.
The Cincinnati presbytery has adopt
ed a report asking the general assembly
to take such action with reference to
the noted utterances of Prof. Charles
A. Briggs, of Union theological semin-
airy, as shall in its judgment be best
adapted to preserve the peace, purity
and prosperity of the church.
SIXTEEN mules and six cars were
burned in the Galveston city street rail-
road stables.
The Berliner Nachrichten says the
removal of the prohibitory restrictions
on American pork has been arranged
for as soon as the United States govern
ment issues regulations for the carry
ing out of the meat inspection law. 1t
adds that the report that only live
swine will be admitted to Germany is
inaccurate.
THE steamer Belgic, having on board
the remains of the late minister to
Japan, John F. Swift, has left Yoko-
hama She is due to arrive at San
Francisco May z.
MANY of the Sioux Indians about
Chamberlain, S. D., are putting in fields
of grain this season.
The latest report from Harvey City,
S. D., is that great ledge of green
quartz with from to per cent. of
nickel has been found near there.
The strike at jackson park, Chicago,
is over for the present and all the men
needed are at work.
A DEPRAvED woman known as
shakespeare was found horribly muir
dered in New York on the morning Of
the Oath. There were strong indica-
tons that it was the work of the noto-
rious "Jack the Ripper
A. ]. HUNT, who shot Private Miller,
was jailed at Walla Walla, Wash. On
the night of the gath the Jail was
assailed by $50 soldiers and Hunt
was shot to death. The guard fred al
. the soldiers and it was reported several
were killed.
Rev. GEORGE w. boutwell,, of the
Claasen Avenue Church of the Covenan,
, at Brooklyn, N. Y, is thought to be
dying from the effects of swallowing g
: cork, lodged in his lung. He was hold
ing the cork in his mouth, while pour
ing out some medicine from a bottle
when something caused him to laugh
and the cork was drawn down hif
throat.