Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19
MISCELLANEOUS.


VICTOR MACE, a we'll known private
banker of Paris, has disappeared. His
creditors mourn to the amount of 2O,-
OOO, 900 francs.
THE United States cruiser Baltimore
has sailed from Toulon for Chilli.
THE British steamer Thanemore,
from Baltimore for London, has been
given up for lost. She had crew of "a
men.
AS the time set by law for the Potta-
watomies to take their lands in sever
atty has expired the agent at Shawnee
town is engaged in forcibly alloting the
few who were backward.
THERE was a terrific explosion of gas
in an Indianapolis sewer the other af-
ternoon that injured severely William
Rock and John Christianson.
THE First National and the North
Middlesex Banks, of Aver. Mass, have
appeared.
GEORGE j. GIBSON, secretary OF the
great whisky trust, has been arrested
at Chicago on the diabolical charge of
blowing up non-trust distilleries by
dynamite.
FROM a reliable report it is learned
that the Russian authorities have
caused wholesale expulsion of Jews
from Novgorod and its environs.
IT is evident that the shortage of FL
bridge Pierce, the absconding secretary
of the City Loan Association, of Will
mington, Del, will amount to 800, 900
instead of SAT, 951, as recently reported.
1t is believed the assets of the concern
are now about $50, 900, against $40, 900
this time last year.
The striking Connellsville coke burn
ers threatened to mob the non union
men at Rainey's works, and forty de-
tectives were distributed at the several
plants.
EXTENSIVE prairie fires have been
raging through the western part of
Hale and Swisher Counties, Tex, and
thousands of acres of range have been
destroyed. The fire was of incalculabl
damage to stockmen.
THOMAS NORTHCUT, Levi Brown, Ruth
Jenners and Sidney Jenners were badly
injured by an explosion of gas at La
fayette, Ind. The Jenners can not re-
cover.
THE boiler in the Quebec Worsted
Company's factory at Hare Point, Que,
exploded recently, completely demol-
ishing the engine house and about half
of the factory. About SO operatives
were killed and wounded
PRIVATE BLACKEN, Fifth cavalry, re-
| Gently killed the second cook, Gottlieb
NOnneman, at San Francisco.
RIOTOUS scenes occurred at the Clark
thread mills near Newark, n. j., the
other evening when the non-union spin
| ners quit work. A boy was shot
| through the foot by a special police
| man.
Two of the crew of the steamer Cal
Hope, that took fire at her dock at New
port, England were found dead in their
hunks.
MRS. LA FRANCE and two children
| were burned to death in their home al
| ST. Albert. Ont.
A NATIVE of the Shan States, Bur.
nah, recently ran amuck and shot
Major Nixon, Lieutenant Jameson and
two Sepoys dead.
EVERETT WILEY shot and killed jar
Samphon at the Bowman Lumber Com
pany's camp near Brownstown, w. Va
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) fol
the seven days ended February 10 mum
bered 297, compared with 500 the
previous week and 500 the correspond
ing week of last year.
TROUBLE commenced at the grading
for the Worlds Fair at Jackson park
Chicago, on the 18th, number of idle
workmen attempting to drive off the
Italians working for a contractor, caus
ing the work to be stopped.
THE pumping out of No. slope a
Evansville, Pa, where the bodies of the
miners are buried, is progressing rapid
ly. The counter gangway is now emp
ty, and soon the slope will be dry
Preparations are being made to take
care of the bodies of the men when they
are reached and give them prompt ant
careful burial.
The combination pulp and straw
board mill at Ellhart, Ind, exploded
with terrific force, demolishing tn,
large brick mills Schuyler Neswander
aged 25, was blown thirty feet and tori
to pieces George Hickman was crusheS
from his hips down and will die. I've
other men were hurt.