Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
MISCELLANEOUS

SIX lives were lost by the wreck of
the steamer Gree on Anticosti island in
the mouth of the St Lawrence.
THE hull of the Anchor line steame r
Utopia, which was wrecked at Gibral-
tar some months ago. has been safely
lodged on the beach. The skeletons of
nine grown up males and several
children have been found on, the
teamer
A STATEMENT prepared at the treas
ury department shows that the receipts
from customs at the port of New York
during the first twenty days of July
were So, 795, 4S7, or So. 2S5, 551 less than
the receipts at the same time during
the corresponding period of last year.
THE receiver has again failed to dis
pose of the huge Whitley reaper works
at Springfield, o.
The steamer George Law, which runs
from Philadelphia to Gloucester, col
lided with the Lincoln park steamer
Georgiana at the mouth of the Schuyl-
kill river. One man was fatally in
jured and the Georgiana was laid up
for repairs.
YELLOW fever has broken out among
the crew of the British ship Nigretia,
which arrived at Pensacola, Fla, July
ported, that of George Rowan, an en-
gineer of London, Eng.
The Hall-Fitzsimmons prize fight at
st. Paul. Mimi, was declared off in
consequence of the general objection
and the order of Gov Merriam calling
out-the militia
The Kimban- Champ Investment Co.,
of Council Bluffs, Ia, has assigned
JUDGE WALLACE, of New York, has
granted an order suspending the writ
of injunction obtained by the Edison
Electric Light Co. against the United
States Electric Light Co. for a term of
six months by the fling by the United
States company of a sufficient bond to
protect the Edison company.
EVERYTHING was at a standstill in the
Vanwert CO., yards because of strike
of switchmen.
THE Big Four switchmen at Spring
field, O.. were still on a strike. Most
of the men were non-union and the
Switchmen's association held aloof.
Gov. STONE and Adjutant-Gen. Henry
went to Vicksburg to see if they could
do anything toward settling the labor
troubles agitating the people of that
city.
THERE is a strike among the miners
at most of the coal mines in the Indian
territory. All of the men at Hunting
ton. Ark, and at McAlester, l. T.. have
quit work.
THE Master Tailors' association has
decided to resort to general lockout
in Great Britain unless the strike in
Liverpool ceases within a week.
A SPECIFIC duty of eleven cents a kilo-
gramme has been imposed on all lard
imported into Peru
ALL the franchises, tracks, equip
ment, etc, of the Detroit (Mich) city
railway, controlling eighty miles of
streets have been sold. The consider
alton was said to be about SIS, 900, OOO
A TERRIBLE thresher explosion oc-
CURED recently on James Durbin's farm
near Litchfield, KY. Three men were
killed and FIVE dangerously injured.
The citizens of Washington are in
the field for the grand army encamp-
ment in 1892.
THOUSANDS of acres of farm lands
were laid waste by hail in North Da-
kota and Minnesota
GREAT damage has been done in Mo
ravia and Silesia by floods A train
was wrecked and many were hurt.
The preliminary examination of
James Brennan resulted in his being
committed for trial for the murder of
Sam Wood at Hugoton. Kan.
Two murders similar in character to
those perpetrated by Jack the Ripper
have occurred in Marseilles. A man
giving an Italian name twice took rooms
accompanied by a woman and in each
case the woman was afterward found
murdered, having been strangled and
then mutilated.
JUDGE MCKAY, the alliance Judge of
Harper county. Kan, was brought be-
fore Judge Horton, who reprim anded
him for his action in the HONEYWELL
case. but delayed action until Septem-
Der.