Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-07

come from Scotland. went out fishing
at Victoria, B. C. While returning, one
of the boats with three men was over
turned and all drowned
FOREST fires in Atlantic county, N.
j., were quite alarming and destruct-
i've. The timber destroyed was said to
be worth 500, 600. Several villages
were threatened.
SELLS Bros circus was blown over
at Tihan, O. A lady had her skull
fractured by falling tent pole:
AN individual known as ''Frenchy
No. L." under arrest, is thought to have
murdered and mutilated the woman
Carrie Brown, alias ''Shakespeare,"
at New York. Jealousy was the motive.
DESTRUCTIVE fires are raging in
the Blue mountains near Reading, Pa
Fire on the South mountain has covered
an area of six miles long by two miles
wide. The air is filed with dense
smoke.
ONLY four of the 3,267 immigrants
who arrived at Baltimore on the 3Oth
will be returned to Europe.
THE Paris salon opened with 700
pictures less than the usual number ex-
hibited.
MAY day in Europe was attended by
serious encounter at Rome. Among
the fatally wounded was Cipriani,
radical deputy. There was serious dis
order at Lyons and also distur Dances at
other cities in France.
THE master builders and stonemasons
of Boston have compromised on nine
hours work and extra pay for over
time and holidays.
S11O
has been pooled and put in charge of
trust company for five years to keep it
out of the sugar combine.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended April 80 num-
bered 255, compared with 247 the previ-
Gus week and Oil the corresponding
week of last year. Trade prospects
were reported brighter.
| GREEK Christians have been pillaging
and otherwise maltreating Jews in the
| Ionian islands.
| GREAT excitement was reported at
Tahlequah, 1. T., because of the threat
ening attitude Of Creek negroes deter
mined on avenging black mans death.
THE public debt statement showed a
net decrease during the month of April
of 81, 514, s27.
WILLIAM REEL, correspondent at
Waco, Tex, for a scandal paper at
Kansas City, Mo-. was recently given
seventy lashes, stripped, tarred and
feathered and ridden on rail.
THREE girls were burned to death
recently in a fire which broke out in
the fireworks factory of George Kramer,
1902 Union avenue, Morrisiana, New
York.
A CHAMBERMAID in the Rochester ho-
tel, New York, was burned to death re-
Gently. The hotel loss was light.
EARTHQUAKE shocks of greater or
less severity and duration were re-
ported from Cotocock, Keene, Concord,
Manchester and other New Ham phshire
towns on the night of the LIST, in several
instances giving buildings a severe
shaking up.
In the territorial court Judge Seay
has overruled the demurrer of the vii
lage Of Frisco in the county seat mat
ter, and the injunction was made final,
which practically leaves the seat at FL
Reno, Ok
On the Pemickey road, opposite West
Newton. Pa, an emigrant train carry
ing 100 Hungarians to the Frick plant
collided with an engine and the for
eigners were thrown into a panic, i'm
agining they had been attacked by
strikers. The Hungarians said they
had been told the strike was over and
| all was settled
THE report of the stranding of a
transatlantic steamer off Kinsale, Ire.
land, has been found to be erroneous.
CHARLES s. KAGY, of Chicago, was
burned to death in his factory by the
explosion of a caldron of japanning.
REPORTS from all parts of eastern
Pennsylvania show that there were no
strikes of any kind.
The epizootic is prevalent in portions
of Ohio.
BIDS for the construction of system
of waterworks at Helena, Ark, will be
opened May %.
THE New York tax levy this year is
but 13s mills for support only Of
schools and canals, no levy for genera
purposes being necessary.
ADDITIONAL DIsPATCHES.
THE greater portion of St. Killian
near West Bend, Wis, was wiped ou
by fire which started in the residenc,
portion of Joseph ZiesePs buildings.
COMPLETE returns show that Bis
marck received 1854 votes agains
5,4S6 for Schmalfeld.
Canadian parliament propose askin,
the government to increase the duty OF
American coal
THE Globe tissue paper mill at Elk
} hart, Ind. burned. Loss, $50, 900; in
surance, $2O,O00
THE shoe factory of John O'Connel
} & Sons, Marlboro Mass, burned Loss
S75. 600; partly insured.
NEARLY 400 granite quarrymen al
Barre, Vt, went on strike, the caus.
being the employers refusal to show {
discrimination between union and non
, union workmen.
: A DISPATCH from London announce:
the death of Barry Sullivan.
CLEARING house returns for the weel
ended May showed an average de
l crease of go compared with the CORE
} spending week of last year In New
. York the decrease was 1874.
Dr. CRoNIN's grave at Calvary GENE
terry, Chicago, was smothered in flow
ers the second anniversary of his muir
} der