Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-18

expedition from Loango under NJ.
Crampel
THE Campbell cotton mill at Mana
yunl<, near Philadelphia, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, S24O, 200.
A TERRIFIC hurricane, causing much
damage, has swept over eastern Gaicia.
During the storm an entire forest was
partly uprooted, and the towns of Pod
kamin and Pruikwa suffered consider
ably.
BY orders of the authorities no more
Russian Jews are permitted to enter
Berlin, and their passage through Ger
many is being fastened as much as pos
sible, very few being allowed to wait at
Charlotten burg beyond the intervals
between trains.
LIE RATIONALE, of Paris, announces
that NJ. De Lesseps will be legally
prosecuted for having misled the
French investors in the Panama canal
project
The famous crater of the Solfatara,
near Naples. is showing signs of re-
newed activity. This volcano was act
i've long before Vesuvius was, but for
ages has been nearly extinct
A WELL known citizen of Riverton,
n. j., states that the fugitive president
of the Keystone bank. Gideon w. Marsh,
was seen at that place. Detectives are
running down the clews.
THE Cherokees propose to try to make
the hay cutters in the strip pay fifty
cents ton for hay and the cattlemen
one dollar a head tax. Both have re-
fused to pay anything and say they
have as much right there as the Chero-
KEGS.
THREE editors of Quesaltenango,
Guatemala, have been arrested and
loaded with chains for adversely criti-
cising the government They are fed
with bread and water and are COM
PEELED to work on the streets several
hours daily.
JAMES INGRAM, of San Diego. a pros
pector, has died of starvation in Alaska
and his body has been devoured by
wolves.
WILLIAM BLANEY has been hanged at
Baltimore, Nd, for killing his grand
mother and aunt NJ ay 2, 1890.
THREE trainmen were killed by a
wreck of a coal train while coming
down the mountains between Lloyd
vile and Bellwood, Pa
INVESTIGATIONS into the Bardsley
case at Philadelphia implicated Comp
troller of the Treasury Lacey in having
a knowledge of the Lucas defalcation,
and which he was concerned in conceal
ing. Mr.. Nettleton, assistant secretary
of the treasury, also came in for q
smirching. The revelations caused
much comment
AT Hammonton, N. J., Daniel Gross
and two of his children were killed by
lightning.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) fol
the seven days ended June IL mum bereG
244, compared with 247 the previous
week and 212 the corresponding week
of last year.
The Germans recently captured by
Turkish brigands and released a few
days ago have arrived at Dresden
Banker Papa died in consequence o.
wounds inflicted by the brigands-
JULIO MERZBACHER, South American
agent of the New York Life Insurance
Co., is said to be defaulter for about
half million dollars.
The New York Mail and EXPIRES.
wants the Metropolitan museum opened
at day break each week morning, SO a.
to allow workingmen to visit it ant
obviate the necessity of Sunday open
| ing.
Two children Of William Stewart
! playing with matches in barn at Eos
toria, O., set the structure on fire an.
both of them persisted in the flames.
| C. MASON MOODY, for eight year
treasurer of Franklin county, Mass.
has confessed the embezzlement O
$40, 600 of the county funds. The none.
loss has been made good.
HENRY MILLER, notorious stag
robber of Arizona, escaped frorn hi
guards at Casa Grande, Ariz-, while tn
officers were asleep. He even pickle
the pocket of one of the guards.
The supreme court of Pennsylvani
decided that the Philadelphia city cour
ellis would not have the right to seleC
the successor to City Treasurer Bards
ley. Richard G. Oellers is thus ouste
from the Office, and the appointment G
w. Edwood Wright by Gov. Pattison
sustained.