Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-17

MITCHELLs the Prize Q&nter, made
speech at Toronto the other day, after
his set to with Slavin In which he said
he wanted to fight Sullivan for the S25,.
600 purse offered if such q match could
be arranged.
shot and killed himself, being the
of the California National bank.
THE floods were SO severe in Spain
that it took several days before railway
and telegraphic communication were
restored.
THOUSANDS of starving laborers are
clamoring for work in different cities
OF Germany.
MICHAEL PURTILL, a Kansas City po.
lice officer, while off duty shot and
MORALLY wounded Thomas McGrail, a
saloon porter. on the 10th. The shoot
ing is claimed to have been done in
self-defense.
MUCH damage was done throughout
Iowa by the recent storm.
ALL the London newspapers ap.
proved the verdict in the Osborne case.
SEVERAL school children were lost in
the storm near St Peter. MINI.
The Spanish anarchists tried for
riot at Cadiz were acquitted.
THE musicians union of St Louis is
prepared to take issue with the United
States government in the matter of al.
lowing the Marine band, under Prof.
Souse, to make a tour of the country,
thereby coming in at least indirect
competition with local talent
THE next Russian military maneu-
vers, the scene of which will be in the
vicinity OF Moscow, will be on a gi-
gantic scale. Six army corps under
Gems. Obrutschoff and Dragomiroff will
take part. besides the guards and other
cavalry, the whole reaching total OF
200, 600 men.
The Russian government, in order to
alleviate as far as possible the distress
among the peasants, is employing large
mum bers of them at Mini Novgorood,
Orel KaZan and lula in clearing off
over 3. 900 acres of forest land.
SOLID train of twenty-eight cars,
containing IL, 800 bushels of shelled
corn, was made up at Bloomington, Ill,
and dispatched to the seaboard foH
shipment to Russia 1t was all con-
tributed by citizens of Mclean county,
Ill
TIE blizzard on the 10th did great
damage throughout Minnesota and the
Dakotas. Communication with Mon
tana was cut off.
The market at Glasgow. Scotland,
has been closed against cattle, sheep
and pigs in consequence of the prev.
alence of the foot and mouth disease,
which, despite the. efforts made to
stamp it out, seems to be spreading in
Scotland. A large number Of cattle
and swine have been slaughtered at
Paisley by order of the authorities.
SEVERAL of the Russian ministers
believe that the letters of Count Toll
stol, published in foreign papers, Civ.
ing accounts of the distress prevailing
in Russia, should be stopped, and as a
means to this end they have urged the
car to place the count under arrest
His majesty refused to listen to the ad-
vice of his ministers.
IT has been decided that no law covers
prize fighting on the high seas
A BULLETIN issued by the superin
tendent of the census shows that hemp
raising is on the decline
FIRE damp exploded in a Belgian
colliery on the 18th in pit where
nearly 800 men were at work. The
numbe of the dead is placed at 300
REPORTS of damage to winter wheat
have been received from Kansas and
Illinois
ANOTHER American sailor was
stabbed in the streets of Valparaiso
THE Standard oil trust, at its next
meeting, will dissolve and will not Or
ganize in any way, but the company
will not go out of business.
The New York Produce exchange
has stopped dealing in puts and calls.
A CoRONER's jury rendered a verdict
to the effect that police officer Purtill
killed Thomas McGrail in self defense
at Kansas City.
A FIERCE blizzard ragged in north.
ern New York on the 10th and 18th.
The mercury was 35 degrees above al
at Syracuse on the 18th, and the wind
came from the northwest at sixty
mile an hour gait. Business was at q
standstill. Great drifts of snow were
in the main streets and snow plows
were running
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
THE crowd of spectators in hem ,,ite
ores at Duluth, Mimi; is GROWN g larger
and the outlook for the coming seaso r