Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-24

R. L. the inventory OF the estate OF
Josephine A. Barnaby. amounting to
SIS, 12L IL, was accepted.
| THOMAS r. INGoLDSBY, aged 60,
father-in-law of Congressman O'Neal.
! of Massachusetts,, committed suicide
the other day in Boston by cutting his
wrists and throat with a razor. Tenn
porary insanity from the grip was the
cause.
CHICAGO aldermen charged with cor.
ruption in office have been indicted.
SIX tuberculosis Jersey cattle out of
herd OF seventy-nine valued at $50, 600,
| were killed and dissected in Philadel-
phia recently.
FIRE in. Eddyville. N. Y. recently
destroyed thirteen buildings, including
| Schuman's hotel and Torrey's hotel,
four dwelling houses and seven barns.
The loss will reach about $50, 900. All
| the buildings burned were frame
structures.
AN extractor in Whitney & Motifs
| indigo works, at Millbury. Mass, ex-
ploded the other day. Willard Rice,
an expressman, had both legs cut off
above the knee and is not expected to
recover. Joseph Perry had his right
leg broken and was otherwise injured
| chent were badly bruised
The New York assembly has passed
the state senate worlds fair bill, ap-
propriating $500. 600 by vote of 100 to 5.
| The Austrian 6end Franz Schneider
| was hanged in Vienna on the 18th. He
exhibited great fear.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL GRIMES, of
| Oklahoma, has been indicted for per.
| jury.
| LIGGETT e MYERS tobacco factory
at st. Louis was partially destroyed by
fire on the 18th Losses over $500, 600.
THIRTY thousand head of cattle are
said to have persisted in Texas during
the recent storm.
The treasury department purchased
on the 18th 4s7. 900 ounces of silver at
SO.915 and 50. 9a2
NOTICE has been given by Chairman
Finley that the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION has agreed on arrangements
for the quadrennial conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Omaha,
which begins May and continues four
weeks. They consist of one lowest
frst-class fare for the round trip. the
first sale of tickets to be made April
% and the limit Of extension June 1.
THE agricultural department report
states that two million more bales of
cotton are raised than.ar used.
| HEAVY disbursements reduced the
treasury balance on the 18th to &c.,,
225. 600, of which S12, GIL, 2O1 are on de-
post with national banks and SIS, 225,
600 is in subsidiary and minor coin.
The receipts from internal revenue
during the first eight months Of the
fiscal year ended June 80 were $780,
e67,233. an increase of IS, 7oO,07s over
the receipts during the corresponding
period of last year.
The national bank note circulation
| is now S161. 600, 900. an increase of near
| Iy $40. 600, 600 since July last.
The trunk line passenger agents
| have decided to sell one fare tickets to
those people who desire to visit the
battlefelds near Washington at the
G. A. R encampment in September.
THE floods in the south of Spain were
disastrous In the town of Villaverde
1Os houses collapsed, one child being
crushed to death
THE other day about twenty-five
drunken miners engaged in free-for-
all fight at Carbon, Ind During the
wrangle ]. D. Bennett drew a large
knife and cut John Jones, 10 years old,
fatally.
W. A. Crow, agent of the Illinois
Central at Pulaski ILL.,, has been ar
rested on charge of swindling. It
appears that Crow has been imperson-
ating clergymen and obtaining half
fare permits under assumed names from
various roads and selling the permits
A COMMITTEE of the Portuguese
| chamber of deputies has decided that
there are no grounds for criminal pro-
ceedings against Senior Carvalho, who,
while minister of finance, loaned a
large sum of money to the Royal rail-
road
GEORGE RIPPLE, a bachelor of Plicors
Ia. living alone. committed suicide the
other day by hanging himself to a
door-knob with a rope Topped around
his neck, passed around his leg. looped
over his foot aud fastened to the door
knob. No cause is known.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
THE worlds conference of Mormons
is to be held in Independence, Mo-,
| April G.
GEN. MEREDITH READ gave farewell
| dinner on the 2Oth to United States Min
| lister Reid in Paris. The guests includ-
| ed Foreign Minister Ribot, the ambas-
Set0OIS OIL huSSlcs, AuSCrld duu turkey
| and number of other diplomats
THE committee on rivers and harbors
| in its report recommends an appropri-
alton of 1895, 600 for the improvement
OF the Missouri river.
THE whisky trust officials filed mo-
tions to quash indictments against
| them =
| IVES has beat Schaefer and won the
| worlds championship at billiards
SENATOR HILL returned to Washing
| ton on the Goth from his southern tour.
| INDIAN TERRITORY democrats on the
| 10Th selected delegates to the national
convention.
| A BILL has been introduced IN the
British house of commons by Scotch
members giving Scotland legislative
| body.
| GEN. SCHoFIELD has issued orders for
the annual spring movement of troops
SENATOR STANFORD has refused $780,
900 for the stallion Advertiser.
JUDGE GEORGE DRIGGs, of the Chi
cago circuit, died suddenly on the
| morning of the 10th while sitting in
chair at his residence. The cause was
| quinsy sore throat
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