Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-07

A PASSENGER train on the Georgia Pa
cifc road was held IN by masked rob
bers on the morning of the s1st ult near
Weems, ten miles east of Birmingham,
Ala. Every registered letter. supposed
to contain $1,000, was taken, but the
express car was not molested
ONE hundred and seventy-one bales Of
cotton on a wharf az HAVE have been
burned.
NATIONAL LEAGUE UMPIRE THOMAS
ZAcHARLAH was killed by the cars
recentlygat Homestead, Pa.
ADDITIONAL contributions received
by Drexef &c Co., treasurers of the Rus
sian famine relief fund, make the grand
total sic, 1867.
THE French government is arranging
to send officers to study the police sys-
tenn of Berlin with the view of reorga1-
izing the Paris police.
ONE OF the murderers of Thomas D..
Edwards, of Huntsville, Ala, has been
shot and the other hanged.
A SMALL British force operating on
the Kaukkive river had an engagemeI
with the natives and were defeated.
AT meeting of the stockholders of
the Standard Oil Co. on the 31st ult. it
was decided to increase the capital stock
from S., 10000 to 81, 600, 900, to include
10000 shares Of the par value of 500
each. There was no opposition to the
proposition. Ninety per cent. of the
stock was voted.
THE steamer Golden Rule was de-
stroyed by fire at the big wharf boat at
Cincinnati on the 31st ult.S Only one
life was lost, that of Miss Nellie Ma
loney, who in attempting to jump off
@ln fal1 <6o
barge and was drow1ed. The Golden
Rule was valued at s2O,0 900 to S25, 900,
while the value Of the cargo was esti-
which was destroyed, was insured for
hs12, 900 and the Golden Rule forCf5 5, 600.
The claims aggregating over $500, 900
filed at Ottawa, Ont, By the sealing
| fleet for loss owing te exclusion from
Behring sea last yeer ara subject to re-
vision, as il IS stated that many are in
fatSd ansl tietitioets.
TIL prospective opeui9g Of sfse Chey-
eane and &saFa4oe rese1-vet:css, i1rcluss-
| iHg counties G, D, E, =, 6 and H ST the
! Oklahoma territory, Aaas caused 4zasch
activity on ths. pasrs Of tae Santa Ee
management "a preparing for ths ga
nected rush OF settlers. Counties L, Z
asad in the povshwe&tcen portion g
4lae reservat;1a are ,as&rer the Paa-
handle line - Ire S&&ssl Fe tl44sn aiay
9tlGsr railrwa5T ana tae saasa 81 tickets to
! Eisswa. Ksss., WssAawasrSl. ]. T., arg E3g:-
sins and Ga1laAsaa. Tos., all of. thess
{ EsNisatS assing fisgGt uren She border IF
the ns.w promised land, hes become very
I lkrsse. Good wagan rsseds lead efiteStf9
frsHn these stations into tie reservation.
bet,scting the aflatsnenAs 50 the Indiana
in &eEeraaty something mare than =, eEssI
quarter sections will agGa be opeH to
prs-caaptisn By h0tneSteasers.
EfsHV9sN 3ives wsr& lost by the tGt1sl-
: iaE 81 the Golaen Bale ~ Cincinnati ON
| tie SYST ult.
o THE City of Mexico has been flooded
| with counterfeit silver eoia.
I WALTER Cock was haAges fog murder
| at rairburn, &C., Gn tae 1st.
JOHN .. HAYNa. one 81 the oldest
! isekeye an the turf, ai0a at his home ia
I Can1den. of pneumonia recently.
Tbs Norwegian afeaner Louise,
! ksSefa for the Leffellen islands, of the
northwest coast Ell Norway, las been
! lost; ten were drowned.
owING to the prevalence of the fapt-
I anJ-aaopth aissase in Belgium tl<a
! French gsverhsalent wiz issue an erdss
py8haeiting tl4e importation q live
saaelz from tlaS country.
A wINDsreRA OF terrific fury passed
! through south-eentral and eastern kan
sas on the night of the 31st ult., enter
! ing the state at the Barber county line
and following its way enthusiastically
! through the eauHties Of Barber, Su1a-
nefs Seagwiek, B4gtlee. Chase and Lyon,
ana GA the Missouri river, damaging al
most every village jn its path and leav.
l ing behind in all the larger cities stories
Of wreck and ruin. The town OF Tow
andas IN Butler county, was blown
away. four persons were killed, FIVE
fatally and thirty seriously injured
Augusta in the same county was partly
destroyed and three persons killed. At
OSfofd bridge near Wellington fse Of a
family Lost their lives. Near Strong
City four persons were killed and eleven
insared fatally.