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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
A. Chance for His strength.

~ lifted mass of iron weighing
three hundred pounds at the store to-
day." boosted SUBWAY.
did you?' replied his wife, admir-
ingly. Now see if you can lift a
couple of hods of coal from the cellar. "
Puck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Getting Ready.

Fair Customer Crying on the dress)-
I am afraid you have got the skirt too
short.
Dressmaker-O, no! Skirts are going
to be shorter this season. Chewing to-
bacco is ever so much cheaper than it
used to be.-Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28

What very original child little
Aleck Forbes is"
Eyes. | wish his father would have
him copyrighted. One like that is
enough. PUCK.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Why He Objected.

She-Even though you do not admire
Browning. you must admit he makes
one think, Mr. Chapleigh.
He-Ya-a-a-s: that's precisely why I
object to him.-Life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Anxious Times.

Mother-What makes you so nervous,
Charley, dear?
Charley-I've had two proposals of
marriage, and l really don't know
whether to accept Clara with her brains
or Ethel with her moncy.-Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
No Spirit to Fish.

Wife-How is it, Tom, you never go
fishing? You used to go so often.
Husband-Ahem! Well, you see.
have joined a temperance society.
Wife (innocently) Il didn't know
they objected to ishing?-Truth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Lucky Man.

"How are taxes up your way?"
Elegant. Way up"
"Uow much do you pay?"
mot a cent"
Exempt"
mo. Busted. Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Not Surprising.

Perdita irelating the affair after.
wards)-He looked awfully silly when
he proposed to me.
Penelope am not at all surprised
Brooklyn Life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Not His Fault.

Clara-I shouldn't think you would
look at Mr. Mackinham. Just think in
what q short time the reckless fellow
ran through his fortune!
Maude-True; but that, my dear,
was when he was engaged to YOU
Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Couldn't Do 1t.

Dashaway-Come around, old fellow.
and help me select suit Of clothes.
Travers-Couldn't do it, possibly. old
man. You seem to forget that we both
go to the same tailor S. Clothier and
Furnisher
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
The Proper Proceeding.

"What would you do if you found that
one else?"
''Sue her for obtaining affections un-
der false pretenses."-Truth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
WOmanlike.

Husband-Bless me; here's that letter
you gave me to mail this morning. Can
you forgive me?
Wife-Certainly, dear. As soon as
you left the house l thought OF a post
script wished to add.-N. Y. EVENING
Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Ono Good Reason.

Mrs. Mcbride (poutingly)-You never
take me sleigh-riding now, as you did
, before we were married.
McBride-No; but l didn't have to
pay for your dresses then.-Jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Where They Were.

Mrs. Witherby-Your old clothes man
was around to-day.
Witherby (grimly)-TeI him next
time if he wants to look at any old
clothes of mine he will have to call al
the ofice.-Clothier and Furnisher.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
A Greedy Goddess,

you as deity.
Miss Birdie-You do, ell? always
understood that the ancients made
sacrifices to their gods and goddesses.
Where are your offerings?-Texas
SiftingS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28

The wife of a western member of
congress informed sympathetic caller
the other day that she was completely
exhausted, having been engaged in
hanging port-cocheres the whole after
noon.-Jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
I.cEit mate Use.

mo, SIR" replied the druggist, II
can't sell you liquor except for medicin-
al purposes or for use in the arts"
IL want this for use in the arts"
"In what way?"
II want to paint the town red.
Y Sun
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28

"Ethel," he exclaimed, in tragic
tones, as he rushed into her presence,
II cannot marry yout have the mark
of Cane upon me!"
''Oh! Mortimer" she groaned, 'have
you killed papa?"
mo, Ethel, no; it came very near be-
ing the other way" and he dashed out
of one door as the old man came in the
other, with splintered walking stick
in his CORY grasp.-Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28

Mrs. Wayback-Did you go to the
theater while you was in the city,
Joshua?
Mr.. Waybacls-No, Mariah. could
Mt find no theaters, somehow. The only
place could find was dime museum
but saw that six times.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Giving Himself Away.

Pa-One of our boys has been stealing
rsisins again; have found the seeds on
the floor. Was it you, Tommy?
Tommy-It wasn't me; I swallowed
the seeds in mine.-Texas Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
No Grounds for Complaint.

No Grounds for Complaint.
Hostetter McGinniss - The safety
matches bought here are no good.
Clerk-What's the matter with them?
They don't burn. You can't light
one of them to save your life"
"Well, you can't get any better safe
ty matches than those, can your
Texas Siftings
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Natural.

Oolly-Oh. mamma, met little girl
to-day who had never heard of COW.
Dolly's Mother-That was strange,
wasn't it? Who was the little girl
Dolly?
Dolly-She said her father was 4
millzman.-Life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Systematic.

Busy Editors Wife-Here's package
of letters that mamma wrote you just
after we were married. Do you want
to save them?
Busy Extraordinarily. Mark them
"War "reminiscences" and file them in
the ''probably-not-needed" pigeon-hole.
Once a Week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
The Hnlv EaIne Ho Cot.

Bloobumper-Have you been hunting
Spatts?
STATISTICS.
Bloobumpcr-Bag anything?
Spatts-Only my trousers.-Jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Fortunately Disrraced.

TOteUH1eo1J O1sBH@eo
Mrs. McGarragh Ito her Soungest)-
That's tn lasht camel on tn shtraw's
back. Lave tn tablet
Flannery (who is dining with: the
family and can't cut his corn-heef)-
That kids in dead luck!-Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Next Best

He-Will you marry me?
She (emphatically)-Nol
He (undismayed)-Then will you
promise not to marry Bob Sawyer?-
pnck
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Which Was Right:

'What's all this noise about?'' in
quired the paper-cutter.
1.-THE ink says that it does all the
writing, while claim that do" an
swered the PEN Harper's Young Peo-
pie.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
selfish, But Sensible

Men sadly ask for half chance"
When striving to some goal.
They're welcome to it. AS for me.
want my chances whole.
Puck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Advice from an Animal.

There was donkey with bray
That was respected miles away.
Whene'er he kicked he always found
victim lingering somewhere round
Some Borrowing man was sure to feel
The fierce conclusion Of his heel
Come, learn, o man, and learn it quick,
From him, just when and where to kick.
Washington Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
A Consumer's View Of l

There's lots of money in coal these
days." said Mawson.
Il know it," retorted Minton. 'Rath.
err more money than coal"-Jury:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28

He-My wife never got the better Of
me but once.
She-Lucky man-what was that?
He (sighing)-When she married me.
Life,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
A Careful Man

Jinks-I hear you've doubled .your
life insurance.
BinEs-Yes, my wife has just joiiued
q cooking school.-Texas Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Highly Improper

Shall you 60 to the party tomorrow
night?" asked Miss Emerson of Boston
of her friend Miss Dleecker.
You bet your sweet life," was the
reply.
but isn't it rather reprehensible to
wager ones saccharine visality2"-
Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Old Tibbits In . Rage.

THAT fellow ought to be kicked to
death by jackass and I'd like to be the
one to do it."-Life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
A Paying Investment.

Paying Investment.
Dob Thingum-Watts Hysname's fur
neral cost eight hundred dollars.
Tom Bigbee-Well, it was worth every
cent of it.-Puck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28

Garden Seeds, fresh and sure to
grow.
Fruits-Fresh Bananas, Oranges.
Lemons Dates, and Apples.
observation-disclosures. Potatoes Cab
bage, Squashes etc.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
An Impersonal Regard.

Minister-Do you love the truth?
Scapegrace-Yes, If it isn't told about
me. -Brooklyn Lite.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
"rHE LAST THING OUT"

The man who knows it all is also the
man that told you so.-Truth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Very Eyiden t.

Young ladies, to this rule to keep
Is best for your own sake:
""Tis better to be fast asleep
Than to be fast awake"
BROOKLYN Life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
In The Land OF The Frea,

tern. Y. Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
He WAS with Her.

Mrs. Benedict-I need a new hat,
John.
Mr.. Benedict-I'm with you, then,
Matilda.
"You mean I get it?'
NO; l mean / need one, too!'-Bos-
ton News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
Very Unsatisfactory

II saw your mother-in-law at the the
alter last night. She seemed to enjoy
herself very much. She laughed her.
self half to DEATH
"Yes, that's just like her. She always
does things by halves. She Is very
unsatisfactory sort of woman."-Tex.
as Slftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-04-28
A HOrsc Ira de.

The man had horse for sale.
whats the price?" asked the dealer.
IA hundred and fifty dollars" said
the owner.
"I'll give you fifty" proposed the
dealer.
The man laughed.
II guess" he said, you take me for
about as big fool as l took you for.
You can have him for hundred dol
lars" And the horse was sold. -Detroit
Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
The Kansas wheat Crop.

KANSAS CITY. No, July 1.-THE
Riggs Commission Co. of this city, re-
ceived yesterday the first carload of
new No. 1 red Kansas wheat received in
this city this year. 1t is magnificent
grain and scales 63 full pounds to the
bushel. It came from Junction City,
and the consignees' agents say there Is
much more in that section just like It
Advices received by grain firms and
railroads point to the biggest crop Kan
sas has ever known
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
THE TRAIN ROBBERY.

PusiIlanimous Conduct of the Guard Spe-
ciaIIy Instructed For the Occasion
Fatal Random Shots.
Parsons. Kan, July 16--It was the
most audacious thing the train robbing
Daltons have done yet-their successful
attack on the Pacific express car OF
Missouri. Kansas Il Texas train No at
Adair, siXty-eight miles south of here
in the Indian nation, Thursday night
They whipped e special guard OF nine
men, left behind them one man killed
by random shot, loaded their booty
of unknown amount into a wagon and
drove calmly away.
For the eight men who did this OAR
ing thing rewards aggregeting $40, 600
have been offered
In the smoking car of train No.
there were sitting nine well armed
guards sent along to prevent just such
an episode as was going on in the ex-
press car. These doughty guards were
commanded by j. J. Kinney, chief OF
the roads detectives, and Capt J. FL.
Ia Flore, chief of the Cherokee Indian
police, who had been told to expect
raid at Adair that very night
About the time the robbery was all
over these guards became dimly aware
Of what was going on, and they opened
a rapid fire at the freebooters through
the car windows The robbers replied
with promptness and much yigor. Bull
lets whistled everywhere. However,
the robbers loaded their wagon and
drove merriiy OF toward the wood,
firing as they went
After the robbers had disappeared in
the dark il was found that their fire had
been deadly
In drug store near the depot Doc
tors w L Golf and Youngblood had
been sitting. Many stray bullets tore
through the frame wall of the Building
and both of the men were struck by
them DR.. Golf died in a short efme-
DR.. YounSbiood's condition is most Sc
rious-
The robbers bullets wrought injury
among the guards too Capt Kinney
was slightly wounded in the shoulder
and La Elore received a superficial
wound on the arm, while a guard
named Ward was slightly wounded
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
NISCELLANEOUS.

JAMES ODAY, a WOunOed P1nKertOn,
died at Chesterton, Ind.
A BLOODY battle resulted from the
employment of non-union men at
the Coeur d'Alene mines, Idaho. Ten
men were killed and as many wounded.
ELEVEN members of an excursion
party have been drowned at Strasburg,
Germany.
HEAVY rains caused 500, 600 damage
by raising the Warrior river forty-seven
feet near Birmingham, Ala.
AN alarming negro outbreak occurred
at Paducah, KY, on the night of the
18th. The negroes fred upon the
whites, fatally wounding one. Great
excitement existed and it was feared
slaughter of negro prisoners would re-
suit.
EDWARD o: KELLY, who killed Bob
Ford, was sentenced to hard labor for
life.
DEVELOPMENTS show that the county
treasurer of Paris, Ark, was himself
the burglar. The county is out about
$40, 600.
THERE was an awful landslide at St
Gervais les Bains, France, one of the
mountains overhanging the village fall
ing upon the houses. A glacier also be-
came detached Fearful ruin was
wrought. about 200 persons being killed.
AN excursion steamer was capsized
on Lake Peoria, Ill, by tornado on
the night of the 18th. About twenty
persons on board were drowned.
SEVEN men were killed and fourteen
wounded by the riot at the CHur d Alene
| mines The damage done by blowing
up the Frisco mill amounted to 1925, 900.
| Federal troops were ordered to the
scene
THREE miners were blown to atoms
by an accident at the Buckeye mine,
near Helena, Mont.
FRED Brown, aged 16, eloped with
Ollie Cunningham, aged "A, from Stock
well, Ind.
The furniture factory at Napanee,
near Goshen, Ind, has burned.
| JOHN GRANNIss and his son were
drowned while bathing in the river at
| Des Moines, Ia.
| Two young negroes were drowned
while bathing at Lauderdale, Miss.
JESSE COLEMAN, a prominent lumber
man of Sumter county, Ala, was
drowned while trying to save raft.
The governor of Astrakhan, Russia,
shot down and killed three rioters with
his own revolver.
IT was estimated that twenty-five
lives We're lost by the disaster on Lake
Peoria, Ill
THE live stock on the farm of Mrs.
Lucy Farneman, near South Bend. Ind,
have been mysteriously poisoned De.
tectives arrested man in the work.
but he refused to divulge the name OF
those who employed him.
FATHER BAY, Catholic priest. shot a
burglar in the arm at South Chicago.
The burglar was locked up and died
next day.
AN attempt in Cincinnati to form a
leaf tobacco combine with a capital Oh
81, 500, 900 proved failure. The STUN.
bling block was the adjustment of val
ues.
A TORNADO at Springfield, O., demol
ished fifteen houses and partially
wrecked forty more There was los
of life. one family being buried in the
ruins OF their home.
CoLoRED federal troops were in poses
sion at Mullane, Idaho. Miners threat,
ened to blow up all the association
mines if they We're ordered to Wallace.
AN Argentine torpedo catcher found.
cred off the coast of Uruguay The
crew of seventy was missing.
PINKEYE is prevalent at Vandalia, Ill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
The democratic anti-snappers of New
York will continue in permanent organ
izatton.
JAY GOULD and his daughters are re-
ported pleasuring in the Wood river
country, Idaho.
WILLIAM P. LUCAS, thanked by con-
gress for bravery in the Corean rebel
lion, now a broken-down old man, is in
prison at Brooklyn, having stolen a
little old iron from the waste pile in the
navy yard, where he was employed as a
laborer.
SPEAKER CRISP predicts an early adj
journment.
A MINISTERIAL crisis exists in France.
LOUIS PAsTEUR was reported down
with cholera in Paris.
KATE CAsTLEToN, the wen known
soubrette, is dead.
In the Chinese exclusion act it re-
quires white witness to testify. A
negro of Boston wrote to the president
in regard to the term. The president,
in reply, said he supposed the courts
would construe the word to include
blacks and that he did not feel justified
in holding back his signature to the
bill It was possible an amendment
would be adopted by congress.
THE reported death of William Wal
dorf Astor in London was contradicted.
He was in fact recovering from his at
tack of pneumonia
CYRUS w. FIELD, renowned through
the laying Of the Atlantic cable and
other enterprises, died at Dobb's Ferry.
n. Y, on the 18th.
TIP 70 rpi6pirht IF the 10Th the En-
glish conservatives had pa members of
the new house, the liberals 1873, the lib
era1 unionists 81, the anti-Parnellites
So, the Parnellites 5, labor candidates 3.
CAPT. T. r. WEBB died at San Diego,
Cal. He was at one time consul to New
Zealand.
BARON WIMMARLEIGH John Wilson
Patten) died at London, aged 90 years.
He was chief secretary for Ireland in
1869.
KANSAS prohibitionists met at To-
pela and nominated full state ticket
and set of congressman. /. o. Picker
ing, of Olathe, law partner of eX-Gov.
st. John, heads the ticket.
GLADSTONE was returned to parlia-
ment by majority of only 600. His
supporters expected much more.
AhAhO pdA POOPlO dIiO oSAAOSi ebIo VI
Iowa will fuse.
THE republican national committee
will establish branch headquarters at
Chicago.
M. BURDEAU is the new French min
lister of marine.
THE overthrow of the government in
Spanish Honduras is complete.
THE democrats carried the city cleo
ton at Cripple Creek, Col.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has returned to
Washington.
THE ninth annual national prohibit
ton camp meeting was held at Oakland
park, Decatur, Ill. The meeting was
opened by parade in which 500 chill
dren bore flags.
THE president has signed the Indian
appropriation bill, also the post office
appropriation bill and the bill author
izing the issuance of patents to the le-
gal heirs of Benjamin Metoyer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
CLIPPINGS.

The ground on which Is erected lions
new Lutheran church, Mannheim, Pa,
was donated to the congregation 120
years ago, for the consideration Of an
annual payment of one red rose, by
Baron Henry William Seigel, who
founded Mannheim, and was the first
glass and iron manufacturer of any note
in the United States He demanded the
rose twice. and was paid The baron
died poor and filed an unknown grave
Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, the editor
of Harper's Bazar. has just received a
complimentary degree from the univer-
sity Of Nebraska
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
Riots in Ireland.

DUBIIS, July 16.-It is reported here
that the rival political factions at
Portadovn. ten miles northeasts OF
Armagh, on the Ulster railway. are en-
gagged in a serious riot The fight. It Is
said, was waged with desperation by
both sides and when the police at
tempted TO restore order they found
that they were poxerless- They were
forced to retire 70 their barracks. but
in : short time they reappeared with
rifles and tried to disperse the mob Of
infatuated and bowling men, The mob
COMPRISED !, 600 men and they turned on
the police and -epalsed them
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES

THE city council Of Sioux City, Ia,
ordered half the city policemen dis
charged. 1t is charged that this action
is an attempt to handicap Mayor Pierce
in the enforcement of the prohibitory
law.
THE national convention of the w. c.
T. q. has been in session at Lake Bluff,
Chicago.
AN exploding tank of naphtha at Nor
walk, Conn. fatally burned four Italian
1aborers.
THE attempt to form trust among
the trunk manufacturers of Chicago,
Milwaukee and other cities has been
abandoned
AN immense reservoir of natural gas
has been opened in well on the shore
of Salt lake, twelve miles from Salt
Lake City.
JUDGE JOHN F. LocKETr chastised
Charles Sugg at Henderson, Ky. The
difficulty arose over an article which
Sugg was editor.
JOHN FIELD. aged 20. has been in a
state of suspended animation for sew
eral days at Jeffersonville, Ind. He
came near being buried.
lively to escape a mob at Rutland, VI.
DR. E. E. SLoMAN was drowned in
Lake Manawa, near Council Bluffs, Ia
AT the Forest Co.'S works. Little
Rock, Ark. the engine run wild, the
governor having got loose. AL Free
man, the engineer, was thrown on to
the saws. which cut through his skull
and body.
A BRITISH ship reports that the ISL
and of Sangis, in the Malay archipelago,
had been destroyed by a volcano and
that IL, o0U persons persisted.
| THOMAS Fl. CARTER, of Montana, has
been elected chairman of the repub lican
national committee His place AS sec
rotary has been filed by the selection
of Chris Magee, of Pennsylvania
! THERE was a wreck caused by a wash
out on the Northeastern road near
Florence, Del. Two men were killed.
! THE wife of President Harrison is
getting better despite reports to the
contrary, which were untrue.
| WILLIAM GILPIN, son of eX-Gov. Gill
pin, CT Colorado, was killed by falling
from a cliff on the south Platte river.
| IT turned out that one of robbers of
the M. K. & L. was killed His body
was buried by the gang near Adair,
1. T.
| THE senate on the 10th was eniveued
| by some excited remarks of Mr.. Harris.
But little business was done. The
worlds fair bill was debated in the
| house without action
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-21

News has been received of the escape
from Siberia of Solomon Gerber, a
former resident of Omaha, who was
cXfled to Siberia when on a visit to his
native country, Russian Poland. Ger
Der left Poland six years ago and COM
ing to America located in Omaha, where
he lived about four years. He took out
first naturalization papers. but not sec
ond; made considerable money peddling
and went back to Poland on a visit:
was arrested by emissaries of the car,
his property confscated and himself
exiled- The United States government
was invoked, but could do nothing as
Gerber was not a citizen. The letter
received was from Gerber's son. Gerber
is now on the way to America.