Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-14

Apr. l7,ssation New York post ONCE de-
liquors and "A, Kutterer millinery. destroyed at
April as-Twenty five dwellings at Forest
port n Y; destroyed: Town Of specht,s
| Y, entirely destroyed.
| May Sire in steel works near Troy, N Y,
May 6-Hayes county (Neb.) courthouse and
county records destroyed
city burned: loss 81. ooO 600 '' y
May 1.-THE towns of Clinton. Otia, Fields
Park City and Lilley. Mich. destroyed by for
May 14.Town OF Middlebury. Pa. destroyed
| May lS-Business portion of La Monte, Mo-,
in t ny hese M FIRE I've
| stroyed: loss nearly 81. 000.0U.
May D.Village Of Amherst. Wis, destroyed
June 2-Factory building in New York; loss
June 1.-THE city OF Seabright, N. J.. de-
June 27-Old Ferry rolling mill at Whining
ton. Del, destroyed; loss. Sooo0 900.
| July 5-Four blocks OF buildings at La
| grande. Ore; loss. $4,000.
July 14-Business portion OF Mount Vernon,
July 17-Incendiary fire at EIdon, Ia, de-
stroyed business portion of town.
July is.viLlage Of , SSawyeryiBIle Mich, en-
Aug 4EDry goods store of seigel. Cooper &
| Co. at Chicago destroyed; loss 81, COZ 90.
| Aug 19-Twelve blocks destroyed at jack
sonviile Fla; loss slooo,Ooo.
| Aug. 25-Half the business portion of Moody,
| Tex. destroyed by incendiary fire
aug so-onehalf the business portion OF
| county records destroyed.
Aug. 27-Business portion of Fonda, Ia. de-
| Aug. s9@Tweaty townships in Faullz county,
| s. D., were devastated by pr airie fires.
Sep. 1-Business portion of Ceres, n. Y, de-
Sep sO-Business portion of Needles, Cal,
destroyed
Sep. 24-Entire business portion OF Bradley.
s. D., destroyed -. Towns of Pearley and Com
stock. Wis, destroyed by prairie fires.
stroyed.
Oct. ss-Ammas Forks, Col. destroyed; -.
| Opera house, five business buildings and five
| residences destroyed at Lancaster, Ky.
Oct. SIf1re IN gas works at Louisville, KY.
Oct 20-Eighteen houses at Muskegon, Mich,
| destroyed.
Oct. s1-Nineteen buildings burned at Gin
destroyed at North Baltimore. 8. loss ssoo 90
Nov. aaV1llage OF Buffalo Gap, s. D. entirely
Noy: ls-Ybor City. Fla, partially destroyed;
Nov. 1s-The firms Penny & Gertles, Sonnen-
fed Millinery Company and the Farmers
ous aio loss
hardware stores in ST. Paul. MINI: loss s5Oo.00O.
Nov. 25-Thomson- Houston Carbon Com
pany and Mclean spike works, Fremont, @.
Nov. 3O-Large portion Of business part OF
Dec II-Business part of Red Key, Ind
Dec 13-Large part of Oaks, N. D.
Dec 19.Eleven business houses, Creston
Dec as.Business part of La Grange wyo.,
Dec 24-Business block, Hutchinson, Kan ;
$3.50, 600.
Dec. a5-About one-half the business houses
Dec. a6-Hospital for the insane at Pontiac,
Mich $4,000; Several business houses at
| Dec 2S-Two boot and shoe houses in Boston;
S5OOOOO.
In addition to the above disastrous conf1agra-
lions occurred in the following towns: Boil
s Ma o Mount %o kS
III ,n Gree9ys ,o ElisEle
vile, Ala schiocton, Wis; Beebe, Ark. f.;
Tobias ol NeD; &C Gh ss,t o.; Latham
MINI MINI; Manning' Ia; osSeo. Wis; Meadow
Wis: Camp Douglas. Wis; Grand Mound,
Ia; Ceres, n. Y; Yarmouth, Ia; Camargo,
Shawneetown. Ill. Rice Lake. wis: Canton.
O.: La VALE; Wis; Lola II; Waterville Me-
Madebur a Rock Mo Greee
FOREIGN.
| Jan. 3@Large number of miners killed by
| fre-damp explosion in Trinity Pit. near the
| Polish town of Ostrau -. Alexander William
k1nglake, English historian, died in London,
! age 80.
Jan: 49, ;senor NJ, A. Martenez president of
! Spanish chamber of deputies. died.
Jan. s3-Prince Baudouin, heir to Belgium
| throne. died.
Jan. 25-Fifty miners killed aud so others in
| 1ured In mine explosion at Gelsenkirchen, Ger
| many.
Jan. 2S-World's fair at Kingston. Jamaica,
Jan So-Charles Bradlaugh. M. P, died in
LONDON aged S. Serious earthquake shocks
Jan 3I-Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier the
famous French painter. died in Paris, aged "a.
49,. Miles Bertrand Bethel, French novelist,
died in London aged 76.
Feb. 21-One hundred and nineteen persons
killed By explosion in Spring Hill coal mine,
Mar. 6-Canadian elections resulted in sue
Mar 16~Dr Ludwig Windthorst, leader OF
Catholic party in German parliament. died in
Mar 17-One hundred dervishes killed by
explosion in armory at Ondurualn, Egypt:
Rome, aged &c. Five hundred and sixty,nin ne
persons drowned in Gibraltar bay by steam
Mar. a3~Oxford won annual boat race be-
| tween Oxford and Cambridge university crews.
Mar s1aCity Of Pryzraw, Germany, de-
London. aged IS.
of northern provinces and thousands OF people
| killed.
Apr 3-Marquis de Rudini replied to Score
| tary Blaine's letters on Baron Fava's recall
The reply was q concession to Secretary
| Blalne'S position.
Apr 2s-B. and A. Homayer. bankers, at
| Bombay, faiIed liabilities 81. 10000
Apr. 25-Field Marshal Count Won Mnltke,
| villages destroyed by British Indian troops and
hundreds Of persons killed.
May 2|Many persons killed in cities of
| France and Italy during fights between work
men and troops
| May 7-Chilian insurgent warship. Blanco-
| Eucalada, was blown up in Caldera bay and $50
| of her crew drowned
May 19-Students prevented the expulsion of
| aY Once mt lie frOr Re- do
| May 90-Natalie ex-Queen of Servia, forcibly
expelled from Belgrade.
| June 5-Chilian fnS;:-gent steamer, Itatn
| surrendered to United States men of-war at
Iquique
June 9-Rebellion in b ayti crushed and lead
ers executed.
June 12-Repeated earthquake shocks in Yer
| ona, Italy
June I5-One hundred and fifty persons killed
| in railrU ad wreck near Munchenstein, Switzer-
] land.
| June 1S-Many persons killed by hurricane in
North German coast cities.
| June 0-Sixty earthquake shocks expert
enced throughout the province OF Bengal
India.
June 27-Much damage by cloudbursts and
| waterspouts throughout Germany.
| july 2o-F1fty persons killed and 100 injured
| in railroad collision at ST. Mande France.
! July 31-Many lives lost and 10 villages de-
| stroyed 10y floods in Japan.
Aug. 22-Battle between President Balma-
ceda and the insurgents near Valparaiso Chilli;
5000 soldiers killed -. Henry Cecil Raikes
BRITISH postmaster general died in London,
aged So.
Aug. a9-Balmaceda,s power in Chilli broken
Fr1Ss nod n ~ ofpsr