Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

ported in several places in Russia
THE New York Herald offers, as
prize to the person guessing nearest the
plurality of the winning presidential
candidate, a free trip around the world.
THE result of the hot weather in Iowa
has been phenomenal development of
the corn and oat crops The former now
averages much better than at this time
one year ago
POLICEMAN SIEeRIsT, at Dubuque, Ia,
shot and instantly killed man named
Schneider The latter was crazed with
liquor and was fourishing butcher
knife at the time.
Two men were drowned IN two Chi
cago natatoriums almost Simultaneous
| ly recently.
JAMES SINCLAIR, a brakeman, was
| mangled to death by the cars at Hum
bic station, near Houston, Tex.
TIE continued heavy rains, lasting
over two weeks, followed by drought
| and excessively hot weather, have seri-
| ously damaged the cotton crop in Ten
| neSsee
! In the Sac and Fox country, Ok, Mike
Hutka attempted to ride bucking
| pony, but was kicked in the head and
fatally injured.
The storage warehouse Of the Stand
ard Oil Co, at Ludlow, KY. was de-
stroyed by fire. Thousands of barrels
of rosin, oil, etc, were burned
THE famous robber tower at Znaim,
| in Moravia, one of the oldest ediices of
the middle ages, has fallen. Five per-
sons were killed by the falling.
FOREST fires still rage in the eastern
section Of Prince Edwards island, Can.
Great damage has been done
The United States revenue cutter
Wolcott has seized the British steam
schooner Sibyl, of Vancouver. B. c..
after she had landed thirteen Struggled
Chinese on Whidley island, Wash.
THREE hundred and fifty dwellings
were destroyed by the fire at Bay City,
Mich. Hundreds of persons were rem
dered homeless The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000, 600. Only one life was
lost.
A CLUB with more than 1000 mem
bers has been organized in Jacksonville,
Fla, to help Cuba in case matters come
to a crisis.
among japanese laborers on the rail
road at Nampa, Ida, and $50 of them
were run out Of the town.
|
: United States prisoners as result OF
, the mining troubles at Ceur d'Alene.
The new cruiser known as the Pirate
after being christened the Columbia
was launched at Philadelphia on the
5 Goth.
MRS. MAMIE HUGHES, of Seymour
Ind, in attempting to shoot large ow
that disturbed her rest, accidentally
discharged 3S-caliber revolver into hel
left side, infiicting fatal wound.
4 HENRY DAVIS, a negro, died of con
sumption in Jail at Philadelphia 81,
: was awaiting execution for the murder
e of Job Haas, q coal dealer.
q A HoosIER beer trust is forming a
Indianapolis.
STOCK gambling caused Ronald Ken
nedy to kill Charles II. Page, a wei
known broker of Philadelphia Ken
I, nedy Immediately afterward took hi
own life.
THE Grand Trunk railway of Canad;
Is to retrench expenditures as far q
possible.
THE Hotel Norder, Bedding, Mich.
: was burned The guests all narrowl-
. escaped.
Il A STEAM engine boiler used with
9 wheat threshing machine near Kyle
Z Station, Butler county. O., burst, kill
ing Ambrose Alexander and PER-
. Holden and injuring four others.
u DURING the naval maneuvers held OF
= Brest, France, a torpedo boat, Will
- steaming at full speed, ran directly ur
=. on the ram of one of the ironclads an
a. sank in ten fathoms of water.
\ EIGHT hundred employees of the Gilke
"a & Arson Lumber Co., at Merrill, Wis
h. have struck for ten hours work instea
" of eleven at ten hours pay, which wa
- refused them.
rs The bank of Ell Reno. Ok, was robbie
of by two men, who compelled the wife
Ne President Sawyer to hand over SO, 500
PoPoFF and three other conspiratol
Were executed at Sofa for attemptin
n to assassinate Prince Ferdinand, of Blu
k, garia, some time ago.
d. THE two-story frame cooler of tt
a. Bruggerman brewery, St Paul, MINI
r. collapsed. and three men who wei
in sleeping in the building were burie
ce and one killed.
en- a SENSATIONAL feature in the Priva
r. Iams' caseSwas brought out when mer
e- bers of the Randall club at Pittsburgl
SO Pa, announced they would take ste
If. to have Lieut-Col Streator expelle
is from the club.
WASHINGTON NATHAN's recent dea
m at Boulogne, France, recalls the Naths
n New York. He was son of the murder,
he man and by some was thought to
concerned