Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-15

United States army, has been sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment. to
be followed by twenty years Danish
ment from France.
BY the explosion of a sawmill boiler
near Bessemer, Ala, four men were
killed.
AN unknown man placed the muzz1e
of revolver through a knot hole IN
the Carnegie company's fence at Home
stead and deliberately discharged 1t.
The bullet passed near the head OF the
wife of a non-union man.
MORE complaints are made of the I'M
sanitary state of the Tomb prison, New
York
THE American Protective league, a
ive-year benefit order of New England,
is in trouble, charged with shortage
OF 50, oO0, 900.
EIGHTEEN prisoners, including three
condemned murderers, escaped from
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Jail recently.
DURING street parade of circus at
Maysville, KY, animal George" or
Columbus, o., who was in a cage with q
tiger, was attacked by it and before he
could be rescued was nearly eaten alive
by the animal.
THE famous White Squadron has
ceased to exist, the four vessels being
ordered to amalgamate with the North
Atlantic squadron.
IT is feared that berrying party OF
nineteen people from Marquette, Mich,
went down on their way home during
the late storm.
THE pugilist Sullivan sought solace
in the flowing bowl the day after his
defeat by Corbett.
THE examination of Kimsey and Hut
ton at Sedan, Kan, charged with the
murder of Frazier, the cattleman, some
time ago, ended in their discharge.
THE Western Union has commenced
chopping off heads. They belonged to
men who attempted to form tele-
graphers' union.
AN attempt of five men to rob the
passenger train on the Santa Fe at
Wharton, Ok, ended in failure. The
express messenger had removed the con-
tents of the safe before the robbers got
in.
ANOTHER tourist and his guide have
been killed by a falling glacier In
Switzerland.
THE government will not allow the
use of Sandy Hook as a quarantine ref
uge.
Two more plague stricken vessels
from Hamburg arrived at New York on
the 9th and 10th-the Wieland and the
Scandia. On the latter vessel 80 deaths
occurred during the terrible passage.
INSPECTOR DEAN reports Texas fever
stamped out of Kansas.
FRANK GARvIN, a young newspaper
artist. of Pitts burgh, Pa, is in Jail for
having killed his wife, whom he mar
ried four days previously.
THE berry pichers about whom Mar
quette, Mich, people were much
alarmed have returned home all right,
having been delayed by the storm.
A REAL bullet from cowboys pistol
went through the body of woman
during Wild West show at Rockford,
Ill, killing her, and the whole show is
under arrest.
PosTsfA sTER-GENERAL WANAMAKEF
has issued his expected order, deputiz.
ing the postmasters of free delivery
cities, towns and rural communities to
put up letter boxes on the request of
citizens for the collection and delivery
of mail at house doors.
CHICAGO breweries have formed a sa-
loon trHst-
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September showed an average
increase of 10 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the increase was 4. 1.
j. NJ. SULLIVAN, formerly one Of tbe
wealthiest cattlemen in the west, was
found dead and dragging to his carl
near Abilene, Tex.
THE Carlisles, of Cincinnati, formerly
wealthy capitalists, have made an as
signment.
A WOMAN of Allen county, Ind, fan
cies she is buried alive. Her face ex
presses the height of agony She
means and struggles tos free herself
Her family cannot calm her rawlings
nor soothe her troubled mind.
KENTUCKY Baptists have barred ou
| liquor dealers and manufacturers.