Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE worlds fair attendance averages
about $4,000 daily. The displays are
about all in place.
THE Minneapolis & St. Louis, as
well as the Atchison, have withdrawn
from the Western Passenger associa-
ton. Rates to the worlds fair have
not yet been slaughtered by either
road.
THE New York Herald denies that it
is to be turned into joint stock con-
Germ, but that efforts are being made to
make the paper cooperative institu-
ton for the benefit of all employed.
FOREST fires are raging in the vicinity
of Staffordsville and Union, Conn.
THE weekly government crop bulle-
tin shows a more favorable outlook in
some sections, but on the whole the
situation is not encouraging.
The Atlantic tannery property at
South Salem, Mass, operated by Poor
Bros, occupying over ten acres covered
with manufacturing buildings, was de-
stroyed by fire. The total loss was
$3.50, 600.
A PECULIAR accident occurred on the
Wisconsin Central railroad at Gray's
Lake, Wis, by the leakage of a large
quantity of gasoline, which caught fire,
resulting in the death of one man and
severe in uries to others.
A MACHINE of hydraulic power is on
exhibition at Washington university. st.
Louis, which brushes beams of timber
like eggshells 1t has pressure of l.
600, 600 pounds.
WATER from the Mississippi river
levee crevasses overfowed East Carroll
| parish, La, and the people were in i'm
| minent danger.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for
| the Sioux Investment Co., of Sioux City,
Ia, on the petition of several interested
Kansas men.
FREIGHT and passenger trains on the
Santa Fe collided at New Boston, Ia,
and the fireman of the passenger train
was scalded to death.
THE Pennsylvania and the Lake
Shore roads have given their employees
two weeks vacation with transporta.
ton to and from the worlds fair
| UNKNOWN thieves attempted to steal
the Swiss jewelry exhibit at the worlds
fair, valued at s25o,Oo by tunneling
under the floor. They were discovered,
but made their escape
A CYCLONE passed over Tillsonburg
Ont, demolishing a grain elevator, a
dozen barns and warehouses and kill.
ing George Byce, an employee at the ell.
| evatOr.
THE worlds fair national commits.
sioners voted against Sunday opening.
Another effort for Sunday opening viii
be made.
WEsTBoUND freight train No Il or
the Fort Wayne road was wrecked nea,
Dunkirk, o., seventeen cars being piled
up. A number of tramps were reported
killed.
MASKED men held up and robbed the
express car on a passenger train a
Coleman, Tex. The passengers were
not molested.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL OLNEY has ISSUED
instructions to the effect that the gov
eminent will fight legally any attemp
to open the worlds fair on Sunday.
IT is reported that the town of Rock
line, Cal, thirty miles east of Sacra
mento. has been destroyed by fire.
is place of ZOO inhabitants
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has approved
the deeds for the Chiclasaw and Choc
taw land which President Harrison re
fused to do.
WHILE firing a salute on board tn,
British man-of-war Mersey. in honor O
Queen Victoria's 74th birthday, tn,
breech of a cannon was blown off an,
one of the men working the gun killed
On account of the small demand TO
silver dollars Secretary Carlisle has is
sued an order which will suspend thei
coinage for the present
A SPARK from a cigarette set fire t
sheds of the stables of the Arabs a
Chicago and they lost several valuabl
camels and horses
In the circuit court at Lincoln. III.
Charles ". Primm was awarded $500
damages against Harry Pinko. Prinn
was manager OF branch clothins
store at Latham for PinlSo. and whe1
the business was closed up Pinko hat
his employe arres ted for euIezzle1nen
but failed to make case