Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-12

damages of the United States for in
jules resulting from the raids along the
border is denied from the City of Mex
leo.
A RICH strike of silver ore has been
made at the Minnie Belle mine, Grier,
Col. For some time the miners had
been throwing away the ore as worth
less.
EIGHT miners imprisoned in flooded
mine in Russia We're rescued after ten
days starvation.
The restraining order of the Pullman
company against the NJ, K & L. at
Topeka, Kan, was refused by Judge
Riner. This breaks down the Pullman
monopoly of sleeping cars.
THE courts have decided in favor of
the Chicago board of trade in the Par
bridge case. Puts" and ''calls" on
board are thus prohibited.
THERE was disastrous fire at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on Fayette street, breaking
out in the Collins cigar warehouse.
The loss was 1888, 600.
GAIL HAMILTON has written a violent
letter to Mr.. Gladstone, whom she ac-
cuses of numbering Mrs. Maybrick, a
woman convicted of poisoning her hus-
band at Liverpool, to conceal an adu1-
ferrous intrigue.
SEVERAL soldiers were frozen to
death on the ice off Cronstadt. Russia.
PROF. III. w. l.. MAHooD, of the Uni
versity at Sioux City, Ia, left his fami-
ly destitute and betook himself off to
England for a trip to last a year.
RICH vein of black magnetic iron
ore has been uncovered in Llano coun-
ty, Tex.
A BLACK eagle measuring seven feet
from tip to tip has been captured near
Greencastle, Ind.
A BEER war RACES in St Louis be-
tween the English syndicate brewers
and others.
DIR. GEDDINGs. the medical expert at
Little Rock, has decided that the deaths
of convicts at the Arkansas prison were
not caused by cholera.
THE principal Italian shipbuilders
and ship owners have resolved to regis
ter their vessels under foreign flags
hereafter, in order to escape the ruin
Gus imposts levied on Italian vessels.
The Omaha (Neb.) Printing Co was
burned ont recently. Loss, 100000.
IT is claimed that the New York
typhus epidemic is under control.
FIRE in the Hallack paint store and
other buildings, Denver, Col, did dam
age amounting to s29O,o00
THE great advance in hogs and pork
surprises every one.
IT is reported in St Louis that Swift
& Co., the great packers, have bought
the Francis Whitaker pork packing
plant in East ST Louis.
THE application of the factory laws
reducing the hours of labor in factories.
mines, etc, has caused a reduction Of
wages throughout France. Many
strikes have resulted.
AN immense cotton warehouse at
Liverpool, England, was burned re-
Gently, together with II, 600 bales OF
cotton.
JACK ASHTON. the pugilist, who trav-
eled with the Sullivan hippodrome, is
dead.
THE Kings county grand jury has in
dicted many Brooklyn officials for mis-
appro priation of funds
THOMAS HANGER, aged 20, was killed
near Pilot Knob, Ind, by wagon
loaded with lumber running over his
head
ARTHUR KENNEDY and George Freeze,
II and 10 years respectively, were
drowned while skating near Parsons
! Point, Md.
THE Argentine cruiser DeMayo was
| reported aground in the Rio de la Plata.
| AT Herzogen burg, Austria, during
the recent severe storm, a cottage con-
tanning family of eight persons was
buried by a snow slide. When succo1
reached them, three days afterward.
| two were dead.
LAST weeks features in the flour
market were the smallest output in
two years, higher prices and advanced
| ocean rates.
THE St Louis s. Chicago electric road
promises to locate its power house al
! Clinton, H., in return for certain con
cessions.
THERE are rumors of tie-up on the
Erie railroad system General Mana
ger Tucker says that the New York
Pennsylvania s. Ohio lost over 81, 900, 0o(
during the past year, and, therefore, 6
reduction in expenses is possible.
ADDITIONAL. DISPATCHES.
c. T. NEWTON was reported dying a.
Columbus, Ind, from the effects of the
| bite of a rat.
HUNGARY has obtained loan of SIS,
900, 900 crowns from the Rothschilds