Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-18


went after his old enemy, Sheriff
Simms. They both drew their guns
and Simms was shot dead. The people
were infuriated and Col. John Drum
mond made speech and said the muir
derer must be hanged, and the mob
went TO the Jail and put rope round
the mans neck and he was hanged, the
affair being done in very formal man
ner. None of the mob made any at
tempt to conceal their identity.
CAPT. MARTIN, an English officer.
jumped from the Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
bridge to the water, a distance of 40
feet. He was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition but soon revived. He
suffered a slight wrench of the right
knee, but was apparently uninjured in
any other respect. The jump was
made on wager.
A BOAT containing four men was
struck by squall off Coney island, n.
Y, and capsized on the 18th. One of
the men was rescued in an unconscious
conditions; the three others were
drowned.
A RIOT among Hungarians at Maltby,
Pa, resulted in the killing of one per-
son, the fatal wounding of two more
and the serious injuring of two others.
debauch.
HOSEA L. STONE and Virgil Moon.
two young farmers near Waco, Tex,
attended "a country dance ON the 18th
and became involved in dispute in
which Moon accused Stone of misrep-
reese nting him to young woman of
the neighborhood to which both were
paying attention. The men withdrew
to a lane and engaged in duel with
knives. Moon was cut and stabbed
several times and died shortly after
ward. Stone, badly wounded, made
his escape.
THE annual report of Commodore e.
o. Matthews to the Secretary of the
navy upon navy yards and docks eSti-
mates the expenditures for the next
fiscal year at 81, SCI ,295, which is re-
duction of the estimates su omitted by
the commandment of the yards of So
SAG, $50. The heaviest cut was ia the
item of improvements, which was re-
duced from So, 221, 712 to 81, O44, 803- The
item for general maintenance was cut
$I57 900, and that for repairs So, OO0, 600
A MAN named Harrison, a pensioner
at Alton, Ill, had just drawn his pen
sion for the last three months, beside
his weeks pay as well digger. He
looms of the city. He fell into bad
company and was found dead in the
rear of saloon. A post norton ex-
animation showed he had been sand
bagged. All his money and his watch
were missing.
EUGENE v. DEBs and the other di-
,rectors of the American Railway union
have mailed 100, 600 copies of an appeal
for reorganizatio ton of the old order. On
roads opposed to the American Railway
union the men are urged to organize
secretly and promises of ample protee-
ton are given to them by the signers
of the appeal
A GLASS tube flied with gunpowder
and bullets, charged with ehlorate of
potash and having lighted fuse at
tached was found outside the Metro
p0litan bank at Walsa1l, Eng, on the
18th. The fuse was extinguished be-
fore an explosion could occur. Walsa4l
was the scene of the amarchistic prose
crTtions at the beginning of 1892.
THIEVES recently entered the resi-
dence of E. j. Opp, of Newton, Hamil
ton county, O., and stole about ST., 00G
| in stocks. bonds and money.
Buns review of trade for the week
ended the 18th said business was still
1OI CIS OCVC1OpiIaSHb Cl OIIC IT,
tail trade. Wholesale dealers were
hating because business did not show
distinctly what 1T was to be. Corn was
stronger, for receipts were hardly a
quarter of last year. The government
! crop reports were not greatly trusted
! and actually exaggerated the tendency
to lower prices because they were sup
posed to report all the crops too low.
FoUR earthquake shocks were felt in
Athens on the night of the 10th.
THE entire Remier family at Dalton,
o., were rearrested on the 18th charged
with conspiracy to burn the town.
Great excitement prevailed. Dalton
was recently nearly wiped out of ex-
| istence by a fire, supposed to be of in
| cendiary origin. The Renters were
! suspected and arrested some time ago,
| but, owing to lack Of sufficient evil
dence. were discharged.
THERE ROW seems to be very little
| doubt that Heavyweight Champion
James Corbett will defend his title
| against Bob Fitzsimmons, the cham
pion of the middleweights. The men
| met at New York and after an hours
parIeying they and their managers
agreed to fight to. a finish at the Flor
| ida Athletic club. Jacksonville, Fla,
| for a purse of S4a 900 and $4,000 side,
| any time after July 1, 1895. The battle
| will probably take place in the fall of
next year, the date being left to the
club.