Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE cutter Vall1yrie, formerly owned
by Lord Dunraven, after which the IA
nous Valkyrie was named, has foun-
dered off the coast of Africa, all those
on board of her being drowned.
A SEVERE storm at Saltwater, Mimi,
on the night of the 18th did considera-
BILE damage, streets being washed out
badly. Several houses fell into a gully
80 feet deep. The yards and shops of
the state penitentiary were flooded.
There will be no trains for several
days. all the railroad tracks being bad
ly washed out.
A FLOOD in the Black river valley,
Wisconsin, on the 10th, swept away
dams, bridges, mills and houses. All
the railroads in that section were laid
up through washouts.
Q Col. w. c. 2. BRECKINRIDGE has fled
his appeal bond. The bond is for 500
and the defendants brother, Joseph C.
Breckenridge, appears as surety. 1t is
hardly probable the case will be heard
before next fall.
NEWS from Monroe, Ind, state that
the family of Mart Alder was poisoned
by some unknown person. A brother
of Alder called at the house and found
the entire family, consisting of Alder
and wife and two small children, pros
trate on the dining-rOom floor, the two
children dead. The mother was be-
yond the reach of medicine and Alder
very i'll. 1t was thought that some
enemy of the family put poison in the
we'll
THE other night lightning struck the
barn of James L. Boswell. near Car
rollton, KY, and destroyed the same,
Among the horses was the standard
bred stallion General Lane, for which
Sc, 900 had been refused. The total loss
is about $4,000; insurance, 81, $50 on
horses.
THE Denver Manufacturers exchange
has decided to hold an Industrial expo
sition during the meeting of the ma
tional republican convention commence
ing June % to 30. inclusive.
THE number of buildings totally de-
stroyed in the Boston fire numbers 1872:
| partly burned, %; number of families
burned out, 467, and number of persons
homeless, about 1900.
PAwTUCKETT. r. l.. was illuminated
the other night by the blaze from fully
sc. 900 tons of coal consumed by the
disastrous fire on the river front. \
III eAAO 1883 AH
$500, ZOO.
Tee general assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church began at
| Nashville. Tenn, on the eth.
JUDGE CHETLAIN, of Chicago. found
Election Commissioners W. 4. Hutch
ings. Henry Schooner and p. III. Keenan,
| guilty of contempt of court in refusing
to produce for the grand jury's use bal
| lots as ordered by the court, fined them
s.. 900 each and ordered them to be com
mitted to Jail until the fines should be
paid.
A COLD storage building. recently
erected at Meadow Lake. Mimi, wa:
wrecked by dynamite and an attempt
made to fire another similar building
| The trouble is attributed to the oppo
sition to the sale of liquor in the vii
| lage.
| FIRE starting in the United State:
| appraisers office at Boston and extend
ing to the bonded warehouse caused &
loss to the government of about $50,
| 900. The damage to the building vii
be $4,000. Adjacent buildings were
damaged to the extent of $50. coo.
OFFICIALS of the Grand Trunk an
nouneed on the Chicago board of trade
that pending 2 settlement of the coal
strikes no more grain would be received
for shipnicz t.