Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-26

A SPECIAL from Deshler, o., said that
mob of Infatuated men, women and
children nearly killed Florence Steven
son, who had been living with George
Keim, a prominent business man.
Keim's wife led the mob, and the Ste
venson woman was held under the
spout of railway water tank until
she was nearly drowned. She was
then put on train and sent out of
town. Keim barely escaped hanging
and was stoned out of town.
SAN FRANCISCO Mardi Gras, which
has been held for three days, closed on
the night of the 10Th with a grand
masquerade ball at the fair.
THE Brussels police have arrested
Mime. Joniaux, who belongs to one of
the most prominent families of Ant
werp. for poisoning her sister, brother
and husbands uncle during separate
visits which the deceased persons made
to her house, for the purpose of obtain
ing large sums of insurance.
THE new fire and police board at
Denver, Col, has ordered a strict en-
forcement OF the laws against gambling
and lotteries. The gambling houses
and lottery shops, numbering seven
teen, will be closed.
coal miners in the Indian territory.
The Choctaw company have 300 negroes
en- route from Texas and will try to
run their mines without whites. Every
white miner at Krebs, Anderson and
Hartshorn swears vengeance On the
blacks. and say they will never enter
the mines to take their places
A BREAK was effected in the strike at
Blue Creek, Ala, when fifty strikers
and a lot of imported negroes went to
work for the Tennessee Coal Iron &
Railroad Co. Two hundred more ne
groes have been contracted to go to
work at the same place.
A HEAVY hailstorm visited Brook
ings, S D., on the 10th, and nearly
every pane of glass in the southern and
eastern ends of the residence and bust
ness houses was destroyed. The agri-
cultural college suffered about 500
loss in glass. The rain fell in torrents
and the storm was accompanied by
fierce lightning. 1t was expected that
there would be reports of storm dam
age from the country, as hail three
inches in circumference fell
AMONG the federal prisoners taken to
Brooklyn, from Fort Smith, Ark, was
the youngest bandit ever arrested in
that district His name is Jim Rogers,
and he is Is years old. He was con-
victed of holding up the postmaster at
Hayden, 1. T., at the point of Win
chester and robbing the postmaster.
He gets three years in the reform
school.
SIX days of rain eliminated in biz
zard at Ellendale, N. D., on the 10th.
Stock on the ranges it was reported
would suffer terribly as a great deal
had gone out during the previous week.
The base ball season was opened in
different cities of the country on the
10th with great enthusiasm.
FAILURES for the week ended April
20 were 219 in the United States against
1856 last year; in Canada, As against %
last year.
PATRICK ]. SULLIVAN, who stabbed
his wife to death on the streets of San
Francisco a year and half ago, was
hanged at the San Quentin prison.
| SANDow, the strong man. has sent to
New York a certified check for SO. 900,
which is to be presented to any person
who will duplicate his feats of strength.
IN turning the soil in the vicinity OF
| Moweaqua, Ill, a number of farmers
have discovered large number of 10
Gusts of extraordinary size. This ap
pears to confirm the rapidly spreading
! belief that we are to have the seven.
teen-year 1ocusts this year.
BRADsTREET's Review of Trade fol-
the week ended April 20 said that labor
disturbances were having an effect on
business. The exports of wheat amount
ed to 3,O19, 600 bushels, gain of IS pei
cent. over the preceding week
FROM the northwest corner of the
Creek nation comes news of a bloody
fight with cattle thieves Vigilants
surrounded Bruce and Ed Miller and
Dutch John, finally killing the last
named. The others escaped, but g
posse is in pursuit
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended April 20 showed an average de-
crease as compared with the CORE.
spending week last year of 20. 9; in New
York the decrease was 29.6; outside
c3.5.