Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-09-12

f6Iary OF tue territory anu HlsO aS
acting governor during the early his
tory Of Arizona, died a few days ago
at Prescott AriZ.
As a result of the secret ipvestiga-
ton of conduct and efficiency in letter
carriers throughout the country, 235
have been discharged, amounting to a
saving in salaries of $4,000.
The girl students of Mt. Union coi'
lege, Alliance. O., went out on a
strike Thursday. They refused to
exercise before a male instructor in
the gymnasium and the faculty decid
ed to employ female instructor.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
TO blow up II. NJ RothschiIds bank
ing house at Paris, September 3. A
stranger was caught in the act of
| lighting bomb fuse and was arrested.
He boldly avowed himself an anarr
chist.
The peach growers of Delaware and
the Eastern shore Of Maryland have
already marketed about 1000, 900
| baskets OF fruit, and their marketing
has been so wisely done that the har'
vest is expected to yield them a gross
sum of s3,O00,000.
The district court of Laramie eoun-
ty, Colo, has rendered a decision
making it unlawful for officers or
others to kill or injlre dogs, holding
that the summary destruction of dogs
was taking of property without due
process of law, and therefore void.
The Amity canal, which is being
built through the Arkansas valley
from Prowers, Colo, to the east state
line, is about half completed. The
ditch when completed Will be 100
miles long and sixty feet wide at the
mouth and twenty feet wide at the
state line.
PhileD Humphrey. ex-county conn
missioner and ex- manager of the
Prairie Cattle company, Clayton, n.
NJ, well known throughout the west,
has given himself up to the sheriff to
answer for the killing of James IL.
Burgess, stockman, formerly of
| Omaha.
The new type setting machine in
vented by Father Calendoli, a Sicilian
monk, is to be given trial in Lon
don shortly. The machine sets 3d.
900 letters an hour, doing the work of
twenty printers. 1t has been patented
in all countries and a rich company
stands ready to put it on the market.
Friday morning., six miles from
AlVa, Ok, the body of William Holr
land was found buried, he having been
foully murdered by unknown parties.
Holland was prominent cattleman
and as his horses were stolen it is sup
posed that he was killed by Indians.
A thorough investigation will be made.
The American Broom and Brush
company having manufactures at
Amsterdam, Fort Huron, and Fulton
vile, n. Y. and Dallas, Pa, has adj
vanced the price of brooms ranging
from 121 to so cents per dozen. On
first, second and third grades brooms
the advance Is % cents, on fourth
grade 129 cents per dozen.
Of fifty guards at the United States
prison at Fort Leavenworth. who were
United States soldiers, thirty-three
have been released from their enlist
ment by the war department and rer
appointed as guards. In all of these
appointments the question of their
politics has not been raised, it being
the purpose of Attorney General Har'
mon to take the administration of
prison entirely out OF politics.
Mexico City bank statements show
three city banks holding $50. 200, 900
in specie. Total bank note circulation
s27 100000 Dull demand for mon
ey, but improving trade in every dir
rection, stimulated by magnificent
crop prospects. Bankers agree that
great prosperity has dawned that coun'
try. Cotton mills and print worksare
running day and night and it is i'm
possible to supply the demand and
imports of some goods from England
are increasing. This demonstrates
that the people have plenty of money
and an infallible sign Of good times in
that country is activity of the cotton
mills.
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