Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-29

toligateS or FRANKLIN county, n.y., on
the night of the 24th-
GUSTAV PABsT, son of the wealthy
brewer of Milwaukee, has been grant
ed divorce from Magaret Mather
Pabst, the actress. The ground al
legged was cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
GEN. MORTON c. HUNTER died of para1-
ysis on the 25th at Bloomingt ton. Ind.
He was the hero of Snodgrass hill, and
saved the day at Chickamauga-
A DARING Jail delivery was per-
petrated on the o5th at the county jail
at Louisville. KY, and six desperate
prisoners made their escape. They
gained their liberty by scraping the
mortar from the bricks in cell and
got hole large enough for them to
climb through to the roof and then let
themselves down by a rope.
FIRE broke out on the 25th in the
lumber pit and in the mill plant prem
Uses of the Center Lumber Co. at Mil
waukee, Mich, and DESTROYED about
5000, 600 feet of mber. The loss will
approach $15O,Uo0 and is fairly covered
by insurance.
THE railroad men had torchlight
parade on the 25th at Chicago for the
republican candidates, about 1S, 600
men being in line. ALI of the roads
running out of Chicago were repre-
sented.
VoLK Bros brewery at Great Falls.
Mont, was burned including all the
machinery and 600 barrels of beer.
Loss, $50, 900; insurance, SIT, 500.
CHARLES F. CRISP, ex-speaker of con-
gress. died at Atlanta, Ga. on the 23d.
He had long been troubled with heart
disease and had recently been in bad
health and his death was not alto
gether unexpected. He was born in
Sheffield, Eng. January 90, 1s45.
AT Summerville, w. Va, three men
were killed and two others terribly in
jured by boiler explosion. The acct
dent occurred at the sawmill of Francis
Wiley. The cause Of the explosion was
unknown.
THE annual financial statement of
Canada for the year ended June 80,
1896. was made public on the esd. 1t
showed a deficit for the year of $685.
413, and an increase in the public debt
of SIS, 53S, 33I. The net public debt now
aggregates $25s, $685. 3O4.
THE Catholic schools of Ottumwa,
Ia, have been closed on account of
diphtheria. and indications were that
| the public schools would have to be
| closed, as the disease showed no signs
| of abatement.
A DROUGHT has occurred in the north-
ern part of South Australia, as result
of which the harvest is total failure
and numbers of farmers are destitute.
ADvICEs from Upper Elkhorn creek,
Pike county. KY, tell of a battle be.
tween four United States deputy mar
| shals and moonshiners. When the of.
| ficers were near the still camp they
were fred upon by the sinners" The
| officers returned the fire, and for half
an hour the battle continued. One
sinner was mortally wounded, and
another was seriously injured. The
officers succeeded in cutting up and
destroying four stills and capturing
five moonshiners
| Tom COOPER, of Detroit, Mich,
smashed bicycle record at Memphis
Tenn, on the 22d. He lowered the
worlds unpaced quarter mile record
one-fifth of second, making it il
26 2-5 seconds.
THE house Of bishops of the Protes
tant Episcopal church of the United
States in session at New York, elected
] Rev. John D. Morrison. of Ogdensburg
/ n. Y. to be bishop of the newly
created diocese of Duluth, Mimi.
THE sale of the Tom boy gold mine al
Telluride, Col, has been made to {
London syndicate for $1,000, 600. L
was bought year ago for compare
lively small sum.
JOHN GLENN, a miner, was caught be
meath fall of rock in the mines nea1
South McAlester, I. T., on the 22d. Hi
back and neck were broken, causing
death instantly.
IT was alleged at New York tina
there was a gigantic deal ia wheat, the
crop being cornered by western syn
dicate representing $50, 900, 900 of cap
ital. and that those interested had al
ready made fortunes on the rise in ths
price of the cereal.
GEORGE FRAZIER and wife, colored
were crossing the railroad track nea
Lexington. KY, when a train strucl
their vehicle. The horse was cut il
two and Frazier and his wife killed.
WHILE the Durham family was do
ing its aerial bar act at Barnum's cir
Gus in the coliseum at Chicago, one O
its members, John, met with an acct
dent which is likely to prove fatal
Dropping from bar so feet to a net
below. his body turned too much and
he alighted almost full on his head
paralyzing and probably fatally injur
| ing him.