Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-02

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the image of William Mckinley.
The Turner society will put S., GOO
! improvements on their hall at Atchi.
son.
Sunday afternoon the largest confeci
tionery store in Ottawa was damaged
| by fire to the extent of $3.50.
o. j. Stoclzer and r. Mcintyre Oh
by foo1pads in the heart of the city.
Henry hasten, an old and well
known German citizen of Leavenworth
died Tuesday night0
/ On the same day Kjeldsen was de
feated for Surveyor in Rush county,
Poltfka was elected Surveyor of Ellis
county.
! MrsO Indiana Wilson of Abilene,
aged ab69t So, had an arm broken
Tuesday by her horse running away.
| The horse was killed.
| The two story building occupied by
Smith & Henry's general merchandise
store was burned at Brookville Sun
day. The loss was about So. O00
Father Hilary Rosenfelt, Jew, who
v
ago, was Tuesday ordained priest at
ST. Benedict's church at Atchison.
| A cave in of the Wear Coal company
mine No. 2 at Kirkwood Tuesday
! flooded the mine to depth of seven
feet. The men and mules were saved.
strangers attempted to hold up Mr..
L.
| the hand. Both have been captured
The preliminary trial of Isaac En-
met and Fred Gore and Ollie Gore for
killing James Amis at Lebanon, Nov.
80, resulted in holding them without
bail.
Whe9 the Rev. Mr. Coe left Manhat-
tan he thought he had converted all
the sinners, but three came in from
the brush last week and gave them
selves up.
The house of MrsAL. L. Malcott Oh
Fort Scott, was robbed of So ap7 some
silverware, and then set on fire by the
thieves. The house was almost COM
pletely DESTROYED.
Fort Scott's sugar boom was not
any great shakes, but a poultry and
egg shipping station it claims to rank
second in the United States. 1t yields
first place to Clinton, Mo. q
DR. T. B. kirkpatrick, Secretary OF
the state board of health inspected the
blind asylum at Kansas City Tuesday,
and said it was in a better condition
than any other in the state.
he
unloaded upon Judge Vandivert a lot
for a market a leAg while, has gone to
Oh Mexico in search of one.
Michael Carroll of Oiathe, young
man met death Tuesday while hunting.
One of the party stumbled and dis
charged both barrels of his shotgun,
the contents lodging in CarrolIs bow
els.
Judge Alden of Wyandotte county.
gave the county the claim of a pre-
ferred creditor upon the Securities
forming the assets of the defunct Citi-
zens' bank of Armourdale, to the
amount of SAT, 900.
Rev. D. II. Brechbill, of AtchiRon,
sent to Oklahoma by the Quaker-1ike
sect of River Brethren, returned after
distributing the aid sent from Atchison
and reports hundreds of settlers in
the territory in great need of assist
ance.
The Missouri Pacitic's new depot at
Fort Leavenworth has been completed.
The old depot belonged to the govern
ment, and is being torn down. The
old depot had stood for thirty years
and was a land mark. It will be used
sfor kindling at the Fort.
Saturday night the new Guelick
hotel at Hiawatha was set on fire in a
hallway a-cong shavings, but no dam
age was done. Sunday morning the
Commercial hotel was destroyed by
a fire, almost beyond doubt incendiary.
The property was worth $1,000. The
guests all escaped.
Q Rev. Robert Seymour. former pastor
of the A. M. E. church at Fort Scott,
and who stands charged with assault
ing Lizzie Hancock, has sued the
sheriff and deputy sheriff at Louisville,
KY, for $4,000 damages for alleged
false arrest. The girl has refused to
testify against him.
Judge Biddle of Fort Scott has filed
a motion asking the court to require