Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-01

Mrs. JANE MARTENsoN, of Honey
/ Creek, Ia, who was recently attacked
by an immense eagle. died on the 25th
as result of the frightful injuries in
6icted by the great bird.
THE negro Moses. who killed Farm
sr John Strong near Crystal Springs,
Miss, few days ago, and was arrest
ed and placed in Jail for the crime, was
hanged by mob, at $50 a. 10. on the
,5th.
THREE children OF the family of
Lewis Bloom, of Charleston. Ill, have
died within a few days of black diph-
liberia and two others were stricken
and not expected to live.
A RECENT Chicago dispatch stated
that 249 applications for charters for
branches of DebS social democracy had
! been received, the greatest number
ssemsng from Ohio. next Indiana and
shep Wisconsin.
/ rT was reported at Padneah> XIV,
that Miller. who had assaulted i've
tyear-otd girl at Eddyv11le and was
taken TO Princeton. for safe keeping.
was secretly 1vnehed at thelatter place.
! Ar corbin. KY. Daniel L Curry, a.
prominent business man. shot and
killed John corler. d. wen-knassn
Louisville boot and shoe salesman It
was alleged that Curry W as insu3tea by
fCorley few days before while an .
] train.
Two dead bodies have been taken
Tout of the ruins of the Muiholland
building at 9atertawn. s. D., which
collapsed the other night. and four
other persons were rescued, one of
whom Will die FROM bis injuries.
AN eagle swooped down from the
clouds in Rottawatonaie county, Ia,
and attempted 10 carry off Mrs. Nor
Jensen. who weighs 1eo pounds and
was heeing in her garden The woman
fought the eagle as best she could and
finally sank down unconscious, when
the bird sailed nnaiestically away.
Mrs. Mortensen's shoulders and face
were badly 1aeeratsd and tufts of her
hair were torn out by the roots. Her
condition was said to be critical.
THE 10th annual convention of the
Music Teachers National association
began at New York on the oath with
the Jubilee overture Of Weber by the
Metropolitan Permanent orchestra
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, despite his
own resolve not to run again. was unan-
imously reelected comnuander-in-ehief
of the United Confederate Veterans at
| Nashville. Tenn. on the asd. Atlanta,
Ga. was chosen as the place for the
next reunion.
TUE Morning star. q barkentine
owned By the American Board of Mis-
siops. was announced as being ready
| at san Francisco On the esd TO make a
/ tour among the eazanibal islands IN the
south sea. The vessel will be manned
by men who Will preach the gospel to
the natives. Tive young ladies will
! also GO cut as missionaries.
WHILE a negro summer school was
being conducted at Iseneke. Ark "a moi
/ of drunken white men broke down the
doors and toek Prof. y. T.. Watson. a
eolored teacher. into the woods and
beat him in a. sl1ereitess manner The
mob told the negroes that they wanted
them to chop cation and that normal
schools were TOO much for them.
ALBERT L. E1sfoN: paymaster of She
E. i. Aver Post x Tie Co. was attacked
by four robbers at Chicago the other
night. beaten with reviewers, robbed
of $45S and left unconscious beside his
buggy.
THE boiler in a sawni1 at Rockville
Ind, exploded the other day and So9nr
Ferguson, the proprietor, was instant
o.
jured and Waiter Ferguson seriously
hurt.
The Suburban, the great race of the
year at New York, was carried eff by
Michael f. SDwyer, his horse. Bef
Brush, winning in the fast time O
2:07 10
CHRISTIAN K. Ross died of heart dis
ease at his home, Germantown Pa H
was the father of Charley Ross, tn,
famous stolen boy, and up to his las
illness he never gave up the search foi
his missing son, whose abduction star
tied Philadelphia on July 1, 1874, ane
became an unsolved mystery the worlt
over.
THE people of Meridian, Miss, wer,
recently so aroused at some Mormon
elders making a use-to-house can
vass for the purpose of gaining con
verts that, when the elders attemptet
to hold service, they were told the.
must leave town. They left on tn
first train.
THE United Confederate Veteran
met in annual reunion at Nashville
| Tenn. on the 22d. the assem- blage be
ing called to order by Gen. John L
Gordon. Gen. Reagan delivered tn
principal address of the day. At nigh
brilliant reception was given by tn
Tennessee Daughters of the Confede1
| acy to the veterans.
THREE colored men were browne
near Clarendon, Ark. They were in
small boat and it ran against bridg
and upset.
"A LITTLE daughter of Mr.. Edwar
Dunning, of st. Louis, got hold of l
poisonous pills and ate them for candy
She died soon afterwards
The jury at Omaha. Neb.. befor
which was tried the case of the state c
| Nebraska against ex7State Treasure
J. S. BARLEY, returned a verdict indin
the defendant guilty of embeZzling tn