Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-01-06


THE gold reserve in the treasury at
Washington was $3.50, 267 463 on the
a5th This was the highest point
reached since September, 1890.
THE nomination of 5. N. D. North, of
Massachusetts. for census superintent-
ent will be made as soon as legislation
providing for the census has passed
congress
THE car barn of the Rockford City
| Qll) Railway company burned, with
several cars and many tools.
EMPRESS, the East Indian python on
exhibition at Boston, was found early
the other morning with a litter of
young amounting to nearly 100.
THE other night fire broke out at
Port au Prince. Hayti, and destroyed
500 houses, including number of ware
houses. About 5000 people were rem
dered homeless.
THERE was much excitement the
other day among the people of Brown
county, Tex, over the reported discov-
cry of a pot of gold. which it was
claimed is only small part of a large
fortune that lies buried near the same
| spot by colony of Spaniards who
were afterward massacred by the In
dams.
CONGRATULATIONS were sent to Will
liam E. Gladstone on the Goth, it being
the ssth birthday of the British states
pan, who was sojourning at Cannes,
France, on account of neuralgia
81. CLAY Evans the commissioner of
pensions, created a sensation by de-
| nouncing pension attorneys. He
charges that they are alone to blame
for frauds on the roll of honor.
A NEGRO domestic named Nellie
Johnson was hacked with Ratchet so
fearfully at Kansas City. Mo-, on the
night of the goth that she died a few
hours after. The murderer escaped,
but the police were convinced that the
crime was committed by the woman's
husband. negro teamster.
The three-year-old child of J. w.
Hodges, of Saltwater, Ok, was burned
to death. His clothing caught fire
from Goals in a bucket of ashes.
WHILE a man and a woman We're
skating at Rifton, n. Y, the ice broke
and both were drowned
M. M. WEIGH. living near A1thus,
Ok, fell under the wheels of a load of
cotton he was hauling and was fatally
crushed.
Two brothers named Rudolph and
Edward Boericke We're rowing on
Keuka lake, near Hammondsport n.
Y, when their boat was upset by their
dog. The men were rescued alive, but
Rudolph died almost instantly after
being landed.
FIFTEEN Indians, convicted of vari-
Gus violations of tribal laws, were pub
licly whipped at the recent term of
court at Alikchi. I. 7.
A NEW bridge across the Cimarron
river at Perkins, Ok. was dedicated
recently. The last nail, of solid silver,
was driven by Miss Maud Devaul.
ANTHONY DEvIN shot his wife at
Philadelphia and then committed sui
eide
HALLE and Walda Orem, children.
were asphyxiated by gas from a coal
stove in their home at Leipsic, O., dur
ing the absence of their mother.
THE paper mill of the Joliet Paper
company, the manufacturing plant of
the Central Carpet Dining company
and portion of the woven wire fence
factory of w. j. Adams at Joliet, Ill,
were destroyed by fire.
1T was stated that the greatest scar
city of cattle prevails this year in Mex
leo ever known. It is impossi BILE 20
get a head from districts from which
thousands were sent last year. The
reason is that there has prevailed a
drought for several years previous to
1897. There is no grass and breeders
have been compelled to sell off their
| cows to keep them from diving, which
| has left the range practically depleted.
WILL. BURDY, James Philpot and Bob
| Gregory were drinking in a saloon in
Manchester. KY, the other night when
| quarrel arosc over whose turn to
| treat it was. Burdy declared that he
had already treated. Philpot said he
| lied and Burdy knocked him down.
Philpot rose, drew a revolver. and
| wounded Gregory and Burdy. and was
| stabbed by the latter. All died later.
Mrs. MARY ANDERSON and her two
| daughters, Edith and Myrtle. aged
| eight and five years, were fatally
asphyxiated by illuminating gas in
| their home at Chicago. 1t was sup
posed Mrs Anderson committed the
act while temporarily insane.
ROBERT JoRDAN's I1-year-old daugh-
| ter had her dress ignited at Ringgold.
| Tenn. She ran into field. but was
overcome by the fire and her death re-
| suited after two hours of suffering.
THE Arcade building at Detroit.
! Mich. burned on the 2Sth and the
| structure to the west of it. occupied by
| the Detroit Free Press Printing com
panv, was also nearly ruined. The
| loss on the two buildings and contents
| will reach S125, 600.
| WORD was received at the office of
| George Gould in New York that
| Countess Castellane, formerly Anna
| Gould. gave birth to son on the goth
| in France.
IT was officially announced at New
| York on the 9th that Horace G. Burt
third vice president of the Chicago &
! Nnrthwestern railway. had been Sc.