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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14
IDENTIFY brought up under good grand.

IDENTIFY brought up under good grand
mother, with daily associations with
pumpkin-pies, exclaims: ''The pump
kin-pie season is again breaking upon
the nation in full-orbed and transceDdent
glory"
Who shtands der streets and corners round.
| Nit sefrel ages to be ground,
Und shmiled and bowed and meier frOwned:
| Der candidate.
Who hold your hand when you would start,
und told you you was mighty shmart,
Anc how he loved you mt his hart:
! Der candidate.
Mrs. Oiiphant says: "The honey
moon is not always delightful mo-
ment." Correct. And when the groom,
while on his wedding tour, is presented
with a hotel bill amounting TO $50, and
| finds only 1880 in his pocket-Dook, he
experiences one of the moments when it
is not delightful.
Intelligent farmers and scientists
are now discussing the question, "Do
bees hear?" We believe they do, and
it can be easily proved. You take bee
by the tail, holding him between your
thumb and foreiinger, and say, " List,
list, oh list" and you will feel listing
on the end of your thumb before you
are through speaking.-Burlington
HaUk-eye.
A laborer of Hibernian extraction was
not long since lamenting the hard times,
and said finally, CAV was only back
again in me fathers pallis." A jolly
fellow-workman squinted his eye and
replied: "Sure, an awe wore there,
We moight sthan' an the groun' an
reach yer ham down the chimbley an
open the door av it.'
james Gordon Bennett is working
up new plan of reporting. He is GO
ing to engage all the first-class poets
and have MS paper worked into verse,
when it will read something after this
fashion:
fRiGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Mr.. Smith, young man OF Brooklyn,
Sat down yesterday on a pin,
But il caused him much pain
SO he rose up again;
How wise are the youths of Brooklyn.
Or this:
TERRIFIC MIsHAP.
Mr.. Brown. of Fourteenth Street, New York,
Essayed TO eat soup with fork,
Terrific Tishap, il fell through on his lap
And sealded John Brown, of New YORK..
-BostOH Globe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14
A House Torn Down Over a Murderer
who Refuses to Surrender.

Bob Glascott, of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railway, kindly gave NeDs
reporter fuller account of the shoot
ing affair at Trinidad than has yet been
made known. 1t appears that Brigade
Ccrdoya, the man who was killed, is
the Sheriff, and also is proprietor of
dance-house. An old Mexican, fam
iliarly known by the patronymic of
"Uncle Joe," has two daughters be-
tween sixteen and twenty years of age,
who have long been the objects of Cor
dova's admiration. He wanted to get
them to dance in his establishments and
made repeated attempts 10 influence
them to add their presence to his list of
attractions. The girls were willing to
do as he wished them to, but their OBJ
durate paternal progenitor was inclined
to resent the proposal. Yesterday Cor
dova went over 10 ''Joe'sr house to talk
the matter over, when the old man Or
dered him to leave. This the quondam
Sheriff and dance-house keeper declin-
ed TO do, in terms perhaps smacking
more OF force than of elegance. Joe
repeated his order, and Cordova reiter-
ated some choice expressions which he
had used, and tried to enter the house,
whereupon the old man shot him. The
ball was large one, and entered the
breast OF the victim, passing through
his body. When the affair became
noised abroad, the authorities went af-
ter the irate parent, but he refused to
be taken. Bravery is above par in
Trinidad, if any one may form such
conclusion from the fact that nobody
dared 60 in and get the prisoner after
he had declined to surrender. He was
not taken until after the house had been
about half torn down.
There is great excitement over the
event, although public sympathy is
mainly with the man who did the kill
Ners.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14

whittier we are now sending even fresh
beef-is slate, a cargo u which has just
arrived out. The slate is better and
much cheaper than that found in the
Welsh quarries. The time may come
when we shall supply Europe with
many of its staple articles OF food and
industry from our own vast natural
storehouses.
"A hydrometer for testing the pro-
portion Of water in cider has come into
use in New England. The test, how
ever, does not indicate which has the
most pleasant flavor, but simply de-
ter.-Iines the amount of water in tine
cider, whether it came from the apples,
or was poured in to reduce the strength.
Cider made from grated fruit contains
the most water. A miserable knurly
apple will produce the highest grade of
cider, according to this standard.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14

A Mr.. pritchard of Ixonia, Wis,
was recently gored to death by mad
bull.
"A 5-year-old son of Louis Liestman,
who lives near Mansfield, Piatt County,
H., few days since fell head foremost
into well near the house, and when
discovered he was dead.
-Incited thereto by the excitement
caused by the Mortified raid, two ur-
chins of East Henderson, Mimi, one
being armed with pitcfork and the
other with a shotgun, instituted n
game of robbers" during which the
gun was discharged, its contents lodg-
ing in the right side of one, infiicting
what is believed TO be fatal wound
edward Ward, a young man en-
ployed on q thrcshing- machine near
GAINESVILLE, Wis, in e:,eiopting to step
over the tumbling-rod, got his nants on
his left leg caught, and before he ocnld
get clear his right fsot was carried into
the knuckle and terribly mangled. The
entire flesh and small bones from the
ankle to the knee were stripped off and
wound around the rod, rendering am
putation necessary.
Miss RhOda Switzer, aged Is, of
Greenville. Mich, attempted suicide by
shooting herself in the head. The cause
was slight difficulty which arose be-
tween the lady for whom she was work
ing and herself. The ball entered her
left ear. Her recovery is considered
doubtful. When discovered she at once
asked some one to shoot her again.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14
Science and Industry.

The bridge across White River, or
the Wisconsin Central Railroad, is the
largest wrought iron one in the world
1t is l,525 feet long, lo7 feet high, and
cost 100000.
In the Chinese Department of the
Centennial there is bedstead whose
beautiful carving required the work of
twenty Celestials for five years. 1t is
valued at $4,000.
During the past year, ending Sept.
j, 800 miles of new railroad have been
built in Texas. The State has now
within fS5 miles of as much road as
Georgia, the latter State having the
greatest mileage in the South, 264
miles.
Col. j. W. Finney, of the L. S.
Engineers, has been detailed to survey
the Union and Central Pacific Railway
between Omaha and Sacramento, it be-
ing alleged that the measurement of
distances on which the L. s. bonds
were issued TO the companies was mac
CITRATE.
The Boston and Albany Railroad
recently took of set of steel car
wheels that had run 1000 miles, a
greater distance than was ever run by
any caf-wheels before in this or any
other country. The average running
distance of a common chilled iron car
wheel is only 300 miles.
"A patent has been taken out in
England for brown paper blankets as
bed coverings. They compensate for
their lightness by their density, and
add materially to warmth. They are
perforated at distances of about four
inches, in order to promote ventilation,
and the small sizes, 4s by 81 inches, sell
At about nine cents each. Several con-
tracts have been made for hospitals and
schools.
Among the new articles of export
from the United States to England
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14
"A German named DR.. John Muller.


OF keokuk, Iowa, recently attempted to
commit suicide in most shocking man
ner. He first drew razor across his
throat from ear to ear, intiicting an ugly
cash, end partially seyering the wind
pipe. He then plunged dissecting-
knife into his breast, but this struck a
rib and caused no serious injury. When
found he was lying on the bed, stark
naked and weltering in his own gore.
The razor and dissecting- knife were ly-
ing beside him, and on the floor near
the bed Ratchet, which he had also
made use of. He left a letter, assign
ing remorse of conscience and disap-
pointed ambition as the motives for the
act. Strange 10 say, it was thought he
might survive his injuries.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14

The Erie Railway furnishes section
masters with blanks to fill out in case
of accident, so that the utmost accuracy
may be had in following up the case. A
COW was recently killed and the section
master in filling up the blank came to
the words, "What dispositionP" After
chewing his pencil q while he wrote.
a" Mild and gentle. '-Nec York Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14
Foreign Notes.

Foreign Notes.
The Russian army can now be
brought up to 100000 men, without
counting the national militia.
Prince Charles of Monaco has been
deposed, and his son, Prince Albert,
has been instructed with the Regency.
The incapacity of Prince Charles arises
from nervous complaint, the nature
of which is not stated. The Prince is
% years of age, and has served in the
Spanish and French navies. Since the
close of the war he has lived almost
entirely on his own yacht.
On the Sd ult., there died at Milan,
Antonio Luzzi, widow of the unfortu-
nate Leon, Prince of Lusigman and
King of Armenia, who died last Feb
ruary. She left six Young children
wholly without means of support.
Three have been taken TO public chart
table institutions, and the others tenn
porarily adopted by workman, Jacques
Merlini. They are the last of line
which reckoned II Emperors and 80
Kings.
Not long ago Madame Ribard was
examined at the School of Medicine in
Paris before a large and curious audi
ance. The lady is about % years old,
and the mother of two children. At
first she seemed little disturbed, but
soon recovered herself, and her replies
were marked with much perspicacity.
The jury decided that Madam Ribard
nerited the diploma of doctor, and the
President complimented her ON the ex-
tent of her knowledge.
On a recently published list of
English landed gentry appears the name
Of Wyndham Hollywood, minor, heir
to 6.436 acres, worth 1920 a year.
Hollywood is younger son,
younger by quarter of an hour than
his twin brother, who will inherit what
ever remains for him of the family es-
tate. A kind uncle left all he had to
the younger twin, because he was the
younger, and that he too might not be
without mis- due share of the good things
Of the earth. As the Fates have in this
willed it, that quarter of an
hours space which divided the brothers
1t birth, and which was regarded by
fond relatives as most disastrous to the
prospects of the younger twin, will be
he cause of his becoming far wealth.
Ter man than his elder brother.
For some time there has been much |
ak about the conduct of the Crown |
Prince of Holland. He lives in Paris,
MS palace in the Hague is closed, and all |
endeavors to induce him to return to |
he Hague have failed. The Prince pre-
'ers to amuse himself in Paris, instead
If performing his duties as the first sub
ect of his royal father. This behavior
has created much discomfort, but till
low silence has been preserved on the
ubject. To the great surprise of every
me, however, Mr.. Mock, well known
politician of Amsterdam,
he other day, in proposing toast at
Inner, openly reproached the Prince
or going into voluntary exile, and for
pending on the Boulevards the time
which ought to be given to his country,
yer which he will perhaps reign as
William w. Mr.. Mock further ex-
'ressed his regret that the Crown Prince
ad not yet given the nation the oppor-
unity to welcome Crown Princess.
Odds and Ends. /;
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1876-10-14
Odds and Ends.

in the fall the young mans ulster turns TO
thoughts Of winter woes;
In tie tall the blithe mosquito dips his slphon in
your nose.
"A correspondent asks us what por-
ton of the ear is called the 'slobe." It
is the portion which your parent used
to grab when he led you gently out to
gaze upon the handsome proportions of
the neglected woodpile.
An exchange editor who was evil
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-12-31
s:.ootl,,;, II, I:.re1n.

About . o'clock Friday morning, IA
J. W. Norris, teGmstcr, WAS sitting at
breakfast in Mrs. Brown restaurant 1T
Errcka. another teamster known rs
Multitude" entered the loom, and
without saying II word. drew Smith &
Wcsson siX-shootcr, and tired two shots
ut Morris. both taking effect in his
body, one il the breast and the other
i'll the thigh. The wounds, though Sc
we're are not considered necessarily
fatnl. Some personal difficulty ,hc
evening before, is sail 10 have been the
cause 0! the shooting. "Multitule' is
known in this quarter rs the champion
bull-punchcr, and was always regarded
rs n very inofTensivc person. Hem
ming has since been admitted to bail in
the sam of $1,000, and is attending to
business Gs usual. AIarsli's wouads
Hro not ut ali likely 10 prove fatal.
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Lfrom "edn ,a''Sy'S Daily
Another Ii;GI m J;uycISn.

Tho Eurcir %ta:;nH thinks that the
cXlLnnge Of ""olid civiii.ioH" axe be-
coming numerous in those lntitules,
and ihcu furnishes The following state
mC!d uf an att"!apt 10 coun! out one
McGuuy, hY II Purtyc q! bull.duicrs, Oh
the road to the suburbs, last Saturday:
Michael MCGnuy lives al The head Of
New Nurl; Canyon, ~ docs also John
McIi4nn and Pat. McGinmis. Ahuut .
O'Clock =. H. yesterday, M"Gargy start.
"a for home ON horseback. When near
lhTrub'S reservoir, Ii, met McIlHmn and
NcGiuniS coming to town OF foot. The
parties had previously disagreed nbout
Naglc. in Which MoliWry il alleged to
hgrn had an interest; bat with which
tho latter gay - lie had nothing Whatever
10 do. M"GUrry VA" halted OitcmslGly
/" tall; this matter oYcr, nud hIa h0rsc
being II li.lo frsi!Css he diSnpuntcd
nnl stood holding lin Ly Tho bride.
TIA" conversation had not proc, odcI far
when McNiunm Deliberately drew Iis-
tol, u;.l #ayin. 81 hId ;:"in! 10 Li!l you
light here, nr words to lhrt effect,
iirrd, tho distance bt!wayu the parties
hcinE not 'uOrc than Jour ar five feet.
Military in tho meantime. seeing Tho
danger which Threatened him, and be-
inG wholly nnar'nCd, instantly rprnug
hchlng hiH hnT3, liz Una Of whose lrCs
the ball LODGED. McSIann promptly
prepared TO fro again, and was only
prevented 10y MCGarry sciziuG hold uf
anl making II brcaItwor;, on. OF tho
sh""tista partner, McGinnis. Tho
parIics played for the advantage for
Eomc timc. bat McGnuy stuck close 10
hi" foi;iica;ion ard succeeded in keep
ing McGinmis constantly In front of
him. At this critical jnncturO Fred.
Barnes hatcher wagon hove in sight,
when McSlann pat away His pistol.
Mc0nrry IlIcu returned 10 town aud
procured a warrant for tho arrest 90 his
oGgnilani, Int before tho officer could
servo il McNiomn went 20 tho Justice
oGico and gayc himself up.s Judge
beatty placed him under bonds Of SO,
600 TO appear for examination January
9Th. Tho necessary bail was quickly
furnished. and here The matter rcsto for
the nrcncnI.
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Ea:;sf!y SIlpI.

From The salt Lake Y5iJRne we learn
that OH Chririinas day, at Bingham. n
young mar uainrd Thomas Z Jackaon,
while hanllInG navy six. shooter in
tile Office .; the Dixon House, accident
ally diScha;.srd il!c weapon, tho bnil
entering his forehead anI ranging up
Na:d killing him almost instantly.
Jackson MAS ".>nniive Of Galena, ILL.,,
and was well md favprnbly known, bo-
ing & sober. induat:ious young man.
The above sad occurrence Win doubtless
the result of Ihoushileshly handling II
loaded pistol, and should serve as ~
warming to all who carry deal:y wear
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WEEKLY ElKO laDEpEiiOsar.
LOCAL ARD STATE NEWS.
Iron Sundays Daily.1
Giro mt CnrIIIa

The train from the west nj noon yes
tcrlay brought news, Of n conlagr.Iti0n
ut our sister town of Carlin. and II letter
by mail from n friond last night, nf-
forded us the particulars, which are Us
follows:
AZ ten minutes past o'clock mn
alarm of fire WIS sounded, and in n few
minutes afterward The building occupied
by Dunphy and IIildreih as IL butcher
shop, was in. flames. >, AS there wal
sD'ao' delay III securing water mud the
Railroad Compnny's .lsoae, it was. not
long before tho adjoining building,
used By Sisson, Wallace * Co., Of
san Francisco, rs Il. dapoL Of supplies
for the Chinese employees OF the Rail.
road Company, WAS seen ON iirc. Al!
ctU:ta 10 save this buii.iiAS proved TN
nYuiling, aud they we've 1T orce dirtc:cL
to the saving OF Bait & Cans general
merchandising establishment, Which,
fortunately, by the space Intervening
between the buildings, was easily suvrd.
The fire. had its gin in room AL
joining the butcher shop, where several
men were sleeping. II is supposed that
one Of the pnrtys returning late from IL
social given II. Library Hall, had
kim'!lcd a fire Of liSh! material, ana
that u spark from the s;oyc.pivc had
fallen on the roof, which burned
through, igni,ina the lining and liri:l;
the building. The losses, 50 far no
havo been able 10 ascertain. will foot up
nearly, il not quite. $1,000, divided q;
follows: Dunphy & iiiIdreth, 5000;
SissOn, Wallace * Co., 50, uOO; Thomas
Holmes, owner Of the bal,!ing occupied
by SESSION. Wallace * Co., :SIUJ. There
were several individual losses Of cloth
ing, ctc., which probably will not ca
coed 5000. l cunuo: LEAN OF any in-
Surancc.
This fro suggests tho necessity of
having fire hooks 80 IA TO phil down a
burning building. and thereby Genuine
tho fire TO tho smallest space possible.
Had these hooks been at hand this
morning, the butcher shop could have
been pulled down. aud possibly the loss
sustained by Sis7un, Wallace l. Co.
and Thomas Holmes, been nvcrtDd.- 40
small town should bo without; thc..u
hooks, ladders, aud good track.
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IT. on $50 'y'h d. u
ElcIEnnIll.

/ .v.Iu4, s.g. persopnt.,.T,r- y.;Ir-
! S. i. Morey, Superintendent OF Tic
Blue Jacket mino arrived irUm San
francisco By last evenings train.
Me. Mugey informs uS ihn, the Com
paws Iui!l resGaIes, ll:s. working Of orc
on the first OF February, us plenty OF a.
good quality il being extracted from the,
mine. He will remain in town today.
James Wooley, formerly u resident
Of Austin in this. State. but lattclly OF
Sal, Lake, is now here on hia way to
rusca-o:n. lie looks very li;:!c older
than wher We knew Lin, ten years ago,
and retains ali Aiarecnliu-ities, but in 4
subiucd manner us he is :: Benedict nov.
L. =. WillUrd, who .at ono ;ime had
charge of tho Pnn,hcr mine, AZ Cornu.
copia, arrived here last night Oh his way
to resume his former position as its
Superintendent. 10 is much more
ileShy than when he returned to CnIi.
fornia. aud is II perfect representative
Of robust Aer!ih.
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it was tl,e, work Of a lunn,ic who board.

it was tho work Of q lunatic who board.
cd the train ut TrGclcc. lie appears
to have remained quiet until approached
by the conductor for his ticket, when
hc sprang iidrcely upon the official and
desperate struggle ensued, in which
the conductor WAS severely cut III tho
face, neck aud other parts of the body,
narrowly escaping with his life, the
lrnn;ic being very large muscular
man, nnd excited to frenzy, was n terri
Die antagonist. The conductor finally
escaped into the adjoining coinpart-
.ment and closed The door OF communi-
cation, when the mailman attempted to
follo|.by thrustins himself through the
glass panel of tho door, making the
opening which attracted our attention.
While eilleavorinS to force All. entrance,
he ANS bcat.iIi 1Irii with sticks Of stove
wood, when he rushed To the outer door
with q liniie in each hand, aud sprnug
from :he:t:ain. u l..
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'Thc ,hridny Night Convert.

The entertainment ut tho Church.
given by Miss IncZ Mason AID pupils,
assisted by All array OF local tnlchi, oA
Friday night, wHB GI eminent smcev5s,
b"ih plIysicHliy and financially. Tho
music aud Staging was GENERALLY very
good, and in sOIno instances was fG:.
beyond what would naturally Lo *
Hcrtcd from ti:o6a unEccu.tonlyd To All.
rvar before AZ audience, and tue crowd
nsaci.hlcd, hi!inS IA il did, tho build
ing 10 its utmost CrpGci;y, wHs "mic|i:..
We could not remain tn witness. Ill the
exercises, but wns agrGcHi'!y Gisapruig:-
al with tho purti0ms gwen during
our stay. and have heard nothing but
favorable comment upon the Dn!nncc.
I'm elderly gentleman prcsrn: WAS par.
tirularly pleased with the performance
of the little girls, and remarked that
tliH was his first visit 10 II church simre
1917, but iGhI EurccedGd in di5posing III
avn nv" W. NA' IVs' f''''a'iit 1T
liberal figure, he would. ut his own
expense, erect Il church for tho hpt cid
LcnoGit OF tho children: @ Where all 40.
quilted themselves go we'll. il is diiIlcult
TO mako aclcclions Of Hpccial merit, but
there eau DO no Improperly in n'untion.
ing few Of the pieces which attracted
particular attention. Tho chnract,r
song Of tho "Elko Guards" with Miss
Eva Rogers ns captain, aud the "ljcmu.
tiful Girl" 10y Florn Waller, were rlr.
ticulnrly good, but thG rendition OF
'Nohuhy's Child" hy li,lla Lena Gar.
rc:ht, WAS extremely pathetic and affect,
ing. The singing 10y several Of The
ladies' was very good und elected hnnriy
rounds Of applause. being absent dur.
ing great part Of the performance,
we could not spoal; diligently regard.
ing tho oniirc programme. but were in.
formed that II brief md ri;!iy imrroinr;n
speech 10y Mr.. Frederick hIraun, WAS
particularly well received.
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.--:ynE.N.;stglstEgI
Hon S':rc'S's J.. ly.I
a joke Oh nEnytlcr."

We learn from the .Siirer .S'Gic that
the Democrats Of Winncmuccl, having
noticed the growing apathy On the part
of their Republican rciGhhore, in tho
matter OF honors to distinguished nIri-
Y5ls, r"siood in" themselves Oh tho oc.
ca4ion OF Mr. Sharon'a passage fow
evenings ago. Tho brass band just
ranged up under Tho Windowa OF the V.
& II. palace coach, and throwing tLcis
whole soul into their horns, blow blasts
Of heroic melody that walked the echoes
of TIC sandy plains, and Er"tg'; tho
silent Senator to tho cutter door. Tho
demonstration wNs designed for Govern
or Grover, but owing 10 tho failure to
appear Oh tho part OF tho Democratic
"llon," tho Republican liking OF
beasts" wns pressed into service.
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from 'rhnrs,lay's DNily.J
From IiniIrOr,t.

\ correspondent ut Railrond Dis.
trirt writes us from that camp Na fol.
lows:
At ihrCc o'clock Sunday morn
ing wH experienced here q slight shock
of earthquake. II wGa also felt ut
Highland, the upper camp. Perhaps
something of tho kind was needed to
Siir things UP and put us in liylcr iuo-
ton.
Tho MIimdclcff Company GGeurca us
TINT they will start up carly in The
Spring mpon firm bnsia, aud push the
work nhoNd vigorously, but everything
Is extremely dull ut present. Now dis
covcrics arc being made In tho mines
however. aud como Of them Nro volunltt,
ones. We still have hopes. II.