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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
TIE DODGE CITY TIMES.
DODGE CITY. SATURDAY, APRILIs Is
A Cattle Village.


The following extract il from . CORES
pondencs 10 the Troy IN. ~ Budget.
written from Colorado. and describing a
Trip through Esnsas:
SATURDAY, March ID. We were to hsve
ieiI kips,ey At Sn early hour this morning,
but The STERN of yesterday and last night
deis, ed this cxrs for twelve hours 80 that
we did not leave until afternoon. There
was q head wind, and it blew great guns.
go that the calls could make but twelve
m,les sn hour instead OI twenty. A bead
wind on the pralIies where there no trees
to break its long and continuous sweep
delays he progress of train Of cars pre-
ciseiy as head wind sioIs me voyage Of a
ship Mt sea Thirty seven miles beyond
kIDeloy IL
cattle village. with Is bad reputation
a. Julesbufgh had in the days when the
Union facinc railroad was being built
On lonely AIDE hiii near by this modern
Sodom thrIe are twenty eight fOlerably
new graves, and all but three of the Occp-
PANS ale reported to have died with
their boots cpn-victims to the sweet mu
sic Of the pistol OF the pleasant toyi,gs Of
the bowie knife. Bullwhackers, cat
guards. dance girls. saloODisrs. gamblers.
and border ruttians have given Dodge .
most uDenyiable reputation. Near bv is
fOrt DOUet. 1TNfuR tu LIE skctCD DOOR
has given very charming pictures Of this
region, and that OF the Arkansas Valley
generally, as il was about 1880. and those
who would enjoy fine descriptions of gIori-
Gus adventures aud camping and hunting
scenes bereabout at that time should read
these sketc1es from The mOet gfIed Of
American writers. After leaving Dodse
the stations were mighty scarce, and the
whole r. glon unsettled. aud no doubt very
much ~ II was when the prairirs were
hist created. Sage brush began greatly to
abound rs We neared the western edge of
the PLAINS. There we're frequent long
lines of narrow paths. trOddrn hard
leading to the Arkansas river. the run
ways oi the antelope, which must have
b~on numerous here before the railroad
came. The Arkansas 10 small spraWliuR
stream al its moro westerly parts. running
through sandy bottoms. No doubt much
OF It's waters arc lost by being filtered down
through emitting sands, perhaps to flow Cd
under bardpnns thousands Of miles away
and to coDs to the surface again through
ariesIan wells. IL il not uncommon for
streams On the plaiDs to sink IN the sands.
AMI TO thus lose the main volume of their
waters. AIN told shat at ono place tho
great Platte river At low water dissppesrs
0ltsee, her in the sands for two hundred
miles OIL lie length when its waters again
respp~sr ON the surface River bottoms
con. posed of shlft,ng sands aro dreadful
leAky.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13

Head ,uar D-pir m-nt al the n ssouri,
office Of the thiri Cosnni--afy III subsistence,
fokr LRA, FNwokru, Ks, March "a les
CEALED PROPOSALS. in t,iplcaf-, will be
Orec& ivrd this ONCE. aud at the Offices OF The
Acting Comm Of cubsi-t nee ~ the
p'sts nam Il below, until I o'cl,ck +. NJ f., on
Tu-sd y. Apr'l 10. ISIS. for furnishing TIN fresh
beef r-iuir.d by he subsistence d-pAIt-
mint, U. =. A Tor Twelve IN ,n'hs comm ncing
July ], 1878. ~ 'ch "f IN following iOst-, viz:
F0rls L-svrnwor.h Riley. Hays, Wallace.
i.arned AID Dodge, hans .; Fort Lyon, Col.'rt-
dsb; Fur sG,bs "a. Reno, Sill and lamp supply,
ia.iian r-rri'ory. and fort Eiiio {. Texas.
Separate bids are Also invIet for ~, nlshing
for the ssm- p.riSi. choice cuts for ufficsrs'
use, and also FIR furnishing sncn heel cattle. on
the hoof, N he qu rel ut each post fer the
Of ;roop- i ! The d. IA or on the march
Bidders must understand thst tho contracts
made under ihi- advertisement shall not be Con-
ST. ued 10 involve tue United States in any Oh,i-
gsrion tor ~ mt in .Acess Of tn appropria-
zion grant Il by congress tor thu purpose.
zach bill mast CONAN = guarantee, signed by
two respou ible parties. tha la csse the bid is
accepted. TIE contract viii lie enIerrd into with
good and -uihcisat bonds within ten 'isys zftrr
II 10 acc~pi
Information as tn conditions, quality Of be.f,
pay m.nt,, a.. can be obsaIn.d upon HppiicS-
ton to th,- un''er,ignei or "a sne \. Z. ;. at
siihr OF ih~ p"-ts u mi
sahso-<~ ). II. GILMAN. Capt in. G G. 8.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
The Timber Culture Law.

A correspondent Of the Larued Enter
prise wri,es:
ere by the papers that Senator Plumb
has introduced . bilt III The Senate to re
peal the timber culture act. for the rooson
that it has proved . failure. think Mr..
Plumb has not Investigated thm matter
fails enough tO warrant him IN saving
that It has proven failure. The facte Of
She case arc. that tnofe Is not stale IN
the Union that can show trees shat have
made "a better growth than thuss that can
Ice found 0u timber claims in this countv.
All persons who have attempted 10 cult
waite timber ciaims are fully convinced
that the TIMBER culture act needs sDend-
ing; ex perleuce has tauebL them that trese
viii not grow twelve feet apart ~ Simt,er
should grcw. They Erow more like fruit
lIees- IL 10 my opinion sftrr four yoars
eXperience, that timber cannot 10 crown
successfully IN rows farther apart tnan ak
fee, each way. That the timber culture
act n !, nov stanus 10 . nuisance. no sxuo
man can deny. Ii lice lses speculation and
fiauo. 1bere 10 scarcely half . dozen
claims IN This county mat arr nov held
by tho original Cwnere. Some has ing
changed hapus ~ often - four times.
Congress should amend the act reQUirlng
tw'uts acres Biz feet apart zach way. in
stead OF forty acres twelve fort apart.
and then Va case at ssie compel she pur>
cnnscr W carry out The contract Of the
pre- iOus owner Is 10 time Of planting. etc.
4 he worst feature IN the law a. u now
s,snds 10. rnas every time . c;nim chanses
hsnos the owner gets two ears 10 put out
hls III 81 ten acres of timber. For inssauc-.
there 10 ciaim in tins settlement that
Was taken four ysars ago has chaneed
hands hire times and there 10 not tire
upun " NJ the prosent Isma. Fur nv palt
I think il would be very un~ise in Co.,>
gre.s to rsp-a, rhe law. Tro~s are what
We want Az tins valley the more toes 70
have the greater the rainfall. Hoping tho
act wall not lie rp~sicd bat amended 10
the oesne II CLOD H0PPgR.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
FOR WAGON TRANS
ROkTATION.
once Chief Quzrtermaste r

Fort Leavenwortb, rs March Is, ISIS.
SEALED Proposals IN triI,lirate will be re-
- ceived ~ this ofiire until II O'Clock . IN on
Tuesday, April 30. 1875. Ut which time and place
they will he opened IN the pres nee Of bidders,
TOR the transportation, by wagon, of Govern
mxnt Stores. daring the nsc.l ,e r c mm' ncing
July !, 1873, and ending June 20, 1873. over the
following routes.
Route No. I-Caddo to Fort Sill. I. T.
Route No. Wv chita, rs. 10 Fort Rem, l. T
Route No. 3-Dod9s City, ks- to Fort Elliott,
T~xas.
Route No. 4-El Moro. Col. to Fort Stanton.
Nm
Route No. Sort Garland, Col. to SsEta Fe,
n. n.
Route No. effort Garland, Col. to Fort Craig
N. n
Rou,e No 7-Fort Garland. Col. to Fort Win.
gate, N. n.
Route s-Fort Garland. Col. to Fort Bayard,
n. n.
RIu,e No 9-Fort Garland to Camp Apache,
Arizona.
Tue G5vernm-st reserves the right 10 reject
any or all bids, Ceutracturs musf be in re.di-
aess TO hegia service by July I, ISIS
Circular, aud blank FIRMS OF c.Htracts show
ing sll the conditions which will be required
must accompany and he part OF the proposals.
These circu srs, E.rms of cont acts, and blank
prOpo >as Can be .biaine', by appi cation to this
Office or " the Chief QiarierTnas. er district Of
NV Mexico, ut SantA fr, n
Prop0ssls f.r each route should be placed in
separ tic envelopes, plainly enforced 'PropOssls
fur Wagon IT inspiration on Route No -"
and addressed ~ The and'r- ixnsi
RUFUS sAXTON,
na3O-sw Deputy Quar- ermsst, General
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
OIhcr Ci'iei Qaa.t-rmast-r,


Fort L- ven 40. IN nan April 8, 1878.
SEALED PROPOSALS.. in ir piIcaI.. viii be
y r.ceivet u ,hi, v,nce. and ~ the 0,rces
the Pet QUAR- rma-i-rs at zach post named he
low. until II o'el CO A NJ. Le.venwurih lin.
On We'd .esi.s, Nay Is. SO, 10. the delivery
during III nscsi year commanding Juls !, 1876.
Of W ,,od Forts DniS L~trn-d, Le,venW0rth
Roe, and Wallace, ksn-a fors Elliott Texas;
lamp supply AM Fats Sib,',n, Reno ami Sill.
]. Z. aud f'.r' LYON, ,oiorad .: .sud BitImiB0us
Goal ~ forts ID aig-, Hays, Larnrd, 10, and
W .iisce, kAisa>, asid Fort L.oa. CnlirAito.
Al o at the sain tim al this ON &c ONLY, for
Sh II u earn al ID "iE- CITY or Nr~.0n, june
t,u City OF Fort tsii.y aiion, and Lravenw0rth
kans and Fer . Gs.soa. Il No ami ill Il T.
n lis for asy 10 tioa Il the supplirs viii 10 en-
terrain d A preference will be gwen " articles
Of domestic pr'aiucIiVI. The Government re-
serves the ri CAT to rsJrct ALv or all bids. tn
propvs IL vii 0~ oi'enrsi in he pr s~nce "t bib
le,s. N Will b- gu get to TIL .nditi me given
on p'vpasas, ami in eli csilars which Will be fuy
nish 4 On apple .ttpn from this once. These
ciicuiars vii give iuli Information
Inv lHes containing proposals should BE-
piAinl, M k-d proposals. FIR Wood, Tor Coal
.,rs ornl ~ -" Snd sfdrrs-esi to the under
siSnrd. RUFUS >AXTON,
sls-av Depusy Y. II. e~ssrs
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
SCOTS PATENT NONP0Go0N0Us
Sheep Scab and Vermin

TT DESTROYS Ticks and v. rmin. cures Scab,
l. water proofs - Fleece tbs prr,. rvinG nd
adding tS the naiur j yOlk). improves a.d graf
lie over 2 crus yer sheep. The compsund 70
warranted to cosfsin 10 a;ids OF mineral poia0oe
~ arsenic, mercury. &c Sli by A SUIT .
Gu: sole fuprie;ors. Wanege, kaasae. LAB
real discoant " Agra0. saAples seat free.
fobll.Ams
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
FARM FOR SALE.

TINE Farm. eoa-istinx Of 800 acres, ksown -
Il thu Young Farm two mi e, west ct Dodge
Chy, party improved in . b-suiiiui location zsd
choice valley land will lie so3d cheap. f..r psr-
ticnars address Nrs. hARCHANO. Csddo,
I. T. mis- I'm
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-04-13
Stills Improved MalleabIe
Iron SaddleTree Fork
PREMIUM AT TIE STATE FAIR
SO Reward to Any Nan Who VIII.
Break this Fork BY Roping.

The sdvastagss Of this valusbls Improvement
consist in dispensing With the wooden fork usu
ally used, and Substituting Malleable iros 81
wood. and In oil casrs whore they fail to sf-nd .
fair test the purchase money will b. refunded o.
. wooden fork substituted. For further partie-
ulsrs apply to n. c. STILL . 1kO,
(P.ientsdl Aastin. Texas.
Refer to J. ". aad ". ". Driskiil, 81 hodge
City who are assiss cur trSss. Al3-9m
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08

children know it, and cry if their mothers,
tempted by the lowered price, want to buy
the questionable color for them. Oh, it Is
dreadfulv' exclaimed the excited hosiery
merchant. dreadful! Dreadful! It beats
Banniker!'' tsyG2ssxsf1E
z II infer from your rematks that American
women, as purchasers, are somewhat capri
cious. = ,.<t
"They are the most capricious, the most
extravagent women that God let's live" con-
tinued he. II can't begin to tell you all this
nonsense about hosiery. Why, an eighth
of an inch in width of a stripe is sufficient
to ruin whole invoice of fine hosiery as
selling goods. Stewart was bit this way re-
Gently. They had 10000 dozen hose with
stripe that was pronounced little too mar
row or little too wide, forget which, and
they had to sell the whole lot at less than
half cost price in Europe. And they were
difficult to get rid of even at that"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08
Foreign Grain Markets.

LONDON, July 3O.--The Mark Lane Exp,e,s
says: Wheat cutting is now becoming general.
and, judging from recent agricultural advices,
wheat has improved wonderfully in many parts
of the country. The sunshine has repaired the
injury caused by the rainfall Of May to an un-
looked for extent, excepting in districts where
the drought was severe, causing premature
ripening. The prospects for tho barley crop
are variable and generally unpromising, par
ticularly on high lands. The yield will Ger
tainly tie light. Oats and beans promise fairly.
The grain trade in London and the provinces
IA devoid of any special feature, but prices are
we'll maintained considering the proximity of
the harvest. There is an under-current of
steadiness observable and the opinion generally
obtains that whether bought for consumption
&c speculation, wheat at present prices cannot
do much harm to millers or speculators If the
There is q constant demand for white for ex-
port, and cargoes off the coasts have been
taken for continental account, and
the fact that prices are stationary in
the face of liberal imports and
the improved crop prospects is in great meas
ure due to this legitimate increased demand
The arrivals of wheat cargoes off the coast, ca.
pecially from America, appear likely to be small
for the next few weeks, but as brilliant pros
poets are entertained of the crop on the other
side of the Atlantic, the probability of any
material rise here is more or less remote. With
moderate arrivals at ports of call, the floating
cargo trade for wheat is steady without quota
bic change" The demand for the continent
continues and helps to support prices. Maize
dull. Barley unchanged. y
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AOer oNe proposes 20 e70tn an dlCnnt00e at
the Mouth Of the Danube.
Hobart Pasha writes to the London
7smes:
IL remark that Russia always insists that,
however much she may curtail her demands
territoriRlly speaking, her new territory must
include the Kilia mouth of the Danube. OF
course it must-that is if she is to have any
thing of great value commercially and
strategically, for the following reasons: At
the Kilia, or northermost outlet, or, as it is
called branch, of the Danube, the sand-banks
are growing 80 fast to seward that already
harbor fairly protected from all winds has
been formed between the point of sand at
the entrance of the branch and the main
land, a distance of about two miles; in fact,
during the late war I was anchored there
with several ships in perfect safety. In
few years a capital harbor will be formed.
Admiral Sprett, r. n, who has surveyed that
coast, can corroborate what state. In ad-
dition to this, there is another point of still
greater importance connected with the Kilia
branch of the D1nube which wouldbe gener-
ally known. It is this-that whoever COM
mands the Klia branch of the Danube com
mapds all trade in that river; at all events.
80 far az the entrance and some ten miles up
ward is concerned: because by deepening the
channel in that branch he would invite lit
must be remembered that the Kilia branch
is the arst outlet the water in the great river
finds in its downward course) the great rush
of water into it's channels. This rush would
of course lessen the depth of water in the two
other or lower branches, and this little game
might be carried on 80 as TO render Sulina
and St. Georges mouths mere mud pools.
1t may be all very we'll to talk of retribution
for the names of the Emperor Nicholas, but
I strongly suspect that the great champions
of the cause of humanity and religion think
more of possessing snug little port in the
Black sea, with the power of any day stop
ping the commerce of the Danube, or at all
events commanding it, than OF tho dear de-
parted. If Russia is to have the Kilie branch
of the Danube, the waters, works, etc., mus
be in the hands of the European commits
sion of the Danube, or else we shall live to
regret it. Yes, and to the very mouth of the
branch, and no means must be at hand
which would admit of her suddenly taking
possession. She is very fond of sudden &C.
ton; explanations afterwards
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08

lions. Man is contrary and persistent and
self-asserting as was the mother of mankind
herself. He would be likely to contrive some
way to avoid the flaming sword of the cheru-
BIN and slip into paradise somehow on the
ice. At any rate, Skeletons theory will not
deter present preparations for penetrating
the mysteries of the Arctic seas. The Arc
tic navigators are all anxious to push beyond
the ice barriers into that salubrious climate
peopled with race Of beings unlike any at
present known, who, it has been limited, may
inhabit the islands of the open sea which
shimmers in the mystical moonlight around
the pole.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08
CASUALTIES.

CASUALTIES.
Central Illinois suffered great loss from
Tornado. Aug I'd.
A $50. 900 nre accured at Parkersburg,
West Virginia, Aug. I'd.
Three men were sun struck at Cairo,
ILL.,, Aug. LIST. One is dead.
The minisg town of Ala. in Utah, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire, Aug. LIST.
A steamboat exp oded her boiler at
New Orleans Aug, LIST. No persons injured.
In Choton village, N. Y: lstely. Payne's
paper mill was destroyed by fire. Loss $780,
600. : r..
At Hews, Ill.,, Aug. LIST, an elevator
was struck by lightning and burned to the
ground
At Davenport, Ia, Aug. LIST, planning
mill was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. 81;
A family Of four were poisoned in New
Orleans, by using oxalic acid in mistake for
sugar, and one died.
There was q severe and destructive
storm at Fox Lake Junction, Wis.,, on the
evening of Aug. 5th.
On the s0th of July, the Balson s.
Currier mills at Halls Landing, opposite Otta-
wa, Ontario, were burned. Loss 100000.
J.E. Gauther of New Orleans being
mistaken for burglar was shot by Charles
Hernandez, in whose house he was rooming.
James Jones and Edward Burns, boat
men, were drowned by the upsetting OF q
boat In the Hudson river near New York,
Aug.5.s -
r. Richard Mnrgan's barn in Strathav,
Ontario, was burned July 30th, and his tile
daughter, playing, therein persisted in the
flames. -. 'sl&ss' = 2 ta**i@@ ~ 81, +
A train was ditched, July Both, on the
Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad, Ark and
a number ofpersons seriously hurt, some dang
ereusly. t.~:z +
f. A Topeka, Kansas, dispatch of Aug. I'd,
speaks Of a heavy wind aud rain storm in that
section ct county, which did great damage to
the crops. IS I I s IL ssFF
An E gin, III, special reports the loos
by firesof s. Hant:eys Touring mill at
sRuntley station. Loss $4,000. An incendi
airy tramp ire. ; o. 8 s &C.,.
"A young man u Fredricksburo, o.,
blew into the mnzzle Of . gun to see if it was
loaded. The gun went OF and carried away
the top bis head. 50 g 6 gssss5
Join MsC san. :sof Troy N. Twas suf-
located while attempting tossaye books and
papers from his burning paints shop. He
leaves awife and fye childrea So s5Sss|Ls i.
B An incendiaryc fife s. Roston, Monday
might, Aug 5th, destroy ear she'd OF the
Eastern railvoad eompany,swith dix passenger
and two Pullman cars Loss $55O00 Sc
Des Aoines lows; Aug. Isl, Warren
EGoops rwas killed bylig htnias Willie stacking
hay. M Hildebrand WIS sssserely stnned,
span 81 horses killed and the stack. burnt.
aug 81 Is beat Brilliant ex.;
=ploded her boiler when opposite Gallipolis, on
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08
THE RISKS OF THE STOCKING TRADE

The Caprices of american. W,o,nen T., Hosi-
ery-A Dru Goods Mans Experience.
lOlive Logan in Cincinnati Commercially
"The riskiest business in America to-day"
answered Mr.. Berwick, 'is the dry goods
business, and the most unstable part of the
dry goods business is in the line
of stockings. I never saw anything
like it.. The - caprice of American
women concerning stockings is something
almost surprising belief. Two men have
within the last month been sent back to the
United States from Chemnitz raving luna
tics, driven insane by the, fluctuations in
taste in the stocking demand at home.'' :,
thought the statement was a joke, and
smiled,
.'It's, strict truth I am telling you, and no
nonsense. don't know how much longer
I'll hold out. My whole existence is one
elongated hose. eat, sleep, drink and
think stockings.''
''We've got stockings on the BRAIN" said
Mr.. White.
- 'tOn thenbrain!~ Ishonld think so;,'' re-.
Piled Mr.. Berwick. Between the top of my
nose and the roof Of n head I've got 25, 600
dozen of stockings packed away. I used to
be able to put the whole subject out of my
mind on the Sabbath; now the church I at
tend is filed with stockings. I am wonder
ing during the sermon what the particular
taste is of every one in the congregation con-
corning stockings; not excepting the minis
ter and his wife and family. The very pull
pit is hung with stockings
"A perpetual Christmas
q aSAnta Claus ii Sbetterof than am, for
It least lie doesn't have to- furnish people
with stockings"
'"What is it that causes you this great
anxiety?'' inquired.
''The constant fear of having twenty or
thirty thousand dozen expensive stockings
thrown on our hands, dead stock, to be sold
at fifty cents on the dollar of what
it costs us, through the crack-brained
notion of some few so-called leaders
Of fashion. Why one IT. noted
lady in town-one alone-has it In her
power to change the yles in stockings in
the space Of twenty -four hours. Mrs. Jones
or Mrs. Smith can walk into store, ask to
lock ct stockings, be shown the greatest
novelties, and II the bulk of the stock hap
pens to- be. red sha has but to cay, Oh, reds
no good now; green's all the rage That's
enough, from that moment we have to seize
peapls ~ thstihr.at and maui them % get
them to take red stocking. Why, even the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08

Sauce for Pudding.-Boil pint If
cherries with a little water, and strain
and rub them through a sieve. To the
boiling juice add a teaspoonful of butter
rubbed sniobth with two I5teaspoonfu's of.
corn starch, a teacnp ofsugar, and . pinch
sof salt. Bfing, ali tosa boil, and il too
thick bic q adj ! III more 70 boiling water.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08

new rates will take effect August 5th. Other
points in the Westand Southwest will establish
q proportional advance. An agreement Was
made to hold meeting Of trunks lines at
Long Branch, August 18th, to arrange south
western rates. Tho meeting did consider
able business of minor importance. -