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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26

these officials honorable gentlemen, worthy
Of the county they represent.
Ford county contains over 691, 900 acres
OF this area there ever liz, 900 acres tax
able. and 2 4 acres under cultivation daring
the year 1878.
Another evidence of the permanence of
Dodge City is the fact that many elegant
residences aud large, commodious business
houses are in course Of construction at the
pr, sent time. Looking through many Of
The business houses, and counting three and
six in each, all busy. if indicative OF good
times, certainly Dodge cannot complain.
"Dull times" is scarcely heard in Dodge;
they are happy, good-natursd and prosper
Gus; there are no "croakers" here, and while
l cannot say there are croakers in your
booming" city, like the enterPrising ciii-
zens Of Atchison, when there is any import
ant election at issue, or any enterprise to b.
promoted, they pull together.
While some sections Of Kansas were mis-
represented at Topeka last winter, Hon. X.
NJ. Wright, Representative from Ford coun-
ty, and one Of the most successful merchants
Of Dodge City, watched the interests Of the
great Southwest with more than ordinary in
teres.. An able Representative, . man Of
large influence, he commands the respect
and good will Of his constituents.
Morris Collar, one Of the newly elected
Councilmen, F. C. zimmerman, Jas. e..
Conner, and II. J. Fringer, are successful
merchants, having come here when Dodge
was bu, trading post. Mr.. Fringer. above
mentioned, is the adable postmaster.
The Times is under the able management
of N. B. Kisine, and the Globe has Shin
& Frost for its editors and prop ietors.
What they can't say about Dodge i, mo-
worth saying. Newspapers do much toward
building up community; and l doubt
whether, if it had not been for her newrpa,
pe,s, Dodge City would have been the i'm
portant town she is to-day.
Sam. Marshall, former citizen Of Leay-
enworth. ia here in the real estate and loan
business. Mr.. Marshall hiss many friends
throughout the State who will be glad to
know Of his prosperity. He is one Of the
enterprising citizens of the place, has many
WARM friends here who appreciate his worth
and elected him to the ofi,e Of Police JUDI .
at the late election. shail always call on
Sam. when in Dodge City.
was pleased to meet here my friend T
3 JONES, an able and Influential attorney,
recently from Cottonwood ais. Mr.. Jones
informs me that he came here to stay, AMI is
already getting a good practice. He is pop
ular with all, and will succeed.
Messrs. Colley & Msnion. and Beatty 4
Kelley, are building, the former another
large, commodious hotel, and the latter a
two-story building to be used for . restaur-
ant and public hall. With these and many
other costly Improvements, it don't look a.
though Dodge ia preparing to evacuste when
the cattle trade is removed from here.
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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
WISH EvERxsspv re KNOW.

Rev. George II. Thsyer. an old citizen Of
this vicinity, known to every one as a mo-,
Influential citiz-n and Christian minister of
the NJ. E. Church, just this moment stopped
in cur store 10 say: 81 wish every body to
know that l c,nsider that both myself and
VIE owe our live, to Shiloh's Consumption
Cure" Ii is having a tremendous sale over
our counters and is giving perfect satisfac-
ZION in all cases OF Lung Diseases, sch as
nothing el-e has dore
Drs. MATcHEIr & FRANCE.
Bourbon, Ind, May Is, 1873
Sold by H Fringer, Druggist.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NOTICE.
u. 8 LAND OFFICE. ]

q. 3. LAND OFFICE,
Larned, Kansas, March h, 1Ss3.
COMPLAINT having been entered Mt this
Office by Joseph q. Miller, against George
simpson Tor abandoning his Timber Culture In
try, No. 9s7, dated July J, ISL. upon the North
East quarter section =. township &c south. range
- west, in Ford County, Kansas. with view
are hereby summoned to appear at this Office on
the Isrh day of May, 1879. At II O'Clock, A. NJ,
to respond and furnish testimony concerning
E-iw Z. A. NORRIS. Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NOTICE.
US. LAND OFFICE,

Larned, Kansas. Feb. ", 1879.
COMPLAINT having been entered at this
~ Office by Anil ID. wettick against John NJ.
SleHtz, for abandoning his Timber Culture En-
try No. 1855, dated Feb. g. 1873, upon the Lots
8, and East IL Southwest IA section 6, town.
ship IS south. range % west, in Foote county,
Kansas, with q view to the cancellation Of SAID
entry: the said parties are hereby summoned to
appear ut this Office the 10th Gay of May, 1873.
At II O'Clock, A. NJ 10 respond and furn sh tes-
timOny concerning said alleged Abandonment.
4s-4w c. A. NORRIS. Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NOTICE
U. S. LAND OFFICE,

U. ,. LAND OffICE,
Larned, Kansas, March 10, 1879.
COMPLAINT having been entered at This ONCE
Oby Roland \. Hopper against Ralph c. Wilse n
for abandoning his Homestead entry No. $50.
dated sept, Is, ISIS, upon the 81. w quarter
of section IA, ownship "a south. range So west.
in sequoya an county Kan, with . view TO the can
collation. of said entry: the said parties he re-
by summoned TO appear at this Office on the 18th
day Of NAV, ls.9, at II O'Clock A. H., to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment. c. A. NORRIS, Register.
4--lw
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NOTICE.
U. S. LAND OFFICE, +,

Larned, Kansas, March 10, 1879.
COMPLAINT having been entered nj this Of
~ fee by George d. Chapman against W lillian
J. Evans for abandoning his Homestead Entry
No. 1911, dated April "a, 1873, upon the West y
Of the IL Of sec. u, township "a south, range
IS west. in Kearney county, kas.. with view to
the cancellation of said entry; the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear 4. this Office on
the 10Th day OF May, 1879, at ii O'Clock, a. m.
to respond and furnish testimony concerning
the alleged abandonment.
l7-4w c. A. MORRIS. Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NOTICE.
U. S. LAND OIL

O. p 7
Larned, Kansas, March l, 1879.
COMPLAINT having been entered ut this
" Office by John NJ. Miller against George
smith, Tor abandoning his Timber Culture En-
try, No. 1, J65, dated March 1. ISIS, upon the
North West IA section q, township p south,
range p west, in Foote County, Kansas, with u
view to the cancellation Of said entry the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
Office on the 10th day Of May, ls.9. at II O'Clock
A. NJ, To respond and furnish testimony con-
corning said alleged abandonment.
4s-4w c. A. MORRIS, Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26

U. ). LAND OFFICE
Larned, Kansas, March q. 1893.
COMPLAINT having been entered at this
~ Office by James Fulton against George w.
Close, for abandoning his Homestead Entry. No
49,, dated January ~. ls7s, upon the West half
OF tae n. W. quarterof section Il, township "A
south, range 81 west, in Sequoyah County, Kan
sas, with view TO the cancellation OF said entry.
the said parties are hereby summoned TO appear
at this Office on the 9th day of May, ls1e. at II
o'clock, A. NJ to respohd and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment
4.-iw G. A. NORRIS, Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NO DECEPTION USED.

1t is strange 90 many people will continue
to suffer day after day with Dyispepsis,
Liver Complaint, Constipation, Sour SION
,ch, General Debility when they can pro-
cure at our store Sbiioh's Vitslizer, free Of
cost il il docs not cure or relieve them. Price
IS cent?. Sold by Il. ]. Fringer, Druggist
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NOTICE.

q. :. EANTT UFFTtE1
Lsrned, Kansas, March 81. 1879.
COMPLAINT having been entered at this
" Office by Daniel " Patterson against Isaac
Hewitt. for abandoning his lumber Culture En-
try, No. ,G6j. dated March ., 1873, upon the
L quarter section =, township "a south. range %
west, in Seguoyah county. Kansas, with n view
to the cancellation Of said entry, the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at this Office on
the 18Th day of May. 1873, at ii O'Clock, A. NJ
to respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment.
l7-iW q. A MORRIS, register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26

JUST new
Is the time TO use that King of Remedies for
the Blood and Liver SARSAPARILLA, DAN
pELION, AND IODIDE OF POTASSIUM. It
cures Scrofula, Chronic rheumatism, and dis
eases of the skin, and Mercurial and Syphilitic
affections.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
NEVER FAILS.

NEVER RAlL0.
The healing properties Of ARNICA are con-
ceded by all physicians. For healing Sores,
Ulcers, Cuts. Burns, Bruises, Frost Bites. Piles
and Sore Eyes, BROWNS ARNICA sALvE is
without rival.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-04-26
RvERY WESTERN FAMILY

Says BROWNS VEGETABLE LIVfR FILLS
are positive and sure cure for Sick Headache,
Biliousness, and Liver Complaint. They are
prepared especially for the West and Southwest.
Try them and you will use no others.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

The accounts of the damage done by
the floods in Spain are peculiarly dis
tressing. Ten thousand antilles have
been made destitute. The loss of life is
set down at three thousand. The loss
of money will exceed, it is said, ten mil
lions of dollars. At Alicante, which is
the chief port of Valencia, the plain is
covered with surging waters which form
lake "nearly thirty leagues in extent" &"
A Spanish correspondent tells us that
the disaster is not due solely to the rain
storms, tremendous as they have been,
but to artificial obstacles in the rivers
of the Murcian plain. The channels of
the Mundo and Segura have been con
tracted, by jetties, levees and the like,
so that in an emergency like thepresent
one they could not dispose of the floods
of surplus water which, if unhampered,
they might have carried away safely to
the sea.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13
THANKSGIVING Proclamation. &.
The following proclamation has been issue
by President Hayes:

The following proclamation has been issued
by President Hayes:
"At no recurrence of the season, which the
=devout habit of religious people has made the
occasion for giving thanks to Almighty God and
humbly invoking His continued favor, has the
material prosperity enjoyed by our whole country
been more conspicuous, more manifold, or more
universal. During the past year, also, unbroken
peace with all foreign Nations, the general pre-
yalence of domestic tranquility, the supremacy
and security of the great institutions of civil and
religious freedom, have gladdened the hearts
of our people and confirmed their attachment to
their Government, which the wisdom and cour-
age of our ancestors so ftly formed and the
wisdom and courage of their descendants have
so firmly maintained, to the habitatiOn of
liberty and justice to successive generations.
Now, therefore, 1, Rutherford B. Hayes,
President of the United States, do appoint
Thursday, the 9th day of November, instant,
as the day of National thanksgiving and
prayer, and earnestly recommend that, with
drawing themselves from secular and
Iabors, the people of the United States do meet
together that day in their respective places
of worship, there to give thanks and praise to
beseech their continuance.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
r7 Done at the city of Washington
lshAhI this Sd day of November, in the
year of our Lord 1879, and of the indepen-
dence of the United States the one hundred
and fourth.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
By the President: WIN. NJ. EvARTs, Secretary
of State.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

The frequency of the failure of let.
ters to reach their destinations, in
stances of which, we judge, have oc-
CURED in almost every bod IS experience
suggests suspicion as to whether dis
no nestly-disposed clerks in the postal
service may not have taken advantage
of the general confusion caused by the
recent orders condemning hundreds of
letters per day to ths dead-letter Office,
where three or four was former average,
to take from the mail many letters not
liable detention even under the strict
ruling 90 unwisely enforced without
warning to the public. Certainly bet.
ter cover for tampering could not have
been desired by the ill-disposed than
such a state of uncertainty as the cor.
respondence of the country has been
thrown into.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13
Annual Army Report.

General Sherman's annual army report to
the Secretary of War has been completed, and
from its pages we extract the following:
" The eleven Generals, $50 officers, 20, 500
men, and 233 Indian scouts, together with
such officers of the staff as are assigned by the
War Department with the troops, constitute
the army proper of the 'combative force All
other parts OF the military establishment are
provided by law for special service, more or
less connected with the army or militia, but
are not available for frontier defenses. Thus
for instance, the 397 enlisted men of ordnance
are, in fact, workman at arsenals the j 92 men
of the engineer corps are at Willet's Point, un-
dergoing instruction in torpedo practice, and are
not subject to the division commander the 456
men of the Signal corps are employed in observ-
ing the weather er in working the telegraphs ;
the ia ordnance sergeants have charge of old
forts or fixed magazines the Isl Commissary
sergeants are in charge of stores; 1877 men are
stewards of hospitals the West Point detach-
ment, 1856 in number, is localized at the Mill
tary Academy the prison guard at Fort
Leavenworth comprises seventy men, and the
recruiting detachments absorb LILO men at
Davis Island, Columbus, o., and Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo. These various detachments, ag-
gregating 3,463 enlisted men of the highest
grades, compose about one-sixth part of the en-
listed men provided by law for the whole army,
leaving but 90, 799 for actual service.
81 mention these figures in some detail be-
cause I know it is the popular belief, shared
by many members of Congress, that we have
twenty-fiv thousand men on duty. 1 have
done all in my power to reduce these detach-
ments to the lowest number possible, so as to
afford more men to our skeleton companies, but
have found it impossible, and / notice that
similar detachments are reported on all the
army returns for fifty years back. There are
four hundred and thirty companies in the regu-
lar army. Twenty five thousand men would
give fifty eight to each, which is as small as
any company should be, and earnestly recon-
mend that you ask Congress to so legislate that
the twenty five thousand men provided by law
may be allowed exclusively for regiments of
the line, and that special provision be made
for these several detachments, as has already
been done for the Signal Service. The army
cannot with justice, be held responsible for the
work of twenty-five thousand men when so
large fraction is necessarily diverted to other
uses, perhaps of equal national Importance,
# "The tables above referred to show that the
grand aggregate of the army roll is two thou
sand one hundred and eighty-seven officers,
twenty four thousand two hundred and sixty
two men in service, and three hundred and
eighty eight officers retirel.'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13
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Sympathy of the Nerves.
IRidge on Health and Diseased


When the nerves from long habit
have been accustomed to transmit their
messages from distinct parts, and are
suddenly cut off from them, they still
retain along their tracts the sympathetic
actions. Thus man who has had leg
amputated will feel distinctly, along the
course of the trunk of the nerve, sensa-
tions which no longer exist. The mind
also is influenced by this; and frequently
this peculiar direct nervous action can
only be allayed by thatwhich is negative
and reflex. A curious incident occurred
within my own experiences: An old
sailor suffered much from this; he re-
tanned his diseased foot too long, but at
last consented to amputation. When
he had his nervous pains, he always
called for hot water, into which he put
his wooden stump. If told of his folly
in supposing that such proceeding
could do any good, he would become
enraged, and his paroxysm of pain would
increase; but if gratified he took things
easy, and the process actually appeared
to do him good, though all must know
there could be no real benefit. Still
here 10 the effect Of mind over matter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13
A Smart Trick.
TParis Letter.


A few days since young man dressed
in the height of fashion came, with all
the other travellers, out of the train
which had just reached Paris from
Brussels. He had scarcely quilted the
car when he was accosted courteously:
"Do you wish a porter, sir?' "The
very thing was looking for. Will you
take this valise and show me the way to
Hotel de la Rounmania, Boulevard St.
Michel. AS this is my first visit to
Paris, l prefer going there on foot "
cat your service, sir" On they trudged.
When they had crossed Point st. Michel,
the porter, instead of following Boulevard
du Palais, turned to the left, went down
Quai de PHoro!oge and entered the Per-
lecture of Police. He said to the owner
of the valise: az am going to introduce
you to the master of the house." as he
ushered him into the Office of the head
detective. The latter no sooner laid
eyes on the stranger than he said:
"Why, good day, Mons. Vanwater. You
have just come from Antwerp, where
you stole large sum of money. You
have already spent five years in Jail for
4 similar crime. What on earth possessed
you to want to put up at Hotel de la
Roumania, where lodgings are dear, when
you knew / had q chamber at your dis
posal for which l should not charge one
cent?' The thief was put in a cell until
the legal papers to warrant his extradi-
ton reached Paris .-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

THERE is one style of importation
that ought to have the heaviest kind OF
duty laid on it, and no free trade man
in the world would have word to say
against it. This importation is the
bringing of the paupers to this country
from Europe. America is quite satisfied
with the number of paupers it already
possesses and has no sort of Oliver
Tw'st earnings for more. The Com
mi-sioners of Emmigration report that
the impo ration of paupers is constantly
increasing, and an effort will be made tc
stop the evil.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

INFORMATION has been received al
Washington of an official character
that there will be two Territories knock.
ing at the door for admission az
States this winter. These are Dakota
and Utah. 1t is claimed that the popu
lation of each is sufficient The Dako.
tains claim for their Territory a popula
tion Of 10000. in 1870 it had IA 900
The increase has been tremendous and
there is now no doubt but what there
will certainly be enough to make State
by the end of the present year. AS tc
the political complexion of these Ter
ritories, Utah is Democratic while Da
kota is Republican.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13
A Stay.at.HOme.

The Biddeford (Me.) journal says:
"This item will make strong draft
upon the credulity of our readers, and
yet it is true, every word of it. Mr..
Mark Smith lives near the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in this city, and was
seventy-two years old last May. He was
never inside of railroad car or street
car; never visited Old Orchard Beach,
three miles away; never drank glass of
intoxicating liquor in his life, while
there hasn't been day for forty years
when there has not been enough rum in
Biddeford to float "a gun ship from
Cathance Landing to Holmes Hole;
never has attended show; and never
saw the inside of photograph gallery
until last Saturday, when he had a
handsome likeness. of himself taken.
If any of our exchanges can beat this,
let them make it manifest in the usual
way,"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

THE new minister from the United
States of Colombia says that neither
the Panama nor the Nicarauguan route
for a canal has been sufficiently ex-
amined to justify a selection. He
thinks both feasible, though he favors
Panama. He thinks the engineer now
On the ground may discover a pass
through the mountains that will obviate
the necessity of tunnel.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

A GOOD suggestion to bank officials is
offered by an eastern exchanged, to the
effect that their loans, instead of being
made to spectators, who not only pro-
duce nothing, but impoverish those
about them, should be placed in the
hands of men who are engaged in legiti-
mate business. Bank deposits should be
for the uses of regular customers, who
will use the morey to the advantages of
permanent business, and not loaned to
street speculstors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

IT has frequently been said that no
horse could equal the best record of a
man in a six-day race. The fallacy OF
this notion was demonstrated in the re-
cent San Francisco contest between men
and horses. A common looking beast
from livery stable, called Pinafore,
travelled $50 miles, beating the best hui
man performance, that of Weston, by
nine miles. Pinafore is gelding, eight
years old, without a pedigree. Two
other horses made 543 and 514 miles,
while the foremost man scored only
275
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

The Iowa State Register says that the
mobbing of Young, at Luray, Missouri,
seems IN have been very cowardly and
disgracefnl affair The man had been
tried, fairly and thoroughly, and ac-
quilted, and the State of Missouri
should see tn 1T that an earnest effort be
made to bring the murderers of Young
To iustice.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

The feeling between the two Demo
cratic factions in New York City is
perhaps as disagreeable as that existing
bstween either of them an the Repub-
lican pdrty, AMI the lines as strongly
drawn. THIS fact has been steadily de-
v'oping itself orseveral years past, but
never so thoroughly define itself as il
hs, during the campaign just closed
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

The acreage of land sown to wheat
this fall in the United States will be
fully one-third more than was put in
one year ago. With r. large crop of
wheat next year, there will he such a
plethora in the wheat market as was
never before known. Better raise more
cattle and less wheat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13
THERE il worlI of thoughtexpressed

THERE is a worlI of thoughtexpressed
in the following taken from Forneys
Progress: Financially and industrially,
tn" pivotal points of movements of
worldwide Importance continue to
hinge 10 an increasing degree upon
agricultural products. Nothing has in
jured Great Britain 30 much during late
years as the reduction of nearly three
hundred million dollars per snnum in
the income of her farmers, an nothing
has rendered greater, aid to recuperatiou
In the Uni states than the rapid in.
crease in our staple crops and the sue
cessful at empts 20 sell enormous quan
titles Of our breadstugs and provisions
In foreign markets. lI..
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-13

ANOTHER attempt to abolish the Jew
ish S ibbath, or rather, to unite it with
the Christian Sunday, so that the He
brews will not be at the disadvantage
of doing business but five instead of six
days in the week, will probably be made
at an approaching conference in London.
Nearly all the synagogues in Europe will
be represented at this meeting, an1 the
general opinion seems to be that this
change is only matter of time.