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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
THE CATTLE TRADE.

In conversation with prominent cattle
man the other day, we learned that there
wouli be larger drive next year than for
the past two years. He says a large number
Of cows have been KEEP; in Texas this year
for breeding purposes, which will greatly
swe the nu nber of young cattle for another
years drive. From him We gather a cor
roboraiing statement regarding The probable
tendency u the cattle business. Texas is
fast settling up, bu; great nuuft Of cattle
raisers are enclosing large tracts OF land for
pastures, for the cultivation Of cattle. TexAs
will always find market in Kansas, so long
as the drive can be made without detriment
60 the cattle drover and to the settlers on our
borders Our informant drove up large
herd this year, following 4 new trail, west
of the old trail. he believe, Dodge City
will retain the cattle trade until that bust
ness is moved westward by reason of settle
menis. This point can be reached Tor busi-
ness. though the trail may be shifted west
ward He does not believe much of the cat
tie business will go to Caldwell. Kansas
That point msy for a time be used for ship
ping purpose, but for the legitimate cattle
traffic western point is desirable. Here We
have 4 large range that can only be inter-
ferred with by the slow process of settlement.
Caldwell offers no better inducement except
u shortened route to the markets. The
range in the Indian Territory is now dis.
puled BY the interference Of United States
officers. Agsiu, the customers of Texas cat
tie men occupy the range in that region, and
our Texas dealers are not trespassers upon
the privileges Of their customers.
We have never taken stock in these sd-
vsnce movemepts-these onward displays of
"on to, etc" They are gotten up for par
ticuls. advantage of cities who wish to covet
the business of other localities. The Indian
Territory ia barrier, and will be conten-
ton which Texas drover will be slow to
accept. The new railroad lines in the South
eastern part of the State stimulate these pro-
posed changes OF western interests, hoping
to foster their own resources to the detriment
OF our own.
As long As the settlements do no, interfere
with the cattle drive, so long will that bust
meas be confined to the western limits. Dodge
City is growing rapidly, and with an impulse
that is really astonishing This prosperity
can be kept up until the settlement OF the
county is complete; and the cattle drive may
assume another shape, or else may be turn
ed to another point farther vest, but not
east.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
In Nevada gambling is regulated BY stat

In Nevada gambling is regulated BY stat.
ute. Faro, monte, roulette, jourquesette,
rondo, keno, ''tan," "dians," and all other
games known to that enterprising State, are
prohibited under q penalty of 81. 900 to
5000 fine, or three months to a years i'm
prisonment, unless license costing 500 the
first month and SIS each subsequent month,
has been received. The games cannot be
carried on in the lower story of any build
ing except in counties that have less than
l,5o0 voters. Boys under fifteen are not TO
be allowed admission, and any one who deals
"hoggirg" game, Whatever that may be,
will be guilty Of . misdemeanor.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
Proving up Homesteads and Pre-.
Emption Claims.

We have received from the Land Office Z
copy Of the circular emtodying the instruc.
tons for proving up Homestead and Pre-.
Emption claims under the act of Congress,
approved March 3. 1879.
The Law requires that thirty days notice
shall be given in some newspaper published
nearest to the location of the land, Of the
intention of the claimant to make final
proof of his entry. This notice must de-
scribe the land and the claimant must give
the names and residences Of the witnesses BY
whom the necessary facts as to settlement,
reridence, cultivation, ETC., are to be estab-
li.hed. The claimsn, must first file with the
register OF the proper land Office written
notice Of his intention TO make proof, to-
gether with the above facts, and q sufficient
sum Of money to pay the cost Of publishing
notice to be given BY The register.
When these instructions have been COM
piled with, the applicant will be entitled to
make fisal proof as provided by the laws in
forcs At the date Of the approval of the said
act.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
NOTICE.
L = LAND OFYICE

u D LAND Ofk1CE.
Larned, Kansas, April %, ls.9.
COMPLAINT having been entered at this
~ Office by Jacob &. Titus, against John n.
SlaHtz. for abandoning his Presumption filing,
No. $50, made Feb. u, ISIS, upon the Lot :,
IL 5 II 5 l. Ia 5 l. Ii section 6. town
ship IS south, range - west, in Fo0te county,
Kansas, with view TO the canoe llaton Of SAID
entry: the said parties are hereby summoned To
appear al this Office on the 24th Gay Of june ls1.
at O'Clock, A. NJ. =, to respond and fnrn sh tes-
timony concerning said alleged abandonment
53-iw c. \. NORRIS, Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07

q. . LAND OfFItE,
Larned. Kansas, April 90, ls.9.
HOMPLAINr having been entered at this
~ Office by William 7. Bilyen against William
7. McNiIchael, for abandoning his Timber Gull
ture Entry. No. !, SIS, dated Feb. %, ISIS. upon
the South West IA section Il, township p south,
range 36 west, In Ford county, Kansas, with n
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
Office the I'D day of june 1879. at ID o'clock,
A, NJ, to respond and furnish testimony con-
corning said alleged abandonment.
saw c. A. MORRIS, Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
NOTICE.
u. $. LAND

U. 5. LAND OFFICE.
Larned, Kansas, April %, 1879.
COMPLAINT having been entered at this
" Office by Robert +. Adams against George
A. Beatty, for abandoning his Timber Culture
Entry No. l,ss9. dated April 90, ISIS. upon the
Z "A section 10. township % south, range 20
west, in Ford County, Kansas, with a.view 10
the cancellation of said entry; the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at this Office ON
the sd day of June. 1879, at o O'Clock, A. NJ 4,
to respond and furnish testimony concerning
said alleged abandonment.
ss-iw G. A. MORRIs, Register
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
NOTICE.
U. s. LAND OFFICE,

Larned, Kansas. May IL. 1879.
COMPLIANT having been entered ut this
" ONCE by Jasper Nickel against Z. Turner
for abandoning her Presumption Filing, No.
3.3a2. dated August q, 1873, upon the Southwest
quarter of section =, township - south, range
TO the cancellation of said entry the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at this Office on
the 9TH day of July, 1879. at 10 O'Clock, A. N. /,
TO respond and furnish testimony concerning
said alleged abandonment.
SAW c. a. NORRIS. Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07

Somebody down in Ford county has found
. W. on the wing Of the seventeen year old
locust.-f Leavenworth Times.
No; it was double U. But there 10 only
one locust here.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07
NOTICE.
4. :. LAND OFFICE,

4. 5. LAND OFFICE.
Larned, Kansas, May |. 1879
COMPLAINT having been entered ut this
u Office by Robert b. Thomson against Joseph
W. l.. Tyrrell forabandoning his Timber Culture
Entry. No. ], 195. dated April 20. ISIS, upon the
Lots 3, 4. and + l-2 IA sec. &. township p -
range 30 west, in S-quayah Cousty, Has, with u
view 10 the cancellation of said entry the said
parties are hereby summoned TO appear 1T this
Office the 2lst day Of June, 1e79, ut 10 O'Clock
A VI. 10 respond and furnish testimony con-
corning said alleged abandonment
5,;-iw C. a. NORRIS, Register.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
STII.E.-EsnIgN

the st. Louis GSjs-Deaocrgi says The
raid on the Indian Territory il over, and
adds:
The men who originated it for the pur.
pose OF leyying blackmail on innocent i'm.
migrants by selling them outfits and SUD.
plies at enormous figures, have retir ed from
the business. Tne men who are now loud.
est IN declaring that the raid continues. srs
rhrewd speculators, who wish to obtain
contracts for supplies for the troops ordered
10 guard the Indian frontier. Mr.. Vest.
little bill for the establishment Of the Ter.
Iifory OF Oklahoma sleeps tie sleep oil
death IN the Committee room.
1t is fact well known 10 everybody in
this part of the country that the "raid on
the Indian Territory" was stilL born. /,
never had an existence except in the i'm.
agination O. Carpenter, the pile saive red.
dler, and the Kansas City Tlmes-which
Carpenter used as a Fort Of blank plaster
to spread his saIve upon, for more conven.
lent application.
All the stories about the great rush upon
the Indian Territory, with which the col.
INNS OF the Kansas City Times were filed
for months, were false, through and
through. Not fifty white men, in all, have
entered the Territory, and they left az soon
as they were notified. The people are
aware Of these facts. They have earned
that no dependence can be plzcei in the
statements Of that paper, and this il prob ably
one OF the principal reasons why its busi-
ness is steadily falling of, and It's subscrib-
ers dropping it. What people demand OF
newspaper is, the truth; and though SEN
sationslism may cause jDarnsl to he
talked about for a few days, reckless dis
regard Of the truth will always re- ult as in
the case of the karsis City Times. in run
ing a paper rapidly down hill.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
Interestin: Notes From saiina,

Cor. OF The LEAvENwoRTH TINEs.l
SALINA, Kas, June 3-Salina wonder
fully escaped from the curse Of cv 'iones, ,oDe
prs.ing directly oTer the town, and must
have settled near Delphos.
At the head Of Mulberry creek about 20
miles northwest of here cyclone followed
up the creek, going at The rate Of 80 miles
an hour. An old man walked at the side
OF it for 100 rods and states it was perfectly
calm on his side, but On the other that it
was tearing trees and everything that came
10 its wav, carrying them into the air
about l50 feet and there tearing into atoms.
A party Left here yesterday for DelphOs,
Ottawa county, TO examine the track OF The
destroyer.
saiIua ia bound to have another railroad.
Will Leavenworth send the Narrow Gauge
and catch the trade? l personally know
our merchants would rather trade with
your merchants than at Kansas City, Lesv.
euworth being a Kansas town ard all of
our merchants patriotic.
According TO official reports Of the Kan
sas Pacific, this town Is the largest broom
corn town in the world. The reports pub
Iished in the Journal give the exact
| figures, which shows Salina TO receive and
ship out more freight than any town on
| the Kansas Pacific The citizens OF Saliaa
| will meet the officers of the road half way
and do their share. Lets see ii built and
! Leayenworth receive her share. All feel
friendly toward her and hope 70 see Ter
| pIOsDer, III. l.. l..
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12

many dollars and cents all these things
bring u, and what al important and i'm
posing power OF earth We imagine
ourselves TO be in consequence
thereof. This might be done,
but it wouidl't pay We have seen it done
as We hsve remarked sbove, but while the
people Of the t0xn gave unmistskab.e evil
derce OF exceedingly delighted with their
own pslzver of themselves, the strangers
were disgusted beyond expression, and
wherever two or three Of them are gathered
together, even unto this day, the statistical
suppository administered to them on the
occasicn referred to, il the subject of ridi-
cule and laughter.
We must avoid everything of that kind.
We mus; rot try to make people believe
that We ave bigger Than We are, for people
viii fnd out Inc truth, after awhile, and
ten ih-y ~ili laugh at us. But We can
take the s-rargers in our carriages, and
give 'h-ru refreshing drives on our besu,i-
| ia! shaded avenues, we can let them see
our miles of well-paE,d streets, our hun
dr,ds Of elegant and costly residences, the
| c. " and comfortable houses OF our thou
sands Of wsli-to-do working people, the air
Of thrift, comfort and progress that is to be
| observed on every hand, aud lest but BY no
means lesst, We may show them
our rnammo,h Wholesale houses from which
car leads Of goods go cut every day and
! 10 every town from The Missouri river to
! the Rocky MOuutsins, and, as matter oi
! special interest to them, we may show them
through few of our more than hundred
manufacturing Establishments, each fur.
nishing employment 10 from ten men up to
three hundred, ard where raw material in
the form Of timber snd pig iron is consumed
by the train load every day, and sent back
in the form Of thousands Of useful article
winch find markets in every quarter Of The
habitable GLIB.
All this may be done vi hout any breach
OF propriety. Such al incidental touch ol
business may BE- very properly and consis
tently mingled with our hospitality. We
may give our visitors correct and compre
heusiye ideas of our mercautile and manu-
featuring advantages ard possibilities, ant
We: do it in such way as to give them 9
most agreeable and Interesting entertain
ment. We should do everything in
our power 10 make their stay pie lsaDt, and
to give them just as good time as it i.
possible for them to have while they are
with u, and If, at the same time, we car
show them without boring them, that
LeayenworIh is not only the largest and
| handsonest town in Kansas, but tie sound
est and most prosperous town in the Mis-.
souri valley, We shall cause them TO carry
to their homes not only pleasant recollec,
tions Of the entertainment enjoyed here
bat correct ideas of the thrift and prosper
ity of LeavenwOrth, Of the ma cnitude ot
her business interests, and Of her impor
nee as the chief commercial city of ths
state and the manufacturing city of the
West
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12

steadily falling barometer and risirg tenn
perature. At 3 o'clock p. m, a heavy,
dark mass of thunder heads appeared on
the northwest horizon, and gradually
moved eastward, increasing in bulk ard e1
tending toward The zenith. Frequently,
during the formation and GeseloDemsnt OF
the storm cloud, as many as four different
currents IN the air were indicated by the
movement of the clouds. The 'cyclonic,'
or spiral motion Of the wind was
plainly disceruible that in the clouds for
over an hour before the force Of the storm
was felt at the surface Rain could b.
seen falling TO the north Of The station for
ten minuter before there wss any pr.cipita-
ton here. 1t looked like vast and dense
volumes Of fog impelled eastward a, high
velocity. At 6:35 p. u few scattering
drops of rain began TO fsll. At that time
the heaviest portion Of the cloud was
directly north of the station, the apex be-
ing about co. of the horizon; the wind
blowing in q ful gusts from the south. Al
6:53 P. N. The barometer reached its lowest
point, the actual reading corrected f,r
temperature and instrumental error only
2S $50. At P. NJ. the wind suddenly
back from 5. to y. and increased in force,
blowing for shout five minutes at the rate
OF sixty miles per hour. The cloud then
moved rapidly southwark, terdipg toward
the east. The rsil fell in perfect torrents
Tor near an hour. From 7:l0 to
1:iO P. NJ. considerable hail fell.
A number Of the stones we're measured
and averaged from one-four;h TO three
eishths OF an inch in disueter. The slec
trical discharges were very intense and
almost constant. The force OF the storm
expended itself about S:05 .. IN. The rait
ceased AZ 500 p. M, and the amount thst
fill in one hour and forty minutes was ore
inch and forty three one nuudredths.
| The storm produced no serious dsmage
In this city or vicinity. A large number Of
trees IN the city were blown down and sew
eraI large buildings suffered dam ge by
lifting OF roofs. Fruit trees aad srOwia g
grain were somewhat damsssd by the hail
The position OF fallen trees in different pr
tons OF the city plainly indicated the spira
motion of the wind The larg- iron brids,
over the Missouri river at this point, OF
which was train of heavily ladened cars
s~ayed 40 much that the engineer inmpeG
from his engine, thinking tie bridge wa.
toppling over.
| AT about the same hour a very De
stIuctive tornado struck the earth
north of this station, near St. Joseph, No
No doubt the disturbance fit here was al
oif ,hoot Of the sbova n smed tornsdo.
During the evening from to IL, the elsc
trical display in the south. southeast snd
east WIS very beautiful and vivid. Tn,
heavens were almost continually illumina
ted. Frequently here we're a. high a. ,
dozen streaks of lightning, of the zig r.!
form, which seemed to rsdiate from a com
mon center. SAMUEL W RHODE,
| Sergeant Signal Corps. u : 4.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
GREENBACIiEES
state Grecnback Convention of
Ohio in session.

COLUMBUS, o., My 1.-The State
Greenback Convention assembled at ten
o'c'ock, with Sidney Hildreth as tempo
rsry chaIrmsn.
A dispstoh was received from Congress,
man De La Matyr, dated at Washington
sdvising the convention to stand firm and
urcompromisiag.
The stage wa4 decorated with bInners de
nouncins coalition.
After tfsctiug a temporary organ Il .tIon
the convention took recess for dinse
The Greeub ck convention have, with
great unsnimity, adopted resolution d'
recting the chairman 10 rule on. of order
auy resolution or motion 10 coalition viii
the Democrats.
The Convention nominated the following
ticket:
For Governor A. SIurders.
For Liru.enant Governnr-Huge Pryor
For Auditor-Andrew Ray
For Tressurer-Chas jenkins.
For Supreme Ju1ge-A. VI j icksor.
For Attorney Geueral-Js &. Crogan
For M-mter of Board Of Public Work
Gso. W. Plstt.
The platform adopted asserts that IN th,
recogniz atio1 aud distribution of civil anC
political rights sni privileges there shouIc
be 10 favoritism on account OF birth, color
creed or iEancial condition; the genera
government should is ue an ampl,
volume Of fall legal tender
currency to meet the business needs
of the country and promptly pay all OF il
| de b.s; recogniz $ the dsplOrable commsrcis
| and industrial condition of the country a.
somsthing appalling to contemplate (; an
hes tatiDgly holds the old parties respon-l
| bic for the nefariou' and ruiu Gus police pur
sueI;uuhesitatiDel charges this suffering ol
| degradation ss the result OF the Legislation
| Of the last quarter Of century being sOlely
| iu the interest of the mOnisd ari-tOcraCN
| ard corrupt corpOrations-the funding Q
the national de b, into long time bonds, I,
be paid over and over in the (, run Of interest
| absorbing the wealth Il the nation, mskiul
busi, ess prosperity impossible, reducing
| the latorer 10 a condition Of slavery, and
| r, nderIng the lf4re Cf the nation sub
| seryient to the interests OF the bond hOldit
| class is the outrage 80 monstrous that any
| political partr that sanctions 1t Is unsorth!
the support oi:in elligent and honest men
| il ilexibly opposed TO the issu'
by the government of interest. beariu.
b nds, Of any description, for any purpo-'
whatever; the nat onsl banking system
should be Immediately abolished; a tarif
amply sufficient for 'heprotection of Amer
| lean industries should BE- maintained;
financial system may have shown II t'
| b. unnecessary TO tax silver 10
support Of capital; all internal reyrnu
taxes should be dispensed with and a grad
| ua ed income tax substituted; demand
the immediate calling in and payment 0
all United States bonds in full legal isnde
money demands the oqIaliz 1tion of bonn
ties for the soldiers; d-nounces al
ref rences to the late civil war o
a malicious end insulting nature az r.vo' u
tionsry and wholly inconsistent with III
principles of a Tree government.
\ platform relorted by General Sier
wood as miro rity of the Committee Oh
res ,luions. called out a better discn ssiol
| and when it WAS vo.ed down a number 0
the delegates left ,he convention.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
,heu.th. or;-i. or x,nt,,-,

Some disclosures have recently been
m de concerning the oIi in Of NihIli-m
which throw strorg light on the inspti
tude of Russian offi;i-li-m. l. appears
that the Russian censorship prohibited two
books. which in other countries have no.
been thought to be particularly dangerous
-Bnchner's Force and Matter and S.irn-
er's Properly and the Individual -
These books, if they had been permitted to
circulate freely, would have been resd only
BY scholarly individuals. But bsiog pro
hlb:led they were esgerly sought for,
secretly passed from hand to hand, and
read with great zeal and en'husiaam.
BuchBer's msleTislism and Stir el's social
i-m combined, created rhe doctrine of Nj
hiiism. This story carries with i. the ele-
nents of probability. and this result of i'll
advised repressive measures argues i'll for
the success OF the Russian government in the
deadly contest now going On in tia: coun-
frv
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
TfaE ZIIE WAR

A New and interesting feature CT the
ZIlu war is the fancy that the Zg!us have
developed for fighting each other, and 4
fact in regard to the recent battle between
Cetywayo and his r.bellious soldiers that
will be noted with pleasure by the English
officers who have suffered defeat at the
hands Of the ssvsges is that the rebels we're
surprised at Issndlana. From the fscts
set forth in London sdvices published yes
terdsy it may be inferred that the crisis Of
the war is at hand. King Cetywayo ha-
massed his forces in a position Of great
natural strength, snd-being a savage OF
parts, with very sensible idea, in regard 10
iighting-it is not likely that he will risk
an engagement away from bis present lines
Of defense Doubtless lie hes realized bv
this time that the English sre determined
to give him battle and tba. his wI~est
course is to pick his own ground and wait
for them to come on.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12
Another Learned isIaclssmi;i,

Another learned blacksmith" comes TO
supply the place made vacant by the death
OF Eiihu Burritt. His pane il Robert ID.
Cogserhail, his home is Newport, L l , and
ne Il Is spent all his lie CD his native Is
land, except The four yeaIs that h. served
in the army during the war. lie was a
poor boy, was given only common school
education, and mas had 10 work hard at his
trade for a living, but he early developed a
great love Of geology, and has found time
to pick up most Astonishing spount OF
knowledge about his .avorite science. He
Is now past middle life but sill works in
hi slop every day, gci7g home frequently
IN the summer to meet IN the evening some.
body interested in geology who has cJGne u
Newport for rest and has heard Of the self
taught scien.i-t