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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11
The Weather and the Stock.

The snow continues on the ground, with
no sign OF giving way. lie depth here IL
about five inches. and pretty well packed.
|, Is reported TO bs twelve To fifteen inches
deep along the Divide. Loses OF sheep in
that region viii doubtless be cors derable.
though no definite idea Of their extent il
oStainanle at present This We learn from
Mr. Kenyon, Of Colorado Springs. The
snow is IN esery direction, extending three
hundred miles south. The RIO Grande is
frozen over at Albuquerque. 1t is thought
there cinno; be much improvement after
two weeks. Cate ON the sou h side of the
river, ON the water courses and among III.
csdaIs are doing fairly, but the immense
herds from the north, cong'ega'ed on the
nor h side, are suffering bitterly. They
have mo'ily 6;sippear5d from the plai. s
opposite this pi7cr, having moved eas ward
lowing piteeu.ls IS ihey Weut | is t. l.
mated by Ir. II pkins. OF GrraiA. that
Ten ihols ui bead isve crossed the X .n=s-
iiae, sud pre- tOv b tv-eB Syracuse ae.l
iakin Sfoi'd th7y get ca he h1r.t di=-
trici igiag autn q ;hsr ere So i b. M
u'ars Us res isam starvation d. river J.
sQil fr0z n sid, sHa ~ ulI fora tha,n es.
cEos.iug. N a4rts should rsialy h.
tsk.u 70 tGra ,asm dstk Las A.inas
Leaeer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

In our teiegraphic columns this morniug
is given compn hens've synopsis of the
report to be submitted 10 tae Senste. az an
early day By the committee in,rusied with
the examination OF the qge ton of charming
the form Of government o The Iadian Ter
ritory. The report contains thee propo-i-
tom: The establishment OF United States
courts ia the Ieriilorv; constituting the H.
diais cit'zeis Of the Uniled States; and he
tivisi1D OF their lands into pcs Is ions to be
held in stv rally. Tie raeass that the
and OF Al e Territory, n-tesd % remaining
"a a home tor The Indisn tribes. sh II he
allosed IN DRIFT into ihe hands fl railroad
corpora iors. and land pee .lstor.- Leav-
enwoith lines, !th int
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11
WHEN SPRING TIME CONES.

Asthe dreary winter drags its weary length,
extending it. Geld embrace in the month o,
January, We sigh for the return OF spring,
the season that revives our hopes, increase.
our energies and stimulates cur good pur-
poses through period Of ACTIVITY, prosper
iiy and confer tnent. Daring the bleak aud
piercing winter months, and after the mer-
ry.msking o.the holidays, We are prepared for
the years action. o. this border we have
much to encourage US in the Contemplation
of our future life. Here the child Of the
plains ia maturing into the manhood of rapid
growth and development. These desola;e
aud unnamed wilds are fast becoming new
p,rsdises A wonderful change has been
wrought within the past few year,. Still
greater changes are in the era Of the pro-
grefs that will dawn with the frat chirping
Of the gentle blue-bird, the sweet messenger
Of spring. As We contemplate the future
the picture becomes one Of grandeur. These
waste-p aces will be covered with the hsrdy
hands Of toll. The tide that has Set in will
not recede--it is an irresistible current, aid
will flow until the wild plain. are covered
with thrift, industry and prosperity. Tn.
signs of the times point unmistakably to
large and Increasing immigralicn the com
ing year. The SUCCESS of this border has
been assured. The noble pioneers have
demonstrated the practicabiliiy OF the re-
sources Of this great and luxuriant land.
Our agricul nral pursuits are no logger ex-
perimens. Experience and plenty have
assured, beyond the possibility of doubt, the
adsptability of the plains for successful cul-
,ivation. Rich soil, heal by climate and
cheap lands will bring The immigrant from
far aud near, from cold and servile Russia
from the borders of cur own State.
While it may be a srsich OF magma ion
10 contemplate tie bslmy breszei under an
Italian summer, in the midst OF severe
winier, YET our hopes go out for short
duration OF the pres Mt cold spoil We al
ready see evidences OF the approach of the
coming tide. Strangers are visiting our
diy and making permanent locations. We
are assured the railroad company will place
it- lands in market aud extend its excursion
trains to this point as soon as the brea b of
winter has swept by. We have only 10 be
patient.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11
KANSAS CITY ANNEXATION.

The Kansas City Times never does any
thing without great hurrah. Its enter
p.isss are all OF the sensational order. Now
while the gentle zephyr of its great eush
has softly settled upon the minds Of the
people, the sober s,ond thought manifss's
i,self. No one doubts the great practical
benefit OF the annexation. But Kansas CT y
il bull il . in Ksnsas. Ihose who have
w4teLed the g-osih o. 'ie Si'y will perceive
thai an extsns We building up within he
pct iew years has iaken pace wesr Of the
S at. line" tx easiv- ct b.isl meats,
warehouse and stores, within fur or FIVE
year,, have been built on the once marshy
bottom. These improvements will extend
westward, IS tie site is mere eligible, and
We shall Tot be surprised, within the next
FIVE Yeas, to see the bulk Of the business Of
Kansas City done within the Kansas line.
This will practically settle the aunexa loo
scheme which the Times 1ourishes with
such great trumpeting.
Inc preseh' move IL imIr c'lcaOie, DE-
clu'e it cannot be accomplish Il is serv-
ing lis purpose, however. Il aids the Times
in increasing its interest in Ksnsss. and the
discussion Of the subject has developed the
fact that people will build in Kansaa, wet
Of the great city, and thus practically SET
Ting Karsas City where it rigbtfully be-
long,, on the Kansas Size.
From cur extreme standpoint. the dis
usson do<sD'i concern us s Q great deal,
except 80 far as the ger erai Interests Of
X mas are concerned. We are quietly
binding upa metr polls in Eestern Kan
aide, and We are going ahead.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11

The loss to the country by the fellow fe'
yer epidemic for the present year is es'im.-
I'd ut $175 GOO, 00). This il purely from
the money standpoint The loss of life and
the sorros Of the living for the dead canuo,
he estimated in dollars and cents.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11

The efforts of various land grant railroad
companies aud of all the champions 81 CIV
iilz,tion who throng the Arkansas, Kars s
and Missouri borders of the Indisn Terri
tory, and yearn TO enter INFO possession of
its fertile scres. viii be renewed in Congresr
soon after the recess.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-11

The cottonwood telegraph poles used on
the liae Of the Southern Pacific fofd, have
sproa,ed, and give promise Of supplying
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
Mental Disturbances.

AS very little child 1 remember I attached
peculiar Importance to certain numbers;
this or that trivial action must be accompanied
by counting so many, Or the action must be
repeated so many times; later, certain of these
numbers assumed special importance; three,
or any multiple, must be avoided in ordinary
action, as being in some sort sacred to the Holy
Trinity. An imperative necessity seemed laid
upon me to touch or move this or that object,
though 1 might have no desire to do SO; and
as, think, is related of DR.. johnson, would
submit to no little inconvenience to avoid
treading on the joints of the paving stones.
Generally, 1 may say that that which was least
pleasant seemed most strongly obligatory for
example, if L CHANGED to be walking with any
one the impulse to pick up a chance straw in
the path was greatly stronger than if 1 were
alone, though (or perhaps, because) was very
sensitive to fear of my peculiarities being
known; and again, though 1 was Enthusiastically
particular as to cleanliness, 1 was especially
impelled to touch some dirty OR offensive OBJ
ject remember putting myself to consider
able trouble to go out again, after reaching
home, to move some trif1ing thing which 1 had
CHANGED to notice on the pavement-The Pa
thology of the Mind-Maudsley.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
POLYGAMY IN UTAH.

Delegate Cannon Defends His Constitu-
ents and Denies that the Laws Can be
Made Effective.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Delegate Cannon of
Utah, respecting the anti-polygamy laws and
the bills on that subject introduced in the
house by Mr.. Willis of Michigan, says that he
does not believe those laws can ever be made
effective. "The truth is" said he, 'those laws
are not broad enough. They are not aimed at
immortality i'll general, but at our people in
particular In Utah we have judges on the
! bench, prosecuting attorneys and grand petit
jurors who are we'll known to be libertines.
They who debauch women are called upon to
prosecute, try and punish us for the crime of
getting married" Mr.. Cannon makes the ex-
traordinary statement that the desire to dis
franchise the Mormons is born of hope
among impecunious people in Utah that they
will be able to control the offices and diSburse
the taxes;of Utah if the scheme of disfranchise-
ment is carried out. Mr.. Cannon denies that
he has recently been married to a fifth wife,
and says that it would be contrary to all pre-
cedent for the house of representatives to take
any action toward expelling him. If he has
offended against the laws he is to be tried by
the laws and not Congress. He refers APP
provingly to the ground taken by General
Butler some years ago, when it was proposed
to expel several members of the house for their
connection with the Credit Mobilier specula-
lions. Ger. Butler then declared that the people
thief to Congress if they liked, and that the
House wonld have no right to expel him. The
people of Utah elected Mr.. Cannon knowing
him to be a polygmist, and that gentleman
says the House has nothing to do with that
fact,
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
XLVIth CONGRESSES Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, DeC 10.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of War to
donate twelve condemned bronze cannon to
the Francis p Blair monument association of
st. Louis, was passed.
Mr.. Burce introduced bill to provide for
the investment of certain unclaimed pay and
bounty moneys and to facilitate the education
of the colored race Referred
The Senate passed bill authorizing an al
lowance for the loss by leakages of spirits, ETC.,
and bill for cable from the main land OF
Rhode Island to Block Island.
The Senate passed bill to provide llmlta-
ton to prosecution for desertion, after 1t was
amended so as not to apply to defaulters.
A Hill to relieve the Treasurer of the United
States from the amount charged to hlm and
deposited with the several States, was referred
Mr.. Platt (Rep) presented petition Tor the
reduction of postage on business circulars
Referred.
Mr.. Booth Rep.) of California, introduced
hill anpropriatipg $4,000 for the erection in
the Smithsonian Institution grounds OF a
statue of Prof. Joseph Henry. Referred:
On motion of Mr. Mcpherson Dem.) of New
JERSEY, a bill introduced by him the last SEES
sion relative to the transportation OF animals,
was made a special order for the 7th OF Jan.
An amendment to yesterdays resolution to
investigate the causes of the negro exodus,
providing that if the committee lind the black
men deprived of his rights to consider the ex-
pediency of providing other territory for them,
was ordered printed. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
A resolution was adopted for the appoint
ment of a committee to examine into the sub
iect of the selection Of a suitable route for the
inter-oceanic ship canal to which all petitions,
memorials and reports relative to such canal
shall be referred.
The military acadamy appropriation bill was
reported and referred to the committee OF the
whole.
Mr.. Scales attempted to report back the bill
for the REIMBURSEMENT of the Ute reservation
in Colorado, but it was objected to by Mr..
Mills.
Mr.. Morse Dem) of Mass, presented Pc
tition asking for the passage of the joint reso-
luton now before the Senate committee pro-
viding for the abolition and repeal of the legal
tender power now given to the U. S. Treasury
note. Referred.
House at 240 adjourned
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
AFGHANISTAN.
The British Menaced by 10000
AfghanS.
THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION AD-
MITTED.

LONDON Dec. 16.-The Times says the news
from AfghanStan indicate beyond a doubt
that crisis has been reached in military opera
lions in that country more important than any
through which we have yet passed since the
commencement of the invasion last year. Hap
PLY the position we occupy and the resources
at our disposal appear to render us better able
to meet this emergency than any which pre-
coded it, but our strength is being tested more
severely than hitherto.
CALCUTTA, Dec. 16-Gen. Roberts tele-
graphs from Cabul that one mountain gun was
lost during Sunday engagement. Roberts es-
Inmates the number of the enemy at 1000.
The fire, he says, was severe. He is confident
Of his ability to restore British authority in
Afghanistan, but says reinforcements are ne
cessary to enable him to act vigorously.
LONDON Dec. 16.-The statement that the
ment of 5000 men Immediately is probably I'M
true, as the Viceroy of India telegraphed yes
terday that he had ample forces.
The correspondent of the Times at Cabul tel
egraphs on the 18th inst as follows: The troops
are in excellent spirits and ready for any work
The British loss in various affairs during the
past week was AZ men killed, including off
GERS, and rs wounded, including officers. The
military contributor to the Times writes as
follows: "The temporary success of Mahomed
Jan over Gen. Massey, coupled with the evacua-
ton of the position won at such a cost the 18th
inst, has evidently given the rising an impetus
it will need all our strength to overcome. The
The Shirpur Cantonments, which lie two miles
north of Cabul, are intrenched and contain
several months supplies. The troops are in
good health, and though it is humiliating to
feel that at this moment the Afghans have the
upper hand, that our army of occupation is be-
sieged, that Cabul has passed from our hands
and its governorship transferred to Mahomed
Jan, yet there is no cause for alarm. There is
many man inside that entrenchment who
has faced heavier odds than those at present
against him, and though it may be unpleasant
to learn that the Afghans hate us now with the
undying hatred they exhibited in 1862, there is
no reason to feel any apprehension of repeti-
ton of the disgrace which overlook us then"
CABUL, Dec. 15.-The most difficult position
OF the enemy was calamity carried yesterday.
Later in the day the British troops lost the
position which they had before taken.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17

son in the case of this county. AS the Coun-
Gil would do nothing that is not according to
their) law [ presume awful Fogg has dis
covered some statute which is constitutional,
that directsth this plain provision of the
constitution be applied to Kennebec county
only. The real reason, however, is that Pills
bury hadn't the courage to permit them to
steal any members SO near his home. He
says that that county is so strongly Republic
can that to change the result would be to
cause needless irritation. Pillsbury seems to
have no fear of the Irritation that this gigan-
tic crime of crimes will cause in other sections
of the state.
The Belfast certificate was not withheld.
as the same reason that would deprive DR..
Brooks of his certificate would also prevent
the issuing of one to Dr. Bradbury of Norway
they both being examining surgeons in the pen
sion office. So this will reduce the number of
vacancies in the House.
A Movement to Test the Constitutional
ity Of the Act of 1877
The following is a copy of the petition to
Benjamin W. Hartman, Esq, Representative
elect from the Readfeld, Mount Vernon and
Vienna class, circulating among the voters of
that district for signatures:
Whereas, The Governor and Council in
their canvass of the votes cast for Senators and
Representatives at the last state election have
refused to execute a law of the state on the
plea that they are ddUised that it is unc0nsti-
tutiondl.
And, whereas, if the executive department
may refuse to execute one law they may also
refuse to execute all laws until they have
been formally declared constitutional, thus
opening the way for the greatest usurpation
and utterly reversing the universal law of
republics that the executive is bound to exc
cute all laws until they are declared e,ncon-
stitutiondl;
And whereas, the only body that can law
fully and finally declare a law unconstitutional
is the Supreme Judicial Court;
And whereas, the Governor and Council
neglected to call upon the court for their adj
vice and decision as to said law, as it was their
privilege to do;
Therefore, we, the undersigned, voters of the
town of Readfeld, respectfully request you, as
the rightful Representatives elect from this
district, that you cooperate with all those who
were rightfully elected Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes as shown by the legal records of the
late election, made according to law by the
respective cities, towns and plantations of the
state, in order that all questions relating to the
legality of the canvass by the Governor and
Council of the votes cast at the last state cleo
4ion for Senators and Representatives, may, if
possible, directly or indirectly, be brought be-
fore the Supreme Judicial Court for their de-
cision.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
He'll and the Devils PHOTOGRAPHED

Professor Leuchin of Moscow has just pub
lished "The Mysteries of He'll and Its Inhabi-
tants"-a folio volume, enriched by 70 photo
graphs. Some of these are portraits of the
leading native celebrities, while others repro
duce the processes of torment most in vogue
amongst the present administrators of the Tar
tarean penal code. In his preface to this re-
markable book the learned professor grayely
remarks: "We have heretofore only been able
by the aid of conjecture, to arrive at dim ap-
prehension of the fortunes that await us in the
subterranean realm, but have at last, after
protracted and all but superhuman exertions,
succeeded in throwing light upon all this more
or less vague information, and in producing an
absolutely authentic description of hell and its
inhabitants Seventy striking original photo
graphs of eminent internal personages, and
faithful depctment of the last Judgment will
be found to represent completely and exhaus-
lively all those phenomena which have hith-
erto proved insolubly enigmatical to humanity
at large" 1t is to be regretted that the pro-
fessor should have preserved a sphynxian ST.
lence respecting the details of his Journey in
the lower regions, and of the visits he must
have paid to the diabolical dignitaries who so
amiably permitted him to photograph their
expressive lineamentS. In enabling us, how
ever, to contemplate undoubted likenesses of
Lucifer, Ashtaroth, Beezebub and sundry
other distinguished characters of the same
class, Professor Leuchin has established a claim
to our lasting gratitude.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
MINOR TEL ,EGR,AMS

The Attorney General has granted writ of
error in the case of Arthur Orton otherwise
known as the "Tichborne claimant
Chas. N. Engle has been arrested in Reading,
Pa, for poisoning his wife.
Schooner j. T. Hubbard, which has been
held by the customs authorities at ST. John, N.
B., for infraction of the revenue laws, has
been released on the payment of $500 fine
VIM. Gibbons was killed and Alex Jones
fatally injured by the.explosion of locomotive
Monday on the Peoria Railroad at Des Moines.
One hundred and fifty destitute Hungarian
immigrants are in New York, whose homes
were destroyed by floods.
The principal address at the Pilgrim dinner
will be by Geo. w. Curtis.
The Sun says that over 100000 have been
illegally spent in postoffice contracts by Brady
and Tyner, both of whom have risen from
poverty when they were appointed in the
Postoffice Department, to wealth which en-
ables them to own large mansions, carriages,
etc.
The Sun says the New Jersey Central is
strongly held on report from well inform
ed quarter that an arrangement has been
made whereby the United Pipe Line will here
after send petroleum to New York over the
Reading and New Jersey Central Roads. Mr..
Keene, who is very large holder of New
Jersey Central stock, is said to have invested
100000 in the stock of the United Pine Line
Company.
Fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the
round-house of the Boston & Maine railroad at
Boston, doing considerable damage The fire
damaged the building about $4,000. All the
engines were under steam and were taken out
Claude Etienne Mimic, the inventor of many
improvements in fire arms, is dead in Paris.
At South Portsmouth, North Carolina, the
ship Jacob Trumpey is full of water. The
crew are saving the provisions and private
property.
The schooner j. 7. Hubbard held by the
customs authorities at st. John, N B., for in
traction OF the revenue laws, has been released
on payment of $500 fine.
BarkPimsoll reports she rescued the CAPTAIN
and eleven of the crew of the italian bark
Arma Olivia Nov. 9th, and landed them at
st. Michaels.
The Russian bark Ivalo, from Delaware
breakwater for Boston, is ashore on Guilty.
Hunk. and will be total loss.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

The Council consummated the theft of the
Legislature last night The Senate stands 20
Fusion to II Republican and the House rs
Fusion, 81 Republican and - vacancies. All
the Republican county officers in Cumberland
but Mr.. Webb, county treasurer, are counted
out.
The probabilities are that Don Cameron will
be chosen chairman of the Republican National
Committee, and that the convention will be
held in Chicago,
The Afghans menacing the British at Cabul
number some 10000.
Twelve miners have been killed by the ex-
plosion of blast in the Gluck salt mine in
Wurtemburg, Germany.
Tie wife of Ex-senator Sprague has applied
for div, rec.
Gen. Grant was enthusiastically received at
Philadelphia yesterday.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Bruce intro
duced bill to facilitate the education of the
coiored race
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-17

Sid FIN Singapore Dec 9TH, barque Robert Porter,
Nickels, New York.
At Berbice Nov I'd, sch Clara Fletcher Sargent,
from New York. ar 18th, for Brunswick, Ga, ready.
Sid FIN Havre 18th inst, ships Ell Captain Lincoln,
Cardiff; Suiote, Goodburn, New York.
Ar at Alloa Dec 10, barque Sarah A Staples, Bart
lett, Dundee
Ar at Port Spain Nov 9th schs Mary W Hopper,
Sumner New York; 12th Zeta Psi, Francis Jack
sonville; 18th, barque Jennie Cobb, Hill, Mobile;
18th, Golden Sheaf, Thompson, Troon; 18th, brig
III B Cleaves, Cummings, New York; sch Welaka,
Perkins, Charleston; goth, Brigader Norton. do.
Sid 18th, sch Soshua Grndle, Freethy Hayti.
At Point-a-Pitre Nov "a, sch Emeline Sawyer,
Lamson from New York, ar 18th.
Sid FIN st Pierre 18th inst schs Cephas Starrett,
Babbdge, Guadaloupe; 18th, brig City of Moule,
Pinkham, Hayti.
In port Nov 26, brig VIM Robertson, Harding, I'm
Portland, for Mexico; Liberty, Devereux, do, disg
sch Minnie G Taylor, Taylor from do, ar 22d, do.
Sid FIN st Thomas Nov %, sch Silver Heels, Milan
SANTANA Bay.
Ar at Demarara Nov 20, barque Clara e McGil-
Aylward New York.
At Barbados Nov Goth, barque Adelia Carlton,
Grant, from New York, disg.
ar at Ponce Nov II, sch W Moseley, Bellatty,
Wilmington NC.
Ar at Havana 9th, brig II Jennings, Neil, Por
tland 7th, sch ii HERMAN Smith, Bridgwater,
Ms; 8th, barque John Marsh, Falker, Portland;
sch Allegro, Lambert, Machias.
Sid 18th, sch Lugano, McKown, for North of Hat
teras.
Ar al Matanzas 9th inst, brig Agenora, Seabury,
Ardrossan.
Sid 9TH, brig Ernest Lunt, Southern y 5 port.
Ar at Caibarien I'd, sch Geo X Hatch, Murphy,
Havana; Sd, brig Tally Ho, Gates, do; sch Geo w
EFT, Blair, Philadelphia.