Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The bodies of seven men lost at bsoe
Park crib, in Lake Michigan, have been re-
covered.
Louis G. Sbafer, well-known billiardlst
of Baltimore, was fatally injured by train
at O street crossing.
Jewelrv manufacturers of Providence met
to take some action to protect themselves
against dishonest failures.
At Cleveland. O., Pittsburg and Harris
burg. Pa, the first snow of the season tell
October 23d. The wind was brisk, but not
high.
H. Frazer Grant, a prominent business
man of Savannah Ga, is mysterOusiy MISS
ing. and the air is burdened with rumOrs OF
crookedpess in his business affairs.
An insane man named Bull was confined
in a padded room in his brothers house at
Erie, Pa The house burned, and he perish
ed in the flames. He was worth $4o,Ooo.
Hungarian miners are leaving Pennsyl-
vania by scores and going to the Hooking
valley under contract to mine coal tor ~
cents less a ton than the strikers demand.
The Lockport, n Y, Banking Associa-
ton transacted no business, owing to en-
soon. Depositors will be protected in case
of actual suspension.
John II. Evins, member of Congress
from S. c., died at his home in SPARTA
burgh, on October 10Th He WAS member
of the 45tb, 10th, 47th, and 4Sth Congress
He declined q denomination because OF fee
bic health.
At Willismsport, Pa, c. Bangs, agent for
Perkins, Lyons 81 Co., liquor dealers, st.
Paul, Mimi, Was arrested en- charge OF
embezZiDg 81 $50 from his employers. he
was placed ia JAIL awaiting requisltion
from Minnesota.
G.B. Gerold, County Judge, of Waco,
Texas adjourned his court tor five minutes,
recently for fist fight with an attorney
named T. A. Blair. Alter friends had
stopped the contest, the court calmly re-
stunned its session.
Christian Shirmer, only fifteen years OF
age, has within the past seven weeks WALK
ed from Houston, Texas, to Chicago, he
reached his bomein Milwaukee in con-
dition next TO starvation. At one time he
had nothing TO eat for four days.
At Columbus, the Masonic grand lodge
of Ohio closed few days ago. Among
other resolutions adopted was one declar-
ing it the opinion of the body that selling
intoxicating drinks is a Masonic offense
and should disquaiify any one from inltia-
ton or utilization with any Masonic lodge.
A fire ragged at West Carthage, n. Y.
Reville's tannery, Eatons sash and bind
factory, and Meyer, Ross d Co.'S furniture
factory, were in flames Several mills and
other property are reported as burning
The Watertown and Lowville fire depart
ments were there, and the apparatus from
Utica.
At New York fire occurred in the build
ing occupied by Gsniz, Jones d Co., deal
ers in chemicals and drugs. The loss on
the stock is estimated at 500 900, and on the
building at $4,000. The damage by water
to the stock Of p. Lenk d Co., dealers in
Ohio wines, is Soc, 1000, but is covered by in
surance.
At New York, the following schedules in
assignment were filed recently: AdOlph
Landers and VIM. J. Weinberg, merchants.
Liabilities, $4,000 nominal assets, $4,000;
actual assets, $4,000. Philip Lust, manu-
facturer of feathers. Liabilities, $685. 600;
nominal assets, $4,000; actual assets, $780,
600.
The fires continue to burn in the woods
and the cranberry patches in Atlantic coun-
tyN. J., west of Ellwood. At the latter place
the smoke was almost sutfocating one night.
Among the losses reported are $4,000 by
.he Atlantic Cranberry Company, 275 acres
of their bog being burned. Another cram
berry bog was also burned.
The Galveston News Atoka, Indian Ter
ritory, special says the boilers OF B. Il.
Scratches L. Co.'s saw mill exploded few
mornings ago, killing three men, J. b. Oil.
ver Frank Choate, of Atoka, and John
Ratcliff, engineer, from Clayton, Ill. Oil
yer and ChOate leave large families. The
explosion was the result Of carelessness.
Action in libel for $4,000 damages has
been commenced by John +. MOrey, Jr.,
one of the proprietors of the Rochester
Union and Advertiser, against the New
York Morning Journal Association. The
libel is contained in an item telegraphed to
the latter paper, falsely connecting the
plalotiff with a suit for breach of promise.
The directors of the Metropolitan Ma
tional bank, of New York, have issued q
circular to the banks stockholders, asking
for permission to put the institution into
liquidation. Bankers generally believe
that while the bank is perfectly sound, it
could not recover the bad effects of the
Seney failure, and if the banks affairs were
wound up at once the stockholders would
get all their money.
In the case of Hubbard, the advertising
agent of the New Haven Company, against
the Richmond Medical Company of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, the trial of which lasted over
two weeks, the assignee rendered his de-
cision, making Hubbard's claim $4,000
and he was allowed SIC, sos. The company
have appealed, claiming that the entire de-
mand is fraudulent. The case has excited
considerable interest.
At.Grenada, Miss, the community was
thrown into state of excitment by the
failure of the banking house Of N. K. Sny
der. Everyone had implicit confidence in
its sOlvency. 1t turns out that the bank
had been insOlvent for more than a year;
that Colonel Snyder on his death bed insist
ed that his sons should attempt to make up
the deficit, and they agreed 10 do SO. A
creditors meeting has been called, and an
effort will be made to secure an extension.
No statement has been made.
At Boston, the Sixth Session of the
American Missionary Association was held.
Rev. J. L. Withrow read a report from the
Committee to which was referred Secretary
Pencils paper on Missionary Zeal" Rev.
J. r. Thurston read the report of the Com
mittee on Education Work. He said that
there were twenty chartered institutions
and forty Normal and High schools. The
Committee on Church Work reported nine
ty-five churches, with a membership of
6,42O. Ex. Gov. William b Wsshburn of
Mass, was chosen as President.
At Allentown, Pa, five cases of laborers
of the Bethlehem Company were tried
the result being q verdict against the
company. The court held that under the
act Of June %, 1871, the company had no
right to deduct store bills from the wages of
their workmen, and directed q verdict for
the plaintiffs. The amount involved in
similar cases aggregates SO 0O0. The trial