Dodge City times., 1884-09-18

from towns in Missouri and Kansas.
Thos. Blementhal, an 1S months ole
child, was run over and killed by the
street cars in Leavenworth, a few days
ago.
There are already number of youne
Indians in attendance at Haskell's In
stitute at Lawrence and more are report
ed to be coming.
The Ottawa Sugar Works are now il
operation. They are making very nice
quality of syrup and will 60 into the
manufacture of sugar as soon as the cane
is ripe.
On the Central Branch road neal
Frankfort recently, train was thrown
from the track. No serious injury was
done. The accident was caused by a
broken rail.
Scandia Journal: The recent action o1
authorities granting licences to sell intox.
icating liquors at Hardy, has resulted in
an indignation in Jackson township,
Jewell county.
Republic City Ne,ys: The cut on our
fo1eman's nose was not made by fighting
but unfortunately, the composing room
towel fell Off hook and striking him
in the face, cut him up fearfully.
Mr.. Constant Poirier, proprietor of the
large vineyard at Wathena, shipped in
one day ten tons of grapes to Herman
Mo-, the great vine growing section in
Missouri. Mr.. Poirier's crop is about
800 tons.
The ribbon beds" of foliage plants on
the Kansas Agricultural College grounds
are really finer than the display at Phila-
delphia in '76, where the taste of the
best landscape gardeners in the country
was displayed.
Ell Dorado is goingto have Sunfower
Day during the Butler county fair. The
town is to be decorated with sunfowers,
the streets arched and the stores artis-
tically trimmed with the gay emblems OF
Kansas greatness.
Sterling Gazette: The two crushers at
the sugar works perform splendidly, and
the juice than was obtained with one.
Their appetite is healthy, requiring ten
to twelve tons of cane per hour.
A flowing we'll of fine sulpher water
has been discovered at Fl. Scott. 1t was
found in the gas well. The Monitor says
the people of Ft. Scott would rather
have discovered a gas vein, but that a
fine sulpher water well may come handy.
Delphos Carrier: Milo Basnett came
near losing his life, recently, being at
tackled by an infuriated bull. He went
into pasture armed only with buggy
whip, to bring out heifer, and in at
tempting to drive her aroused the anger
of a large bull.
Topeka Mail: Since the electric lights
have been hung, the people living in the
vicinity complain that myriads OF "bugs"
come into their rooms at night. Wire
screens seem to be no obstacle, and bee
ties an inch square seem to find no diff
Guilty in getting into the room.
At an old settlers reunion at Mulvane,
Mr.. E. F. Osborne said that he came to
Wichita in 1870, drove the first wagon
South from thatplace, through grass four
to five feet high, ard brought the first
pair of kittens to that part of the country.
He sold one of them for $l.5O.
Emporia Neacs: The barn of L. G. Tai
bott, of Plymouth, was struck by light
ming few days ago, and was burned to
the ground with the contents, including
sour horses, thoroughbred short-horn
BULL all his farming implements, aspiring
wagon and some grain and hay. No in
surance.
Nickerson Register: We killed our first
autumn poet yesterday. Twas a pity,
too, for he was rather a nice young man,
but when he showed US his string Of dog
gerel we took him one with our No.
elm club on the thumb hand side of his
head and carried him out and buried
him under q sand hill plum bush and
planted sprig of catnip at his feet.
Oswego Democrat: A few nights ago,
the Office at the lumber yard of S. A.
Brown, was broken into and the contents
of the safe subjected to a general over
hauling. On the door of the safe was the
inscription. "Not locked turn to the
right" These directions were followed,
and the safe was opened. Nothing was in
the safe to be stolen. $3.50 we're stolen
from dwelling the same night.
Greenleaf Herald: Concordia was all
excitement one day last week over the
announcement that poor English girl,
IA years of age, had fallen heir to SIS 600, :
600, by the death of a wealthy aunt in
England. The girl is the only daughter
of poor farmer living near Concordia.
The girl also received draft of $14 900,
to come to England on, and we are in
formed that the father of the girl feels
so good over the matter that he will take
trip East himself
Oberlin Herald: A son of Christopher
Young, while hunting cattle, fell into an
abandoned well forty.two feet deep. He
had gun in his hand, which, when he
struck the bottom, was driven into the
soft earth about two feet and the boy
went in knee deep. He cut steps into
the side walls with a butcher knife and
had climbed up about twenty feet in
this manner when he was rescued. He
would have made his way safe out alone
but the well widened so much that fur
ther progress by that method was i'm
possible.