Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-11
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
Thos. franklin, ex-Attorney General OF
Pennsylvania, died at Lancaster.
Robert McPhun, alias Brice, charged with
| forgeries in Calcutta, was released at Louis
vile.
The contest in..Illinois in the 18th Legis-
lative District between Mulharen and
Klupp has been decided in favor of Null.
haTen.
Norman L. Jarvis, resident of Mon
mouth, Illinois, steps to the front to claim
the honor of having heard Lafayette speak
in 1924.
Horace A. Hulbut has been appointed as
receiver Of the Wilbur F. Story estate. He
was Djoined from interfering with the
editorial staff CT the policy of the paper.
Governor Hamilton, of Illinois, after an
elaborate review of the Leman, Brand con-
test case, awarded the certificate to Leman,
the Republican candidate for Senator from
the Sixth District.
At New York Marshall Orne Wilson and
Miss Carrie, daughter of William Astor.
we're married, at the residence of the brides
parents. This was the society event of the
season. The presents to the bride are
valued at quarter of million dollars.
Lloyd Breeze formerly proprietor of the
Detroit Evening Journal has bought the
Morning Zines, the United States paper,
and made it an evening paper. The change
was announced by parade of several nun
dred newsboys, headed by brass band.
Miss Mary T. Willard of Washington, D.
N uh0 nj -
ried to Frank Simpson, ran away with and
married q lawyer named William Paxton
of Washington. Tne Simpson Willard
cards had already been sent out.
President-elect Cleveland attended the
Actors Fund benefit at the Academy of
Music in New York recently. He was given
Albany and New York. The days pro-
ceedings broughta benefit to the Actors
Fund Of $4,000.
Rev. ]. E. Roberts, of Kansas City, has
created q sensation in Baptist circles by
flying the track" of orthodoxy and resign
ing his pastorate. As usual, great crowd
docked to hear him in the opera house,
and movement has been started for the
formation of the Peoples church." in or
Ger that he may have pulpit.
A delegation representing the Marion
County Democratic Soldiers and Sailors
Veteran AssOci alton recently called on
Vice President-elect Hendricks at India
napolis and rendered their congratulations
on the result of the recent election. Mr.,
Hendricks responded in gratifying man
ner.
The committee which has been investi-
eating the charges against Attorney Gener-
al Blair of exacting illegal fees from the |
State of Virginia has submitted it's report
to the General Assembly, in which, among
other things, they disclose the fact of the |
discovery Of defalcstion in the Office OF |
the Auditor of Public Accounts, the books |
in that Office failing to show the proper |
credits for taxes paid by the clerks of the !
courts on law processes. The amount in |
volved 30 far Is 81 $50, but if these irregu- |
larities show up in the same proportion |
in all the counties, the amount will reach |
from SO, 600 to $780,
The funeral services of Major General
Moss occurred at Bordentown, New Jersy, |
. few days ago. The remains were then |
taken to Trenton, where they were met by |
Governor Abbott and the military guard, |
and escorted to the State House and Laid in |
state there. The battalion acting - escort |
consisted Of nine companies. At two
o'clock the funeral procession proceeded to
klvervieW cemetery, where the body was
inferred. A large number of prominent
people were present from all parts of the
State. The State House was draped in
mourning and cannon were fred every half
hour from sunrise until two o'clock.