Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-16
KANSAS NEWS.


has commenced work.
: Council Grove claims one of the bes
skating Kinks in the State.
7 The Irving Thunderbolt is a new indie
S pendent paper of six columns.
After making astonishing efforts, Nc
Cune has so far failed to find coal.
"a New England Society has been or
ganized by the New Englanders of WITCH
ita.
: An unknown man was found dead al
Manhattan. 1t is thought he committed
suicide.
Hutchinson Democrat: A pelican eigh,
and half feet from tip to tip was killed
near Arlington one dav this week, and
was on exhibition at j. S. George & Coz
Chanute Times: A twelve.year-old boy
of Mr.. Ketchum's, near Chard, was in.
stantly killed by lightning recently and
Mr.. Ketchum was knocked down and
Crazed for a moment.
Peabody Graphic: A fend incarnate
passed through Peabody the other day
and tarried with us long enough to sell
half our juvenile population peculiar
whistle, the noise of which is simply
hideous.
Usage Mission Journal: Parsons
claims to have made the discovery OF
valuable medical waters. 1t is claimed
that the well on the fair grounds con-
tains water in abundance possessing all
the curative powers of Eureka, Eldorado
or lola.
A passenger train struck an unknown
man at st. Marys, at place on the road
four miles west of town. He was dis
covered by the section hands, who con-
veyed him to that place. His injuries
are serious, and confined almost entirely
to tile head. He may not recover,
Oskaloosa Sickle: Died, on September
80, 1884, of old age, Harry Nichols, be-
ing, to the best information obtainable,
over lis years of age. Harry was an old,
faithful colored man, who, for nearly 100
years was slave. He was not lazy or
disagreeable, but was respected by both
colored and white alike.
Comanche Chietidin is the nape of pa
per Just started at Nescatunga, ComanChe
county, Kansas. 1t is published by Wat
son & Smith, and edited by K. M. Wat.
son. The paper is well filled with
interesting original matter, and advo-
Gates its locality with enthusiasm and
sprightliness. 1t is five-column folio,
all home print.
Augusta Gazette: Billy Gill, of Ell Do
RADIO, was fined S10O for selling
whisky, 500 for whipping Lay, the man
placed under a $1,000 bond to behave
himself, be good citizen and quit sell
ing liquor; his place of business declared
a nuisance, and put in charge of the
Sheriff.
The first general election in Finney
county occurs on November 18th. John
Speer, formerly of Lawrence, is strongly
urged for first Representative to the
State Legislature. Party lines, by COM
mon consent, will be abandoned in the
selection of county officers, and the can
didates will be self-announced, if they
desire to run.
Sterling Gazette: Prof. J. N. Selby re-
ceived letter last Sunday from Secreta-
ry Lincoln, informing him of hisappoint-
ment to position in the office of the
Chief of ordinance at Washington, D. c.,
but on account of his engagement here
as Principal of the Sterling schools, he
refused to accept, and so informed the
Secretary of War.
Arkansas City Democrat: A telephone
connection will be established from Win
field to Wellington via Oxford. This
will be great convenience to our people
giving them connection in circuit en-
bracing Hunnewell, Caldwell, yelling
ton, Arkansas City and Geuda Springs.
The company is also talking of
connection with Burden and Cam
bridge.
Belle PLANE NcWs: Col. H. C.. st. Clair,
as President of the Sumner county Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Association,
represented this county at a meeting
held in Winfield recently, composed of
representatives from a number of cOun-
ties composing circuit, for the purpose
of adopting rules and regulations for the
government of future fairs in said coun-
ties.
Chapman Sdr: We were shown to-
day some specimens Of petritied pota-
toes. The form was perfectly preserved,
showing even the eyes and the rough
and smooth portions of the skin. A
broken one also plainly shows cracked
hollow, the fractured marks and the
structure of the potato in this stony for
nation. The were found below Mr..
Jackman's mill-dam, and had been
been wasked there in the freshet of
1869.
Manhattan Industriatist: We again re-
fer to fact often adverted to in these |
columns, namely: That after the middle |
of September cattle kept exclusively on
prairie grass will steadily and rapidly |
lose in flesh unless supported by extra
feed of some sort. 1t is not too much to !
say that Kansas stockmen will lose more |
money from this inhutritious prairie |
grass, between September Is and No
vember Is, than the total OF all losses |
sustained from cattle complaints for the |
entire year. Meanwhile corn is 80 cheap |
as to be available as fuel, and corn fod-
der on thousands of acres on |
either hand is going back to the ground |
from which it came. The present is the
season to feed.
Marysville Democrat: Geo. Batchoritz |
attempted suicide by shooting himself
Monday night. He and his family had
gone to bed, when he got greatly excited |
about joke made by some one, and !
acted like madman. Efforts were made |
to pacify him, but without avail, and he
having a revolver with him, fired three
shots into his chin, two balls taking ef-
feet in the face, one passing by. After
he shot himself, he ran to the drug
store of DR.. E. G. Dargatz. Drs. Ed