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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
About MOles.

Acorrespondent of Chambers Journal
thus writes concerning the habits and
peculiarities of this little animal:
I will just mention one instance, out
of many, of the trouble and annoyance
which he may cause. Most peopls
know that the laying of box-edging re-
quires deal of labor and no little skill.
Well. have known the labor of a day
destroyed in one night by mole. In
this case the Woodworking little fellow
had commenced at one end of the edg-
ing and gone right to the other, suffi-.
GENTLY near to displace the whole, so
that it had to be laid over again.
1t is, however, beyond dispute that
moles destroy vast numbers of wire
worms and other grubs, which are fire.
quent'y most destructive to the crops of
the farmer and gardener. l am there
lore an advocate for allowing them to
work without molestat on wherever and
whenever it can be done; and do not
Vrudge the little labor required to scatter
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
Ida Lewis Home.

Within short mile of the quay at
Newport, Lyme Rock rses out of the
waters of Narragansett Bay. On this
rock stands the old lighthouse which
was tended for many years by the faith.
er of Ida Lewis. and of which she now,
under the seal of the Government
Comm ssion, is keeper. Securing the
services of the Captain of diminutive
bOat sailed on the waters blue to her
abode for the purpose of paying her my
respects. AS we approached the rock
an immense mastitf, with head and
paws Ike lion and roar like far-off
thunder, came to its extreme verge and
disputed our landing He was entirely
successful! until the heroine appeared,
called him off in the lowest of tones,
and locked him up in an clubhouse. She
then invited me into the little house on
the top of VIII oh rests the beacon light
which has for so many years warned
the navigator of hidden dangers, and
at once entered into easy and unrestrict-
ed conversation. She said that she had
for twenty-five years lived on that rock;
that she used to be fond of going into
the city once in awhile, hut that she
cared very little for it now; that she
always had a great many visitors in the
summer. a few years ago the number
reaching thousands in one season. She
showed me her medals, received from
Congress. the State of Massachusetts.
and the city of Newport, and solid
silver teapot from the officers at Fort
Adams, all bearing suitable Inscriptions
in testimonial of her heroism in res
cuing SO many human beings from wa
terry graves.
Miss Lewis is rather above medium
height, of somewhat slender figure,
good features and great, earnest eyes,
between brown and gray. While she
can not be called handsome. her face
is one to interest and attract. Her
style of conversation is pi9uant and vi.
vacious, and although not educated she
is very intelligent. Everything about
her apartments bore the evidence OF
neatness, care and good taste. Her
mother, a venerable Old lady, with thick
silver hair, was very talkative and dis
cOurSed on matters and things, per-
sonal and otherwise, at length. She in
formed me she had the rheumatism in
her feet, and Ida insisted that it was
because she had dyed her hair for SO
many years. She communicated the
intelligence that her daughter was forty
years old, at which Miss Ida evinced
slight tinge of annoyance and remarked:
Mother thinks she mus tell every
one my age" But she quickly added;
''Weli, l don't care; it don't make any
d florence. l don't object to getting
old. "-NeWp0rt Letter..
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"A Boston paper calls Matthew
Arnold ''the apostle of mOlasses and
moonlight.
1t agrees with Mr.. Arthur to be
President of the United States. He has
gained twenty-six pounds in weight
since he assumed that Office Chicago
Herald.
Senator Salisbury. of Delaware. is
The only member of the United States
Senate who has never been married.
He is called the Lone Star of that body.
Boston Post
"A volume of table talk, or wit and
wisdom. of Frederick the Great. has
been discovered in the Prussian State
Archives. and will be published early
in the ensuing summer.
A Miss Sheriff, who was practical.
iy the first English prima donna to try
her fortunes in America, recently died
unnoticed in London. 1t is thirty
years since she was in this country.
R. j. Burtlette is forty, Bret Harte
,s forty-five, Mark Twain is forty-eight.
w. ID. Howells is forty-six. Thomas
Bailey Aldrich is forty five. joaquin
Miller is fOrty-two. James Russell Low
Eli is sixty-four and John G. SAKE Is
sixty -eight.-N. \. Tribune.
e. ID. WinslOw, the notorious BOs-
lon forger, who almost succeeded in
causing a rupture in the diplomatic re-
lations between England and America a
few years ago, is now uCcessful business
man in Buenos Ayres, South America.
He has taken the name of W. ID. Lowe.
Boston Herald.
The Boston Trarelier says that
President Bruce. of the Massachusett:
Senate. and Speaker Marden, OF the
Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives, were born in the same year, in the
same town in New Hampshire, and
were graduated in the same class at
Dartmouth College.
M Ronstan, the new French Minister
at Washington. is about forty-eight
years of age. He has held many Con-
sular posts. and in 1881 was appointed
Ambassador to Tunis. He was con-
spicuous actor in the recent events in
that country, and the success of French
diplomacy in the dealings with the Bey
is due almost entirely to his frmness
and sagacity. Washington STIR.
-Trollope received S24O for his first
production and S35, 900 for one of his
last. Captain Marryatt received $780,
900 for one of his works, and Lord Lyt-
ton $4,000 for the copyright of the
cheap edition of his works by Messrs.
Routledge & Sons, in addition to the
large amount paid at the time of thei1
publication, while it is well known that
Messrs. Longman pad Lord Beacons-
field $50, GOO for 'Endymion.''
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
II LEAP YEAR VICTIM.

Miss Jennie IL winsome girl
The fairest lass of many:
And / would be a heartsess chur'
Did not love Miss Jennie.
But when into my list ming ear
Her tide of passion gushes,
scream and run away for fear
she'll see my teli-tale bushes.
Miss Susie is SO sweet and mild,
And loves me, oh. so dearly,
j can't reject the little child
'1would drive her crazy. nearly;
But as she hangs upon the gate
And sings her hopeless sorrow,
i nurmur: " 1t is getting late
Please come around tomorrow"
And there is rosy. romping Belle
And there is proud Ophelia-
And pensive, lofty-minded Nell,
And prattling little Della:
And am woOed by Eloisc.
And cOurted, too, by Jessie,
While Maggie falls upon her knees.
And ditto charming BESSIE.
There's still another-homely She
The gaunt, uncOuth Eliza
When first she came q wOoing nc,
Oh, how | did despise her!
But as she fondly fingered near
There fell, like dripping honey.
This sweet assurance on my ear
She had heap of money!
So, though I sigh for Jennie's curls
And Della SO imp ;ssi )ncd.
And banker Tor The other girls
So swcetly, graEdly fashiOnci
1t seems decreed that shoald part
From all these Oh ,rming witches,
And Grill my many heart
To gaunt Elias riches.
Eugene Fte d, az Chicago NeCs
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
A.. Old, But Always in Order.

"WhO is this man."
The one who is rushing along. with
his hat on the back of his head, and his
eyes hanging out?"
sYeS."
THAT is the man who warlcd the
servant girl the other night to shut of
the water SO the pipes wouldn't freeze. -
And the good girl obey ed?'
mot exactly. She meant to, but ber
beau came up and she forgot all about
1t. Consequently there was a freeze
up. Poor girl! She is very sorry. II
tears would thaw the pipes she would
shed 'em by the hundred
''And why does the man rush?"
He is on his way to the plumber for
consolation"
''And what will the plumber do?"
He will show the man 1868 calls
which were booked before he came in,
and which must be attended to in rota-
ton.
"And will there be any swearing?"
There will. my boy! There will be
swearing and stamping and growing
and blasting, but it won't be on the
poAe VA IAC pAuu1UCi. XXC VIII pICSCTVC
his serene smile through it all. When
the other man gets out of wind he will
retire"
ITO his Officer
.'Oh, no! He will go off and buy him
self an alcohol lamp, have a druggist
fill it for him, and he will return home
to thaw out the pipes for himself. He
can thus make . saving of several
thousand dollars, saying nothing of the
personal satisfaction of getting ahead
of a plumber.
''And will he succeed?''
mot by John Rogers! He will
crawl under the house, scalp himself on
the oists. fill his knees with rusty nails.
choke himself with the smoke, and
finally crawl out and give it up
And wait for thaw?"
mo, Stree! He won't wait for any.
thing. He'll skip down town for q fur
niture van and move into another
house. That's where his head is level.
It's cheaper to n owe than to thaw out
frozen water-pipes." - Detroit Free
Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

The Fresno (Col.) Republican says:
A remarkable matrimonial compact was
made at the United States Hotel in this
city Monday evening, in which Noah
Hickok and Elizabeth HickOk were
married for the third time. They have
been twice divorced. The bride and
yroom have reached the mature age of
;eventy-three and eighty-seven respect
,yely.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

IAN English practitioner gave
lady . mixture of acetic acid 10 dis
solve pin she had swallowed, and
But the medical authorities have sat
down upon the case and find that such
mixtures are non-Operative. It was de-
cided. moreover, that metallic bodies
become quickly and considerably cor
roded BY the action Of the juices in the
llimeRtNry canal
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

In cooking food for animals do not
waste the juices any more than you
would waste the juices of your own
soup or stew. Add 2 little coarse meal
or bran to the watery part. and the
strength will be absorbed aud eaten
Boston TrQnscript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

Not long ago the Atlantic cable
man sent over the report that Mary
Anderson, actress, was to marry the
Duke of Portland, Englishmsn. Last
night the following dispatch was re-
ceived by the Associated Press from
Portland, Ore: 1.-The engagement Of
Mary Anderson to Lieutenant Dukes, of
this place, is denied. No such person
is known to exist. - Chicago ITi6Mne
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

I'm all wool and yard wide"
shouted cow boy, as he gave his SOM
brero an extra SIDE hitch. and looked
around for a foe. That may be, re-
piled an undaunted female. ''but you
won't wash. Philadelphia Call.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

DIR. John Hall affirms, on the au-
thority of prominent publisher. that
ministers purchase the largest part OF
the scientific books written BY specula-
i've writer's.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

Titus Sheard. the new Speaker Of
the New York Assembly, arrived in New
York City in 1850 from Ireland. aaone
and almost penniless. J, ziusfs.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
A Good ReDQGt.


Mr.. E. II Oonibear, of Illinois, returned from
Mclean county yesterday morning, full
of enthusiasm and hope for the country. During
Mr.. Conibear's visit north of Bismarck, he trav-
ersed Mclean county from north to south, and
from east to west, and returns the most sanguine
boomer the county ever had. He also found
much to admire in BurleiRh county, and will re-
turn to Illinois determined to inform his friends
and nelghbors that the place to gain homes and
fortunes is in the Missouri slope.
One of the many feasible and broai-guage
schemes which he will inaugurate on his return,
is an excursion to Bismarck, which will con-
sist of train load Of the young, energetic men
of Illinois, together with their wives and
sweet-hearts. The excursion will reach Bis
marck on the Fourth of July, when the citizens
of the capital city will see that the visitors are
properly entertained. As before stated Mr.
Conf bear has already brought over one hundred
families to Dakota and the only regret he ex-
presses is that be did not visit the Missouri val
ley before. He is immigrant agent for seven
teen counties in Illinois and his labors extend
bro uehout the entire state as we'll as the adjoin
ing commonwealth. The people whom he will
bring to the northwest are ind ustrious, intelli-
gent and progressive, and the people of the ter
ritory are to be congratulated upon the ace
uuisition of so valuable . champion. Mr..
left for the east last evening. =
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
N. p. Investment Company.

Mp. Investment Company.
The prospectus for the Northern Pacific In
yestment company has been issued. 1t sets
forth as follows: -
"The object of this corporation is the survey
ing, plating, dividing, sub. dividing, improving
a nd colonizing, purchasing, selling, leasing and
letting of lands, lots, mines, water and steam
powers; the construction and erection of build
lngs mills, factories, dams, docks, locks, boats,
barges canals, railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone lines, slack-water improvements, high
ways, bridges, harbors, and other internal i'm
provements; maintaining, working and operat-
ing them, or any or all of them. either upon the
account of this corporation or upon commission
for others; contracting for construction and
development of either or any, or all of them; {;
borrowing, loaning or using of money upon
them, or any of them; also for the purchase and
sale of stocks, bonds, notes, bills Of exchange,
mortgages or other securities or evidences of
indebtedness"
This work is to be done along the line OF the
Northern Pacific road, and the company has .
broad field in which to labor.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25

A SPECIAL telegram from Chicago says that
Judge J. Tracy, president, and @. J. Ives, vice
president of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids q
Northern road, arrived there from Cedar Rapids
and held conference with Vice President NJ.
Hughitt, and General Superintendent @. O.
Wheeler, of the Northwestern road, in reference
to several matters relating to their interests anf
connections. These gentlemen spoke en-
Enthusiastically over the proposed extension of
their line in the direction of Bismarck, OAK
The exact objective point has not yet been de-
oided upon. All the preliminaries have been
made by the engineers. They have gone over
the line carefully. and exactly located one half
of it. All the contracts for the construction of
t he line have been made, and when the actual
work is begun it will be rapidly pushed to COM
pletion. It is claimed that when this line is
completed it will, in connection with the Rock
Island road, form the shortest route from here
to Bismarck.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
The Female Faro Dealer.


OF the female faro dealer, who recently left
Bismarck for the Ceur d. Alene mining camp,
correspondent of the New York papers writes
a. follows:
Making my way to corner of the room, and
elbowing path cautiously through 3 pack Of
men, saw . remarkable sight. Before one Of
the ordinary poker tables sat . woman of no
ordinary beauty. The traces of refinement had
not yet been obliterated by ooarse associations
and reckless dissipation. She was dressed in q
tight fitting gown, fitting about the bust like
the waist of riding habit, and adorned with .
double row of staring gilt buttons. On her
head was jaunty jockey cap of blue, but its
little visor shaded face whose delicate lines
and marked individuality would in any other
place have secured for its possessor immediate
notice as q cultivated. intellectual power. Yet
there she sat, dealing the cards with q graceful
ease born evidently Of long practice in similar
scenes. Careless of the rough talk and ribald
jokes of the men the female gambler dealt the
cards, raked in the chips, paid losses, replied to
the sallies of the men, and attended to business
with devilish insouciance and calmness which
was simply horrible. A more painful sight
never saw, for there was refinement of wick
edness about the scene which robbed it of the
vilenees Of the slums and invested that woman
in the corner of a mining camp gambling house
with horror which was simply satanical."
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25

Burleigh, I can safely say that the prospects
never looked brighter for : large crop Of wheat,
oats, barley and other grains. At the least cal
culation there viii be three acres cultivated hero
where there was one last year, while the farmers
throughout this vast region are in much better
condition financially to handle the crop than at
any previous season.
The city of Bismarck now assumes city-ike
appearance. while the large and elegant brick
buildings which have been erected the past
season give it the appearance of much older
place than it really is. The citizens are Of tho
industrious kind, being mostly American. and
principally all of one political faith.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
Garland Found Gullty.

1T. PAUL, April 24.-The Minneapolis Jour-
nails Miles City Special says: WA. Garland
was found guilty as charged in the indictment
this forenoon, and fined $500. A point that
may Yuash the Indictment yet intervenes before
sentence. Garland was treasurer of Custer
county under the old regime, and it was alleged
in the Indictment that he had been party to
the embezzlement of certain county bonds. On
the defense, testimony was disclosed tending to
show that money had been paid out for attor-
neya' fees in contesting Northern Pacific tax
cases, which were long pending in the courts.
This doubtless mitigsted in 8 large measure the
offence alleged. The Savage case is now being
argued by Toole, of Helena, and Warner of g..
Paul. -...
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
Will Form q League.

BOSTON, April 24.-Oharles Francis Adams
Jr., John Quincy Adams, Charles r. Goldman
and ssme seventy others have called for meet
ing here April 20, to form league. The Call
says that the present enormous surplus in the
national revenues are demorsliNng and danger
GUS: that it should be cut down without further
delay. lot by increasing public expenditure, but
by lessening the burden Of taxation; that
the burden should be- removed from
sss nsoessaries II life, and 5atfrom whisky and
tobacco, and that the policy of taxing Imports
not tor the purpose of raising the revenue, but
obstructing trade, is unsound and must ulti!!
mately be abandoned.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
Big schene.

Boston, April 24.-John W.Ayers, represent
ing the railroad men Interested in the project,
has petitoned the state senate to authorize the
governor to sell to him the Troy 4 Greenfield
railroad, the Hoosac Tunnel railway, the South
ern Vermont railway and the Oaslin Hoosac
Tunnel railway, Of Vermont, and 2OO acrea
south of Boston flats, for the sum of 81 ,O00 600.
The petitioner says that the acceptance of the
tender made at this time will result in the
building up of stroug and effective railroad
system under one and the same arrangement,
and the Boston system extending from Boston
to Buffalo, and very probably to Chicago. there
to meet the railroads controlled by Boston cap
italists, which, by two separate lines, will reach
the Pacific ocean, the City Of Mexico and several
western territories.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
Nellie boyd is Coming.

The advance agent of the Nellie Boyd Dra-
matte company is in the city decorating the bill
boards with paper and distributing advertising
matter for the appearance of the company in
the Atheneum on the evenings of May 1st, I'd
and Sd. The Nellie Boyd combination is SO
well known to the public that comment on its
merits would be waste of time and space.
Suffice it to say that the papers along the route
have been teeming with compliments and praise
for the company.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
Governor Ordway serenaded.

VERMnLloN, Dak., April 24.-Governor Ord
way was serenaded this evening, and addressed
a large crowd at the Chandler House. The gov
ernor said: "This welcome from the intelli-
gent people of Clay county is like an oasis in
desert, considering this is the adjoining
county to Yankton, from which have suffered
no much from continued Misrepresentation and
constant attempts to blacken my character even
through the prostitution of the machinery of
the courts. I am advised upon good authority
that one indictment has been found against me,
although none have been made public. It is
not pretended that any evidence, which would
be competent before . petit jury, has been pre-.
sented. doubt whether my accusors would be
ready to meet me with their malicious work,
although ] should have hearing, not only be-
fore the court, but before the people of the
territory"
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25

stating . basis for : harmonious COM
promise. A committee was appointed
to confer with 5 committee of the
Kindred faction on the matter. No agreement
could be reached, and both conventions nom
mated delegate to Chicago, A. Bart. and H
g. Page are the Nelson nominees, and Geo. b.
johnson and J. D. Blowers the Kindred con-
testants. There seems no hope Of . cure Of the
conflict of the warning factions, after todaya
work, the gap being peroeptably widened, and
the fight will 60 on, and the bloody fifth will
probably maintain its reputation to thelend of
the chapter.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
American y. g.. Union.

Mr.. G. P. Williams, missionary of the Ameri-
can Sunday School Union for North Dakota
with headquarters at Bismarck is ready to assist
in establishing union Sabbath schools and to
supply them with the necessary literature. He
invites the correspondence of parties in all parts
of North Dakota who desire his presence and
services in the Sunday school work. Address
G.. P. Williams, Bismarck. North Dakota pa
pers please copy. 1850
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25

BuRDErrE: "Of what did your father die?"
.sked the insurance examiner. "Dropsy." re-
piled the young man in faltering tones. "H'm!"
said the examiner; hereditary" The young
man said be hoped not, and nervously tried to
change the subject, but was at last oornered and
compelled to admit that his father had the
drousy ont in Arisona, and that when he dropped
he didn't get all the way down and there was
nothing for him TO light on. But the insurance
man seemed relieved and said there was nothing
..in thas to stand in the way Of getting policy.
Bismarck tribune., 1884-04-25
Work on the Canadian Pacific.

ST.. PAUL, April 24.-Ohief Construction En-
gineer Ross, of the Canadian Pacific, now here
saws that work commenced last week in earnest
at Rockers, and will be pushed forward with all
nossible haste. When in st. Paul Mr.. Ross said
that laborers were going to be scarce article
during the season, but he now says they are
arriving in large numbers every day, and he
will not have any difficulty in securing all the
men required. So far, he has all the men at
Winnipeg.