Dodge City times., 1885-09-10

Baltimore, Nd, were reported making
preparations to start up, giving employ.
ment to two thousand men.
THERE were $500 new cases of cholera
and 1SS deaths from the same disease re-
ported on the Sd throughout Spain, show
ing a material decrease.
The sash and door factory of F. G. Nc
Meller & Co., of Oshkosh, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire recently. Loss, 500 1000;
insurance, $4,000.
The water bottom of the steam barge
Cleveland blew out the other morning on
the lake near Amherst, Ont. Wand, a
Dennis, a fireman, was thought to he
fatally scalded, and two others were in.
jured.
The schooner Dallas Hill, from st. Johns,
arrived at Boston on the 4th with small
pox on board.
The officers Of the steamer Lone Star,
which arrived at Galveston on the 4th from
New York, report finding on the coast of
Georgia, off Savannah, the hull of the
German bark Carolina Susannah, OF
Dantzc. There was nothing left of the
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FREIGHT rates on grain from St.Louis, on
the 4th, to the seaboard were brought into
line with those from Chicago, and the open
rate now is IA cents to New York, u to
Philadelphia and II to Baltimore. A break
in the higher classes of freight was ex-
pected, however.
JUDGE BREWER, in the United States
GircyYt COy1rf Oft Loo worth
Gently, decided the case of the Neosho Val
ley lands in favor of the settlers and
against the railroad companies. 1t was
expected the matter would be taken to the
Supreme Court.
ARGUMENTS were heard in the District
CourJ at Dubuque, Iowa, on the appl:ca-
tion of defendants for removal to the Fed
eral Court for temporary injunctions
against saloon keepers. The Judge de-
cided in favor of allowing the removal to
the Federal Courts.
WHITAKER and Anderson, who were ar
rested in England for the Hamburg rob-
berry, have been handed over to the Ger.
man authorities.
SIR RICHARD THORNTON, British Ambas.
sador has presented his letters of recall to
the Car at st. Petersburg.
A BITTER spirit of hostility is manifested
between Germans and the Czechs in Bohe-
mia, and outbreaks are constantly occur
ring. At a military camp at Piisin re-
Gently riot broke out and many persons
were injured.
THREE Township Trustees of Daviess
County, Ind, recently disappeared. 1t is
said they issued fraudulent orders on their
respective townships, and on the credit of
the same raised money and absconded with
it it. They were Charles W. Brown,
Trustee of Washington Township, Davis
County; John G. Ramsey, of Steele Town
ship, and John Stark, of Barr Township.
The amount of money carried away is va.
riously estimated at from $50, 900 to 500, 900.
Great excitement prevailed.
Two Kansas City men, named John
Brosnahan and John O'Brien, were ar.
rested at Lexington, Mo-, charged with
being concerned in the train robbery on
the Chicago & Alton on the night of the
I'd.
Railway containing oil, exploded at Pitts
burgh, Pa, the other morning, fatally
burning a brakeman, Thomas Ryan. of
Cleveland, O., and setting fire to the train.
THE business failures for week ended
September 3D. numbered for the United
States, 146; for Canada, 10: total, 165; as
against lS9 the week previous.
THREE boys were shot by farmer near
Dayton, O., recently, while helping them
selves to melons. One of the boys was seri.
ously hurt.
RECENT letters from Khartoum say tn at
the Emirs have invited Sheikh Senuss from
Tripoli to take command, or to appoint a
successor to the Mahdi. In the meantime
they have appointed committee of Ule.
mas to take control of affairs.
AT Reading, Pa, the other day, while
the widow of Henry Traub was preparing
dinner her clothing caught fire at the stove
and she was frightfully burned, resulting
in her death.
THE boiler plate mills of William Twain
& Sons, of Reading, Pa, which have run
on single turn since November last, have
started on double turn, number of good
orders having been received.
REPORTS to the Nc,c England Homestead,
of Springfield, Mass, indicate that the
onion crop of the country will be below the
average in all but favored sections, and
prices promise to be more remunerative
than for two years past.