Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-18


Charges of bribery and corruption have
been made in the Illinois legislature, and
committee of investigation has been put a.
work.
According to Prof Sanborn, Missouri
will produce 100000 bushels wheat.
"much less than il required for home
needs"
A fire in the International djstillery at
Des Moines, caused by the explosion OF
beer still was suppressed with loss OF
only $4,000.
Postmaster Hibbs at Lewiston, Idaho,
hiss robbed the government OF bet cen $3O,-
600 and $4,000 by systematic robbery,
and is a fugitive.
\ The greenback-lsbor party of Ohio met
at Columbus, adopted resolutions and NOM
mated full state ticket, headed by }. w.
=. "Orthrop for governor.
Representatives of railroads in Missouri
!, are invited to d consultation to be held at
g the Office of the railroad commissioners to
harmonic classification and rates.
A cable message received at the Harvald
college observatory announces the discoy-
ery of a new planet by Dr. Palisa, at Wen
Ia. The planet is in the twelfth magnI-
tude.
1t is reported from Washington that mat
iers are being shaped SO that within the
next thirty days there will be more remoy-
ais and appointments than in the past three
months.
A company of cattlemen had q brush
with the Indians near San Simon, n. NJ,
but neither party remained long enough to
learn the result. One papoose was cap
tured.
Complaint is made by the New York
state board OF health that hogs shipped
from Chicago, and sold there in small lots,
are afflicted with cholera, and many OF
them died.
Geo. X. Speed, cashier of the banking
firm of Hunt d Co., Louisville, KY, largely
overdrew his account and left the city.
His brother brought him back and he will
settle in full
The secretary of the Illinois state board
of agriculture reports that the wheat in
crease in that state will be less than 10000
600 bushels this year, against S2OCo,OOo
bushels last year.
The charge is made against Gen. Robin
son, lately appointed collector of Internal
Revenue tor the Seventh Kentucky dis
trict, that he was a defaulter OF $l4, 600
while collector of taxes at Lexington, but
It ie admitted that the shortage has lately
been paid.
The Ohio livestock commission and the
state veterinary surgeon went to Dayton
and caused to be slaughtered q cow OF the
Mitchell herd, whose lungs were found to
be infected. Several other COWS were then
ordered slaughtered, and the whole herd
was placed in quarantine.
;. The Illinois senate passed the militia bill
appropriating $50, 900, per year for ordinary
expenses and $50, 900 tor The purchase Of
! uniforms and equipments. The house
adopted a resoluuon appointing COM
mittee to investigate charges that twenty
three members made corrupt propositions
to corporations.
.Yhe Secretary of the treasury has direct
= ed that the purchase of silver bullion for
coinage to standard dollars by the superin-
tendents of minis at San Francisco and Car
son City be discontinued after this date.
The coinage of standard dollars is to be con-
fined to other minis. The treasury depart
ment to day purchased 10000 ounces of
silver for this purpose for delivery at the
New York mint.
The commissioner of indian affairs has
awarded contracts for furnishing beef to the
Following named persons: For the Crow
'dsCreek agency, 600 600 fbs.) at$3.46 per hum
bred, to Chas A. Weare, of Chicago. For
] Yankton school and agency, SOC, 600 pounds
= at s.. 40, and SOC, 900 pounds TO Charles A.
!. Weare at 1897; for the Rosebud agency
y Coo, 600 pounds ut 1888 to A. II. Swan, of
Cheyenne; for the Pine Ridge agency, $50, 900
pounds at sS.45s per hundred to Strong
Bros. of Sioux City.
The secretary of the treasury has for
mally announced the adoption of the dis
!, tinctive features of the paper to be used
for United States notes, bank notes and
certificates, recently recommended by the
committee appointed to consider the sub
ject. The Secretary also calls attention to
The law on the subject, which provides
that any person who has unlawful posses
sion of any such distinctive paper shall be
subject TO Kne of not more than S., 900, or
imprisonment at hard labor not more than
fifteen years. or both.
The reduction in the pay roll of the Agri-
cultural department for the month OF May
was q little over 81, 600 as compared with
= previous months average. Additional re-
e auction tor sumo, amounting to about s.
500 has been made and others are thought
q to be inevitable in order to prevent 0eh-
II Cheney. The working force Of the status
! tical bureau has already been greatly re-
/ duced, but close computation discloses the
=, fact that available funds on hand are in
sufficient TO carry the work through the
y. present scale and it is apprehended that the
lid discharge or suspension of nearly all the
!. remaining force vii. take place at once.
The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that during the month OF May there
arrived in the custom districts OF Baln-
more. Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minnesota,
New Orleans, New York, Passamaquady,
pniladelphia and San Francisco, which
comprises 81 per cent. of the total imml-
gration, "a, $40 passengers, of whom o6,91l
were immigrants, 8, 260 citizens OF the Uni
ted States returning from abroad, and AS
who were not intending to remain in the
United States. The total number OF immi-
grants who have arrived in the above
named custom districts from the principal
foreign countries during the eleven months
ending May 3Ist last, as compared with the
same period OF the previous year, was 1885,
343, 439; 1854, 454, LOG.
Since the incoming of the new admins
tfAtiOn the heads of the various Depart
meuts have received numerous applica-
lions for office without any specification
a. TO what particular office the applicant
desired, and q letter was sent from the
White House in answer to = communities
tim from Q gentleman in Philadelphis,
who inquired rs to the proper method OF
filing an application for office. The reply
il of interest TO all seeking places under the
government, and it il given to the press for
publication. 1t says: To secure attention
% IN application for appointment parncu-
~ pocitaon nhould b named. When this
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