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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
A FAMILY POISONED.
Wine Taken From a Bottle Used for Lini-
meAt Produces Horrible Poisoning.

Wine Taken From a Bottle Used for Lini-
meAt Produces Horrible Poisoning.
BURLINGTON, Ia, July ga fatal poi
soning case is reported from Scott County.
A family named Baker entertained dinner
party last evening at which many persons
were present, all being relatives. At din
ner wine was served from bottle in which
it had been placed few days ago. The
bottle had recently contained liniment made
from roots of jimson weed. Nearly all at
the table drank the liquid. In a few mo-
ments all were seized with terrible illness.
Their eyeballs sweiled to an abnormal size
great drops of froth issued from their mouths
and the sick persons hit at themselves and
nearly tore off their clothing in their agony
They screamed and rolled on the floor
DR.. Bell was called, who summoned another
physici,..,. Each one had to be held at
times by five persons before the stomach
pump could be used. Mrs. lIardesty, who
was seemingly the least i'll, died in an hour
under heroic treatment Five other per-
sons were eased of pain, but all lie in a
comatOse condition, and it is feared Samuel
Baker may die.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
Funny way to Settle It.

WAsHINGToN, July 10.-At the request
OF the Humane Society, the National Re-
publican is to be the custodian of such
funds IS may be contributed for the erec-
ton of drinking fountains at various points
throughout the city and proposes for the
purpose of raising sufficient funds. and at
the same time test the sense of the people
in regard to the disposal of the Federal
officers to hold an election by ballot at
ten cents a vote, between the Jacksonian
motto, $50 the yic.Ors belong the spOils,"
snd Mr.. CIeveland's Christmas letter decia-
rasi0n: Efficiency. fitness and devotion to
public duty ere the conditions Of equtpa,
ipcs In public plaza"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The Star says:
The President is preparing to depart from
Washington for summer vacation. His
plans have been arranged. and it is expected
that he will be able to get away within a
day or two. He will 20 to New York
State, and betake himself to the woods
for a few weeks to get away from the
worry and bother of officeseekers and poll
ticians His plans have been made very
quickly, and he will probably leave as soon
as the appointed time arrives without max
ing any previous announcement The
President wants period of perfect rest,
and does not propose to be followed into his
retreat
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
Overloaded the Old Thug.

CHICAGO, July 9.-One of the wretched
wagons which have had monopoly of the
business of hauling travel to and from the
west side during the strike, broke down in
Madison street last evening. There were
twenty-eight men on board, and several were
seriously injured. Francis Provancher, the
driver, had three ribs broken and received
grave internal injuries. Leo Packham had
HIS left arm broken near the wrist. w. j.
COforans had his right shoulder dislocated.
and John Morrison his left wrist sprained.
NJ. Haggerty suffered injuries of the left
side. Others were bruised.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
A Narrow Escape.

WABASH, IND, July 1.-The connecting
rod On the engine of the Atlantic express on
the Wabash Road snapped in two last night.
near here, destroying the cab and breaking
large hole in the steam pipe, from which
the steam issued in such quantities
that John Glenn, the engineer. could
not reach his reverse lever, but was forced
to hang from the gangway. At terrific
speed the engine passed through the city,
and it seemed when q short curve at the
station was reached that the engine would
20 in the ditch. Fortunately this was passed
in safety, and half mile east the engineer
entered the cab and reversed the engine
bringing the train to standstilL.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
THE CHEYEkNES.

Reticence About the Instructions to Gen.
erai Miles-NO Hostiles in Kansas.
WASHINGTON, July 1O.-An important
order was issued at the War Department
yesterday and sent to General Miles, who is
to take the field in command of the troops
now in the Indian Territory to suppress the
trouble with the Cheyennes. Army Off
Gals are reticent as to the contents of the
message. Persons not i'm authority, how
ever, say that the order contained instruc-
tons to the commanding officer directing him
to disarm the Indians. TIE Cheyenne Indi-
ans are armed with the best make OF rifles
and have considerable quantities of ammu-
milton. For some time they have antici-
pated an attempt by tAe army to take their
arms from them, and have in some III
dertake to diSarm them the officials here,
who have dealt w tn the Cheyennes, say
they will resist until Overpowered. There
are between !, 200 and 800 lighting Indians
among them. 1t was said here yesterday
that General Augur favored the dsarming
of these Indians, but considered the pres
ent force insufficient for the purpose.
ORDERS TO SHERIDAN.
The Secretary of War has directed Gen
eral Sheridan to take immediate steps
towards the concentration of all troops that
may be available in case Of Indian disturb
ance in the West. 1t is reported at the
War Department that the Indian
troubles grow more threatening. In re-
,-I 20 &c
western Kansas by the Cheyennes, General
SchOfield has telegraphed TO the War De
partment: --latest reports indicate that no
Indians have been in Kansas yet and no
citizens have been killed, but that number,
perhaps one hundred, of young Cheyennes
have left the agency. it is believed, to con-
ceal their arms on account of recent un-
timely threats to disarm them"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
Comet Coming.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, July 1O.-Dr. Swift,
ct the Warner Observatory received tele.
gram last night announcing the suspicious
of a near comet by Prof. Barnard, of Van.
derbilt Observatory. This morning the
suspicious were confirmed in a
second telegram from Prof. Barnard.
DR.. Swift examined the stranger last night,
and found. the comet faint body. Posi-.
ton: II hours, 81 minutes, "a seconds de-
seconds. DR.. Swift is surprised to
find the GOMEZ covered over with
very minute points Light, like partially
resloved cluster. Barnard is, without doubt,
the first disc0verer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16

HnLsBoRo. Tex, July Nv. A. Jack.
con. senior member Of the large cattle firm
Of w. A. Jackson 4 Bro, is mysteriously
absent from home. About three weeks ago
Jackson took bunch Of cattle to Chicago
and sold some and started back south, but
no further trace of him has been dis
covered. About So, 900 worth Of the firms
paper il held by banks at Fort Worth.
Dallas, Waco and Hillsboro. The Hills.
bero National, the Waco State Bank and
several otter creditors have attached all the
available property Belonging to the firm in
Texas. Several other well-known cattle.
men who 3ndoDed Tor Jackson are iav0lYed.
- Q. Jsokson, the remaining paytEAT, ~
eooo y opayeA g 20 HQ3hlf
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
Paymaster smith.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The court mar
tial appointed to try Paymaster-General
Smith, of the navy, convened to-day. The
detail of the court is as follows: CommO
dore Alexander A. Semmes. President;
Commodore w. W. Queen, Commodore
George E. Belknap Captain j. A. Green,
Captain William P. Mccain, Captain A. p.
Cooke, Pay Directors j. 3. hurry, james
Fulton. C. Schenck. Captain N. Bunce, Pay
Inspector Rufus PARKS and Paymaster x.
W. Allen, judge advocate. The charges on
which the Pasmaster are to be tried are
scandalous conduct tending to the destruc.
ton Of good morals aud culpable inedicieH
~ In The performance Of duty.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
THE SOUTH.

JOSEPH HARRISON and two children
were burned to death in a dwelling house
on fire at Woodbridge, Va, the other
night.
MRS. VIVA MARTIN was arrested re-
Gently on q warrant charging her with
selling poisoned food to the proprietor of
the Cottage Hotel, Morehead, KY, where
Craig Tolliver is held under guard, the al
legged intention being the poisoning of Toll
liver. Three more of the outlaws have
been brought in.
JOHN L. HEcKMER, who, about two years
ago, as Grand Treasurer of the Catholic
Knights of America, embezzled some ST.
600 of that orders money, and suddenly
disappeared from his home at Grafton, w.
Va, has offered to meet the charges against
him. He was discovered at San Antonio,
Tex, 'dead broke"
WILLIAMS and McChristian in August
last killed a peddler near Grenada, Miss.
They concealed his body in the woods and
his remains were found this spring. After
Williams had been sentenced for life few
ion and hung them both.
JOHN MoRGANsthe agent of tho Queen
Crescent route at Miller's Landing, Ala,
has been arrested. He was charged with
embezzling $ll2,700 of the oompany's
funds.
REPORTS came in of great devastation by
grasshoppers in Gonzales and the eastern
edge of Guadaloupe Counties, Tex. They
have appeared in countless numbers and
moved down the growing crops in I'll
dsscaeps,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Ex.CoMMANDER GoRRINGE, of the United
States Navy, died at Washington on the
9Th.
BY direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury orders were sent to the Architect
of the Treasury instructing him to cut
from the roof of the Treasury building at
Washington all telephone and telegraph
wires.
DIR. HAMILTON, Surgeon General of the
Marine Hospital Service, has been advised
of what is regarded as q sporadic case OF
yellow fever at New Orleans. He does not
think that this should cause alarm. The
case was effectually quarantined at the
earliest stage, and it was not expected that
the fever would spread from it.
A RECENT telegram stated that James
G. Wintersmith, Doorkeeper of the House
of Representatives at Washington, was
dying. He had been ill since the adjourn
ment of Congress.
The convention of representatives Of
Agricultural Colleges and experimental
stations, met at Washington on the Sth.
There were present between fifty and
sixty delegates, representing all the Agri-
cultural Colleges and experimental sta
tons in the United States.
THE President has accepted the resigna-
lion of P. B. s. Pinchback as Surveyor Of
Customs at New Orleans.
T. D. KELLER, of Albany, N. V, has
been appointed Distributing Clerk of the
Treasury for the Sixth Auditors Office at
. Washington.
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed
a board to examine the present force of
navy yard shops and applications for such
positions, with a view to determining the
efficiency of the incumbents, and making
changes where it is necessary.
The President has appointed the follow
ing cadets at large to West Point: Don
CARLOS Buell., Nadra Sykes, F. d. Hatch,
Thomas Newton, c. L. H. Ruggles and E.
N. Cleary.
MRS. MERRIcK, wife of the late r. 7.
Merrick, died at Washington recently.
Mrs. Merrick died in ignorance of the death
of her husband, her condition since the
latter's death being at no time such as to
allow of the sad news being broken to her.
AT Washington, on the 10th, DR.. Hamil-
ton, of the Marine Hospital Service, said
there was a report in circulation that there
were a number of yellow fever cases in
New Orleans. He had not received any
official information in regard to the mat
ter but was investigating.
THE President recently addressed in
structions to General Sheridan for the pur
pose of dealing with the dissatisfied Chey-
ennes in the Indian Territory. The disarm-
ament of the Indians appeared to be fully
resolved upon, and if any resistance was
made it would 60 hard with them.
SUPERINTENDENT JAMESON, of the Rail-
way Mail Service, told Representative
Glover, at Washington, recently, that as
soon as the desired fast mail facilities be-
tween New York aud st. Louis were OBJ
tanned he would. call upon the roads run
ming West for a fast mail train between
St Louis and Kansas City,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16

JUDGE r. H. THOMPSON caused sonsa-
tion recently in Louisville, KY, by COM
hitting Richard Bache, prominent local
politician, to jail for six hours for having
intimated to the Judge that he would use
his influence against him if he did not deal
easy with a certain offender then on trial.
THE Board of Health at New Orleans de-
MED the recent reports of yellow fever in
that city
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16

| est child, aged four years, took the scarlet
| fever and died within week after his ar
| rival: two days later the next Oldest child,
aged six years, died with Group.
TOPEKA and Leavenworth dailies are
complaining of discrimination against
| them in favor of Kansas City papers by
newsdealers on the railroads, and Gov
! ernor Martin has written a letter to the
| Railroad Commissioners on the subject.
KANSAS is not drouthv this year.
GENERAL AUGUR who, as commander OF
the Department of the Missouri, has for
long time been stationed at Fort Leaven-
worth, has been placed on the retired list.
The veteran Indian fighter, General Nell
son A. Miles, now commanding the De-
partment of the Columbia, has been ordered
to relieve General Augur and go immedi-
ately into the field to assume command OF
the forces in the Indian Territory, now
watching the Cheyennes.
THE shoe store of A. n. Ortland, in
North Topeka, was burned the other night
The stock was valued at 5000, and was
insured for s. 800.
Two prisoners recently broke jail at o.
wegc.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT LAwEEADs
Chairman of the Executive Committee OF
the Kansas State Teachers' Association,
recently stated that the Executive Com
mittee, after much deliberation and . care
full canvass Of the entire State, have COM
pleted the list of appointees for papers and
discussions at The next meeting Of the AS
ISOLATION, December % and 30. He says
the December gathering promises to be the
largest ever held in the State.
AT last Leavenworth is reported as
being certain of having 2 new Union
Depot.
THE latest estimate of the wheat yield Il
Il, Oco,00O bushels. ~ given by Secretary
1iua. ct the State Board Of Agrtoultu5A
TN Aats1ant Qsaar.l - e1.zs4 ~
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02
Gossip.

or all the evils that can creep in
and disturb tho peace and rcposc Of
our social and domestic structure,
there is none moro insidious i'm its
inception and yct moro hurtful in
final results, than gossipping.
Like Il vcnomous reptile, when
once it's touch is felt, it sends a
deadly poison straight into the
vital parts, and root and branches
of the social fabric feel the sickcn-
ing touch, and die. OFT has it as
sumcd the garb of innocence and
ere the youthful victim is aware,
some wrong is done which time
must fail to heal. Not to youth
alone does it lay siege, but also
those upon whose heads the frosts;
of many winters can be traced, and
though its presence causes no alarm
to these, yet all the while Il chain
is formed, which, like the iron hand
of death, cannot be lOOsed at will.
Prone arc we to speak Of others;
first in friendship,
Then i'm measured tone,
We treat their business us our own.
AT last, in blackening scandal we
delight, and see no wrong until the
power to mend the shattered name
Is beyond Il reach. Unthought-
edly, perhaps, the work began
which blights the life of the unfor-
tunate victim, once so full of prom
ise. Happy is he whose bark has
steered beyond the reach of gossips
grasp. Thrice happy he who a
survive the shafts, once heapcd
upon his head.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02
UOw to Preserve Fences.

There are several methods for
preparing fence posts for the p,Ir-
pose of increasing their lasting
qualities. 1t has been learned by
experience that posts thoroughly
seasoned when set will outlast
those put into the ground when
the wood is green, and it has also
been proved that those set with the
top in the ground will remain
sound long after others from the
same quality of wood set with butts
down have decayed. Charming the
ends Of the posts set in the ground
drives out the sap contained in the
wood, and closes the pores so as to
prevent the moisture in the soil
from penetrating it. This is prob
ably the cheapest method known,
and has proved very satisfactory.
a paint composed of linsccd oil and
finely pulverizcd charcoal is very
highly recommended. TO prepare
this, put quantity of oil in Il strong
kettle, place over the fire and let
it remain until it boils, then stir
III the charcoal until it is us thick
as ordinary paint, and apply a
liberal coat to the dosts. Coal tar
Is used by some instead of linsecd
Oh, equal parts of pulvcrized char
coal ana H,uicklimc being used in
stead of the charcoal alone. The
proportions accommodates are five
gallons of coal tar to one pouni.
each of finely pulverizcd charcoal
and freshly slackcdlime. The coal
tar should be brought to IL boiling
heat in an iron kettle, when the
charcoal and lime should be added.
Apply while hot, either with II
brush or by dipping the posts into
the mixture. Another very cheap,
durable paint is made as follows:
Take fifty parts of resin, forty parts
of finely pulverized chalk, 300 parts
of clean, hard sand, four parts of
linsced oil, one part of red oxide of
lead and part of sulphuric acid.
Place the resin, chalk, sand and oil
in an iron kettle over the fire until
the resin is melted; then add the
lead and acid, slowly stirring the
mass until thoroughly mixed.
Should it prove too thick to spread
conveniently, add linsced oil until
brought to the proper consistency.
Apply while hot. This method is
used I'm France, and the paint when
cooled is said to be very hard and
durable
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02
A Heroic Cure for the ODium
Habit.

~ pathetic story has lately come
to my knowledge of a young man
an undergraduate in an Eastern
college, who had become q victim
of the hypcrdermic use of morphia.
He went with his father who was
engaged in the numbering interest,
into the primeval forests Of Maine,
hoping that during Il stay of months
with the woOd-choppers he would
be able to fight out the battle of
gradual abandonment successfully.
Through II strange fatality, when
the party had just arrived ut their
camping place, and were trans
porting their goods across n
stream the case of morphia was
broken by an apparent accident
and its contents scattered into the
water. None but the haggard
young man could, ut the moment,
could comprehend the appalling
magnitude of the calamity-thcrc,
as he was, two hundred miles from
INC nearest settlement! He sur
vivcd the ttGTTi;lI!'" ordeal, but no
words could express, he M, S3liinh,
the fortunes and agony through
which he passed during the sue
cecding weeks. He was closely
watched, else, at times, he would
have drowned himself or have
beaten his brains out upon the
rocks. Months aftcrward he came
back to the world IL skeleton, worn
and haggard, from his terrible con
test. 1t was an experience to
which he could never aftcrward
refer without the most painful
emotions.
Not the least significant point in
this veritablc account is the fact
that the young man always believed
that his father had purposcIy
brought about the catastrophe for
the sake Of bringing matters to Il
speedy end. Had the usual treat
mcnt of the disease by physicians
ut this day anything to offer that
is much better than this mans sum
mary method ?-I'Opuidr Science
WOnthiy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02
How to Milk.

1t Is not every dairyman who
knows how to milk-somc cannot,
and others will not, learn. Vast
numbers of good cows are ruined
every year by carelessncss, by ne
glect and by brutality of mixers.
The manner of milking and the
circumstances connected Herewith
are often not understood, not fully
appreciated by dairyman. | heard
two farmers recently comparing
their yield of milk from their rcs-
pectivc herds for the past season.
The receipts of one were about n
third o than those of the other,
and the latter said, az cannot I'M
dcrstand this; my feed, my water
supply and my cows are as good az
yours" The reply was, eyes; but
when my mixers go to milk they
understand that it means business.
L won't have Il poor mixer around
at any price, and l talk this over
when | hire him and he under
stands what l will have" 1t was
evident the subject had a value
which carried conviction. The
quantity that IL COW gives depends
much upon the mode, time and
regularity of milking. Cows do
best that have one regular mixer,
and the time Of milking should be
carefully attended to and not be
subject to variation from day to
day. The udder should be brushed,
and in ease of any dirt on it should
be clcanscd by washing with II
cloth and water. For if tho COW
has been driven through any
muddy places and thus come be-
smcarcd, any dirt accidentally fall
ing in the pail will communicate
its taints to the milk. Wctting the
hands and teats with milk before
milking is Il very bad practice.
This should always be avoided,
both for the comfort of the animal
and the cleanliness of the milk.
Tho mixer should have short
finger nails, for long finger nails
will be sure to hurt the tcat, and
cause irritation to the COW. There
are two methods of milking--the
n may be called strippin or catch
ing the teat between the finger and
thumb and stripping down the
whole length of the tcat. This plan
il not to be recommended. The
better way is to grasp the tcat, one
in each hand, diagonally acrsi the
bag, and press on the milk-the
second, third and fourth fingers
doing the main work, while the
upper portion of the hand and first
finger prevent the milk from re-
turning to the udder; the milk
should be drawn rapidly, and the
udder completely emptied of its
contents. In the flush of the sea-
son, or when cows are yielding the
most milk, from eleven to twelve
cows per hour will be about the
rate for a competent hand.-Cena-
dian Breeder.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02
What "a Is.
[Bill Nye, in Boston Globc.l

The newspaper of to-day is a
library. 1t Is an encyclopedia, a
poem, n biography, a history, a
prophecy, II directory, Al time table,
a romance, a cook book, II guide, a
horoscope, All art critic a political
resume, a ground plan of the civil
lied world, a multum in parvo. 1t
is a sermon, n song, a circus, an
obituary, q picnic, a shipwreck, a
symphony In solid brveicr, q medly
of life and death, a grand aggre-
cation of mans glory and shame.
1t Is, I'm short, n birds eye view of
all the magnanimity and meanness,
the joys and griefs, the births and
deaths, the pride and poverty Of the
world, and all for two cents-some-
times.
l could tell you some more things
that the Newspaper Of to-day Is IL
you haze time to stay here and your
business would not suffer In your
absence. Among others 1t Is u long
felt want, a nine column paper In
five column town, n lying sheet, a
feeble effort, q financial problem, q
lettering wreck, a political tool q
sheriRs sale.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02

A prominent citizen OF Jones
County, Miss, who stood high in
the church, made a visit to Meri-
dian recently, and upon his return
told his neighb0rs he had seen ice
manufactured in that town with
the thermometer standing 90 de-
grees. 1t soon became a settled
fact in theminds of the members
of the church that Brother Blank
had degenerated into an able liar.
Cuarges were preferred against
him, and q committee Of church
members were appointed to visit
Meridian and convict the erring
brother of lying. They went, saw
the Ice manufactured, and return
ing home so reported TO q meeting
OF all the church members. A look
OF establishment ON the faces Of the
assembled brethren soon gave way
to one of indignation, and Brother
Blank and the entire committe
were incontlnently expelled from
the church.