Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-16

L. II. Thompson. County Attorney o
Norton county, has given notice that th'
new liquor law will bs enforced IL
Norton county.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Angle, of Re
public county, near White Rock, Kas.
lost four children, all they had, last weel
from diphtheria.
Atchison Globe: There is an unusua
amount of sickness in the city, and light
burn throughout the night in fully ont
half the houses.
Three children in a colored family il
the suburbs of Lawrence have starved t.
death. The father is q preacher witt
nine children and no money.
Mr.. Charles J. English, formerly
proprietor of the Concordia Times, hal
received an appointment as lecturer ant
organizer Of l. 0. CT. lodges in Thu
State.
Phillips county, according to the cen
sus taken by the assessors, gained II;
in population in 1884, but still lacks Over
three thousand of the number given by
the census of 1880.
Lenora Leader: 1t is reported that 9
man was mobbed somewhere in the
northern part of Decatur county few
days ago for setting out prairie fire OF
letting it get away from him.
Atwood Citizen: Johnstown, in the
southwest part of the county, is booming
right along. A number of others are to
60 up soon. The colony have physi-
clan with them to attend to their physi-
cal ailments.
Mrs. P. H. Mullen, of Leavenworth,
while slightly deranged, plunged head
foremost into deep well with the in
tention of suicide. Through the imme-
date and thoughtful assistance of friends
she was rescued and may recover.
Osborne Farmer: A plot of land, the
lease which is held by G. w. Howell,
will probably be transferred to the ALI
ance for building site for their elevator
Mr.. Howell having signifed his willing
ness to surrender the same in their ia
vor.
Garnet Journal: John Armstrong the
father of Jacob Armstrong win celebrate
his one hundred and third birthday Fri
day next. He is enjoying excellent
health and promises to live a goodly
number of years. He lives near West
phalia.
The Downs Times says skeleton was
found in crevice in the Dank of the
South Solomon, April LIST, on the old Beal
farm. The Times says the bones are
believed to be thoseof a boy named Coop,
who disappeared six years ago, and was
believed to have been foully MUIR
dered.
Phillipsburg Herald: Fora B. Thomas
procured divorce one day during this
term of court, and the next day she was
married to Charles Fowler. The Judge
when he granted the decree. informed
the lady that she must not contract mar
rage again within six months; but the
Judge evidently did not know the lady
at any rate she could not stand single
blessedness any longer, and determined
to commit matrimony, law or no law.
The Central Branch management has
already decided to spend more money in
improvements this year than the estim.
ated gross earnings will amount to. The
iron in the Central Branch track is now
first class, and new ties will be put in
when ever necessary. New station
houses are to be built at bingham,
Corning, Frankfort, Waterville and Ran
dali, and additions will be made to those
at Palmer, Clyde, Ames, Glen Elder, and
Mankato.
Erie Record: A respectable old gentle.
man of Centerville township, was sick
for two weeks and on Saturday the doc.
tors said he could scarcely live through
the night, but he rallied somewhat and
lived until the following evening. On
Sunday his son, school teacher of note,
went off to see his girl, and within an
hour the old gentleman breathed his
last, the ungrateful son being absent.
Such conduct cannot be condemned in
too strong language. We suppose the
young man is clubbing himself yet for
making consummate fool of himself.
Atchison Champion: The remaining
eight children of the Logan family have
broken out with the small pox, and the
entire family, including the father and
mother, are in the pest-house. The ba-
by is quite badly afflicted. The Mack
family show no signs of it, and DR.. Fer
gus0n thinks vaccination saved them.
Policeman Taylor, who nursed Logan
and Mack, is creating CONSERVATION
among the colored population by wear
ing pair of boots about town which he
wore at the penthouse. The boots were
once buried by order of the quarantine
guard, but it seems that Taylor stole
back and exhumed them. Complaint
will probably be filed against Taylor.