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

Abilene Is clsmOring for more school,
houses.
A Wichita cigar dealer has ordered
100000 cigars.
Meade county has bet yeen 1000 and
5000 inhabitants.
Ballton is the name of new town in
Dickinson county.
Counterfeit money is said to be in cir
culation at Fort Scott. They are princi-
pally dollar pieces.
The oldest Free Mason in Kansas is
said to be VIM. Gardiner, resident OF
Yates Center. He is SO years of age.
Company 3D." End regiment, K. N. G.,
was recrganized recently at Humboldt,
and G. A. Nicholetts was elected captain.
Atchison Globe: The cash collections
in the police court last month amounted
TO 81 ,03l 80, the largest in the history of
the city.
Glasco Sun: A young man named
Kent, in the employ of Ben. French, was
drowned while trying to cross Buffalo
creek last week.
Sneak thieves entered the store of a
clothing dealerat Nickerson, and secured
booty to the extent of 5000 and all this
in broad daylight.
It is fact that an artisan well was OBJ
tanned at Ellsworth, at depth of 40
feet. throws stream fifteen feet
above the ground.
The erection Of new hotel, to cost
about $4,000, is among the improve
ment contemplated the coming sum-
mer at Yates Center.
Manhattan Mercury: A first class tan
merry would be paying industry in Man
haitian. The number of hides shipped
from Manhattan alone would be sufh-
cient for quite business.
Frank Beedle, while bathing in creek
near Republic City, Republic county, was
drowned. All efforts were made to save
him; one young man, Henry Davis being
nearly drowned in the attempt.
Three young men at Emporia, in try
ing to t, st their skill as oarsmen, were
overpowered by the strong current and
carried over dam, and only escaped
death after a desperate struggle.
Col. Chapman. man Perfectly re-
sponsible, has offered to build court
house at Norton, worth $4,000, if the
county will deed to him the block upon
which the court house now stands.
Fort Scott Herald: The county clerk
has finished his valuation of personal
property, subject to taxation in the city,
amounting to $4l4, 1874; exemptions in
city, $44, 800, and exemptions in county,
100000.
Sedan Journal: We hear that some
farms have been benefited by the high
water notably, that of J. w. DeCou on
WOLF Creek. The back water from Caney
carried up and left deposit which fill
ed several hard pan sinks. One man es-
Inmates the improvement to his farm by
this agency at one thousand dollars.
Arthur Martin, living four miles and
a half from Hays City, committed suicide
few days ago by taking stfychnine. In
letter which he left he stated he had
tried the strychnine on the cat first and
that the reason he took this method of
ending his existence was because he was
tired of living.
Cherokee Sentinel: VIM. North, while
riding over his farm on a mule one day
this week rode upon a humble bees
nest; the bees soon surrounded both the
rider and mule. The mule seeing that
his master was about to be stung, threw
him high out of range of the bees and
then ran for the stable taking the bees
along.
A sad accident occurred at Manhattan
a few days ago. Willie, the 5-year-old
son of John E. Hassan, county attorney,
was found in his fathers stable with his
skull crushed, apparently by the kick of
an old family horse. The lad lived
twelve hours, but was unconscious. Mrs.
Hassan is much Frustrated by the ter
rible shock.
Concordia Empires On Tuesday last
the private chest of Mr.. Isaac Phillips,
near Christie, was broken open with an
ak, and robbed of about $1,000 il money
and valuable papers. Mr.. Phillips had
at work for him an Irish lad, about II
years old, brought in last fall by the Or
phans' Aid Society of New York, who, it
is believed, committed the robbery, as
both the boy and money are missing.
Robt Broadus shot and severely wound
ed Frank Jobson at Leavenworth few
days ago. The trouble seemed to be over
a woman. Jobson, the wounded man,
will recover. Immediately after COM
hitting the deed Broadus rode to his
farm five miles distant and instantly
killed himself by discharging a revolver,
the ball Of which passed through his
heart.
Leavenworth Standard: Mrs. c. R..
Jennison has juste rected in Mount Mum
Gle cemetery very handsome monu-
ment to perpetrate the memory of her
husband, the late Col. c. r. Jennison. It
is about fifteen feet high and on the
west side of the base is the word Jenni-
son, in large letters. On the east side are
the dates of his birth and death, and I'M
der it "Gone but not Forgotten"
The mempers of the special committee
of the United State senate appointed to
inquire into the affairs at the Indian ter
ritory together with the sergeant at
arms" secretaries, messengers and atten-
dants arrived at Wichita a few days
ago. They Immediately departed for the
territory by the st. Louis & San Francis
co railroad. S. L. Dawes, Of Masachu-
sets, and daughter. Miss Anna Dawers;
Hon. ]. 7. Morgan, of Alabama.
A new scheme of robbery has been in
vented at Fort Scott. An engineer on
the Fort Scott and Gulf Road awakened
the other day in time to find a man
fishing his coat and vest out of his room
from a window by means of a fish line
and tackle. Truly the ways Of the rob-
hor ora nurnorona ond MANY In this