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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-11

AAS1S 10 uO SOuAiSt pCtWCcu LII.
Conant and myself about that fabu-
lous Book 81 of Polybius. The con-
fict is between DIR. Conant and DR..
Charles Anthem, both of them intro
duced as witnesses by "Disclple"
himself.
Disciple" is very handy at mixing
up statements when he wants to con-
fuse his readers. If the reader will
look back at my article in the LED
GER of April 3Oth he will see that
disciple" has grossly perverted my
language. I said the practice OF
putting into water over head and ears
was never heard of till the middle OF
the 18th century" I did not say
ssimmersion"-for that is not sim
mersion"-it is a clipping submer.
sion" have shown that the Greek
and Roman Catholics did not, and
do not now, require the head to be
put under water. Nor did the Epis
copal church in England require it
but baptized in fonts too small K
admit of submersion. And the frs
Anabaptists, George Blenroek ane
Conrad Grebel, who began work il
March, 1924, A. D., baptized by pour
ling. (See Baptist Martyrology, ed
tied by E. B. Underhiil (Baptist) o
England, p. IS. SO Of Vol. ID Thi
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loathed New Orleans society.
Two years passed. Outwardly re-
signed and accepting the situation,
Polvte had opened an Office in Ex-
change Alley, not far from ST. Louis
street. The location was convenient
to Richelieu's and Antoine's, where
he acted as confidentisl adviser to
the leading men of his class Such
people as Aristide Merry, E. x. Du.
mas, the Dubuclets and the Jourbets
were bis clients. Through their pat
ronage he managed to increase the
small store Of worldly goods left hin
by his father until it assumed very
respectable proportions. He was
resting one day IN his Office wher
Melanie burst into the rooms
flushed and fiabby appsrition whicl
he regarded with amazement ant
contempt. Her nose was red througl
weeping. Her eyes were 6shy. He
form, which in times gone by he ha,
looked upon in rapture, now quiver
ed like mountain Of jelly. She wa
absurd. He promptly cIassed he
with the things he hated. and b
. t-.koho1 bor ,aox-ovnauSs 18th er.,alt
! and suspicion depicted IN his eye.
"Polyte, you loved me once
3 loved you"
perhaps. 1t is SO long ago. Bt
D what Is itf"
aDrummond is dead 7"
= The tears flowed afresb. Poly
= wondered In his wicked heart il 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-11
"sHINE, sHISEs"
How The American Bootblack Spends
His Days And Nights-His Labors,
Recreations, Designations, &c.

Backing the boots of the citizen in
public is not numbered among the
many new things introduced by
Americans. 1t was practiced on q
large scale in some of the cities Of
Europe before its introduction here,
in Paris and London for example,
AS HE rs IN AMERICA.
In our large cities boot -blacklng in
the open streets and public places
has become an institution. As prac-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11

Columbus Courier: The owners of the
f1ll-blood Clydesdale stallion, Jock Jr.,
owned in this city, have Just refused an
offer of $1,000 for him.
Caldwell Journal: Mr.. Adams of
San'tone, Texas, arrived at the quaran-
tine grounds Friday, with 300 head of
stock horses. He reports q good safe
drive this Spring v it'll but very light trail
losses.
Dodge City Cew6oy: The winter red
cattle, what there is left OF them, are be-
ing crowded into market and the de-
mand will soon be for range took, which
will land on the market in shape to COM
mand good prices. Our cattlemen have
had bard winter, and the favorable
outlook for them at the present time
naturally puts them in excellent spirits.
Louisville Republicans: J. W. Arnold
is shearing his sheep this week. They
will average eight pounds of wool
per head; at 20 cents per
pound each fleece will 'bring
SLIGO, and flock of 1000 will augment
81, 900. This, probably, is . high esti-
mate on the price of wool, but reducing
it to Is cents per pound and the augmen-
tation will reach 81, 200.
Dodge City Globe: The breeders of
raising calves than nature. Now they
say that the milk of Jersey COW is too
rich for a calf to take from COW, and
for the calf to do well, the COW should
be MIXED ard the milk stand until the
cream rises and is skinned when the
calf can be fed on the skim milk. Ma
ture has made but few mistakes, and
this may be one of them, but we doubt
it.
The following stock notes are taken
from the Dodge City Cowboy:-There
is an unusually heavy calf crop on
our ranges this Spring.-The round
up is progressing very satisfactory, and
owners of cattle are very much en-
couraged, in finding that their losses last
Winter are much less than they expect
ed.-The market will be Overstocked
with horses: judging from the large
herds on the way to Dodge from the
Territory.
Wichita Beacon: "Blood will tell,''
when. it comes to breeding fine stock.
The farmers who have grown discouraged
from fruitless efforts with scrub stock
might profit by the knowledge that
Messrs. Stewart & Boyle, of this city
breeders of Poland China hogs, sold
about $1,000 worth of fine bred hogs in
the last year. They sold two little
shoats this week for $50, and will have
two hundred thoroughbred hogs fol
sale this Summer and Fall, and these
will in time do great deal to root out
the rural ruts.
lola Register: Mr.. H. F. Travis of Elm
township, informed us the other day that
he had Just completed a seven day milk.
ing test of one of his Jersey cows, and
the result was 1877 3-S pounds of milk, OF
a daily average of 10 5-S pounds. On 8
similar test the celebrated Holyoke
Mass, COW yielded only Is IL pounds
daily, so that, as usual, Kansas heads the
procession. And it should be remem
bered, too, that the Kansas COW made
this extraordinary record on prairie
grass alone, and with no other attention
than was given the rest of the cattle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11

culture. We learned from him that q
project Is now on foot to secure an or
ganization among Russian Mennonites
in this part of the State to further the in
terest. He has the promise of govern
ment reels that will probably be opera
ted this season in the vicinity of New
ton.
Wichita Eagle: Every farmer in this
valley knows the advantage of early
planted corn, that the latter part of May
and first half of June are generally wet,
but many get left every year. Owing to
backward Spring, an unusual number
of farmers failed to get their ground
prepared and corn in, and we
guess we are correct in saying that from
5 to 10 per cent of the fields are YET
implanted. We were shown yesterday
some specimen stalks of corn of a forty
acre field which measured from two feet
six inches to two feet nine inches high
dark green and growing rapidly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11
THRILLING TRIP.
A Train in Charge of q Mailman Arrives in
Chicago.

chicago.
Passenger train No. 6, on the Wabash, s
Louis & Pacific railway, arrived at Chicago
an hour and a half late, in charge of mad
man. Out of the twelve or fifteen men. Of
fcers and citizens, who finally secured him,
one officer is dead, shot through the body.
another probably fatally wounded, several
citizens injured, and the lunatic himself
lies in the county hospital, MORALLY
wounded, with three bullets in him.
Shortly before noon to-day the station
policeman at the Wabash depot on Polk
street, received the following dispatch:
CHENoA, ILL.,, June 6.
jacksonville and Peoria were all afraid to take
him. Please send ten or twelve policemen out
on No. to take him when we arrive in Chicago.
They had better come In citizens clothes They
will have to look sharp or tome one will get hurt
[Signedl PUTNAM, Conductor.
No. 6, which left Kansas City last night
was due here at $50 p. m. There was diff
Guilty in starting out No. l, as directed in
the dispatch, and it was decided to meet the
train at the depot. Officers Casey, Ryan,
Murphy, Rowan, Walsh, Streaming,
Dohney, Barrett and keenan,, in uniform,
and Smith, Terry, Amstein, OBrien and
Laughlin, in citizens clothes, under the
command of Lieutenant Tough, made up
the squad which arrived at the depot ten
minutes before the train was due. The
train being delayed, a. was subsequently
learned by Intellectual efforts to capture the
lunatic, the police were forced to wait more
than an hour. After considerable anxious
speculation as to the condition of things on
board No. 8, the Off GERS were finally any
thing but treasured by . dispatch from .
suburban station, warning them that the
maniac was well armed and would resist
desperately. A little later No. 6 appeared
in sight, and the police, separating 50 a. to
form two squads, awaited her arrival on
either side of the track. As the train ap-
preached the whistle sounded Q number of
warning notesin quick succession. People
hanged half way out of the car windows
and were seen to be gesticulating Wild yto
the crowd. Before the train had come to .
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11
INDIAN ATROCITIES.
They Continue Their Work OF Leaving 9
Trail Of Blood Across the Territory of Ne1
Mexico.

They Continue Their Work OF Leaving a
Trail of Blood Across the Territory of New
Mexico.
A Silver City, N. NJ, dispatch of recent
date says: This week has been one of sus-
pense and terror here. Never before have
the Indians, on their bloody raids, come so
near this city. The first news of the proxim.
ity of the indians was received on We'd
nesday, when Cody riding a horse, white
with foam, dashed into the town from We'll
dys ranch on Bear creek. He brought
word that hostile Indians were in the
hills and that an attack on the ranch,
on which we're gathered many women
and children, who expected help, was an.
ticipated. A volunteer company of thirty;
five was organized and went to the rescue
on arriving at the ranch the parties started
for the water hole in the hills where they
expected to find the Indians, who, however
had fed. ScOutsspent two hours in search.
creek. Along this stream west, horrible
sights were witnessed-dead bodies fright.
| fully mutilated and naked were found al
short intervals; houses were pillaged and
clothing and household articles scattered
everywhere. At William Ogden's, five
dead bodies, all scalped, lay in a pool o.
blood. Two women had been outraged
and their breasts cut off. A fve-year-o ole
girl had both hands cut off. Following
| the trail over the hills till Gomez ranch wal
reached; number of men were gathered
there, they had escaped death by hidig
there. Parties living in the vicinity hac
all been killed. Six miles further on at thu
house of Felix Marquee, five dead bodie:
we're found. Mrs. Marquee and her seven
year-old daughter had both suffered a,
the hands of the Indians before being kill
ed. The bodies were slashed with knives
and presented sickening spectacle. One
of the heroic deeds that occurs on such oc
casions, was performed by little Willie Car
penter. His parents were some distance from
the house when the Indians appeared; Will.
and his sister were playing in the yard, the
boy caught up his sister and slipped into
the weeds, when he crawled long distances
and finally reached that city, having car
ried his sister five miles on his back, Ths
parents we're wild with joy to find thei1
children, whom they supposed the Indians
had carried o
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11

standstill dozen passengers jumped to tt 9
ground and fed, looking back with blanch.
ed faces.
Officer Barrett was the first to observe the
lunatic. Barrett was standing near the
rear end of the smoking car. The mailman
With leveled revolver glared at him from
the front platform of the chair car, the
length of one car distant. Barrett turned
half round and stopped instantly, but too
late. A ball from the lunatic's revolver
struck him in the side and in five minutes
he was dead.
One look at the lunatic was enough to
satisfy one that while his ammunition
lasted he would not be taken alive. Seeing
this the officers, after removing Their
wounded comrade. began fusilade through
the windows of the smoking car, where the
mailman had taken refuge. After q min.
fired q couple of shots into the crowd. leap
ed from the train and dashed down Fourth
avenue.
Officer Laughlin started in hot pursuit
and at him the lunatic fired the last shot
maniac stopped and then awaited Laugh
Inns coming with cleaning eyes and froth-
ing mouth. They clinched. The officer
tripped his prisoner and they both fell, the
maniac meanwhile beating Laughlin I'M
mercifully on the head with his revolver
The officer was III citizens clothes and was
set upon and terribly pounded by an ex-
cited colored man who mistook him fol-
the prisoner.
The rest of the squad arrived shortly.
The msniac was secured and taken first to
a cell and then to the hospital to have his
wounds dressed. When he realized that
further resistance was useless the prisoner
grew calm, and said quite nationally that
his name was Louis Keume, that he was 80
years old, and was en- route to his home in
Detroit from Denver.
The trainmen of No. 6 tell thrilling
story of the trip from Kansas City. When
the man boarded the train at that place, he
remarked that people were after him to
lynch him and that if left alone he would
modest no one. At Ell Paso, ILL.,, he became
violent, and with revolver in hand, order
ed the trainmen to cease making some
changes in the makeup of the train.
The passengers all left the chair car,
which the mailman made his headquarters,
and were locked into the others. No one
dared approach the lunatic, and after he
had exchanged shots with the city marshal
he ordered the train to proceed, and from
there to Chicago his will was the only law
obeyed.
Since his wounds have been dressed
Reume has become somewhat more com.
municative. He says he is French Cana.
dian by birth and fresco painter by trade
and has wife and three children in De-
troit. He wrote white sombrero, and az
ne ran down Fourth avenue was thought by
the residents to be cowboy on spree. Al
the train on which he arrived was passing
slowly through the outskirts of the city 8
man by the name of Spruck jumped aboars
Reume Immediately blazed away with hi
revolver, a ball just grazing SpIuck's CHR
and taking button from his coat. Sprucl
stepped off and waited for another train.
In the fight at the depot the maniac re
loaded ss fast as his weapon was emptied
and altogether more than $50 shots wer'
fired.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11

rain he had closed the bridge, through
which vessel had passed, and stepped into
his shanty; o street car bound North dashed
upon the bridge, and as it neared the center
of the structure, Carmody glanced out OF
the window and was Mortified to see the
bridge slowly swinging open. The6riverhad
ducked down his head to ward on the force
of the storm, and was apparently unaware
of the fearful consequences OF bis neglect
and danger ahead. CarmOdy took in the
situation at once. and dashed out of the
bridge house, and ran at the top OF his speed
across the bridge toward the car. Reaching
the advancing team, he grabbed the horses
BY the bits, and sang out to the driver to
put on the brake. The car was stopped
about ten feet from the end of the rails, and
over the muddy water of the river. The
driver made haste to get across, and allow
ed the team to travel at a rapid gait. A
horrible catastrope and loss of life was only
prevented by Csrmody's nerve and prompt
action.
Harry Champlin was shot and killed by
his brother-in-lsw, D. E. 7. Lay. at Cincin.
natl Ohio. Champlin was unmarried and
addicted to drinking. For some time he
had been idle and had lived with his
mother who is in comfortable cireum
stances. He had been in the habit of de-
handing and obtaining money from bis
mother, and when refused had been in the
habit of abusing her. Last night he left
home pleasantly, promising his mother to
return socn. Instead, he went home after
o'clock in partly drunken condition, and
went to his mothers bedside and began abus-
ing her He wakened visitor, Mrs. Glenn
of Michigan, who went to him and begged
him to desist. He struck her with chair
and returned to the abuse of his mother.
This aroused DR.. Lay, and Mrs. Lay, Champ
Inns sister, and they came to the room. The
coachman also came and he and Lay, after
a struggle with Chsmplin, got him into the
hall, intending to put him TO bed, when be
broke away from them and rushed down
stairs and got carving knife and returned.
DR.. Lay warned him to stop, but Champlin,
with an oath, made at him with the knife.
DR.. Lay, who was standing in front of his
wife, fired and Champlin fell. Mrs. Lay
screamed "You have killed him!"
but the doctor replied and said that he
had only shot to scare him. 1t was found,
however, that Camplin was dying, the ball
having entered between the eyes. DR.. Lay
was ia ken to the station house and locked
up on the charge of murder. He regretted
deeply tae tragic termination of the affair,
but made clear statement of the entire
transaction, showing that he acted solely
in self defense and was released on 10000
bond.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11
WOMEN'S WORK.
What the Ladies of the State are Doing and
Items of Interest to Them.

What the Ladies of the State are Doing and
Items of Interest to Them.
Burlington Independent: The Ladies'
Missionary Association had recently
quite an addition to it's membership.
The ladies hold meetings for work quite
regularly.
Columbus Courier: A young lady of
the fourth ward swore out q warrant for
seduction against young man of the
city, in Justice Nichols court the other
day. The parties are both highly con-
nected and have heretofore moved in
good society.
A married woman of the city of King
man, left her husband and elored with
another man. The woman's name is
Sigler. She had been married to her
devoted husband for fifteen ,years and
four children were the fruits of the mar
riage.
The Abilene Reflector gives lady the
following notice in speaking of county
politics: Miss Alice Junken, who makes
an excellent officer, will, in all probable
ity, be elected as Register without oppo-
sition. Speaking unathoritatively, the
Reflector believes that the Democratic
convention will make no nomination
against her.
Mrs. G. G. Gates was arrested at Ar
kansas City charged with keeping q
bawdy house but was discharged. The
next day she appeared on the streets
with whip and revolver to horse whip
and generally exterminate the city mar
shal. She was again arrested before she
had carried out her desires and gave
bond to keep the peace.
Wichita Eagle: Nellie Bailey is can
wasting the city of Wichita in person for
the sale of her Life, because this was the
scene of her trial and her long and
tedious confinement. In eleven hours
work she secured one hundred and
thirty six subscribers, among them we
note nearly all the leading business and
professional men of the city.
Osborne Farmer: A day or two ago
Mr.. II. H. Powers, accompanied by his
wife and Mrs. Flynn, attempted to ford
Dry creek with light buggy. In Cross
ing the vehicle was upset by the raging
waters and the occupants thrown into
the stream. Mr.. Powers was dragged out
safely by the team, the lines being wound
around his hands, but both ladies were
swept away and drowned before he could
make any effort to rescue them. The
body of Mrs. Flynn was recovered the
next day, but that of Mrs. Powers was
not found until three days after.
Girard Press: Miss Lenora Padfeld,
of Sheridan township, a young lady who
was esteemed by everybody, and who is
handsome and well educated, was ar
rested last week on a charge Of grand
larceny. The complaint is made by Mrs.
Julia Bland. some relative of hers, that
she stole $21O from her. The hearing
was continued until May rs, when the
case will come up before Justice Craw
ford, of this city. She gave bonds in the
sum of $500 for her appearance at that
time. 1t is reported that she expended
the money to buy a wedding troeseau,
being the fiance of young man in Gil
rard.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-11
Strange Change of the War

New York Tribune.
The following story was told short
time ago by F. H. Pierpont, the loyal
War Governor of Virginia:
There was an amusing encounter be-
tween Governor Wise and myself in the
Summer OF 1865, after 1 went to Rich
mond as Governor of the restored gov
eminent of Virginia. Meeting him one
morning, we shook hands very cordially
and I remarked: Governor, suppose
you have been rusticating, as 1 have
missed you from the city for some
weeks"
eyes," was the reply. give been
down to my farm in Princess Anne coun-
ty, and what do you suppose 1 found
there?"
answered: IT don't know. When ]
was there in 1863 saw large number
of freedmen cutting your timber. What
did you find, General"
"Whv, sir, I found John Browns
daughter, teaching Negro school in my
Mansion house; and they would not per-
NIT me to 60 into my house."
"At this I laughed heartily. Gen.
Wise looked me straight in the eye, and
demanded: "What are you laughing at
sir?"
said: General, you must excuse me;
that in less than seven years after you
hung John Brown for his supposed at
tempt to steal the Negroes from Virginia,
his daughter was teaching a Negro
school in your mansion, and you were a
fugitive not permitted to enter it,"
John Brown" exclaimed Gen. Wise,
"was great man, sir; he was a great
man. Yes" he said, raising his right
hand and assuming his most majestic at
titude, John Brown was a hero; John
Brown was hero, sir" Then turning
suddenly he walked off, seemingly n
solemn meditation. This was the only
time John Brown was alluded to in our
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It is said that in the Mesilla Valley in
New Mexico, apple trees bear the second
year after planting, peaches the second
year from the seed and grapes the third
year. A newspaper correspondent
writes: II have just measured an apple
tree, nine years old, that measured 4
feet inches in circumference. and one
four year-old that was 20 inches, an apri-
cot tree that was feet 10 inches, and q
peach tree that was feet 9 inches, and
SO far there is no enemy to fruit of any
kind-no borers, curculio or worm
fruit of all kinds is entirely exempt from
disease"