Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-12-10
THE public debt increased during the

The public debt increased during the
month of November 8, 3S7, 19S.47. The in
crease Of the debt was caused by falling off
of receipts and increased pension charges.
THE New York Chamber of Commerce re-
Gently adopted resolutions deploring the
decline Of American shipping, and sug-
costing as remedy the establishment of a
Bureau Of Commerce under the control of
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The order of expulsion of the German
Americans from the Island of Foehr has
again been suspended, Mr.. Pendleton, the
United States Minister, having interviewed
in the matter.
MARSHALL CLEMENTS was hanged at
Saguache, Col, recently, for the murder of
his brother and sister-in-law. The crime
was an extremely shocking one. Clements
kept up his bravado to the last.
DACoITs attacked outlying portions of
Mandalay after the surrender, and several
British soldiers were killed and wounded
The Burmese generally were friendly to
the occupation.
REPORTS were in circulation in Madrid
that the young Queen Mercedes had devel-
oped symptoms OF lung disease and scrofu-
lous debility inherited from her father, and
will never be in proper condition OF
health to succeed to the throne.
New YORK police found five cases Of
smallpox on the west side of the city tho
other day.
OFFICIALS of the Farmers National Bank
of Mansfield O., have had an interview
with Joseph Hosdowitch, the defaultirg
teller, who fed to Canada. Hosdowitch
TO 4l,o bn ,,,;l1
not be prosecuted.
BURGLARS entered the private banking
house of Bantel Il Co., at Freedom, Pa,
the other night and exploded the safe with
giant powder. The thieves secured about
S15,0G0.
THE German Government proposes to es-
tablish G monopoly in the manufacture and
sale of spirits.
THE mammoth wholesale dry goods
house Of r. E. Doyle, of Fort Smith, Ark,
failed recently. The attaching creditors
are II. B. Clafin Hill, Fontaine a. Co., and
Durham, Buckley & Co.; nominal assets
$4,000; liabilities, 100000.
Two freight trains on the Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne & Chicago Ra;load under full
speed colDided at Niles, o., recently, badly
trains The collision was caused by 81 tele-
graph operator at Salem, O., neglecting to
deliver orders to the east bound train.
The losses on rolling stock were very
heavy.
A DISPATCH from London says: The
movements of the Greek troops on the
northern frontier seem to give color to
the report widely circulated recently that
a tripartite alliance has been formed be-
tween Austria, Servia and Greece, and
that the crossing of the frontier by the
Greek troops is to be the first open declara-
ton of this union.
THE business failures for the seven days
ended December 3 numbered, for the United
States 2l3, for Canada e, or a total Of 22339,
against 2l4 the week previous. There was
a considerable increase noted in Southern
and Western States.
AN earthquake recently threw down
many houses at Mascara Blideh, and
Medeah, and destroyed three quarters of
the town Of Mistla, in Algeria. Thirty-two
persons were killed and twelve others in
jured. Among the victims were several
Europeans.
JUDGE SIMoSToN, of Pennsylvania, has
handed down an opinion i'll regard to the
constitutionality of the act prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of oleomargarine.
The court holds that the act is entirely
constitutional.
RECENT advices from Asp;nwall report
severe storm of the coast. Several YES
sells were known to have been wrecked, but
it was believed their crews succeeded in
reaching the shore The railroad in Aspin-
wall was damaged.
NATURAL gas exploded at sis Grant street,
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th. One woman
was fatally burned and several others Sc
riously injured. The damage amounted to
$50, 900.
A VERY heavy windstorm prevailed in
Missouri and Eastern Kansas and Nebraska
on the 4tb, accompanied by sudden fall in
the temperature. AT ST. Paul and other
parts OF Minnesota there was heavy snow
storm.
SEVENTEEN prisoners, among the number
some of the most notorious criminals in the
State of Pennsylvania, escaped recently
from the Beaver County Jail by cutting the
corridor and window bars and letting them
selves over the walls by means of blankets
taken from their cells.
Ed STROEECKER and Sam johnson, two
lawyers, had street duel at Macon, Ca,
recently. Strobecker was killed. TIE
trouble was over money loan.