Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-05-07
The old board of directors of the c., B. 4

The old board of directors of the c., B. 4
@. road were reelected.
Tbh Ohio Legislature refuses to investi-
gate the alleged bribery cases.
Prospects are good for an unusually
large peach crop in Delaware.
Confederate memorial day was observed
in many parts of the South.
The straits of Mackinaw are open, and
the grain fleet can now pass through.
Russia has purchased five steamers in
the United States to be used as cruisers.
Stonemasons are on strike at Dayton
o. Men at work were compelled to quit.
Seventy-three head of horses were sold al
Lexington, KY, for $40, 125, an average Of
$3.50.
THE Arkansasriver is on the boom. and q
repetition of last years disastrous food il
inevitable.
Russia has ordered number of small
printing presses from New York to be
shipped to Afghanistan.
IA child in Gregg county, Texas, found q
pile of old Spanish coin, some of them
bearing the date of 14O3.
The Ohio legislature passed a bill requir-
ing Cincinnati saloons to remain closed
from midnight until 6 q. m.
The seventh annual convention of the
Supreme conclave OF the Independent Or
der of Heptasophs met at Pittsburg.
A bill to repeal the act incorporating the
Chicago Board of Trade was offered in the
Illinois House of Representatives.
In the New York Senate bill was pass
ed fixing q stamp-tax on speculative deal.
ings in stocks. grain, oil, provisions, etc.
A telegram received at New York says
that the withdrawal of our troops from
Panama destroys American prestige there
..The president of the Chicago Roard Of
Trade says the bill to abolish that institu.
ton had its origin among the bucket-shOI
interests.
The Chicago city council has passed the
saloon license ordinance providing for 9
uniform license fee of $500, payable on the
first day of May, August and December.
A petition signed by about one hundred
prominent citizens, was forwarded to Gov.
ernor Marmaduke from Kansa. City, ask.
ing him to call special session of the Leg.
isiature 70 deal with the pleuro- pneumonia
Seventy-fve employees of the Westing.
house Machine Company at Pittsburg, have
been suspended on account of lack of or.
ders. The men, who have been working
only one-half OF the time most OF the Win.
ter, are very respondent over their suspen.
sion.
The streets of Moberly, Mo-, are again
filled with idle men, they being employees
on the Wabash railroad out on q strike
Freight trains were abandoned on the 18th
and even the engineers refused to work I'm.
til the griviences of the wOrkmen had been
gratifed. Passenger trains were unmO.
Tested.
On April 9th, Gen. Grant sent out the
following for publications: To the various
army posts, SOCIETIES, public schools, state
corporations and individuals north and
south who have been so kind as to send me
congratulations on my SD birthday,
wish to offer my grateful acknowledge
ments. The dispatches have been so
numerous and SO touching in tone that it
would have been impossible to answer
them if had been in perft ct health
[Signed] US. GRANT.
The Illinois cattlemen assembled in con.
vention at Springfield on April 3Oth, pu,su.
ant to a call to consider means to prevent
the spread of contagious pleuro pneumonia
The feature OF the morning session consist.
ed of an address by Gov. Oglesby, in which
he stated he had scheduled against Missouri
cattle. He expressed his hearty approval
of the objects of the convention and favor.
ed appropriate legislation. The state veter
marian should have power to appoint assis.
tants and inspectors and sufficient sum Of
money should be appropriated to pay fol
the cattle which it might be necessary to
condemn and slaughter.
The Farmers Review in summing up the
reports of 1000 correspondents says that
very little can be said in favor of the Win.
ter wheat crop. That the abundance of rain
which has fallen has revived the life of the
plant, but has altogether confirmed the re.
port that large proportion of the crop is
killed. There will probably be the same
acreage of Spring wheat as in 1884. That
the oat crop bids fair to be very large, and
that the corn acreage promises to be very
large, owing to the fact that the condition
of the wheat crop caused many acres OF
winter wheat to have been p.owed up and
put into corn.
Capt. Thomas Phelan, complainant
against Short, who attempted to assassinate
hum in Rossa's office, disappointed the
Irishmen of the radical dynamite school,
by returning east to prosecute the case.
His recent journey from Kansas City to ap.
pear in court against Short, came to q eau
tious end q few days ago on the New Jersey
side of the Hudson. He sought secluded,
and, as he supposed, secure place of refuge,
and decided not to take the risk of appear
ing in New York before it was necessary.
Three detectives who are said to be among
those who have done work in this country
for the British consuls in matters relating
to the dynamite gang, were Captain Phel-
ans companions and guards during the
journey east. They and their convoy, it is
alleged, noted at different stages of the trip,
that two men were keeping too close to
them to be entirely chance fellow travel
]ers. Phelan wrote District Attorney Mar
tin that his life was in danger and three
detectives were sent to his rescue and he
was taken to New York, where he is now
being guarded.
FOREIGN.
More serious rioting is reported at Cork.
The Chinese forces have evacuated Lang
Son.
England will add 81, 900 men to the force
of her army.
All the powers are urging Turkey to re-
main neutral.
At London Russian attack upon Herat
is looked for.
It is stated at London that cholera las ap-
peared at Cairo.
The island of Bermuda is being put in a
state of defence.
Egypt has apologized to France, and the