Dodge City times., 1885-09-03
Miscellaneous.

TOPEKA, KAN, August 25 1885.
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Miscellaneous.
WESTERN Kansas is improving rapidly.
REPoRrs are that In some localities
farmers are complaining. of damage to
their corn from the ravages of the wire
worm. 1t works in the tender roots OF the
stalks, causing them to fall down, thereby
depriving the corn of ability to mature it's
ears. It works in ali kinds of land, but
the most damage is on clay soils. A prac-
tical farmer, who has studied the habits of
this worm, says its ravages can be greatly
mitigated by a rotation of crops: that is,
SOW oats or wheat on this years corn
ground and corn or wheat On oats ground.
By so doing the worms are almost entirely
destroyed, or SO much 50 that their dam
age to the corn crop is hardly perceptible.
This worm Is always found to be most
numerous in fields of corn that have raised
the same crop year after year for a mum.
ber of years.
The Governor has appointed Captain
George w. Ashby, of Leavenworth, As
sistant Commissioner to the North, Cen.
trail and South American Exposition, to
be held at New Orleans November 10, 1885
to April /. 1886.
WLLIAN H. TODn, boy about nine
years old. was run over and killed by the
cars at Wichita the other day.
THE county seat war in Pratt County
has been unusually warm.
PosT-oFFICE changes In Kansas for the
week ended August %: Established
Dell, Lyon County, Beniah E. Brewer,
Postmaster; Fonday, Ford County, Lin
don Hibblrd, Postmaster; Harwardville,
Seward County, William A. Gillum, Post.
master; Ivanhoe, Finney County, G. A.
Nafziger, Postmaster; st. Joseph, Cloud
County, Louis P. Ponton, Postmaster; Su-
gar, Miami County, John w. White, POST
master; Tokomo, Pratt County, William
A. Quillen, Postmaster; Upton, Phillips
County, William D. Bovey, Postmaster;
Wittrup, Hodgeman County, julius Wit
trup, Postmaster. Name changed-But-
Ter, Washington County, to Ardale. POST
m ,sters ppointed-C.imax, Greenwood
County, Samuel Holmes; Dunlap, Morris
County, Charles E. Kidd; Havana, Mont
gomery County, Thomas r. Pittman; Key
West, Coffey County, T. H. Hinshaw; Nor
tonville, Jefferson County, J. B. Brown;
South Cedar, Jackson County, William L.
Mum; Williamsburgh, Franklin County,
Hewitt Craik.
REUBEN GILMORE was recently arrested
at Topeka for attempting to trade wives
with man by the name of Stevenson, in
Oregon. Gilmore left his own wife in Ore
gon and struck out for Topeka, taking
Stevenson's wife with him. This arrange
ment did not meet the views of the de-
serted wife nor of Stevenson; hence the
latter followed him to Topeka, where he
had opened an Office for dealing out pea
nuts, and had him jugged.
JULIUS HERzoG, a miner, was instantly
killed at Weir City the other afternoon.
He was in the act of putting a loaded car
on the cage at the bottom of the shaft,
when the bumper at the top rang for the
engineer to hoist before the bell had been
rang from below, and in attempting to
jump off his head was caught and crushed
He was German, and leaves wife and
children.
E. N. o. CLoUGH, Vice President for
Kansas of the National Association Of
Mexican War Veterans at Leavenworth,
has issued an invitation to all comrades
reciting the fact that the National reunion
comes off at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 10th
and 17th of September, 1855, and in making
arrangements for transportation of such
as desire to attend, it is necessary that he
should know who and how many intend to
attend, as rates will depend very much on
how many go. All will, therefore, inform
him whether they desire to attend or not,
and if they desire taking ladies. He is
getting reduced rates from Leavenworth
City for all who desire to attend. Parties
wishing to go should make their arrange
ments to leave Leavenworth on the even
ing of the 14th. This will bring them tc
indianapolis on the evening of the 18th, SC
as to be present at the opening exercises
on the 10th.
LESS than than three months ago the
town of Meade Center was started with
but one house within the town limits. 1t
now consist of a booming town of nearly
one hundred and fifty houses, with a pop
ulation of about five hundred souls.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the An
thony, Attica & Northwestern Railroad
Company were filed recently. The pur-
pose for which the company is formed is tt
construct and operate railroad of stand
ard guage, commencing at Anthony, Har-
per county, and thence northeast through
the counties of Barber. Kingman, Pratt,
Edwards, Stafford, Pawnee, Hodgeman.
Rush, Ness, Lane, Cove, Trego, and st.
John to the town of Wallace
ACCORDING to the records of the State
Historical Society there are twenty -seven
daily papers published in Kansas.
CHEROKEE wants a mill.
CHARTERS recently filed with the Secre-
tary of State: The vesta Town Company,
of Clark County. The object for which
this company is formed is to purchase and
lay out town site and to sell the same in
subdivisions. The capital stock is $1O,O 900;
the Union Horse Protective Association,
of Harvey Ccrnty. The object for which
this company is formed is to protect its
members from thieves by Immediately
turning out in body and hunting for the
stolen property; Wichita Encampment No.
@, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Wichita, Sedgwick County; Hoyt Meth
odist Church, of Hoyt, jackson County.
DIPHTHERIA is said to be quite prevalent
at Topeka.
Mr.. CALDWELL, of Leavenworth, 10 .
quarryman and uses dynamite cartridges
for blasting rock. He has been in the habit
of laying them carelessly about the house,
which gave the children an opportunity to
get hold of them. Mr.. Caldwell's seven
year r-old son obtained one of these cart
ridges and in company with another boy
Who had some matches, went to the stable
IN the rear of the residence for the purpose
Of having good time by setting on the
dynamite cartridge. The result was an