Dodge City times., 1885-10-08
Miscellaneous,


reunion of 1885.
Miscellaneous.
A Topeka dispatch states that it has
been ascertained that the bonds voted the
Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway
along the projected line from Baxter
Springs to KingInan are worthless mas
much as they were voted for standard
gauge railway, whereas the Denver, Mem
phis g. Atlantic. on account of defect in
their charter, have no legal existence ex-
cept as a narrow gauge railway. Their
old charter was under the Eame of the
Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Narrow
Gauge Railway, and instead of filing a
new charter, the stockholders voted tc
change the corporate name to the Denver,
Memphis & Atlantic Railway, but neg
lected to change IN the body of the charter
the words marrow gauge" into "stand-
ard gauge"
The Prohibitionists of Douglas County
have put full ticket in the field foi county
officers.
In the band contests during the reunion
at Topeka the following awards were
made: First class-two entries, Mar
shall's Military Band of Topeka, COM
posed of "a pieces, and the Dispatch Band
of Clay Center, composed of 16 pieces;
prize, 5000 and gold medal; won by Mar
shall's Military Band. Second class-two
entries, Knights of Pythias Band of En-
poria, and First Regiment Band of Law
renee; prize, $3.50; won by the First Regi-
ment Band. Third class-eight entries,
Excelsior Band of Newton, 1. o. o. F.
Band of Peabody, Ringgold of Hutchin-
son, Pleasanton Band, Wamego Band,
Parsons Band and Waterville Band; prize,
$l25; won by Parsons Band. Fourth class
six entries, Manhattan Band, Oskaloosa
band, Mechanics Band, of Peabody, and
the Juvenile Band, of Winfield; prize, 500;
won by the Mechanics Band, of Peabody.
In the drum corps contest the following
awards were made: General class, eight
entries-first prize, 500; second, $65; first,
won by Fort Scott corps; second, by
Washington g. A. R. Post No. II, corps, of
Lawrence. Sons of Veterans drum corps
three entries; prize, $50; won by Mound
City corps. Grand Army posts-three en-
tries; first prize, 500, won by McCaslin
Post No. III; second, $65, won by Abilene
Post No. 63.
A TRAMP who gave his name as Hoag-
land entered Molloy & Hunts saloon at
Atchison the other evening and asked Mol
10y for drink. This being refused he be-
came abusive and Molloy ordered him out
of .he place, when he drew a revolver and
fred at Hunt, striking him on the right
side of the abdomen, the ball lodging in
the abdominal muscles. Hunt fell to the
floor and Hoagland dropped into cellar.
way, where he was caught by a policeman
and taken to Jail. It was feared that
Hunts wound would prove fatal.
A Topeka dispatch of the I'd states that
there was some excitement on the Grand
Army reunion grounds the previous night,
caused by some of the Kansas Guards and
a number of followers seeking to destroy
every game of chance on the ground. As
near as could be learned the cause and
start Of the difficulty was this: One of the
militiamen lost $18 on some kind of game
of chance called "belt game" run by
fellow in a buggy, and had some trouble
with him. He went back to bis quarters
and reported his loss and gathered his
comrades and started back to squench the
"belt game" but when they arrived on the
ground they found that the proprietor had
disappeared. They then charged on and
captured and burned game of chance run
by J. H. Short, called ''the wheel of for
tune," together with the tent and fixtures.
Short estimated his loss at 5000.
MICHAEL KREBs, of junction City, was
robbed of $40 by confidence men on a
Council Bluffs train at Kansas City the
other day. It was the same old story. He
met two respectable looking gentlemen at
the Union Depot and one of them sat in
the same seat with him when the train
pulled out One of the men asked if he
had change for $500. When he pulled out
his roll one of the men snatched it and
both jumped of the train. ~s* eaxA
NEW counties are filling up.
WILLIAM KUPPER, of Ellsworth, who
went to Topeka to attend the reunion, con-
tinued his journey to Kansas City, at
which place he and several companions
hired hack and drove about the town. In
a gleeful moment he attempted to get out
of the carriage while it was in motion,
when he fell and received injuries which
proved fatal.
A SPARK of fire from blacksmith shop
in Weir, Cherokee County, recently set
fire to three or four kegs of powder few
feet away, which exploded, killing the
blacksmith and tearing the shop into
slivers. ~ --A +,s9a essssS
Texas fever is reported in southern
counties of the State.
The packing house at Junction City was
burned the other night. 1t was the work
of an incendiary evidently. The fire had
gained such headway before discovered
that it was impossible to save any of the
contents. There was an insurance Of
Sl35OO on the building, machinery and
stock. s-sss-
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas invent
ORE: Myron Camp. Sedgwick, doorshield;
James Costell, Blue Rapids, refrigerator;
Peter Cool, Manhattan, car-axle bearing;
Alfred Ross, Wichita, automatic blotter
holder.
KANSAS post-masters recently appointed:
Towanda, Andrew Swiggott; Oxford,
Melvin Collins; Trenton. D. L. Strntton