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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
Kansas City Grain and Produce MarAst.
Kansas City, April IS. 1856.

Kansas City. April Is. 1856.
The Daily Indicator reperss:-
Quotations: Car lots, choice. 4Oa1 30: fancy.
COOL -: patent. 1e0@2 06; rye. I 60ol 7S;
TX. SOC XXX. s5095c family. / coal 10
WhEAT-Receipts, SOS bu: ahipments, 4571;
0u so :01 Ssa . xs:ssr ~ o.s red
at 6SH bid, CSC asked: May. sales ct 7sfo74c;
june, sales at 761<c; July sales ct 7S1<c;No soft
cash sales s5c bid, ss7zc asked: No. soft, sales
OOkN-Receipts, 1855 bushels: shipments, 2.
1S3 bushels; in sore, 172,l76 busheiA Steady.
No. 2, cash, sales Sc; No 8, SIC; No. 4 &c: May
s7szc asked: July sales. ssN@ssNc; No. White.
cash, 38@3S1lc.
oATsSNominal No. cash, s21sc bid, ashc
asked: April. 2211c bid. Sic asked.
RYk-N0. 2, cash. SC asked.
CORNMEAL-Green, IS 80; kiln dried, S6 80;
BRAN-Bulk, so; sacked, s..
HAY-Firm. Fancy small bales, 10. 90; large
baled 9 90; medium. COOS 80; low grade. 5 00o
PROVISIONS Hams. lOc; .ieree lard. Ike; halt
FLAx sxKD-1 2O@1 IS.
BUTTER-Steady
Quotations: Creamery. 229s9c; fine dairy, 10
@2!c: roll; IoSl7c; store PACKED. loelac: sour
RGGs- Stronger at 1Oc p dozen.
POULTRY-Market steady
Quotations; Old hens 0O@3 Is per dog: ducks
5c93 90 per doz
MlLLsTUFFs-- ruling quotations ,or ca,
lots are Is follows: Corn meal, green. 75@SOc kiln
dried S5@9Oc Corn chop per 100 ns, Sc; Bran
bulk soc; sacked $50 p 100 Ia Pearl hominy =
CHEEsE-Full cream. 1sc; nats, loc; Young
America 1870.
GAMETe.i ducks. 10 IS Per dos; NAL.
lard 50 per dOz.
DRESSED POULTRY-steady
Quotations: Chickens, small, 6@9c per b;
t1rsey.; choice, small, 7@loc; ducks. lOc; geese,
DRY SALT MEATs-shoulders Sc: clear sidas
&C. long clear sides &c clear rib sides exc
SMOKED Shoulders &c. long clear
sides TIC, rib sides, TIC, clear sides TIC.
HAMStFancy smell boiled CSC.
BREAKFAST BACON-Sugar cured, lie.
DRIED BEEF-l2c
BARREL MEATS-B0neless pork, IA 90; clesr
pork, IA 90; mess pork. Ii GU.
TALLOW-No. l, 51Ic- No.2, &C 41lc.
SORGHUM-20c per gallon.
BROOM CORN-Hurl 3@4c. self working "a
&c, common 1@1hc, crooked A@lhc.
TIC; light fine, 17@20c; medium, is@2Oc; me.
dunn c0mbing, 1s@20c; coarse combing, 17@Nc;
low and carpet 12915c. Kansas and Nebraska
Heavy fine 11@l5c: light fine, l5017c; medium
17@l9; medium combing ......: coarse combine.
u@l4c; low and carpet, 9@12c. Tub Washed
choice, 2s@3Oc; medium, 26@2S; dingy and low
2@26c.
HIDES AND PELTS-Hides, dry flint No. l
n lac: No. p h, 1Oc; dry sailed p d, loo. Green
sailed No. p ID 771@7szc; green salted No. p n
&c. Green No. p ID &c green No. p b &c; calf
p b 10c. Sheep pelts. dry, TIC.
ELEVATOR kEPOKTS.
The following shows the amount of Rra1u re
ceived, Withdrawn and In store at regular eleva-
t<r~ tod To 1,on <No~ ~ T>>H0 a.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23

Augusta Gazette: We took ride to the
country, last Saturday, and during the
trip passed many wheat fields, but one
of which looked good. While the 9TH
ers were poor, very poor, and will doubt
less be ploughed up and seeded to corn.
Winfield Courier: The Independence
papers boast of corn selling there at thir-
ty cents 5ushel. If Montgomery coun-
ty would raise more stock her corn
would be worth something. Cowley's
home demand has kept corn at forty to
fOrty-fve cents for several months past.
Wellingtonian: Advices from the coun-
try say that the fruit crop is still unin-
jured except the most tender variety,
which, of course, is not taken into &C.
count in making up the crop estimates.
Peach trees are in bloom and the buds
on the apple trees are beginning to
swell.
George S. Eaton, farmer residing
near Valley Center, says the Wichata
Beacon, reports that he will have fully
two-thirds of a crop of wheat, and some
of the heighbors, he says, will have a
full crop. All the promising wheat was
sown in corn stalks and was protected to
some extent from the frost. Wheat in
the same locality, sewn upon open land,
was frozen out and much of it will be
plowed up and planted in corn.
Atchison Globe: We desire to warn
farmers against new swindle. Two
strangers meet at q farmers house to
stay all night, and during the evening
they get up trade between themselves,
which requires witness, and the farmer
is asked to sign the papers, simply
to witness the trade. If he does so he
soon finds that his name is signed to q
note which he has to pay. The law does
not seem to touch these cases, and
farmers should hang the first man
caught at it.
Wichita Eagle: There is much COM
plant against the city and its authorities,
by farmers adjoining the city, for the
manner in which dead animals, especial
ly dead horses and dogs, are disposed of.
the city limits and just dumped out; in
others not half covered, and so on. One
gentlemen told Us yesterday that
horse, dying Of something like the CLAN
ders, was hauled out and dumped on his
farm. If there is an ordinance covering
this matterit ought to be enforced; if not,
then one should be passed.
Kansas farmers, says the Newton
Republican, are not to be caught mapping.
Last week just day or two before
wheat took an upward leap, several east
ern buyers sent men out to Kansas to
buy all the wheat they could get. Har-
Wy county farmers who were visited by
these had their suspitions aroused
by the offer of few cents above the
market value and in most instances
refused to sell. Upon inquiring they of
course discovered that wheat had taken
a jump of Is cents. The farmers are
now marketing the cereal as rapidly as
they can haul it to town.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
KANSAS WOMEN.

Items of Interest Concerning Them.
Mrs. Katie Wentz was fatally burned
in prairie fire four miles from Otferte,
last week.
At Manhattan, Miss Emma Viles and
her pupils spent Arbor day in setting out
large number of cherry trees in the
school house yard. A profitable da yfor
for the district.
Mr.. Williams and pupils surrounded
the Frankfort school house with III
trees on Arbor day. Miss May Hartman
planted 26 trees and scrubbed the school
house in the Hawkins district.
Dodge City Times: The widows re-
treat" is the name Of new settlement
two or three miles south of the city.
Mrs. A. L. Robbins, Mrs. L. E. Atchison,
Mrs. Mary Lyman and Mrs. M. Wolf,
have taken claims on the Usage lands.
What fine chance for four widow!
Courier: Miss Anna Kuhn, one of
Winfeld's sturdy young ladies who is
"holding down" claim in Clark county,
came home last Thursday and returned
to her post of honor to-day. Miss Iowa
Roberts is also at home after several
weeks sojourn on her Clark county
claim.
In district 70, Washington county, some
200 trees of different varieties and all of
good size were set out on the school
grounds on Arbor day. While the men
and boys were setting cut trees, the Ia
dies of the district were not idle. About
l o'clock they called the tree planters
into the school house where they found
two tables loaded with good things, to
which every one did full justice.
Emporia Ne,us:: There is perhaps no
home in this city adorned with as many
fine and richly framed paintings as Or
nament the parlors and library of the
residence of DR.. J. A. Moore. An unusu-
al feature of this galerie, which would
grace any art collection, and of which
every piece bears the characteristics of
an artists work, is that almost without
exception it is executed by Miss Ida
Moore. Among the rare exceptions we
had the pleasure of noting an excellent
portrait of DR.. Moore, just finished, done
by Mrs. George Strunck, and presented
to Miss Moore. This is life-sized oil
painting, three-quarters length. 1t is a
fine work in every particular. The po-
sition is standing, with arm supported on
ban;ster. The background is library
scene, of the artists own designing. The
expression and tints and every detail of
the finish are remarkably natural, and
withal, though from the brush and pa
lette of another, it is not strange that it
should be, as it is, among the most high.
ly priced paintings of the collection.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
An Order Revoked.

Washington, April 1S-Gen. Sparks, new
commissioner of the General Land Office,
to-day sent letter to the register and re-
ceiver of the Land Office at Walla Walla,
W. T., revoking the order made March 10,
allowing the Northern Pacific Railroad
company to change its lines of final limit
between the towns of Walla Walla and
Dayton, in Washington Territory, so as to
include other lands under its grant within
this extended limit. The commissioner
says it appears that this change was asked
for in the interest of certain alleged pur.
chasers from the railroad company of lands
ont subject to selection or sale by the COM
pany under the order of the Department of
August Is, 1881, fixing the terminal limit
of said withdrawal. A complaint was
made by w. II. Reed of Walla Walla that
this order was prejudicial to the interests
of the settlers upon 149,7 100 acres of the
land in favor of the purchasers of 10000
acres from the railroad company. The
commissioner is of the opinion that the or
der was made under a DEMONSTRATION of
the letter of Secretary Lamar of the 18th
ult., and the limit of the road was fixed in
accordance with an old established rule of
the Office. 1t is not shown that any error
was made in the ascertainment of that limit
in this case. The line of road therefore re-
mains unchanged.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
KANSAS FARMING.
Noteworthy Incidents Among the Farmers
of the State.

Noteworthy Incidents Among the Farmers
of the State.
Corn planting has been going on for a
week in Southern Kansas.
Advices from Piqua say that winter
wheat is seriously injured.
The wheat crop in Leavenworth coun-
ty will be almost an entire failure.
A correspondent from Pomona writes
that the winter wheat is badly frozen
out.
A. H. Smith, elected Mayor of We'll
lington, owns 1000 acres of land in Sum-
ner county.
Capt. Pierce, of Junction City, set out
one thousand apple trees in his orchard
on Arbor Day.
Mitchell county will produce good
crop of winter wheat. Very little, if any,
will be plowed up.
Winter wheat in the vicinity of Logan
is fair. There is about 10 per cent. more
sown than last year.
1t takes $500 bushels of wheat per day
to keep the mills of Salina running to
their full capacity.
Prospects for wheat in the neighbor-
hood of Edgerton is poor; unfavorable
weather and fly are the causes.
Sumner county is still troubled with
rabid dogs. The Press says five farmers,
living near Rome, were bitten the other
day.
Scandia Journal: We learn that the
winter wheat in Beaver and Norway
townships has been entirely killed by
the past severe winter.
A. w. Keeling, who for some years has
owned the old 1nsley farm near Oska-
looea, committed suicide by hanging on
Friday last. He has been insane for
some months.
lola Register: Our seed men report the
sale of more clover seed this Spring than
they have ever before sold in any one
year. Our farmers are all beginning to
see the necessity of providing themselves
with tame grass pastures.
Ell Dorado Republican: Corn planting
is progressing. Probably one third of
the acreage Of the county will be in the
ground by the last of the week. Some
corn was planted last week which has
begun to come up.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23

live in that vicinity, and on Humps re-
turn with his bride his fellow workmen
began to harass him with illusions to the
widow. This was continued and 20 preyed
upon his mind as to induce insanity. He
grew worse after the biarth of his child,
and he was to have been removed to an
asylum yesterday.
On Monday afternoon the neighbor who
was acting as guard, heard screams in the
house and saw q peculiar flash of fire, and
in company with another man, broke into
the house. The building was filed with
solphuric odor which almost stited the
men, but'they succeeded in making their
wav to Mrs. HUNTS bedroom.
They found the woman and child dying
in great agony. The bed had been saturat-
ed with kerosene and fred, and both vic
tins were horribly burned. Both of the
baby's eyes we're burned out and its body
was shockingly burned, as was the body of
its mother.
The murderer had stabbed the child in
four places, and cut the mothers throat.
The infant lived but a short time.
Mrs. Humpf survived until p. m. yes
terday. Humpf was tracked by bloodmarks
to room, through the ceiling of which he
had knocked hole with an axe. He was
found perched on the joists with shovel
in his hands to defend himself. A
wire was thrown over bis leg, by which he
was hauled down.
He died soon afterward from loss of
blood, he having cut his own throat.
Humpf had written the following, in
German, to his father:
Danube, April Ii, Up. m.-Pardon your
unhappy son that became a murderer.
The reason did it was because my wife
was not true to me, and she made up her
mind, with some neighbors, to hang me.
have not ventured to 60 out of the house
in four weeks, because she tried to take me
away, but through shrewdness l always
escaped.
1 have no friends, and have always had
to depend on myself. Even my wife want
ed me hung, SO she could marry George
Sehnake. who is the father of the child.
She has always shown the most love
when we were alone. always loved her
very dearly, but now my nerves are shat
tered. l did not have the intention to kill
my wife until she laughed at me when 1
prepared for my death struggle.
To all of you my best regards. Forgive
your son for taking his life, but desired to
escape the disgrace of being hung. hope
that God will not judge me too harshly for
the crime, as my neighbors have.
[Signed] GEORGE RICHARD HUMP.
A coroner's jury gave verdict in accor-
dance with the above facts.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
NEWS Summary.
WASHINGTON TOPICS.

VIM. e. McLain, of Terre Haute. Ind,
was appointed first deputy commissioner OF
pensions, vice Q. B. Walker, resigned, the
appointment to take effect April 10th.
L. G. Dyerinforth, assistant commission
or of patents, has resigned that Office. Ex-
Representative Robt. B. Vouce, of North
Carolina, will be appointed to fill the va
cancy.
The president has appointed as postmas-
tiers, Geo. N. Houston, at Harrisonville,
Mo-, vice Wm. Bryson, deceased; Benz. b.
Smith, at Chillicothe, Mo-, vice Ely Marsh,
resigned.
The colored people of Washington cele-
brated April 10th, the 23d anniversary OF
the emancipation of slaves in the District of
Columbia. The celebration consisted of q
street parade during the day and commem-
orative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial
church in the evening. About 5000 per-
SONS, members of the various civil and mil
itary associations of the colered people OF
Washington took part in the parade, which
was viewed by President Cleveland from
the portico of the White House. At the
meeting in the Lincoln Memorial church,
Mr.. Bruce register of the treasury presided,
and Fred Douglas was the orator of the &C.
casion. Other speakers were Prof. J. M.
Gregory, A. II. A. Smith, Rev. A. s. Laws,
]. F. johnson, w. G. Chase.
The Commissioner OF the General Land
Office has ordered that final action in the
land Office upon all entries of public lands,
except private land entries and such loca-
tions as are not dependent upon acts of set
Element and cultivation, be suspended in
the following localities: All lands west of
the first guide meridian in Kansas; all
west of range seventeen was in Nebraska;
the whole of Colorado, except the lands in
the Ute reservation; all lands in New Mex
leo, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada, and
that portion of Minnesota north of the Pa
cifc railrord and east of the indemnity
limits of the Chicago, NJ. e. NJ. railroad. FL
nal action in the land Office is ordered to
be suspended upon timber culture entries
under the act of June 3, 1887, which law
has not already been examined; also in all
cases of desert land entries.
The President on April 18th, made the
following appointments: To be Consul Gen
erals of the United States-James NJ. Nor
gan, of South Carolina, for the British Col
Onies in Australia, at Melbourne; Jacob
Meuller, of Ohio, at Frankfort on the Main,
Germany. To be Consuls of the United
Subsidiaries w. Wagner, Of Mississippi,
at Toronto; Thos. r. Webb, of Arkansas, at
Hamilton, Canada; Francis h. Wegball; of
Maryland, at Leeds, England; Chas. Jones,
of Wisconsin, at Prague, Austria; Richard
Stockton, of New Jersey, at Rotterdam;
VIM. Slade. of Ohio at BRUSSELS, Belgium;
G. Harvey Graham. of Louisiana, at Paso
del Norte, Mexico; VIM. ]. Black, of Della
ware, at Bremberg, Germany; Francis
Wharton, of Pennsylvania, Examiner of
Claims in the Department of State. w. a.
Brinker, Warrensburg, Mo-, Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of
New Mexico; Henry w. Hobson, Denver,
Colo, to be United States District Attorney
for the district of Colorado, vice A. W.
Brace, removed.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL,

Gov. Ireland vetoed the Texas land bill.
D. T. Farney was elected mayor of Mober-
ly, Mo-, for the third time.
Rev. John J. Dougherty, formerly vicar
general, died at Baltimore.
Hon. Jacob D. Cox was elected president
of the University of Cincinnati.
Antony Barrett, Q well-to-do farmer near
Monticello, Mo-, disappeared.
Capt. Richard King, known in Texas as
the cattle king" died ut San Antonio.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

SMALLPOX hes borken out at Macon
City, Missouri.
Negotiations are pending to cancel the
floating dept of the Union Pacific.
The bond proposition in Greene county,
Missouri, was carried by only five majority.
Grove McMichael, q colored man, plowed
up 80 in gold and silver near Versailles,
No.
Lincoln memorial services were held at
Spring field, Ill. Gen. Logan delivered an
address.
The witch of Wall street" was arrested
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Party conflicts at Paris are increasing in
bitterness.
Spies report heavy desertions from Osman
Digna's army.
England continues war preparations with
increasing vigor.
The Prince of Wales received many repre-.
sentative bodies at Dublin.
The Irish Times says that the Mallow ri.
Oters were imported from Cork.
Canadian troops are ready to 20 to Win.
nipeg to put down the rebellion.
The Grand Trunk road in Canada has or.
dered a general reduction in wages.
The ameer of Afghanistan says that the
Afghans will resist Russian invasion,
The Russian minister of war sent a con.
gratulatory telegram to Gen. Komaroff.
Russian transports just ordered out have
been instructed to avoid all British ports.
In the event Of war between England and
Russia Turky has decided TO remain neu.
trail.
1t is said that the family of the late Gen.
Barrios have left Guatemala for San Fran
cisco.
5The severely of the weather in Afghan.
istan makes it difficult for the military to
move.
Hasheen, recently the headquarters OF
Osman Digna's entire army, is now de.
serted.
France will send reinforcements to China
until final treaty of peace shall have been
signed.
American ladies at London will give q
cocnert in aid of the wounded in the Sou
dan campaign.
,O'Brien, editor of the United Irelend, will
organize an opposition to the prince when
he visits Mallow.
Nationalists held mass-meetinga at Cork
and ridiculed the demonstration in honor
of the Prince of Wales.
Conservative members ofthe British par
Lament have resolved to oppose the Egyp-
tian loan of $45, 100000.
Battleford is surrounded by 1000 hostile
Indians, and there is no telling when an at
tack will be commenced.
Cardinal Manning of London will not
visit Rome, as he thinks his presence would
be distasteful to the Irish bishops.
The French government will form two
divisions to be sent to Tonquin in the
event China does not come to terms.
The new French ministry have Endorsed
the project of Ferry's cabinet concerning
the enlargement of the Suez canal.
The Official Messenger at St. Petersburg
furnishes Gen. Komsroff's account of the
recent battle on the Afghan frontier.
The enthusiasm over the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales is reported on the increase
among the common people of Dublin.
A Paris newspaper declares that in the
event of war between England and Russia
an agreement exists for the other power to
remain strictly neutral.
During the royal parade at Cork, Nation
alists Missed and made hostile demonstra-
tons. Loyslists followed and cheered to
the utmost extent of their lung capacity.
The car of Russia has informed the Ger
man and Austrian cabinets that he does
not desire war, but naval and military pre-
partitions are being carried on with great
energy.
The situation in the Northwest territory
is unchanged. The Indians and rebels are
riding about frightening the people. The
garrisons can probably hold out until the
arrival of troops.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23
Kansas City 1.-Two STOCK Market

Kansas City. April Is. 1885,
The Live Stock Indicator reports:-
OATTLE-Recetpts, 1876; market stronger.
Export steers,3 3O@3 50 good to choice chip
ping steers, 8 OO@5 Is; common to medium.
4 1904 90 feeders, 4 OO944O; cows, sO@3 60.
HOGS-Receipts, 4977 head. Market stronger:
lots averaging 2l7 to PSI pounds the latter as.
sorted sold at 1904 %: bulk at 400 5014 o.
SHEEP-ReoeipU. ZIG head. Market firm:
Fair to good muttons, 1903 90; common
to medium, 5O@2 30.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT,
The following table shows the prices of wheat,
corn, oats, and rye at the close Of change to-day
in comparison with the previous day and previous
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23

The following shows the amount of gram re
tors, as reported to the Board Of Trade today:
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-23

Oskaloosa Independent: The rain and
hail storm on Wednesday last of last
week was much greater in places than
many suppose. Northeast of town We
hear of drift of hail-stones covering
nearly half an acre to the height of q
mans waist, and on the Saturday follow
ing it was yet two feet deep in places.
Decorah-posten., 1885-03-04
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