Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
In the United States Court at Leaven.
worth, John Anderson, the colored porter
at the post-ofice, was sentenced to one
year In the penitentiary. He pleaded
gtilty to Stealing regiStefed lsttsf cob;
tanning Ave d6llafs:
The Missouri Pacific Railroad has
bought seventy aGres IT additional land
Joining theit fight Of way neaf the fair
gfoHpds at Atchisoa, which; III addition
ID thirty acres already owned In that
vicinity; viii be used as site for new
shops, foundry and car works, which it is
proposed to build at once. The present
shops, which are nearer town, will be torn
down to give room for additional yards,
and the plant moved to the new site. The
present shops now employ 900 men the
year round, but it is proposed that the new
ones shall give employment to 1000 men and
will be not only the largest railroad shops in
Kansas, but the largest along the line OF
the Missouri Pacific Road. They will cost
$3.50, 100000. 1t is stated that when Jay
Gould inspected the site offered at Atch.
ison he at once gave orders to buy it, and
its purchase permanently Axes Atchison as
the base of the Missouri Pacific operations
in the Northwest. Beside the shops, orders
have been given for a $4,000 hospital, to
be erected in the vicinity of the shops site.
ONE afternoon recently the barn on p.
H. Buffers farm, near Silver Lake, was
doatr0vod hxy fn0ofhor Nth {ta
tents, including three horses. Two of the
animals were ordinary work horses, and
the third a racer, named Wyandotte, val.
ued at 81 500. There was considerable hay
in the barn, and the loss Is estimated at
$4,000. Insurance, $1,000.
MRS. GARRETT, who recently disappeared
from her home at Emporia, was found
some time later at Wycoff, a small station
about fifteen miles southeast of that city.
She had become temporarily deranged
while hunting house to rent and wan.
dered of.
J. w. WILLARD, ex-postmaster Of Wa
Keeney, Trego County, died at the City
Hospital in Kansas City the other day.
He had gone to that place several days
previous, and was stricken with an epilep-
tic fit ON the street.
PosT-oFFIcE changes in Kansas during
the week ended October 18th: Established,
Byers, Meade County, John NJ. Byers,
Postmaster; Dalton, Sumner County,
George w. Doughty, ST., Postmaster;
State Line, Cheyenne County, John w.
Cole, Postmaster. Postmasters appointed,
Caldwell, Sumner County, Othniel Beeson;
Great Bend, Barton County, Mrs. Hattie
P. Balm; Marion, Marion County, Charles
Hardcastle; Jewell, Jewell County, Robert
w. Hill.
The charter of the Enquirer Printing
and Publishing Company of Topeka was
recently fled. The purpose is to publish q
and to carry on general printing and pub
fishing business. Capital stock, $4,000.
Directors for the first year: John Martin,
w. N. Allen, M. E. Matthews, B. R. Wilson
and w. C. Allen.
The Grand Lodge I. o. o. F. refused to
remove the Grand Secretary's Office to To-
peka.
AT the late annual session of the Grand
Lodge l. o. O. F., held at Topeka, the fol-
lowing officers were chosen; j. s. Codding
of Pottawatomie County, Grand Master;
j. c. Welsh, of Wyandotte, Deputy Grand
Master; J. T. McMillen, of Wichita, Grand
Warden; s. F. Burdette, of Leavenworth,
Grand Secretary (his twenty fifth term);
L. Mayo, of Leavenworth, Grand Treas
urer; G. w. Jones, Grand Representative to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and DR.. Stew
art of Clay Center, Medical Director. The
Grand Master appointed the following:
Grand Chaplain, Rev. j. H. Bright, Ellis
worth; Grand Marshal, w. A. Germany,
Fort Scott; Grand Guardian, A. L. Vorhis,
Russell; Grand Conductor, A. w. Hayes,
Topeka; Grand Herald, w. P. Webb, Lar
ned; Grand Messenger, D. E. Shurtell;
Grand Instructor, C. w. Krebbs.
On the 23d the Postmaster General APP
pointed the following fourth-class post
masters in Kansas: At Webster, James
McComb; Larkin, Robert c. Sweeney;
Lancaster, John B. Henderson; Beament,
A. Edgar; Andover, Archibald o. Burton;
White Hall, Mrs. Minnie r. Hall; Hal.
lowell, c. A. Gibbs; Chard, Charles E.
Breckenridge; Stilson, A. s. Foster; Gull
YER, L. w. Dawson; Cedar Point, w.
Doughty.
Ar a recent public meeting in Leaven-
worth L. T. Smith made proposition that
for SIS 900 and the right of way through the
city, he would build standard gauge road
from Leavenworth to the Kaw River. The
proposition was unanimously adopted and
a committee of five appointed to lay the
proposition before the County Board.
The Kingman fair was reported an inn
mense success. The exhibit was good in
all departments, and in many instances
was worthy of much older county. The
stock display exceeded expectations, and
the agricultural display was good.
THE population of Cherokee County at
present is represented to be over $1,000.
The acreage of corn last year was III, 900,
averaging thirty bushels per acre. Wheat
averaged twenty bushels per acre, some
pieces yielding as high as fifty-six BUSH
els.
The other day Cavanough Moran, a
plasterer, applied at Topeka drug store
for liquor. Being refused he abused the
druggist, who elected him from the store.
Picking up a large stone Moran hurled it
through the large plate glass, worth 500,
the same. One of the firm
shot twice at Moran as he fed, but failed
to hit him.
RECENTLY two children of George Carr,
Of Chautauqua, were taken i'll with
diphtheria. When found to be dangerous
Mr.. Carr started for his father, DR.. L. P.
Carr, but before returning one of the
children was dead and the other died soon
after.
ABOUT $1,000 has been raised already to-
ward the erection of monument to Gem |
eral Grant at Leavenworth.