Dodge City times., 1885-05-14
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL,

Hiram Walker, q millionaire of Spring
field, ILL.,, is dead.
Edmund Rice, Democrat, was elected
mayor of st. Paul by a majority of abou
1000.
William Mears, native of England, 10:
years of age, died at his home near Galena
Illinois.
The President has appointed J. Ernes
Meiere, of Colorado, to be Consul of thu
United States at Japan.
e. J. Baldwin of Los Angeles, CAL, bas
been sued by Lou Perkins for $500, 600 fol
breach OF promise of marriage.
Henry DAILY, a merchant of Carterville
Ills, is said to have lost pocketbOok con
tanning $4,000 in government bonds.
John Kelly, the Tammany leader, is re-
ported rapidly breaking down in health anG
greatly troubled with insomian.
Mr.. Wyman, treasurer of the United States
rendered his resignation, and G. n. Jordon
of New York was appointed his successor.
4 Brigadier- General Irwin Mcdowell died
at San Francisco, Cal. He has been in q
critical condition for the past two weeks.
The Democrats of La Porte, Ind, gave
Mortimore Nye majority of 262 for may.
or. The Republicans elected mayors at
Munic, Shelbyville and Elkhart.
President Andrew D. White of Cornell
university, who was a Blaine man, thinks
Mr.. Cleveland is doing well, but he regards
Mr.. Hendricks as dead against civil.service
reform.
It is reported that Gen. Sheridan has
come in conflict with the new secretary of
Mar, and that the president will issue an or
der defining the duties of the lieutenant
general.
Hon. George H. Pendleton, United States
Minister to Germany, has sailed for Bre-
men. He was accompanied by his wife
and two daughters. The departing Minis.
ter and his family were in the best ofhealth
and spirits.
The Illinois legislature has passed into
the control of the republicans, J. w. Wesv-
er having been elected representative from
the Thirty fourth district by majority of
3O6, to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Mr.. Shaw. The district is naturally
democratic by 2.OCO majority land the result
creates the greatest surprise.
ChIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Damaging floods are reported in South
west Missouri.
w. II. Jones q locomotive engineer at
Macon, Ga, shot his wife and then killed
himself
A Chicago bHnko man swindled Josiah
Beardsley, pominent real estate dealer,
out of $1,000.
N. C. O'Donald, a well-known young
man of Clinton, ILL.,, died from an overdose
of chloroform.
An attempt to burn the Missouri Pacific
depot at Jefferson City was frustrated bv
timely discovery.
The mill belonging to the Mississippi
Valley Transportation company at Mound
City, ILL.,, was burned.
A terrible accident occurred at the Bu--
nett house. Cincinnati, by which one man
was instantly killed.
Thieves obtained 81 900 in bonds and $500
in cash at the residence of Hubert Bernard,
in Corning, New York.
Miss Sebe def and her parents were ar
rested in Palo Pinto county, Texas, charged
with the murder of q newborn babe.
Mrs. Gilchrist, of Newark. New Jersey,
became insane from drink, and chopped eff
the head Of her babe with an Ak.
Two young Germans near Carlinville,
ILL.,, went coon hunting. Frank Trunk
took Jos. Deitz tor the coon and shot him
fatally.
Twenty-four business houses and four
teen residences were burned at Csbery, Ill.
Total loss 100000. The fire is believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
Robert C. Hall, a young man in New
York City, while clerking for g. F. Hast
ings, embe zzled ST., 900, and is now in Jail.
He comes from q good family.
J. NJ. Choat, cashier of the First National
bank of Metropolis, ILL.,, was sent to Jail for
contempt of court for refusing to answer
questions in q murder case.
On Q farm near Sumner, Iowa, Fred Bell
shot Gotfield Honseman in the neck, and
then killed himself. They were rival sui
tors for the hand of young woman, who
favored Houseman.
An octogenarian of Freesville, New York
named George w. Tipp. being informed
that his wife would soon die from cancer,
hanged himself to beam in his barn leav.
ing . note stating that he could not bear
the thought of being left alone.
Francisco Caruso. of Chicago. states that