Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-06-25
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
JIG. johnson hrs been appointed post
master at Peabody.
Extreme hot weather is reported in New
York. Ten persons stricken down with
the heat in one csy.
About 800 coal miners at Lexington, Mo-,
struck yesterday on account OF a slight ro-
duction Of wages.
Oscar Bishof, Of Tope ka, has been ap-
pointed CONSUL General at Sonneberg
Germany by President Cleveland.
The earnings of the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad for May are understood,
in approximate. 10 show gross decrease OF
$3.50, 600, and thus far in June there is no
improvement over May.
The net earnings of the Union Pacific
railroad for April show decrease of $2l4,-
467 from April, 1884. cutting the net gain
for the first four months down to $26O, l5S.
The net earnings for May are expected to
be larger than those for April. and June
will certainly show some improvement.
The existence of pleuro pneumonia
among the cattle of Harrison county, Ken
lucky, has attracted the atten ton OF the
state board of health and orders were issued
by that body establishing quarantine regu-
lations and making the farE. of Frisley and
Lake, near Cynthina, the quarantine
grounds.
A dispatch from New York says: The
convention of live stock men, has recently
shown signs of relapse into demorallza-
ton which has prevailed at priet intervals
since the railroad war assumed such bitter
ness q short time ago. Reduction in rates
was made with a view to secure some sta
bility. The Trunk line executive commit
tee met yesterday to consider the situation,
but took no measure to secure the malnte-
nance of the tariff. 1t was resolved, how
ever, that the rates should be upheld here
after and western roads agreed to adopt
means for preventing the cutting from
points where the shipment originated.
Reports from over 800 points in Mime
sofa and Dakota covering every wheat
growing county Of importance, and from
800 points in northern Wisconsin and Iowa,
l5O say the condition is now good; $50 cay
the condition is better than last year at
this time; fifty say that it is 10 per cent.
better; fifty say the condition is poor; thlr.
ty-five say it is not rs good as last year, and
twenty say it is from 10 to 10 per cent.
worse. The bad reports come from the old
counties where the ground is weedy ano
where the wheat was sown late.
VIM, Patterson lost his life while making
a balloon ascension at Charleston, w. Va.
Just as the ropes that held the balloon were
cast off the accident occurred by the over
turning of hot air stove used in Initiating
the balloon causing it to catch fire. The
burning balloon shot up into the air at d
very rapid rate with Patterson, the aero
naut in the basket. When short distance
up the crowd yelled Jump" but he did not
heed the warning ana after going several
bundled feet up the balloon collapsed and
Patterson fell to the earth crushed, life
less mass of humanity.
Henry Sauerbier, vile and baby arrived
in Cleveland from Logan, O.: and put up at
the Empire House. The next day a burly
Irishman, named Mcfarland, also from
Logan, put in an appearance and had q
conference with Sauerbier. The result OF
the conference was the sale of SauerbieI'
wife and baby to Mcfarland. The price
Maid was 500. Sauerbier hung out at first
and wanted more money, but Mcfarland
refused to rasse his bid. In the evening
Mcfarland, with the woman and the in
FAINT, returned to Logan, while Sauerbiel
took train for Chicago.
The United States select committee OF
Interstate commerce heard the testimony
ofW.K Alderman, express ident of tn
Illinois Central railway, and Button
Cook, of the North western railway at Chi
cago. These gentlemen both favored
government railroad commission wit
power to settle disputes between railroa
shippers. 1t should not, however, be a cou1
of last resort. Mr.. Cook thought the pres
emit depression among railways was due I
over production, and that dividend payin
roads were seriously hampered by til
bankrupt lines pursuing the practice of a.
lowing rebates and constantly demorali1
ing rates.
A Chicago Times special from Parsons
Kans; says: That there is now making al
appearance in that vicinity q scourge equa
to the grasshoppers. Fields of corn stano
ing an average of eight inches high an,
looking fresh and green in the morning
before night ksd become withered an,
dead. An examination discloses the fac
tbst Myriads of worms, ranging from al
inch and quarter down to an eighth of al
inch in length are committing the damage
Apparently the worms became completely
distributed over q field, then commences
simultaneously to work and within q very
short time the whole is devastated. Nearly
every piece of corn is more or less affected
The eggs from which the worms are match
ed are supposed to be deposited by small
yellowish white miller. The worm is BY
the farmers termed the "wet worm"
Frederick Groteguth, who killed his wifi
at Vincennes, Indiana, June 4
made complete confession o
his crime. He says he is nearly 60 years o
age his wife had been quarreling with hin
for years, and he had told her he w0ult
kill her if she did not stop, and on the da.
OF the murder he came to dinner and fount
her knitting; she began to quarrel with hin
and he caught her by the throat and the!
both fell out of the kitchen together. Hi
wife did not get up; he went and got hi
razor and when he put it to his wife
throat she put her hand on his, and tn
razor cut his throat. He thinks he pushes
the razor hard enough without her help t.
cut her throat several times. He says the,
may now cut his head off if they wish.
The newly appointed United States Com
missioner OF Agriculture, Norman J. Cole
man, was in Chicago to attend the nurser,
mems convention. In an interview he sal,
the Quito * for the crops generally is ex
ceedingly good, with the exception of win
ter wheat, of which there would be but
two-thirds crop. This deficiency would
however, nearly be made up by the produc
ton of spring wheat, which, since the intro
duction of the roller process, makes as good
if not better. -four than that produced from
the winter wheat He had every reason Il
believe there would he large crop of corn
ferring to the pleuro-pneumonia amon
cattle in Missouri, Mr.. Coleman said,
had entirely disappeared, although he KEEP
his men there yet to guarantee against
frosh outbreak. In speaking of the admin
istration, he said the president would sup
port him in all his new ventures. He di'
not consider his department political one
Appointments would BIZ made with refer
ence to ability. He has yet made but few
changes in his department..
Ia resp ,nse to an inquiry by the at
toraey general, respecting the counte
claim of the United States for five per cen