Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-01-22
KANSAS NEWS.

Wa-Keeney insists on having a -four
ing mill.
A grand jury is being petitioned for in
Cloud county.
Atchison has an Oklahoma Society o.
sixty members.
Postoffices are complained of as loaf
ing places by many Kansas papers.
The total assessed value of all railway
property in the State is SIS, 455, 9O7.s
"Red Riding Hood" was rendered by
home talent at Arkansas City recently.
Seven conductors on the Kansas South
ern Railroad were discharged on Jan.
uary l.
A number of Railroad Conductors met
at Fort Scott few days ago and organ.
lied an Association.
Seward is the southwestern county OF
Kansas 1t is new postoffice by the
name of White Plains.
James Hall, of Almena, is spoken OF
as the oldest settler in Norton county,
and very nearly the largest.
Trego county has just received $1O,s52
as railroad tax. The whole remittance
was in $50 gold pieces and weighed forty
pounds.
1t is talked in railway circles that the
Kingman extension of the Wichita road
is to be built to Saratoga, Pratt county, in
the Spring.
The Fourth Avenue Hotel at Garrett
was opened few days ago, according to
the Plaindealer, with 'sumptuous re-
past, toasts, sweet music, fair women and
brave men,
There are over twenty merchants in
Solomon City who have adopted the ex-
elusive cash system. TIE scheme does
not seem to give very good satisfaction.
Times are rather too close to adhere
strictly to cash basis?
Wm. A. Monroe, of waterville, pub.
fishes notice in the Telegraph that he
is suffering from cancer, and requests
the prayers of "all praying Christians and
people who believe in prayer, or believe
in the Bible"
Nortonyille Nous Two of our county
officers elect, who "honeyed" around us
during the campaign in order to induce
us to support them, have ordered their
papers stopped on the plea of poverty
and hard times.
The pupils of the Marysville schools
have read in the last four months 1000
books from the school library. The pu-
pills in the three higher grades are re-
quired to read one book every three
weeks and write synopsis Of it.
Beloit Courier: Voluntarily, SO far as
we know, the saloons in this CITY stimuli
taneously closed doors on New Year day,
or the day previous. Just why they
have We yet procured satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION.
Seneca Courier Democrat: This city is
evidently getting to have some wealthy
men. Two of the parties on Lappin's
bond represent an aggregate amount OF
500, 900. There are six other gentlemen
in Seneca who could at least swell this
amount to over halfa million dollars.
Ell Dorado Republican: 1t has been
but few years since any of the Kansas
towns thought that $4,000 toS4 900 spent
in a residence was a fine improvement.
Now $4,000 to SIS, 900 residences are quite
the fashion. A larger number of these
have been erected in Kansas towns dur
ing 1884 than in any former year.
Cottonwood Falls Leader: Charles
Shofe shot himself accidentally last Sum-
day morning. He had 32-calibre re-
volver strapped to him and in crawling
through the barb wire fence, around his
father yard, the weapon was discharged,
the ball passing diagonally through his
leg.
The population of the State for the
year has increased probably $4,000.
The good crops of the past season, and
the development in every direction will
have telling effect on the immigration
to the West next season, and Kansas
will receive immense benefit from this
source.
Madison News Mr.. Milton Siarrett,
whose death we record in another col
umn, was an old schoolmate of the COM
position who set up his obituary. The
LII 0t CAAC COApOSIIOI UcO 10.
ceived for years of Mr.. Starrett's where
abouts was conveyed to him in the obit-
uary handed him to put in type.
Abilene Gazette: Mr.. John Stent, of
Enterprise, met with what might have
been serious accident one day last
week. While crossing stone bridge or
culvert, in Lyon township, one of the
horses stepped into large hole, hurting
the animal violently over, upsetting the
buggy and throwing Mr.. Stent and Mrs.
Lewis out of the vehicle.
Peabody Graphic: A couple of boys,
while skating ON the creek a short dis
lance from town, found box concealed
in the bank of the creek which contain
ed the dead body of an infant, APP
parently just born. Officers were no.
titled and the box was taken to the
depot, from where it was stolen the
same night. The matter is still a nys.
terry.
Fort Scott has tHo flowing wells. Iora
has flowing water at $50 feet deep. At
Mound Valley, Labette county, flowing
water was reached at 400 feet deep, and
the well continued to the depth of 753
feet. An artesian we'll at Oswego, 400
feet deep, has good supply of water but
requires pumping. Girard has well
969 feet deep which requires pumping
$50 feet.
Augusta Gazette: Since last August one
arrest was made for drunkenness; the
party was adjudged guilty, and So paid
on the fine and costs. the latter being
$3.50, leaving twenty cents for the city.
A warrant was sworn out for another
person, on the same charge; the party
fell into the custody of the Marshal, and
then made his escape. The police
docket is in Judge Shannon's Office, and
can be examined by any person.