Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-12-16
personal AND POLITICAL.

SIG. OPERTI, the composer and lmpre-
sario, died at Leadville, Col, the other
night of congestion of the lungs. He com.
posed the music of 'Back Crook" was
leader of the orchestra of the Centennial
Exposition and was the author of several
French operas.
COLONEL WILLIAM G. MOORE, commander
of the Washington light nfantry, has been
appointed chief of police vice Major
Walker, resigned.
FATHER TRUBBE in Notre Dame Church
at Montreal, preaching on the feast of the
Immaculate Conception, denounced tobog
gaming and snowshoeing, and blamed
parents who allowed their daughters to at
tend such sports.
BAYARD's correspondence with the Brit
ish Government in regard to the seizure
Of American fishing vessels in Canadian
water was made public Oh the Sth.
GOVERNOR LEE, of Virginia, has respited
Cluverius, the convicted murderer of Lii
liam Madison, until he 18th of January.
ROBERT GARRETT has been reelected pres
ident of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Company.
REV. DIR. MCGLENN, who supported Hem
ry George in his recent efforts to obtain
the mayoralty of New York, has been sum.
moned to Rome to answer for his political
utterances.
A VIENNA correspondent says that the
Governments of Roumania, Servia and
Bulgaria are about to sign an offensive and
defensive convention, each Government to
have identical rights as to disposal of a
combined army of 400, 600 men.
JAY GOULD, speaking of Judge Gresham's
decision in the Wabash receivership case,
says he thinks the Judge has the Presi-
Dental fever. Gould denied that he was
in collision with the receivers
DR. BARTH the Liberal lie ader of the Ger
man Reichstag, was on the floor of the
House recently and was cordially greeted
by Representative s Hewitt, Cox, Morrison,
Phelps, Long and others
In the recent general election for the
province of Manitoba the Norquay Govern
ment was sustained, securing twenty two
seats out of total of thirty-five. The op-
position got eleven seats, and the other
two were independent. All the Cabinet
Ministers held their seats. Winnipeg
elected one ministerialist and one opposi
ZIONIST.
HERR Won SzoGYENYI, chief secretary of
the Austrian foreign office, has given a
banquet to the Bulgarian deputation. The
delegates were also received by Count Kali
uoky, and the audience lasted an hour and
half. The journalists Of Vienna were re-
ported arranging to hold reception in
honor of the deputatlon.
The Quartermaster General has certified
to the Secretary of the Treasury that the
Christian Brothers College of ST. Louis is
entitled to $4,000 for the use of its build
ing by troops during the war.
ARCHBISHOP ELDER, Of Cincinnati, has
forbidden Catholics from singing in the
choirs of Protestant churches.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE has written a dis
:anting opinion in the extradition case of
William kausch. in which he holds that
the treaty does not prevent a trial for a
new Offense after reasonable time.
FRANCIS PALMS, the Detroit multi.mil-
lionaire, left 100000 for charitable pur-
poses.
The Glasgow Nail said recently that it
was authorized to state that Mr.. Gladstone
strongly disapproved the anti-rent cam
paign of the Irish Nationa League.
A BILL has been introduced in the Parlia.
ment of Holland to temporarily suspend
the sugar export duty in the Dutch East
Indies