Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

A DEapBEAT by the name Of Frank WI.
lard sos franei.;se froIt. tile City Council
of Winfield to put in an electric lght plant
and then induced citizens of that town to
buy his franchise He stood off his board
bill, borrowed watch and pawned it. and
finally skipped BIZ the LIGHT of the noon"
leaving his wife and eniidfeE in desti.ate
! circumstances.
ALL the buildings commenced at the
Soldiers Home in Leavenwor:h are COM
plete, and are adm :rab!e and successful
STRUCTURES, Healtbfsl homes are what the
Government aimed to give its savi6rs, and
it has succeeded The barracks are heated
entirely by the use Of the latest improved
appliances. On each floor are bath tubs,
closets and a sufficient supply Of hot and
| cold water The Ventilation Is perfect.
A DISPUTE over an admission ticket at
the Topeka fair between DR.. Huntoon,
county treasurer of Shawnee County. and
Thomas Durham, gate keeper, led to blows
which resulted quite seriously 90 Dr.. Hun
toon, his physician stating that one Of his
arms was paralyzed, a leg partially para
lysed, and it was feared his brain had been
affected.
TIE reunion of Kansas veterans COM
menced at Emporia on the 9th and fully
10000 strangers were i'll the city. On
Thursday night, the 9TH, a grand reception
was given ut Masonic Hall, With was at
tended by all the prominent citizens Of the
city as well as many from various parts OF
the State. Governor Martin, Senator In
gals end others addressed the veterans
Wednesday afternoon. The Woman's Re-
lief Corps was largely represented.
AT the late meeting of the Woman's Suf-
frage convention in Leavenworth Miss
Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Colby and DR.. Ruth
N. Wood delivered stirring addresses.
A PENSION has been granted to R. S. Tur
ner, of Belpre, and ar increase to D. L..
Chandler, of Junct on City
TOPEKA livery stables are of late in hard
luck. few days after the burning of
Hank Lindsay's stables, the barns of James
Wier. adjoining the Grand Opera House,
We're Burned. There were twenty horses
and numerous buggies and several sets OF
harness in the barn. Every thing but some
harness was saved. Loss, 5000; insur-
ance, $780,
WINFIELD has let the contract for a s4O,-
| 00J opera hotise
| PENSIONS lately granted to Kansans:
Herman Graham, of Mulvane; John Cater,
of Pleasant Plains; Daniel Allen of Wash
ington; the minors of Stephen V. Birch. of
Fort Scott; the minors of John George, OF
Jewell City; Henry r. Saxi1ai Of War
den: W. H. H. Price, of E k City; Thomas
Nolan, of Terra Gotta; William A. Gee, OF
Jetmorei George Hawiey, Of Bavaria. and
Charles A. Elliott, of Larped
A HUNTER near Garden City recently
killed wild cat which measured four feet
and nine inches in length
| DUG Hill, young man about twenty.
five years of age, was arrested at Milton
| Vane's ranches near San Antonio, Tex,
recently, charged with the murder of the
city marshal, Of Parsons, Kan, about two
years ago. The arrest was effected on a
| requisition from the Governor Of Kansas
and approved by Governor Ireland.
RECENTLY as Mr. and Mrs. Stump were re-
| turning from visit to a neighbor, near Nor.
| ton, their youngest child was bitten by a rat.
| tlesnake and died in four hours. The little
one, only eighteen months old, was "tod.
ding on ahead of its parents when it
stumbled, fell and scream ed Its mother
ran and picked the Child up. She saw the
| snake but did not dream of the child being
bitten until she got to the house.
In its September report OF the condition
| of crops, the Kansas Farmer says: The
general condition is good. September was
dry in most parts of the State and wheat
seeding was delayed on that account; still
tio,. 1
most of it is now up and growing we'll.
Corn is short, not more than sixty per
cent. of full crop, perhaps, yet there is a
| good deal Of as good corn as was ever
raised anywhere, and there is some old
| corn on h and. An unusually large guam.
| tity of feed has been saved, SO that there
| is plenty to carry the farmers with all their
stock through the winter. Stock is healthy
and i'm good condition. Apples are about
half crop. All in all, the State is in very,
good condition.
In his annual report State Librarian
Dennis says that for the two years ended
June 30, 1882, the accession of books &c She
library from all sources was !, 1852 volumes:
for the two years ended June 80, 1884, {, 365
volumes, and for the two years ended June
30, 1885, 2,757 volumes The number of vol
umes received BY donation for the two
years ended June 80. 1854, was 273, and for
the past two years 405.
LATE post Office changes in Kansas: Els.
tablshed, Faulkner, Cherokee County
Jefferson d. Mcfarland postmaster. Post.
masters appointedaF Id, Douglas County,
Daniel P. Weybrigttwesisurison, Pottawat.
om;e Comfy. ELI Gorham.
Russell County,, Efsd. : Martin: lola,
Allen County, .Jsbs Fir paIsisnd; Maize,
Sedgwick County, y r K caSr; Nhnescah,
Kin gman Codnty (pt. EsoSAS Abretten;
Waterloo, Kinsms7a J'auAds John H.
Bromley; Whesssas sssRs4fran County,
The Arkansas city R < Ssasse 81 Labor Co.
operation Association siI1Ghhel a charter
with the Secretary of STATE. fThe associa-
ton is organized entirely for mercantile
purposes.
PosT-oFFICE has been established at
Sherwin City, Cherokee County, with
Charles S. Huffman as postm aster.
THE Grand Lodge OF Good Templars at
It's late session in Topeka elected the fol
lowing offic ers: James Grimes, G. ". G.
T.; f. 3. Crew, G. c.. Miss Annette Doud,
G. V. T.; Miss Ada Peck, g. s.; A. I.
Georgia, G.. T.; Rev. R. E. Mcbride, G.
Chap. George E. Dougherty, G. II. Mrs.
N. E. Williford. of Galena, was elected SUI
perintendent Of juvenile temples. Ada II.
Peck and James Grimes were chosen dele
gates to the r ght Worthy Grand Lodge at
Saratoga. The alternates were James A.
Troutman and E. B. Crew.
COUNTY seat quarrels still boom.
The gross earnings of the Atchison, To.
peka & Santa Fee railroad for the month OF
August were Sl,34l, $50, an increase over