Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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! II is ssatsd that the Rocb island read MA
spent sa5iOoO in purchasing the right X
way through Shawnee County.
PATENTS lately granted Kansas invent
ors: Hog pen, Lewis F. Chenoweth. Miller
toni newspaper file William F. File. Tope-
ka; Vehicle ssl.esl; 4arnes 4. Johnston, To-
peka vehicle hib, James Il Jdhnsts:i, Td;
peka; combined spoke socket and tire fds'
tener, James L. Johnston, Topeka; window
screen, William E. Monroe, Cherryvale;
! land anchor, Cyrus c. Pratt, Lincoln; cleo
t.ie programme clock, Andrew ]. Reams,
Augusta; barrow and puieerisine attach.
ment. James T. Strong, Pittsburg.
STATISTICS recently gathered in railroad
circles show that more miles of new road
are being constructed this year in Kansas
than in any State in the Union.
A CHARTER was recently fled with the
| Secretary of State for the st. Louis &
Southwestern Railroad company The pnr'
pose for which this corporation is FORMED
is to build and operate a standard gauge
| railroad from the city of Winfield through
the counties OF CO*ley Summer, Harper,
Barber, Comanche, Clarke, Meade, Seward,
Stevens and Morton to the west line of the
State, and from thence through the State of
Colorado to Trinidad in the last named
State. Capital, saO,oO0,0oO.
TwENTY-sRvHN painters employed at the
Santa Fe shops In Topeka s+ers laid of
the other day and fifteen a few days pro
vious. The reason given by the company
is that traffic is SO heavy now as to require
oil tbo kl,aro ;o
not enough work for the painters, the
greater part of whose business is repaint-
ing old cars.
A MAN by the name of Connolly, con-
tractor on the Rock Island road. recently
became violently insane at TOpel and
tried to kill several of his men without the
slightest provocation.
EIGHT burglars were recently arre.;tee at
Lawrence, upon suspicion, and as stolen
property in their possession was identified
it was pretty certain the right men were
picked up.
OK the s9th the people of Topeka imag.
ined that Virgins earthquake had really
called to see them. 1t was caused by ter.
rife explosion in the Santa Fe shops, the
large blow.pipe exploding while $50 men
were at work, resulting in the scattering
and tearing up of things generally, but fort.
unately no one was injured.
TOPEKA piano tuners are making music
by abusing each other through the papers.
AN officer recently took Frank Turner to
Topeka for trial, having arrested him in
Wichita for passing counterfeit money.
Turner had several counterfeit dollars on
his person when arrested, and a quantity
of babbit-metal, ladle and other articles
were found in his valise.
GENERAL SHERIDAN was recently at Fort
Leavenworth.
HANK LINDsAY's livery stable at Topeka
was burned the other night. There were
thirty-fv horses in the barn, and Of these
all but one were saved. The loss was about
IS, COO; covered by insurance.
ALBEIT MIInARDo and his son, Topeka
druggists, were recently indicted for vio-
lating the Prohibitory law.
LATE post-oifice changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Bartlett, Labette County, Je-
rome Callahan, postmaster; Plummer,
Scott County. William T. ]. Plumrler. post
master; Sutton, Lane County. Ancil B.
Freeman, postmaster; Wright, Ford Coun.
ty, Ira W. Cobb. postmaster. Namo
changed, Lucas, Pawnee County, to Mar.
shall. Discontinued, Medina, jefferson
County; Midway. Dickinson County. Post.
masters appointed. Bavaria, Saline Coun-
ty, John Gcissler; Coss, Brown County,
William NJ. Warner; Highhill, Rocks
County, Mary E. Go;ngs; Ulysses, Hamil.
ton County, George w. carp; Terra Gotta,
Ellsworth County, Mrs. e. Fletcher.
THE census taker of Morton County re-
Gently made his report to the Governor,
which shows that there are 1850 people in
Norton County, $50 householders and 647
legal voters. He also found taxable prop
srty to the amount of s6S1 S35, of which
sl77,3l5 worth was personal property and
$50, $50 invested in real estate. The coun-
ty will be organized.
THIRTY citizens have subscribed 500
each to the capital stock of the Topeka
Base Ball Association. and it is proposed to
have a professional base ball club in that
city next season composed Of the best ma.
terial that can be secured at a reasonable
figure, and the club is to be managed on
business principles.
The Governor has issued a proclamation
declaring quarantine against the intro.
ducton of cattle into Kansas from Ohio,
Illinois and Canada.
The st. Ananias Club, of Topeka, has
sent Virgins a certificate of honorary
membership in view of his truthful predic-
tons of earthquakes and storms. The
seal is surrounded by the words, ''St. An
anias Club, Topeka" and in the center is
another picture of the instrument known
in ancient times as the Tyre.
The Kansas Retail jewelers. Association
recently met at Topeka and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, j. o. Kelly, of Abilene; first
vice president. William Kassed, of Wichita
secretary, H. E. Fox, of Emporia; treasur-
er, Gus auckland, of Usage City; executive
committee, o. II. Baker and j. B. Hayden,
of Topeka, and J. L. Bliss of Atchison.
A PosT-oFFICE has been established at
Faulkner, Cherokee County, with Abner
W. Brooks as postmaster.
AT the late rifle contest at Fort Leaven.
worth Corporal Michel, troop L. Fourth
won the two first gold medals on
the army team and I've out Of the six
army medals offered by the Government.
This has been done by no other man in the
army since the competitions first began.
General Sheridan presented the
medals to him, and he received many con-
from the officers present.
RIGHT of way for the Leavenworth,
Northern & Southern railway has been
granted, without charge, through the land
occupied by the Soldiers Home, near Leav.
enworth.
Topeka had q successful fair.
WORK on the first wing of the reforma
tory at Hutchinson is near completion, and |
probably by December it will be ready |
for occupancy. The wing now being COM |
pleted will accommodate about two hum |