Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-01-14
Miscellaneous.


JUDGE DUNDY, United States Judge for
the District of New 'aska, before whom the
star-route civil cases against J. w. Parker,
of Atchison, and others, were tried at To-
peka at the April term, recently announced
his decision, overriding a motion made by
the Government for new trial and ordered
| final Judgment for Parker. These cases
were brought by special United States
Attorney from Washington to recover
about 100000, alleged to have been paid
defendants in fraud of the Government.
PosT-oFF1cE changes in Kansas during
the week ended January 2, 1856: Estab-
lished, Culwick, Sedgwick County, Henry
Haskins, postmaster; Hector, Greeley
County, George L. Chapman, postmaster;
Scott, Scott County, William W. Trelkiid,
postmaster. Discontinued, Ada, Republic
County. Postmasters appointed, Airing
ton, Reno County, Sylvester L. Bunch
Cope, Jackson County, Samuel B. Ran
dolph; Fulton Bourbon County, David A.
Johnston; Randolph, Riley County, Thomas
Leach.
On New Years day fine looking Ger
man registered at the National Hotel,
Leavenworth, as J. w. Navel, Topeka
He had seemingly plenty of money and
everything went along all right until several
mornings after when a servant girl went to
the door of his room and finding it locked
opened it and found the man lying in an
unconscious condition on the floor, and a
note saying he had no money, was down,
could get no employment and had taken
morphine. He proved to be a druggist,
and his recovery was doubtful.
In the United States Distr;:t Court at
Leaven worth Judge Brewer recently rem
dered an opinion in the case of the State
ex rel. Henry Bradley, who was enjoined by
the District Court at Atchison from selling
intoxicating liquors contrary to the prohib-
itory law. The defendant in this case filed
an application and bond for removal from
the District Court of Atchison County to
the United States District Court, which
was refused. He then took transcript of
the record of that court and filed it i'll the
United States Circuit Court, on the ground
that the law was unconstitutional and set
up that it conf1icted with the amendment to
the constitution of the United States.
Judge Brewer held that the defendant was
not deprived of his rights as citizen, for
the reason that in the injunction suit due
process of law was had. He sustained the
motion of the Attorney-General and re-
manded the case to the State courts for set
Element.
THE cultivated area of the State is esti-
mated by Secretary Sims, of the State
Board of Agriculture, to be Il, $50 SIS acres,
of which winter wheat is estimated at l, SOL.
Isl acres; spring wheat, 9O,S26; acres; corn
5.266,O3 acres; oats, 9G5, 902 acres; rye,
lS7,473 acres; fax, 122, 1879 acres He esti-
mates the acreage of all kinds Of tame
grasses at 1.034. 242.
SECRETARY ADAMS, of the State Histori-
cal Society, reports an increasing interest
in the quarter-centennial, to be held in To-
peka on the goth instant A number Of
well known friends of Kansas in the Terri
torial days, who reside in the East, are
writing letters of congratulation to Judge
Adams on the wonderful prosperity OF the
State.
THE cracker factory of Eastman & Gran
DOLL Topeka, was recently destroyed by
fire. Insurance, si1, $50, which covered the
loss.
RABBITS are numerous.
The total amount of money invested in
the different school funds of the State, in
terest bearing, is 81, os6, 2s425. The present
Board of School Fund Commissioners have
invested since the middle of January, 1885,
S556,S35
GEORGE C. McCoRp, an ex-Deputy United
States Marshal, was arrested at Kilgman
recently and taken to Topeka on a charge of
presenting fraudulent accounts while in Of
fee. He was ordered by Judge Foster to
be taken to Illinois.
One hundred thousand dollars has al
ready been collected this season in taxes in
Sedgwick County.
IT requires permit for Kansans now to
hunt in the Indian Territory.
The annual meetingof the Kansas Acad-
envy of Languages and Literature was held at
Topeka recently. The papers read were
most instructive and entertaining. The
membership Of the academy includes the
names of some of the most highly educated
people in the State, and is still open to addi-
tons.
GEORGE BooTHE recently lied large
California wild cat on his premises in De-
catur County.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Car coupling, John c. Reed, To-
peka; stack binder, Adolphus ]. I.aundray,
Clyde.
A NEW milling and elevator company
has been organised at Newton with cap
ital stock Of $sOtN0.