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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
A MARYLAND Fire.

SALISBURY, Md, Oct ia FIRE which
started in frame stable about seven
o'clock last night, swept over the entire
business portion OF the village. A brisk
wind from the southeast spread the flames
rapidly while the Inhabitants stood by pow.
erless to prevent tie destruction as the dry
frame buildings burned too fiercely to be
checked by the small fire apparatus. AS
distance has been asked from Crisie!d and
Wilmington, DEL: but at late hour last
Night 1t looked as though the entire village
would be destroyed. 1t is impossible to
cnumeratc the property lost, but a rough
guess places tho damage at over million
dollars.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
WeII.Grounded Conviction.

Most persons have opinions. Now
and then a person has convictions. A
man with an opinion is of small con-
sequence for or against a cause
about which he has an opinion. A
man with a conviction is always a
power in the direction of his convic-
ton. As rule, the men who have
opinions are waiting to be led by men
who have convictions. Commonly one
man with a conviction can lead, say
from one hundred to five million, men
who merely have opinions. It's a
great thing to have a we'll grounded
conviction-on any subject; and it is
comparatively rare things. s..
Times,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
Average per day, in
Guiding Sundays

1855 was the GROWING glory, and sur
passes by many hundreds of thousands
any thing in the entire history OF fire un.
derwriting, with the possible exception of
1871, the year of the Chicago fire; but it
will not be hazardous to predict that this
will be eclipsed by 1856, for the year thus
far has reduced many fair structure to
ashes, and where blazing beacons portend
dismay and terror, there the Phenix leads
the way, restoring, building. up, filing the
waste places, covering blackened embers,
saving and succOring.
What pathos is not wrought up in these
affairs that the insurance men deal with,
and what thrilling scenes do not their mes
sengers of relief witness. A narrative of
torch and flame includes too frequently the
oft-told tale of ruined homes, Of desolated
hearth-stones, of poverty and separation,
of wandering and death. What nobler end
could be told of for the vast sum of money
spoken of herein than that it tears away
the dark pages of the story. binds up the
wounds, keeps the family together, holds
safe and hands back unframed the treas
ure that represents long years OF labor and
that seemed about slipping awayl From
a veritable horn of plenty, supplied by the
never-failing springs of public confidence,
the Phenix pours out golden stream, and
ing fields may drink the cooling draught.
Viewed from a purely business stand
point, the success Of the Phenix belongs to
the category of remarkable events in an
age of brilliant progress, wherein business
enterprises form the vanguard and lay out
pathways for the advancement of unnun,-
bered hosts to new conquests. That single
insurance company should command pat
ronage enabling it to act as bureau for
distributing zach day of the year $500 of
the fund subscribed by thousands Of prop
erty owners for an equalization of loss
from the common enemy, is a mark o.
60 81 rrhi oh vol
Crowell and Philander Shaw, may we'll be
proud in the ripeness of their age and ex-
perience and in this the thirty-fourth year
of their manage ment of the Phenix.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
Tie Texas Storm.

BEAUMONT, Tex, Oct. 18.-The first
reports of the great disaster at Sabine Pass
We're not in the least exaggerated, in fact
they underestinlated the number of deaths
caused by the storm. The death roll now
reaches ninety with number missing, and
it is thought that fully one hundred per-
sons met their deaths on the night of the
gale. The relief party that went down as
near Sabine Pass as possible on the Sabine
& East Texas railroad could not get within
twelve miles of the ruined town. Over a
dozen tOwboats have been sent there and
are at work saving life and property.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
Stolen Bonds Found.

New YORK, Oct. 1S-Workmen who
were digging in Kearney township near
Newark, n. j., yesterday discovered .
strong box buried under ground. It was
found to contain $50, 900 of Cancelled bonds
Of kearney township. About ten years
ago Charles Smith, the township treasurer.
was accused of rObbing the township OF
$4,000 worth of bonds, but tile cancelled
securities had been stolen from his Office.
Proceedings were begun against him, but
they We're discontinued. An investigation
will ba made. /. is expected that Smith
will lie exOnerated from the charges made
against Linn.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
COnercssional Nominations.

New YcRK, Oct 15.-The following Con-
gressi0nal nominations are reported:
New YOrk-Twenty-sixth district Re.
publican, Milton H. DeaEo; Seventeenth
district. Democrat William Lounsberry;
First district Democrat Perry Belmont
renOminatl0n; Fifteenth district ReUub-
lean, Moses ID. Slower; Thirty-second dis
trict, Republican, denomination, John NJ.
Farquhar.
Pennsylvania - Twenty-fourth district,
Greenbacker, Zahina Fallen; Seventh dis
irict Democrat Edwin Sattberthwait;
Fourteenth district Republican,, Franklin
Pound, denomination.
MISUNDERSTANDING district Democrat
Dr.. Edward c. Burnett
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

DALAI Tex. Oct TO- Sheriff Benham,
OF San francois County, Mo-, left last night
for home. having n custody Hiram Feather.
stone. alias Lutl er Martin. who is charged
with the murder Of his father In that coun.
U nix years ago. From what the reporter
learns concerning the case, it appears that
soon after the death of the mother of The
accused his father married woman of III.
repute, and that his sister refused to live
longer with her father and fled to his house
for protection. which he gave her. This
incensed their father and he went 10 bic
sons house TO compel the daughter to ~
turn.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

Baltimore, according to a statisti-
clan. has fewer colored people than
New Orleans, and 5000 more than
Washington. Baltimore and Washing
ton together have 100000 colored peO-
pie, and Philadelphia has $4,000; Rich
mond, Va, $4,000; the little city of
Petersburg, 1890; Oh arleston, 1000:
Louisville, p, 1000; New York City. not
10000.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

Thomas Brown, of Thorbrook, N.
S.. is seventy years old, and this year
sheared six hundred and sixty sheep.
He has worked in that capacity for
nearly sixty years. For one farmer
alone he has sheared for fifty years.
Louisville COurier-Journdl.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
ABOVE all other earthly ills,

ABOVE all other earthly ills,
hate the big, old-fashioned pills;
By slow degrees they downward wend,
And often pause, or upward tend;
With such discomfort are they fraught,
Their good effects amount to naught
Now, DR.. Pierce prepares pill
That just exactly fills the DILL
A Pellet, rather, that is all
A Pleasant Purgative, and small;
just try them as you feel their need,
You'll find that Ispeak truth, indeed.
THE amenities Of minister's position
ere very uumerous-Nerchant 1raueler
HALLS Hair Remover never fails to check
falling Of the hair. Gives universal salts
faction.
As aremedy for throat and lung troubles,
we recommend Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL.
MOVES in the best society-a fan.-Hart-
ford Times
GLENN's Sulphur Soap purifies and beam
titles the skin. Hills Hair and Whisker
Dye, black or brown. Soc
THERE is always crewel work to be done,
end dainty fingers delight in doing it.
DoN,T fail to read ad. Of McMullen Wow.
On Wire Fence Co. Name this paper.
In racing all yachts show great deal Of
tack.
THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold every where. Csc
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21
Tho Morning Dress.

It is said that a lady's standing in socie-
ty can easily be determined by her dress
at the breakfast-table; an expensive, snowy
costume indicating that the wearer has not
yet learned the proprieties. But no one
need be afraid Of being called "shoddy,"
if her loneliness is as apparent by day
light as at the hops Perfect beauty is
of those diseases peculiar to women, and
which find . ready cure in DIR. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" Price reduced
to one dollar. By druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

THE ancients could beat US to death
painting pictures; but look at our frames!
Chicago Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

Rev. FATHER MAHoNY, Dean officiating
for tho Archbishop St Mary's Cathedral,
Sydney, N. s. W., pronounces St Jacobs
Oil the greatest Of all pain-cures.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

EVERY person is interested IN their own
affairs, and If this meets the eye OF any one
who is suffering from the effects OF a torpid
liver, we will admit that he is Interested IN
getting we'll. Get bottle of Prickiy Ash
Bitters, use it as directed, and you will al
ways be glad you read this item.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

Some one says: money is close" Grab
il then.-Ne,c Xave.a Neus.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

A STATUE becomes smaller when it rains:
Il is a statue wet.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, rse DR.. Isaac
rhompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

"sAFs burglar" is ono in tho peniten-
iAry.-Tid-Bits.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

THERE are not so many fellows wanting
the earth now since its cracked.-Ph!lddee-
phid Press
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

THE "old reliable''-Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

GLENN's Sulphur Soap purifies and beau.
titles the skin. Hills Hair and Whisker
Dye, black or brown. Soc.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

MOVES in the best society-a fan.-Hart-
ford Times
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

THERE is always crewel work to be done,
end dainty fingers delight in doing it.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

THE amenities Of minister's position
ere very uumerous-lerchant Traveller.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

DoN'T fail to read ad. Of McMullen Wow.
On Wire Fence Co. Name this paper.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

In racing all yachts show great deal o.
tack.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-21

THE best cough medicine Is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold every where. 25c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13

sell It. She had read about a girl selling he's
hair for twenty dollars, and at last this little
girls motherconseRsed, and the hair was sent
North to the edtress of Harpers Young People,
with timid little letter, and the Harpers adver-
tsed it and told how the money was to be used
and published the little girls letter. and while
was there the contributions that had already
come in from kind-hearted people up North
amounted to over two hundred dollars, and they
were still coming. Where there is will there
is way, and this shows what little girl can do
But still it will not do for other girls to try the
experiment, for the novelty of the experiment is
over IL is one of those things that strike tho
popular favor the first time, and the first time
only Even little Fair" as they call her. could
not sell another suit of hair for that price.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13

saying something. At dinners he is always a
welcome guest AS post prandial speaker he
is superior to both Gen. Horace Porter and Gen.
George A. Sheridan, for he never repeats him
self, and. like the late Horace Greeley, always
propounds something new.
But he seems to have been overwhelmed by
his misfortunes. He cannot see wherein he is
different from the men in exalted stations who
have proited by his work. At times he rises to
his feet and denounces them in language so glow
ing that it would become proverbial if printed
Like many man of powerful mental grip, how
ever, he has tried to wash away all memories
in excuses Wine always flows freely at his
attend the smoke curling from his Havanas
Such excuses, added to the memories of the
past, have ended in insomnia. He is ever brood
ing over the past without definite ideas as to
the future. His experience in life has shaken
his faith in Christianity, and at times he out
Ingersolls Bob Ingersoll in atheistic apothegms.
Indeed, the other night, when rebuked for some
services of the Founder of Christianity to hui
mainly including himself, he startled and horri
fed the company by deliberately rising and pro-
posing His health.
Broken down in body, if not in mind, General
Brady has shaken the dust of New York from
his heels, and is trying to recuperate. He owns
farm of 800 acres in Virginia. at the mouth of
the Potomac, and he has gone down there to
spend the summer The roysterers of the city
will miss him, but the society of birds, chip
hunks and honest farmers may turn his mind
ia new channel. The soft air of the Chesa-
peake and a fish diet may give him renewed
bodily strength and when the great political cam
paign of 1883 opens he may be in position to
enter the lists and break lance to some pur-
pose. He has the will and the disposition.
All he wants is energy and opportunity.
ZISKA,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13

Harley = MOOD LUre.
The moon. on one occasion, sent tho hare TO
the earth to inform men that az she lthe moonp
died away and rose again, so mankind should
die and rise again Instead. however, of deliv-
erng this message as given, the hare either GUS
of forgetfulness or malice, told mankind that as
the moon rose and died away 80 man should die
and rise no more. The hare, having returned to
the moon, was ouestined as to the message de-
livered, and the moon, having heard of the true
state of the case, became so enraged with him
that she took up Ratchet to split his head;
falling short. however, of that the Ratchet fell
upon the upper lip of the hare and cut it severe
ly Hence it is that the hare lip" The
hare being duly incensed at having received
such treatment. raised his claws, and scratched
the moons face; and the dark parts which we
now sec on the surface of the moon are the scars
which she received on that occasion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13
A New Resident Of the sIetronolis.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Not long ago, after a
hard nights work on morning newspaper,
made a dash for Sxth-avenu car. It was A.
NJ. The car was moving from Vesey street and
Broadway AS sat down, putting and blowing,
"a full-faced gentleman, with broad expanse of
shirt front, addressed me. He wore trimmed
mustache. His blue eyes were bright and spark
ling, but there was no merriment in them. His
face was sober and reflective. He was evidently
a man who had been battered and waterlogged
in the storms that sweep over the ocean of life
1t was an intellectual face, chastened by sad ex-
perience. It was the face of Gen. Thomas j.
Brady of star route fame. For a year past
he has been living at the Astor House AS
the car was just leaving the shadow of that
famous hotel | could not avoid an expression Of
astonishment at seeing him out so early II
can't Sleep" he said, in resonant voice, speak
ing slowly and deliberately. "For hours have
tossed my head on my pillow, seeking sleep in
vain I've counted way up in the thousands,
and have done everything possible to secure a
all over creation in spite of all that can do
and / can't sleep. While / was lying in bed
with every nerve vibrating like the string of
guitar at concert pitch, and wondering what /
should do to get rest, [ happened to think that
a Turkish bath might produce the desired result
remembered that somebody once told me that
an establishment of tina. kind was kept open all
night near Sixth avenue and Twenty fourth
street, and I'm going up there in search of it,
Do you know where it isl'
replied that had heard of such place, but
that could not give him the number. Despite
his mmobiity of face and apparent equanimity.
/ saw that he was excessively nervous. He
took off his high hat repeatedly and wiped its
sweat band with his handkerchief, and he made
eccentric gesticulations with his plump white
hands. He played with his old-fashioned silk
watch guard and frequently shifted his attitude
The dominant spirit of the man, however,
seemed mistaken. He looked me full in the
eye, and talked and acted like man who knew
his rights in this world despite his misfortune
and who was only waiting for an opportunity to
assert them.
The General has lately been prominent fig
ure in the arena of everyday New York life AS
president Of the Corn Club he has presided at its
daily meetings in Room No. /, Astor House. His
inexhaustible fund of stories and his imperturb-
able good nature have endeared him TO the host
of good fellows that float to the surface Of city
life in the late hours of the afternoon. They all
like him, and they gather round him whenever
ne descapts on the mrtabilty of life Chief
justice Marshall never had more superb flow Of
language. His analysis of the sin of ingrattude
would put many an eminent man of the day to
the blush He says the most bitter things
at opportune moments-all the moro bit
ter because they spring hot from
his heart, and because they are
stamped With truth. He never speaks without
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13

stood by 300,000,000 of people. China, unlike
India, has really but one language and II once
the Bible were satisfactorily translated into that
language the result may be something such as
the world has never before witnessed.
Hon. James c. Robinson. of Springfield, III.
has q little granddaughter whose governess is
a stanch Methodist A few months ago she Wis
tied convent in Indiana in company with an
aunt and the latter's little daughter. The last
mentioned child told one Of the sisters that she
was Catholic, and the sister piously exclaimed:
THANK God for that!a and turning to Mr.. Rob-
inson's granddaughter she inquired: "And little
one, what are your Pm Mefodus; thank God
for that" was the reply, which astonished her
aunt as much as it amused the pious sister.
A meeting was held, few days ago. at Brad
ford, England, to consider the question of non
attendance at church on Sunday by large a
proportion of the townspeople. 1t was lay
mems meeting, and the gentlemen present be-
longed to one or other of the evangelical bodies.
1t was agreed that undenominational churches
would not meet the difficulty 1t was thought
that each church could join in some general plan,
and favor such course as would meet the re-
quirements of the day. The following recon-
mendations were agreed upon: Earnest and
simple preaching OF the gospel hearty singing
in which all join; free seats; constant efforts
on the part of Christians. in the way OF tender
ing invitations to others to come and worship
with them or to go where taste directed; deeper
interest in the spiritual welfare of the young,
and the necessity for prayer for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
The house in which Bishop Asbury preached
his last sermon is still standing in Richmond,
Va. 1t stands on the north side of Marshall
street. says correspondent of the Daily Advo-
cate, and has been changed into two dwellings,
Nos. 412 and Ala The Bishops last sermon was
preached on Sunday, March "a, 1916 Says one
of his biographers: Without strength to walk
into the church, even with the support of his
friends he was carried into it in their arms and
placed on a table In faltering tones he read for
his text Rom. TX %: "For he will finish the
work, and cut it short in righteousness; because
short work will the Lord make upon the
EARTH" His audience, deeply affected, frequently
gave vent to their feelings in loud, choking sobs
Though unable to speak many sentences to-
gether he occupied with frequent pauses to re-
cover his breath, nearly an hour; and was then
carried out of the church, as he had been borne
into it, in the arms of loving friends"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13
Religious Complexion of Congress.

Atlanta constitution.
A gentleman who has investigated the subject
gives me some figures relative TO the religious
complexion of the present Congress, which he
says reliable. OF the 408 Senators, members
and Territorial Delegates who compose Congress
81 Presbyteriaus. SO Catholics, 10 Unitarians, &
Lutherans, 10 Christians (Campbellite) and q
Quakers, making total of 2S3 who are actively
connected with some church organization. This
leaves lbs who either never belonged to any
church or have drifted out of such associations.
It would appear from these figures that Congress
is pretty good missionary ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13
Famous Women of New York.

New YORK, June 1L-Socially, New York is
ns dead as Chelsea and our streets are no
longer filed with familiar faces. The influx
frcm the Southern States brings many noticeable
people on the avenues and in the theaters and
stores The hotels are crowded with people
from the West, who stop over a few weeks in
our city en- route to some of the great watering
places. A notable house on Fifth avenue closed
its doors for the season-that of Mr.. Levi p.
Morton. Mr.. aud Mrs. Morton have occupied
the large double brown stone house, corner of
Sixteenth street and Fifth avenue, and their en-
tertainments the past winter have been great So
cial attractions. They have now hired house
at Saratoga, for the season, where they intend
entertaining their many friends. This Is looked
upon as having some political significance 1t is
well known that Saratoga is the place of places
where the greatest number of political leaders
congregate. 1t is an open secret that Mrs. Nor
ton is very ambitious for her husband to enter
official life again. Mrs. Morton enjoys the life
at Washington, and Mr.. Morton is not adverse
TO new political field. 1t is said Mrs. Morton
has quite "a much to do with her husbands sue
cess as he has himself. IL is rather an unusual
thing to take a house at Saratoga When Will
lam Il. Vanderbilt was alive, he and all the
many members OF his family always took up
their quarters at one OF the large hotels there
Roscoe Conking who is q frequent visitor, pa
bronizes the hotels As a general thing, how
ever, Saratoga is not o place to pass an entire
summer. People come and go. At Newport it is
quite different One must be in cottage to
have much attention socially Hotel guests sell
dom affiliate with the cottagers. But in Sara
taxa. where this Is not the rule. it looks as if the
Mortons had come to stay, so that no one who
might visit Saratoga at any time during the sea-
son would miss seeing them.
Mrs. General Hancock has at last left Gov
ernors Islsnd, and Is very comfortably located
~ the homo OF Mr. Nicholas Gwynn, whose