Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

TEE Eaw Valley Life Insurance AssOc1a-
| ton, in accordance with the law passed last
winter, recently withdrew all their secur'
| tiles which they had deposited with the
State.
| THE State Veterinarian has decided to
visit every county in the State and thor
oughly inspect the livestock. This IS done
in order to stamp out, if possible, the glan-
ders. The Livestock Sanitary Commission
will accompany him.
i NUMBER of New York capitalists will
establish an overall factory in Topeka. 1t
will have a capacity Of manufacturing 6ts
pairs Der day. From 80 to 200 hands Will
be employed.
TIE other morning the pawnshop OF j.
L. Paine, at Topeka, was robbed OF sl,op
worth Of iewelry. including nineteen
watches, 40 finger rings and five diamond
lace pins.
THE report of the Secretary of tie State
: Board OF Agriculture estimates that as
least 40 per cent. of the wheat sown in KAN
sas last fail has been killed. The less in the
central part of the State, where the greater
part of the wheat is grown, is very heavy,
ranging in the different counties from 81 10
so per cent. in the eastern counties from
20 to 80 per cent , and II the west from h7e
to 10 per cent.
IL consequence of the l-iotous proceed
/ ings at Parsons the Governor called OUT
the First regiment Kansas Nationa
Guards, consisting of eight c>'mpanles.
The troops were taken by special train 70
the scene of disturbance. When the order
to march was received one company was
in the midst Of the gaities Of the ballroom,
! and to the musical strains of ''The Girl l
Left Behind Me- turned from the giddy
mazes of the dance to the stern realities OF
the tented field.
THE State Sanitary Commission at the
request Of the State officers of Tennessee
and Kentucky, passed resolution recon-
| mendiag to the Governor that the existing
quarantine regulations against cattle from
the above named States be renov sd.
JAMES ROACH, who was arrested at Atch-
ison and taken to Topeka to answer the
charge of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. was taken before Judge Guthrie
and pleaded guilty. Roach is a boy only
nineteen years of age, whose parents died
about twelve years ago and left him with
two sisters to provide for. Until very re-
Gently he had been industrious and honest,
but bad associates led him into dishonesty.
He was given two years III the peniten-
tiaTy.
THE Board Of Regents of tie State Nor
nal School met at Emporia the other day,
wlert the old officers were all reelected Cor
the present year, and the board is now
made I'D as follows: William Rice, presi-
dent: J. H. franklin, vice-president: NJ.
Stewart. treasur er: II. D. Dickson. secre-
tary, and ". II. Ca dwell and E. W. War
ner, members
AT the municipal election in Emporla
the Knights of Labor elected two OF the
four Councilmen.
Two men, father and son, w ere recently
fearfully burned at Bird City, cheyenne
County, by the explosion of gasol ne which
they were using in q gasoline stove. IL was
doubtful whether either would recove T.
MEMORIAL services for the late John Is.
Cough were held at the Christian Chui IN
in Leavenworth the other evening.
THE warden of the penitentiary IN his
March report gives the number Of prison
ers on April l to be S1a. There were re-
ceived during March, 10; discharged, Il,
two of the latter being pardoned The
earnings for the month amounted to SUI
50023. Total expenses, $40, l4O.S9.
TIE three-year-old son of j. 2. Harlan,
who resides near Leavenworth. recently
was the victim of an accident that will dis
figure him for life. Mr.. Harlan had just
sharpened Ratchet and was passing
through his yard carrying the Ratchet in
his hand. Unknown to him, the child was
following close behind, and stumbling
struck one of his eyes on the sharp edge of
the Ratchet, splitting the ball Of the eye
and inflictiug an ugly wound, besides per-
name ntly destroying the sight.
THE following fourth-class Kansas post
masters were appointed on the tn: Mrs.
Retta Rodcker. Bigeiow. Marshall County;
Robert Guth. Newbury, Wabaunsee Coun-
ty: James Bolten, Pine Grove, Butler
County: Joseph L. Higbee, Torrance, Cow
ley County.
Two companies of militia were ordered
to remain at Parsons to preserve order I'M
81 all danger of trouble was over. The
mayor Of the city authorized a telegram 20
be sent to Vice President Hoxie that the
city will make good any damage done
there to railroad property By mob violence
j. FREY has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Missouri. Kansas q Texas
railway. north of Texas, with headquarters
at Parsons.
Parsons recently voted SS0,GO in bonds
to aid in the construction of railroads, Sio,-
coo to the Parsons Pacific. road projected
southwest to Albuquerque, n. NJ, WITH
branch to Ell Paso. Tex, and S4o,WO TO the
Columbus, Salna & Southwestern, lihe
projected from Columbus to Parsons,
thence on to Salina and on to Colorado.
THE steamer Wyoming the other day TN
loaded one hundred tons of freight al
Leavenworth. 1t was from st. Louis.
PosT-oFF1cE changes in Kansas during the
week ended April3: Established, NcCand-
Esh. Ness County. Charles McCandlisl, post
master: Fox, Harper County. Sue FOX,
postmaster: Granger Comanche County,
Ebert Y vods, postmaster: Tonovay,
Greenwood County, James E. Moe, post
master. Discontinued, Eldridge. Sedg-
wick County. Name changed, Memphis,
Bourbon County, to Garland.
OK the morning of the eth the mammoth
whistle of the Missouri Pacific machine
shops at Parsons was heard for the first
time for whole month. 1t was just ono
month that day at ten O'Clock since the
shops were shut down by the strikers.
There We're seventy -four men at work IN
the several departments, mostly old en-
pIoyes who went out on the call, but WHO
returned to work.
ToPEKA recently had a small fire.
TIE mayor Of AtchisOn recently tele-
graphed Vice-Prcsident Hoxie, of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, that 1.-The city of
Atchison will pay all damages to the COM