Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-08-12
miscellaneous.

THE other evening Joe McAnally, a
! gambler, assaulted Deputy Marshal Skeeles
at Eldorado, striking him over the head
with revolver and knocking him sense
less. He then crossed the street and quar-
relied with a blacksmith by the name of
McClintock, whom he struck over the
head, making a frightful wound. Nc
Clintock, who was whiting with his knife,
stabbed Neatly three times in the region
of the heart.
THE new Republican State Central Com
mittee met at Topeka on the 4th and Or
ganized by the election of P. !. Bonebrake,
of Shawnee County, as chairman, and
Henry Brandley, of Chase County, as sec
rotary. Writ W. Walton rendered his
resignation as member ofothe committee,
and E. E. Borham was chosen to fill the
vacancy.
THE Secretary of the State Board of Ag-
riculture furnishes the following synopsis
of the forthcoming crop report for the
month ended July 81: Winter wheat
Area harvested, 9S7,14O acres; estimated
product, 1898, 75S bushels. Grade very
good. Spring wheat-Area, So, acres;
probable product, 925, S3S bushels. Oats
Area sown, 1, l45, 1854 acres; estimated pro-
duct, 80, 1913, $50 bushels. Corn-Area for
1855, 5,3G6,034 acres; for 1886, sos, S73
acres; condition July 81. as compared with
average for five years, 60 per cert. which
would indicate product of about 100, 600.
900 bushels, against 177,0OO,OO bushels last
year.
THR Democratic State convention passed
resolutions Of sympathy for Parnell and
Gladstone in their efforts for home rule in
Ireland.
THERE are upon the pension rolls of the
Topeka agency 24,SSS pensioners, and the
amount of the pensions received by the
same aggregates 50, 7a9, 4S9.5 so annually. OF
this number 10, $50 are in Kansas, and they
draw $1.125, GIG from the Government an
nually; while Missouri's II, 103 veterans re-
ceive sl,256,029.5O. The other 1906 are
scattered over forty four States and Ter
ritories and in foreign lands. One pension
er on the rolls resides in Ireland, another
resides in Nova Scotia, while one receives
his regular quarterly remittance at Munich,
Bavaria. There are on the roll So pension
ers of the war of 1912, and 400 widows Of
deceased soldiers of that war;
INCREASE of pensions have been recently
obtained for Egbert ]. Odds, of Soldier,
Jackson County; Henry S. Dotz, of Glasco;
David Wien, of Cawker City; Jacob Bin
key, of Winfield; NJ. C.. Keith, of lola, and
the pension of William R. Windell, of Ar
kansas City, has been rerated at $50 per
month.
NEW post office-Embry, Harper County.
THE charter of the Winfield, Geuda
Springs & Southern railroad was fled in
the office of the Secretary of State the
other day. The company proposes to build
standard guage road from Winfield,
Cowley County, through Sumner County
to Geuda Springs and to the north line Of
the State, thence through the Territory
to Sweetwater, in the State of Texas. The
estimated length of the road is five hum
dred miles. Capitals stock, 100000.
JUDGE L. D. BAILEY, of Garden City, has
been appointed by the Governor delegate
to the Forestry Congress, to be held at
Denver, September IA to IL inclusive.
The First National Bank of Junction
City has commenced business.
The total number of entries made at the
land-ofiice at Oberlin for the fiscal year
ended June 30th was Il, lib, embracing an
area Of l.S69, 3O2. 50 acres, exclusive of 1915
presumption entries. The total amount of
collections was $2S2, 55& IL.
The Kansas State Fair Association re-
Gently completed arrangements for hold
ing fair in Topeka ON September q, 70
and 3d. and October 1. A liberal premium
list was adopted, aggregating 5000, and
liberal provisions were made for the speed
ring-$2, 600 being offered in this depart
ment alone
THE other evening the Union Pacific
agent at Buffalo Park was robbed by two
masked men. Of $50 and gold watch