Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-05-20
Miscellaneous.

1HE SCdte homeopathic OOC1cCy met AZ
Topeka the other day and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President. G. H. I. john
son, of Atchison: vice-president, L. Allard,
of Seneca: recording secretary, p. Deit-
rich, of Wyandotte: corresponding secre-
tary. H. w. Roby, of Topeka; treasurer,
U. NJ. Griffin, of Girard The next annual
session will be held at Wyandotte the first
Wednesday in May, 1887.
LAST fall Congressman Morrill, secured
the allowance of pension with arrearages
for Samuel W. Robinson, of Kansas, q
blind and totally helpless ex-soldier Sub
sequently the allowance was withdrawn by
the Commissioner upon some technicalty.
Mr.. Morrill, appealed to Secretary Lamar,
who sustained the appeal and reversed the
action of the Commissioner. This case has
been pending nineteen years, during which
period the blind veteran has suffered great
privations. and the decision made awards
him pension of So per month and s1l,5oO
arrearages, the largest ever paid private
soldier.
IT is stated that there has been for some
time d systematic robbing of the Santa Fe
cars at Topeka, extending over a period OF
about six months The other day Brick
Wilson. who has been an e,rploye for about
five wears. and John Bradshaw and wife
we're arrested and held in $1,000 each.
About $500 in property, $3.50 in dry goods
and $3.50 in slserware, was taken from
A. A. Robinson's private car.
THE Governor recently received dis
patch from Emporia stating that 400 head
of Texas cattle had been shipped from
some point in Texas to Council Grove, and
that they had been driven from there to
hatfield Green, in Chase County. This be-
ing in direct violation Of the law, Gov
erEor Martin at once directed DR.. Hol-
combe. the State Veterinary Sugeon, and
the Livestock Sanitary Commissioners to
proceed to hatfield Green and take the nee
essary steps in the premises.
RECENTLY the Chicago, Rock Island a.
Pacific railroad submitted to the Topeka
board OF trade their proposition asking
$4,000 per mile in bonds to be issued for
like amount of stock. not to exceed Sl25, 900
The road is to enter Shawnee County either
on the north or east boundary and cross
the Kansas river within the limits of To-
reka, and is to be.completed BY December
81. 1887. After thorough discussion the
board accepted the proposition and the
railroad committee was instructed to pre-
pare and circulate petitions at once to call
special election to vote the desired
bonds.
AT Leavenworth the other evening ns
Mary Stcinbaugh, who lived in little
frame house at the corner of Main and
Pewnce streets. was attempting to throw
coal oil on some kindling to ignite fire,
the can took fire and exploded, throwing
burning oil all over her clothes and wrap
ping her in a mass II flames. She rushed
into the street screaming frantically, and
a passer-by secured a blanket and smoth-
cred the flames. She was fatally burned.
A BOOM has struck Randolph.
THE county attorney of Atchison County
has filed brief with the Supreme Court
against the granting of a new trial to young
Baldwin, for the murder of his sister at
Atchison. and now in the penitentiary.
The case will come up at the June term.
The county attorney gives it as his opinion
that there is no ground for new trial.
THE report of the warden shows that dur
ing the month of April there were fifty
nine convicts committed to the peniten-
tiary, four were discharged by the warden,
were discharged by expira-
ton of sentence and on the first Of May the
total number in prison was S3s.
w. c. L. BEARD has been confirmed as
register of the land-office at Wa Keeny.
THE editor of the Police Gazette recently
wrote to Attorney General Bradford asking
il the late law passed by the Legislature
forbids the sale of his paper in Kansas.
The law says that ''every person who shall
print or distribute paper devoted princi-
pally or wholly to the publication of GRIM
inal news or pictures, or stories Of deeds OF
bloodshed or crime, shall be guilty of a
and shsn be fined not less
than five nor more three hundred dollars"
The AttcrneyGeneralis of the opinion that
the publication comes within the meaning
81 the law.
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