Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-31

believes that this sum is large enough tc
induce the Legislator re to pass q law which
| will really exclude unauthorized and un-
taxed Companies from the State and place
the agents OF bogus companies in Jail The
report embraces long list Of bogus or
wildcat companies that have been exclud-
ed from the State, together with list of
companies that have been born and died
since TIE department was organized. The
full report contains some spicy reading.
MiscellaueOua.
FRoF. Hay, Of junction City, in an article
In the quarterly report Of the State Board
Of Agriculture, says: Rock salt was first
struck at Ellsworth at depth Of 80 feet
| in August last; at Hutchinson ut q depth
OF 463 feet little later; at Kingman at a
depth of 665 feet: on December 2, at Lyons,
at drpth of 7s5 feet; a little latter at An
thony at a depth of S25 feet. These five
important fields were opened up to bust
ness enterprise in 1887. These salt dis
| coveries are as remarkable as any in the
world. If each area discover ed should
prove to be limited to few thousand or a
few hundred acres, the supply is practi-
cally inexhaustible.
The large mattress factory at Salina,
owned by Neil Haggard and A. J. Wood
ward, was destroyed by fire the other day.
Less, SlO,O with only light insurance.
IN the report of the Democratic State con-
vention the district delegates elected to st.
Louis for the Sixth district were mad
verteutly omitted. They. are: George A.
Collect, OF Ellsworth. and Howard Ca-pen-
ter, of Thomas County.
LATE pOst.ofice changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Atwater, Meade County, Albert
A. Counterman, postmaster; Berry; on,
Shawnee County, George W. Berry, Jr.,
postmaster; Nicely, Leavenworth County.
Lyman j. Morgan, postmaster; Pyramid,
Cove County, James G. Bowman, post
master. Discontinued, Clawson, Garfield
County; Hail Ridge, Linn County; Lud-
wick, Pratt County: Sonora, Harper County.
GOVERNOR MARTIN recently pardoned
Charles b. ROtrock. who was serving
years sentence in the Ottawa County Jail
for assault with intent to kill while drunk,
on cond ton that Rotrock forever abstain
from using Intoxicating liquors.
LRAvENwORTH denies the circulated re.
port of the prevalence of smallpox in that
city.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans on
the Ath: James A. Swepston, National
Military Home; Thomas L. Story, Wichita;
Frank Stoeher, Maryvllle; Edward G. Alt
man. Melrose; John Norris, Morantown;
William Medhurst Pittsburg; Thomas NJ.
Hamilton, Garrett. Increase, John L.
Nichols, Waterville; Howard Ross, Beloit;
Abijah &. Chears, Burton; William P.
Darby, Shockey; Stephen A. Holcomb,
Powhattan.
PENSION AGENT CLICK has given notice
that the fund ON hand is $3.50. OOO short of
the amount which will be required to make
the time payments. He will be unable to
pay pension vouchers hereafter presented
until an appropriation is made by Congress
for the deficiency.
AT recent meeting Of the Kansas & Ne.
braska Railroad Association at Topeka one
and One-thlfd rates were made to the fol-
lowing meetings: Kansas State Temper
ance Union, Topeka, June II to 10: Interna-
tional Typographical Union, Kansas CITY,
June II to 10; Gilmore's Musical Festival,
Kansas City, June ~ to 81; Kansas Hort-
cultural Society, Holton, June 10 to 30;
Kansas State Millers' Association, Enter
prise, Kan, July IL and IA; North Nebras-
Ka Fair and Driving Association, Norfolk,
Neb., August q to 81; Turnverein, Leaven-
worth, Kan, June 9 to IL.
AT Leavcnworth the other day Police
man Goodell attempted to arrest Ben Black,
negro, upon the appeal Of Blacks wife
for protection from her husband, when
Black fired ut the officer, who returned the
fire, killing Black instantly. The coroner's
jury held the shooting to be justifable.
AN unknown, well-dressed man bound for
Western Kansas, recently got on the wrong
train at Kansas City and was let off at
Argentine. In attempting to board train
to return he fell between the cars and was
killed There were no papers on him to
lead to his identity.
IT Is stated that oil surveyors and en-
ployes on the proposed extension of the
Kansas City, Wyaudotte & Northwestern
railway have been discharged and word
given out that there will be no further
effort to conplete the road to Beatrice,
Neb, or elsewhere this year.
THE members of the Northwestern Edi-
torial Association visited Topeka on the
25th as guests Of the Topeka Press Club
which gave them a reception at Represen-
taJves Hall and banquet, at which Gov
ernor Martin delivered the address OF vel
come.
The other afternoon about nile east of
Seeley,a small village on the Santa Fe road,
Robert Watson and his sixteen-year-old
brother Harry, were playing cards on the
bank Of the Walnut river, when Harry.
who did not think revolver which he
was carryin g was loaded, pulled the trigger
and sent ball crashing through his
brothers. brain. The victim lived four
hours.
The report of the warden of the State
penitentiary, filed May "a, shows that there
are confined in the peniten larry at Leaven-
ofc of ,hop
and 10 are females. There are 10 life male
prisoners and two life female prisoners.
There are 81 males sentenced to be hanged
and three females under the same sentence.
About C6 per cent. OF the inmates are under
the age of thirty years and three-fourths Of
those confined were convicted of grand
larceny.
toRsE thieves infest Garfield County.
PATENTS recently granted Kansas inven-
tors: F. S. Thomas, Topeka, desk cabinet
design; G. s. Currier, Garnett, Car
mover; F. s. Dimon, Fort Scott. tire tight
ener; g. F. Kellogg, Clay Center. device
for converting motion; o. l. Langworthy.
Nortonvilie, trace carrier; E. P. Newbanks
and ]. Mahaffa, Beloit, feed trough
The other night the body of Thomas
Wilson was found IN his cellar at Kingman.
Early in the evening Mrs. Wilson heard
pistol shot and went to the cellar but di /
not make a very close search. Later she
went to the cellar again and made a closer
examination and found the body. 1t was
dou btless case Of suicide.
WORK is being actively pushed on the
extension of the Rock Island road from
Caldwell into Texas.
THE body of boy about eight years old
was found the other afternoon in the Kan