Dodge City times., 1888-12-27
STATE NEWS

At Ness City the btisinsss men have
iagreed upon issuing $4,000 10 $75, 900
bonds to build . sugar factory.
At Tonganoxie large vein OF coal has
been discovered at depth Of 800
feet. II il thought that Is u the same
vain that is being worked at Leaven-
worth.
At Girsrda largo number Of parties
have been arrested and fined for disturb.
anoe and destruction Of prop,rty while
giving charivari to q newly married
couple.
Cawker CITY Times: Wagons loaded
down with corn, hay, wood and hogs
blockade our streets daily. The de-
mand for these articles is great and
prices good.
McLouth Times: The Kansas City,
Wyandotte and Northwestern railway IL
30 crowded with freight business ct the
present time that it is hard work to get
cars enough to carry its freight.
Winons Clipper: Our farmers drive
over to the Atwood mills to mill. There
is no better location for Touring mill
than in Logan county, where farmers
sle obliged to drive forty miles to have
their grinding done.
Liberal Leader: An effort is being
made now to induce the southwestern
counties Of this state to hold Q conven.
ton at Liberal for the purpose Of taking
some action in regard to opening the
Oklahoma country.
Turon Rustler: There is no doubt
but that by January l, material trains
will be going westward over the Rock
Island and the extention OF the road
southwest from Liberal on to El Peso
Texas will be commenced and pushed to
completion.
An Usage City dispatch: The resi-
dence Of w. T. Williams was entirely
consumed by fire. The loss is about
$500; the house was insured for $2,-
500. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated from the explosion Of lamp.
Leavenworth Times: It now turns
out that the story of white cap outrages
in Agra, KAN, is q sensation Of Kansas
City paper, invented, probably, by the
same professional liar who told Of bliz-
yards and perishing stock in Ness |
county.
McPherson Republican: The PROS
pecting we'll has settled the water sup
ply question for this city. There is an
ine1hausiible supply Of soft water ul-
der ue. 1t is cut off from contamination
from surface drainage BY impervious
strata. 1t rises to within thirty feet Of
the surface. It is the best water for
steam We ever saw. It forms ab-
solutely no scale whatever.
Hutchinson News d: +. Naylor,
in the vaoinity of Arlington, has discov.
cred vein OF ochre on his farm. twelve
feet in thickness and only four feet be-
low the surface. The color Of the de-
posit is between yellow and q brown.
and samples Of it that have been pulver.
lied and tried by painters are pro-
to be free from grit and OF fine
quality. As this article is used LARGELY
in the manufacture Of paints, it will
prove quite valuable addition to the
resources Of Reno county.
Mcpherson Republican: The cost of
school books Is matter which inter SITS
The people Of this city very largely.
Some years ago the writer furnished a
school with books, slstee, stationery.
ink. pencils, crayone, everything In fact
The cost for five years, including the
original outfit, was just 80 cents per
year per scholar. The books were the
of the district. When scholar
finished book it was returned and is ,
,ued to the next one who needed it.
That shows what school books can be {
for. What they do cost here
g quite another matter.
An Oswego dispatch says: William I
Usher, an old gentleman who has made {
his home In this county for several years ,
,sst, died at Oswego last week and after I
,is burial search was begun for his Z
viii, papers, etc. After looking every
,lsce else imaginable finally an old va ,
ise which, it is said, has been in the s
Of Usher for about forty years :
vas opened and there was found, not :
'nlv his will, but other papers Of i'm :
q fine gold watch, very val +,
lsble finger ring and the names Of his i
two gentlemen in ILL., !;
lois. he left valuable estate. !;