Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

SEVERAL weeks ago COW was bitten or
the tongue by mad dog, near AtchisOn, and
subsequently, sold to butcher aud penned
up. The other day she became furiously
mad, broke out Of the pen and ran down
the road. Tie animal encountered a woman
by the name Of Hollis, broke three of hel
ribs and gored her terribly, from the effects
Of which she died.
Rev. abel LEONARD, pastor OF Trinity
Episcopal Church. at Atchison, has rendered
his resignation to take effect January 81.
He will probably be consecrated Mission
ary Bishop of Utah and Nevada some time
in Janurry, and leave for his work in the
early part of February. 1t is thought that
Bishop Talbot, lifelong friend and init.
mate companion of Bishop Leonard, will
preach the sermon. Bishop Talbot and
Bishop Leonard were born in the same
town, stude side by side in the same
classes in school and graduated from the
same college and seminary at the sam ,
time. Eacu performed the marriage ser.
vice for the other, and are now 10 be Bish-
ops of adjoining dioceses
AS THE west-bound train on the Santa Fe
pulled into Hutchinson the other night
James Hale, Il passenger en- route for Cali
forna, was instantly killed by the dis
charge of a large revolver, which me acci
den,ally let fall. He hailed from Spring
| dale, Ark,
THE story recently circulated that the
Scott County Bank had failed is declared
to be untrue.
THE city attorney of AtchiSon has ap-
piled to the district court for the appoint
nent Of a receiver for the Chicago IL Atch
ison bridge over the Missouri river at that
city. The city owns S1oJ,OOo stock in the
bridge, and the application for a receiver
is based on the allegation that the property
is not managed in the interest Of the city.
TIE conference Of Prohibitionists, lately
held at Topeka, elected the following dele
gates to the National Prohibition Conven-
| tion to be held In Indianapolis, Ind, ir
June: Ex-Governor John p. st. John. OF
| Olathe; NJ V. B. Bennett, of Columbus
Mrs. Fannie Rastall President of the Kan.
| sas Woman's Christian Temperance Union
and Rev. A. NJ. Richardson, of Lawrence
! A convention for the nomination OF a State
ticket was called to meet at Topeka, or
| June IS.
SEVENTEEN final proofs were recently flee
| in Stevens County in one week.
THE close of 1857 found 951 prisoners ir
| the penltentiary.
| suspended work until spring-the supply
! of cocoons being exhausted. On the whole,
| considering the late commencement last
spring, the seasons work is said to have
been remarkably successful, and such great
interest has been awakened among the
| Mennonites in the neighborhood that {
very large produ ction OF silk cocoons next
| year is anticipated.
L. f. VANDEGHIFT, editor Of the AtchIsor
Patriot, has been commissioned as Kansas
| agent Of the National Department of Ag.
| riculture.
A LATE fire in the Mcintyre block al
Atchlson destroyed property to the value
| Of $4,000.
| The State Teachers Assoc. alton recently
held their annual meeting at Topeka. DR..
F. S. McCabe delivered the address of wei
| come.
Some time ago description was left with
| the sheriff Of Leavenworth County of NJ. A.
| rilden, who it was alleged had embezzleG
the sum of Sl,0N while employed by an in
surance agent at Denison, Tex. and had
| aDscondei. Recently Tilden was located
at Kickapoc, where he and his wife were liv-
ing with relative, and when officers went
to make the arrest they found Mrs. Tilden,
who told them her husband was not in the
house, aud when the officers said some
thing about making a search she drew
a revolver and said that the first who ma lie
The attempt would fail in his tracks. One
of the officers, however, parleyei with the
woman while another made a flank move
ment and captured their man and he was
led away in triumph.
The State Teachers Association, lately
in session at Topeka, adopted resolutions
of respect to the late II. D. McCarty; ex.
pressing a hearty belief in thu desirabiiity
of a good reading circle among the teach.
ers of the State, ami pledg ng hearty sup
port to efforts made in its behalf; favorine
a more honest and equitable administrator
of the tax laws, and deprecating the prac
tical inequality and inefficlency of the pres
ent taxing system; urging the establish
ment Of county high schools; favoring the
passage Of a law for the grading of rura
schools; favorng the increase OF the State
Board OF Education to SIX members: favor
ing the making of the offices Of State anc
county superintendent non partisan, and
indorsing the selection OF San Francisco as
the place Of meeting of the next Nationa
Educational Association.
KANSAS has Sc, ,Uy9 school children.
A COLLISION Of freight trains at Fort
Scott the other day resulted in the death OF
Engineer William Berry and a general
smashing of the two engines. Berry was
thirty four years Of age and leaves wife
and two children. He was a member OF
the Knights of Pythias, A. o. U. W. and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and carried a life insurance to the amount
of $4,000
OK Christmas night tine residence Of
Captain John Seaton, OF Atchison, was en-.
tered by burglars and all the jewe.ry be
longing to the members of the family aud
the greater portion CT their most valuable
Christmas gifts were taken.
MEADE CENTER schools have an enroll
ment Of ISL, with an average attendance OF
13l.
FRED II. STEPHENS, thirty years Old,
bachelor, living alone on farm near Lam
caster, Atchison County, was found Christ
mas day on = bed at his home with bull
le;-ho!e through his head and big pistol
between his feet. A note was found on
the mantel-piecc, stating that he had made
. mistake. His horses in the stall were so
nearly starved that they hal eaten their
hangers and reeled and staggered from
exhaustion when led out. Stephens al
been dead shout . week when found.
A RECENT fire At Wichita destroyed the
Wichita House The fire was caused by
the explosion OF q gasoline stove in the
kitchen
A SECOND blizzard struck Western Kan
sas on the 9th.