Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-10-11

| Ford Items.
| Corn is coming into the market lively.
| Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pierce and Miss
Ada Pierce. left Wednesday for short
! visit to Nebraska.
Quite number of the democratic boys
l were in Dodge Friday to shake hands
| with the next governor of Kansas.
Walt Bowes and John Howell have
been making things lively running horse
races this week.
There is a young lady stopping at r.
G. Jones At last account mother and
child were doing well. but the fathers
case was hopeless.
There is young democrat stopping at
Capt. RobinsOns Cap. says he will
make blacksmith by and by.
Andy Campbell is hauling corn to the
Dodge market this week.
Several herds of ponies passed through
town this week.
The household goods of the absconded
cashier of the bank of Ford. was attach
ed this week by Hatfield Il Smith.
The democrats had rousing meeting
at their club room last Thursday night.
j. NJ. Lloyd, b. F. Milton and others ad-
dressed the citizens present. on the polIt-
zeal issues of the day. and made many
friends and votes for themselves. Come
again boys. you are always welcome.
W. b. Rhoades, the clever foreman ofe
r. W. Wright & Cos ranch. was in town
this week buying fat hogs.
Mrs Davidson and family, living west
of Ford. will leave Friday for Wichita,
to spend the winter
]. NJ. Imell has sold three car loads of
cattle this week to eastern parties.
John F. Campbell and VIM. Mulch
shipped a carload of horses, Wednesday,
to Blooming. Ill.
The republicans had a blow out, at
Ford Saturday night and of course every
one turned out as they always do at Ford
as they thought to hear some one speak.
and when they got there Frank Rice's
boy attorney, L. II. Madison. was on
deck and spoke till a great many became
disguised and went home. He told them
all about how the English were in COM
pany with the democrat party and the
devil trying to ruin this, our country
Then Mr.. Moflitt got up and told how
President Cleveland has run out of dem
Ocrats to fill all the offices, not having
enough to go round, and had to pardon
a great many out of the states prison and
appoint them to office. Then MIR. FitZ-
gerald was called for. and he stepped
forward and spoke for quite while tell
ing the people how Frank Milton and
few others were trying to get the govern
ment to donate Fort Dodge Reservation
to them for a Methods. college. so they
could steal all the valuable stone upon
the ground. He even went SO tar as to
say that all of the Milton families were
directors in the scheme, from grand
mother down to the poodle dogs. which
he knew was lie, if he did not the peo-
pie here knew it was. If Mr.. Fitzgerald
will read the resolutions passed at the
late democratic convention held in Ford
county. he will see who was the first to
propose to make soldiers home out of
the Fort Dodge reservation. He should
post himself, at least on county matters.
before he makes any more talks to an en-
lightened audience.
Some Of the republicans seem very
much surprised To think that Cleveland
ever had grand mother.
Mrs Phoeby Page. mother of our &C
complished school marin, Emma. has
moved to town for the winter.
5. Ii. Fields of Dodge City, paid his
ranch visit near this city, last Sunday.
X. Small and wife have moved to Dodge
to he ready for the boom when the coal
mines are developed. ROXIE.