Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09

New \ Ork City were unable TO agree and
were discharged.
Tus steamship Belgic arrived at San
Francisco on the I'd with four cases Of
smallpox on board.
Tbs Chicago Il Alton railroad has de-
clared quarterly dividend of two per
cent on both preferred and common stocks
Two miners were overcome by gas in the
Gcrmania shaft near Hurley, Wis, re-
Gently and fell to the bottom, being In.
stantly killed.
THE boiler Of portable sawmill on John
Bolan's farm near GAINESVILLE, O., exploded
the other day, killing two men and injuring
four others.
The stove manufacturers in session in
Cincinnati have reelected d. NJ. Thomas
secretary and have decided to restrict the
number Of patterns Of stoves hereafter.
THE Dunbar furnace at Uniontown, Pa,
which closed down several weeks ago be-
cause the men refused to accept the reduc-
ton in wages, has started up again. the
men agreeing to q reduction Of ten per cent.
The concern employed 100 men.
A PASSENGER train on the Texas & Pacific
railroad was derailed by a defective switch
six miles from Longview, Tex, recently.
The engine and express and baggage cars
were demolished. Michael Kaine, en-
gineer. of Marshall. Texas, was killed. T..
r. johnson, engineer; Mat Jordan, and
Peter Bagler, laborers, were injured IA
tally.
THREE men were killed in cut near Nor
rIson, ILL.,, recently, by jumping from an
engine. They were under mistaken I'M
preston that collision was about to oc.
cur when they jumped, the rebound as
they struck the walls of the cut throwing
them under the wheels Of their own train.
A CORNING mill of the Austin Powder
Company, near Cleveland, O., exploded re-
Gently. One man was instantly killed.
A CHEMIST, his wife and six children were
found dead in their dwelling house at
Manchester, Eng, recently, having been
poisoned. The superstition was that tho
chemist, in despair, had poisoned himself
and family.
A RIOT took place at Shenandoah, Pa, on
the Sd, the strikers attacking number of
men under escort Of police who were
going to work at the coal mines. Sew.
eral shots were fired, one or two persons
being wounded. A Justices court was
wrecked by the Infatuated mob.
IT is claimed that the action of the Ma
tional Dispatch, fast freight line, in
making Sl.27 rate from New York to Chi
cago which IS cut of five cents under
the differential, will lead to further war
among Eastern roads.
Two elderly maiden ladies named Robb
were thrown out of carriage in a run
away at Pueblo, COL, recently. One had
her neck broken and was dead in half an
hour after. The other had compound
fracture of the right thigh, an arm broken
and an ankle dislocated.
KENTUCKY tobacco interests were re-
ported greatly excited because of shortages
in last years requirements. Available
land for new crops was rented at high
prices.
CALLAN and Harlins, the alleged dyna-
miters, were convicted in London on the
Sd and sentenced to fifteen years imprs-
onment
The Reading Company's colliery at
North Ashland, Pa, started up on the 81
with thirty-one hands.
Two saw mills at Port Blakely, opposite
Seattle, w. r., and the largest on Puget
sound. burned recently. The total loss
was $3.50, 900; no insurance.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended February 2 numbered
for the United States 27; Canada, 49,;
total, 279, compared with 3l7 the previous
week, and PSI the corresponding week Of
last year.
SEVERAL crofters Of the island of Lewis,
Scotland, on trial for rioting, have been
convicted. Some of them were sentenced
to years imprisonment, some to nine
months and others to six months.
A "PRINTERs' Protective Fraternity" has
been organized in Philadelphia. Its pur-
pose is to work in antagonism to the Typo
graphical Union.
BY the breaking Of rope of an elevator
in H. II. Hollis business house in New York
City recently, three men were dropped
from the fifth floor to the cellar and badly
hurt.
THE Department of State having received
the twelfth installment Of Mexican in
demnity, announces that it is now prepared
to distribute the same among the parties
interested.
THE National Board of Supervising In
spectors of Steam Vessels has passed q
rule requiring life preserver or float for
every passenger and a sufficient extra num-
Der to provide against possibilities.
THE Solar iron works of Clark & Co.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. resumed work recently
with non-union men. under y strong guard
of police.
A BREAK in freight rates, averaging fifty
per cent, between Chicago and Omaha 90
Cured on the I'd.