Dodge City times., 1889-11-14
STATE NEWS.

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cordia Hardware and CoEnice company
one Of the leading concerns Of north
western Kansas, has failed. Liabilitie
not known.
Garden City Herald: The publi
schools Of Garden City have an attend
ance Of 620, and the schools of Finney
county, outside of Garden City, hav,
an attendance OF 634.
John Dillon has been playing in tn,
principal cities of Kansas OF late. Kan
sas towns are getting to be furnished
with good opera houses to an extern
that surprises old timers who lool
around the state.
Liberal Leader: The Southwest
Chronicle has made its appearance
again with Miss Lisle Lane as editres.
and publisher. The paper looks vel
and is well edited. Judging from thu
first number, it is Independent in poll
tics.
Usage City People: The Usage Car.
bon company loaded fifty cars of GOA
on the last day of October and nineteen
on the first day of November. II sud
den cold snap comes, they will be pre-.
pared for it. The miners all have full
time.
Leavenworth Standard: Ed Dustin
the Shawnee street fish dealer, has pre-
sented to the Soldiers Home fifty
bl,ol- b.es, x,-;f u x,-h;ob ~ e{oolx H. Ill,
cut there. He procured them across
the river. He will get another lot from
Illinois for the same purpose.
Salina Journal: Brookville hasn't an
empty fouse and is growing right
along Glad to hear of our neighbor's
prosperity. Parenthetically, we wish
to state fact: The whole of Saline
county. cities and county, is growing
finely, both in wealth and population.
Marion Record: The o. s. Express
company decided to accede to County
Attorney Kings demand for an inspec.
ton of their books, and SO Agent Swift
was released from custody last week.
We take it that this is concession that
the law comforting judicial powers upon
county attorneys is sound.
Macksvlle Telephone: The foot
race between Herb Hansbro of this
place and Ed Dunn, of Larned, was a
complete walk-away for Herb; in fact,
Dunn didn't get ''smell." Larned had
been blowing about their foot racer for
some time, and came especially to get
up race. They got it, and went home
poorer but wiser men.
Topeka Journal: Major Hood, of
Emporia has a collection of flowers and
rare plants in his conservatory at En-
poria that is attracting the attention of
botanists and lovers of flowers in many
parts of the state. Many curious plants
and ferns from South America, Japan
and the East Indies have been collect
ed by him, and he never tires of hunt
ing up something new to add to his
floral curioslties.
Bloom Telegram: The Southwest
ern Sugar company, of Meade, has
made arrangements with the American
sugar company to put in roasters in
the various townships in Meade county.
The mill already erected at Meade will
be the center point, to which the SIM
pie syrup from the mills throughout
the county will be shipped. This looks
like sugar could be made from the
roasting process.
A Fredonia dispatch: Walter Freanor,
aged twenty one, was accidentally shot
here by his friend, Carly Blume, aged
fifteen years. The young men were
hunting ducks in boat. when Freanor
called his friend to shoot some game
that had just appeared. Blume stood
up in the boat to shoot, when he lost
his balance and the gun was accident
ally discharged, tho entire load passing
Freanor's head, and he fell out
of the boat into the pond, corpse.
Independence Tribune: The Choral
Society, Of which our city has been un-
usually proud for two seasons, has
been re-organized. A. C. Stitch was
elected president, Mrs. Nellie Millikan,
Bert Blosier, secretary,
and Tom Calk, treasurer. We learn
that they are now negotiating for a
musical director. and a committee are
selecting books. We hope they will go
to work, and during the winter give
several entertainments, as they are
very superior to travelling troups.
Oswego Independent: John Lefever,
a well-known farmer living east of Par
sons, went into his house before start
ing for the field with lot of farm
hands, and in haste took what he
thought was drink of alcohol The
of the bottle proved to be car
bolic acid, which was in a bottle beside
the one which contained the alcohol.
Three hours elapsed before the arrival
Of physician, and the acid had been
absorbed in the system and Lefever
was in delirious state. Up to the
last report he was still alive, but it is
thought that he will die from inhamma-
tion of the stomach.
Riley Regent: A. J. johnson, living
one mile north of Fairview, broke his
leg last spring, in consequence of which
be was compelled to run in debt con-
and was also behind with his
work. About 40 of his Swedish friends
gathered at his place Monday, and. en-
tering his corn field, husked out and
,ribbed about fifty loads of corn for
him. In addition to this, when Mr..
Johnson went to pay his doctor bill,
to about $50, he discovered
hat his friends had forestalled him and
hat the bill had been paid in full Mr..
Johnson is to be congratulated on the
possession of such neighbors.
Mcpherson Republican: Major Hen
1ershot, of the Drummer boy of Rap
pahanock" fame, was stopping over in
his city between trains, found a poor
'amily at the depot, with two children,
boy and girl, that were barefoot.
He by some means, known only to the
ew, soon had the children's confidence,
md they were such good friends that
le asked the parents consent to take