Dodge City times., 1889-01-17
STATE NEWS.

Ellsworth Herald: twenty-five dayt
and more without having made sale or
collins" was the remark recently made
by one Of our leading undertaksB thil
week. BE complains that the doctors
are no. doing their duty this winter.
Peabody Gsz4tte: The friends oi
John B. Greer, residing in I'll parts Of
the county, have united in presenting
him with fine gold watch IS evidence
Of their appreciation of his s-rvices last
fall Is chairman of the republican county
central committee.
Msnkato Jackeonisn: The school
house in district 79 has burned. Loss,
about $3.50, insurance. $3.50. There had
been no school for q week, and some time
ago all the rubbish around the house
was burned, leaving no possible chance
for the fire to have been accidental.
Garden City Herald: George Oner,
Of this city, has been employed by the
cattle men of the Oklahoma country to
go to Washington and assist in fighting
the passage of the Oklahoma bill. The
bill is expected to come up in the house
on Monday of next week.
By wirs from Lawrence: The corn
meal and feed mills Of Russell Bowman
& Co., in the south part OF the city,
caught fire and burned to the ground.
The origin Of the fire is unknown, and is
doubtless the work of an ircendiary. The
loss is about $1,000 partly covered by
insurance..
Ellsworth Herald: Mr.. W. A. Geb-
hardt has gone to Topeka to take q po-
sition Is clerk in the secretary Of states
Office. Mr.. Gebhardt being an old news
paper man, will I'LL the position with
credit to, not only himself, but to his
superior, and the best wishes Of this Office
go with him. His family will remain in
this city for the present.
Greeley News: Judging from the
amount Of ''coal black ink'' that is being
shipped in, in little square boxes con-
tanning gallon and two gallon jugs, Q
number of chaps heresbouts must be
carrying on wonderful correspondence.
We noticed that q farmer who probably
does not write a half dozen letters in a
year received gallon Of link" the other
day.
Peabody Gazette: The Y. M. O. A,
psrlor has Just had an ornamental and
particularly useful article of furniture
paper file raok-plaoed within it. It
is the gift OF Mr.. Hammer, and his fine
workmanship and kind thoughtfulness
are much appreciated. The number of
visitors to the rooms is increasing, but
many others would find the parlons q
good place to spend social evening.
By wire from Hutchinson: The re-
tort and meter rooms Of the Interstate
Gas company's works at this place
burned. The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion Of gas which had accumulated
in one of the rooms from leak. The
lose is about $4,000. Superintendent
Armstrong put large force Of men at
work cleaning away the ruins and says
it will not take very long to get to
making gas again.
Anthony Republican: Fire was star
ted under the first pan at the salt works
and the first thin column Of emoke ap-
pears in that quarter Of the city where
before six months have elapsed doGen
plants will ssrd up the smoke Of COM
mercial prosperity. The green masonry
is subjected to heat very gradually, aud
it will take a week before the fierce heat
necessary to boil the huge pans full of
brine can be maintained.
Chetopa Advance: Last Monday
evening the hanging lamp in the parlor
Of the Methodist parsonage fell very un-
expecredly, when it was discovered that
the ceiling whers the hook lad been at
tsched was on fire. The fire was soon
extinguished and the fall caused the
lamp to 60 out. It is supposed the
blaze of thelamp caused the iron hook
in the ceiling to become so hot as to set
the wood on fire into which it was
screwed.
Manhattan Nationalist: Mr.. Higin-
borham has been running the Blue VAL
ley Bank thirty years, and it is q severe
blow to himself and the community that
it should suspend now. Mr.. b. says
he will pay all his indebtedness, and We
believe he has the property to do il. OF
course there are all sorts Of feelings
about this matter, but the heavier de-
positors, We believe, are resting easy,
believing that they will get their money
back.
MaDksto Monitor: II was little tot
in the primary department of the Man
ksto schools who had mastered her
primer and the teacher said to her:
Snow, Daisy, you can get McGnffy's
first reader" Daisy's eyes spsrkled as
she left the recitation seat and she was
afterwards noticed by the tescher wan
dering up and down the aisles, and ask
ing what she was doing, received the
reply: "Pleass, teacher, I don't know
where McGuhfy sits"
Marion Times: One Of the latest
''strokes Of business" Of q Marion money
losner was to loan . man 8lO0 for three,
months, take rote of $50, and then |
charge IL per cent on the $3.50, making
$152.50, or $54.50 for the use of 800 |
three months q little over eighteen per |
cent. month. Such transaction NAV
not be highway robbery. but it is st |
least petit larceny. There is evidently
room for improvement in the Kansas |
usury laws.
Concordia Empire; The ladies Of the
city gave q free supper and social for
the young men New Years evening. The
plan was not hit upon until late in the
evening and consequently was not gen.
erally know. However, large number,
especially Ct the boys, attended, and
there was general good time. The