Dodge City times., 1889-05-30

| Inc murder OF DIR. Cronln, the Irish
American of Chicago, is now seriously
charged to have been the act of the Clam
na-GaeL
The Worlds Convention of l. o. G. I.
has opened in Chicago.
The Connecticut house of representatives
indefinitely postponed the bill limiting sa-
looms in license towns to enc for every 500
inhabitants, which has passed the senate.
Advices from Bay St. George, Newfound-
land, represent that the relations between
the Newfoundland and French fishermen on
the disputed French shore are reaching q
crisis.
! England has sent war ship to Behrine
Sea. As it looks now the old contest OF
1879 between Russia and England, over do
minion in those waters, will have to be
again adjucated.
| Twenty-Five men from Leavenworth went
to Nebraska City by special train to look at
| pOntoon bridge.
The following appointments have been
made in the interior department: Geo. L.
| Wilkinson, of Missouri, and Edwin S. Henry,
of Kansas, fourth assistant examiners in the
patent Office.
The president has appointed B. F. Gilk-
ersOn, of Pennsylvania, to be second comp
srOller of treasury: S. b. Holiday, of
Pennsylv ania, to be commissioner of Gus
toms, treasury department.
The royal mail steamer PolynesIan, of the
Allan line, and the steamship Cynthia. of the
Donaldson line, came in collision in the st.
Lawrence river, sinking the latter with a
loss of eight lives.
Miles Kirk, wealthy farmer living near
Newton, Kan, was terribly gored by Jer-
sey COW. His lungs were laid bare, his arms
broken and his stomach penetrated, yet he
was still alive at time of the dispatch.
Colonel James II. Burch, who lives near
Plattsburg, Mo-, has discovered a vein of
plumbago on his place four and One-half
feet wide and 300 feet long. The quality is
that used for stove polish and lead pencils.
Ten thousand dollars damage was done
to fruit farms at Mount Vernon, Ia, by
hailstorm, which lasted nearly an hour. Hail
fell as large as hens eggs and one drift was
eighteen inches deep, seven hours after the
storm.
The patent case of the Consolidated
Roller Mill against William A. Coombs was
decided at Detroit. Mich, hy United States
Judge Brown. The Dowling patent and
the Marmon patent were decided invalid.
The Gray patent was sustained.
Word has been received from Braid
wood, Ill, that the miners at that place are
paradinG the streets with arms, threatening
to burn the mines and shoot all who go to
work under price. The sheriff left for
BiaidwOod with posse.
The greatest monetary prize of the spring
racing season, the great American stakes,
worth $4,000 to the winner, was decided at
Gravesend, and ST. Carlo, the crack two
year-old, owned by August Belmont, was
the winner.
A family living near Wichita. and also two
steers and two horses, belonging to the head
of the family, have been poisoned. The
stock died. The people may die. 1t is be-
lieved that the well has been poisoned, but
no one knows how.
At West Superior, Wis, the mayor has
closed all the saloons in the city IN antici-
patton of trouble between the striking coal
beavers and the new men imported to take
heir places. The new men are working
under a strong police protection.
The rerort of foreign missions made to
the Presbyterian general assembly shows
the total number of miss onaries. male and
female, to be 5O2. The total receipts of the
board for the year amounted to SS41 ,4922.
which is $53,6s7 less than for the previous
year.
The Leavenworth police commissioners
for the Sir knights of PythiaS, a large guam
tity by the managing committee of citizens.
and smaller lots by individuals, the beer
being in the possession of the express office
when seized.
The east bound passenger train on the
Texas d Pacific was robbed by masked men
in the outskirts of the city of Dallas. The
rot be 8 beat the express messenger until he
was unconscious, took his keys and got ST.
800 from the safe, p led the bell cord, and
when the train slowed up, ESCAPED.
''There is only one way to get satisfaction |
out of public Office" said President Har-
son to friend not long ago, land that is |
to please yourself while you are in it. You |
cannot possibly give satisfaction to the rest |
of the people: no matter how you try and |
the more you try the less success you will |
have"
The southern terminus of the HousatOnic |
road. at Wilson Point, burned with quar- !
ter of mile new wharf. the freight buildings, |
coal bins, passenger depot and a large num-
ber of freight and passenger cars were
burned. The New England Terminal COM
pany expended $4,000 and the Housatonic
company $4,000 in improvements there.
At the State Sunday School convention at
Mcpherson the state executive elected are:
DIR. j. W. Redden, Topeka; ]. F. Drake,
Fmporia: Z. +. Dublazer, Emporia: I. B.
Sweet, Topeka: E. F. Stauffer, Abilene: J.
". Knight, Cottonwood Falls: J. G. Has
kell, Topeka: NJ. :. Smaller, Hiawatha: B.
c. Rash, Saliva. and j. H. FOUGHT, Topeka.
Nearly S. 0OO of the 5000 recommended to
be raised was raised