The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-12
Miscellaneous.


Miscellaneous.
THE Governor has pardoned William
Baldwin, who was convicted at Atchi'
son six years ago of numbering his SIS
/ ter, and since been in the penitentiary
under sentence of death.
| On October 25 Il. c. Robertson and
John T. Brown, attended a political
meeting at St Francis, got intoxicated
/ Robertson shot and killed Brown. l,
was the first murder case in Cheyenne
County. Both men have families.
| HAEEY DILLON, a meat peddlcr, mar
rowly escaped being killed by the cars
1T the wagon road crossing at Turner,
Wyandotte County the other morning.
He was driving across the Santa
Fe railway tracks and when in
! the center of the tracks his wagon was
struck by an east-bound passenger
train The wagon was badly smashed
and Dillon was thrown out. sustaining
a bad scalp wound. some body bruises
and internal injuries.
NANCY KIRTLEY, young cOlored girl,
died sudden y at Argentine the other
day from the effects of corrosive subli-
mate which she took by mistake for a
dose Of calomel.
The Social Science Club of Kansas
and Missouri met at Emporia on the
9Th with Mrs. L. Il Kellogg. of Topeka,
presiding. Many interesting papers
were read.
POLICE raided the warehouses of the
Western Brewery Company at Leaven-
worth the other day and confisca ted
forty-twO dozen cases of beer, taken
there during the original package period.
The proprietors were engaged at the
time in hauling the goods to Missouri.
Every bottle was destroyed.
TIE other afternoon as John Rupert
and James Holloway were excavating
for a barn foundation on the O Rupert
homestead, just west of Argen tine
where an old stable was standing which
had been erected years ago. young Ru-
pert's pick struck an object that gave
forth 4 sound as of iron The curiosity
of the men became aroused, and they
began excavating the strange object
gu. te rapidly, when huge iron kettle
with about tive-gallon capacity and
covered with heavy iron d was ey-
posed to view. The kettle was found
to conta n gold coins ranging from 81 to
$50 pieces and none with later date
than 1854, showing that some one had
buried the gold in the year 1854. Tho
vessel contained just SIS 600.
A CORRESPONDENT who has been on a
visit to the barren hills of New
England comes to the conclusion that
"a Kansas man just before each Thanks
giving day should take a trip East to
fit himself for the day and its exercises.
If after such an opportunity for observa-
ton and comparison he did not join in
the anthem of thankfulness in man
ner to make him heard all over the
neigh bOrhood, then he might be set
down as creature incapable of graft.
tude to God or anybody else
A CoLoHED man recently took four
offered for as cents. He could not find
a purchaser and returned home vowing
that he would hereafter vots for no
man who did not advocate home mar
ket for possums.
JUDGE FOSTER, of the United States
Circuit Court at Topeka, hes ordered
Receiver Kent. of the Industrial Iron
Works in Kansas City, Kan, to proceed
with the operation of the plan. The
sheriff had taken possession under at
tachments sued out in the Nyandotte
- no nh
had been cited to appear before Judge
Foster for contempt was released upon
condition that he release the attach
ments and turn the property over to the
receiver.
BY general orders issued from the
War Department the military prison at
Fort Leavenworth is constituted an i'm
dependent military post under the i'm
mediate command OF the Major-General
commanding the army.
A THIEF attempted to enter the back
door of the home Of Editor Landrey at
Argentine the other afternoon with the
view of improv .ng his worldly condi-
ton. but the vigilant eye of the editor
detected h m and the editorial shotgun
caused the scallawag to beat a hasty
retreat
w. j. WILLIAMS, 25 years old, was re.
Gently injured in runaway at Kansas
City, Kan. and died two days later.
The horse he was riding was run into
by buggy and he was thrown. his head
striking the curbstone and fracturing
his skull Williams was at one time
member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
show.