Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

close OF the dr6l week.
General Crook, since he has had
command at Fort Leavenworth, has ef.
fectually prevented gambling among
the officers and men stationed there
Atchison Champion: Although the
apple harvest has scarcely begun, both
OF our barrel factories are worked to
their full capacity.
Topeka Capital: A car load OF
Indians came in from the south yester-
day on the Santa Fe' and took Book
Island for Mayetta.
Topeka Capital: The annual school
district meetings were unusually well
attended in Shawnee county. In few
districts every voter, male and female
attended the meeting and lively times
were had over some tissue"
From Nortonville: A west-bound
passenger train on the Santa Fe struck
a man named Charles Hill. while he was
driving over crossing two miles west
of town, seriously injuring the man,
killing his horse and smashing the
buggy.
Mulvane Record: Simon Benfer has
left the city. His wife owns little
home, on which there was small bal
ance due on mortgage. The good peo-
pie contributed the necessary cash to
pay of the debt, and she now owns her
homo clear of incumbrance.
From Hiawatha: Hot, dry winds
have been sweeping over this country,
blasting the corn and smuggling all the
products Of the field. The outlook is
very blue for the farmers and bust
ness men. The corn will not make
half a crop, even should rain come
now.
Atchison Champion: A dozen or
more grist mills, located on the North
ana South Solomon rivers, are shut
down on account of that stream being
dried up, which hasn't before occurred
in the memory Of the Oldest settlers.
Those that are being operated are run
ming on short time, from two to five
hours day.
Osborne Farmer: We know OF one
farmer in this county who has three
crops of wheat on hand at present, and
will hold every bushel of it until the
price goes up to 81. The gentleman
referred to is jeff Durfey, one of our
industrious and long-headed farmers.
He also has considerable old corn on
hand.
Mcdonald Times: A. J. Clement. of
Rawlins county, has applied to the de-
partment of agriculture for supply OF
cocoons, and proposes to try the silk
industry. The department cannot fur
nish them now, having distributed all
that can be spared, but will forward
them in a short time. Mr.. Clement
has 5000 mulberry trees, the leaves of
which the silk worm is particularly fond
of.
Medicine Lodge Index: Over $4,000
acres of corn were planted in Barber
county last spring, but owing to the
recent dry weather the crop is short
in fact cannot be estimated now. But
in this connection it must be remem-
bered that the assessors returns show
516,3S6 bushels of old corn on hand.
and it must also be remembered that
assessors do not do we'll when it comes
to statistics.
Parsons Journal: The laborers en-
ploved on the Belt line at Fort Scott
threaten a strike at no distant day. 1t
appears that their wages have not only
been cut down below the contract price,
but they are forced to pay discount
on their time cards in order to get
them cashed. The men will hold a
mass meeting to decide upon what is
best to be done under the circum-
stances.
Parsons Journal: The colored Odd
Fellows of the state will hold a three
DAYS convention in this city, commenc-
ing August 10Th and closing on the
evening of the Dist The lodge in
this city secured the hall of Parsons
Lodge No. 4, I. o. o. F., as the place
of the meeting of the convention. The
colored lodge of this city is one of the
strongest organizations of the kind in
the state, and they are arranging to
give their visitors grand reception
and pleasant entertainment.
Topeka Capital: Miss Mary Mitch
ell, of Leavenworth, the state W. G. T.
10. superintendent of work among
colored people, is in the city in behalf
of movement to establish state home
Tor the classes above mentioned. She
is actively engaged in this work, and
has recently been much encouraged by
the promise of $4,000 donation from a
generous hearted lady of her own city,
Mrs. Gfiswold. But this gift is con-
ditional, and affords an excellent oppor-
tunity for the charitably disposed to
Iend helping hand The gift is in
land, block very desirably located in
the residence part OF the city of
Leavenworth, valued at $4,000, which
she offers for this purpose for $4,000
on condition that $1,000 shall be paid
within thirty days of date of offer
July % and the remaining $4,000
without date, by the payment of 7
per cent interest.
Dispatch from st. Joseph, Mo-: ].
q. Baker, lawyer Of Troy, Kansas,
was discovered lying near the track in
the Kansas City yards last night, his
right arm cut Of at the elbow and his
head gashed in several places. He
was taken to the hospital and this
morning he recovered consciousness
long enough to state that he met a
stranger in a saloon in the south part
of town yesterday, with whom he took
several drinks. Last night while walk
ing along a dark part of Sixth street.
the stranger stepped behind him and
struck him a crushing blow on the
back Of the head. That is the last he
remembers and il is supposed that
after robbing his victim, the stranger
carried the body to the track few
yards away, aud laid it across the rails
where it was shortly afterwards struck
by an outbound train.