The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-10-10

bar, and upraided him. In the scuf-
fle that ensued Herne pulled McCar
TVS pistol from Mes pocket and shot
him dead. Mike Sutton, who was
county attorney, and making a record
in criminal practice. prosecuted the
murderer, and had him sent to the
penitentiary for fifteen years. but o.
Herne was pardoned before his term
expired, as there were some mitiga-
ting circumstances connected with
the killing.
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Dodge City and Ford county had
enlarged Judicial jurisdiction as well
as large field for business. For a
long tine thirteen Of the unorganized
counties on the west and southwest
were attached to Ford county for ju-
dicisl purposes. Ford, in a judicial
sense. was a large county, but other
than legal business was transacted.
The trade of this vast extent. of coun-
try naturally came to Dodge City, for
there were few business houses except
on the line of railroad.
The costs of criminal cases from
the unorganized counties was paid by
Ford county, but the legislature every
two years reimbursed the county out
of the general fund of the State.
For a long time these counties had
no organization whatever, but they
effected township organization which
they held some years before the coun
ty organization.
Ford county never had the county
seat fight in county organization ma
ny of the new counties enjoyed in
their early existence; and the citizens
of this county have not those preju-
dices and hostile feelings yet preva-
lent in some of the counties where
county seat contests occurred. But
time is wearing away the bitterness
of these terrible feuds, and many of
the participants have removed to other
parts. The expense these county seat
fights entailed still exist, and will be
heirlooms for posterity to wrangle
over.
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Our Scraps of History would not
be complete without again referring
to the noble bison, not long since de-
parted. The last of the buffalo run
ming wild on the plains, was killed
by Joseph G.. Briggs, north of his
farm, six miles west, alb out IL years
ego. The buffalo was wanderer
over the desert and was probably look
ing for his lost tribe. The carcass
was brought to this city and skinned
by A. G. Cord, father of Police Judge
Cord, and the juicy steaks were serv-
ed in the butcher shop, adjoining the
City Drug store; in the building now
occupied by Chris. Waitzman as
sLoe shop. In justice to the memory
of q noble animal we make this state
ment to complete the link in history.
The herds of buffalo had a few
years before this time left this part of
the country, but small bands of them
were often found as late as 10 years
ago in the country fifty or one humid
red miles southwest Of Dodge City.
General Fonda informs us that we
were mistaken in the location of the
Tooth meridian. The meridian line
is about miles west. Our knOwl-
edge is correct had we taken pains to
verify it by the map; but some cir
cumstances misplaced our memory.
In cattle times, the longitudinal was
imaginary, and was broadened to Gov
er the "dead line" A government Of
fetal, about the beginning Of the 80s,
constructed q brick foundation east
of Railroad avenue, near where Joe
Miller's livery now stands; and on the
foundation he placed transit. The
starry observations were thus taken
under a tent cover and lasted for sew
eral weeks. This mysterious opera
ton was known as determining the
location of the One Hundred Meridi-
an line" Whether the line could Re