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DODGE CITY TIMES.
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DODGE CITY, KANSAS, JUNE 2, 1877.
NO. 3.
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THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
VUBUSHED EVERT SATCIWAr.r.r
W. C. ft LLOYD SHDm.
subscription, tS-W per annum In advance.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Canmtjr.
Representatlve-B. M. Wright.
"""""i. J. reaeoek. Ch.lrm...
A. 4. Anthony,
Chirlro lUth,
Connty Clerk Ino. II. Means.
Treasurer A. B. Webster.
coroner Dr. S. Callanil
Murirf Charles K. Bas-ttt.
Begister lames Langton.
Clerk Ulatrlct Court Harry Boyer.
lTobate Judge Herman J. Friogw.
County Attorney M. W . button.
burvejor-II. T SleCarty.
Sap'l Vub. Inst Thomas L. Mcuirty.
CUr
Mayor James II. Keltey.
Councilm",-non.D.D.a.u.y.
Ceo. It. COX.
CM. Ileeson.
John Newton.
F. J. Leonard.
Attorney anil Clerk-E. F.Colbo-n.
Treasurer Charlea II. echuU
l'olice Judge Hon. U. M. ro-t.
Marslul-L. E. Ueger.
Townabip.
Trustee P. IBeatty.
ClerV-Chas. U. Schuli.
Tnasurer Henry Meis.
Juuces.-W. y: Mcintosh. I. E. Baldwin
""lio" tabiesl-lamea II. Meclwln High Con
.,ililej td. Baldwin and lurid JlorroW Consta-
l.tt-ft.
urticera of School PUtrlct So. 1 I. C. Zim
mrminnn. rresident; M. Collar, Secretary; A.
J. Anthony, -Measurer,
.-i i rtr.f.-:..t v. nireefnr- II E. Bald-
i..iM r.. MarLa: Treasu.uurer. V. Mll-
lacker.
Tar jury in the Swayze-Wilson cms re
turned a verdict of not guilty. The trial
luted several days, and during ita prog
reu was of absorbing interest to the peo
ple of Topeka, Nearly all the lawyers in
Topeka had a hand tn the ease. Wilson,
toe man who did the killing, will now en
joy the name he has won with perfect
freedom. He has been acquitted by a
jury of his peers. Denancurfions of the
jury system are now in order. The Topeka
Commonwealth says the jury are good
men. The Blade says the jury was tarn
pered with, and that they perjured them
selves. Great newspapers, as well as
great men, sometimes differ.
HOC1KTIKM.
RELIGIOUS.
PEEACIIIM3 at the Union Church Building
every Sunday at the hours oril a. m. and .
-s r in. Also lecture everv Wednesday
;,emng, by JUiV.O. W. W BIGHT. 1'astor.
meet
Street, every
L O. O. F.
-OBOSA LODGE So. 1S7. 1. O.O. T.
S ! . .... - kaii An tiKt Street.
sTnrd.iv night. Visiting Brothers arecordiaUy
Invited to atu-nd. JOII.V MUEIXEB. ST. U.
I'. BOU.VXU, Secretary.
PROFESMOXAL CABUS.
D. M. FKOST,
-T AW AND COIXECTIOS OFFICE, at A.
Xj B. Webster's store. Jotary publio and
real estate agent.
SXWeod
A'
comty.
E F Colborn
WOOD & COLBORN.
TTOKNETS .XD COUNCELOBS AT LAW
will practice In the DUtriet Court of lord
:.,. '.i.ir.. mttonwood Falls. V
Address, Cottonwood Falls.
NOTICE.
DorD O L
.in lft side or hhr.
r wrMn disponing of cattle in the above
brtoJs'wUhouJ ; wnttenVthority from me. wul
U prosecuted to u eai . .-. --
AnT nenon finding eat
tie with thU brand, stray
I I f in- will be tuitablr
Iteal IMC ed by notifying A
I lU .Kiehne, at camp on Salt
-1 I I M m Jyork. or the undersiened,
w wst junction City Has.
W. M. IIUB3T.
Stock Men, Attention !
Having opened a general store at Baffalo Sta
tion K.rB. W.,. in the trail leading to Ozla
iX'h AncV. stockmen can obtain all kinds
of mods and produce from me at uoage
City Klce, and .vodl miles '"S
Irans'iortation J. ! THOMTSOK.
To Stock Shippers !
Having been engaged In the b"ina gT
tSS'SrSa'M'jlmm
undersigned will be louna im ",Jr:
iklgeSy. Also branding and handling o,
cattle made a specialty. J W. DAWSO.
rs-Ma.fAi..
Mr. and Mrs. A. H.Boyd came np from
Larned Thursday morning. Mrs. Boyd's
health has not been good for several
months and she will remain at the Dodge
House for a few weeks, with a hope that
tbo change may be beneficial.
Mr. George Oakes, who, during his
younger days, made his headquarters in
this vicinity, came np from Wichita ibis
week. George is a married man now and
looks mure portly than ever, which is
probably owing to the fact that be is a
landlord and runs too Valley House at
Wichita. He reports Mr. and Mrs. Beard,
who departed from thU city nearly a year
ago, still prospering.
Mr. M. L. Sahoext, General Freight
Agent of the Atchison, Topeka it Saata
Fe road, was in the city lost Monday.
making preparations to ship about a naif
a million cattle from Dodge City this
season. Mr. Sargent is a fair, square
man. as all who have business with him
will testify.
Major Hood, of Emporia, one of the
most extensive drovers in the business
this season, came np last Monday morning
and spent the day in Dodge City. Ha is
much pleased with the general outlook
and intends to make Dodge City his head
quarters during the summer.
Mr. W. Reynolds, Jr.. Traveling Aud
itor, and Mr. P. Walsh, General Baggago
Agent of the A. T. & 8. F., in the dis
charge of their official duties, landed in
this citv last Monday. Two gentlemen of
superior merit in the estimation of ail
who know them. In choosing its omciatls.
verily the A, T. A. S. F's hoad is level.
City Attorney Colborn started down to
Topeka last Tuesday eveuine. Wo under
stand his purpose is to consult leading at
torneys of the State in regard to the Blake
suit against this city, which comes up at
the next term of court. Blake has sued
the citv for 5,000, damage sustained by
the loss of an eye while confined in the
city jatL
Capt. W. M. Hurst, of Junction City,
and Mr. Ben. F. Gooch. ol Mason, Texas,
arrived last Thursday morning. Mr.
Hunt expects to purchase and ship cattle
from this point during the summer. His
herd of wintered cattle will be ready for
the early market. Mr. Gooch has a herd
of about 0000 coming np the trail. They
will probably arrive to-morrow.
Mr. J- L- DriskiU. of Austin, Texas,
arrived here this week to look after his
cattle. Mr. DriskiU was one of the solid
men of Texas and we are glad to see him
helping to swell the catt traffic again this
season.
f Major Mabry. an old cattle dealer, of
Austin, Texas, is in the city awaiting the
arrival of his herds.
1 CoL Day, of Austin, Texas, arrived in
this city last Thursday and will inspect
bis cattle as soon as they reach here.
i Capt, Camp, one of the best known
cattle men in Texas, is in the city. He
hails from San Antonio, and his cattle
will be along in a few days.
J. W. GammeU, of Mason, Texas, is
here, awaiting the arrival of his cattle-
Mr. A. n. Johnson. Genera Stock
Agent of the road, arrived on Wednesday.
Mr. J. K. Johnson and Mr. R. Crawford,
cattle dealers, from Kansas City, came np
I on the same train.
CAME TO GBIEF.
Kike Dalton'a Herd Captured try
Ellis County Grangers
The Matt ray SeariT far
TiateUac lae Sea4 .la Caw
la Ellis Ceaaty.
Our prediction that the cattle trade of
Ellis is bunted has been completely
verified. The farmers of Ellis have met
the Texas drover, and the victory is with
the homy handed Granger. That 'broad
highway' has proved a delusive trap into
which Texas steers may enter, but from
which they cannot escape without a
princely ransom. The farmers of Ellis
county have demonstrated the fact that
the law enacted for their protection shall
not be a dead letter among ocr statutes.
The Free Press, a German daily pub
lished in Leavenworth, on the 23d inst.
gave a short account of the capture of
Mike Dalton's herd by the Russian peas
antry who live between the village of
Ellis and the west line of Ellis county,
which is also the 'dead Hue.'
From this and ether reliable sources we
glean the firilowlngfacta: Powers, Buck
ley fc Co. 'sherd of beef cattle, in charge
of Mike Dalton. after a long. dry. cir
cuitous drive around Ness county, arrived
one evening near the dead line between
Ellwand Trego counties, about five miles
west of the Ellis stock yards, not far
from where the 'broad highway' was sup
posed to be located, upon which the
K. P. road had represented they might
pass through the forbidden grounds to the
stock yards unscathed, as the Israelites of
old passed through the river Jordan to
their promised land. This deception was
soon to tie rudelv exposed at the expense
of the deluded drovers, whose stock had
already lost much by poor range and
thirst while on their way from Dodge to
where they were then camped.
Daring the night a shower came np and
the stock stampeded, and in the morning
the Hennonite corrals in the vicinity
were filled with Texas cattle. The herd
ers bluffed and kicked around awhile, but
when a poss of constables took them in
charge on a criminal prosecution for vio
lating the dead line law, thev begged
humbly for mercy. They finally obtained
their liberty by paying nearly the value of
the herd and promising to taxe their stock
to a safe distance from Ellis county. The
Mennonites who captured the cattle re
ceived (SOO and the remainder extorted
was added to the fund set apart by the
Farmers' Protective Association for prose
cuting owners and herders who violtto the
dead line law by driving through cattle to
the Ellis stock yards over tnat 'broad
highway' which leads to destruction.
We hardly think Powers, Buckley &.
Co. will attempt to set their own stock
into the Ellis yards after this rebuff. As
they have a bank in Ellis, and Mr. Powers
is in the employ of the K. P. road, they
will very likely endeavor to entice other
cattle men into the trap which they have
lately tested to their sorrow.
The following is the penalty now in
force for violating the provisions of the
new dead line law :
' 'Any person violating the provisionn of
this act shall, on conviction thereor, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for
the first offense be punished by a fine of
notions than one hundred dollars nor
mora than one thousand dollars or by im
prisonment in the county jail not less
tnan inirty uays uurmure iuau six monina,
and lor everv subsequent offense the nen
alty shall be double that of the first
offense, and continuing to drive said
cattle through the State shall be deemed a
subsequent onense.
It will at once be seen that the above
penalty, rigorously applied by the Farm
ers' Protective Association cf Ellis county.
will be a barrier through which not a hoof
of Texas cattle can be driven to the Ellis
stockyards.
The nearest point where through cattle
may be held u nearly four miles from
thoEUis yards, and the moment stock is
driven over the line the herders are taken
into custody and cattle detained until t he
ease is tried. Then if an attempt Is again
made to drive the same stock over that
broad highway' the penalty la doubled.
and this double penalty will certainly be
inflicted for each subsequent offense,
making that four mite drive too expensive
to be profitable to owners-
In addition to this penalty the Farmers'
Protective Association will cause civil
action to be instituted for any damages
which may be done to the crops of mem
ber of the Association,
This is the first time farmers have thus
organised and provided ample funds to
fight Texas cattle. This, tneir first vic
tory, has made them more sanguine than
ever, and leaves Dodge City without the
shadow of a rival in the Texas cattle
trade of Kansas.
INDIAxT NEWS.
Doable Mountains Attacked but
Not Captured-
Nick Ross, one of the sixty hunters
engaged in the Indian fight referred to
last week, called the other day and gave
ns some items in reference to Indian
troubles about Doable mountains.
When the hunters returned to Reynolds
City alter the fight, the Indians followed
alter, taking the horses and mules from
the various camps along the route, killing
the owners when convenient. Bicker
dyke and Bill Benson lost eight head of
stock from their camp forty miles north
west from Reynolds City.
The Indians also attacked Glnn-and
two Enlisbmen sixty miles west on the
Brazes, shot Glenn through the calf of
the leg, destroyed their wagons, took
2200 rounds of ammunition and run off
seven head of stock.
On the night of the 5th inst- about
sixty-five Indians made a raid upon
Reynolds City, at the Double Mountains,
and captured twenty-live head of stock
which Frank Foster was herding near br.
The Tons; Indians and soldiers, who
have been out hunting hostile Indians,
arrived in Reynolds City on the loth inst.
with four scalps, six squaws and forty
head of ponies.
A party of Tonks and hunters have
since started ont on the war path bunting
Indians. Capt. Lee says the country is
fullot them.
Two or three men were killed out west
of Reynolds by Indians.
Il is shocking to note how somo doctors
can enjoy a drunken spree when men are
suffering and dying around them. We do
not believe any town in the state, except
the degraded city of Hutchinson, would
tolerate such doctors. A disgusting scene
is said to have occured at the recent rail
road accident.
The benefit ball at the Dodge House last
Wednesday evening passed off very pleas
antly. Several stock men from abroad,
arrived that rooming and participated in
the dance. Mrs. R. it. Wright and Mr.
S. E. Isaacson were most instrumental in
conducting the affair.
We learn from Surgeon Tremaine that
the railroad company have made satisfac
tory settlements with all who were in
jured in the recent accident, except the
two soldiers now at Ft Dodge. The
soldiers have no legal claim against the
railroad company, but Maj. Anderson
write that the company will bear the ex
pense of their sickness. Such fairness,
and magnanimity is not often found
among railroad men.
Mb. 8axcix Mabsiuu. has been com
missioned by the Governor to fill ont the
unexpired term of Win. T. Mcintosh as
Justice of the Peace In thU township.
Judge Marshall will undoubtedly dispense
Justice with unerring fairness. A better
man tat the place would be hard to Una.
The 18,080 dollars worth of funding
bonds, antharirmt to be 'exchanged for
cosnty scrip, have nearly all bees i
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