Dodge City times. [volume], November 09, 1882, Image 5

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LOCAL NEWS.
THURSDAY, NOVKMBEK 9, 18S8.
J. IL Crawford haa returned from a vi-it
to Indiana.
The building season u not likely to dose
noon in Dodge.
L. W. Cherrington has gone east and will
return with hi family.
The Franklin Literary Union meet in
Union church next Monday evening.
Mr. O.r, of Henry county, III., father ol
E. P. Ott, was in town Monday.
Frost take hU medicine like a little man.
He has gotten ncd to defeat
The election is over and many people
will fall back again ioto their peaceful pur
suits. Local ilema are icaice this week. The
election excitement has absorbed all other
interests.
The Dodge City public school il on the
increase in enrollment, attendance and in
every respect.
Jj Mm. R. W. Evans and children have re
turned from a couple of month) visit in
Illinois.
8. W. Aien, who held eheep across the
river for several years, has gone to Ohio to
remain two or three months.
The democrats are jubilant in Dodge.
Why shouldn't they be bappy? The ss'is
tant democrat, (the anti-St. John republi
cans), are also bappy.
Mrs. Thos, & Jones ia lying very sick
with malarial feTer at Cottonwood Fall.
The Colonel waa up here Tuesday. Ilia
on Edgar ia also very low with feTer.
Some men male you feel as though the
watui sun bad jtl't broken through the
- cloud', while others male you feel that a
' ..J 11 ... nriml tli its arms fill! rtf mill
tfcg, had caught you out with too thin
clothing on.
A. J. Anthony hi re-established hi'
dairy, baring commenced to furnish milk
on Monday I't. Sir. Anthony lost a num
her of cows from the Texas fever, and we
are glad to learn that he ia running his
milk wagon again.
The orairie fiie on the river bottom. Sat'
urday morning last did a large amount cf
damage, several hundred iocs of hay having
ben consumed by the flames. The fire was
caused by a spark from an engine, and a
strong northeast wind blowing, spread rap
idly. We learn the railroad company will
pay all damages. Kinsby Graphic.
W. F. Petition requests us to thank his
friend for the hearty and generous support
given him at tbe po,!- The name of hia
opponent appeared on both regular ticket
and yet Mr. 1'etillon as the independent
candiJate. conis out of the race with 79
majority. Thia is an achievement that
proves" bis superior "kill aa a political
worUr and ia seldom accomplished.
J. T. Johnson, wbo keei the realaurant
in the "Old House," waa married to Mia.
Burns on Thursday evening last. Judge
Cwk officiating The boys gave the happy
married pairs delightful send-off a frag
mentary brass band making the welkin ring
with music Mr. Johnwn set 'em up to tbe
boys, and an oyBter supper to a largecrowd.
May his honeymoon never wane.
At a public meeting held at Tole'a hall in
Lamed, $20,000 waa aubtcribed for the cap
ital stock of the Pawnee Irrigation and
Water Power company. The meeting ad
journed amid enthusiasm, after appointing a
committee for soliciting eubscriptiona to the
stock of the company. Enough stock will
be subscribed in to build the canal through
Pawnee county. The company intend
holding meetings in every county to Hatch
inson, the terminus ol the canal, which,
' when comple'ed, will be eighty-eight miles
in length and irrigate 800,000 acres of land.
tex rsRiOATnra cahal.
The surveyors have completed the survey
of the ditch (root a point eleven milis west
of Dodge City tu Speareville. It ia the de
ign of the proprietors to extend the ditch
to Kinsley. Tbe line at this point does not
run on the "divide" at was ronttmplated,
but makes a course along the hills at an ele
vation of about eighty feet above the bed of
the river. Tbe lice run sixty fet lorth of
the court bout and 40) fet north of the
school boue. It strike Ihe divide three
miles east of Dudge, an J f jllows thence on
pretty even land to Speareville. To reach
Ihe landa lying north of Dodge City it
would be necessary to commence the ai ch
at Garden City. Some idea of the
meandering course of tbe proposed canal
may be fooi.d in the fact that the head ot
the ditch i eleven miles went of here while
toe survey shows disttnee cf seven esn
milts. About 3,000 acre of bluS and bot
tom lands can be iriigated brttteeo this
point and the source cf the ditch. A great
body of land cn be irrigated on tbe east
line of tbe ditca or canal. A ditch running
on the divide, and for furnubing water on
the uplands north of Dodge, will be con
structed in the near future. Should the
proposed ditch be successful and practicable.
an irrigating ditch on thedivide would soon
be in operation.
The ditch as turvtyed, will be of incalcu
lable benefit to this city. The water can be
used for various purposes, supplied from
rcaeivoirs which can be constructed at points
where Ihe ditch changes its course, or wher
ever it is deemed detirsble. Tbe water can
be used for garden purposes. But the pro
tection against fire which can be made is of
paramount importance, and tbia one benefit
will be greatly advantageous.
The ditch will be thirty fttt wide and it
ia designed ta convey four or five feet of
water The ditch would be no deeper, it
being binked up sufficiently with ihe earth
excavated. A large reservoir will be con
structed at the head of the main ditch, which
will suppr?, the water, and whether ihe
river is full or low water can be had from
the subterranean current or flow. We be
lieve no one will dispute the water supply.
It would be as reasonable lo dispute the
source of supply in the mountains. The
riser may appear low and "dry" but there
ta an underflow in the sands, and it ia to
reach that source the projectors have In
view.
As soon as tbe survey ia completed, tbe
charter, right of way and other prelimina
ries will be arranged, when tbe work of
construction will begin. An improved
ditching machine will be used, and the
work will be epetdily accomplished. Per
hai a by spring the ditch will be operating.
Taxes will be due and payable after No
vember 1, 18S2, as follows : Until Decem
ber 21st, either one-half or whole tax may
be paid. If the whole tax ie paid a rebate
of two and a half per cent of the whole
amount will be made, if 3nly one-half tax ia
paid, the last half may aland until June SO,
1E83, without additional costs. On the 21st
of December, 1832, a penalty of five per
cent attaches to all unpaid taxea upon which
one-half baa not been paid. On the 21st of
March, 1883, a further penalty of five per
cent attaches to all unpaid tax on which a
payment of ooe-half has not been made prior
to December 31st. On the 21 of June.
18S2, an additional penalty of five per cent
attache to all tax remaining unpaid.
Timely quotations fiom a reviled version:
Blessed are they who expect nothing, for
they will not be disappointed.
A good came is better than a fat office.
Because ye bare net at naught my counsel,
I will laugh at your calamity.
He that peddleth hi own tickets sseseth
just, but hie neighbor comch and scratch
eth him.
The ballot eaussth contentions to cess.
As a' roaring lion and a ranging bear, to
is a wicked boss over tbe poor hoollnma
When a candidate speeketk fair better
him not. for there are acren abominations in
hie heart.
im ftStriK s.mm : papist
The Louie Lord Dramatic Combination ia
performing in the city this week to crowded
houses. The familiar and well-known peo
ple of this company inaurea good audieocea
everywhere in thia rrgion, and the names of
Mr. and Mis. Lord are a guiracle of gcod
performances. The company is an excel
lint one and ia meeting with great favor
among our cituoe. Tbe high appreciation
placed Uon ibe company ia justly merited,
fur the excellence of the ptrformeia ia shore
tbe orJinary traveling troupe. Monday eve
niog we witnessed the play of the Hidden
Hand. Louie Lord in Ibe character of Cap
itola Black, won renewed admiratiou from
Dodge people, who place a high estimation
upon her ability. Mr. Gardner, in the char
acter of Wool, displays the inimitable negro
of the plantation in ihe true comic style.
Harry Gray, Black Donald, the outlaw,
ia true to hta part and won heatty apprecia
tion, riw entire company did exrellemly
well, and are acton of a high order in every
respeC. Mr. Lord la lobe tbanked for se
curing such a good company and givirg our
citizen such a treat. Go to-night.
BSBICATIAPC BKaCTICEa.
Blessing of the chuich and aolemn high
dim with sermon, 10 a. m.
At 4 p. m , blessing of Ihe bell and
sermon.
The new C.tholic church, which has been
in course of construction for tbe last six
month will be dedicated next (Sunday, tbe
12th of November.
With heartfelt thanks I hereby acknowl
edge the generosity of tbe people of Dodge
City, therefore I feel obliged to invite all
irrespective of creed, to the dedication servi
ces. Barv. Rob. Loeukeb, Pastor.
TEACBBR' JIKETI.Vfl.
The Ford ijounty Teachers' Association
will meet on Saturday, tbe 11th, at ten
o'clock a. m. Hon. II. C. Spetr will ad
dress tbe teachers and others at two p. m ,
in the school houae, and at half past seven
will deliver a lecture in ' the Presbyterian
church. All are cordially invited.
J. WniTAKXK, Co. Supf.
""TIKjIMIRBB'S IV0TICK
The tax roll for 18S2 is now in tbe hands
of tbe County Treasurer and he ia ready to
receive the taxes for said year. He may be
found at bis office in the hank.
Liramie Boomerang: Subscribers who
find cross-bones and skull with crest of me
talic burial casket drawn in blood on the
wrapper of their paper will know that their
ub-crption has expired, and that some
thieg has got to be done.
Tbe "cannon ball" train is to be di-con
tinned.
No body lives in the moon except the
one lone traditional man. No river flows
across the barren plains; uo verdure touch
es tbe desolate craters and the gloomy
mountain height. Silent craters, barren
wastes, mighty desolation, universal shade,
insufferably blinding light of day, ray less,
starless, impenetrable darkness by night;
there i no cloud, no drop of rain, no breath
of air, no atmosphere; nothing- but loneli
ness and dreariness. Often by the aid of a
powerful telescope, tbe men in the moon
has been beard to say that be felt like a
greenback convention. Burdette.
The last dog story is told by a Georgia
paper, the Americus Republican. It is lo
tbe effect that a family in that town, hav
ing a false grate in one of tbe rooms of the
house, placed some red paper behind it to
give the effect of fire. One cold day last
winter, tbe hone dog cam in from oat of
doors, and seeing the paper in the grate,
lay down before it to receive tbe heat as il
came from the fire. Feeling no warmth, be
raised his head, and looked over bis shoul
der at the grate; feeling no bear, he applied
bis note to the grit and smelt of it. Itwae
cold as tee. With bis tail curled bstfNsa
his legs, ths dog trotted out of tbe room,
not even casting a look at th party in the
room, evincing supreme disgust.
GLICE!
The reTirna indicate ihe flection of Geo.
W. Click, la 313 precincts Ultck redsved
8,500 majority over St. John. The repuh
lican stat central committee do not express
any hope fur St. John.
The demccit4 claim that Glick U elected
by 10,000 majority, ami the republicans
concede his flection by 3.0CO majority.
trKAaatTIasCK ITEMS.
The flection is over, a victory is wen
and to the victors belcng ihe spoils. The
people's county ticket was elected through
out, with the exception cfP. J. Upp who
was defeated by W F Petition. Mr. Upp
was nominated en both tickets. Mr. Ptlill
on faitirg to get a nomination, struck out
across lots fin fool' and alone, and by bis
own energy and tbe assistance of sy mntlhi
iog fiienJs he met with on Ibe wayside he
got there. The above should confir.ee the
moss doubtful minds. It ia belter to strike
out on foot than Iry lo rid two horses at
Ihe ssme time.
We would like lo predict two matri
monial alliances to take place in the near
loture, but almost fear to do so as our pre-
dictiois lyst spring were thst there would
belbree msrrlagss, one divorce and a cyclone
during tbe summer, which fsiled to pa's
entirely, thereby destroying the confidence
a had in our ability as s prognotticator o!
coming events.
J. W.Cole and family returned from
their visit to Michigah last week. Mr. Cola
has returned his duties here as station agent,
releasing Mr. Fred Gardner, who was as
aigoed to the same duty st Kinsley.
James Bean, the Texan desperado wbo
waa brought to Wellington some two weeks
since and lodged in jail for having killed
City Marshal Brown, at Caldwell last sum
mer, died Sunday at two o'clock, -from ibe
wounds received in his engagement with the
Texas authorities who captured him near
Dcaur. He had twelve shots in him snd
two Winchester balls. Tbe post mortem
to-Jay showed that hie death was directly
due to a No. 2 shot which had struck him
in tbe forehead and entering had passed
entirely through his brain and lodged in tbe
base of skull. Though thia shot had enter.
ed his brain and others through hi body.
he lived for thirty dsys and talked of re
covery up lo within twenty-four hours of his
dratb, at which lime be became unconscious.
He had been a desperate man, having been
engaged in deeds of atrocity since be was 20
years old, and carried besides the wounds
he received st his capture the scan of eight
or ten other balls snd many other scam.
The Globe-Democrat thus records the pur
chases of two well-known Texas cattlemen:
''Messrs. 'J. L. Driscoll and J. M. Day,
Texas cattle kings, are stopping at the
Planters' House. They came here for the
purpose of furnishing their residences, built
on a magnificent scale, at Austin. Mr.
Driscoll ia considered one of the Iaigest
dealers in cattle in Texas, and baa just com
pleted the handsomest residence in the State.
Mr. Day has siso built a magnificent home.
These gentlemen have expended not less
than $20,000 for household effects in this
city during their visit, having purchased
from Burrsll. Comstock&Co. alone over
$10,000 worth of costly furniture. Some of
the articles bought from this firm are mag
nificent, a single bed-room est costing 11,000.
Other articles are in keeping with the above.
Messrs. Kennard A Co, supplied the Texans
with carpets rod ruga.
Some people who think they occupy so
large a place) in the public mind might illus
trate bo they would be missed by sticking
a finger ia a fail of water and palling it oat
aad Ikes looking for th bob.
tr.aidMrsLGaA.Esaersaa brave to
day for a few weeks visit to Mr. Eaersea'a
bosMia New England.