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THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
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DODGE CITY. THURSDAY, MARCH 32
SUBSCRIPTION: S2 00 per year, in advance.
If. M. KLAIIK.Bt11t)r aa PaMlsher.
TUB 1UEW PSTAIi ltSTM.
The Senate a few hours before adjourn
ment patscd, without debate, the bill which
went through the House in the summer of
1882, reducing the fees for Post Office money
orders, and providing for the issue of postal
notes. A great deal of credit is due the late
Congress for this reform, as well as for the
reduction of letter postage to two cents.
The average citiasn cornea into much closer
contact with the poet office than with any
other department of the Government, and in
these two instances popular demand has been
fairly and fully satisfied.
The general provisions of the new law
(which to be put into operation by the
Postmaster General within six months) sre
as follows: The limit of smgje money
orders is raised from $50 to $100, and the
following scale of fees is established: Orders
not exceeding $10, eight cents; from $10 to
$15, 10 cents; $15 to $30, 15 cents; $30 to
$40, 20 cents; $40 to $50, 25 cento; $50 to
$60, 30 cents; $60 to $70, 35 cent; $70 to
$80, 40 cents; $80 to $100, 45 cents.
But for same not exceeding $5 the "postal
note," which is to cost only 3 cents, will
come into general use. Practically there
fore, the order feca are reduced two-thirds
for everything below $5, as well as one-fiftb
for everything below $10; and at the other
end of the scale a concession of 5 cents is
granted on orders between $90 and $100.
Though the postal note will not in theory
supersede the order in the case of small
amounlp, it will do so in practice.
The postal notes are to ba used under
these conditions: Postmaster i 1 is-ue
them payable to bearer, thus escaping the
expensive necessity now imposed of sending
letters of advice to the office of payment ;
they will be payable, like order, only at the
office of issue and the office on which they
are drawo; after a note has been paid, to ao
matter whom, the government's responsi
bility will caaee, so tbat if one is tat or
stolen, tie baarer will be the sufferer; and
the notes will become invalid at the end of
three months from .the Inst day of the
month in which they are if sued, after which
time the bearer must pay 3 cents mo:e, and
have them tent to Washington for renewal,
before he can get his money. A no'e issued
Under these regulations in March, for in
stance, will'not be paid, without renewal at
the extra charge.after June 30. The object of
thu restriction is to prevent a general circu
lit on of the notes as money.
The foim of these notes, left to the dir
cretion of the Po-tmiFtcr Genera), is al
ready practically determined on. The shape
ami biz are t be similar to those of a bwk
note. The regula'ions for icsue and pay
ment are to be pi in ted on the face, ppace be
iuz left to enter the name of the office of
payment, the amount, the name of the isan
ii,g pwtmasler, the signature of the person
to whom ptyncnt is made, and the
stamp of the office of i-sue and payment.
At one end will be printed a series of
months and years, and at the other three
rows of figures, for dollar?, dimea and cents.
The Postmaster issuing the note will, with
an ordinary punch, cut out the month and
year of issue and the amount, which will
correspond to that written in the body of the
paper.
It is obvious that the notes will be as
good as money to anyone who gets possession
of them, save' in the two respects that thy
will be payable only at two places, and only
within a United time. For an even $1 or
$2 the two restrictions are the only ones
that will make the notes safer than a one or
a two dollar bill. But for odd amounts, like
one cent or $4 99, they will be used more
sa'ely than silver and serve a better purpose
than the old "shinplasters" ever did. The
cb.io.cej of Ion in the miils are very email
t&iS? CtiS
from the fact that now 459 order! out of
every 1,000 are for $5 or less. St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
GABVIBLD'S ? DA1JLY II-
PICTEO.
Sentries with guns patrol the tomb of
General Garfield day and night, relieved at
intervals with all the military forms and
under command of officers of the guard.
Their orders are to guard the bodv, and
there must be an official verification that
they have done their duty and each officer
of the guard has received that which he is
to guard. To verify this, whenever the of
ficers of the guard are changed they open
(he coffin, identify the corpse, and exchange
receipts for it. Thus have we put the body
of the slain president into a daily morgue
and a continuous postmortem examination,
violating all the sanctity of the grave and
forcing the soldiers into a repulsive duty in
the name of honoring and guarding the re
mains. The tomb id violated to protect it
from violation. Cincinnati Commercial.
County seat elections are now relics of the
past. A statute passed by the legisature
finishing its labors, provides that before
the question of changing a county seat shall
ba submitted to the people a petition of two
thirds of the qualified voters shall request
it, and that it shall require a majority of
three-fifths of the qualified voters in favor
of Euch a proposition to carry it.
.
Sixteen girls with hair four ieet long and
clad in steel'armor are to figure in the circus
prcct'8'ions this season.
POSTOFF1CJB NOTICE.
After Sunday. January 23th, 183J, the Dodge
City Po3toffice will observe the following hours:
OPKN3. CLOSES.
Week days 7:30 a. m. 8:00 p. M.
Sundays 8:00 a. u. 8-.00A. m.
Sund.is G:M p.m. 7.00p. m.
II. O. "anil Registry. D:00 a. m. 6 00 p. m.
II j lb close at 12 m. ami 8:31 p. m.
N. B. KLA.1NE, Postmaster.
OUT TON A WEH1E.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
DODGE CITT KANSAS'.
J.
T. WH1IILAW.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DODGE CITY, - - KANSAS.
SENTENNIAIj babbbb shop.
HENRY KOCH, Proprietor.
Shaving, Shampooing and Hair Cuitting done m
the latest fashion.
IOWA HOUSE,
a. K. HOBBLE, Proprietor.
DODGE CITY, KAS.
A few doors west of Postoffie.
Good accommodations on reasonable terms.
HORSES Bought and Sold,
AT PPBLIC AND PRIVATE SALE.
J. E. McADAMS,
AUCTIONEER.
Can be found at Geo. B. Cox'd Stable.
TOWN LOTS ! !
A FEW DESIRABLE LOTS
TO UIL,1 Off,
FOR SALE
ON EASY TERMS.
Apply to
H. COLLAR.
DODGE HOUSE
Price $2 Per Day.
FIRST CLAS8 IN EVERY RESPECT
AND FOR TRANSIENT CUSTOM
EXCLUSIVELY.
First Class Livery, Feed and
SALE STABLE IN CONNECTION
with this house.
GEO. B. COX, Proprietor
GREAT WESTEEN HOTEL.
L. C. HARTMAN, Proprietor.
South side of the Railroad,
.' DODGE CITY, KANSAS
GOOD SAMPLE ROOMS FOR COMMER
CIAL TRAVELERS.
'CHARGES REASONABLE.
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LIVERY STABLE ATTACHED.
WRIGHT HOUSE,
R. H. WRIGHTManager,
DODGE CITY, IKANSAS.
This House has recently been
BENOVA1ED AND BEFITTED
And offers
SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS
The table is supplied with the choicest
and. best the market affords.
The House is First-Class in every
Bespect.
Good Sample Boom for Commercial Traveler.
G- M. HOOVER,
WHOLESALE
WINES,
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liquors:
AND
CIGARS.
SOLBMGENT FOR
ANHEUSER BEER.
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KAltMB.
STOCK BRANDSr r -
We will insert 8tocM Brands ojT liberal
termsand respectfully solicit orders.'
C ItOAOKNDYaLB.
Fobtoflce:
Pjiwnco Valley,
Hodgeman county.
Kansas.
Ranch on the Pawnee.
Cattle Brand:
UL (coBoccted) on
right hip.
BANE OF DODGE CITT.
ESTABLISHED 1883.
Capital Stock, -.- $50,000,
G. M.HOOVER .President,
E. V. EVANS, Cashier.
H, J. FRINGES, Ass'i Cashier.
Directors -G. M. Hoover. R. W. Evans,
H. L. Sitler, W. II. Harris. H. J. Fringer.
Cobkkspondents New Yoik: Donnell, Law
eon AHmpson.
St. Lou is. Bio.: Continental Bank.
Kansas Cky, Mo: Bank of Kansas City.
Does a ponernl banking business. ' Accounts
of individuals, firms and corporations solicited.
Buys and sells exchange. Will cxtmd to its
customers all lucihties consistent with sale
banking.
DODGE CITT TOWN CO.
Town Lots for Sale.
Prices to Suit all Parties
Apply to
FBBB. T. n. WENIE,
Agent.
"OLD HOUSE"
SAMPLE BOOM.
DODGE CITY KANSAS.
WALTER STRAETER, Prop!
THE CHOICEST LIQUORS. WINES
.AND CIGARS.
THE PERKINS'
WIND-MILL,
THE MOST RELIABLE AND SUB
STANTIAL MILL MANUFACi
TURED IN THE COUNTRY.
FOR SALK BY . .
W. JT. COLVlN & SON,
Manufacturers' Agents,
LAKNED, KAS.
The mills are erected in a durable manner
and are put up to stay.
A Vegetable Product,
Only used in Ayhu's Aguc Cuke, has
proven itself a never failing and rapid
cure fcr every form of Malarial Dis
order, Fever and Ague, or Chills and
Fever. No injury follows its use, and
its effects arc permanent. It rouses
the system to a condition of vigorous
health, cleanses the blood of malarial
poison, and imparts a feeling of com
fort and security most desirable in
Ague districts. It is an excellent'tonio
and preventative, as well as cure, of
all complaints peculiar to malarious,
marshy and miasmatic regions. The
great superiority of Ayer's Ague Curs
over any other compound is that it
contains no Quinine, Arsenic, or min
eral; consequently it produces no
quinism or injurious effects whatever,
upon the constitution. Those cured
by it are left as healthy as if they .had
never had the disease.
The direct action of Ayer's Agub
Cure upon the Liver and Digestive)
Organs makes it a superior remedy
for Liver Complaints, producing many
remarkable cures, where other medi
cines have failed. ,f -
For sale by all druggists.
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