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Kansas Cowboy from Dodge City, Kansas • 5

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co jicrzv jm- IV I HZ COMXNO BUIX FIGHT, A RjUXKOAD disaster. The Railroad Beading Room. One Man Killed Kvrl Person Injured The most attractive place place in this city is the railroad reading building. It and a uxwmonte ana -r ive fMienger An Intarriew With Manager Moore. The Mexican bull-fichters arrived in Penwtaal.

Thanks to ex-Mavor Deger for a solid call. "William G. Haun, of the Buckner. has been spending several days in the city. A.

L. Walker, of Paris, is inspecting this country with a view of seeking a stock ranch. vo acnes jperaiiea. About 1:40 a. m.

last "Wednesday a serious accident happened to the west bound passenger train (Cannon Ball) on the A. T. S. railroad. It encounter was erected by the Santa Fe company expressly for the use and benefit of their employees who have occasion to tarry in the city.

The building is situated south Dodge last Sunday. The party consists of six gentlemen, whose names and resident places are as follows W. K. Moore, Paso del Norte. Capt.

Gregorio Gallardo, Chihuahua. SATURDAY, JULY 5. 1884. east of the depot and is one story high full and the stylo of architecture is of the Queen Anna order. There are two large dealing out goods to customers.

Evaristo a Rivas, Chihuahua. Marcos Moyer, Huejuequillo. i Juan Herrera, Aldama. ed a washout about three miles west of Spearville: A water ppout had deluged that 6ection of country and a bridge a few rods west of the place where the accident happened was suspected of being in an unsafe condition which the engineer rooms in the building. One is furnished Thanks to the Rev.

Mr. Elliot, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, for a pleasant call. M. Sutton and C. W.

Willett went to Caldwell last Monday on business for with shelving for books and the other has tables, settees and chairs, where the occupants can either read, visit or enjoy Rodrigo Rivas, Chihuahua. Mr. Moore is of the firm of Moore Ths Cowboy politely tips its hat to its city cotemporarica for their friendly notices. themselves in social pastimes with cardsf Colonel Hardesty. had been cautioned to inspect before venturing theroon.

the train was being slacked up on approaching the said bridge the engineer was suddenly chess or checkers. Several daily and Thomas L. Bugbee, of Kansas City, weekly newspapers are received there has been shaking hands with old friend Some of the telegraph poles near the place of the washout struck by lightning and badly damaged. Sierra, attorneys at law. He is a native of Scotland, but has been a resident of Paso del Norte during the past ten years.

Ho was a professor in one of the Mexican colleges. He is the manacer of the A locoed home was tied a post in regularly and a foundation for a library in the city this week, has been It is the inten- R. G. Head, superintendent andman- tion of the stock holders of the company ager of the VrariQ Cattle company, was to fill the shelves with good and valuable -m cit Saturdav surprised by finding his engine cut loose from the train and tender and rolling along alone, with the drive weels thrown from the track. The engine was soon of a books.

The following is a copy notice posted on one of the walls: party. Capt. Gallardo is a merchant tailor. Evaristo a Rivas is superintendent of the public works at the city of Chihuahua. Marcus Moyer is a professional musician.

Juan Herrara is also a musician, and Rodigo Rivas is an artist. They are all gentlemen of character and stopped, and behind him the engineer saw a fearful sight. The express car was lying across the traek at an angle oi about thirty degrees; the engine tender front of Collar's store the Jother day, and it etormed and thraBhed about like a erazy man. mm mt in F. Zimmerman in raising etawber-ries in his garden as large as apriaots.

Ilia potatoes beat in bLso the Garden dfy production. CoL, Tom. Butler and family passed through the city on Thursday on ths way to their home at La Junta: Hampton Gibson, of Springfield, lib, is a guest of the Wright 1 louse. He was formerly sheriff of Sangamon county. Hon.

J. H. Fullenwider, of Butler "This room is for the use and comfort of employees of the A. T. F.

company. Persons not in the service of the company will be permitted to visit the room only by invitation of an employee. Books, papers, should not be taken urn a 1 i cr lrkvxT of A frrif "if an ai-m- of good social standing intheir respected bankment about ten feet high; the pos-comuni iee" tal and baggage car was lying on the The Kansas (Cowboy, edited by our es- toemea menu uoi. irouty, made its appearance from its new office in this city ujc uiiuar, 111 urea xut Cowbot with, a pleasant call last Tuesday and furnished na with some interesting information relative to bull fight- south side of the track; about six feet of profanity and all disorderly conduct the rear this car was punched into tho strictly prohibited." front end of the smoking car; the rear The building is located in the middle end of the smoking cir and the front of a lot one hundred feet square. A end of a rear passenger coach were in handsome picket fence encloses the lot.

county, is in the city again, to cut out th cattle he purchased last week, of Ewihg Stone. H. P. My ton, of the Garden City Ini- on time and makes a very creditable ap-i pearance for a Btarter. Dodge City Globe.

in, the character of the Mexican people aad the appearance of their country. He i The Mexican bull fichters will tarade cIobc juxtaposition over a chasm about A beautiful lawn of blue grass, cloaoly canie down to attend tho Masonic twenty feet wido and twelve feet deon: mowwl fills th nnao. ltuwn the lodge last Friday night. Alodwiatoba trough the etrcets of by wi6hc8 to disabuse the rtfCTaili onin the Cowboy band, Friday and Saturday ion ia the mind9 of American people mornings, at 8:30. in fact the two coaches were wedged in, building and fence.

The blue grass was organized at this place. forming an obtuse angle. All of the brought here in the sod from Topeka. In Uncle Henry Stephens and hia beauti- trucks of the three first coaches were the yard have been planted black wal- ml and accomplished bride aro being as to the nature of a bull fight, lis says that fight is not the proper word; that athletic exhibition would be more euita- Three passanger trains from the west wer corralled in this citv on account of lying in the chasm and the track for a I nut, alanthus, blue ash, Cottonwood and I hospitably entertained by Mr. and Mrg.

thewaeh-out. A transfer could not be ble' Th.6re tarbaroua in th.e distance of three or four rods was torn I box elderjtrees, which are growing finely, JR. M.Wright, at their residence at the made at the latter place on account of Pleading, 'ine Duns are not tortured, up and scattered in every direction. The The grass and trees are watered by I fort. steel rails were broken, bent and twisted, another wash-out near Offorle.

luo and the ends of some of the coaches means of a hose from the railroad tank, when necessary. In the yard, near the front of the building, is a bronze statue representing the ccoddosa of music, mounted on a etono pedestal. Mr. Moore, manager of the bull party, compliments Mr. Adams, the were split into fragments.

Ono passen-j Mr. and Mrs. John F. Chenoweth and Mrs. I.

W. Hull, of Ness county, have come to Dodgo to spend the fourth and witness the bull fight. They are anions tho best people of that section. men Deing small aarte. i no excitement and interest in the "sport" (as termed by the Mexicans) consist principally in witnessing the skill and dexterity of the men in evading the assaults of the bull.

per coacn ana two A unmans were not i disturbed. On the platform of the mail coach two The building and improvements cost carpenter, very highly for his skill as a mechanic. Mr. Adams superintended tho construction of tho arena gad am phitheatre for the bull fight. M.

W. Sutton veaa naeaanrrrti1 nn flia Bull-fighting is a national amuioment in men wliere. riJing by 6tealtlu 0na was $7)0oo. The supermtendent is Augustua J. killed and his companion was severely Arnold, who is a pleasant gentleman and last Wfl(lneS(lav mornW.

tt. Spanish countries and is patronized by the nobility. Mr. Moore eays it is an error to classify it with pugilistic con who evidently has the confidence and injured. The deceased was a Mexican and had been seen in Dodge City on the previous day.

He was about five feet respect of the "boys." The reading room is fully appreciated by the railroad employee, who lose no opportunity to enjoy the advantages and comforts it affords- Company Ninth cavalry, Lieut Taylor commanding, marched through Dodgo city last Saturday, on its way froinFort Lyon to Fort Riley. The headquarters of the Ninth are at tho latter post. Cen. Hatch commander was awakened suddenly and jerked a little too lively for comfort, but was not hurt. Judge J.

L. Pendry, of Loadville, was on the wrecked train. He winters now in Leavenworth, his old homo, and summers in Leadville. He says that ths mining interests there are as brilliant and promising as ever. of the regiment.

eight inches in height, weighed about 140 pounds, wore a new black folthat, dark grey cottonade coat with black perpendicular stripes, dark gray woolen vest and pants, blue woolen shirt and shoes buttoned at the sides. Around his neck was a red and white plaid cotton handkerchief. There Were no papers on his person to indicate his name; His remains wore There are about ten thousand head of Texas cattle, in eight of Dodgo City, that are on the market. The demand is mm m-mmm The express company had seventeen coops filled with poultry on the wrecked train, all of which wore smashed. All tests.

The governor of Chihuahua is a ball fighter and can handle the lasso with as much skill as the most accomplished cowboy. Only one animal in a fight is killed and he is dispatched so speedily by the sword of the matadors that the animal eau scarcely realise that he has been hurt. Capt. Gallardo Las two swords which are used for dispatching purposes. The blades are straight, two-edged and about three feet in length.

They were made in Toledo, Spain. One of them is 150 years old and was owned and used by Capt. Gallardo's great grandfather, who of the poultry that wero not killed principally for female cattle and in lots of from- two hundred to four hundred. For southern Texas cattle the prices are as follows: $18 for ones and $20 for twos; she cattlo $1 in advance. Cattle from the Panhandle and north-western ynds and others.

Each man was owner i i i -iU au UO IHUgUt. tm Through the agency of States Culver Air. G. LoBgendyko has purchased a ppanof untrainel. Texas horsoa.

They cost Mr. L. $100, and though he has owned them only throo weeks, they could not was a professional bull fighter in Spain. II r. Moore is a great admirer of the Mexicans.

He says they are tho most hospitable, generous and honorable peo taken to Spearville and buried after the holding of an inquest over them by Henry Schroedor, the coroner. Charles Kimmerle, of Kansas Gty, baggageman, was bruised on the left hip and had his left hand cut; N. C. Bowles, postal clerk, received injuries on his left breast. A passenger from New Mexico received a cut on his head.

These constitute the list of casualties. It is marvelous that the list was not greater. In the morning an engine came to the wreck from Spearville and hauled the passengers to Kinsley in one passanger coach and the TexaBare held at $18 for ones and $22 for twos. There is not much demand for domestic cattlo, presumably for tke reason that it is not known there are any in the market. A bunch of 400 domestics, from one to six years, about equally divided in sex, is offered for $8, 000.

The cattle were raised in south Sol. Hinnchsen, of Finney county favored us with a call last Saturday. Ha is of the firm of Hinrichsen Botha- childs, who have a ranch twelve miles west of Garden City, stocked with 1,000 head of cattle. F. Y.

wing, of Kiowa, Kansas; of th cattle firm of Ewing Stono, is at the Dodge House, This firm own 5,000 head of cattle, which aro being held in the Cherokee strip, and it also has about head of cattle for sale in tho market. Tho New Mexico delegates to ths national democratic convention wero in Dodge city on Thursday. They consisted of G. W. Stoneroad and H.

L. Warren, (delegates), and W. A. Childors and W. Fox (alternates).

They were in charge of W.Scott Moore of Albuquerqno, ths blackest republican in the business. Local stock and Kan oh Items. Major J. 8. Smith and Tomple EHiottf pie in the world, and he is a man who has seen a great deal of the world.

Busi ho purchased for loss than $250. They are well mated, good travelers and readily yield to the manipulations of their trainer. ness people have a sredit systom of six to twelve mioutha. Failures are rare in Mexico; the number in the United is seventy-five per cent, greater. When a failure occurs in Mexico it is a genuine; two sleepers.

it is not done for ths purpose of defrauding west Missouri and were last wintered in Kingman county, Kansas. A gentleman from north Missouri has 408 head of graded cattle, raised in his neighborhood and held the last year ia Kansas, which he offers for $11,500. They range in years from one to six and 330 head are females. States Culver recently sold 400 head of Kansas domestic steers, threes and fours, at $37 a head. They A town called Skidmore has just been located at the point which was the center of old Meade county; The projector and priscinal promoter H.

H. Rogers, ttorney-at-law, recently of Springfield Ills. A half dozen houses aro in process of erection there, three of which will bo used for a dry goodn, a grocery and a drug store. As the wind had blown down the telegraph poles near the scene of the wreck, all telegraphic communication between there and this place had been severed. No news of the accident was received here until the return at 7 a.

m. of the east bound night passenger train, the engineer of which was the first to discover the accident. Wrecking and material El Paso is on ths Texas side of tho Rio Grande and has a population of 4,000. Paso del Norte is on the Msxican side aad has 10,000 people. Four papers, one daily, are published sn the American side.

There are no papers published in Paso del Norte. R. J. Hiaton, ajournal-ist well known to early Kansas people have also for sale 550 head of Kansas Tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Pe of Sangamon county, Illinois, have 17,000 head of cattle oh the drive. Hardin Kurth have closed Ottfc all of their horses.

The last lot of about 100 and they sold for $36 a head. domestic two-year-old steers and heifers, which are offered at $25, and 400 yearling steers and heifers at $18. Dodge City is ths place for to buy cattlo of any edited for a while the Dailr Times at trains, containing all the section hands I mm mm, i i .1 in 4hia irw i mmoni arnlv loft Trvw rna i hi Pa ark 'larinff in nnnonn Kina au "vuMwif ono at Topeka. ono at Dodze Citv. one at Eaton, and theother probably at Socorro, the Indian question he did not score a ThoBoyces have sold twenty mares to Tom Garrett, at good figures.

Tom will ship two ears loads of horsos to Tennes A Card. place where the accident ocenrred. Conductor Sill, O. D. Wilson (line repairer), Harry Norvall (yard master), and Andy Faulkner (seetion boss), accompanied the party.

The mails and express matter were first brought to this city and then the work of clearing away ths wrecks see. Office otWettsrnKantasattla Growers Each is to cost $25,000. Dodge City is to cess at that point. Mr. Aioore is weu bo congratulated.

A $25,000 building acquainted with ex-Governor Anthony will be aa attraction to the town and tke of this state, who is now doing business hospital will contribute to its boneflt. Chihuahua. He is manager of the JU International Lumber Co, and is nieet- Xntertalnmenta at the Fair Grounds. Ins with great SSCCesS. Mr.

Moore 13 Association. Doags City, KaosM, Juno so, isai. After a thorongh investigation of the tho Espuola cattle company have soi tA Carney Brothers, 400 heifers, ones and mneh talked of Bvrd ease and the ins great admirer of ths governor and.be- repairing damages was commeneed, and outa of the tvn9 the execaJtwoa. Price not reported. The first of tho series of entertainment now in progress on the fair and at this time of writing (Wednesday llevea that he will vet be ono of the Uve committee or oar association, feel in 1.

Another herd of cattle, owned by ths duty bound to say that the eonduct, pro- Espnela cattle companv.of Crosby county. afternoon) this work ia in progress. The accident was caused by the wash ing out of a culvert, leaving simply the rails suspended across ths chasm. Ths representatives of Kansas in the United States eenato. The Medicine Lodge Index of June 27, eoatains the in doable-leaded type: "A dispatch received yesterday stated ceeding and management of tho said will arrive at Dodge this wwk.

caso, aa well as other noted cattle steal- ln tha herd are 2,000 stoera and 800 ing cases is entirely in acoord with our heifers. i views of right and juatiee. There have winfleld Scott hms to Mr. Bloom-been msinmations of fraud the habeas fieid 2f000 head of steers, onss and twos. The engine passed over the rails, but the tracks of three coaches lodged against the west side of the cut aad went down.

grounds oponod last Wednesday. The exercises commenced with a running race dash, for a purse of $125. The stood a entered were Lazy Bill, c. by A. F.

Gibson; Billy Bart, s. by J. B. Blackburn; Lula, b. by L.

IL Schruggos. Judges: Dr. A. 8. Choteau, Dr.

Cockfiy aad Judgo Baverley. Starter: 'A. J. Anthony. Lulu won ths race: vTime: 16.

The next sport was a roping match. Aa ii i avaaia. mm a mn.u i mil ill rw mm rwr m.n a i mmmi m. The momentum of the train was iOBTeatL.i:. vk- ana neaa or tnreoa.

me prices real- that Dodge City was blown away by "LV LET UtJ that thsbodi ofthe coaches went on S. bed wer. $18.00, $22.00. nd 27.00. Thsy grea ios oi iiie occurrvu.

mo wma wiiasai us iracu, ana wnen me two any pecuniary or other interest mnu-sncedintheeame. Ths case was man- i aged "by Mr. Gryden who called to hia wers raised in northwestern Texas and will bs placed on tha range wast of Dodge. The general round-up party of the Western Kanaaa Cattlo Growers Association wero on the bar range, oa tha coaches got wedged in ths chasm, ths sudden halt caused ths engine to break loose, scattering things endwise in Its unceremonious departure. were down and no runner particulars were given.

Boll Clark came from Newton but night and confirmed the report." This is news to Dodgo City. On that same day a report reached this place that I assistance Mr. West, mayor of Jacksboro, Texas, and though money and influence wars used to acquit a man whom we bo a cyelone had destroyed Topeka and A branch was oa Ths Cowbct newspaper mads Us P- Miitr. we wi.b it nnflaratond that Beaver, last Tuesday. the contestants being S.

B. Chappell, Richard Taylor, Geo: Sanders, William Thompson, John Brannan andanrther gentleman who declines to have his i name published. Tho first- prize was a I $30 saddle and the second was a $35 pair I of spurs. John Brannan won the first i rriz, aad William Thompson second. killed a hundred people.

One report was as true aa ths other. pearance its new quarters last Thnrs-1 I the half circle box fGorham'al range, oa day. welcome Col. Prouty, ths sdi-1 hadow of reproach or insinuation of whTchisexD waS vrthA mrt ihluniriMTiinn Mtu narl i tue same aay wmcn sxpsciea rsaca this city about the 6th inat. tions will exist.

Ths Cowbot appsars in and committee against the integrity E.B. Bell's new livery. stable is a different form, being a flvs-eolumn Time, and 2:35. The gats receipts quarto instead of an eight-column olio whale and no mistake. It in 60 by 125 on the ground aad two stories high.

sheet. A nsw head adorns ths well were $163,93. honesty of James T. Whltslaw. A.

H. McCot, President Astec Gosoak, Vice Pres. Cxab. Wil-lbtt, Secretary, The programme for Thursday is as fol-1 Two hundred horses can be comfortably Winfield Scott hm sold to O. C.

Aldan, of Galesborg, HIl, $11 heifers and 13 bulls, for the sum of $3,500, There were) SO ones and ths remainder wer twos) and threes. Ths price recei red for the ones was $18, and the twos and thai at wera sold at 521. These oatta will bo hell printed sheet, ths likensss of the well known editor, (bearing a striking eow-boy resemblance,) appearing in to midst of horns and hirsatss in ths mid- lows: Grand five-arch tournament; race I stabled there, and the loft will hold 125 600 yards for a purse of $200, and a I tons of hay. It has all ofthe modern ooting match. I conveniences and improvements.

It will dls of the head. 2V Oitf 2fwa F. B. Treasurer, B. J.

HAaOWTT, J.U.Convna'. Friday's programme: One-half mils (cost $7,000. Ths nsw Cgn in front is Winlsld Soott has closed oat his la this market aad saartsd fol his gorgeous. Mr. Bell Is one of our most enterprising and pabtie-sptritsd eitissas.

by Yerris A Dsitsrich, of Wa-Ksensy, oa their range near ths Smoky Hill river, aftst the first of November. Thsy www raised ia nortiwrert Tssss. dash race and th Spanish bull fight Saturday's programme: Sacs for yurse of $900 aad Spanish Bull fight. Psarietts was a Sradler. asm at Colorado city, Ts: and is an accomplished 1 as Tn Oowbot.

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