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1 rmgineer Uanmgton. has hceu run- cetdeo in g'!ing a patent dm hi,- Income after i( was, under order T him.' ir-;v e;idiV ;'i!h miiiii.'i :1Ve nine imnrevuischl. The in- i i.. ! n,;i.,n llnn-m n i:m . fin- n..i i t . i - --i -!, !, a'iii-'i Li'l t jr.i Mjt lumber 1'nr the new com- veHion prinn.-c- m remove a nie.-t LOCAL XOTES. Mr. Williams, ill' th pine.-, ami Mr. Wyatt,of Ueno. returned fr.m Korl Smith on I In- l.'Jth. Twenty cows have been given to each of the schools, tliu- supplying a long foil want. The grounds about the Arapahoe Mission have been greatly improved by grading. The mail passes three times a week instead of six, as formerly, over, the Yanita Las Vega mail route Messrs. (((). K. Reynolds & Co. have greutly improved their store building by re-siding and painting. A hydraulic ram has been put in to draw water from Caddo Spring to the Cheyenne school building. Mr. Praster, the artistic briek slinger, has been at work on the new commissary for the last month. Messrs. (Jeo. K. Reynolds it Co. have just reeieved a tine lot of lem ons and apples. The masons say Hint the brick now going into the commissary walls are of excellent quality. A little regiment of Indians are fit work milking buy for the Govern ment. J. IT. Seger took" a run over the mail line between Darlington mwjJ noti iasi weeic. t , The Union Spy will lie put cm the boards three nights during the com ing fair at "Wichita. Messrs. Covington and Murphy accompanied the Cheyennes and Arapaboes m their trip to Arkan sas Ci I v. Caldwell is building up with sub stantial brick buildings, which are a credit o her people and show an enterprise that is worthy of success. Mr. A. 0. Williams came in from Rond Creek the hatter pari of last weelv. He reports everything flour ishing in that region. Mr. Ford, a farmer from near the Wichita Agency, slopped a couple of days at this place lust week, while en route for Caldwell- .Rev. Fliott ennie up from Shaw neelown last week bringing with hi in two boys, who will be placed in school at Carlisle. Ja-ah, an Arapahoe hoy, has six- itov-four head of cattle, which he has Adhered together in the last eight vonw. I ; Prof. Norman, of Sumner county, Onsas, has been employed an an in- j awlriul teacher in the schools nl tins f!&vy. ndf rtulvcribe for tln Thaxhi'ohtkh kkndwiile aiding in the. civilization o(tlMr Julian race, secure for your- 'It$g'dxi-:Ms paper, &1K i.'aTie Fckert, formerly an employe of tin f-chool here, will suirt for hor jYuiae h Kansas Io-iihutow. Miss Utkert hajust recovered from :i protr.eted spd, of malarial fever and onh leaves ;b Agency by the :iil in j wi pbjki n. i nnssarv. The lime of the lnt burn is of luttcr ipia'.iiy than that ma.de be fore. Mr. Covington .superintended the work, winch was done princi pal! v bv Indians. Miss Walkius, the woman who beat the Caldwell editors soeleverlv a few weeks ago, whs taken from the iraanl holie ;-t Reno nil 1 sent north a short time ago, A number of cattle men have ex pressed a determination to advertise their brands, but in the hurrv of yet ting out this number we have not had time to iind out what their brands are. Mr. "Fred Williams, who went from the Agency to Rond Creek two months ago, has a line herd of cat tle on that range, lie enjoys better health than he had while teaching Arapaboes. The military aulhoritiw at Cald- wrll have been ordered to remove all cattle from the Cherakee lands on which the owners will not pay the tax. Tt is not probable, however, that manv herd's will be removed as cattle men are generally disposed to do the fair thing. ' W. X. Hubbell & Co., the enter prising outfitters of Caldwell, in or der to reach the cattle men of the Territory have a, half column adver tisement in Uri paper. They are enterprising and accommodating gentlemen and know how to adver tise to advantage. Several new floors have been put down in the Arapahoe school build ing, and a number of other impor tant changes hire been made. Al together the building has been thor oughly overhauled find left in good condition, soiiuf aearpentei'5 could do it, for the opening school. This nuitibeip$Uie Tuaxspohtisj? is sent to many persons who took it before its enlargement, and we ask all who feci .m inteest in the work we are endeavoring to accomplish to aid us in extending its circula tion. We slmU try to give our read ers the full worth of their money in news of general interest. T. A. M'Xeal, junior editor of the Medicine Jvodge ('reset, and their foreman, Lute Ailine, made uh a verv pleasant will this morning. They came down Ia uee the country and to recreate. Air. M. is an editor of experience and ability and fully deserves the sucoeftM the Crewel J. making. We have received h large lot of cuts for cattle brand., which we will put brimd on and publish for six dollars u year. As this paper will circeulut1 quite exleiv-jwly among stock men, whose inle;vsfc it will represent, they will Jindthis the best way of communicating with ono an other, Where brands are generally adverlisetleslniyH are easily !..-. ovt and Mralint; hiiiwisr-ibj. fruitful cau.-e for rfanity and should be m'evallv used for it--chritiaiiihiu ixllueiiee, if for noth intr 1 1 .. Mr. l h. s veral oilers fnThi manufacturei who wish to avail theinehe oj U advanlas of the invention. We are pained u bear of the diatb of yy-4, (Jcorge Hoover at Cabh"il. Kan. .Mrs. Hoove went from Wichita to Caldwell i-ulv a few wu'ks ago to join her hti.haud, who i unploycd as foreman on the ConuiK'reial. jhe leaves four chil dren and a most devoted hu-band to mourn hn death. We have known Ir. Hoover for some lime as a thor ough gentl'-man and deeply sympa thise villi him in bis aHlictiou. Messrs. Tucker vS: Hmith, from the Pan Hum lie, were here on the 20th inst. They are cattle men of some incurs and are looking for a loca tion fer another and better ranch. They have sold at Caldwell and Dodge 200 beef cattle this season. They report grass and cattle in good condition in their part of the coun try, near the head of Pease river. A. Watson, an extensive cuttle dealer whose ranch is near Camp Supply, passed, through this place a short time ago. He was driving a hjjnLef lW) ntth; which he pi!r nhased in North Texas. He came this way on account of the better supply of gra,ss and water on this trail. Roman Kose arrived from Carlisle on the 7th inst. He was tu ken five years ago, as a prisoner in Florida, and afterwarc lo Hampton ami Car lisle. At the last named places, he Attended the industrial schools for the instruction of 1 ndian youth, lie speaks English quite well and ex presses a strong desire to go back and finish his trade, thai of it tinner, 13. W. Parker, General Manager of the Southern Division, iVational mail lines, came in from St.-Louis on the 13th. After transacting bus iness here, he f tailed for Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he -will take the train for other points in the South west The National Mail Compa ny ha its linea all over the United State end the honesty and efficien cy of its Management are every where acknowledged. THE BKJ5F TROUBLE. The unvarying quiet of this Agen cy whs disturbed on Tuesday the 17 imi, and hut for the practical com mon sense and knowledge of Indian character, which fortunately chnne ter'ws the heads of both the Indian and Military at this place, j com mencement of a deauliovy lmliui: carppak'i 'igbt bave liecti inau! seem that ft band of rated. It ('!. ; nr- la i in e-iue l' it! .'! oa :t:;.r U i - i a ". ; ;i n.ph o Ik l'ree !ie irMe by s-p;.ig (Si Agepi i ;i hif . y Irom I be l.eeri.:--v,) U) i,f e-iiey end il. in .ii id in;: il, S.id;.; was lu ;r deteimiiiiitim; thai ibe Agent, unsupported a.k he was j,( the tini( finally irave tin m an order Ibr the beef; bt:i dWormin- d to convince the parties llud n.. -'k'h aelinn euld, in the future, ! I'peKled, instructed the Indian j licetM bring th" (wo p: in ipal of-ienih'vs- t' !he nffie-, as tiny won1 J listen V) nt'him: at the corral. Th& police startnl on their iu.-inn ntx Tuesday morning, but somo reported that the partie , j'einforced bv t-ever al of their I'riendr.. had ,-tripp"d for a fight, asserting ! heir determinatiojfl to die be lb re being arretted. Tli police, lvqueslita iinfoiceinentj the commanding ohVerof V. Ken was " called upon., wlm proni)tly marchfd two sjnall companies t? their suport. By Ihi trrne Kevem'J hundretl JncKans liad eajgregate4 where the Ke Iwtd the Cheyennen surrounded, and, in t3ie uiinenee o(f their chiefs, threatened to sumiH the Cheyenne braves in their hostil ities. Maj. Randall mv at once thai his force was inadequate but, deieriuim id to assert the authority of the (loyernment, ordered the In-' dinn to bring the two men desig nated by 'A gent Miles to his office,, assuring them that unless it was? done very quickly, h nhould ttdoe them by ftirce. Tlie fndiajis, though many utnes as numerous, eomdnded) to obey, and tid as requested. JHil on their arrival at iho Agency, they threatened to take vengeance on tho Agent, and, for a few moments-, the prospect for a free fight was decid edly good Their several chiefs counselled obedience, and the Aren't and Maj. Ttandall, in a short bull vigorous iaik, told them that, hav ing complied with instructions, and! the young men having pleaded ilmi, their demand for back rations was made in the belief that they were de manding what was of right their own, no further action was taken;; but no similar action must be take a by them in the future. With thin they dispersed, and the usual calna hasugnin settled down upon us. The drmduct of tho officers having this matter in hand cannot be too high ly praised. By their firmness, tem pered as it was, with a judicioujs bravery, a groat calamity tft? averted. The orders of the ajitijorjj, ties were, in fwt, tntetfv& S$ 3. cited were Home of ?ffo ymu Vtyrt , tit one time that the (iwMiM charge of upwt'il may have prcri fi liated matters and a g( neral figlil resulted. Fortunately no nneh ileal dent occurred and everytldng ondA av,,.!l ,i - could have been h(in!l .. Ti ;. 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