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"at. or( ooJ r ? r . . WICHITA, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1885. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 34 Iwhifej JjJI? i-K til'1 toWWSl k. v. urEDocK. n. r. hcbdock. M. M. MURDOCK & BROTHER. n-iu.mm akd ruorwsTOM. TWO DOI.LAKS l'KK YEAH IX ADVANCE. uTOTiixjraluTisJUJ w:riTts irruunar. MONET LOAN ON FARM -OR- City Property - AT Lowest Rates. No Delays. Money Always on Hand. L B. BUNNELL & CO. PROFESSIONAL DIBEOTORY. A TTOHXYS-AT-LA W. 1. N. Balderston, ATTOsnr at law, Wichita, Sedgwick comity Kansas. OfUce In Centennial Diode. l-tf J. C. Milton, Attorney at Ik and pension attorney, rer Doolie furniture store, Kagle Wichita. Office Block, w!0 NEW YORK PROHIBITIONISTS. The action ortlic Xcw York Repub licans and (lie altituile of that party towards tliu Prohibition clement is bciny criticised. Itwft'ii't the want of coalition with the proliibitiouists that defeated tho Republican party in New Yoik. Tlic (rouble w.ts the M- urc to nominate a man whom the bono and mucw ot their land could support. Take Kansas, and had the Republican party refused to carry tho l'roliibilion party, Click nor any other Democrat irnnlil iisvn ever been elected. It might not have been morally right, but it would have bo;n politically t-afc. If tho Republican party or Kansas had stood aloof as did tho Democratic narlv of Kansas, the Prohibitionists to the number or twenty or may be thirty thousand would havo pulled out of the Republican party, lint that would not have endangered the political success ot the Republican party iu the state. It would havo Mill elected its tickets, ifnot by a raajority bv a plurality. Had the Democratic party attempted a coalition with tho seceding Republicans the Republican party would have, simply taken in hair of the Democrats of the state. J ho Prohibitionists and Kansas Democrats could not nor will they ever vote the same ticket. However much a Dem ocrat may love nfllcc, ho loves his whisky better. In other words ir tho Prohibitionists of Kana had foimed a third party the Democrats wouldn't have dared to take them in and the Republicans wouldn't have been com pelled to. DERBY. 5, '85. of HAltUlS, 11A1IKIS 4 VEttSIlLUON Attoh.-its at Uw, Wlchtt. Kanu. Office InUiehulldltii-occupiedbythe U.S. Land Office Loans nejrullaled on Improved lands In Sedg wick and Munarr counties. ' DAL1 4 DALE, Atto-uclt at Law.Wlchita.Kansaa. No. 94 Douglas Alenne. Office J. r. LAUCK, Attorkiv at Law. first door north of U. S Lnil Cimrm. In rVitnmerrill UloeL. Wichita, Kutu. Special attention Riven to allUndsol . - . am-aV 43 "t A.l IIab itutmese connecieu nvn iue v. o. tw ww. 15- I). A. MITCHELL, ATTonvrr-AT-LAW, Wichita, Kansas. Office over llerrlncton'a booVstore. 10-S.V JAMES L. DYEU, Att&ksetatLaw, WIchlU. Kansas. 32- riIYSlClAS. Mrs. Dr. J. T. Sexton, The great magnetic healer, noted for her fame and success In curing til diseases that the hu man family Is subject to Is located at o 30 north Market street. where all suffering with any disease may receive the benellt of her w on derful heallngpowex. Charges reasonable. dPMrtl-tf Dr. S. W. Richmond, Magnetic phrnlelan. Cures diseases of every name and nature by magDttic treatment, with out medicine. Ills cures are speedy and per manent, and charges rersonable. Dlagnoe.s and consultation free, l'artles rrom a distance can board with hlaj at reasonable rates. Office on south Waterstreet, Wichita, Kansas. lndllwlr AUCHHECTs. TEIIKY A DUMOXT, Architects and Superintendents Roys' block, Wichita. Kansas. Office in i;-;- SOCIETIES. SWEET SCENTED REFORM. Cleveland savs ollensive parti-au shin is not in llio interests good government or civil scrvic re form, and that officials who allow themselves to become partisans if Rcnublicans shall lose their beads. Following this high toned resolve the Democratic papers have been herald lug to the country that no department clerks at Washington went homo this year to vote, but the day following the" same papers were full of praises of Cleveland going home to do that very thing. Cleveland, Turnout and Mauuing all went down to Xcw York to vote for Hill, but had any Republi can clerk dared follow their example he would have lost his head. A DEAD C1VE AWAY. The Kan'as City census discloses a curious, not to say startling condition of things no lets than 26,318 more males than females. K. C. Journal. Yes, entirely too curious to be true. The admission of the fact is a dead give away. It is probable that the males in a town like Kansas City arc in excess, but a twenty-six thousand excess or an excess equaling one fourth the entire population -hows upon its face that the ennmoratiou is fraudulent, such as smells badly of hotel reaistcis. The Republican? of Sedgwick coun ty did not mugwump worth a cent last Tuesday. If the Democratic party believes so fullv in civil service reform, why do Waco IIoksi-thist AsjociATiqx.-Meets i(R n,pm.rs i-cen nil such a howl at rusrterly on Saturdays at Cartwright school- UOUSe. lr 3 JlilUJi, J (rwutui. L. 11. Dcx. Secretary. I-'5 Uitiox TowssinpMcTCALrBOTECTirs Soci rrr. Sleets me last taiurasyin eacu iut mu a Hatneld. I. E BOONE, President. S.J. LODIiEXSLAUER. See'y. -tf A. SMITH Contractor. Carpenter and Joiner. Will do all kinds of Carpenter and Joiner wort on short notice, blairs, SU.r Uailings, (. Doors, niinds, Dx no" Window Frames aid frrrecci. tj- Shop, 1SS 1 "bcreet; IteAldenee on lanreace Avenue ,r Cenrtal : Poel-ofliee liox 117. -tr rci:. ICE. ILK. WICHITA WICHITA ICE ICE Y E 1 T E It II W E1TE It CO. CO. H O H O F F F F. l'UUK CLEAR CLEAN ICE. I'Ul'.E CLEAK CLEAN ICE. KIMMERLY & ADAMS, llonlictitrtreor MONUMENTS AND TOMESTONES And Dealers In Lime, Plaster, Cement and Buildint Stone. CfOo MId Ktrert.nclween fit i uO "econd Sm-ets. wiohita KAN. 4870. 1863, .BUTLER & FISHER, UEALEUS IX HARDWARE, TIKWAEE, STOVES, SHELF HAEDW ABE, GUNS, PISTOLS, PUMPS, &c We have a full line or Terry's Scissors and Shears, and request alt our customer to call and examlue them. They are sold to Ls under a "Warranty Unlimited," and we clicrfully rc-commcnd tliem to our trade. Terry's Scissors and bbearn are all full KItkcl pUted aud crocus finish, will neither rust nor corrode. 1'lcase call for one of our Mischief cards and buy a pair of Shears with a "Warranty Unlimited." j io DOUGLAS AVE UE, WICHITA. - KANSAS. TUE CHEAPEST PLACE Drugs, In the dry to bu Pure Medicines & Chemicals -IS AT- Allen's Drug Store ! Where will also be found a Jjanjt Stock of iAIVTS, OILS, MITE LEAD, WMi PA1XT, VARMSHES, WINDOW GLASS, PUTT)', ETC. Ws also Lsep on hand a Large. Stock of TOILET ARTICLES, SHOULDER BRACES, SPONGES, SOAPS, PEEFEIEET, CHEST PROTECTORS, TRUSSES, Elt, Etc We also receive direct from the manufacturers the most Popular and Iichailc Patent Medicines. Yon will therefore ret no counterfeits or Imi tations In buying from us. To our many friends who hare favored us wl th their patronage for the last thirteen years vrs tender our sincere thanks, and to those with whom It has not been our rood fortune to deal, ws would say that by ciitng us a trial we will CuarantM good goods and perfect satisfaction. Cleveland for not kicking out Ilcpnb- licaut? Tho Wichita Eagle having laid Kani-a City out as a railroad center is now chopping her up into small bits socially. Wellington PrcBS. There h nothing eb'out ICauas City socially worth chopping up. Ex-United States Senator J. 15. Chaffee, of Colorado, write to the Xcw York Tribune, sending that pa per an article which ho eaid he had written before the Depew letter was written in which he tells tho story as coming from Grant to him, in almost the same words that Depew gave his remcmbraive of the conversation. Derby, Ka., Nov. To the Editor or the Dally Eatle: Well, the election is over and no one hero particularly damaged pecuniarily, physically or mentally. There was but little money lost, from tho simple fact that it was not atiainablc, such vou know to be tho sine quae non &c. Xo one was injured bodily, for it seems the contestants Ignored tho boys hero to some extent and did not scud enough of that remedy that more than often breaks out in black eyes audpug noses. Xo ono disappointed or grieved In tho result, for I readily confess, as a life-long Democrat, aud one who makes it his business to learn tho views and feelings ot my party, wherever I live, iu whatever canvass, that for the last five weeks no intelli gent Democrat entertained a belief that tho contest would terminate otherwise than it did, save in the case of the hitherto invincible Fisher, of who large things were prophesied; but tho best laid schemes of men and mice gang aft aglec. Whilst John was laying around the Queen City, appar ently thinking of sweet 6ccurity,based upon former achievements, William the Conqueror was talking to the many sovereigns making the pcoplo understand and know that there were other men iu Sedgwick who would make good sheriffs, even though he manifests some anxiety for it and reverse tho chase. I tell you there arc too many good and capable men of either political proclivities who arc absolutely hungering and thirsting lor a place to wiu by adopt ing iu this fast ago the modus of the old Spartan. The love to giro and confer favors if we think lliey are ap preciated, if not actually needed, but we know not how to proceed iu such iustances, when there is such an exhi bition of nonchalaucc and carelessness. Wc chasten who we lovcth, and that openly. Well, the times (in common par lance) are odiously dull just now I tell ou wo would risk a change of most any kind within the limits of reason aud decorum, provided it proves profitable, for we have enough of tho opposite, heaven knows. What few hogs the cholera ha? left, are bringing in no money comparative ly, and wheat aud corn arc not of a price to justify tho farmer to bring it in. Yet our town is steadily improv ing, and new comers locating right along. Our nice new Baptist church will be dedicated on the 22d iust. If not be fore, come and sec us on that day. II. POOR MINNIE. Tho beautiful Mrs. Walkup was cleared. Six of tho jurors, in spite of her physical magnificence. hcrglorioQs ly welling, cyos and bright laco be lieved she poisoned tiio old fool who couldn't rest until ho had captured her, but after being worried over for ty hours gavo over their convictions to tho sido of mercy to tho side of an attractive woman. The other six surrendered on sight. It is probably just as well, but in all tho evidenco there i9 nothing to show how Walkup came to Ins ucaiu ouicr man uy poi-ou. That ho poisoned himself in tentionally nobody claimed. That his wifo had bought and had in her pos session enough poisou to kill a hun dred people nobody denied. BOOMINQ NORWICH. CAR LOAD LOTS MUST STAND. A Chicago dispatch says: All of the principal lines west of Chicago were represented by the general managers aud freight agents at a meeting held here for the purpose of ascertaining the advisability of Adjusting rales as between car lots and less than car lots. Tho meeting was held in response to a demand of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Louis jobbers that an equitable adjustment of classification be made. Tho Missouri river aud interior jobbers opposed any chauge and the opposi tion called forth quite a Icugthy de bate. A resolution was finally parsed to the effect that it was inexpedient at the present timo to abolish the prin ciple upon which the classification was based, but that a committee of freight agents should bo appointed to ascer tain whether any considerable disci ep- ancy existed, aud if so to report n fair adjustment. The committee was ac cordingly appointed, and the meeting adjourned until to-moriow to hear its report. Tho Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Louis jobbers think they have gained a point in securing this concession from the roads. ATCHISON COUNTY. MEAD CENTER. Mead Cextek, Kas.,Xov. -1, 1883. To the Editor of the Eerie. Quite recently Judgo Hay declared Mead Center a city of the third class, and sctXovcmber 3 as tho time for holding the first election. Tho elec tion passed ofTycstcrday very quietly, an even hundred votes beiug polled. The following officers were elected: Major, Tetcr E. Hart; police judge, Captaiu W. C. Osgood; councilmen, William II. Stewart, E. A. Twist, David Traux, George M. Eobcrts aud Xelson Duttou. The county scat war is now over. Carthage, our only rival, has given up tlic fight, and is negotiating with our people with a view to moving down. Six or eight months since the coun ty contained not to exceed 1,000 in habitants; to-day the enumerator's books will show not less than 5,000. Six mouths ago Mead Center was an unbroken prairie; to-day there arc not le.-s thau 250 buildings and over COO inhabitants within her limits. More anon. Sckiiieler. The contest m Atchison couuly was very close. The board of canvassers on Friday decided that Shaw, tho Re publican sheriff, was elected by five majority; and that Emton, Democrat, was elected treasurer bv thirteen. The Commonwealth says that the Eagle's head i9 level touching tho as signed reason for the Republican de feat in Xew York. Geo. II. Harris, formerly assistant general manager ef the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe Road, has becu ap pointed assistant to President Touza lin, of the Burlington & Northern. The Mugwumps of Xcw York don't like the result in that state, but Cleve land says it cost him $1,000 and that ho does. Tho Mugwumps say that Cleveland is all right as president, but all wrong as a Xcw York politician. CAR-LOAD RATES. Cleveland has chosen a man for the ciyil service commission. Of course be is a Democrat, a southern Demo crat. IJut ho is more; he is tlic sou of one of Jeff Davit cabinet. Cleveland having, exhausted tho sto:k of r.ien who survived their efforts to destroy the couutrv. that tlicv arc now so anxious to serve, has fallen back on their sous. Cleveland contributed $1,000 to the Democratic campaign fund in a'cw York, but hii- new appointees in Wichita did notoulv fail to contribute a cent, but, it is said, were so scared tucv did not even vote. The only of ficial in this city under the present high-toned administration voted the Republican ticket from top to bottom, and for the poor farm too, and, ad vised everybody cieo to do the same. ATTICA NOTES. To the Editor or the Eazle. Track lajing on tho Southci u Kan sas road between this point aud Mcdi ciuc Idgc began this week, and the road is expected to reach that place inside of six weekb at the most. Since our last visit to Attica, sever al improvements in the building have taken place, and one of especial merit is the new bank building of Mr. A. C. Jobc. This building w as erected ex pressly for his busiuei-s, and is the most imposiug structure in the town, beiug constructed entirely with the finest quality of Cowley county mar ble. Mr. Jobc is quite a young man, not more thau thirty jcars of age,aud has certainly shown cousidcrable pluck and confidence in putting up so sub stantial a structure iu u town only fif teen months old. Among the other improvements is a fine, large brick school building, which is to cost six thousand dollars; aNo a new church building for the Methodist congrega tion. A company has also been or gani7cd to build a roller llouriug mill. which is gicatly needed as the couu trv iu evcrv direction is unsurpassed for wheat, and there is only one mill west of this point, the Elm mill", iu Barber county, thirty miles from Al- tica. Election day passed off quietly and serene, auu, with tlic exception oi about twenty good, o1ii, prohibition drunks, Republicans, Dcmocials aud rceubackcrs all seemed to be happy. Tho Anthony, Attica & Northwest ern railroad is making a preliminary survey between this place and Pratt Center, Pratt is anxious for the road and so is Attica. L. The sixteenth auuual report of the Massachusetts bureau of labor statis tics records the fact that the gcnral in crease of wages between 1830 and 18G0 was 62 per cent., while the increase ot prices averaged 13 per cent. Siucc 1860 the Massachusetts workmen have obtained an advance in remuneration or over 10 per cent. In general, wages arc 62 per cent, higher in Massachusetts than in Great Britain, while prices (for everything except provissons) arc, ou an average, 43 per cent, higher in Massachusetts. The attempt to abolish the dual classification of freight rates will be renewed iu Chicago to-morrow, when a meeting or general managers and transportation men, for the special purpose of considering the question, will be held. A number of St. Louis and Chicago jobbers have been at tempting to pervert the natural classi fication now iu use, iu order to crush competition in remote territory where smaller towns supply the trade. For cx-mple, Kansas City jobbers get their gouds iu car-load lots, and tfiis class of freight, being cheaper than ou goods iu smaller lots, is enabled to compete with St. Louis and Chicago iu territory near this city. With car load rates established, people in that territory could obtain supplies in small quantities as cheap as our wholesale men could in large. The present ar rangement is in accordance with com mon sense and tho established princi ples of trade. A railroad company can haudlclargc quantities more easily thau small, and ought to charge less iu proportion. It would be an astonish lug piece of folly if tlic railroad man agers should agree to so revolutionary a measure in the iutercsts ot two large cities. At every meeting of the classi fication committee Chicago and St. Louis have brought the matter up, aud last summer in St. Paul it was re ferred to the general managers for action. St. Ixmis' and Chicago's rep resentatives will be there in force and so will Kansas City's. Our cause is the common cause of the Missouri vallev, of all the cities west of Chicago aud St. Louis. Kansas City Times. KANSAS' PROSPERITY. The Kansas City papers are keeping up a wonderful guessing as to where the 26,000 extra males of that city came from. Let them look up their hotel registers. They will find the auto graphs of six out of ten of these men, most of whom live in Kansas. The most intelligent (?)tablc of elec tion returns ever yst compiled by a new psaper for the better informationof an anxiously waiting public, appeared in the Wiuficld Courier Wednesday morning. The compiler, wo hope, survived the effort. Let us pray for deliverance from the literature of another Oklahoma boom. We venture the prediction that if the president again tinds it necessary to put those fellows out, he will direct that it be done without any red tape. Oklahoma has become a great bore. Capital. Tho great fights this year iu tho va rious counties in Kansas appear to have been made upon the candidates for the office of sheriff". Iu many in stances the whole Republican ticket was elected except tho sheriff. It was thus in Jefferson county. Saline coun ty, Marshall county and Rice county. Topcka Journal! Dear Minnie Walkup: You are young add pretty, and a streak of our younger days having struck back on us, we sympathized with you, and though your husband was an odorif erous old cuss. But from the testi mony, Minnie, we think you socked a few doses of arsenic into the old man. That strvelinine and tho other ine business is too thin. Some other fel low had a finger in that. Kansas Chief. To the Editor or the Eagle . Beyond a doubt, and at no distant day either, this lively little city will be (he second largest town iu Kingman county, and next in point ot popula tion to the county scat. In a recent visit to Norwich the writer was ngrce aby surprised to find that tho towu had already assumed the subitcutial appearance of a much older place than it realy is. which also goes to prove that the projectors had selected a very favorable point to build up a first-class city. Its position to command an ex tensive trade with a farming country of wouderful richness and thickly set tled is admirable, sitnated as it is, from seventeen to twenty-four miles from towns of any commercial impor tance. Tho town tito of Norwich was laid out in June last, and $1,500 worth of lots were sold before July 3, and tho boom still continues as speculators and investors recognize the location's ono that cannot help bat mako a town of several thousand people at least. Tho town company is compos ed of the following gentlemen whose reputation and successful business ca reer is well known throughout the southwest: President, Hon. George D. Thompson, cashier of tho First Na tional bank, Harper, Kansas; vice- president, W. W. Bobbins, of Harper, Kansas: secretary, C. C. Black, of Winflcld, Kansas, editor of tho Tele gram at that point, and also secretary ot the Denver, Memphis & Atlantic railway; Maj. Hanson, of St. Joseph, Mo., and general manager of tlic Den ver, Memphis & Atlantic road; J.J. Burns, of Belle Plalnc, Kansas, aud rc-presidcut of the Denver, Memphis & AOantic road; town agent and treasurer. E. X. Hang, editor of the Morwic'a News. A special feature, and one worthy of mention is, the extra width of the streets; Main street being one hun dred feet wide and graded its entire length. Tho Denver, Memphis Ss Atlantic road has completed its grade to this point and tho company intends to lay to Xowich this month. The iron for this purpose has been purchased aud tho track layers arc now at Conway Springs ready to commence work as soon as possible. Norwich is to bo the tcr.ninus for some little time at least, and as soon as the road reaches here a greater im petus will be given to all kinds of trade aud the demand for lots also will be doubled at once. There arc excellent openings here for the following branches of business: A good flouring mill, boot and shoe store, dry goods and clothing store, watchmaker and jeweler. Below wc give a list of the business houses in Norwich: Bank of Norwich, W. W. Bobbins & Co. Hardware, Haines Bros. & Co., and Bennett Bros. Groceries, Carter & Witman, Pinsou & Bowcn, John Anderson, W. J. Hazelctt, Drugs, C. Marrin & Co.; Dr. R. M. Young. Farm implements, Jacob Willhonr. Lumber, Dean, Briggs & Co., R. Barlow, mauager. Livery, P. C. Lear; Scott Nye. Real estate, SturgcsJones & Davis. Paints, oils and glass, L. Shaman. Black smith, J. D. Black. Contractors and builders. Snider & Hughes, ''. J. Everett. Barbers, J. L. Tackwcll, H. Zcithcu. Hotel, Norwich House, W. II. Wilhour. proprietor. Boardiug house, P. C. Lear. Skating rink and public hall, Burgess Brothers, proprietor. Tho press is well represented by the Norwich News, a bright and newsy seven column paper. E. N. Haag, ed itor. Li. Charles Stewart has established his right to leadership in Ireland by his courage, his cnergv, his ability, and, above all, by his patience and moder ation A greater Irishman than ho onco said thai "the only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order." This truth Paruel! has knnt steadily iu view. To temper the restrain tho lirey WALLEYED STATESMEN. The strides toward prosperity made by Kansas this year are noticeable ou every hand. Tho dozen or more un organized counties ou the cxtremo western border arc fast filling up with a cultivated aud educated people, aud ere another year passes nearly every county in the state will have been or ganized. The streams of immigration pouring into the stato aro marvelous. Nearly every quarter section of land iu all, save four of five coun ties, has been prc-etnpted. Thriving and prosperous towns arc beiug built, new lines of railroads arc reaching out iu all directions, and other enterprises of value arc spring ing up. Truly Kaunas is enjoying an era ot prospcrity,aud her future prom ises to be a very bright ono. The newspapers o tlicstatc, from tho Mis souri river to tho Colorado line, are all ladened with encouraging uews from the various localities, aud wherc evcr there is land for homesteaders, it is being taken by thrifty eastern peo ple, who come to our favored slate to build homes and found society. Leav enworth Times. The sale of the Union Pacific lands in Kansas last month amounted to 104,- CC3 acres as compared with about 17, 000 for September. Two large sales were made. A sale of 36,000 thousand acres iu Graham couuty was made to a syndicate of men from this atate aud Illinois, including a prominent banker of Randolph county. Mo. Another sale oi 4o,000 acres m Arego county was made to a number of men of Iowa. Mr. B. McAlIastcr, the land commis sioner of the Kansas division of the Union Pacific railroad, left Kansas City on a tour of inspection through Kansas and Colorado. He will be gone about two weeks. Commonwealth. Teams aro comma into Conway Springs to level the grade ready for tho rails of the Atlantic, Memphis tc Denver railroad. Track laying will commence thl week. Wellington Press. Which week? Maiiou county has submitted pro positions to vote aid to the Omaha, Abilene & Wichita Railroad, the prospects for the building of this road aro very good, and as it will afford a direct communication with Chicago, it will prove of immense benefit to this part of Kansas. It can also be mado of vast advantage to Butler couuty by building a road from this city to Peabody, where a connection could be made with it. This road, with the Emporia & Southwestern down tho Walnut Valley, through El- Dorado. Augusta and Douglass, with the roads now in existence, would give Butler couuty all the railway fa cilities that could bo desired, and we think it would us an admirable thing to unite the two projects iu one bond proposition aud vote county bonds for the building of tho two roads. Augusta Gazette. OUR PEOPLE FAVOR IT. Since the issue of the Leader favor ing the building ot the road from Clearwater to Harper mado its ap pearance a great many favorable com ments havo been made on tho matter. In fact the Leader believes now, as it expressed itself then, that this is real ly the line of road that Clearwater needs, and it further believes that if the citizens of Harper arc really iu earnest in regard to a direct connec tion with Wichita our peoplo will meet them in securing this connection, by a junction between the two lines of road at this place. Clearwater Leader. THE EAGLES KEY NOTE. Xothing more importaut will come before the next legislature thau the legislation which will be asked provid ing for the inspection of Kansas grain and stock within the borders of the state. It has been the boast of Kansas City that no great city could be built in Kansas; that no railroads could be successfully built unless their cargoes of Kansas grain and stock passed through that city, paying tribute to Missouri. Among the shippers of grain and stock there is a most em phatic demand for protection, which will find a reepose in the next legisla ture. The building up of Kansas trade centers, and the protection of the producers of Kansas wealth should be the key note of every live city in the state. Atchison Globe. And it is tho key note which was first struck by tho Wichita Eaole. Wc have it from good authority that Marsh Murdock always gets off the train at the last station from Kan sas City and cats across lots to the the first station on the other side. No money would induce him to go through the Tillage lie has ruined-Graphic. A special dispatch from Atchison to tho Kansas City Journal says: This city acting in harmony with Leavenworth, Topeka and Wichita, is doing nothing to aid Kansas City m protecting our stato from the greed and rapaciousness of Chicago and St. Louis, which seek to remove car load rates and thus increase our freights. Wo here have a small wholesale trade; Topeka papers dally cry for a similar boon, while Wichita has come nobly to the front as p commercial ceuter, aud yet not one of these Kansas-cities has done a thing to help preserve the rates that constitute thcirlivcs, With her money and her brains Kansas City is preservine the trado of this state, woile we here are doing nothing but receiving Dcnents quietly, wnue Topeka papers continually do the luuny business ana taiK ot tnc "winuy wouder," copied from the Wichita eagle, and eagerly accept her tavoss. Tho dispatch slanders Wichita whose board of trade promptly convened aud not only considered the question but odoptcd a ringing resolution which was published in tho Eaule and for warded to the secretary at the meet ing at Chicago, whose secretary promptly acknowledged its receipt, assuring our city that it was just to the point and would place its weight iu the proceedings. The FOR IRISH LIBERTY- Mass Convention Held Evening In the Hall. Last The mass meeting of the Irish Nation al Lcaguo of Kansas was held last evening in tho hall of tho houso of representatives. Tho speaker's stand and tho wall in tho rear were tastefully decorated with the flags of our coun try. Tho national flag of Ireland hung in the center, while the red, white and blue adorned it on cither side. At 8 o'clock the convention was called to order by Governor J. A. Martin. Music was given by Heck's or chestra. Gov. Martin next delivered the fol lowing address: Ladies and Gentlemen: I accept the invitation given me by your com mittee, to presldo at this meeting, not becanso I havo any fitness for or ex perience in the discharge of such duties, bnt because I wished to testify, by my presence here, my hearty sympathy with the causo of good gov ernment for Ireland. I wish to say, however, that I do not agree with all those who, in this coun try, profess devotion to Ireland. 1 hob in unspeakable abhorencc any man, or association of men, who, cith er iu Ireland, America, or any other land, perpetrate revolting crimes in the sacred name of liberty, or who be lieve, or profess to believe, that any good cause or noble purpose can be promoted by assassination, or by that weapon of cowardly iiatc and brutali tydynamite. But if I understand tho purposes and principles for which Charles Stewart Parnell and his followers are contending, in Ireland, they arc those which, in America, havo enlisted all the zeal and energy of ray youth, and all the deyofipu of my manhood. The Irish leader Is seeking to facilitate the ownership of the soil by its occu pants. Tho Irish leader is contending, in Ireland, for protection to homo indus tries, and this policy, in America, has commanded my ardent support. The same ideas and principles that have controlled my action in America would make me, if in Ireland, a Na tionalist. And surely the Irish peoplo, who hare fought so gallantly tor liber ty in every land, have a just right to expect the sympathy of liberty loving people, the world dyer, In their strug gle for Just laws and better govern ment." Tha grandson of Rear Admiral hot blood and zeal of tho Irish peoplo, aud at the samo time to retain their confidence, iu tuuuuuiiu un-ir ucvuilllll aUU W1SCIJ' direct their struggle for justice this has indeed been a delicato aud difficult task. But Parnell has been equal to it. His sobriety, his self-command, his clearness and soundness of judg ment, have been conspicuously illust rated at every stage of the contest he has waged, and these qualities havo been supplemented by ardent public spirit, and a courage and constancy no danger could daunt, no disaster could turn from its purpose. Mauy years ago the greatest of Irish orators, Daniel O'Conncll, In a speech iu Exeter hall, Loudon, said: "Ameri cans, I scud my voice careering like the thuuder storm across the Atlantic, to tell south uaroitua that U oil's thunderbolts arc iiot, and to remind the nr-TO that the dawn of his rc- dcwpV.u is drawing near." .Ju'lhc samo spirit, with equal earn estness, let us hope, with something ofO'Connell's prophetic vision, let this meeting send its greeting to Charles Stewart Parnell, and to all thoso who, with him, are striving to secure justice, good government, and a fair chance in the battle of life for tho Irish people. On motion a committee on resolu tions was appointed. Hon. Nicholas Ford was next intro duced. He said that there was an ir repressible conflict on the other side of tho water. He was not here to apologize for any disloyally of Irish men to the English government, lliey were lighting for freedom, and the same spirit stimulated the Irish heart to-day that stimulated tho overthrowing ot tho tea in Boston harbor iu 1775. The Irish people were not moro than 4,030,000 strong. By English misrule the na tion had been scattered over the civil ized world. Never more would an Iiishman beat an EuglUh drum or force English misrule on a race of un civilized and inoffensive savages. Mr. Ford denied the statement that the Irish peorlc were intolerant aud diversified. lie enumerated the va rious Irish patriots who hail offered up their lives for Irish liberty. He thouc-ht that his people were ready and willing to enjoy the privileges of a Republican government, lie enu merated the reasons why Ireland was entitled to this form of "government. It mattered not whether he endorsed the policy of Charles Stewart Parnell or not. It was cudorscd by the peo ple of Ireland, and they certainly knew the best way to redress their own grievaccs. Mr. Ford then related numerous in stances he had experienced of English misrule in Ireland in 184G. How men, women and children were turned out into the road to 3tarc gaunt famine in the face in order to sustain English nobility. But talk was not what the people of irciami nccucu. it. wa me sinews oi war. Ho was of the opinion that if the Irish patriots received sufficient support from this country, within a year a parliamcut would be sitting in College Green, and it would not be composed of the king and lords, cither. Mr. Ford favored a system of boycotting by every Irishman in this country He thought it the strongest weapon that could be used against England. Let every man and woman and child iu America buy only American goods aud not enrich the so-called English gentry by pur chasing their manufneturtd goods. Ho paid a high compliment to the Americans for the liberal contribution they had made for the assistance of Irish destitution In closing, Mr. Ford stated that he thouulit at no time during the present ccnturv could thclrishmcii of America so assist in this grand fight for Irish liberty. Without their aid tho brave patriots across the water would be paralyzed. At the close of his address Mr. Ford was loudly applauded. Dr. F. S. McCabc followed Mr. Ford ia a short address, generally en dorsing the present Irish movement. He announced his adhesion to the cause because it was for the liberty and freedom of a misruled people. There was no people on earth to whom the cause of liberty was dearer than to tho people of f rco America. Commonwealth. or the country. Tho demand of the people of Kansas is clearly for the building up of trade centers within her own borders. In the old. svstem every bushel of corn and every steer went through Kansas Citv whore it paid tribute to Missouri" fo-d.ty, Kansas stock men. Kansas wheat and corn growers, aud Kansas merchants propose to reach St. Louin, Chicago and New York without going to, or through, Kansas City. This marks the new and independent era in Kansas. The railroad lines that ter minate at Kansas Citv that have not the sagacity to see tho chaugo taking place in the business growth qf Kau sas, and iu the demands of the people for new lines to reach tliu large mar kets, will sooner or later discover that while they havo beon quietly waiting uuw... OtJiltl. VI 1UIUDU UUllUCa, BS might be tendered them at Kansas City by tho two great trunk; lines, other corporations have built into the interior of the statu and secured the business at first hands for themselves. With four hundred miles of rich territory lying west of Kan sas City, with hundreds of miles beyond Kansas offering a great carrying trade, the railroad companies now halting at the Kansas City union depot must cither push westward or give up the future and a large part of the present western business. South ern Kansas will reach St. Louis and the south, and central and northern Kansas people propose to reach Chicago witiiout going to Kansas Citv or nuv other Missouri towu to ask for a transfer. The profits on Kansas "rain aud stock will bo made to build Kansas towns, aud whatever assistance, and whatever legislation is needed to bring about these results the people of Kaunas arc ready to give. Capital. ' THE WONDERFUL GROWTH KANSAS. OF THE NEW ERA IN KANSAS. With a million and a quarter inhabi tants, Kausas has cutcrcd upon anew era of growth and progress. The ten prosperous years just passed have aid ed iu building up an aggregate of wealth exceeding $.700,000,000. The early Kansas of self-denial, trouble ami sacrifice has passed and is a matter of history. To-day with a million and a quarter ot intelligent, progsivu people, stroug iu their belief iu the rich valleys aud prairies, surrounded by schools, churches and even con venience aud luxury of the time, a new era has commenced. At the rate of the present increase of 100,000 new citizens per month seeking homes nnd business, Kanfas will show a popula tion of two million iu 1890. Onccit was thought that tho rich prai rie lands ly'mg between tho Missouri river and tho rocky mountains must rely upon tho cities along the river for their supplies. The settlement and development of Kansas, however, proves lo-dav that tho river is neither a barrier to duildiug up trade centers west of it, nor au aid worth a mo iceuts consideration, In tho days when states were settled by Conssto ga wagons a river Was of commercial importance. Slates settled by the rai roads and telegraph value the riv ers for water powers for machinery, or for floating logs to mill. Missouri, with the old curse of slav ery miUL'liUL' iu ncr oouroouisuc blood, has witnessed the tide of emi gration sweep over lier ncn lanus to settle iu Kansas. The hope that the sluggish, treaherous 'old muddj" would stop the traders aud builders of cities aud railroads and mako the peonle of a state 300 by -100 miles come ; .'. - . i .t :.. .11... .. iu luu river iu uu luuus ia iu-uuv uu exploded fiction. ilic now era iu Kansas means me building of Kansas towns ou Kansas soil. The old railroad system con sisted of wo cast aud west lines, with small tributary arms ''atlieriiiL- iu the harvests and stock for the building of a great city at tho mouth of Kansas river on Missouri soil. Tho new- sys tem moans four cast and west Hues, with lines north aud south reaching northern and southern pino lands and coal fields, with markets opening for the products of Kansas south through Texas, southwest to Now and O'd Mexico, north to Dakota and Minne sota, and cast by a dozen lines to Chi cago and bt. Louis, without paying to Kansas City, that stands like a rob ber demanding tribute Along the north side of tho state, commencing with Atchison, which should havo the wholesale trade now going to St. Joseph, Mo., aud which will have it in tho near future, there area dozen spcudid towns lapidiy becoming Ihc centers of trade for a large section of country. Among them arc Hiawatha, Seneca, Bellville, Concordia, Beloit, Osbnme, Stockton, Millbrook and Phillisburg. Leaven worth with its railroad lines reaching east and west, north aud south, must continue to develop its wholesale trade and enlarge Its present flourishing manufactures regardless of its proxim ity to Kansas City. In central west ern Kansas wc have Manhattan, Junc tion City, Minneapolis, Clay Center, Abilene, Salina, Ellsworth and Hays City, 111 the southern half ot Kausas wc have Lawrence, Topeka, Emporia, Ottawa, Ft. Scott, Garnett, Parsons, Cherokee. Winfleld, Welling ton, Marion, Newton, Wichita, Hutchinson. Mcpherson, and fifty other good towns that are the centers oi a largo and rapidly developing territory. These communities demand such railroad facilities cast and west, north and south, as will give them op portunities to reach the best markets Wo Havo Seen Only the Befflnnlnc. Trom Gov. John A. Martin's address in Smith county. The prosperity of this state is based upon its farm products. Our mineral resources are, iu comparison with Hg.iculturul productions, small aud unimportant. Wc have lead in the southeast; vc have coal iu many sec tion", and tlic supply is equal 'to the wants of our people: wc'Iiuvr salt and gyisum in abundance. But the wealth of Kanas lies iu our harvest fields. Our pro-pcrity is based pri marily upon tha plow. Kausas em braces over lifty-lwo million acres of land. Fullv fifty million acres of this vnst area of country is capable of pro ducing luxuricnt crops. Only a little over thirteen million acres less than ouc-fourlh of the entire area is now under cultivation; and the land classed as 'under cultivation" includes nearly five million acres of prairie grass. Practically, therefore, only about seven million acres of Kansas soil has becu touched by the plow. Yet the products this year will aggregate fully ten million bushels of wbcat,two hun dred million bushels of corn, six mil lion bushels of rye, three million bush els of oats, and seven million bushels of Irish potatoes making two hun dred and twenty-six million bushels of these five crops. It ia not possible, as yet, to estimate the value of the field -rops of Kansas including grasses, fur the year 1885; but their value of the previous year aggregated $105,945,773. Kansas had last year 5,444,391 head of stock, valued at $115,045,050. We have planted nearly twenty-two million fruit trees, and have one hun dred and thirty thousand acres of ar tificial forest trees. The assessed valuation of the prop erly of the state, for the year 1885, ag gregates $148,820,262, au iucreasc over last vcar of $11,806,505. The real es tate aggregates in value $123,000,000. au increase of nearly six millions over the valuation of last year. The rail road property of the stale is valued at $30,367,820, au increase of $1,911,912, and we have 4,180 miles of completed railway within our borders. This is all tho growth of thirty years. I conld. perhaps, more accurately say of twenty years; for Kansas hardly began to grow until the spring- of 1865, when tho home returning soldiers and the railroads came together. The de velopment of Kansas during these two decades cuaucnges comparison wun that of any country iu the world. An irresistible impuls'e seems to have broueht hither the best blood aud brain of all the nations of the world. Our schools, colleges, universities and churches rival those of tho oldest coun tries, and railways, traversing nearly every organized county, bring a market to every farmer's granary. It is asked now and then, can this wonderful growth continue? Why should it not continue? Less thau one fourth of the eutiro area of Kansas, as I havo stated, is under cultivation; there arc millions of acres yet un occupied; tho immigration to Kansas this year is unprecedented, aud the huma'n encrev which is asscmbliug here with such unprecedented rapidity must produce results even moro rc markabl than those wrought during the past two decades. The develop ment of the present is only tho dawn of that which is to be. Tho Kansas of to-day only foreshadows the Kansas ot the future. 1 make this statcmnt with a lull re alization of its mcauiug. I know that theie are many, even of our own peo ple, who believe that a very large sec tion of tlic western third of our state can never be successfully tilled. But actual experiment is shattering this theory. The lino making the western boundary of agriculture is a myth. It goes westward with the settlement. The rain belt travels with the plow. It has been located on half a dozen degrees of longitude. It was on the Itltio river when I camo to the state, uc.irlv thirty years airo. The valleys of Iho Republican, the Arkansas aud the Solomon were tuoii regimen as rainless as deserts. But the lino moved westward, vcar bv year, until it reached the hundredth meridian. Be yond this, by almost universal assent, it was declared that successful farming was not possible. Yet in tho north-c-n tier three counties lying west of that line, and running through to Col orado, aro teeming with a busy aud aggressive population; and these peoplo point to crops of wheat and corn equalling any ever grown elsewhcro, as the most convinc ing answer that can be made to the as sertion that western Kausas is sterile aud rainless. On tho far southwest liuo tho dcvelopcmcnt of the harvests produced are equally astonishing and convincing. The samo wide and beau tiful valleys, tho samo rich uplaud, the same deep aud productive soil, tho samo luxuriant vegatation," are the characteristics of these far west coun tics,as they are of the counties wat ered by tho Delcwarc, the Kansas aud i ho Neosha, aud tho samo blue sky aud pure air bonds above aud envel opes tho whole of this great slate of ours from the Missouri to tho Colora do line, Willi this fair land as his homo, with this productive soil as his workshop aud with the rare aud healtful atmos phere of Kansas to stimulate his cu ergy, the farmer of this state ought to bo contented and prosperous. Cer tainly in no other state have tho op portunities for securing pleasant homes and productive farms been so favorable and so numerous as hero iu Kansas. Certainly in no other land has so much material wealth been dug out ot tho earth in so short a time as here ii Kansas. Ccrtaluly iu no other country under the shining stars have so many poor and struggling men won modest fortunes by honest industry as here iu Kansas. And ccrtaluly the future of Kansas promises a growth aud development as rapid, and as sub stantial, as that of the past. I speak of tho future thus confident ly, because, after all, the richest heri tage of Kansas is the imperial man hood of its citizenship. No stato in Iho Union, no country in the world, can boast a braver or more intelligent, enterprising, liberty-loving and law respecting population. From tho date of its organization np to the present time, Kansas has been receiving the best blood and brain of the civilized world. Hither thirty years ago came thronging a host of bright and gener ous men, to protect tms tair lanu against Iho aggressions of slavery. Here six years bcrbre Mr. Lincoln is sued his llrnt call for volunteers, tho war which wan to strike from the slave his shackles whs begun; nud here, de fying alike the power and blandisli uicuts of tho national adminis tration, the opponent' of slavery won their first victory. Hither the union saved and freedom nationalized, tlimllt.fMl a (.rent a.lnt. ..I" rntil!... men who had foui-ht on cverv battle field of tho late war, aud who, during lour years ot peril aud ot hardifiips, nan illustrated uy calm nnd patient endurance, anil by the most magnifi cent courage and patriotism, the graudest virtue of American manhood, tlcro is a people who have wiped a desert from the map of tho continent, and replaced it with a garden. Here are the men who have pushed tho plains to the foothills of the moun tains; who have dotted tho treeless plains with forests; and who have made solitudes of the bison the home of tho happy. Of what achievements or conquests in the arts or industries of niece is such a population not capa ble? AVhcrc arc ruts that bound the progress and divelopemcnt of a state having such a citizenship, I do not believe that anyone now living can guess orgague the possibili ties of this great state of ours. A century hence Kansas may reach the -full statue of its material growth; but iiui. lulling uur niu nine win mis ma turity ot development be witnessed: not during our day and generation will this young commonwealth reach a poiut where further advance is no longer possible. The Kansas of Ihc future can say of his state, as docs the Kansas of to-dav. CEUDA SPRINGS. This is tho land of ovcrv land the Dride. Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world be tide. Where brighter suns dispense, serener lieht. And milder moons imparadiso tho night; A land or beauty, virtue, valor, truth. Time-lutored"aeo and lovo exalted youth. This is the spot of earth supremely blest A dearer, sweeter spot than all tho rest. KANSAS REPUBLICANS. Tho faithful, stalwart Republicans of Kansas can always be relied upon. Republicanism is born in flic blood and bred in the bouc of the intelligent, liberty-loving people of this State. Aud the results of the county elections this year arc peculiarly gratifying. For the first timcat an "off year" dur ing the past ten or fifteen years, the Republicans have made "a clean sweep" in such counties as Sedgwick, Barton, Mitchell, Cloud, Bourbon, Johnson, Wyandotte, Franklin, An derson, Coffee, Cherokee, Otta wa, Saline, Dickinson, Pottawa tomie, Marshall, Sumner, and Labette, electing their entire ticket.. In Shawnee, Cowley. Lyon, Osboriie, Riley, Crawford, Rice, Ma rion, Clay, anil others they also "swept the board" by splendid majorities for every candl ate, while iu Jefferson, Chase. Davis and a few others they did nearly as well, losing only one candidate, in some instances tlic Sheriff, in others the Treasurer. The only cxceptiou to tne ruio oi substantial'or compelent Republican victories, this year, appears to be in Leavenworth county, where tho Dem ocrats elected their entire tickit. Champion. WELLINGTON. . 9, '85. Wellinotot, Kan., Nov To the Editor of the Ea-fle: The boys who some time ago robbed the drawer of Philip's house, have had their trial and get ono year each in the Pen. at hard labor. Dr. Shepard has arrived home again, and is looking as well as usual. The new buildings now almost com pleted on the second block south of the court house beautifies that part of town not a little. The street railway and gas light are looked forward to with great anxiety. The baud with the golden troupe was the best drilled band that ever played in the streets of Wellington, the music also was first-class. The Sumner counuty medical asso ciation meets in Wellington at the office of Drs. lireucmau & Emerson ou November 10. Doctors please take note and govern )oursclvcsaccori,ing ly. All are requested to bo present and help make this an entertaining meeting. Several papers arc to be presented by members of the association. Geuda Si'iu-sas, Ks , Nov. 9, 1885. To the Editor of tho Eazle. Everything is quiet siuco the elec tion. The whole Republican ticket win elecfed in both Sumner and Cow Icy counties. Quite a number of Wi'hila people have been nt the Springs I'd- season, and none, so far as wc know, have gone away without being benefitted. Micro arc tuo railroads striving to gain this, poiut now, the Geuda Springs; Caldwell & Western, and the Ft. Smith, Wellington Ss Northwest ern, both of which will probably bo here inide of one year. The proposi tion when submitted will read so as to give the bonds to the road that first reaches the townhip. Wc can ouly vote bonds to the ainouut of $30,000, therefore the road coining iu hut will get ouly a small vtiantitj of the $30,- 000 bonds. One of our prominent business men, J. O. Oi Id well, had the misfortune to have his safe blown open last Tuesday night by somo professional turglars. It was doue neatly aud quickly. Some two hundred dollars were taken. The scamps made good their cscapo aud covered their tracks well, as there is no clue. The Wichita Eaole man was iu our midst last Friday, taking subscriptions nnd orders fur legal blank papers. Hon. C. R. Mitchell goes to Welling ton to-day to attend court. The Arkansas Citv -railroad com mittee go to Caldwell to-day to make a compromise with the fellows con cerning the starting point of thcG., S. C. & Western railroad. There wnsamin by the name of Pardcins committed suicide by jump ing off tho Santa Fe train two miles north of Arkansas City last Thursday noon. Mr. tilolfeltcr, of Bolton township, dropped dead with heart disease, while in the Territory last Friday after a load of wood. The K. C.&S. W. R. R.is uow graded within three miles of Arkansas City. X. H. Appearances indicate that track j laying on the D. M. A A. is now likely iu mi uuaii-u iiuiu spring, iv c nave no authority for this statement simp ly judge from, appearances. Conway Springs Ster. How's this? Our correspondent, last week, said, crapbaticallyjhat iron would be going kown this wrck, and from Conway Springs. Wc are now in receipt of iho Daily Eaole, of Wichita, the boss daily In Southern Kansas. It is au out-spoken Republican paper, and ably edited by M. M. Murdock. In connection with the office is a large establishment for the manufacture of all kindsof blanks, uianic ucoks, etc. ihe new register at iho Summit House, is a fair sample oi their work, and stands equal to the best. Speareville Blade. TELEGRAPHIC. Suicide. AjurArus Crrr, Nor. 6. J. E. Parkins, s building contractor of tail place and for merly of Kansas City, threw himself be tween the can to-day, about half a mile north of here, and was badly mangled. He had been np the toad aad wru on his way home. Train men report that he attempted the tame thing at Seeley, but was prevented. He is still alive, but his injuries aro fatal. ARCONIA. FROM SCOTT COUNTY. To the Editor of the Eanut. I have read "Bob's" letter from Scott couuty to tho EmpoV ia Republican. As a rcsi rcsident of the county, and a close ob server, I would say that in tho main Bob has shown the county up in its true light, but he evidently bad somo free rides and some free entertain ment at Scott City, and felt called up on to give it and its land lords a free advertisement, aud to do so he was obliged to draw on his reserve stock of prevarication. One would know by his letter that he was pumped full by the Scolt City Towusite company. He says that Scott county is well wa tered, and then adds that a new towu has been started just five miles west of Scott City which will probably suc ceed if they contract with the Scott City Towusite company to furnish their water. The fact" arc that a com pany of capitalists trom Wichita and other eastern cities have been looking over Scott couuty with a view to establish ing a county seat, and were favorably impressed with the location Bob speaks of; as it is iu Ihc center of a the good farmiug lauds of Scott coun ty Scott City being in tho geograph ical center, but beiug situated, as it is, ou tho edge of a basin or "muck swail" thousands of acres in extent, its trade mut cotno from tne north, west and cast; the Scott compauy rccognizo the fact, and when they heard of the proposed settlement they drew a sich that brought their boot straps iuto close proximity with their pallates, and tho editor of the Times kerfiumixed and rolled iu it. That paper is always talkiug about the uui- vsrsal shallow wells throughout tho county, but says, "There is uo water to be had at the new settlement. Tho facts arc that the best wells and pur est water is found iu gravel, and has not tho muddy or milky appearance of the Scott City water. At present Scott City has uo water, and the peo plo have to go to neighboring wells for their supply, the trouble being that the well ropo in the city well broke, and the eutcrprising town company have not the enterprise to repaint. If Bob or the Scott City town people want a nice cool drink of pure, fresh water, they ran find it plentiful, with facilities for drowning, at tho new settlement, their reports and publications to tho contrary not withstanding. Dick. KANSAS CITY A WORTHLESS HOG. Wichita thinks there is a howling need for a wholesale butcher shop within her metes and bounds. What is tho matter with the Eaole office? K. C. Times. Xothiug. The Eaole is engaged in the butchering business as tho Times undoubtedly feels from tho amount of squceling it does, but the carcass threalhons to be worthless by the time we are through with it. What tho Eaole is after is a butcher shop for cattle as well for hogs. Ar.oo.MA, Kan., Nov. 9, 1885. To the Editor or the Eagle. Owing to pressure of other duties Jinks has uot been able to report for for some time. Xow that the election is over, cx citcmedt of apolitical nature has sub sided and, as tho Republicans elected every ono of their nominees, for coun ty offices, they enjoy an inward feel ing of, "well done, faithful servants," &c, while the Democrats have resum ed their daily vocations, knowing that they have to c-it if they didn't aet an office. The firm of Salter & Kiuscy has becu dissolved, Mr. Salter retiring. Mr. Kiuscy will continue the business and hereafter sell hardware strictly for ca-h at greatly reduced prices. Mr. Salter will remain at Argunia and perhaps open a laud aud loan office, and qualify himself for the practice of law. Mr. S. is a son of Ex-Governor Salter, of Cherry vale, aud h.;ing a good academic education, will un doubtedly succeed in tlic profession of his choice. The list wc heard of S. L. Jours, tho sheriff, elect, of Suincr county, he was suffering from blood poisoning, caus by an accidental injury received while making the canvass. The meetings at the Baptist church under the direction of Rev.s Brady aud Fortune, will continue through this week. These meetings have been going ou for nearly two weeks, and considerable interest is being awak ened. P. S. Kline, the contractor, has a large force at work on the Frantz building. Several new buildings aro under headway, and Argonia continues to grow. One of the results of a Democratic administration is a postal card famine. Our P. M. has been out of cards for two months, and don't know why he don't receive them. Peter Stewart, of Wellington, sold a largo herd of cattle nt this place last week, they sold at auction and brought good prices. A great deal of corn is being sold here now, and brings from 18 to 22 ccuts per bushel. Several deaths among children from membranous croup, have occurred iu this part of tho county within tho past few days. Win. Mathcwsou, accompanied by J. F. McMulIcn and others, came down from Wichita last Saturday evening to institute a lodge of the I. O. O. F. The new lodge starts out with a mem bership of twenty-five, with tho fol lowing officers: X. G. John Hender son; V. G. Levi Cook; Trcas. O Kiuscy; See. D. F. Janeway; Cou. Chas. Hickock; W. John Kenedy; It, S. X. G. W. D. Holland;L. S.X. G. I. It. Mason; It. S. V. G.-Ja. Ilcd- rick;L. S. V. G. K. E. Polk; L. S. S. J. Arnold. Farmers are setting out a great many fruit trees this fall, judging from the amount of uursery stock that has beeu shipped into this place. Tho Ryan brothers started for Kan sas county yesterday. Jinks. TOO PREVIOUS. Tho Wichita EAOi.E,now that Daven port is defeated, thinks that ho is a "million -iiro dude." The Eaule made no such discovery before tho clcctiou. and we doubt now if it can prove that Mr. Davenport is cither a millionaire or a dude. Athison Cham pion. Your observations aro entirely gra tuitous. Wc made tho discovery be fore the election, but whoever heard of drawing the "moral" before the talo was recited. Yes, Mr. Champion, Mr. Davenport Is a millionaire dudo whose occupancy of the Gubernatorial chair of Xew York for two years would havo hurt tho Republican party more thau his clectiou would have done r.is party good. Kausas City is ahead on railroads and in the matter of railroad rates, too. K. C. Journal. And will be the tall ot the majority of them in a twelve mouth. There is a ronort that John M. Glo ver, Joseph Pulitzer, John Cockerill aud Stilson Hutchins havo.bought tho St. Louis Republican, and that Mr. Cockerill will be managing editor. We fear this news will be too good to be true. There was a rumor iu St. Louis on Friday to the effect that a consolida tion of tho Uuion Pacific and Missouri Pacific systems was pending between the Xcw York and Boston interests.' Let 'em dive ahead, such a consolida tion wouldn't hurt Wichita. Wo are surprised to see Kansas City show up a 105,042 population with such au adverse wind from the direc tion of Wichita. Junction City Union. Shooting Barber County, MxDiccne Lodoi, Nov. tV A shooting affray occurred here yesterday, resulting in seriously wounding G. W. Martin, a promi nent citizen and attorney of Medicine Lodge The affair grew out of an article written by Martin, referring rather damajp'ngly to tho past history of Bubo Lake, of Lake City, who was tho Democratic candidate for com missioner in this county. Mr. Lake's son, .Uiley Lake, came In town yesterday, and meeting Martin in one of tho leading drug stores, or saloons, after a few words struck him a heavy blow on tho head with his re volver. Martin then drew his pistol, but be fore ho could use It ho was (hot by Lake. The wounded man is laid to bo in a critical condition, yet thers'aro somo hopes of his recovery. Both men were very mnob under the influence of liquor at tho time. Tho returns from tho election in Barber county are as follows. County Clerk 15. J. Taliaferro, Republi can. Treasurer CapL John Bodgers, Repub lican. Surveyor E. W. Hill,. Republican. County Commissioner John McGrath, Republican. Register of Deeds J.P.Hall, Democrat. Sheriff Chas. D. Xelson, DemocraL Coroner Dr. W. H. Meinckc, Democrat. Boomers Bounced. Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle. Ft. Reno, via Ft. Elliott, Txxas, Nov. 7th, 5 p. m. The first catch of ono hun dred boomers, forty wagons and their camp ing outfits were brought in to this military post to-day by a detachment of troops. The remaining trespassers will be brought in as' rapidly as captured by the detachments of troops engaged in the work, and which aro still out, can do it. The troop reporting say that tho Oklahoma district is full of boom en. Col. Sumner commanding, under orders, proposes making a clean sweep. Tho boomers already brought in will be held, hero until all those remaining in tho district aro captured. M. Caldwell Mob. Special Dispatch to the Dally Eagls. Caldwell, Kas Nov. 7. Yesterday two U. S. deputies came to this city from Well burton for the purpose of pulling all tha joints and arresting all inmates therein. In their rounds they arrested one man and made preparations to take him to Well ington on the afternoon train' tfn arri-rug at tha depot with their prisoner they were surrounded by a mob of about thirty deter mined men who commanded them to return with the prisoner to the city. Ono of them with the marshal of this city took the prisoner and put him back in tho jail, to await reinforcements from Welling ton. Last night the mob took tho key of tha lockup away from someone having it and liberated the prisoner. The prisoner cannot be found. Many people hero aro excited over such a state of affairs and aro awaiting further developments. In the Ditch. Utica. X. Y- Nov. 9. It is reported that a serious accident has occurred on the West Shore road, about one mile west of Little Falls. Six passenger coaches ran into a ditch. One lady is said tc be lulled and a number of persons seriously hart, among them Assemblyman Pratt, of Rochester. The train that is derailed is ro. oi , of tho Chicago & St. Louis limited. The railroad people are very reticent, and particulars aro hard to be obtained. Tie followinz facts reeardinz the acci dent on tho West Shore road bars been fur nished by the companies: Train Xo. 57. west bound, which left at C o'clock last nieht. passed Little Falls and ran off the track about one mile west of there about 12:30 this monunsr. The accident is said to have been caused uy a washout. The en gine passed over safely, bnt the tender broke loose and ran off the track with the whole train. The tender was wedged into the side of the first sleeper. Mrs. C. R. Pratt, of Rochester, a passenger in the sleeper, was killed; her husband was slightly injurt-d; Judge , of Springfield, lit. was slightly injured; J. J. Weston, of New York, right lee sprined; one of the porters on the Pull man car was badly injured and another slightly hart. The baggage car, smoking car, and one passenger car wero slightly broken. The passengers wero transferred to another train which passed tho wreck four hours later. Tha Dead Actor. PniiAPELrniA, Xov. 9. It has been de cided to hold a post mortem examination over the remains of John McCullough and a full synopsis of the case, which will be an important one from a medical standpoint, wiu be made. Xo arrangements have been made for the funeral, except that his body will be placed ta a vault at Cedar Hill ceme tery on Thursday. Robson, Crane, Flor ence, Collier and other fellow actors and friends propose erecting monuments to his memory, and until the location Is selected tho body will remain In the vault. PuiLADELntXA, Xov. 9. The faneralof John McCullough will take placo Thurs day next at 11 o'clock at St. Ueorj-e's hall In this city. The pall-bearers will be Ed win Booth, Jno. B. Carson of Chicago. Win. H. Thompson of St. Louis, Wm. J.Flor ence of Xew York, Mathew Canning of Philadelphia, Henry Edwards of Xew York, Wm. F. Johnson of Philadelphia, and Jas. W.Collins, Jno. A. CockriU and Wm. Conner of Xaw York. Coal Dlsnrora CotrvBtrs, 0., Xov 9. Out of a force of about fire thousand miners in tho Hocking Valley and Central Ohio regions, less than two hundred wero engaged to-day. The in fluence of the strikers has extaned to the furnaces and all have closed with two ex ceptions, and it is expected they will shut down this week. The operators claim that the only thing for them to do is to closo down their property. The Columbus, Hocking Valley A Toledo railroad has dis charged train men and employees to tho number of several hundred ia order to save expenses. There is an inclination on the part of a certain element among the miners to reinaugurate vandalism, and already two or three attempts to destroy mine property have been frustrated Auditor of State Kiesewetter was arraign ed before the mayor this eveninc charged with shooting, with intent to kill, W. J. Elliott at the Xeal house last evening. Uo entered a plea of not guilty, and thejrelim nary hearing was set for next Monday. PiTisBtnto. Pa.. Xov. 9. An early col lapse of the miners' strike along the Monon gahela river is anticipated. Great destitu tion is reported among the miners. Secret Man-lass and Itsi Fruits. Stbacusi. X. Y- Xov. 9. Wm. Wilbur, a university graduate, and Clara Greenly graduate of high school here, were secretly taamed last June and nave not uvea to gether since. Wilbur visited tha boose to day where he found the mother aad daugh ter. The former ordered hhn oat oi the house, whereupon Wilbur seised pair of shears and stabbed both women though not fatally. He was arrested. Action for di vorce has been bs-rsahytae giriwna is considered very pretty. Wilbur has a bro ther in an insane asylum. AccldentaMy Shot Himself. Xaxsas Crrr. Nov. 91 The Journal's St. Joseph, Mo., special says: J. A. Seines, wealthy farmer of this yfcinity, while hunt ing to-day, discharged his gun accidentally a-su received the contests ol both barrels in his breast, causing instant death. S y s S .-fr"-