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SEVENTH YEAR.
AT THE OLD STAND,
Will in the Future as in the Past, keep a fall supply of
GROCERIES
CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS.
Also, Queensware, Hour, M, Stoneware, Confectioneries, Clears and ToMcco.
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A Liberal share of the Public Patronage is Solicited.
! COME AND 8EEU8. WE WILL TRY AND MAKE IT FOR YOUR INTEREST TO COME AGAIN
IWA-KEENEY
"WHOLESALE
W. S. HARRISON, Proprietor,
iBologna Sausage & Pressed Corn Beef a Specialty.
Th Trade Supplied. Bast Prlcas paid for Caftla and Hogs.
KELLEY &
AGENTS
Buckeye Reaper and Mower,
(Keystone Corn Planters, Horse
and Cultivators, Springfield Superior Grain Drills,
CEMENT, LIME and PLASTER PARIS,
Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Iron, Steel and Glass,
PLOW AND WAGON-WOOD STOCK,
'Franklin Street,
THE LOW-PRICE STORE.
-wA.a-isr:Ej:R,
OILS, PAINTS, BRUSHES,
And the usual line of goods found in a first-class
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We can and do meet anybody's prices in
Western Kansas, both
WHOLES-A-LIE J 2ST X RETAIL.
We furnish SULPHUR at bed-rock prices. COAL OIL we
have bought 'way down, and on five-gallon lots will make
great reductions.
GBOCEBIES.
A fall line of staple and fancy Groceries have been added to
our stock. Those who buy of us will get strictly good goods
at low prices.
ZFLOTXR.
We have a select stock at prices which defy competition.
Don't take our word for it,but come and see.
Investigation of our goods is invited.
WAGNER & GRIM.
ROOTS
SHOES
MEAT MARKET.
.A-ISTD BETAIL.
WALKER,
FOR THE
Rakes, Weir & Deere's Plows
WA-KEENEY, KANSAS.
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STOCK ZF-AJRIMIIIISra- THE BASIS OP OTTIR, IIST
WA-KEE!NEY, KANSAS,
NEWS SUMARY.
WASHINGTON TOPICS
Wm. E. McLain, of Terre Haute, Ind.,
was appointed first deputy commissioner of
pensions, vice C. B. "Walker, resigned, the
appointment to take effect April 16th.
L. 6. Dyerinforth, assistant commission
er of patents, has resigned that office. Ex
Representative Robt. B. Vouce, of North
Carolina, will be appointed to fill the va
cancy. The president has appointed as postmas
ters, Geo. M. Houston, at Harrisonville,
Mo., vice Wm. Bryson, deceased; Ben. B.
3mith, at Chillicothe, Mo., vice Ely Maiah,
resigned.
Lieut. Scheutz will take with him a gold
medal to present to Vasilli Bobrowskv.
alias Vasilli Koolgioort (one eared Bill,)
when he leaves to distribute rewards to the
natives in the vicinity of the Lena river,
who aided in discovering DeLong's party.
The native to be honored with the meuol
discovered the party in charge of Melville.
He was given his alias because he had but
one ear. The medal is about the size of a
silver dollar and contains on one side the
words: "Presented by the President of the
United ftates," and on the other side the
name of the recipient will be inscribed.
The colored people of Washington cele
brated April 16th, the 23d anniversary of
the emancipation of slaves in the District of
Columbia. The celebration consisted of a
street parade during the day and commem
orative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial
church in the evening. About 5,000 per
sons, members of the various civil and mil
itary associations of the colored people of
Washington took part in the parade, which
was viewed by President Cleveland from
the portico of the White House. At the
meeting in the Lincoln Memorial church,
Mr. Bruce, register of the treasury.presided,
and Fred Douglas was the orator of the oc
casion. Other speakers were Prof. J. M.
Gregory, A. H. A. Smith, Rev. A. 8. Laws,
T. FJohnson, W. C. Chase.
The Commissioner of the General Land
office has ordered that final action ' in the
land office upon all entries of public lands,
except private land entries and such loca
tions as are not dependent upon acts of set-
lement and cultivation, be suspended in
tne following localities: All lands west of
the first guide meridian in Kansas; all
west of range seventeen was in Nebraska;
the whole of Colorado, except the lands in
the Ute reservation; all lands in New Mex
ico, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada, and
that portion of Minnesota north of the Pa
cific railrord and east of the indemnity
limits of the Chicago, M. & M. railroad. Fi
nal action in the land office is ordered to
be suspended upon timber culture entries
under the act of June 3, 1837, which law
has not already been examined; also in all
cases of desert land entries.
The President on April 17th, made the
following appointments: To be Consul Gen
erals of the United States James M. Mor
gan, of South Carolina, for the British Col
onies in Australia, at Melbourne; Jacob
Mealier, of Ohio,atFrankfort-on-the-Main,
Germany. To be Consuls of the United
States Charles W. Wagner, of Mississippi,
at Toronto; Thos. R. Webb, of Arkansas, at
Hamilton, Canada; Francis H. Wegball; of
Marvland, at Leeds, England; Chas. Jones,
of Wisconsin, at Prague, Austria; Richard
Stockton, of New Jersey, at Rotterdam;
Wm. Slade. of Ohio, at BrussellB, Belgium;
G. Harvey Graham, of Louisiana, at Paso
del Norte, Mexico; Wm. J. Black, of Dela
ware, at Brembarg, Germany; Francis
Wharton, of Pennsylvania, Examiner of
Claims in the Department of State. W. H.
Brinker, Warrensburg, Mo., Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of
New Mexico; Henry W. Hobson, Denver.
Colo., to be United States District Attorney
for the district . of Colorado, vice A. W.
Brazee, removed.
FOREIGN.
An Italian fleet is being fitted out for the
Baltic sea.
' The blockade oiFormosa has been raised
by the French.
England continues war preparations with
increasing vigor.
The Irish Times says that the Mallow ri
oters were imported from Cork.
Canadian troops are ready to go to Win
nipeg to put down the rebellion.
The Grand Trunk road in Canada has or
dered a general reduction in wages.
The ameer of Afghanistan says that the
Afghans will resist Russian invasion.
The Russian minister of war sent a con
gratulatory telegram to Gen. Komaroff.
Russian transports just ordered out have
been instructed to avoid all British ports.
. The severety of the weather in Afghan
istan makes it difficult for the miliitary to
move.
France will send reinforcements to China
until a final treaty of peace shall have been
signed.
In the battle oT March 31 the Guate
malans admit that they left 1,800 dead on
the field.
American ladies at London will -give a
cocnertin aid of the wounded in the Son
dan campaign. """
O'Brien, editor of the United Irelend, will
oigamzs a opposition to tne prince wnen
he visits Mallow.
Two hundred English vessels are fit -oart
on the Black sea and the Sea of Azov seek
ing cargoes of grain.
Russia continues to arm her' men-of-war
at Cronstandt, and orders were issued to
have all put to sea.
SATURDAY, APKILT 1885.
Three native clerks at Baybeach, on the
African coast, were taken on a German
man-of-war and flogged.
Nationalists held a mass-meeting at Cork
and ridiculed the demonstration in honor
of the Prince of Wales.
Three columns of British troops will
move to-day in the endeavor to capture Os
man Digaa at Deberet.
A report comes from Panama, via Galves
ton, that Fopoyan has again fallen into the
hands of the rebels.
The Suez Canal commission adopted a
clause extending the principle of neutrality
to the Sweetwater canal.
Cardinal Manning of London will not
visit Rome, as he thinks his presence would
be distasteful to the Irish bishops.
The London Spectator thinks that Russia
will not only attempt to seize Herat, but
will also turn her attention to Persia.
The Official Messenger at St. Petersburg
furnishes Gen. Komarofi's account of the
recent battle on the Afghan frontier.
Gen. Komsroff reports that the Afghans
evacuated all the frontier posts, and tire
Russian outposts occupy their former posi
tions. The London Standard thinks Anglo-Russian
negotiations have not settled the mat
ter, but merely postponed the conflict to
some future time.,
A Paris newspaper declares that in the
event of war between England and Russia
an agreement exists for the other power to
remain strictly neutral.
The situation in the Northwest territory
is unchanged. The Indians and rebels are
riding about frightening the people. The
garrisons can probably hold out until the
arrival of troops.
2 The German and Austrian governments
will annual tne treaty with Turkey if Rus
sian and English war ships are allowed to
pass through the Bosphorus in tha event
of war between England and Russia.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
Gov. Ireland vetoed the Texas land bill.
Dan Mace, the veteran driver, died at
New York.
D. T. Farney was elected mayor of Mober
ly, Mo., for the third time.
Rev. John J. Dougherty, formerly vicar
general, died at Baltimore.
Hon. Bayliss W. Hanna of Indiana, was
appointed minister to Persia.
Hon. Jacob D. Cox was elected president
of the University of Cincinnati.
Capt. Richard King, known in Texas as
the "cattle king," died at San Antonia.
Andrew J. Gross was appointed United
States marshal for the district of Kentucky.
Rev. A. A. Peansteihl was elected mode
rator of the St. Louis presbytery at Troy,
Mo.
Rev. Dr. Stern, who took laudanum at
Wilkesbarre, Pa., with suicidal intent, is
dead.
Mgr. A. J. Glorieux was1 consecrated at
Baltimore bishop and apostolic vicar of
Idaho.
The attorney-general decides that Mr.
Lawton is eligible to be appointed minister
to Russia.
Postmaster-General Vilas has issued rules
governing the appointment of post-office
inspectors.
The will of the late Gen. Anson Stager of
Chicago was probated. The estate is valued
at $850,000.
James M. Buchanan, postmaster at Vic
tor, Iowa, has been arrested for alleged
crookedness.
It is denied that Gen. Grant is emaciated.
He has lost Borne flesh, but his face is not
much changed.
Soothsayers have sent many letters to
Gen. Grant explaining his rtcent peculiar
dream.
Hon. Norman J. Colman has officially
entered upon his duties as commissioner of
agriculture,
Chas. W. Wegner of Missouri was ap
pointed consul-general of the United States
at Toronto, Canada.
W. H. Brinker of Warrensburg, Mo., was
appointed associate justice of the supreme
court of New Mexico.
It is understood that Mr. Cleveland will
put in the place of colored Republicans in
the South colored Democrats.
President Cleveland, a New York paper
says, wants it understood that his cabinet
is accepted for the full term.
Mile. Nevada scored another great tri
umph in Chicago, much to the disgust of
Arditi and entire Patti following.
Hob. J. Q. Chenwith of Dalas, Tex.,
was appointed auditor of the United States
treasury. Tne place was not solicited.
Mrs. Strubbs of Indianapolis, died from
laudanum effects taken with suicidal in
tent. She died with her baby in her arms
The Costa Rican minister at Washington
has received assurances that the troubles
in Central America are about settled.
If Gen. Grant should live until Summer
an effort will be made to take him to Cali
fornia where the climate is invigorating.
The doctors have reached the conclusion
that Gen. Grant is not afflicted with cancer.
It is now thought that he has a good
chance of recovery.
Hon. J. Henry Shaw, a Democratic mem
ber of the Illinois Legislature from Cass
county, died suddenly at Springfield. This
makes the third death during the present
on.
ITBIES.
Chicago councilmen are of the opinion
that disappointed Republican partisans are
giving the city a very bad name. Resolu
tions on the subject were offered.
CLIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A mad dog at Cairo, 111., bit two
boys
ana several dogs.
Benj. M. Pratt, a Cincinnati lawyer com
mitted suicide.
Aaron Jones, a
negro, was lynched at
New Roads, La.
Fire at Sullivan, Ind., destroyed 50,000
worth of property.
Thos. Killian was fatally shot in a saloon
row at Avondale, O.
Mapp & Co's stove works, Norfolk, Va..
were destroyed by fire.
S. M. Chapman's residence at Poplar
Bluff, Mo., was destroyed by fire.
The Excelsior Kniting mills, at Bethle
men, Pa., were destroyed by fire.
A number of business houses at Lee's
Summit, Mo., were destroyed by fire.
Another murder, this time a double one,
is reported in Taney county, Missouri.
The body of a female colored child was
found floating in a pond at Quincy, HI.
The Miami Savings bank at Miami, Mo.,
was entered by burglars and robbed ot $,
000. Thos. Samon was hanged at Laconia N.
H., for the murder of three persons in
1883.
The baby carriage factory of Wagner &
B9ntly at Cincinnati was damaged $20,000
by fire.
Three Mexican horse thieves were killed
in a fight with rangers near Eagle Pass,
Texas.
Several business houses were destroyed
by fire at Aullville, Mo. Loss probably
$40,000.
James C. Anderson, principal of the pub
lic school at Norborne, Mo., committed sui
cide. Smith Dixon, 65 years of age, was arrest
ed at Chatham, HI., charged with a beastly
crime.
) Deputy Sheriff Buck of Taylor county,
Texas, was killed by desperadoes in Jones
county.
The 8tillman, the finest hotel in Cleve
land, Ohio, was badly damaged by fire. No
lives lost.
Wives of two police constables publicly
horsewhipped the editor of the Independent
Advertiser at Nyac, N. Y.
Wm. Kettfa and wife, who live near Can
ton, Mo., were almost suffocated by the gas
in a Quincy hotel. They were on their
bridal tour.
Near Paducah, Ky., Lucinda Beerdan
killed her new-born babe and disappeared,
and the supposition is that she has com
mitted suicide.
A farm hand near Plainville, N. J., mur
dered an old lady for whom he worked, be
cause she objected to his making love to her
daughter. He then hanged himself.
A prominent young lady of San Antonio,
is charged with stealing a box of jewelry
from another demoiselle of that city, and
there is a local sensation over the matter.
Wm. Phillips was hanged at Fort 8mith
Ark., for the murder of Wm. Hill. He de
clared his innocence to the last, and said
that Rod Hill, son of the murdered man,
committed the deed.
While robbing a store at ban Vego, Tex.,
a gun was accidentally discharged by one of
twelve Mexican bandits, causing the instant
death of the robber the ball struck. Citizens
pursued the robbers.
Mrs. Henrietta Morgan of Cincinnati in
herits a fortune of $1,000,000 by the death
of Baroness De Fannemberg at Caines,
France April 12th. The Baroness was born
in Cincinnati and is the daughter of Col.
Jas. J. Trother. Mrs. Morgan, who is her
nearest relative, is the mother of the con
federate General John H. Morgan.
The Grand Jozy at Newburg, N. Y., in
dicted Hugh McConn who is blind and over
80 years old, for the murder of his wife aged
73, in February last. The couple had fre
quent quarrels. The final quarrel was not
witnessed, but it is supposed McConn knock
ed his wife down and stamped her, so that
she died two days later from her injuries.
The indictment is for murder in the first
degree.
A Chattanooga, Tenh., special says: A
bloody and sensational tragedy occurred at
Oakdale Junction near this city. Pat Cain,
an engine hostler, and Jim First a noted
desperado, wentto a saloon and while there
became engaged in a little quarrel. First
finally drew his pistol and shot Cain
through the breast, and as the latter was
falling he fired at First, the bullet taking
effect in his abdomen, causing a fatal
wound.
As a porter was lighting the lamps in the
news room of the Buffalo Morning Express
office one of the oil tanks above the print
ers' case took fire, and in a short time the
room was in flames. G. H. Dreneton and
Ed. Hoffman both lithographers in the
building were Heavy losers. Tne O .Neil
Wagon Company on the first floor and theW "&& cattlemen still remain. The
job department of the Express ofilce on theIoccuPnsofwo ranches, the improve-
fourth floor was all consumed. Four hun
dred hands 'were thrown out of employ
ment. A special from the City of Mexico April
17, says the troops of the Columbian govern
ment finally entered Colon, after it had
been burned by the rebels mnder the leader
ship of Preston. They captured several
squads of rebels. During the past ten days
a number of these nrisoners have been
considerably augmented by tne receipt of
straggling rebels captured in the surround
ing districts. It is not known just how
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many rebels were held prisoners at Colon,
but good authority places the number at
4,000. Information reached this city last
night that on Wednesday officers of the Co
lumbian government selected one hundred
men and ordered them to be shot.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Small-Pox hes borken out at Macon
City, Missouri.
Negotiations are pending to cancel the
floating dept of the Union Pacific.
The bond proposition in Greene county,
Missouri, was carried by only five majority.
Grove McMichael, a colored man, plowed
up $75.30 in gold and f ilver near Versailles,
Mo.
By order of the United States court the
Cincinnati Northern railroad is Boon to be
sold.
Lincoln memorial services were held at
Springfield, 111. Gen. Logan delivered an
address.
Friends of Stephens, the ex-Fenian, met
at New York and decided to raise a fund
for his benefit.
The total exports of specie from New
York during the past'week was $161,935; im
ports, $43,852.
The new Montazuma hotel at the Las
Vegas Hot Springs, was opened to the pub
lic on the 20th inst.
Western Union telegraph operators at
Chicago want the "extras" restored, now
that business has revived.
The governor of Texas still refuses to
sign the land bill, and all business in state
land is at a standstill.
Commodore Kane of the Galena has made
his report to Secretary Whitney relative to
the burning of Aspinwall.
2 Mrs. Henrietta Morgan, mother of the
confederate general John H. Morgan, has
inherited $1,000,000 by the death of a
French baroness.
Six hundred ladies of Sioux City, Iowa,
have signed a petition asking for the clos
ing of all the saloons under a strict enforce
ment of the prohibition law.
The patronage to the Chicago musical
festival was phenominally large, the aver
age attendance exceeding 7,000 upon each
opara, making the total attendance exceed
100,000.
Ireland has triumphed. Mrs. Mary Ire
land, his wife, received word at New York
that he had been released, as there was no
evidence against him, and he would not
surrender.
Four Belgian glass-workers arrived at
New York, and the union will endeavor to
prevent them from working in this country
under the anti-contract labor law. The
matter will be taken to the courts.
Four steerage passengers from Antivery
were detained at Castle Garden until an in
vestigation could be made. It is claimed by
representatives of the Knight's of Labor
that they were brought over by a glass man
ufacturing firm in Kent, O., in violation of
the contract labor law.
Telegrams to Bradstreet's from principal
distributing points report that demands
from country merchants have thus far been
disappointing. Spring trade is a fortnight
late even where the demand is most active.
Failures for the week, 196; previous week,
174; corresponding week, 1884, 155.
Jim Fellows, of St. Louis and Denny
Butler of Williamsburg, amateur sparers
and sporting men fought at Harlem April
17 for a purse of $155. Twenty-one rounds
were fought. The first five rounds were
evenly contested, but after that Fellows
had it his own way. Both men were badly
beat up.
Business failures daring the last seven
days throughout the country: United
States, two hundred and four; Canada, two
hundred and twenty-two, as against two
hundred and twelve last week and two hun
dred and thirty-one the week previous.
The distribution of failures is about the
same as in last week.
All of the employes of the Bankers and
Merchant's Telegraph Company in Buffalo,
struck, because they had not been paid their
wages. The company owes them for two
months of last year and for last month. The
office was closed, and the manaeer onlv
left in charge.
A poor old man in seedy garments, who
said he had traveled on foot from Galena,
III., and had known and fought under Gen.
Grant, paused in front of the house, and
drawing off his weather-beaten hat prayed
loud and fervently for his recovery. When
he turned to go tears were covering each
other down the veteran's face.
. The managers of rinlu and dealers in rol
ler skating materials have organized a Na
tional Roller Skating Congress of America,
in.NewY6rk City, and passed resolutions
setting forth the healthfulnets and the in
nocence of the amusement ofrollerskating.
They have made the preliminary arrange
ments for a "National Contest" to be held
here on. May 37th and 28th when prizes -will
be offered for the best execution of the
various movements on skates. It will be
open to all comers.
A correspondent telegraphs from Camp
Russell, in the Indian Territory, .that all
settlers have been removed from Oklahoma,
uwub w wuicu were uesiruyeu oy use
military last week, have encamped on the
ground and continue to graze their cattle.
The troops are now in a position to inter
cept any considerable force of settlers that
might attempt to enter the country. Fears
of trouble with the Indians haye been al
layed. The seventh and eight grades, and the
High school of Wichita united in Arbor
Bay celebration. The exercises consist
ed of music, esays and select reading.
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