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fit iiinil ' .- rJ: r wmm x JL' II - Volume 1. SAUNA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1871. THE SALINE COUNTY JOURNAL M PUBLISHED EVZBY TIICRSDAT, AT SALINA, KANSAS. mSXFl?-rSa- M s"n, "e Avenue, nearly opposite She. Seal Estate omcc of MaJ. J oil W. BrJutV. TEEMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: " Copr . one year. - .. - a " .v a? ' m n'.aaaauaoa,a)oaaapaaaaw a JC " six months OiwCopy, Ureemuntiu ADVEKTI3IXG HATES: Si 00 19 ;s , u 1 Wn. lMuxnt. 3Uoi. Ko. ITeak. itqixie,.... i to tsee )n t;w awon Squares,... 3WI itg 70J lw0 15 W -s squares,... j uu but lo uu 15 oo sow i squares,... 4 uu 700 12 00 Ml -SCO column.... sua lo oo tt uo a. uu suoo COjunm,... Ij 00 MOV -BOO MOO 8000 1 comma,... xo oo JS tw sjuo bjuj UOM Si ium liars co- kM of Nonpareil type eoiisotutea square. trouble column mod all adveruacnirau oat of the usual ""K "lA1 "! chart-cd HArea per cent, above rates. ilUiur ri-g-Jlw adverusuur will be CoUrCted quar terly. When- fur L.j twr.l than I hraa. mnnllM ar. oent in i advance wdl be required. AegaUrBdveitueBMBU will be entitled to bechanced once m three, months without additional cost. itegulnr advertisers wiU becliarxed tutern cents per une lor local notice and all others .wear cents per Address all communications to THE JOURNAL, SaUts. Kamas. Busfnp.s Dirmorg. ATTORNEYS AT LA IF. J. H. PRESCOTT. ATTOItXEY AT LAW, Salina, Kansas. SNEAD at HOOCKINSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Silma. Kans. F. A. S. A. WILDMAN. ATTOavUYS AT LAW Office, -So. 3S Seventh St. Banna, Kansas. J. C. MOHLER, ATTOBVEY AT L VW Oflicc on Iron Ave., ent or the po4ttaice, Sslinu, Kansas JOHNW.WILLIANS, ATTOKNEY AT IAW, Sal iia, Kstn.a. particular attention jrirn to lanj cvutot ami anj business m V. 8. Laul oilier. LOWE&H1LLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW., So. M SsuM Fc Ate., a it., t ' ..us, tvsii-.:... U. O. LOHE. 6 A. Ill LICK JN07C.SPIVEY, ATTORNEY AT L W, Salina. Kansxt. Will attend prone.tly to all Icfwl bn.iness tru:cd to him lu Salmi aud tit r.l;oinin;- rojutit s JOHN FOSTER, ATTORNEY AMI COUNSELOR AT LAW, Cmnc rnent Claim an J Laud Solicitor. OTlicc over ltadcliltr Bros ' hardware stre (AinrniL's old eland) . A. J. INCERSOLL, ATTORNEY AM OL'X-LLOK AT LAW oOce In County KuiMini;, Mmniaiioli'f, Ksn-.i''. Will lirsetlre la the couutiejol OicLinoon. valine. ottawaanu Cloud. " JOHN W. BERKS, VOTARY i'L'RLIC. Oflicc at the Central Kaa-as Loud ARencj. heal estate agent. Welt m. di rham, REAL ESTATE AXD lNSCIfANCE AOENT, .alma, Kansas. PJIYSIGIANS. J. W. CROWLEY, M. D., (LATE SUROLON : i; VOL. CAV J Office, 8i Eiht M., ahna, Kaita-. No. J.W.JENNEY.M.D., HOMEOPATHIC I'HYMU N AMI iURUKON. CceX-" dlAn -r , alma, Kinvi or- J.W. DAILY, M.D., 8ALIXV. Kans. has jut reciela contlic cj-m bf Dratal irur.cjl In.iruniviil'k Mti is prtiurrd f j rx. trait all LmUa c itrrth DENTIST. DENTIST DR. R. E. NICKLES, OiuceN'o Wsnuta ir Avtuue. (up-tair) BANKERS. D.W. POWERS CO- lt INKERS. Eichsusr -old on all principal citir s ofthe LQHril "Uin auu l.llliil.-. VUllfCtlOllf JUAUe. IHIPIT,! .tlUjWrJonlri-.H. Hulking hou on IrouAo-nur. o. w. rois. j. W. KI1U4. V B. IOWLn. J. LlliBLl.'. HOTELS. ' amerIcaTThouse. O J. LAY, rror-iiTon, Charges moderate, of Santa he and Irn.i Avrnties. Corner TRAVELER'S HOUSE, J. W. TTIOM. I'mri ietou. Good stable and coot ac commoJaiions. 'aii'ai'nlls, Ottawa county, Kan.j,. - DURFEE HOUSE, E. A. SKINNER, rrontiETnit. Comer Netr Ilamp hire and t'uKkury irrn, Ijwrerc-, Kan-a. MECHANICAL. H. CTSTANLEY. tAltrENTLR. nciLDKRAMMONTRACTOR. Shop Vl'p''"1 a,miiwii4i 'luiuint aai Ike XtMe Wtxtmgt. The coffin tviia a plaiu one a poor, miserable pine coffin. No flowers or U1C top : no iliiiiur ui wuiui skiuu iur iuc Dale brow; no smooth ribbons about the coarse shroud. The brown hair was laid dceontly back, but there was no crimplcd cap with neat tie beneath the ctWrV. The sufferer from cruel poverty smiled in her sleep; she had lounu bread, rest and health. "I want to sec ray mother,"-sobbed a poor little child, as the undertaker screwed down the top. " You cannot, get out of the way, boy why don't somebody take the brat? "Only let me see her one minute!" cried the helpless orphan, clutchinsr the side of the charity box, and as he gazed npon tno rongh box; agonized tears streamed down the cheeks on which no childish bloom ever lingered. Oh, it was painful to hear him cry the words: "Only once, let mo see mother, only once f" Quickly and brutally tho heartless monster struck'thc boy away, so that he reeled with the blow. For a moment the boy stood panting with grief and rage his blue eyes distended, his lips sprang! - . . . -. - apart, ore guttering through his eyes as nv raiscu nis nine arm wiui a most un childish laugh and screamed, " When I am a man I'll kill! you for that! " There was a coffiin and a heap of earth between the mother and tho poor forsaken child a monument much stronger than granite built in the bov's heart to the memory of the heartless deed. The court house was crowded to suffo catioin "Does anyone appear as this man's counsel ? " asked the judge. There was a siience when ho finished, until, with lips tightly pressed together, a look of strange inti'lliirence. blended with a haughty reserve upon, liis hand some feature a Voilnir man stODDcd for- j ward with a linn tread and kindly eye, to plead lor tnc erring tricndlcss. ile was a htranger, but at the first sentence there was a silence. The p!cndor of his genius entranced convinced. The man who could not find a friend was acquitted. "May God" bless you, sir, I cannot," he said. " I want no thanks," replied the stranger. "1 I I believe you arc unknown to me." "Man, I will refresh vour memorv. Twenty years ago this day, you struck a broken-hearted little bov away from his tlear mother a coffins I was that boy!" The man turned livid. " Have you rescued me; then, to take my lite?" "So. I have a sweeter revenue. I have saved the life of"a man whose bru tal conduct has rankled in my breast for the last twenty years. Oo, then, and remember tho teat's df a friendless child." The man bowed his head in shame and went from tho presence of mag naniniity as grand to him as incomprehensible. Number 27. riM ni aruutir. Iusicol Couimr, Kans., . Aug. 1st, 1871. To the editors or the taalrne Cuuty Journal Perhaps you would like to htiir frn'irl our country. The people are rejoicine u ic uiaiivniiK (jrvswcu oi me future, aiid they feel Uiai all the world should know it, that they may come and enjoy with us our prosperity. Wheat crops were splendid and there never was a bet ter prospect for a large corn crop. Tho beautiful country and gentlv rolling prairies are so inviting that I wonder that any persons can conteut themselves in the eastern state. They can secure a nomesieaa nero out ot the bound nf th railroad lauds on one hundred and sixty acres. The country h so ranidlv settling that persons wanting choice locations had better conic soon. Lincoln h one of the best counties in western Kansas, and when the little petty jealousies and feuds that now (ividc the people, are settled it will have a good town. ai tnc present time, there is one of the most terrible and bitter strife-among the people in relation to tho removal of the county scat. Tliis strife, we are triad to sec, is rapidl v subsidini; and thu solu-r. sensible people arc asking ihcm-,clvcs nnax gocxi u it to us to remove the coun ED. ROBAYES. WAGON IAKlM, AMI Rl.r.VIRINO d.n- in 0ft Slass .Je i.'ifi in rsror-.tfliz's Uruj; torr NORTON & CONRAD, C0STR VCIOR- AMI nClLDKR No. lij. tlAtli 6t. , Salmi, l.iiur, lor ImiU.u; ikih. s. for sale. 1. 1. sontov., j. M toxcJJP- , W. B. SCHOLL, ' BLACKSMIllI !!. HearofXo. 1(13 Santa Fe r. cnue. ilina. hn'ja ll-re hi old rri. nd, and iut rous ill HU'l Pl milrnil. -aiilful wurkmrn ahd low prices. All kui.lt o! Rrairiu:earriitednnni)itlrand aatisfaction guarantied. Thebet Fort Scott cjil al ways on hand and tot fate at a small adranre. SALOONS. THE LOirvTAit SJaLORX. liARNT BOH.VN. rRorstcios Billiards and Li quors. Bronktille, hanti. KLKHORN OILLURBMIM. O. TBL'UY t;.;o. Nrtr Billiard Ta bles and elegant furniure. SiulaFr Ai.dik, alma Kansas. - , MISCELLANEOUS. R.I. WITSOM, WJIOLESALIJaNII RETAIL PELERrx GROCER in, yueensware, lTotuions, tic. No. Santa le At cnue. I. . ciurxis. j. u. cmsos. Ohapman & Gibson. S0USE SIG2T & CARRIAGE PAINTERS. Glaoinacd Paprr-biDptn done with nctnt aad di pmiC41 Vf. MVU .IKUHC UIU irUUI ?&ICnB OAUAAl J&.TTBIVTXOIV! EVEEY ONEls SUITED !! ! Tlie Pacific House ta complete, behlcrnlirely new and well fttnaishedwia ma. ii is locaieu neany opuosit tar eoasttv r"r"" ii'"-rrrilnr1itilltiais cood roa gaUdinaw wtuiorwiaoiun mrraiss Salts taction a-oarantred . wait, ruptimn. J Lord deliver M. Thonss Jcfcrsaili 0plalsai of Earepcaa SOTcrelgu. In a letter to John Jav, Jefferson thus describes the Prince of Wales, afterwards Ircorge I : s He has not a singld clement of mathe matics, of natural or moral philosophy, or of any other science on earth, nor bits the society he has kept been such as to supply the void of education. It lias been that of tho lowest, the most illiter ate and profligate person in the" kingdom, without choice of rank or mind, and with whom tho subject" of conversation arc only horses, drinking matches, bawdy-houses, and in terms the most vulgar. The young nobility who begin associating with him soon leave .him, disgusted by the insupportable! profligacy of his society; and Mr. Fox, who has been supposed his favorite, and not over-nice in the choice of ediripanv, would never keep his company habitu ally. In fact, he never associated with a man of sense. Ho has not a single idea ot justice, morality, religion, or of the rigms oi men, or any anxiety for the opinion oi me woriu. Jio carries that indifference for fame so far that he probably would not bo hurt if he were to lose his throne, provided ho could lie assured of having always meat, horses and women. Many years later he thus gives his im pressions ot the character ot tho reign' tnsr sovereigns of Kurone : While in Europe, I often amused my self in contemplating the then reigning sovereigns of Europe. Louis XVI. was a fool, of my own knowledge, and de spite oi the answers made for him at his trial. The king of Spain was a fool; and of Xaples the same. They passed their lives in hunting, and dispatched two couriers a thousand miles to let each know what game thcr had hilled the preceding days: The "King of Sardinia was a fool. "All these were Bourbons. The Queen of Portunal. a BniAtnr:i. was an idiot by nature: atid so was thd King oi ircninarK. neir sonsi as feirentii. exercised the nower of mirii,nmnt. The King of Prussia, successor" to the great Frederick, was a mere hog in body wen as in mind, bustavus of Sweden and Joseph of Austria were really crazy : and George of England, vou know was - -....,,. waisicoat. mere remains, then, none but old Catharine, who had been too lately picked up to have lost her common sense. In tl.la s,t u. pane lounu turope; and it was this state of its rulers which lost it with scarce a struggle. These aaiBiabj had become without mind and power low and so will every hereditary monarch be after a few generations. Alexander the grandson of Catherine, is yet an excep tion, lie is able to bold his own. Bat be is only the third generation. His race is not yet worn out. And so eadetfe the book of kings, from all of what the ty teat to Geo. Green totcn, only a mile or two T It this repttation .to good that ice can maUjhis count j UK-upon itself the enormous expense of a new election and removal, for the sole and only purpose of making h tin rich ? " Xo I for we nl read v begin to see that there is more selfish ness, more fraud and corruption in this removal of the county seat than we had at first suspected, and living up hero among tho jieoplc who were nt lir,t in favor of the removal, I have a chance to kuow the feelin- a-id I am frank to con fess that I have chamred mv ni-n.l :m.l would not vote fjr tho removal, and I know quite a number who h.ire rlianmt.i hko myself. We do not now think it would benefit the cnu-ity in the least to move the town to Lincoln Center. It would only encourage a s.n of bid men mp gi:i control oi me tmairs ot our coun ty, and for years after we would regret having aided in giving thenl influence and power to control the Cddtity. We are thankful that we had oar t'yes open ed before they had succeeded fit tlccom plishingtheir infamous designs. In justice to Mr. Potter I' will sav that Ire is not really a designedly bad' man, and am sorry to .-('cs" much said ;Hiust him; but siich was the case with " Poor Tray," who was so much abused for keep-' s u.m cviiipaay. roller lias been dup ed into this trouble by thos who are far more t6 blamo that fie. Before closing I would like to say that we will support none but good mJn for office in the election tliis rail. There are quito a number who live in this remote part of the county who arc fully resoly ed upon this, for we know the import ance ot having none but god officers, who will do what is right, and by so do ing it will greatly encourage goo.l, law abiding citizens to come and locale among us; then we shall have many social cn- joj menus win peacaoic ami prosperous times wnicu we can not have it lawless ness prevails. With such a class of peo ple settled with ns, and in control of the offices and influential places in our coun ty, we shall not feel tineasvaliotit our hors es when w; are akep at nigiit. Ve shall not tear any person violating the laws or creating disturbances that destroy the quiet and harmony ff any cu film unit v. Every day this fee'linir to 'let the countu seat alone is growing among the people of uie county, anu wnen it k permanently settled, you will see one of the nicest and best towns growing up in Western Kan sas ; and already we begin to reel that we are to be brothers, not enemies. For one, T ..anil ?!-. ..! .. ' s biioii rvjoiuv wnen uns is tno case. CIXCIXXATUS A Weaker ta ftemrr-Beeef m r a wosua I ftataaaj avaiuw an awca scaica M, Last June, a Mrs. Dieguan; living at 194 Carroll street,' Chicago, was assault ed by her divorced Uusbind with a. claw hammer. With one blow he felled her, and then, with a fiendishness almost in conceivable, ho struck her again and again on the head with the hammer, the blood and brains spattering tho floor at i even- blow. Tired at lenzth of t hi- h.. I threw aside the hammer, and with a itiik- of heavy wood broke the left arm ot the unconscious woman, and then strode away, convinced that his venircaiifm .-. glutted, and that he had killed her. Examination showed that the skull was fractured in two places. Tho first was on the left side and near the crown of tho head, where tho hammer had crushed i through, cutting the meningeal artery, scattering the brains o the floor, and leaving an ugly-shaped fissure, through which exuded the brain suUt.iue.. 4 1 about six inces below this uoints itist forward of tho UDDcr iolcofthe Ii-iY or- the hammer shatterim tin- t.tn....,-,i bone, had imbedded itvlf to the handlo in the brain, while littwecn the two wounds an irregular crock, tho result of tine or two blows, extended, ft, .- tIit t sit to these ghastly lracturs; tilt- - ad had been struck in four places by the ham mer, which, in each instance, 'penetrated the'tissues of tile scalp and laid ban fl... skull. Such were the injuries, together with a broken arm, and an ugly flesh wound on the neck, which had leen in flicted upon a slight delicate female whose chances for ever opening her eves again in this world airaiti. seemed, in tli judgment of the various physicians who 3aw the patient, tn be thu r-.itlv of about one in ten thousand. All that humanity could suggest was done for the woman in thu way of dressing her frightful wounds, but it was on the score of hu manity that the attending physician fore- oorc 10 sci inc uroe-en arm t-ira dav or two, She could not live he argmd,and it was needless to subject her to tin op eration. But she did life from hour to hour, from day to day, and, a her sv teni begau to show signs of rail;, iiig, lier medical attendant at once set about as sisting nature in the effort to recover from the shock. In onler to do this the rough edgm and angles of the skull were trimmed off, and the large pices of de tached bone which were imbedded in the brain were "fished out" with the forceps. In performing these operations the beat en track of sur-'erv was ab onioned to the extent of administering ether, it le- ing generally supposed that nmcsthosia cannot be safely or" judiciously produccl in ease of injury to the brain or skull. The plan proved to be eminently suc cessful, and by tho aid or aiucsthetie dressing with t-arbolicacid, the condition of Mrs. Dic'gan improved rapidly. She was attended 13 Dr. U. J. l.euis, who exerted himself to the utmost to assist her as soon as she showed signs of con valescing. She has so far improved that her medical attendant thinks she will in tune recover. There is a partial paraly sis, and an inability to use the vocal or gans, both of which troiilik's it is thought win bo cured in time, or greatly dimin ished. 'I he openings still remain in the skull, and are to be tilled with silver. The case is one of the mot remarkable on record. fMX tlW. Ttle TftlF la rm. Pxau, Oato, Aug. 7, 1871. Five years ago the American ship TrU,r"rieSf!toeC,,tm,3rJouJ- General Sherman went ashore on the anu, unua me in vnio, wnere ldid not yorean coast. Thu crew were captured expect to bo at this time. When i last nJ horribly treated and tortured, some wrote T thought to be in Kansas ere being P"t in cages and carried around this, lno warm weather has visited this 'ar,d exhibited to the natives. One of j clime again, after n period rif three or I tnc men escaped, and, reaching an The For or Imagination. Blockland, the distinguished geologist, oncdaygavo a dinner, after dessccting a Mississippi aliirator. h.ivin.r nsLo.l n good many of the most distinguished of nis ciass to dine with him. Hu house and all his establishment were nil in good stylo and taste. His guest congrc- fated. The dinner table looked splcn idly with glass and china, and the meal commerced with excellent soup. "How do you like the soup?" asked the doctor," after havinc finished his own plate, addressing a famous gourmand of tnc uay. "erygood indeed, answered the other; turtle, is it not? I only ask lie- cause 1 uo not nnd an- green fat. The doctor shook his head. "I think it has somewht of a muskv taste,"says another; not unpleasant, but peculiar." "All aliiga'tors have," replied Buck land, "the cayman peculiarly so. The iciiow 1 deserted this morning, and which you have just eaten " There was a general route of guests; every one turned pale. Half a dozen started from the table; two or three tan out of the room, and only those who had stout stomachs remained to tho close of an excellent entertainment. " See what imagination is," said Buck band. If I had told them it was turtle. or" tarrapin, or the gutten of a fish from the maw of a sea bird, they would have pronounced it excellent, and their diges tion would have been none the worse. Stlch is prejudice." " But was it really, an alligator?" ask ed A lndy " As good a calfs head as erer wore a coronet," answered Buckland. Mr. Greeley, n his farm, keeps a run nine account of his hens, double entry. When a hen lays an egg she runs around k tae base, and when she strikes the some base, where the book keener 'allocated. she sings out, 'tally one, or 'tally two as the case nay bebecause-some of them are repeaters, aad the book keeper grres hereredit, aad charges her tor her steals. im waway uataes east ten wfeat s siMriag, aad aerer lafirtg Miwa A Uicii Man Bl-rieu as a Palter. The Ohio Statesman has an account of the proceedings before the Probate court of Frankliil county, on an application to adiuitt to probate thu will of Joseph Caldwell, an eccentric Irtelielor. who owned a large amilunt of 11a! estate in Franklin and Belmont countie;, hi.-si.tes other, properly; the 'whole value at SI.iO, 000, or more.' Ho was one of four broth ers. Two years ago he received a sun stroke, which effected his mind, and ap plications was made to the court to ap point a guardian for him, but the physi cians refused to make the neeeeary certMcatv. He afterward went toMisouii 011 business, and thence wandered to New Orleans, where ItiJ was without means. It apcars that while ill New Orleans he made efforts to procure funds from Columbus with which to return home, but from some unaccountable rea son failed. He was arrested in New Orleans as a vagrant on the 26th ot Oc; tober, 1870, and taken before Recorder: Houghton, who ordered him to bo sent to a hospital. The hospital authorities refuted to receive him beciusehc was de ranged, and he was removed to an in- sano asylum, where ho died on the 2d of Uceembcr following. On the 3d ot De cember he was buried at the expense of ure city ui .tew unsanni One of the most curious wills ever made was by an Etulishman, at Mon golian, in 1622, thus quoted in once a Week : " It is my will that any one of ray relations who shall presume to shod tears at my funeral shall be disinherited. He, on the other hand, who ladgh the most heartily shall be sole heir. I or der that neither the chur.. h nor my hearse shall be hung with bias k doth, "but that on the day of my bdrial, the he4rc and the church shall be decorated with flow ers and green boughs. Instead of the tollingof bells, t will have drums, fiddles, and fifes. All musicians of Montgaillard , anu its environs snail auemi me tuncrai. Fifty of them shall open the prosession with hunting tunc, walUes and min utes." A little scene at Bunker Hill " You will please pay roc nencpence apiece. gentlemen," said the old man who held the door at the monnawnt on Banker Hill, to a couple of gentlemen who wish ed to ascend the same? "Par?" said the eldest- "Why, do Vera know who we arc ? We are' British ofieers." "Oh! ah! ye are British esters, hey? Well, walk ap gentlemen. Walk right p.- God knows Towea tij ssuddsar enough forlltpSMBasMSit ssrylssOhs tspsas. four weeks of autumn more like. There were two litr.it frosts 22d and 23il nh mo corn has been kept back by the cold weather, and the late planting will be caught if. there are early frosts, to kill. Harvesting and haying are at an end, and the farmers are now enjoying the benefits of a bountiful harvest in vari ous ways. Some have gone to a dis tant state, to visit some friend that per haps many years have clansed aims? thv last met, while others participate in so cial ' hops," j:itj-rl?psj at. "Juggle's Grove on tho beach of Lake Erie, and excur sions to Put-m-bay Island, a distance of thirty miles from .Sandusky city a very pioassnt ride on a very 'fine 'day, but quite to tho contrary in "a gale; Kansas has not been alone as to high winds this season. Huron touuty has been visited with a stramrer .1 tnrnrwlo that has not frequented this vicinity for twenty-five years. I was over the ground where the scene of dis-tster was most se vere, where fruit and forest trees were uprooted, branches torn from the main trunks ami scattered nromiscnnnlv Houses and barns were demolished, fences were thrown down, even the grass in the roads was lying as flat as tlidugh it had been pressed and was but uv oi iia ineiies 111 neigni. And yet another instance, where the shingles on one side or a house, were literally mm from tho roof boards. O110 cannot imagine the wholesale havoc that would have occurred had the storm continued for thirty minutes at the same velocity that it blew at that time, which did not exceed two minutes, every obstruction would have been leveled to the ground. I am pleased to learn that there will lu a tri-weeklv slairo line established between Sali.ia and Wichita (as stated in a letter published in The Journal of the 27th ult.,) via Lake View, a new town in the southern part of McPherson county. Kinu City will have a rival town. There h-is bujn a number of Kim; City hare's taken here, and tho demand is in creasing, It U tod true that McPherson county has received little or no attention from the press, and why is it thus? Is it a drawback that the county did not have a large portion qf.railro-id lands or state school lahds within its limits, as coun ties norili of the Kansas Pacific have been favored with (if favor it is?) As a natural consequence those having lands for sale in those counties north of Salina would necessarily avert the attention of Hransrers trom any other direction than from that in which they were personally interested. An article published in The Journal not long since, gavo Saline county credit for more tillable land than McPherson, which I beg leave to con tradict by a statement that the better critics will not deny. Perhaps the author of the articlo above mentioned was not personally acquainted with McPherson county, but will pardon me when I jog his memory with the follow ing figures, as they nay figures won't lie: McPhersrtn cdunty geographically is thir ty by thirty-six miles, which is co.ua! to one thousmd and eighty square miles, or ix hundred and nim-ty-onc thousmd two hundred acres, trhi'le on tho other hand Saline is twcntv-fotir bv thirtv miles, which is equal to seven 'hundred and twenty sqifare mi!e., or four hun dred and sitxy thousand eight hundred acres, which will leave a balance in favor of tho former county of three hundred and sixty square mile, or two hundred and thirty thousand four hundred acres. And further, I will venture that McPher son county has three hundred thousand acres more of tilhblc laud than Saline county has within its Jiniits. McPherson has no Smoky Hill Buttcs, no Iron Mound, no Soldier Cop, nor has it within its limits a North Pole Mouid, though such is the nature of some of the uplands of Saline county. Tho broken and mo-t uneven land in McPherson county is lying on the so-ith side of the Smoky, near and extending into .Ells worth county. The fertility of its soil is surpassed by none in the State. There is an abundance of lime and sand stone found; also -ome good specimens of coalj which have been pr.monnccd by good critics to Ui of a good quality. streams 01 tnc nnesi living water in the State are tound in 3IcPheron county. Besides thee the Smoky Hill and the Litlc Arkansas have their winding course through the northern and southern limits of the county, The Atchison, Topcka and Santa Fe Railroad, now under con struction, and daily irains running with in a few miles of the eastern line of the' county. And Ie than one j-ear' from this time the road will be completed to Fort Zarah, which is undoubtedly a fact. Tliis road, having duly ten niles'of land American man-of-war detailed tho. atrocities. Admiral Bell, then in com mand ot the Asiatic squadron, sent tho United States steamer Shenan.l.h t.. the Corean coast to inquire into the mat ter and demand redress. On approach ing the Corean coast the Shermandoah was tired on by shore batteries manned by large numbers of'Coreans, but as her commander had no onler lo rwtnri, il... tire, he left and rejtortcd the matter to .Aunurai uen. Here the matter ended, until Admiral Rowan, of the li.-1-.ir,.,-.. took command. Hc-lett this mniin- with orders to settle up both the Fore niosai and Corean difficulties. When he got on the station he found that the roremosan matter had been settled, ami before proceeding against the Coreaus the department sent wopl for him to a wait further orders. . further were given him, andwhen Admiral John Rod gers sailed in tho Colorado it was under stood he had full authority to demand redress fnim tho (.'nrcan'govcrnrill'iit, and, if it was refused, to chastise them to the extent of his ability. With this inten tion ho carried in the'hole nftli..i ..!,. r-.. do a battery of field pieces: a battery of Gatling guns and other means ot fi'ght- ...s .,., ,,,u, uaving lull power in the 111 niter. vs uie initial step'taken by Admiral Rodgcrs bus uxi-itd ..n-idcillo inc est throughout the country, and as there will probably lie other and greater diffi culties encountered before the question is finally settled, it may Hot be" arrliss to state something about the country which our navy has undertaken to chastise. Con-a is. a kingdom on the eastern coast of Asia, northeast of China, com prising an area ot about 510,000 square miles and a population numbering ten or twelve millions. It comprises a pen insula 400 nliles long 150 broad, tin ad. jacent islands and part of the nci.-lil.or- . .a. - - . n ing continent. The total length of the country from north to south is sonic what less than 00 mile-, between lati- tune .JL'o Z and 4-lo north. The coast is rugged barren, and the northern portion cold and mountainous, but in tho wet ean part the climate is more genial and the soil more fertile. Tho government is despotic, and. though tributary to China and Japan. !. uvuumui us. -tenons is uncontrolled. The armyofCorea is estimate,! .it M. 000 men ami the navy .100 vessels (war junks), carrying f rom'ten to tw entv guns each (old twenty nnd thirty pounders), the political organization "is similar to tha( of China. The archipel.ijUdf (Mrea' Is a group of small aelt...!. ?.. .1 Ii ........ I1.1IUU3 m me i enow sea. on the a west coast or the peninsula Of Corca. Tho islands.arc ciefly grantic, and some of them raise to il f'eight of 2,000 feet above the sea. Tho n.-u igation in Core an waters is both difficult and dangerous and comparatively little i, known ol the lianncK It is the opinion of coiniietem naval officers tthnt the combined forces of all the European governments on that sta tion is not sufficient to meet and punish the aggressitu spirit exhibited by the Corebis: nmnttnmtmjmjL V sspm tf Ummlm (YMfy aiiie''ltMwT,t'''c"'' II KtW Jfd iaftwViasa.-Uv arias a a- a voti m a east! pstbllaaed TLTtam JoCKsaTofl ttsTu or character, either private or oSVrial. thruon She ZSSi Journals. private or oSVrial. aroJk ate pnkiw w awi rrsperi. n. wu m raUkf.rBWsasa 7 "I"!." wUhra me v e ubi my self la Uas fthe Alsssm party. asHtna,- ma. at ttteaafsis "jMJjPrt.PA-iljari, woiitl elect m-ttp. p at tbe ensalaa- tall (l.clloj ts . t.. . PWe aOUIatit ?' ! S.''" " ' ' rrtl of uj Wj. atLii 7 WJ"J"T" "" "f fn w-tk I. aurnnt'i, wnica utsU mv bao iJ annti.M j e asatw. anu here nv afi ,k, M-t a .fti,.. . pstobed to the wall, and actually sissUw JauVtWaJ ZfZ&' ' Sl5? trv to any imc fcr'Sf a aid or arrtflr aIm.. . Mr Po-dtttle has dai..iMt.l .- Hl,. t .-.. rciderati.M awl tMperi. o. but m ralsatvrtaj.asaa - - . . " M. MT . inirrrsfa OI me All time. IT IwrooMdds reaenlativeat tbeensalaa; rallal.ctk4 f X. B. W. Bnsrnl . artioavrr Stan or Kassas, I Uscols Conrrr Oa UlU mis SMh day of Jalr. A U ISJI iiiimmHi aparrd Ws me i rlrrk "Vtilp etimrv oSrtaTA fir LUKt.lnr.juty kaaM.. B. W llr.Wa. J. r . wh brwflivnnt dale aworn arordlaaw Uw.. dra drpe and ,jy Out be ., In -trtac. at raali! of tbe court, held at thr ciwrt turn U Abram to aakl 1. i i .31 "sf1. ,u! H c"aat c.smU.i.rrs at m table lu the nvni ead t.r the e .art n.u. Iranaactiast butint a. etMtnty rWrk. ...I tnt A E Ipmilitil. p.lntr.1 1.. I.ttrr and n-mrktsl oViutenl thst lAaea waa.(4.-aHltrir(ttr rauri waaraaTr The Aor. or Ciiivalrv. Ono of tin. most chivalrous gentlemen of tho old Frank r7W, Count do Chatcauvillard, died recently. Tho following anecdote is related of him. One night, iinin re tiring from a grand lull, the count m-t tho countess ot Ijaidicres, who was dc scending the staircase, and very mu h eiflbarrassed with the haugingla'ce trim mings of her dress, which Mime awk ward individual had stepped on and torn "Countess, will you allow me to offer you a pin :, "Oh willingly, but I do not suppose you carry a pin ru-liton about in your'pocket."" Xo, but 1 have a pni aiyour service. And saying these words, the" count unfa.ite.ned a diamond brestpin from his uccktic. and presented it to the lady. "A common pin I would take," said the countes, " bat tins,. tie lean not accept." "What? is it Ihe diamond which prevents your accepting it? There, then, ' and the count de chat cauvillard, breaking off the head of the Jim, ami niruwing i ne aiaraono an ay, presented the pin alone to the countess, and begged her to allow him to fasten up the torn lace. turkl.. ll.ni. . ik. r.i. .-. LT.'i 7T ' "V Itooimte, and In a cnnvcrstl.m lasaeen lui4iiile aad I'oUer IS-.llttlr xi.1 lu INsterif he w.wl.1 Jrdr his pu.nl rtrlntirrly la tbe Abram tfty but larry Wuuldrlrcthira Kr)4s-wUtl(e at ItM-ensuinCUraleo-tt.MI lVttrr refused l.t rtMnmlt hlnulfl..lh- r the Abram pan;, aad rnwu llii. lime .mi It auprar tint IK-jlittlc and Volter .lu.rr. ltd. tsdlUeall,. tsI p.m-tlt atM rurth.T slatrs UMI k4Ute KIUI4: si! hlmlf . tue uM nton.la t Ux tttbdsy ol May, that m- PM4.I uSrrr.1 lo procure a.m- .a an to mt. tli.nt I. ert Ul Im-I 1 .A nnlMHl ... .,- ..h .I...... . of the county rat t.r n. . p w BKOWX. sworn In aad nuM-ribrd he f .re n this 3Kh dir of July A ti Irtl a s nirr,K, CoualyCWti 1 rrfur. In OMn:.lr wilt. Mr 1b.,.1iiUa ..u . .. o.iumli m.M'irto Uh- Isirmts r abram for aevrtal "J""', l.t lUlirrt-lilr l---1""-1 rltia itUhumst iMUKM.. sm n-iH-Teuu aora.ii pint t j baa c-ic-l Psctr l I will iw.t 4nlsi mv eautv aomew praais.oi t.. aa o? . .- m m a, but Shta I am elrdrd Ui any uSce I rudder my dttlv oacially ascTratl.uae.)ril.rmv nna.lnl.au as to another, an-ltulav, while I would not wuiitohava any ihiiut t j aar or d.i with A K lioollttia aa a aaUh b r or tiiend, becauM. I UlUte l.'m towli l!aJa rkaSJ at Ihrre is in kanutt, I aould treat buu uOU tally .ut allllwnainny aud rra-rl that I woukl tt W Urjata L . (.ir auy other luso.l wh I, 1 brlwve U utM of Uta Ur-tt .i turn in this or auy uUwr stata. Mr. Iiw ItlUr prut Worllo mi UUt It WdildSJo down and lak din ier Wllh him lluU 1 tlwull hate tba AmI ti. 1 its j.-dM,A, n.t ... . .1. . ... .... ... kl. I .. t - -s , ,1 , " ,T,P ... ..w. . ritrr was in lat -. ... uw iiioimt, ... lie was tlo I. .....II.. h.1. .ii... v .it. .... . . ... ..... . . .. .. .. i .... . rt ..-, wi-wuiiuwiHiiiuiniui laimaoi poauoal IraUiaaddotruetUitilil.m) Tluls, but, ala.1 the bul let lust wat aimed at me has issiuued t. uleras Uw hrart of him Mho ten! It, and ! a-xt discrimiaailas; IHlblic luive tU.irrr.l,,wniluntlwbeall.f)r Ulv llllle's UtUt rlM I!U 1-saia.s - cifa.HU. A senienl bit the slander, r; And what fnlljwwl t-llw ..rN ut dxd! If I knew that Mr lt.llttle'a Irttrr had sat been rrndbj any perwait rx,vA h-t marf aoiualjiad with u b-th. I .rnnil.l nrver hsta t -(-! t. rri.lv lu tucl.tllean.tdjanUeiuanly tlais; butr.irtlHp UoerU f Hrangs-r. ! are uaaei.ali.M-d with eiibertif na I mntt answer, or tlnuall, eknuolruas, ibe anicts hi. l eoutaint tittle rle thau m )14 mss mf IUU In- tnie I bate alas eltdrav.ttv.1 Ii. treat J4r Dj". little with o much rr.rt a I cnld bul a man I J.J ay lu a prvvkiut Irtlrr, thai Imp hal ..bulked nataoa to a miamttra ie aa-sin.t -tlt o i f citUeua of Un eoln euunly, a. kins' f " " rl-vlkiu lo re-bicats tasT r.uutf teat, tbruuen U aa-t (r,irn,(llet. 1 n pvpott that rliaras, and .ff,r roof to show that tv o.-t mlyMaitp-ttikaii- In thriitauaer aforesaid hot that he aciuall) y-wa naines ltuut vt i aar tr. misloiotod airrtnstits St T or Kassas, I LiacoLv tocaTr m tin thl. m .is ..f Jnly. It TI. pertvinally as. pean-l brfort m; arirra of th'tiAlnt, lAart la aad torssrl rtiuty an.1 state. An-lrnt KjwitUMaa, a aa-' live .if Ipetjmark. u.wa rrtUlratu. s,J!Im..m . .k Ltnodt Cuulr, Ka-i, wuu beiaa- by ma duly sworn aecomina; t . law, dura drM aud sr That m. alpuut the Drtl ,, May lat), hdnttir aud four oUM sssulenvn (all llutrtl Wrte In r.-rt'idnr Lik-. hUrlaim, awl thai a K H mllttl-cnv ti Uwmaad cbUlrrd tlhere tlV) wUSje.! OW ewuly seat t be U OHintr ...a lt Mi ... I.. htm l;n our nana-s' t a psnt he hid. whkjh ha sakl Mted, aad uvpnnenl re,.IU-. at Uaenla Oases '-uiiii.F aai., aa wat wrrraina; to ret irto fHUItva-j .......I ... , I.....I. . ..... .a .. . ... . . ..... ......... ... buw.1. M.r,( aif. um rtsoteu OS Ul I tp ret Ihe eounlr seat m.ve.1 t. tha, .J& ar su.irctt. tH-aat tr;ltur tnileeelts nt, aad tbrrrtus- Id bliii wea.uiM 11,4 .1(4 tb par unlit we saw Mr I'.l'rf. and we atVvward, Nartd that t r anu Mr t -Jrt.I un u tb tia.l. m a rtm nl.lraiiat. oyo.tW m-itlne tb oainlr ttwl to Uarola cVatM . . . N'H.W K'.MLSS.N r sworn an-1 pnbacribe.1 b?f rr me t,a il.lt anu. .w u July. AH Ki A l-oriMI, i-ouatr I'rerfc t' 'ft I stAir. r Kit.it, t Ijso.is iw n J tU Ills sat. rayr Jtly, A r IKI, p rtonaJr aa. peaial lr.rr m a J utiles M ut .ve - m IMa aa-t tsV Ok ft-llMlt ami UI. at.rtral. I.vrti CUiltteaaeai St i.e.u ,sw not, a itaioVat m. sp llmaa CYttat,- e iisir awari IhataleMsttrl taaasit r ,stn mj , I Utirjl I (AMla'I. K ayurdlnf U law, .b.l.t.w aad j lhal ateptat trAi BrM dty or ltiy lut A I. k,,iiui. rtwitUist. wito twina- iur dair awarar aruraLrWcHtt.raaU.a ataed bluf rnt-tv pa bad ra s wraiioo lor a v.wa iuivi h hwi i..luu balinal waaaal IV sJ-oe aslpiissf ' Ib-ticki be t,oeM taar a rltlsa up brs as Uat i, uu was ria- w.r. to maka Uaaola .as iir).ai fartbrrtuata. that a Mm u tla-n Hmg atp-epa arAaiaspy. Tlssrs's mrj-n tmrfmrntr er why dn cither ide gives u the settler an ad vantage of one dollar and a quarter land within eleven or twelve miles of the road. While McPherson county has yet A few thousand acres of land that are snbiect to the nrc-e-.nntion su-t that is without the limits of cither road. Thoe wishing to avail themselves of the pro sent opportunity now open and situated between two great competing lines of east and ttest rcfad; Would do well to secure a homraftrad or pre-emption at once, Tbe thirst increasing in Ohio for some of the rich ralttabio lands of Ksnasa - ,,il inaf trtta- al!l psruntinao In ! prcDCe I thirst, until thev'come aad partidpate;T'80'WIeTBe i I oepi .. with the 400,000 inhabitaaU of Kansas. t A a block Shcreerired it oa tha fcrthtwiil, aad was so ovrtosM ay frraajtspse that ssWfaattwJ away. The ssjerota hasbaad has also prwn fJBw to a jierica. Jastiee. asp-at-tawt- ! WiH SMHgfTtS ttMnlwfM irOWsfSBwtfle, TZARIBLC DttTII PimiCIAXS Pl-zzlu. few weeks ago a girl 15 years of age camo to her death in a most singular and painful manner at Can ad ice, S. V. She was ill about ix week before her decease. At first she complained of pain in the chest and stomach, and hanl lumps began to show themselves from the in side, feeling verj- much like protruding bonesi She becatric' weaker day by day, suffering great agony, and for some day prior to her final dissolution she could rest in no other poaturc than by placing herself upon Iter band and knees upon the floor. A wC mortetn examination disclose! a frightful state ot affairs, for there were several large t amors taken from her, some of them weighing oTer a pound apiece, and her liter was enlarged so as to weigh four and a half pounds.: Tbe physicians are completely pouted ovtr tbe affair, aa they hare irrver be fore witnessed or heard of scl a state of dits-aac, and cannot account for their pre-ence in one w voting. The Majors Whoever will, let hiss partake of the land freely; for whoever lavesteth freely in the Lands of McPherson cosaty will aot perish, hat have cv?risftia cotm aavtiw. Ktipsrtfally, J.K.T. Gfwaly tlmika th sjsawtsr of the Iktswoaa m whits, thssaa sots is whoHr oasMosuetf yaadrifat 'Co MmC York for cxasaiitatioa- CAkssSS smstaj saawwata hi Wttst with Eckofw4satokofatissiratiSL. tbrr tV oa Uy a-aot uald I- baated. astd K- rrssbt-t at Liucus CVatrr, at as wear the evatrr of 11 csalr sa a rl loraiiott tut a t-.wa ronkl lp bwl Ismliuu reiiuea utat i I.ial a. l -i4llliai. CVH'rr lb l.r i lamllnl .IH . a- , aifl he WW a-l .la-aaslji, ttul UU a.a ant llpwillU SrU. ner.4tet(it-api,inl fM.lillr watrfrcalatuc a r.rif mtra jee .(' hs, la- Ut cutialy aral ht l e7 w Line! rj.v.trr att t f tt be hd t rnni.i MUrnttvlitti. IM,U Nnherttsltl, UtUUvo- mil It a oi.Wrtl to m of iraib tr h.i'pr j ts psit f the e-o,t;, atl alto thai a IV.I.r a vfei, jka-iatwIWeaa-f e-,avr e ettls kvi.v t,it:iixsrx Stnnttt and siIm11msI lrf rt titr -a LlM-ds, aa-f year firtt abuse a rttlnt II M RHtlW.N. Jttipwarul-tstea Mr llt.ltleaMttlalbUitalwtUabut4Mara' f1 s-aeitta-a, aaia1,tr al auua as,i.kru.l. to -rak Ihe Irtrn as all I Jilt U It btltrtt.! Itt Ut. t.l tM HI W ISll-r uu u-l 1'ie.J. i.r r..., a4 Ui rule biaprer tla tbe lit d.J nf ttrbla-r be mail maAea ti4uaaI arlltUUa S I Ibelactl, tiur par. ly. awl aa be hat fra! a- aaaa-a dp lbl. It a ahtls. sale raaatrt-r, W rta.lt. l c,Rmtte ttyS-rbsaib-lly, atxl ly btlb- aft lllier. atfl maS(rl, ta rt sj ttrlte aavl tt-.rl ap4 tttmsy brswt iteib(,rfaal frWatlt. aa-t lltt as atP. if Ue etwt atf a attttta ta-ib-4, W faa It lata a Was. aaf llt-t M l, .mttrpliAa a prairie are ottr tbe IMtaaa s .aar parry a rsraa w a It t lw al ---, at I saart I , tatb I HAW UtrAs. atrl ttwrlSVtr bts awarSj-otti aad frb-tt. tt ( ttal h aaa.r I atubPUMaU, watt I hiyi-l it uvttk tx Is I, kli-irl bea-trrbvl a,, wHalpat4 Uta m urb K (lie bsrUwtrrik libit tpr uc'xt an I alW Utry b-al -.1 It ap pretrat hit btU t-r lua s ta , aw eewli pera-alM, ei aut lat-ta petiinsiasry rtMataa i seew rrtara ta sas test ltt Mr IStoOftUtSaSeatJi'it I rapa!, IM-a eaa. ly aboatt u Satw t,f Jaae. I7. utirh tt Ui to start m.ttc- wtATs t bate a-a atlea tt m t. ai-w t 4. l. -raise d-itllely ta what day I arrltM U sr U( -.' , a SHt-SsrtallMlttsallatOttr.lCt Ibateant t-a v, fieiBt-w wbi atpt ia -ss apnea j art! ebpp k-kl la tbe State rwite-SS (V-at u, oiti tvtr awS rrsitt atl aarlata tm Witts dty I arnpt, teat I bs r--.id aaaaktwtti aad or frk tU m Itay-a. a ar-Tiaa; saw t reply tt. t.ma as ) as p ...iLl a. Ut urn lag ta ta- afts I It. A -I ate- lai-J -t lav sanar Itfsattriis4lli. IthM Wtwl ta ti-Us ai a taaf. fttataataatf rsptlltaa. aayl ! arvvallay a f OpweaaaepaUsWrtb aPtdwaattptt obeat-aT aatSk Tbea I ra Ut Mr stmea-iS'. a( taa-a. aa4 that psOaaa UftTBa as- tbat I asrre-ti at has awwst ab w.arCabUy afajay, attni leaws ayawalaaaaaal ltrlaaflbalaaasaa pVt tbaf I attt haer baa M rlat Psatrasstt alb laf May 2,1 Mr l--aaWae.tlW..ttMas-ealiaf-afcifJ(--sa SMS last I a at aas rbasi I kaet a-4 tstass as raw us tJs tstiataa at rw baae t as, ettaOsii. waarts at al p tatte. atrl I itta ' m asas teatai sat-tjatt-a 1 I -at eaaer-l tta puk, . raryastf a aba AVa-aaa staff lt saU Ut bs tw.. Mt as aataaf aat-l tkfKif-s. lbTetetMaaaatsaayai4aaw I 1 arnt ta sm lr Abpapw, mM Sb-sw ss a asaa sbtniWnrfiattartl t P. It a aaw staav war! X tnaa la skis s teabPaaa hatt Itl, prsa atwt. tJir tarre lata s a Ifm eiwnin. taMtaVi aswe oat ti-irs-aaaf a issaa as aw i a sasva has etj Itii. n Uw aay atAp st awa mf San as ta-ra bat lattsa a. itaarS aatd ill at alas awrap. I tV jrlt any pssaataa Ir vauax fcv aAa Arrutatrr farm aar SXaasaa, I t-tft.it. .will f I Qw sa Sua Say ssf Jwly. A U Jigl. ) n aatirap- l tSaTstaaaa, Mflaja, mmmk. A . rsaaar. aas ' I tpMawafstaasVastaaM aaaaatawaj twpaw.sttswsBmaa atSakV rw BAaaw aai.l. IsUa I AaatVaii, aaaas, stassl atat awalr aaraSasaawatsaaaaota, lasawaasars. arra-aaaaara aaayaasaa7aata awavSsswa asas c amj m aaatV tssaspSaw aba a asy asas a aaaanata-.aal aaaataam ttawaai Isasl pasas fjaat tSSf aaaaj ass any aaajasy attts tsasj was !. wtpsv w""m,7 saps. Stain b rspwaaka a AwatSsaaaaa Saawt tw- a... -. wt. tatttt, tsaaaSt Sa iB btt paaa i Sara Staaa aasi atat wraa. wwswts m. wvsm as est wan mar. saatsnnw wamOtSaast aasbaaajr aSsJaBjslWPeW tajtwsatapamatsj,, Sts-sjaawsasitwr masassm I i i-ak?-.