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THE LEAVENWORTH WEEKLY TIMES
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LEAVENWORTH KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 20, 1879.
NUMBER 1,255.
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1879.
LOCAL I.IICIhtVflO.f.
The proportions made t. tbi Rjpresen
talives of the School Boald find the City
Council now at Iopeka for legislation in
truded to aiil us out of our difficulties in the
"jttlenient of cur banded indebtedness are
hII wrong. Indeed it is very plain that the
syndicate and the School Board inlluence
"ill succeed in securing the passage of lawa
that will make our enormous debt mom
burdensome than cv r, incease the annual
tax Ievy.,making it more binding and grind
ing upon the people
Perhaps, the people h eve no rijht to com
plain, becau-e they knowingly send Repre
sentatives to To-ki a large proportion
of wham go only fr the purjio-e of grati
fying, their own jier.sonal malice or for per-
nonal gain.
We take it fur grauteJ tint with two or
three exceptions t"ie county of Leavenworth
it represented at Topeka by men who'e av
erage ability and bounty is fr below the
rlaLdard of the average Kansas legislator.
Under there drcurn-tances He have little
hope of obtaining the Iegi-lalion so much
needed by our city and county.
Aor.Tlot).
A communication from Atchison aigLed
' lfe and Mother," willbepubliehed when
wt: are furni-hed with the author's name.
The failure of the writer to eeud her name
me clearly an oversight Of course, no
body is ignorant of the fact that new.-pa-pen
never publish anonymous couimtinica
lions Jisri.iid: milt tv .
The Kew Orleans Tina concedes th it
Governor Xicholla lacks that forced will
which is desirable in an executive officer in
Ixminiaua jut now. But it iu-ists that he
should not be blamed fjr all the woe of
the State, iw the legislative banch cf the
government is a failure.
.t i.ivki.y -ii. in:.
The Chri-lian people of I-ouisville, Ken
tucky, are waging a war against Suulay
amusements, theaters end open saloons.
The mini-ters list Sunday all preached up
on the subject, and large mass meetings
Lave leen held iiro'e-ting again-t the cus
tom. The opixwition has I-ui aroutd,
ai.d a b-iter warfare is promid.
.1i roil. KM FT.
e projio-ition now pending before the
stature to dig a coal shaft, by prison
labor, at the Penitentiary, is one of the
moat imjiortant questions that will come
up during the present ses-ion.
The amount of coal that can be taken
out the" first yiar will more than pay all
the cxpcnj of sinking the shaft, and from
the time the mining of coal begin, the
Warden estimate?, the Pcni'cntiarv will
be lifted entirely from the shoulders ol
the tax-payer of the Stale, and will le
wholly helf-eupportiog
There can be no doubt uf the fact that
the vein now woiked by the Leavenworth
Coal Company extends to the Penitentiary,
as all the report of the Missouri Geologi
cal survey show tbln formation to be very
jrsisteiit, covering a large area. It is
ruined in the valley of Chariton river, on
the llannib J A St. J'jseph Railroad, at
Ikicnvillr, and i'n- cut at Fort Smith, in
the Indian Nation's domain.
The only consideration then, is the ex-jien-c
to reach it at the Peniten iary. The
depth we are informed will bi the same as
at the coal thaft in this cily. The Coa1
Company agfert that the cot of their shaft
and machinery amounted to IrOO.OOO. Thia
may be iU!Hio:-id,as the original company
were men of e mall mean?, of limited crtdit,
and the undeveloped enterprise wrs not of
sufficient promise by whic'" means could be
raisrd on their franchise. But admit that
it was accomplished at an outlay of j0,000.
The cnterpri-c was& rried on during the
war, at war price-; labjr at $2 and S2 oO
'kt d. y and the outeri-ls in d machinery
furnished ct the same rattii in compared
with the prices prevailing now. In it not
reasonable to conclude that with the em
ployment of prixjn labor the same work
may lie accanipli-hrd for half that zmount
(523,000) the climated cost at the Peni
tentiary, by an expert.
TIiejeo.de owning propeity in the vicini
ty of the prison will alto bo largely bene
fitted, since a eucces-ful coal mine at that
point would more than double the value
ol thtir land. B-fore the work is un
dertaken the State ought to have -er-mi&sion
from the owners of adjacent prop
erty to uiine under their land. But thia,
of cour, will 1 cheer ful'y given, since
the Cjal, in the earth, is of no value to
them, while the minirg cf it by the State
would greatly enhance the value of their
projierty, by the criidr.i-huiecl cf manu
facturing itlitutiu:.s in that icinity.
k iFTiiEi'i;ftirir.itK.
Purifiers are now the rage. Senatorial
purifiers especially; they are chiefly coni
losed of these who themselves are dishon
est and can see no good in other men. As a
sample of thia clas we give the following
from the Girard I'ras', regarding a man
who t Treasurer defrauded his couily of
$13000.
E. W. Majon was one of tLe men who
voted to investigate the charge of corrup
tion made against Senator Ingalls, ami his
home organ, the Girard Ihrcll the echo of
the Kana.s City Tiian has been tilled with
abuse of the honorable gntlmau who has
succeeded himself in the United State Sen
ate, and bitterlv denounced the corruption
charged. In view of the fact thut a jeti
tion is now being circulated i:i thia
county, and will soon be proent
ed to the Legislature, setting forth
that E. ". Jfajors, tlie patron saint of the
Jlacl , has nwindled the iieople of Craw
ford county out of about 513,000, and a-k-ing
that an act be passed relievirg bin
bondsmen from the payment of a judgment
over and above the amount for wi.ich they
have secured property from the principal,we
thiuk it would only be jut fur the iloue
to apitoint another committee and investi
gate the pat record of stid Majors, and as
certain whether he is a Ci iiersjn to have a
seat in that body. Xo doubt the JfercU
will ably second our eSartu in tl is direc-iun.
tli.i' this splendtd field i.s not slrendy oc
ciipinl by our own capitali-u. The only
presumption is that proer knowledge and
expentncecnly are lacking.
Dak Van Fofex.
frt..ii!ic coxwj v.
y and
COW iltlll.V. I.lSMa
It is rcimrtisl liere that 1) It.
I'lmi.tc: oi-iio.
Vt'e copy, in another column, : iuter
etiug article from the Cincinuati .Vui, un
der the caption "Troub'e Brewing in Kau
sas," which will serve as a very fair index
t'j the drift of public opinion lu itgud to
the investigation fooliabucs- in which our
Ix-gislature is now .Egged. The gtnlle
uiiH who rejirtreut or Ai-it proem - the
leople cf the State in the present Igi-la-ture,
by caiefully perusirg such articles as
the one referred to, may be tble to te
themselvis aa otlnih tee th ru and tbty
will hardly be able tu regard the picture a
one calculated t "do them pro-id "
I'avim; 'tin: ll:..sll.H.
The Commi'eioner of Pensions, in sug
gesting certain amendments to the Pensions
Arrear act, estimates that for arrears
rhargeable up to tlie dte of pa-sage of the
bill 534,000,000 will be required; for cases
added between that date and the close of
the fi-cal year, 2500000, aud for arrear
ages chargeable to the next fi-cal ytar,
S-'i.OOO.OOO. That is too sav, the present
Congress must provide for an expenditure :", '' probably a m
of$ll,o00,000 accruing between the time mittee who tiVl to e".!
the bill became operative and June 30,
lbO, while the average annual charge
will for years to come not l-e less than
55 000,000.
svhiti.Mi i:?i.-i.oY:ir.vr AitttoAti.
The protracted con'e-t between the farm
ers of the Englith counties of Sutsex and
Kent, and their laborers, has ended with
the eviction of mary f the latter from their
dwellings. They h.id a trot)g union to
support them in their struggle, end that
union has widely decided to send many of
liieiu to regions where work is pltaty.
F-re hundred, mostly unmarried young
ineu, have left for New Zealand, having
p-wege given them by the Colonial Gov
ernment, Another party will soon follow.
Their departure will insure more constant
work for those who have staid behind, but
if the stampede continues, the employers
will have to pay higher wages through the
sesreitv of hands.
tiii-: im: i ri:.iTi i xt v co.i i, km a f r
There i, we fear, a well formed opinion
- that our Representatives are not doing
iheir duty in pressing the passage of a law
to sink a coal shaft at tlie Penitentiary.
Influential men in Leavenworth are finan
cially interested in opjioing the project.
The iLllutnce of sirong men with money
will be ueil to re-.i-t such legislation and
$25 or S00 for a vole is a small ma'.ter to
tho-e interested, but would look "big" to the
ureedy member who failed lo realize on tlie
Senatorial election. The legislature must
not forget that the people are watching
them closely; the suspicious ones in that
body have been in irked and if they fail in
doing their duty they will iu due time be
exposed.
C.ll-r.ll-t I10WATE I-OI.AK
Captain Ilowgate publishes a letter giv
ing his views on the feasibility of tie es
tablishment and maintenance from year to
year of polar colonies as centres from
which to prosecute Arctic researches. He
puts the caao hopefully by a simple com
parison with the results of the voyage of
the Discovery. He believes that the ship
failed to reach the pole enly to use a
familiar illustration, as one misses a train
by a few minutes time. Had she readied
the point she did reach only "the fraction
of an hour" earlier she might have g9t
through the ice in which she was caught.
He ia of the opinion that her failure was
due to an unusually bad year. There are
milder and severer years, and hu project of
s colony rests on the theory that wintering
through from year to year it must come
some time upon an open year, a year of ex
ceptionably favorable weather, which will
give ample time for the exploration that ia
still necessary to solve the great polar problem.
THE KIGIlr I.W I.-i THE IilGIIT
I-LACE.
Here is a suggestive incident for the con
sideration of thieves taking refuge in Can
ads, Mulligan, lately a xarssenser in the
Washington postcfSce, stole money en
trusted to his care and fled to Montreal.
. He was arrested there and prosecuted un
ijf " - der the local law against bringing stolen
property into the Dominion. .Pleading
guilty to that charge, he was sentenced to
five years' penitentiary imprisonment. It i
probable the existence of this law is not
known to most of the official and unofficial
plunderers who take themselves and the
proceeds of their knavery over the bor-
tUr.
I'A.M..
Antliouy In-
tfiitlHtole v It est .te until the closenf ttio
Ksslon. 'i Ills, should i.ot lie r. oriiilttetl, a lie
Is deeply liuillnill lit tlie lirlhlm; of mem
bers to nle for Jngilis, lwvlng ottered mon
ey V t I two iiieuilHTH. Ha lias M
Irruiited in liultdo-u such inemtierh us lieup-
piuaeljiil with moDer, threatening them
with eutilisa i liu in Iho LMvenwnrth
Tims-s if lliey dare to testify naalnst him.
TliNsHine sortif thins Is Iielnc done with
wiln's- by other K!oiol otllcei here.uud
if p-iMMi-J In thrie will bin bomb-shell ex
ploi'tJ that will L-ik tin in fcurfully. In
tiiemeautiino the lncs Icalln ctuumittt-u
Is at ro:k aad the cud Is tar frnm reached.
Towti Crrjxinftjif JSaniis City Times.
The alfive is from Psngliorn, to the Kan
sas Citv Times of the lO.h iust.
We p.-ououcce the report that we are
about to leave the Stale ''until the cla-e of
the se'.sum" an uamiligited lie, and we
pronounce Pjnhorn, the author of the re
port, an unmitigated liir and a dirty dog.
Tlie statement that we offered any mem
ber money to vote f.ir fogali is a
malicious, wilful falsehood, and
Pangborn cr ny other human being who
says so is a liar and dirtv scoundrel. If
any member his intimated auything of the
member ot the oom-
K. vote and eauld
not find a piirch ier. We have threatened
no one tvitu abue if they dared to testify
Any meu.ber or anybjdy e!e has full lib
erty to testify to tLe truth of all said and
done by us at the Senatorial election in
Toptka or anywhere the. We have said
before and say now, that the real movers in
this iuvestigifion are the defeated candi
date, and a hcore or more of members who
offered their votea for sale and didii't find
purchasers.
We think the wholu pack of conpirators
wholly destitute of maral ditrvter, truth
and comaion decency.'
Aiiriu; carp. u: a i.iru.i
sii;st;.
A little care in the phras
grammatical construction cf bills intra.
duced at Jefferson would save a great deal
of wrangling in courts as to the meaning
and intent of laws when passed. Mr. Fos
ter's bill "to prescribe the lwwers and du
ties of the Board of Education." opens ijs
follows.
!ectiov 1 Th" "Board of KJucatlon" shall
kj couipo-ed of tho J5Ueriuteurteut if I'nbllc
School, w ho shall be President i! the IJ-Kird.
ThisUovernor SM-cretary of i-tnte and Attor
ney o -neral shal! be ex-oftlelo memoers, ud
with the i-uporintelideut, coinimsu said
IJjurd of education.
The first sentence declares that the IUiard
shall be compos-rl of the Supepeiintendcnt
of i'ublic Schools, and the second fectiuce
declares that it shall be txiinpo-'ul of the
Superintendent aud several other cflicers
named. We think we can detect the au
thor's meaning, but why can be not express
himself more clearly? 67 U VcmoauL
There is no good reason "why the GloU
Democrat should confine its comments to
the Legislature cf Missouri. Its remarks
fit the legislatures of all other States just
as well. Many an ignoramus, who could
not correctly construct a Luinta letter, or
a ten-line item for a local paper, cm make
a great noise with his mouth, and the peo
ple thereupon conclude tbt l.e i a fit per
son to inhke laws for the State. Why uoie
should pass conect for scne, has never lieen
fully explained, but that it d:cA, cir.no! lie
denied ; and this explains why the average
State Legi-lature is regarded by gentlemen
uf intelligence and culture v.itli frelings
very nearly akin to contempt. The Legis
lature cf Kansas, now in session, voiild
show a much higher regard for the elernxl
fitness of things, if, instead tl wasting its
time and the jieople's money in miking new
laws, it would appoint a compcttnt x.m
miiou to translate into English the laws
we already have.
!A; IS A l'i1 Kl.
John Randolph was wout tu say that he
could maka a D-mocratio pirty at any
time all that he needed King "a few
shrewd scoundrels to lead, and plenty of
damned fools to follow." All that is
needed to make an opposition party in
Kansas is one shrewd scoundrel to lead,
and there is alav- an abundance of the
other element ready to fedlow At the
present time Pangborn is the lead r. And
he has shown ids ability, on more than one
occasion, to wield an extraordinary influ
ence in Kansas politics. Everybody knows
that he is un-crupub u, everybody knoss
that he has a supreme contempt
for ih truth, evtrjlnxiy knows
that he is always iu the mar
ket, and is always the proper'; of the high
et bidder; but U(titk-taodiiig these facts,
there is alv. ays n large proportion of the
members of the Kansas Legislature who
are afraid cf him, aiid who arc always
ready to be driven by him like a lierd of
Tex a3 steers. Such a condition cf things
is a disgrace to the State of Kansa, and it
is humiliating, to any citizen of the State
to be compelled to admit its existence, but
the fact cannot be ignored that Pang, with
all his villainy, with all his corruption,
vith all his well known selling out, with
all bis notorious disregard for truth and
decency, and with all his iuunite "check," is
a power in Kansas politics. We may
blush for the good name of our State that
such is the case, but we cannot close our
eves to the fact.
AxoTMEit i:Esriu.vno..
The folloving is an extract from the pro
ceedings in the Kansas Senate, day bclore
yesterday :
Senator Myers offered the following reso
lution, which was ruled out of order:
Whekkas, lt has been openly charged
upon the floor othe Senate and elsewhere,
that the Senator from Brown ued corrupt
means to procure the vote of the Senator
from Cowley, upon the resolution of the
Senator from Cherokee prohibiting smok
ing in the Senate Chamber; such corrupt
means consisting, in part or in whole, in
the presentation of a cigar (cf the "penny-a-grab"
kind) during the taking of the vote
on said resolution; and,
Whereas, It is important that the integ
rity of this body be maintained, and the
extent of the corruption fund in tne pos
session of the Senator from Brown be ascer
tained; therefore,
lUsditd, That a committee of thirty
eiht Senators be appointed to investigate
and report upon tie subject matter of the
preamable hereto, with the authority to send
for persona and papers, and to administer
oaths, and to compromise the whole matter
with the Senators implicated, upon the
term provided in the bills pending to ena
ble the counties of Leavenwoith, Douglas
and Atchison to compromise and refund
their bonded indebtedness.
That's jast about on a par with the Sena.
torial investigation which the House ia
worrying itself over. We suggest that the
resolution of Senator Myera be raferred to
the investigating portion of the Leaven-
I worth delegation.
' c:iAjiiY'i-i,i..sJ.iAi. -..".:..
Refrrriug to the extraordinary and in
consistent ruling of Sjieaker Clarke, in the
investigation matter, tl'C Alchi-oa C'tirtjhon
of yesterday says:
Mr. Ciarkeia a very impartial Speaker,
but he always give a tlecLiicn in favor of
his side of the question. We rre gHil,
however, to know that his prejudiced de-ci-ion
"for der blaintiff" v a-, in this case,
overruled by the House. It was so conspic
uously unfair, outrageous and stupid that
even pirtiztn bigot yand personal mlici
could not tolerate it. The Shaker, in ren
dering such a decision, vrote himself down
an unscrupulous demacgue, willinc to vio
late Hw, reason and justux-1.1 onUrtog:at
itj his personal ends.
The Trnfti .1 bone Ilii Indian Unlit
l.ltKt .NainiiH-r.
Oeekiik, Decatur Co., Feb. 11, 1679
Editor Times: The Indian raid of last
September, and the killing cf the Chey
enncs near Fort Robinson, have called forth
many comments from the papers east of the
Mississippi river. If these comments were
based upon truth) I would remain silecti
but as they are not, and as they work to
the detriment cf tlie frontier counties, es
pecially Decatur, the scenes of the raid, I
thick it my duty to rie and explain why
they work evil, and thus endeavor to stop
the effect. The prevailing sentiment cf
tbe-e ea-tern papers is that the Indiana are
the ajrgressed ar-1 the soldiers and settlers
the aggressors; the termer to be pit tied, the
latter censured. Which review will have
a ttndeicv to increase these raids instead
of decreasing them. This view is stronzly
maintained by the Irda-Ocean of Chicago,
and Sun of Xew York. As to whether the
soldiets are capable or otherwise will scon
lie determined by one of those committees
which find out so much,before whom theyarc
to appear. That the settlers are in nowise
to be condemned, l thins: x can
show to your leaders, by narrating the true
particulars of that memorable raid of
September 30. 1S7S. I sav true, because I
have not yet seen any account which has
given the exact t icLs as they happened :
From the time the Indian crossed the
Kacsts Pacific railroad (before that my
knowledge cf their acticcs ia indefinite)
they iiea&u, without the least provorat'
whatever, to murder every man and I
they could, without any resard to age, a.
where there as i seen danger. Tht.r
manner of proceeding certaiuly declared
them the ''noble brave"assting by the bard
who never saw an Indian, much less felt
their merciless hate. Men who were companion-
of the men at the time they were
killed, hive related to me how the Indians
acted, aud they are men whose word is
above question. The Indians insquadsof
three or five, would approach two or more
uivu aim i-verv luuicdiiuu ci irienuuness,
h tiding out thtir hands and saying, "How !
How!" The attention having thns been
attracted, and having thus laren made un
suspicious of danger, other Indians would
approach from behind and shoot down the
innocent victims. Iu this mauncr nearly
all of the seventeen were killed, who lie
buried within thi town site, whoi graves
can be ein fium where I now write.
This ii hov the men and bjys
were di-p-T-eil of, and this J.s
the pcrscniticat.onof mercy compared to tho
wY the females were treated. It is only
neccs-ary lo olcerve that where any female
ciptureu rat ice in its mo-t brutal
out out his dinner when music such as thia
is in process of dissection. Involuntarily,
the nervous man sends back the soup, skips
the shad, plays with the roast, and bolts
out of the cabin with an orange in hi hand
long belore the acceatral
wound up.
time-pieca i
.Ttr. E.rrr and til Coffin.
ITopeka Commonwealth, 11.
By yesterday's K. P. express from the
Wct, came a package addressed to ;
HO L. F. EGGERS,
(Care House Representatives
1'ixnn the reopleyou llitreprcnt,
Go Bvry Yourself.
Tlie package was in realit v a coffin ahnut
two feet long, and four inches through and
about the same lieieht. It was covered
with black dotb, which was fastened to the
wood with bright-headed tacks. The ex
pressman took it to th door of the Houe
and sent for the gentleman to whom it was
directed. Mr. Eggers receipted for the
pack.tge theexprt-wage was prepaid and
asked to see it. When he did lay eyes en
jt, he ordered it to taken to his room, and
hastily resumed his seat. Before the ex
pressman left the I nuiiding a large num
ber had seen it, ar.djwere heartily enjoying
the joke.
KANSAS NEWS.
Even this was nut
.V.ajXTltA M,SIOl.
Public sentiment throughout the State is
fully in accord with the opiuiccn already
expressed by the TlMts iu regard to the
scheme for an extra session of the Legisla
ture. L'pon this subject the Oskaloo?a In
dqyndait says :
The legiIatora arc fooling away their
time on wild gooe hunts for corruption
when the hunters are all full of it them
selves, calculating that the Governor will
call an extra ses-ion of the Legislature. We
tru-t the Governor will do no surh thing.
The people will not submit to it. If there
is any one thing the State is much cursed
wiih, it is too much legiIation If we had
but one session of the Legislature in six
years, or teu years it would be better for
:1I concerned Lst the legislature mike
the appropriation and adjourn.
A
ui'i-i:riutiTV fou Aruriis-
; ll.rOI.D IVCaLTtl.
Mr. Editor : People may croak all they
can, but there is certainly a great future
for Leavenworth, because there areso many
inherent means in the way of.cheap fuel,
abundant raw material, vast cccurculaled
capital, and mauy very prosperous enter
prises. The nucleus has been formed for
successful manutacturing, and a splendid
renulation of our work ia in existence.
Such a state of things must lead to addi
tional enterprises, and more particularly to
a branch of manufictuers not trenched
upon as yet at tills great center.
A prominent bu-iness man remarked in
our hearing that he was very much sur
prised that there had Hot been a manufac
tory for agricultural implements started
here, for, said he, it is bound to pay, and
py well, there was every reason apparent
why it must pay. because the principal ma
terials, wood aud iron, were plentiful and
cheap. He stated in the matter of timber,
that he could sjieak knowingly, for in his
own business the very best and much of it
was required, and his establishment was
about the first to open a market
for it, and was developing the fact
that suitable limber was very abundant.
We presume that the question of timber
may have deterred capitalists, from mak
ing a venture, but that question settled there
is no other to interfere, for iron ia obtained
at the same points that all the great build
ers of farm implements procure it, and
therefore must be obtained just as low by
us.
The market here for implements used in
an agricultural couotry.of which this is one
of the most prominent examples, is almost
unprecedented. AVe have a dozen strong
firms engaged in their sale, all very pros
perous and their capital and energies taxed
to the utmost to supply the crowinc de
mand. These implements are of course
made, at present, by the great factories of
Deere, Manser A Co, Moline, McCormick's
great reaper works, the great thresher com
pany of Aultman & Taylor in Ohio, Wood's
at Troy, Xew YorTt, and hundreds of other
firms less known, but all at remote points.
All this machinery could just as well be
made at this point and make the immense
amount of money paid out for labor and
material, at once tributary to us and lend
to building up the principal manufactur
ing centre in the new empire forming im
mediately around us.
The opening for an agricultural imple
ment factory seems exceedingly rare, and
we feel warranted in predicting that some
enterprising firm is certain to avail itself
of it very early.
The nuestion of available capital might
arise, but when we state that cur
banks have a larger line of deposits from a
population of twenty thouana inhabitants
than Kansas City, with her boasted fifty
thousand people, and that the managers
of the mocied institutions are imbued with
the proper spirit of fostering local manu
facturing, any doubt as to aid in the way
of discounts must he set at rest.
We presume it is no exaggeration to
state that a local fanning population of
one hundred thousand persons now make
their trade tributary to ns, while our splen
did railroad facilities bring as the tribute
of several millions, for we extend our sur
vey over five or six populous States and
Territories that lie contiguous.
It does seem to ns very strange, Indeed,
with the well-known success of McCormick,
Wood, Dera or Aultman, as incentives,
form was practiced.
sum lint t' sali-tv their mvage nature.
'I hey would enter hou-esonly to demolh'i
entirely what liny could not carry cff.
Every hor-e tin y ivmiM lay their hands on
was riddtn or led off, as many can testify
In. Thus are many farmers entirely de
privetl of all their jiti-seosions which had
taki ii years .f bard labur to attain. This
is why we think we have jut cail-ecf com
plaint aud that the murders uf these inno
cent men and women ought to be avenged,
rd the murderers summarily dealt with
without drawing cut tha abive mentioned
derogatory comments. We aie a people
comiiosed of men and wo:ueo, who, havicg
n.it much of tins wm Id's gtI, aretrviDg to
collect togetln r thoe thing which will give
the comlort ol a h-me. We have msny
hardships to uacLrgo, and hard work to
make cur towps apjear attrae'ive enough
to induce immigration ; and if people are
mideto lelieveus inhuman, our lot will
indeed be hard, and our p-csiierily much if
not altogether retarded. Hoping oureastern
friends can now see why we call cut for the
extermination of the Indians who commit
ted these depredations and also f ir the pre
vention of others coming, is lay the Indians
on the shelf.
Oh-rlin is the last tos-n in the nonhcrn
lier cf coimtiei. It i- a bu-iners place and
comprises two he I, onn drug store, two
general stores ai.d some half a dizcti sub
stantial re-kleiHe-. the i dications are
flattering for a large town here befcremauy
-e,iK. Decatur cauuty is among the hne-t
counties, agriculturally, in the State. The
onlv thing that can po-sib!y retard its pros
perity is a county scat fight, which J4 j,Bt
beginning to show itself. The other towns
are commenced, elistsnred about four miles
from each other, S.. John and Decatur
Center. These three touns will all pull for
the county seat as soon as organiz ition is
t fleeted. Thus' in a short time, we will
have to go through what every county in
tLc State has uudergoce. Em.ch.
A J.lttle AonieaNo "tour and TUcd.
Strau5s shows which way the waltz goes.
Yen cm hear a defence, but how can a
deaf fence hsar you 7
A cure for sleeplessness is to imagine you
have got to get up.
'I hote I see you well." a.s the bucket
eaid when it touched the water.
Lawyers are never more earnest than
when they work with a will, that is, if the
estate is valuable.
American hams that e'on't find a market
are sent to Europe and brin,; a high price
as West failure hams.
Ife saw a negro smokin a new meer
schaum. "Thunder!" he exclaimed ;"why,
the pipe's coloring him !"
j i you wnnto pay your debts you have
paiu mem. lour creditor cannot tleny
that there has been pay-meant.
A cow in Lafourche gave birth recently
to four calves. First four of a kice ever
seen in that section. New Orleans Times.
Oa- reason whr we accomplish so little
In this world is lie-cause so much time is lost
hunting up. collar buttons of a morning.
Delicate con-ider&tion for the elephant:
Con-idcrate little girl "Please, Mr. Keep
er, will it hurt htm if I give hun a currant
out of my bun?
Waiter: "Beg pardon, sir, but I think
you've maile a mistake. Thia is a halfpen-
'Jh dear no not at all, not at all I
Trouble Itniiinir Iu It-uiaui.
(Cincinnati Pun)
The triumph cf Senator Ingalls in the
Kansas Senatorial fight teems to have
thoroughly maddened his tnemies, and
they are preferring all sorts cf charges
against the Senator and his active sup
imrters in the Legislature. It is alleged
that his euc-.ei"" was due to the corrupt use
of inouey. The Kansas City Tunis, a
fiery Democratic shee', which waged a re
lentless war on Ingalls six years ago, and
also for weeks prior to the receut election,
boldly asserts that several ineinliers cf the
Ltgi-lature were offered certain sums of
money to vote for Ingalls, and that some of
them accepted briles. But where the
character if the jfi'mes is well-known this
charge will fall flat, unless there is an
abundance cf evidence to su-tain it, and in
this case the evidence is lacking. The bitter
enemies cf the Senator point to the fact that
seven Democrats vjted for him as
a sii-picious circumstance, Wncn it
is considered thai the opposition to Invalls
at a caucus he'd in the eveuirg prececding
the d-y of election, ui.ited on Jud;e Hor
ton, a isdical Republican, there is nothing
iu the srlitn of these seven Democrats to
aro ise the least suspicion. They werecom
pclled to choose between two Republicans,
and probably had good renons for prefer
riugSenator legale to his competitor. But
considerable feeling has been stirred up in
the Legislature by the Democrats, and the
f-w Republicans who supported Horton,and
the Hou-e adopted a resolution ou Thurs
day, providing for a committee of four to
investigate the charge of corruption and
bribery. A dispatch from Toreka,publi-h'-ed
yesterday, says :
The eeneral feelln; here Is that there Is no
truth In the charges. Nothlm: of the Vlnd
was lie-ardof during theCHnvn. which w
noted as being conducted without the use ot
unfair means.
Doubtless the investigation will fail to
develop any evidence cf corruption. The
Democrats know this very well; but they
want an investigation, anyhow, for the
purpose of casting some suspicion on the
character of the able Senator from Kansas
and biirging in question the honesty and
fairness of his dection. The real obj.-ct is
merely to pive the way for a Ssnatorial
injuiry. The next Senate will be Demo
cratic, and as Ingalls ia a prominent stal
wart Republican, nothing would pleae the
lemocrats better than to thrust him from
his seat for alleged corruption. Another
Republican would take his place, of course,
but it would be a wonderful satisfaction a
great Democratic victory to oust a stal
wart, with a flourish of trumpets, and amid
a cloud cf scandal.
I never give le-s!" Punch.
Over twenty miles of blue ribbon has
been cut into strips six inches long and
given out to reformed Iowa drunkards dur
ing the year. By a little figuring you will
find that all but two men in that State used
to lie drunkard'. Detroit Fn-ei Press.
Conrcrt is to be held in au Indiana town
next IVidiy night, and we are extremely
de-irousof attending it. One of the fea
tures of the programme is ' Grandfather's
Click." to be sung by a young lady, and
we have alwsys had a strong desire to hear
that sone. Xorristown Herald.
A little bur whose father was a rather
immoderate drinker of tlie mrderate kind
ore day sprained his wrist, and his mother
utilized the whisky in her biilmnd's lottle
to bathe the little fellow's wrist. After a
while tho pain began to abate, and the
ehild surprised mother by exclaiming:
"Ma, h is pa got a sprained throat V
Amongother curiosities on exhibition at
iheAmerican Department cf the ParissEx
hibitionwas a spring chicken from an
American boardicg-hou-e. The chicken
was taken to the iruillotine one morninir.
but, when the heavjr knife iell on its neck,
the fowl gave a frightened squawk, and,
after one or two tremendous pulls, jjrkeil
its head away from under the knife and
made its way back to its coop in the Expo
sition. The knife was sent lo the foundry
for repairs; Burdette,
: retry '-Trouble Willi 111 .Milrfn.
One winter Mrs. Greeley went to the
.West Indies for her health and the follow
ing sprmgshe sent for her husband to come
nfier her and bring her home tols'ew York
Xow, if there was one thing the old man
hated it was the sea. The very smell of
suit water made him sick. But, "neverthe
less, he obeyed his wife's call, asle was ac
customed to obey her every whiiay Indue
lime thry got back o Gothaiu and that
morning Mr. Sinclair received word that
(ireeley wa not f.eling well owing to his
voyag-, and had decided to stay at home
for the day. In the eveuing Sinclair was
goins to Washington on bu-ine-", and so,
vslbe in hand, he called" at Mr.
uree'eys hou-e an hour or two
before the train was to start. He
found the old man in bed, and actually
very ill, having suffered terribly all tho
way out and all the way back from sea
icknes. He was alone, the other mem
bers of the family being ill or away from
home, and so Sinclair determined to pass
the nfcht with him, giving up for that
ume cis irip 10 me capital.
"Sinclair," he said, iu that querulous
whine cf hi, "I'm as naked as the d-y I
was liorn. My trucks haven't arrived jet,
and I haven't got a nightgown."
"But why not wear this?" pointing to
the garment he had tafcen cff before getting
into led.
"Oh, I expect to get cut to-morrow, and
I want that to wear them. How the blazes
would it look after I'd slept in it""
Well, in due time his baggage arrived
and Sinclair made a bolt for tho article
needed. After some rummaging he found
it, and assisted the old man to put it on.
It was soon fastened at the neck, and the
nurse took up one of the wrists' and tried
to button it. There, however, he stuck
fast. The ends wouldn't meet by fully tsvo
inches. He tugged and twisted to his ut
most, but it was no go. Still, as the pa
tient said nothing, he supposed it ought to
fasten, and redoubled his efforts for that
purpo-e. For about twenty minutes he
labored withcut euccess. Then he said,
"This is a fai'ure. It won't fasten."
"No," slid Greeley, with exasperating
calmtes-s, "I knew it wouldn't. The fact
is, I never could button ihe infernal llrcg
niyelf. But you seemed to enjoy it, and
so I didn't di turh you.
lie lay bick on the pillows for a few mo
ments, as if thinking deeply, and then, sit
ting bolt upiight, he brought his fist down
upon the-quit and exclaimed, savagely.
"If eve Mormonism works as farKvs
ss this, I'll haye one wife to take care of
my shirts."
The Fredonia, Tniiuis hu ceased to exist
A new pap?r called the Tore.', has been
started at St, Mary's.
Tlie Leadville excitement is a big
thing for the railroad companies.
The Olathe I'rojra comes out under a
newstyle of head which is an improvement.
The Kansaj .ITetAoifist is the name of a
new publication at Topeka. It ii edited
by Revs, J. D. Knox and J. S. Gilbert.
I. o. o F. BALL.
The Odd Fellows of Osage Mission will
give a ball and festival at the opera house
in that city on Friday evening, February
IMMIGRANTS rA3SISO ATCniiO.V.
Atchison Champion, 11. J
Three coaches filled with emigrants, went
uon the Central Branchyesterday.
THE TROPOSED COURT AT FT. SCOTT.
Ft. Scott Monitor, 1X
Onr Washington correspondent, Mr. A.
A. Harris, in a letter hints quite strongly
that Mr. Haskell's bill to establish the
Federal Courts in Fort Scott is a fixed fact,
and will pass the Senate.
THE TEMPZRASCE O.UE3T.OX IS NE3I.UI I
lTY.
Sabetha Cor. Seneca Courier, It J
The temperance question is being advo
cated over this way. Monday evening we
held a meeting to discuss the propriety of
saloon or no saloon, which was freely dis
cussed pro and con, with good prospects of
me temperance ioiks having their way.
OUR IMMIORATIOX.
Immigration -.ill be larger to Kansas this
year than ever before and the class as a
geutrai tuing is goou. inose who come
prepared to live are well provided with
money and the necessary articles to keep
them from want until such a time as they
can become self sustaining.
A TROUBLESOME MIAMI.
(Chetopa Advance, 13 1
Lewis Miller, son Chief Miller cf the
Miami tribe, broke the peace at Melrose on
on the evening of the tJStb. Lewis is a
good Traceable young man when sober, but
he had a quart of very bail Jersey light
ning along, and had managed to get out
sidscf the most of il,hich was the trouble.
all easy to make live, being natives of the J in the last year bv
Eaiinc to Mow Untie.
Why should a hungry traveler be forced
to eat to slow music? Oa one of the Flor
ida steamboats, the tuneful three, harp,
flute and violin, are brought'into play not
only when a landing is reached cr the
moon rises, but also when meals are seired
in the cabin. As soon as the napkin is
spread across the knee and the soup plate
is set down, the spasmodic refrain, "Whoa
Emma 1" falls upon the ear and puts the
nerves, if not the appetite on edge. With
the St. John's River chad cornea the agile
and heel-moving "Nancy Lee," and
with the roasts and entrees, is
droned "Ah I have sighed to
rest me !" Then the mince pie is served
thin, soggy and myterious, and the harper
with prophetic instinct, anticipates every
victim's dreams by striking the first chords
of 'Grandfather's Clock.' It may be that
the captain aims to stimulate the appetites
of the passengers by these artificial aids;
and then again, it is conceivable that the
musicians are paid by the steward, who ia
anxious to keep the living expenses as low
as possible, and ingeniously contrives to
clear the cabin in fifteen minutes. The
traveling public is not composed of deaf
men, and no one who has can can make
Tlio Aerlcnliurnl College.
ILarntd Chronocopo, li
The vacancy in the office of president in
the Agricultural College at .Manhattan,
created by tl j election cf Hon.. John A.
Anderson to Congress, should be filled be
yond any shadow of doubt, by that loyal
and true born son of Kansas. Hon. Geon-e
. rt- r -wr i ... -
a. crawioru. lie is by every qnalitica
tion, intellectually, morally and scientifi
cally, pre-eminently fitted for the position.
The State for his loyalty, eloquence ami
earnestness on every occasion in her behalf,
owes it to him, and the appointing power
in the premises will be derelict if they fail
to select him.
A NARROW ISCArE FROM DROWSISO.
ipiathe. Progress, 13
While Elm creek was "on a fresh." on
the tiSth ulL, Mr. Church aud Mr. Bliss
undertook to cross it at the ford near Alex
Brown's place, Allen county. They were
turned into the water, losing their wagon
bed, spring seat, overcoat and part of their
harness. Mr. Church came very near
drowning.
A XAKROW EsCArE.
Sorth Topeka Times, 1 1.
The clapper of the bell on the M. K
church brokeand fell to the ground la-t
Sunday morning while J. II. Ilarwood was
ringing it for Sunday school. Mr. Ilar
wood heard it break and dodged to one side
and thus saved himself from being killed.
As it happened he was hit slightly but not
in any way ir jtired. It was a truly wond-r-
lul escape.
RELIlilOUS.
,S icca Courier, 1 1.1
Rev. Frank Ingalls, of Atchison, is in
town this week agisting in the revival, but
preaches his closing sermon this (Thurs
day) evening at the Congregational church.
The prceent religious awakening in Seneca
is the greatest one ever known in Northern
Kansas. Over one hundred have already
given up sin, and declare thtir intention cf
livirg Christian lives.
r.ur.aijtnv and robbery.
ll'rutt County Press, ei ,
Two young men, cousins, by the name of
Dolman, broke into Lamerereux & Tea
ney's store, Ilaynesville, last week and
helped themselves to cigars, tobacco, jiocket
knives and a registered letter containing
thirty dollars. The money drawer was too
complicated for them. They confessed
the burglary, and Esq. Yoe bound them
over. They are in the Hutchinson jail
waiting trial.
TIIEKAW BUCGC USE.
Wauifgo Tribune, 11.
Capt. McKown, who recently pas?ed
uowii tne ivaw river with his engineer
corps and remained over Sunday in our
narocr, lias sent a report to Vt ashiogton
favorable to the navigability of the Kaw.
Thia is 33 we expected and predicted. A
line of barges may yet be put on the Kaw
that will afford a cheap medium of trans
tortation to the Mississippi. This will
prove beneficial to all our people, tending
to aho lessen tarriffs.
favorable for wheat.
Ellis County Star, .
So far, we judge the winter has been a fa
vorable one lor the fall sown wheat, Ihe
snow did not fall as early as it docs some
season', but it has been abundant and gen
eral, and the Bteady cold weather has kept
me oiankci over nearly cur entire win
ter wheat country. The dry fall was unfa
vorable in some localities, but the crop in
general, as we say of live etock, is winter
ing well.
ST. maky's college.
Pottawatomie Herald, II. i
It is now a settled fact tht the college
will remain an institution of St. Marys.
Mr.Benjainin Bertrand has given the use
of his large residence to the ladies who had
charge of the convent in which building the
facualty of the college now directs the
growing ideas how to shoot. It is a hand
some brick structure four stories high and
almo-t as large and fine as the one de-troy-eil.
State and county.
Pottawatomie county has five newspa
pers. The Ottawa Rifles will give a grand ball
on the evening of the 21st,
Twenty-three compositors are employed
in the State printers' office at Topeka.
Three hundred and thirtv bills have been
introduced in the House durinsr the present
seiaion. But few have been disposed of.
A DI3ASTROUS rKAIRIE FIRE.
Itlolton Recorder, 13.J
A prairie tire broke out northwest of
town, last Monday, and before it could be
controlled destroyed a number of tons of
hay far various parties.
DISAGREEMENT OF A JUET.
IColumbus Courier, 1J
The jury in the Allen Smith case for the
murder of Ira Hyde, disagreed, standing
five for conviction of murder in the second
degree and seven for acquittal.
A CONVENIENT KESIDESCE.
Ottawa Republican, 13.J
A house in this city (on Ssecond street)
is so situated that the renter votes in the
First or Second Ward accordingly as he
s eeps in a north or south room.
A CLAY COUNTY MAJT KILLED.
(Clay County Dispatch, 13.)
Patrick Clarke, whose parents reside in
the northern part of this co-intr. was rnn
over by the cars and killed last week, at a
small town iu Xebraska. He was on his
way home from California when the aeci.
dent occurred.
THE WAT THEY ARE SERVED AT CUKLISO-
TON.
Burlington 1'atriot, H.
A.T. Walford was arrested list Fiidav
ii i... .,.
si.u Drought oeiore ':squire .Morey, on a
charge of being in a state of intoxication
and carrying deadly weapons. He plead
guilty, and was lined S) and costs, smouct
irg to is.70.
these
new-comers.
Without an exception, so far as we can as
certain, these new settlers are heartily well
pleased with their new homes. They are
generally persons of education and refine
ment, and the excellent school facilities of
our county and the general refinement of
society ii just to their taste.
A MAN NEARLY TORN TO riECES BY 11003.
Independence Kansan 11 J
Mr. L. D. Shelton, cf Liberty township
met with an accident on last Friday which
came near havirg a fatal termination. He
haj a fine lot of large Berkshire hog, and
in attempting to separate some of them it
became necessary for him to cet into the
pen, when they attacked him, knocking him
down aud tearing his flesh with their teeth
in a shocking manner, Fortunately several
persons were pre-enr, and he was rescued
almost instantly, but rot, however, ntil he
was badly injnrril that his life -a des
paired of.
He remained for two days ra" nig the
greatest agonies, but on Sunday 1 as re
ported as being somewhat easier.
TIIE MANHATTAN MURDKlw
Lawrence Tribune, 13
There is something exceptionally re
markable in the receut tragedy at .Manhat
tan. The town has always tceti noted for
its quiet ways and sober habits. The young
man killed was kconn as of good charac
ter and habit., while tha man who killed
him was a member of the Cengreuitional
church. That such a man should in such
a community, enter a Christian church dur
ing a temperince meeting anil shoot down
such a man ia the midst of the congrega
tion, is simply astonishing !
If something of the kind had occurred in
a new time at the railroad terminus, at a
"dance houe," or saloon, instead of a
church, and between Texas roughs or gam
blers, but littlu would be slid about it. But
in Manhattan ! It might as well have been
in Xew England :
A DISASTROUS FIGHT.
Lat Sunday at a wedding frolic in
Xorth Topekaoverthemarrisgecf a couple
Russians, a fight occurred in which one
man lost both cars, another one had his
nce bent and face badly injured, and a
third one, a guest from St. Marva, was
beaten over the head and body so" badly
thatit is feared he may die. Allof the male
guests were ininrtd more or le.s. NVrk
yokes, boards and everything that c-juld be
used to strike with, was used.
An Asa-nrnuce '111 a I Uu Sol Aecea.
nary.
Chicago Times, U.J
Some vicious idiot having started a re
port, a few days ago. that yellow fever had
reappeared in ZS'ew Orleans and elsewhere
at the S-iuth, inquiries were made by a
Chicago firm, in reply to which a number
of responsible persons in the Crescent city
certify by telegraph that there is not a case
of fever in the plsce. Tlie assurance was
hardly necessary, it being known that the
temperature fell, some weeks ago, below the
point at which yellow fever can be develop
ed or disseminated.
Tito Tllden Slovraierat Uoouiln;
IX. V. Graphic, 12.J
The Albany Aryui, one of the leading
Democratic papers of the State, in a double
leaded article, prefaced by seven others
pertinent to the same subject, comes out in
favor of Samuel J. Tilden as its candidate
for the Presidency in 1SS0. It claims that
the cipher investigation has entirely cleared
his skirts of any connection with an attempt
to purchase the Presidency in 1S76 and be
lieves that his political reputation has been
made brighter by the scorching examina
tion and crocs-examinations to which he
has been subjected. The sentiment of the
Argiu is already echoed by several leading
Democratic journals; and it looks as
though a concerted effort were to be made
to set the Tilden movement "booming" for
the next Presidential campaign.
LEOISLATIV rCRSONAl.-.
Topeka Conuu nwealtb,!! I
Senator Mattheweon confined to his
room by illness.
Senator Wells has gone home on account
of sickness in his family.
Senator Bradley wa3 called home yester
day, receiving news of the sickness of his
child.
Senator Gillpatrick was Chairman of
Committee of the Whole, yesterday, and
ruhed buaine-s through.
The biennial report of the University of
Kansas was-distributcd in the Senate yester
day. rEETAROCG FOR A WOOLEN MILL.
Fort Scott Monitor, 13 J
A gentleman from Indiana, who has a
woolen mill valued at SIOO.000, has writ
ten to Mr. Van Fossen in reference to
moving it to this city. Ife would bring
thirty families with him, besides employ
ing a large number of meD, women and
children who now reside here. This town
could have more manufacturing establish
ments in two years than any city west of
the MLssiaippi River, if a little effort was
put forth. Will it be done'
HORTICULTURAL MEETING IX fllrvr-
COUNTY.
Lamed Optic, 11
The third annual meeting of the Pawnee
County Horticultural Society meet at Gar-
neiu,
MeeJng called to order by President L.
Manning.
The following resolutions were then of
fered: 1. Raclted: That our State Legislature
be urged to support the bill making appro
priations for the support of the State Horti
cultural Society, and that the Representa
tive from thU connty be instructed to sup
port said bill.
2. Eaolted, That it was nnwise in oar
County Commissioners in stopping the
bounty on rabbits, and we recommend tie
renewal of the bounty on rabbits ; also that
a bounty be paid on the pocket gopher, and
not stopped at. any time in the year, and
it must certainly prove economical in the
end.
3. KeaofW, That we urge the county to
take steps at once to improve and set out
shade trees on the school grounds.
The question of forest trees, the best kinds,
mode of culture, and the distance to plant
them apart was discussed with much inter
eat. It was the general opinion that tha
Cottonwood, box elder and ash were the best
thre kinds for timber culture, u toe? ware
POI-ONEII PY STRYCHNINE
Iota Register, II J
Sunday night a little child cf D. W
Bogga accidentally ate a piece of bread and
butter that hid been nut out for rats. 3ud
covered with strychnine. By prompt mctli
cal asitance the cffjcts of the poison were
neutralized, loo much care cannot be
ti-cl l.y those who handle such poises.
A FEMALE TRAMP.
I Independence Tribune. I
Wm. Murkey, of Rutland, reports a sev- j
eniy year o:u woman tramp, sharp leatured
and disagreeable. He says she will pilfer
small things, and wares people to le on
the lookout. She got away with S10 frnm
Martin Swapk and some goods from 3Ir.
.uurKey.
AN ANSWER TO A VERY BUI ONE.
tlllgliland Sentinel, 11.1
The so-called "comic" valentine- on sale
are simply di-graceful and indecent. Thev
are calculated to breed the spirit of discord
in a community, and are only sent to grat
ify spite. The law should prohibit their
sale, the same as it does indecent b .ks and
picture.
MONTI.OME1.Y OJUNTY.
IIndttK.-udc.nce Tribune.
Montgomery county has an as-csscd val
tialioiiof two million three hundred and
sixty-eight thousand and eighty-nine dol
lars, and the lands are only assessed at an
average of three dollars and ninety cents.
The valuation is greater than that of any
ne county in the State except one, and far
ahead of the adjoining counties.
A CALF ATTACKED BY COYOTK-i.
Ilndependense Kansas. 12 J
A daring attack was made Friday after
noon last by two wolves uj-on a calf, on the
farm of Hon. John Boyd, in Fawn Creek
township. Being driven off, five returned
at nijiht, when Geo. Boyd sailed cut with
his gun, getting one shot, breaking the leg
of one of the coyotes, when all retired ia
ahort order.
STRANGE TILIVELERS.
Umpire City Rcho,13.
Three dtstrians passed through town
last Friday, en route to Arkansas Their
b'PKe and camp cnuinape. which con
sisted cf old clothing, kettles, tin pan., etc,
ere paciteu into a finall cart, winch they
pulled, or rather pushed, by hand. They
were a sorry lookiu- outfit, and thsir nnvl
way oi traveling attracted considerable at
tion from our citizens.
SUDDEN DEATH AT INDEPENDENCE.
Independence Tribune, Ii
A man from the Indian Territory, came
up last week, and not feeling well he went
to his friend, Mr. Keyes north of this city.
He remained one day and felt better when
retiring. During the uight he felt cold
and awoke Mr. Keyes, who put a hot iron
to his feet and gave him a cup cf water.
Xext morning when Keyes awoke he found
tee stranger cold and stiti ia death.
COMPANY "R,"' (MONTGOMERY RIFLEs)
tlndepcndenre ICanan,li.
The Montgomery Rifles met at their ar
mory on Thursday ereuinir. and after dis
posing of their usual routine business, pro-
ceeaeu to lueelection ot olucers to fill va
ctDries occasioned by the resignation of J.
B. Ziegler, as Captain, and W. W. Martin,
as First Lieut. The name of J. F. Wa
ters was proposed for Captain and he was
elected by a unanimous vote. Lieut, Ton
kinson was, by a vote of the cornpiny, pro
moted from 2.1 to lst Lieut. Oiderly Ser
geant Bender was thsn elected tlad Lieuten
ant. A SERIOUS OCCIDENT AT COLUMCrs.
Columbus Courier, 13
A young man by the name cf Gildeon
mpt with a severe and painful accident at
Baker's corn "heller near the M. A W. de
pot on last Friday evening. The shelter is
run by horse power and his foot caught in
one of the wheels of the power ju-t as the
machine was started. His leg waj broken
mid way between the foot snd knee goint,
the bone protruding throush the flesh. He
is doing as well a could be expected at the
present time, but it will be several months
Ufor- h- will be able to be about.
A SINGULAR ACTION.
(Independence Tribune, 12 i .
A irson stopped at the Rose farm a few
nights ago and requested a night's lodging
of Mrs. Rose. She at first refused, but see
ing that he was determined to stay, any
way, finrlly consented. Alter he had re
tired an hour or two he got up and started
for Independence, stating as a reason for
this curious behavior, that he mast be in
Indea?ndencein a short time or he would
die. He had a team and soaue other plun
der. In leaving so hurriedly he forgot a
trunk. The man muat be demented as his
action- were verj aingurar throughout.
OBITUARY.
iWavhlnston Republican, 11 ;
It is with extreme sorrow that we an
nounce the death of Mr. , who died
within a week previous to last Saturday.
A CHAPTER OF CASUALTIES.
Independence Tribune, 1-
We have just learned cf a serious chapter
of events iu the family ot W. II. Sawyer,
south of this city. On the JSd of January,
John Hughes, a brother of Mrs. Sawyer left
thtr home and went to his parent, at Lib
erty. Tuit iii4bt I e was stricken with con
grsiinii and di. d Thursday morniug.
While attending tne funeral "and burial,
Mrs. J. S. fcawyer, wife of W. H. Sawyer,
aged 31 years and ." months, took a culd,
which resulted iu pneumonia and terminat
ed in death on'Moi.daj February SJ, twelve
days after her brother's death. Tuesday
morning. Mrs. James Avery a neighlaj'r
who had been watching with the corse,
had occa-:on to step out of the house w ith
a child in her arms. In doing so, she
stepjicd of tho icrrh, instead of going
down the steps. lota bones ol the leg were
broken just above the ankle.
A Eny NEiRI.YCUT IN TWO V. ITH A i,IS
SHOT.
Manhattan Enterprise, II )
About one o'clock p. u , of February Oih,
David and Gto. M., sow of E. Ii. Da'uieN,
started fur a barrel of wat-r with a sled,
David takiDg a gun with him. Having
gone a few rods from the well with the
tvater they lemenibered having placed the
gun down near the well. George said he
would get the gun, and suiting the action to
the word, brought it and placed it on the
sled, arranging it firmly (.muzzle end in his
hands) when the hammer must have
caught or struck against something, causing
it to snap the cap, and sending the contents
of the gun lrom side to side through the
unfortunate child, fearing the abJonien in
a terrible manner; also setting his clothing
on fire. The jwor child cried : " Dave, oh
Dave, I'm killed ; Run get some water I'm
satire'" 'Ihe lire ws immediately extin
guihed. Dr. Crans being in the neighborhood was
called without delay. L'pon request of the
dying boy the Dr. remained with him until
he had departed from this life, which oc
curred ab-jut fot'r hours after the accident.
Here we nay say that the Ir. had two
children at home that needed his medical
care at the time. We are sorry to learn
that one of his children has since died.
IMPORTANT TO C '.TTLE GROWERS.
IClay Centre lyxrulUt, n.J
Who ever heard c: rinderpest in the West
cr anything akin to that dL-ease.' Yet
parties in .ew York have started the re
ort that ii cow prevails and therefore
shipments to the seaboard should be stop
ped. The rej-ort is un unmitigated lie.
Its authors are presumed to be interested
m prcveuticg the shipment of beeves to
Europee?pecially to English markets, lie
cvuse English cattle-groners can-not with
stand ihe competition. Either this is the
fact, or there ii a combination to reduce the
price of cattle by preventing their ship
ment from Atlantic ports, and thus enhance
the protits cf those engaged in this con
spiracy. Whatever may have prompted the re
port, the cattle interests of the West are;too
..t tu w t-oantu iu huh way uv a re
morseless gang of scoundrel.-, without efforts
being made to find them out and subject
them to punishment. The various Cattle
Grower's Asscciations should act promptly
with the assurance that at every step they
will be backed by the public sentiment of
tue entire w est.
CXJUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS CONVENTION
TojieKa Commonwealth, ll.
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION.
The Convention was called lo order at
the usual hour by President Billings, There
were present about thirty-five Superinten
dents. Amendaients were approved allowing each
district clerk SS er annum ; also, requir
ing him to make his annual report on or
before July loth, making it the duty of
County Clerks to see that District Clerks
report tax levies.
The following named persons were ap
pointed a Committee on Resolutions : Al
vih Sheldon, of Butler, Jno. MacDonald,
ofShawr.ee, Philetus Fale, of Franklin,
Abijiu Wells, of Nemaha.
The folio ing were tholed a Committee
on Text Books: A.T. Biggs, of Lincoln,
A. I.. an Eman, cf Leavenworth. II. O.
Whitlock, of Wyandotte. F. P. Xichols. of
Morris, J. A. Truex, of Davis, Mrs. Stout,
cf Jack -on, Miss Brown, of Douglas.
An invitation to the Superintendent's to
visit Bethany College, was accepted.
The Convention then adjourned to 7
p.m.
set in, and toward morning cf Sunday con
sciousness was measurably restored, and
under the constant and watchful care ot
Dr. Johnson, he has rapidly been restored
to his usual health. Iu tlie first days of
consciousness he tound it itimcuit to pre
serve the train of recollection from one day
to another. His escape is miraculous.
The wheel in which he was caught
makes about sixty revolutions to the min
ute, but beyond a few abrauons of the skin
no bruises orcuts were inflicted and no
bones broken it was simply a matter of
enforced suffocation by pressure. Oa start
ing the mill on Monday morning, the key
of the mill, a pocket-knife and two silver
half dollars were found badly battered
among the cogs. This fortunate lodgment
had saved Mr. Voglescng's life, as it raised
up the shaft and threw it out cf gear It-low.
THE 033.GE MISSION SAFE ROBBERS CAPTUR
ED. Neosho County Journal, 1Z.J
Oa Friday evening last, Steve Beck re
ceived a tel-gram from George E. Cook, of
Sherman, of Texas, that the watches taken
from his sifo had been offered for site in
that city by three parties named H.Harring
ton, A.S. Clark and Mike Rogers. Mr.
Beck took the night train fur Sherman,
and arrived there the next day at 5 o'clocs.
p. m. Oa his arrival he found the above
parties arrtsted by the government on sus
picion. He recognized Clark as Ctley, who
was in our city for several weeks before the
robbery as the guest of the Harrington
brothers, who live on a farm about four
miles northwest of the city. He was in
timately acquainted with Horace Harring
ton, one of the prisoner?, but did cot know
Roeers.
Utley, alias Clark, who no doubt is the
grand mogul of this band of house-breaker
and safe robbers', Ielt here three or four
days after the safes were blown ojien, re
orting that he was gjtcg tciialverton.
Ife stopped at Denniscn and sold some of the
stolen property, and from there Le went to
Sherman and was joined by Harrington,
who reported here when he Ielt that cc wx
going to I'tici, .N. Y., his old home, on
hn-ines., on Tuesday or Wednesday last.
Harrington sold two or three of the stolen
watches to a pawn-broker, in Sherman.
Geo. E. Cock, who formerly lived here, and
now employed as a jeweler by the pawn
broker wLu made the purchase, had
read tho article in the "Journal"
about the safe robberies here, and
after Harrington had left the store he made
an examination of the watches left on pawn,
and discovered vuible ponder marks on the
inside o! tlieca.i?- He immediately noti
fied ihe p-ojier e tlieers of hi suspicions, and
the trio, I'tley 'ul lark, Hamngtoa aud
Rogers, were arrested. After lteck arrived
in Sherman, the dejiu'y L". S. M irshal tele
graphed here that the parties arrested were
the ones alread si:picionci by a number
cf our citu-cs, and that their friends here
should !e arretted. 1'pon this information
Frank Harrington, a brother of Horace
was arrested a brousht to town
on S iturJay night, t j Monday he was
brought More 'Squire Owens for examina
tion, and the State not being ready for trial,
he was held in Unuis cf Cl.OfO to appear in
ten days He failed to give the bond ami
wa.-Fent to jail
On Monday of tli-s week' the three fin!,
arrested at Miermao. were tried before a U.
S. Commissioner and Filey and Roger
were found guilty ai.d were bound over ia
the sum cf id "OK for their appearance at
the April term cl the V. S. Conrt to bo
held at Topeka. Tiiey failed to give tba
required Iwnd acil k ere sent to jail. Hor
ace Harrington di-clnrgcd.
Kciisli .Shod Over I)cce:icy.
(t'cabexty t; izett-, 11 )
Speaker Clarke runs things to suit him
self; he rides roughshod over every nm
b'acce cf decency and respect.
.! lisle mid na- Hall.
Cinciuniti krows more about basc-lnll
than she does about music, and the pronlo
down there want Theodore Thomas to play
in their nine because he has s.ith an ex
cellent baton record.
.Mint Haic It Iluue by Telephonr.
Kissing is said to be unhealthy ; a girl id
Paris, awhile ago, died from the effects of
Iieing hugged by her lover, and it is evi
dent lhal courtship and marriage must he
done by telephone.
-has been owine us a little adver
tising bill for some time, and has repeatedly
broken his promise to pay. Finally he
gave us his sacred word of hocor that if
alive he would surely come around with
the cash last Saturday. The monien-i-to.?
didn't come around he died, undoubted
ly; and we mourn his premature taking off
snd the lo-s of our bill. His. wife -.ml -s,;i.
dren rejoice at his timely departure, snd
the devil has surely got his dues if we
cavenr,
THE NEW COURT HOUSE AT HIAWATHA.
Ulawatha Dispatch, 1J.J
The corner stone of the new court hone
will be 1 aid by the Grand Lodi-e nf Ma
sons of Kansas sometime in April, or the
first of May and before the contractor com
mences the superstructure. E.D. Hillyer,
Grand Master of Masons, has invited Hia
watha Commandery, Xo. 13, of Knights
Templars, to aseist in laying the corner
stone, and act as an escort to the Grand
Lodge. AU the Masonic Lodges in the
connty and the Odd Fellows will be invi
ted to partidpate in the exercises. There
will be a good band of mtuic present and a
grand time will be had.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Holloa Recorder, 13.J
Since this date, a year ago, a large cum
ber of new comers have settled in Jackson
county. At present we have no means of
ascertaining the exact number, but are
satisfied that the aggregate will run up in
to the hundreds. They are almost without
an exception men of means. ah! tn rn-.
chase improved farms and able to go ahead
"?.'" -u'u--i improvements, some
of tba beat and moat tasteful improvements
in the way of honse. barna inn .pn,mMi.
ed grouneta in tha connty hare been made
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met in the Senate Chaai
ber and resumed lusinesa at 7 p. in.
Oa motion of Superintendent Lcmmon,
an amendment was approved allowing
teachers par for legal holidays. Amend
ments were also approved requiring teach
ers to report the commencement of school
terms to the County Superintendent, giving
teachers .owcr over pupils on the way to
and from school.
Mr. an Eman milim:t'.l t.;n -. 1 .
fore the House Committee on Education re-
Jn! ""-- -warn CI lext liook', the
Chairman of the 6aid committee desiring to
have the opinion cf the Superintendent con-
i.-iiiuS me menu ol the propo-ed law. It
was unanimously decided that the bill
would bo impracticable.
Superintendents Lemmon, Lawhead ami
Pales were added to the Committee on
Text Eookj.
A WOSDERFULESCArE FROM BEING CRUSHED
TO DEATH.
il'aola Citizen. 13.1
About half past 0 o'clock on Saturday
John I.. Voglesoag, in the employ of
-uessrs. iaurange ci Co., at the Farmers'
Mill, was caught between the cogs of the
main upright shaft that runs the machin
ery on the second floor r.f ihe mill ..t
bis clothes drawn so clo-ely and tightly
about him as to suspend animation. The
first intimation that anything was wrong,
was the fact that the fshaft and the ma
chinery connecting with it had stopped.
Mr. Huckaby at once proceeded to investi
ptethe cau-e; and found tnat the shaft
had been lifted" cut of the gearing below
Going to the second story, he
found Mr. "Voglesocg, apparently lifeless,
with his clothing gathered closely in folds
in the cog3 of the wheel. It was but the
wot of a moment to cnt the clothing loose,
and almost immediately animation was re
stored. D.-?. Haldeman and Johnson were
immediately summoned, and they at once
proceeded to the task of restoring and
equalizing the circulation of the injured
man, and he was removed to the residence,
a snort distance from the mill. So terri
ble had been the pressure that the face and
forehead were discolored to a purplish
waclr, and the eyes teemed to be almost
bursting from their sockets. The first
symptoms were so unfavorable that little
hope was .entertained of hia recovery,
but in the course of a few honn . re-action
Kamai WadU no .Secret Iuiiiltlllin.
Wnlnut Valley Times 1 1
The Senatorial Investigating Cnmtnitte
is a clrsed door affair. We understand
that the witne-'cs examined are sworn to
secrecy This looks rather bad for Kan
sas. -tloat ol Hie iuir.M ore I?rurt.
The Cliriitian I 'men believes that the
origin of man will never be conclusively
known. It appears unfortunately, that th
iersons who might have been ued as wit
nesses are dead, with the exception, r
hap, of old Bill Allen, and he won't com
mit himself.
Two Very t'uty Conundrums.
Newark Advertiser tltep,)
If Pelton was a fool as well as a rascal
arid that is the theory cf the defense wb
did Mr. Tilden trust him so implicitly ? If
Marble waa so horest afrindof TildcnV,
why did he not inform the old man of Pel
ton's disgraceful action'
llio'llilrd lloii.e.
Topeka Cor. Kansas City Journal,
The Third Hou-e was organized to-day
with great telnt by electing Blackman, of
Leavenworth, S'ceaker, who delivered an
opinion declaring any bill cr resolution
from the Senate clearly out of order, and
making varions other local hit', which
were received with great applause.
X I'eer lit livery Way.
! Walnut Valley 1 lines. 1 1. J
Kansas elects to the L". S Penatc a man
who is the peer of any of his colleagues in
every wsy. With i"uch men aa Ingallf,
Conkling, Logan and ( arpentf r electee! to
the senate for the nxt six years the Reran!!
can party will be strong in tint honse hecr
evtr great the Democratic majority.
rietter rrniperntire Work cr Mrou-rcr
IScer Karrct".
A barrel of beer in Philadelphia ex
ploded with terrific force, the other day,
blowing a man entirely across the atreet.
and inflicting such injuries that he died
soon afterward. The incident "hows con
clusively that we must either have more
effective temperance work cr stronger beer
barrels.
Tlie War I'eiiBrimvut Miould Control
tlie Inillim.
IN. . Herald, 11. t
There is as much real humanity among
the officers of the army as among civilians,
and on a warlike people like the Indian
the necessity for using forre will be small
in proportion to the; amount cf force with
which they are confronted. Hence the su
perior eiliciency cf the army for carrying
out a philanthropic policy with the In
dians. fteilecln Credit on I lie .Mute ol I.na-
Arkansas City Traveller, K.
The return of Mr. Ingalls to the U. S
Senate will prove a satisfaction rot only to
the Ilepublican party in Kansas but
throughout the Union For six years Mr.
Ingalls has represented the interests of this
State in the Senate with acknowledged
ability and fidelity, and his return is a
meritcd compliment that reflects credit en
the Legislature of Kansas as well as on Mr.
Inzalls.
le-troylnr Cirarjojiper.
IWaahlugton Post
The good time is coming when the grass
hopper shall no longer hi a burden. A
distinguished entomological publicist sayi
thsy can be readily destroyed. The process
is simple. When the spring time comei-,
all the women and children are to hie Ihera
to the meadows and pick the grasshoppers
eggs out cf the ground and burn them. We
are surprised that this savant does not sug
gest a simple mode of making this labor
remunerative. The egg, when picked,
might be whitewashes! and sold for rice.
Uon. Ceo. Aa Crawford.
Emporia News, 11
Geo. A. Crawford has been a citizen cf
Kansas for about 22 years. His energy
and intelligence have always made him
prominent, and that prcmicce and all his
influence have ever been thrown into the
scale of Kansas. He has been a prominent
actor in our history, and was the leading
spirit in our great and successful display at
the Centennial. He did more free work
for the State in that exhibition, which did
so much for us, than any other man in tha
Stat