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M. M. MURDOCK,NEdUor.,
WICHITA. THUllSDAV,JU5i: 29,-1870.
HEPUBLICAN TICKET
Tor Pmideut, '
nuxmnrroiti) . hatis,
or Ohio.
l'orVicc Fixtiilcnt ,
-William a. wheeiei:,
of NcW York.
Republican State Convention.
A delegate Comcntlon or the i: publican! or
the SUte or Kausa will J lieia In ItcprcBenla
Jic Hall In the city orTopcka, on Wednesday,
tlielClhday of Atst, A. 1). IfTC, at Umlioiirof
2 j m. for the rariQt or liomlnaltng candidate
for tho follow ii)goei!, to wit.
Guternor,
I.icutcimul Governor,
secretary or State,
Auditor of State,
'i rcaiurer of State.
Attorney General
Sujttrlnteadcal of l'ublic IdMruetlon,
One AMooiate Juotiec or the Supreme Ceuit,
Fire Presidential EIcctoTSTand
A Suite Lentml Committee.
AH ooantle entitled to representation I11 the
House of J:epTci tatn e for I8T7, anil no others,
will lc entitled to rciuvtentatum In mkl cenven
uou, as fellows, to wit. two delegates from each
Kqireseutalivc district.
IllsreooumieBiIed that the jirimiry meetings
for the pujwtc or electing delegates to the State
Csmrentkm lierein called be hold on Saturday the
5th day 01 Ai.gut, at such hours as maybe des
ignated by the I rntral Committee or each Keprc
fciitalUe di-.il ict 01 in the event that there is no
such cornm-ttce, or that It tliall Oil to set, by the
Central Coimuitteeof the comity.
Hi all-) i.wuinm.ded that hi nddUloa to the
Ui legate lu Tin provided fur, one alternate be
elected foi e.ri deli crate
Noperriiiw II be entitled to a seat or vote In
tli- coimntifl' M irtue of holding the proxy or
Miy of ti'i dli gut- elected
John GtTnsre, Ctiainran.
.1 Ja 111 k, bee'eiarj
Eepsblierji CcagreBsisnal Convention.
Delegate (...Mention or the ItepaUioangof
the Thtol Lougu s.onal Distrk t 01" Kanina, Trill
b held at null k.nas, or Friday, the UUi
dn of Aneot, lk7(i, at the boir or 10 o'clock a.
rn. for the puipose or nominating a candidate for
cungrcw uiid trai sacting such other business as
may proiuly ciin befmc the Convention. The
Convctilion su ill consist of tlie follon lug number
of delegate's fiom the scleral counties in the
J)tetrietvi.
Harbour
Uarron ..
Dutlei
Chauc
Coffiy
tie..
Cbiilriiua
Lilnard
1 ord . . .
Giveuueod .
Il.'irvcj .. .
K'ngman
l.you
Stoma.
2 Mcl'nenou I
i Marion. S
5 Osage . S
2 l'avruee 2
1 Keno t
.4 liice '-'
5 SedgwieL.. . . 5
2 frliavtnec . U
i fcumner 3
i Uoluunsee 3
3 Woodson . . .3
2 Uiisb . . -5
l.lk ii
In counties consoling of nimc th.in one Kepre-
eiiitire llli irt and w litre the number of dcle
gjteealloiteO to uch counties cannot be uquallj
divided bUwi-i'li Hie K"preentativ c District of
kaid nonntit-, the County llepuubcan Central
L iinmittcvtii.il' uppurltor. the delefMttftarooiiglhc
di-U-Kt upon ibi bt-uol Hie UqmbHoan olc.
It in reCoDin-m.lut that the District Conven
t.ona for the purpose of electing delegates to the
Convention her. in called, be held on Saturday,
August 5,1-. 11. ate.ucblnmroina bedoslgnated
l theCui I'll Li.mmitUeofeacliKcjwogentativc
District or in thi eimt that there be uosuchcom
miLlee, th a h 1.11 Lentr..l Committee or tlie
taunty.
1 1 is also imoiiimuidiil, that in addition to the
IiUgatesliirnnprovnUd, one alternate be elect
ed for cadi dih ,alo.
No ncxtou mil 1 tnt.tlrdtu ascot or vote in
ihe lonvcnucn bj v irtue of holding the proy of
nn 01 toe .tl. 0.u. liy onler Committee,
J.vior. fc.TOTi.Kii, Chairman.
HcsnY r.ot'Tii becrriary
Ss5tricl Convention, Thirty-eisctit District
V aepnbl'i uu (duventlon, for the poifHwe or
lutaus in sominLioii a candidate for state Sen
ator, for lh ll.utv-eisatn Sanatoria! District,
!' be lie lu in 'A'ichita, on fcaturday, the 19th
ili otAu0u-l, 1 t, at lwile o'clock jn. Ihe
Tulluviing win bi tin bjsisufrepreaenUtion, viz:
L nil Itepn iiimu Diolrictwill be entitled to
fie uunibe. o. ,di gati named as follows
Ninitv-fievi 1 1 Ii irict .... 7
JwmtV-moiiil 1 strut 6
Nmcty-thiril Di5.n1. . 6
H.irboiir Uo'iiitj" ... . 2
Ivi.'tpilan Ci.untv 1
Harper, I"i .it! ml Stafford couuUe will not be
admitted cxci it bj jtiou of the aboT delegate.
ltisreoouuiHumil Hut the Di.-lrict Convcn
t ius for the pari", of electingdeligalo to b
Conrcntion ' n , called, be heid 02 Saturday,
.ugust5, 1-T' u uih liourusm y bcdeslgnateil
I the Cefr .1 toinniitlce ofeach llepreieutattve
District, 1 iu .lie 0 11! that Mure be no sudi
committee 'hi - 1 v il. Ctniral I nimit'.ccof the
county.
It is alto ri-i ,.:).nui lid, that iu .1 'duion to the
delegates linc.n piovidcd, oacnltiiuatcbc tleet-
I I for cat ., 1 -Mti
U. I A.11-OOCK
Csxaittee Meotmg.
ITieren I ' u u.n tins of thi l' publican Ju
u.cial Oo'umi'.iii oi the Thi.to'i'li Judicial
District, of tlie -t ite of Kan'-i-, in tVinlleld,
Kansas, a;
1 lmrsilai ,
oflOo'cto
t 11 v Cue of the ViniKl 1 Ccumr, on
'Ii i.ti. liv of July, 1 Tl.. ut tb hour
I. t in A l11Uattend.11 eilsicqucated
Hi r-Unee is to be transacted
t "M HiLPrBT.N t h airman.
as bnsine
June ,
Comaittco Mesting.
riicmei.ili. id or the Sedgwiek county ltepnb
I.can Ceniral ouimittee, are notified that there
m ill be a mi 1 t.iig or said committee at the KAQLr
ollice.on Saturday. Jul; 1st, 1S76, at ue o'clock
p m., of aaid dar, to t.Ae measure for securing
he reproaoBUtion st said county ia the State,
Congressional, Senatorial and Jtrflcial couven
ti .ii . and to transact any other ieli business
v.hieh may be brought before said committee at
tue time. A full attendance Is requested
Vn Balowik, Uiairman.
A ichita, Knusa s, June 30, 170.
Eastern Eiilroai Coenoctions.
At a recent meeting of the directors
of (lie Missouri, Kansas & Texas Hail
way Company in tlie city of Now
York, it was decided to complete the
railroad, already graded and bridged,
from Fort Seolt to Humboldt.
In anticipation of this conclusion a
company wa organized with a view
to the construction of a road south
west from Humboldt, tlnough the
counties of Woodson and Wilson, and
thonco west through the eoulhcrn tier
of counties in the State. This compa
ny is composed of feme of the leading
officers and directors of the Missouri,
Jvausas &, Texas company iu the cast
and iu this State It is a matter of
vital iBtcf6tnhbv cUhxns of "Wichi
ta lhat'tjicyhidtPP,rceialc tnc ini"
porlanccTof-thi enterprise, and act ac
cordingly. While the terminus of the Atchison,
Topckn & Santa Fe road remains at
"Wichita ; as long as no other road pass
es its doors on the southeast or west,
our city may rest easy. It commands
the situation ; it is the queen, the king,
tho monarch of the valley of all it
surveys. I5ut suppose the present ter
minal agent of tho Santa Fc road, or
any one who succeeds him, takes us
his lino of march to the southwest;
suppose tho proposed Walnut Valley
road is completed; suppose a road up
the Arkansas Valley should go up the
ICinncscah, or supposo the contempla
ted toad from Humboldt should pass
along the tho next tier of counties
south of tis. What then? The answer
is plain and inevitable. Wichita would
simply be a way-station, and a com
petitor with tho balance of her near
neighbors. She would even be obliged
to throw off somo of her present bal
last to keep herself above the surface.
Aud all those suppositions arc within
tho range of possibility if not proba
bility. There is one way to avoid it.
Secure the eastern connection, and
you can afford to consent to and even
aid in the extension southwest. You
can afford to consent to and counte
nance the construction of the Walnut
Valley road. You will inevitably se
cure the Arkantas Valley road, if it is
constructed at all. You will bo the
head railroad center of the, Aikansas
Valley, and you can snap your fingers
at.all attempted railroad competition.
.The original-intention of the iu'eor
porators of the company organized for
tho purposo of constructing ihe road
from Fort Scott to Humbold, was ils
extension to Wichita. Thntobjectcnu
wyct bo accomplished if the citizens of
Wichita will awake to a realization of
their interest. Woodson, Grccuwood
and Butler counties will unite heartily
with them in the furthering of the
project. It is certainly worth the ef
fort. A ditcct eastern outlet will be
of far greater importance to us than
any other. Let this golden opportu
nity pass by. and our capitalists will
have no rcasou to complain if we are
circumscribed within a railroad net to
the capacity of a country village.
The latest from the Democratic con
vention is that Tildcn holds a balance
of power, he having 400 votes, but not
enough to elect, it tequiting two-thirds
to elect. Two delegates from New
York, Tildcn and anti-Tildcn. settled
their pergonal differences by taking a
knock down. They propoeo to open
the campaign with a bloody shirt,
tlohu Morrissey is one of tho leaders of
tho convention. Seymour declines in
positive terms tiny nomination that
might be tendered him by the Demo
cratic parly. So for the proceeding!!
are uninteresting and devoid of en
thusiasm. The Second District.
Tho ltepublicnn Convention for the
purpose of nominating tho man who
is to succeed Judge John It. Goodin,
of the Second Congressional District,
met at Fort Scott on lhe21stinst. The
battle wa? warm and exciting, hut
outlet! in a day. Tho first ballot stood:
Simons, 2C; Haskell, 21; Perkins, IS:
Cook 15. Ten ballots were taken, the
last of which tesulted: Simons, 25;
l.ri;ius,20; Haskell, 19; Cook. 1G.
The convention adjourned for sup
por, allcr which littccn ballots wcte
taken. Previous to the last ballot (he
names of Perkins and Cook were with
drawn and the last ballot resulted:
Haskell, 1G; Simons, 31. Up to the
lat ballot Simons had a plurality on
all the votes. When the names of Per
kins aud Cook weic withdrawn, the
most of their voles went to Haskell.
The conrcntion was fortunate iu
having presented to it the names of
men cither of whom would have been
satisfactory to a majority of the peo
ple of the district. We had reason to
anticipate the nomination of Mr. Si
mons, and believe he could have ear
ned a stronger vote before the people
than any man in Ihe field ; but certain
ly noilher of the three could have made
a more successful compctitiorof Judge
Goodin on the stump, than Dudley C.
Haskell. For purity in his private life,
integrity in public life, untiring oiicr
g,aud conscientious and consistent
adherence to the principles of Ueptib
Iicauism no man iu the district is mote
than the peer of D. C. Haskell. He
will make it lively for Goodin.
Our Democratic friends urge that
tho Republican party has been so cor
rupt iu the administration of national
affairs that a "new deal"' is demanded
by the country. Well, we should not
so seriously object to a "new deal,' il
they would only presutit ti new pack.
Uut we do object to their "turning up
a Jack"' from the nasty, dirty, greasy,
dog-eared pack thut has boon fingered
so long by Uuchanan, Jeff. Davis and
their associates, in tho infamous crimes
of first robbing the Nation and then
uttempliiig to throttle it.
A Portion cf tfas Kansas City Bridge Destroyed.
Wo learn that the bridge across the
Missouri river, at Kansas City, was
partially destroyed by fire last Friday.
Tlie fire commenced on the Harlam
sido of tho river, running toward the
Kansas City side. The entire span
joining on the north idc, was de
stroyed and fell, and the second span
was greatly damaged before tho fire
was put out. The bridge is what is
known as a combination bridge. The
bottom chord of the bridge is of iron.,
while tho upper chords and braces arc
of wood.
Onr "Wheat Harvest.
We ate in the midst of another liar
vest. The reaper is at work through
out the countv. This will be a vcarof
plenty. Tho husbandman is amply re
warded for his labor. The rainfall has
boon abundant throughout the year
aud tho spring weather has been most
favorable for ripening the wheat.
This year will add its testimony to
ptcvious years, that Kansas is well
adapted to cereals and is destined at
no distant day to become (he granary
of the United States. Ilustaud stunt,
which in other wheat-growing States
militates against the successful pro
duction of this cereal, arc heic un
known. California consumes thou
sands of tons of blue vitriol, or what
is commonly termed blue-stone, in the
preparation of the seeds is unknown
hcte, except amongst pharmaceutists.
While rust in that State annually de
stroy entire townships we have never
losl a single acre from this source.
Cheat, wild mustard and oats, a cttr-c
lo farmers in that State, aic likewise
unknown here.
Our farmers ate slowly profiting by
experience. Four years ago the vari
ous crops raicd iu our county were
experimental ; the adaptation of our
soil was unknown. From year lo year
the various seeds known to tho mer
cantile community were sown and the
effects of the climate aud soil noted.
These practical tests have demon
strated beyond a doubt that wheat
must ever be our staple iroduction.
The labor involved in producing corn
is obviated ; a ready market is always
open before us, and tho greater the
acreage-Eown the greater will be the
demand upon us. Tho Territories and
a portion of tho western States arc
seeking our productions. Wichita
flour commanded a good price and was
eagerly sought after last year, in Col
orado, Wyoming, the Indian and sev
eral other Territories, and has met
with favor wherever introduced. The
surplus wheat crop in our county will
probably aggregalo one million bush
els. Another item we havG learned and
that is, to obtain a good crop, farmers
must sow so early. A large area of
laud was last year sowed and planted
late, and the result shows the labor
bestowed almost entirely thrown
away. Tho acreage of land in wheat,
as compared with last year, is more
than double. This production is no
longer au experiment but a fixed fact
and an Accomplished success. Wc
doubt not but that fully one hundred
Ihouoaml acres will bo sown this fall,
and five years hence we confidently
expect to sco our entire county one
waving field of golden wheat.
Gov. Hayes is
E. Church.
a member of tho M.
Editorial Correspondence. J
Dots and NotesFeoh odrStbat Editor.
'Number Two.;'
IlAititisuuiiG, Pa., June 17, 1876. 0f the morning gun at the Navy Yard
DEAitEAqrii:: All over this great, ; am the gracefully waving Hag that
graud, broad country, of ours, cast, floats over tho military post on the
west, north aud south, except the cir- 'Heights, and you have tho prominent
cumseribed stamping ground of the features of tho charming picture bc
inquisitive Yankee and tho imitative : i,cj and enjoyed by us that morning
Mongolian, have wo traveled, but
never before have wo had, iu one I rip,
so many miscouuoctions and mishaps.
This Sunday afternoon finds us in
the valley of the Susquehanna, at the
capital of Pennsylvania, the rain
descending iu a regular old-lash-ioncd
drizzle-drozzlc and no hopes of
getting a train for Baltimore and
Washington before fivo o'clock this
evening. As wc sit writing, a lot of
fellows arc looking at our name on
the hotel register, vainly endeavoring
to decipher the worm fence. "Wichi
ta" "and wife" is plain enough wo
judge by their talk. One fellow
looks like he might bo a Judge of tho
Supreme Bench or the Governor of
fers to bet that il is some insane fellow
that has mutdcrcd his wife.
Wc left Pittsburg this morning be
fore daylight. As we looked from
tho car window down upon the many
roaring, flaming, smoking furnaces,
foundrjb and iron woiks, Vic that's
our wife thought it looked like the
"bad place" with the lid off, sure
enough.
Our ride to-day, over the Pennsjl-
vania Central, for two hundred milo,
was grand indeed. Thundering down
through the valley, where ever flows
so lightly the sparkling Juniata,
sweeping around her rugged hills and
mountains at forty-five miles an hour,
a flying panotama of fields, pastures
and woodland, dotted with the homes
aud herds of the well-to-do Pennsyl
vania farmer, and now and then a neat
little village snugly tucked in, to fill
up some level spot, made a picture
that Vic. says sho will not soon forget,
nor I don't believe I will, although it
is not Iho first time over the samo
route.
Wc left Chicago vesterday morning
at nine o'clock. Being there but three
or four hours we did not note much
except that it had been raining.
Tho crops through Northern Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio were sorry looking
enough. To contemplate them, espe
cially the thin wheat aud oats, would
give an Arkansas Valley farmer the
bellyache. For fear wc should forget
it, and as wc have never said anything
of the kind before, wc will say right
here that "the Atkausis Valley is the
greatest couutry in the world."
Our last letter was written from
Davenport, Iowa, wc believe. When
wc closed it the fifth ballot was being
taken at Cincinnati. In that letter wc
said that we supposed wc must givo
up the IvAGia:'s candidate, Buther
ford B. lliyc. The Eagle had not
only come out for him last fall, but
had strenuously opposed instructing
the Kansas delegation. Wo were
alone in the former, as far as Kansas
papers are concerned, and the first in
the latter. In two hours after lhat
letter had been mailed you might have
seen one country editor out on tho
banks of the Mississippi river, all
alone, turning somersaults aud kick
ing his only plug hat all over the levee.
It was too good and too much to en
joy all alone, out atone wc nan to go
through with it. Talk of political sa
gacity ! Wc ask who brought out
Greeley i" "cs v'" brought out
Hayes in '7G? But enough of that.
Wo will shake hands with the beys
who had not enough pluck to help us
get up a Hayes club last fall when wc
broached Ihe mattter. And while we
are at it wc will just put in our polit
ical say :
Tho Republican National Conven
tion was a double victory for the
country. It nominated a ticket which
will be heartily accepted and endorsed
by the Republicans and Reformer of
Iho country. It won a second victory
in nominating Haves in spito of other
arrangements made by tho politician.
That Convention has earned the
thanks of the whole American people,
without rofcrence to party. The nom
ination n the triumph of the reform
element of our party, and in obedi
ence to a demand of the people for pu
rification. For tho nomination of a
man so pure, publicly and privately,
and at the same time so identified
with the great reformatory measures,
which prevailing corruption has made
so essential, Ihe body of the Republi
can party will rejoice. It is immate
rial who is nominated at St. Louis,the
Republican party has been saved from
the only defeat which threatened it.
The campaign will be a lively one, es
pecially if Tildcn is nominated. Our
platform means war upon tho whole
Confederate line with Hayos at the
head of a party which has never known
defeat, and with Wheeler as his First
Lieutenant. The ticket and tho plat
form mean, together, an honest Presi
dent and au honest Government, an
honest administration and honest
money. What a rousing old vote will
wc give them in Sedgwick county.
As we said at the beginning of this,
wc are off for the city of bloody poli
ticians, tormenting distances and
cheap clerks, and we will write from
there before leaving for Philadelphia.
P. S. Vic. is sitting looking out of
the wiudow. She says she is admiring
tho Pennsylvania State house, but we
know bolter. She is thinking of a lit
tle home in the Arkansas Valley and
the dear babies we loft behind us
there. M. M. M.
Numier Teres.
Washington, June 22, 1S7G.
Dkae Eagli:: Of what my last
letter contained there is not the faint
est ripple of memory this afternoon,
farther than it was hastily scratched
off at Harrisburglast Sunday after
noon. Suffice it to say as the begin
ning of auothcr rambling talk that 1
woke up Monday morning to look out
of a south fifth-story wiudow of the
Ebbitt House, of this city, and lhat
look was a good thing. To our left
the great white dome of the National
Capitol dazzlingly glittered iu the
light of the morning's bright snu; in
front of us, or on the banks of tho Po
tomac river, stood the silent, lonely,
unfinished sentinel, designed to per
petuate tho memory ot one whose
name lives in the uamo of the city;
near it the spires and turrets of tho
Smithsonian Institute; across tho pla
cid watei-3 of the river, Arlington
Heights, the once home of the Lees
aud Custiscs, aud in the dim distance,
its steeples aud buildings almost lost
to sight among the rolling hills of old
Virginia,tho city of Alexandria, where-
ycl stands the old church iu which
Washington worshiped. Thrown in
to tho immediate foreground of this
absorbing picture was Pennsylvania
Avenue, stretching from tiie While
"a?v'
after our very long and tedious jour
ney from the land of the setting sun.
Since our arrival iu the city wo have
systematically disposed of our time
solely with a view to enjoyment. A
saunter up Pennsylvania Avenue was
terminated at the pile of marble from
whose many labyrinths go forth tho
words lhat govern the Amcricau peo
ple. An hour with the assembled dig
nity and wisdom of the Nation, as per
sonified by the Senate, and another
hour in the arena of political battles
and graveyard of ambitious politi
cians, whore some western Congress
man was vainly pawing the air in his
frantic endeavors to be heard by his
thrco hundred fellows, who paid no
attention to him, satisfied us, when
wo proceeded to show our better half
all tho wonders of that wonderful
building, from the top of its S00 foot
dome to the crypt beneath the founda
tion, where is kept the catafalque that
held the icniains of the immortal Lin
coln, as also to dwell upon the mag
nificence of tho marble room, the ele
gance of the President's room and tho
richness and taste of tho Supreme
Court room with its long, dark silken
robes, and the hundred other rooms
and things which show the handiwork
of genius and art to be found within
those mighty walls.
After an hour or so spent at the
Botanical Gardens, where flourishes
the vegetation of every known clime,
wc sought our hotel, thoroughly tired
out. In the afternoon Governor Os
born, who is in the city with his wife,
called; later, Judge W. R. Brown,
our Congressman, and in the evening
Senator Ingalls with a carriage, when
the day was ended by a delightful
diivo about the city. We might re
mark here that when so far away from
home one is glad to sec anybody that
ho has ever known, even if they arc
only servants of the people, such as
Senators, Governors and Congress
men, but wc hope tkey won't sco this
last "put in," for really wc were cvor
so glad of the kind attentions shown us.
AYashington City, as all of your
readers know, is the finest city of its
size in America.; but really the im
provements that have been made since
the old Democratic party went out ef
power, especially since tlie close of the
war, is wonclcrltil. It presents a per
fect maze of beautiful parks, orna
mented with fountains and statuary,
and miles upon miles of tho finest
paved avenues, shaded by bcautitul
trees and studded with palatial mar
ble and brown-stone front residences.
Clean, sweet and cool in spite of mid
summer, the grandly shaded avenue",
and drives, and public grounds of
smoothly shaven grass anil fragrant
flowers, the whole city at this season
of tho year seems like the work of en
chantment. And then, to add to the
general charm and interest of a drive,
are tho massive Government Depart
mental buildings, scattered here and
there, taking up whole squares and
cutting off streets with their towering
columns of Grecian architecture. To
attempt a description of some of the
residences palaces we had better say
put tip hero in the last few years,
woti'.d take up columns of space. As
for the new State Department build
ing, being erected on the square west
of tho White House, it is jnagnificcnt
ly beautiful beyond description or
comparison lovely as the day dream
of a castle-builder. It will be, it is
said, the finest building of the kind iu
the world when finished. The lega
tions of the aristocratic Governments
ofEuropo roll aiong these avenues,
handed about and attended by lircried
servants, in all the pomp and circum
stance of hereditary power and mod
ern gold aud lace, but when they slop
to wonder at and admire the accom
plished facts of this young Nation our
patriotic pride naturally swells a little.
But enough of this.
Yesterday morning wc boarded the
Potomac steamer for Mount Vernon,
the old homestead and present tomb
ot Washington. Nearly two hundred
strangers, principally over from tho
Centennial, accompanied by a band of
music, were aboard. Wc were sur
prised aud delighted to meet some
Wichita folks on the steamer, Mr.
Todd and his wife and "Patty," and
Miss Lulu McCabo. Mount Vernon is
in a much better state f repair than it
was at our last visit, but we were en
tirely lost to the spirit of tho place
and its sacred associations from watch
ing the ridiculous actions of the crowd
and listening to the extravagant re
marks of many of ils members. Tho
curiosity seekers, with their note
books, were as good as a show. One
wonderfully wise fellow had the whole
crowd tagging after him, telling and
explaining everything. The way he
dilated upon some of the furniture and
other relics would have been interest
ing to G. W. himself. But when he
came to explain that even tho boards
on the outside of the house were the
samo that were put on by Washing
ton's darky carpenter wc could stand
it no longer. Wo just looked wise and
said it was all too thin; that wo had
seen those boards being put on six
years ago. This coup d'etat trans
ferred tho crowd to ourselves, when
we led them out to an old stump and
assured them that it was the last of
tho original cherry tree about the de
struction of which old man Washing
ton said to tno hero of tho little hatch
et, that it were belter to tell a thou
sand lies than cut down one good
cherry tree. A fellow in tlie crowd
I think he was a Boston Yankee inti
mated that wo had things mixed, but
wc maintained our ground until near
ly half of the stump was whittled
away for mementoes.
i cstcrtiay aim to-tiay were spent en
tirely in visiting the Smithsonian In
stitute, tho Agricultural Department
aud grounds and the Cochran art gal
lery. This evening, in company with
Major Kiik, of Fort Dodge, aud his
accomplished lady, wo rode out to the
famed "Soldiers' Home." Whatever
may be sakl of the ungratefulness of
Republics, there is one thing sure, our
Government has not forgotten her old
and broken down soldiers. The piacc
consists of several hundred acres, the
whole of which is a perfect paradise
upon earth. Like tho "Vale of Cash
mere,""if there is a paradise upon earth
it is this, it is this!" The walks,
drives, groves, lawns, lake5,fountains,
vistas; the woodland parks, the gar
dens of flowers and vegetable0, the fine
outhouses and the barns with their
splendid horses, and, above all, the
great comfortabie homc3, where the
House to the Capitol, merry with" ils
lifc-throug aud its ceaseless How of
humanity. Add to the above the
snowy sails of distant crafl, the boom
soldier who has lost his limbs or
health iu tho service oMiis country
may livo and enjoy himself, refutes
forever the idea that our Government
dqcs not care for her defenders. Wc
wouldn't mind being crippled two,
thrte or a half dozen times ourself for
the sake- of tho after enjoyment of
such a place.
Speaking of soldiers reminds us that
tlie new equalization of bounties bill
passed Congress yesterday. Wc have
not seen the law yet, but expect it is
full aud complete. And speaking of
Congress reminds us of tho big debate
which took place this afternoon iu tlie
Senate when tho transfer of the Indian
affairs to the AVar Department was
under consideration, aud in which
such Senators as Morton, of Indiana,
Logan, of Illinois, Morrill, of Maine,
and Bogy, of Missouri, were pitted
against our young Senator, John J.
Ingalls. They struck him upon a ques
tion in which he was at home. The
truth of the matter is he routed the
whole force in a most eloquent passage
at arms. There was more talk of tnc
brilliant victory of tho young Senator
from Kansas this evening iu Washing
ton than the resignation ot Bristow
causcd. lie did not only great honor
to himself, but to the State of Kansas.
Self-poised and at home with the im
portant details of the measure, armed
with facts aud statistics relating to
the practical workings of the Quaker
and other policies and the abuses aris
ing therefrom, he not only readily
answered every question put to him,
but convinced the Senate in spite of
itself, and carried his motion for a
postponement. There is another thing
I have learned which I partly knew
before, Judge Brown is making a
record that will stand the test of after
light. Iu no sense a politician, as we
ordinarily understand the term, he
has neglected, probably, to work up
his chances for a re-election, but he
has been at work iu a manner that has
told upon the legislation of the coun
try. Wc have no room at this time
to enumerate, but wo tell the aspi
rants for his place that they will run
against something when they attempt
to attack his recoid.
But this letler is already too long,
and wc feel dull, so will stop. Our
next will probably bo from Philadel
phia, to which point wo propose to re
pair in the course of a few days a
week at farthest.
Wc met several Kansas people hcte
the last two days and take pleas tiro in
acknowledging calls from Captain
Henry King, of Topcka, Captain Alex.
Banks.of LawrcncOjJudge McFarland,
of Topeka, and J. F. Legate, of Leav
enworth. M. M. M.
At the Kansas State Teachers' Asso
ciation which was held at Valley Falls
last week, the following points, on
which the committee agreed as being
necessary for legislative action or con
stitutional amendment for the perfect
ing of the work of superintendence of
tho district schools, were unauiniousty
endorsed by tho meeting and ordered
to be printed as a circular, aud dis
tributed by the executive committee in
such a manner as to collect the opin
ions, favorable or otherwise, "on these
and other points, of the friends of ed
ucation in various parts of tho State
before tho mcctiug of the association
at Christmas :
1. Tho term of the office of county
superintendent ought to be increased
to four years.
2. The county superintendent should
not be allowed to qualify unless he
possesses a diploma or certificate from
the State Board of Education ; this
qualification not to be required previ
ous to the ear 1878.
3. The salaries of county superin
tendents ought iu most cases to bo in
creased and reasonable compensation
given.
4. Where the population is under
four thousand or the school districts
fewer than forty, adjacent counties
should be required to unite for the
purpose of school superintendence,
provided tho joint population does not
exceed ten thousand or the number of
schools one hundred.
5. Tho division of school districts
and other similar work should be re
moved from tho office of the county su
perintendent to that of tho county
commissioners.
6. Tho visitation aud actual exam
ination of schools should be the pri
mary duty of superintendents, who
ought to devote their whole time to the
work.
7. The district school boards should
elect the superintendents.
8. Vacancies caused by death or oth
erwise should be filled by election.
9. The State Board should issue A
uniform set of questions and the coun
ty superintendent should examine the
teachers upon them at such times and
according to rules prescribed bv tho
State Board.
10. The recommendation ot the ap
plicant by the county superintendent
should be necessary for the issue of a
certificate.
I'or the IZaglk.
School Bond3.
Toulon, Illinois, June 22, 187G.
Editok Eaglk : I want to present
to your readers, through your excel
lent paper, the working of your school
law in saving township funds.
Tho 21st day or August last, Henry
J. Rhodes, a son of mine, living in
Union township in your county, pur
chased, for myself and two friends,
section sixtccn,town twenty-six,south
of range two west, for $3,720 and paid
one-tenth down, leaving a balance of
$3,348 unpaid, at ton per cent, per an
num for ten years. Said Henry J.
Rhodes wrote us, the 2d tilt., that a
neighbor of his must have $200 by tho
20th; would mortgage his quarter;
would pay ten per cent.; that he was
honest and well doing. He wished me
to get it for him, as ho would have to
pay twenty-four per cent, if ho got it
at home. Not findiug it directly I got
tho purchaser of one quarter of sec
tion sixteen, a lady, to pay mo $371,
which I sent to my son, in draft, to
pay on her quarter, with instructions
for him lo take his friend along and
help him to borrow the $200, and
mortgage his laud to secure it. I re
ceived a lettor from Henry the 21st,
saying that your laws require it to be
paid to tho Secretary of State, aud by
him invested in bonds. Now this
looks very nice from one point, uut,
like redemption in coin, it looks quite
different from another side.
Section sixteen and thirty-six in
every township belong to the town
ship in which thoy are situated, the
interest lo bo paid for the support of
tho schools. This creates a fund that
every man has an iulercst in and can
be made as safe at home, on mortgages
at ten per cent., as when sent to To
peka and loaned for bonds that pay,
not to exceed seven per cent., enabling
tho bond holder to scud the money
back to Wichita to loan to the true
owner of the money at twenty-four
per cent., and that on mortgages to be
foreclosed if not paid by the day, with
costs and from $100 to $200 attorney's
fees, as sheriff notices in every num
ber of the Eaglk show. To make the
matter plain to every reader, I will
say that we owo Union township $3,
318 and pay.tcu'per ccuh.pcr aunum
for ten ycar3, making $33i a"ycar for
the support of their schools. If we
pay to-day tho schools will get four
per cent, less from the bonds than they
arc now getting from us, which would
be $137, or $1,372 in tho ten years.
Section thirty-six, in Union township,
was sold for more than section sixteen.
Your county contains sixty school
sections, and when all is put together
is au item that will pay your Grangers
to look after.
I have not tho education or ability
to write, and then I am passed seventy-six
years of age. I have written
this because I think the citizens of
Sedgwick county ought to have the
care of their own money, especially
when it pays ten per cent, so and at
home aud only six per cent, in bonds,
and is as safe secured by mortgage.
And I further believe the citizens of
Sedgwick county arc as competent and
honest as at Topcka.
Hugh Rhodes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
tTTTZLNTIE, 1876.
NEW CHICAGO
DRY GOODS STORE,
A VISIT OF INSPECTION
EVERYBODY INTERESTED
is-
LOW PRICES
RE3PECUFULLY SOLICITED
BY
EUGENE R. JONES k CO.,
TJ. S. Land Office Building,
u-itt-
Oshkosh Lumber Yard,
SKINNER & PHILLIPS.
Have ihmy on h mil a Large Stock of
Seasoned Lumber, Glazed Windows, Doors,
Shingles, Lath, Etc., Etc.
11 om the Celebrated
OSIIKOSII. WISCOXSIX MARKET.
We do not claim lo nil Cheaper than any other firm
in the State, or tofumith better Lumber, but ice
do claim that ice can sell as Good Lumber at
as low rates as any other firain Wichita,
and solicit a fair share of
public patronage.
Wolf Eiver Best White Pino.
SOMETHING NEW!
All Scantling anil JoUta sized, making a great
saring of labor in Lathing.
J3T Ojfice and Yard south side Douglas Ate.
near the corner cf Douglas and Einpori.
II. 11. RICIXAUD3.
O. ROGERS
RICHARDS :
& ROGERS,
GROOBBS!
Douglas Adeline, East of 3Iain Street, Wichita,
Kansas. 12-tf
MASBLE AND STONS YAHD.
Lime, Plaster Hair and Cement.
C. KIMMERLIE & CO.,
Second Door Xorth of First Xalional Rank,
Main Street,
WICHITA, KANSAS.
Tlie nbotv Ann will fnrni'.li ail kimls of JIarble
Work, Urayefetones, Slabs, Monuments, Etc .anil
cut stone to order bor buildings. 11-tf
f , V
: CASH GROCERY! '
L. G. SCHEETZ.
GreenFrontHasIt
FOE. CASH!
t I'LL LINE OF
Staple and Fancy Groceries!
COAL oil,
SALT,
FLOUR,
AND PROVISIONS.
Xorth-Weti Corner Douglas Acenue it- MarletSt.
Goods delivered to any part of City.
3S
Auction & Commission House!
J.H..DAGNER&CO.
Xo. 23, .Vin Street, Miller's Block, opposite the
Postqgice, Sign: Three Red Flags.
Horses, Mules, and Cattle, a Speciality.
STOCK SALES EVERY
TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY
IBIEDIDIILSra-,
OAKPETS,
Bought and Sold I
AUCTION!
Ticice eacA day Afternoon and Euning. Etcry
Date consisting of
Piece Goods, Notions, Jewelry, Cutlery,
&C. &o. &C
Everything from a Darning ITeedleto a
MOWING MACHINE!
LIBERAL ADVANCES
Made on Consignments of Stock Goods.
JAMES H. DAGNER & CO.
Wicliila, Kansas, June 1st, 1STC. 0 ly
:, MISCELLANEOUS.-
Genterrriial Block.
Jewelry, Drags, Hardware, Boots & Shoes,
THREE LEADING FIRMS!
St; Louis Hardware Store.
hzotjoe: bros.
Proprietors.
Dealers in
HARDWARE, STOVES,
AGRICULTTRAL
IMPLEMENTS.
SPECIALTIES.
CESTUXXIAL, STOVC3,
JOII.N DEKIt GANG 4 SUI.K V TI.OWS.
GAItDEX CITY PLOWS,
ADNANCE AND GARDEN CITY
WALKING AND RIDING
CULTIVATORS.
Browni' Corn Planters,
Old Keliable Buckeye Keapcrs anil Mowers.
Original IIaine3' Header, Elilwanl Harvester
tor two or mree iiinuers, iiuckeye anu
Hoosicr Grain Drills ami the
CELEBRATED STVDEBAKXR WAGOSS I
ST AU prices adjusted en a gold lasit. Noth
ing can get tclow that.
9S DOUGLAS AVENUE.
J. H. ALEY,
Dealer in
BOOTS & SHOES,
HATS 8g O.AJFS.
Leather and Findings!
Goods Sold at Loiccst casli price and tcarranUi
to gite Satisfaction.
Eeywocd's Standard thick Bcots,
Constantly on hand. Warranted for iv months
102 DOUGLAS AVENUE.
GEO. G. MATTHEWS k CO.,
JEWELERS & DRUGGISTS.
Sell at Kansas City Prices.
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
DIAMONDS.
Silvor Plated Waro and Spectacles,
3PA.I3JTTS,
OIX.S,
GLASS,
optrorTir.
Lubricating Oil, Pare Wines, Whiskey, Rrandj
and Segari.
Prescriptions Carefully Prepared In
tho Day Time.
JTJ- Do not send off to buy yonr Jewelry,
ClacLa or Watches, we ill sell to you as low as
you can get Uic same Goods any where, 1-
J MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada Southern Railway Lines
THE ONLY AMEP.IOAN ROUTE
TIIP.OUGII CAXADA
SHORT AND QUICK LINE
TO THE EAST,
Via Buffalo cr Niagara Falls.
NO GRADES,
AIR LINE,
NO CURVES,
STEEL RAILS.
Direct connections nude at DETROIT anil TO
LEDO with all IlsIIuay Lines from the West.
And at
Buffalo and Suspension Rritlffo
W th Xcw Tort Central and nrle U'ys.
The Tasscnircr Equipment of the Canada South
eni is unsurpassed in the Country.
For Centennial Incursion Business.
The Canad.i Southern is peojrraphically situated
so as to be able to offer n Lirger list of routes to
select from thau any of its competors, and beta?
the last oi the Great Through Lines constructed,
combines all the modern appliances lor the safety
one comfort of its patrons.
Tickets on sale at all oflices of ccnnectinglincs
For any Information address.
VT. K. Mcin, Fraxk E. S"?ow.
Gen'l Manager, Gcn'l l'ass.&Tiefc. Ast
7- DETIHJir.
LEKDEXLIALL & JENE3NS
W. K. JtCJDEXIIALI..
Late of Gcn'l Land Ofllce. 13y'r official ex
perience. "V. S. JtSKIN'S.
Lite Ties'rLand Office, Wichita, Kan. four
J ears official experience and for 20 years a resl
ent of Kansas.
Attorney at I.aii,SoIlciCorv of Claims.
ROOM 11, MAY EC1LDIXG,
Cor.ithrn.I EStrect, Opposite Post Office,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Having associated ourselves in the Land Prac
tice, we are prepared to proscue all claims o
lands arising under the prc-cmpilon, homestead ,
town site, timber culture and mining laws, or
snv other laws relating to the public lands. Also
Indian claim-". Parties having claim In content
before the General Land OHce, at WasbLi;ton,
will And it to their interest to consnltiu, as Te
c:lve special attention to tliat kind of business
Patents procured at a moderate charge. Tboie
employing us will receive prompt answers to all
communications. Itcquests for information, as
to the condition ot the case, must be accompa
nied by a fee of ten dollars
In presenting the above card to the people of
tho frontier states, we bc;r to say the connection
is midc with a view to facilitate the njustment of
all differences that may occur between the set
tlers and any of the Departments at Washington
The firm present through lonp experience a thor
ourIi practical knowledge of the minute intrica
cies of tho Washington Departments and as well
the many requirements and jrrcvicncies of the
frontier people, arising from the tardy and un
certain process of doing their business through
unexperienced agents, sitnatcd at a remote dis
tance from the direct dipartmcnts and promUe
the most speedy- and successful termination to
any business placed In their hand for ajnstment
Valtmble Property for Salo.
443 ACRES OF LAND.
FUty acred in the town of EI Paso, Kansas,
Comprising:!!!) lots valued at from $10 to Sluoeach.
ISO acres iu Tail AVIicat anil SO in Oats.
If sold before hanest one-third of the crop
thrown in. Twenty acre pasture fenced, 10O
bearing peach trees and lw apple trees three
years old. A vineyard of over 300 Concord grape
vines in good condition; a frame house IdvJI;
gooil stabling for tourtecn headofhorsesorcattle
a corral, smoke houc with cellar, a corn crib
and buildings to store away farming implements,
a hog lot or three acres, a garden with picket
fence, a well of good water, eighty-seven acres
of the land is eighty rods south of the town of hi
Paso; watered on the west line by the Great Ar
kansas I Jiver. One hundred and flfty-flve acres is
on the cast, north and west of tlie north half of the
town oi El Paso, wntired on the west line by tho
Great Arkansas lliver, along which is eighty rodt
of the rock bottom, makiug one of the best water
privileges or mill sites in the state ; also good sur
face indications of stone coal. The road to the
EI Paso bridge on the Arkansas river runs through
the land, making a fatcrable point to lay out ad
ditions to the town. A reserve square of two
acres, hedge fence aronndand sixty bearing peach
tries a beautiful location for a residence m the
town. One hundred and sixty acres, being the
northeast quarter of fectinn 1-', town.'.?), south of
range 2 eat, watered by Pole Cat creek, aspltn
did stock farm with never tailing water.
The property is all clear of encumbrance and
will be sold on good terms. One half down, b-il-enre
on time.
For further particulars apply to the owner on
the premises.
i. iioirr iitNNicii.
52- Post Office address. EI Paso. Kansas.
Wagon and Carriage Shop.
I wish to imorm my iriends and the public
generally that I consider myself pcnnant-utlv
located in Wichita, and am preparrd to do all
kinds of Wagon and Carriage work in the best
style, fellow in connection with Yike & Granger's
lilacksralth Shop, on Water street
49-tf
A. avee-.
s. r. JACKiOX.
JOICT WESTON
THE BONNER LIVERY STABLE,
JACKSON & WESTON.
N. P. Jackson, who fonncrl v kept a feed stable
In West Wichita, and John Weston, of the Ex
change stable Jn Wichita, hive formed partner
ship and arc now transacting a livery ami feed
business in the Itonncr btable, formerly occupied
by Iiisley & March. They wish their patrons to
call anil see them where they can be well accom
modated with anything In their line, st as low
rates as any place in town.
Immediately opposite the stable is the old and
well-known Daily House, now occupied by D.
S. Hunger formerly of the Empire, where will be
lound good boarding ami lodging at lerw low
rates. Si-
Administrator's Notice
THE STATE OF KANSAS, J
Sedgwick County. J " '
In the Probate Court, in and for said county.
In the matter of the Estate of Apioa McCray,
dee'd.
Notice is hereby give that Letters ol Adminis
tration have been granted to the undersigned an
the Estate of Aplon jlcCray, late of said county,
deceased, by the Honorable, the rrobmte Court
of the county and State aforesaid, dated the 2Uth
day of June, A. D. IsTC. N'ow, all persons hav
ing claims against the said estate, arc hereby no
tilled that they must present the same to tho un
dersigned forallowance within one year from the
date of said letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate, and that if such
claims be not exhibited within three years alter
the date of said letters they shall be forever
barred.
W1I J COLLIEH. Administrator
Of the Estate of Apion JlcCray, deceased.
Wichita, June 20, 1S7G lS-Svr
MONEY TO LOAN
OUST BEAT, ESTATE.
APrtT TO
At the Law Ofilce or Slit!s, Stanley Hatton.
13-tf
County Superintendent's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that I have this day ap
iointcd Melissa Tucker Deputy County Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, of Sedgwick coun
tv, Kansas, and have empowered her to perform
all official acts which by law I am empowered
to perform. The oflice days from this time for
ward will be Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays,
and hours from 0 a. m. to 5 o'clock p. m.
J. L. ZlilMEUMAN,
10-3m. County Sup't.
LIVE AGENTS WANTED.
To sell Dr. Chase's Eecipcs; or Information lor
Everybody, In every county In tlie United States
and Canadas. Enlarged br the publishers to CIS
pages. It contains oter 2000 household receipes
and is suited tu all classes3 and conditions of so
ciety. A wonderful book and a household neces
sity. It sells at sight. Greatest inducement
ever offered to bood agents. Sample copies sent
by mail, postpaid, for two dollars. Exclusive
tcrritorygiven- Agents more than double their
money. Address Dr Chase's steam printing
house, Ann Arbor, Michigan 10-
Publication Notice.
District Court. Thirteenth Judicial District
Sedgwick County. Kansas:
James L. IJyers, Plaintiff,)
vs.
Stephen W. Parker, M. L. !
Parker, and First National f
Hank ot Wichita, Kansas, I
juercnuants. j
The above named defendants. Slenhen W. Par
ker, and M. L. Parker, n ill take notice that tbey
have been sued by the above n-med plaintiff,
James L. Ityers, in the District Court or Sedg
wick county, Kansas, In the action above entitled
and unless they answer th petition of the plain
tiff, against them filed in said action, in the office
of the clerk of said rourt, by the 1th day of Au
zuat. 13T0. saM petition will be taken as true and
judgment will be rendered in said action in favor
oi saiu piainiiii,anu i,-:iiii:m. cam ucienuanis lor
the tumor Wit 0O, with interest from June 1st,
ls73.at 12 per cent, per annum, and the further
sum ot W 00 as an attorney's fee for paid action,
and for the sale of the followlnc; real estate, to
wit. The northeast quarter of section li, in town
27, south or range wat, In Sedgwick county.
Kansas, nndcr a mortgage, to satisfy said sums
or money, Interests and costs or said action, In
accordance with th prayer orsa id iietltion.
SLUSS, S1AXLKY & 1IATTON,
l2-It Plaintiff 's Att'ys.
Eridgo Notice.
Notice is hereby given that a petition will bo
prccented to the county commissioners of Sedg
wick county, Kansas, at theirregnlar meeting In
July, 17C, asking Tor an appropriation of one
hundred dollars, for the purpose of aiding in
building a bridge acro3 Spring creek, on or near
the ecctiou line running cat ami west between
sections sevenand eighteen, town 2), south, range
2 cast, and on or near the township line running
north and south between range I and '2 east. Said
road will accommodate travel east and west,
north and south. 10-3 J. 1IOUT 2I1NN1CU .
3
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