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An Act for he relief Of Suffers In Probate Courts
Be IL enacted By the Governor and Legis-
latiUe assembly Of the Territory of Kan-
SECTION l. That all Judgments, suits aud
proceedings heretofore had in any probate
court in this Territory, other than such as
relate to wills, administrations, guardian
ships and other proceedings usually under
jurisdictions of probate courts, are hereby
transferred to the district court.
SEC. 2. Il shall be the duty of the
clerk Of the probate court of each county
to deliver TO the clerk of such district
court, as soon as practicable, (and imme-
ediately in regard to any particular case
upon demand of either party interested)
all papers, records, dockets and entries on
file, or recorded in his Office, relating to
any such judgment, suits or proceedings
hereby transferred ProUided, That in
Counties where the clerks have usaully
recorded proceedings in ordinary civil
cases in the same books with proceed
ings relating to probate business, a certifi-
ell transcript Of the records and proceed.
ings hereby transferred shall be sulfi-
cient compliance with the provisions of
this Act.
Sec 8. All suits and proceedings pend
ing and unfinished in said probate courts,
shall be so transferred to the district
court Of any county, shall take their
place upon the records of such district
court, and have the same force and effect,
in all respects, and be prosecuted to a f.
nal determination, as if such judgments,
suits and proceedings had been originally
commenced and judgment rendered in
such district court; and the same pro-
ceedings shall be had in aid or execution
of judgments, or for determining the
objects of such proceedings, as. are now
authorized by law IN regard to suits and
proceedings pending in such district
courts.
SEc f. The clerks of the probate and
district courts shall be allowed, for the
special services enjoined by this Act, the
fees allowed by law, to be taxed and col.
lecte as other costs.
SEC. 5. All appeals from justices
courts, which are required by law to be
taken to the probate court, shall hereafter
be taken to aud filed in the district court
and the undertaking for any such appeal
shall be of the same validity as If the
appeal had been filed in the probate
court
SEC. 6. This section shall also apply tc
recognizance in bastardy and other GRIM
inal cases.
SEQ z. The fees of all officers in &C.
tions in the probate court shall be valid,
and fee bills may be Issued therefor, by
the clerk of the district court, at the in.
stance of the officer to whom they are
due.
This Act to take effect aud be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved Februrv IL, 1859.
S. MEDARY, Governor.
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M r CONWAY.

AGENT Of the \. &. ErniErs,t
" Aid Society. Lawrence, n. i. nfs
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rcoDtina.d from first pooe.l

rife from the Sheriff and then deeamp-
He escapes, and walks with bsre feet
across the prairie for more than mile.
Aud now the jay -hawkers are in camp
near Blue Mound, and are exulting over
the success of their recent expedition.
So much, and such varied amount Of
booty is not often obtaired in so short
time, and with no danger at all. Jay
hawking has certainly paid well this
time.
"HalIoa there, Rags you seem to make,
for once quite a respectable appearance.
Where did you get that new suit Pr
20. 1 have lately made purchase of a
new suit; Wore the rags long enough |;
left them at the head Of Bull Creek. II
you are interested about the rags, you can
find them there"
"You came d-d near leaving them at
the Springs, when the young lady pointed
the gun at you"
"D-n her, who would have thought
she had such courage. She is fierce and
fearless, and would not run if she saw the
devil"
"That's so, for you puther to the trial.
But why draw your revolver upon her."
"Why, Thought it was the only way
for me to save my bacon. There was the
gun sticking out at me, and then she called
me low, ragged, dirty thief-devilish
pretty language to be addressed to gen.
tleman."
at was true, though, by G-d-ha. ha,
ha."
A day or two passes, and what do we
behold
1t is Sunday. The inhabitants of q
certain thriving town have given Capt.
Corvus public dinner, and there he
stands now making quito a patriotic
speech, amid thunder-gusts Of applause.
Correspondence of the Gallinipper
DEAR GALLINIPPER 1T is long time
/ have holden my peace, without CON-
municating with you have much, very
much TO communicate, for excitement
here is intense, AMI events come SO thick
and fast that glance even at their titles
would fill this paper. / will mention
only one or two which seem the most iD-
portant, and would be likely to interes,
your readers most deeply. The splendid
attack on Hamilton's Fort was made long
ago, it is true, but it can hardly be enough
<extalled. 1t was a brilliant affair, very
The army of freedom bore down upor
the fort in fine style after they found il
was evacuated; they wounded severa
logs with their baynnets, and hacked somi
of the plank with their trusty swords, bu
the greatest Achievements was the con
quest of 6ue pointer dog, which Sam!
brought home with him. He is fin,
dog, almost white; brass color arounC
his neck with its owners name upon il
He-lhe dog has an elegant long tail
and when he 10 pleased, wags it beauti
fully, though somewhat Dramatically.
Billy captured a fine lithograph bouquet
and Rags tore his shattered breeches al
most off in the vain attempt to get a bet
ter pair. II is stirring times here. Y"u
paper is growing more and more popula
every week. That such may be its dies
tiny, your old friend will ever watch an'
PREY.
IL be continued IN our nert.
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Merchants and Business Men
A TT e. D!

INTENDING to leave for the Mines in May,
No. 25 Massachusetts, st Get. Said Store is too
well known here to need description, but for the
benefit Of Eastern men, will state that it is
built Of stone. with brick front, is three stories
high GO feet lsng and IS feet wide on the inside,
aud has a cellar under the whole, which is well
adapted to storing Goods. 1t is situated few
doors South of the magnificent Eldridge House,
and is first rate stand for business.
C. STEARNS.
Lawrence, March 10, 80.
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To Postmasters.

AOotNAo8tCESs
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n gross, over ONE hundred dollars year, can
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those not SO entitled can procure them of the un
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TAKE the following method to supply the
wants Of those who wish to have their lands
surveeyd.
will be in Shawnee on 18Th to 18th of each
month; Monticello, ~ and i9th; Lexington,
Goth to 25th: Mechanism, Goth and eth, Gardner,
18th and 90 h: Spring Hill. 3oth to 1st; Aubry
I'd and 3D.; Oxford. 4ih and 5th; Olathe. 8 to 9th,
and back to Lexington, 10th to 18th All who
wish to have their lands survey ed can address
me through the Postoffice at either of the I, wns
stating the No. of Section, Townshipand Range
A. SLAUGHTER, County Surveyor.
johnson Co., Kansas. Dec 9th, '59-tf
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Reiseurer, Fenion & Co.,

HAVE Just opened on Water, between Della
IL ware and Shawnee sts., Wholesale and
Retail Establishment, consisting of Foreign and
Domestic Hardware, Iron, Nails, and Pittsburgh
Manufactures, Cooking, Parlor and Heating
of Locks, Hinges, Screws, Chains, Camp Kettles
CUTLERY, Carpenters Tools, Bellows. Anvils
Vices, Forks, Shovels, Wood and Chain and
Force Pumps, Axes, Rifles, Scales, Butchers
Tools, Paint Mills, Corn Mills, Hand Bells, Tape
Lines, Cast and Blister Steel, Brushes, &e., and
all can be purchased cheap for cash. n36tt
Innuenunrfh Mav . 1881
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GROVE Ell.

A. SNYDER, PROPRIETOR.
Main St., bet City proper and McGee's Addition,
KANSAS CITY, MO.
THE PROPRIETOR Of this House. seeing the
l. necessity Of a PLAIN, WELL KEPT. but
CHEAP HOTEL, where the trader and traveller,
and their Teams, can be accommodated at rea-
sonable rates. has opened the one formerly kept
this object.
A Wsgon Yard and Stable attached. Hay
and Corn always on hand. A. SNYDER,
March l9 '59-Im. Late of K. I.
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Dentistry.

nR. L. KELLOGG, Demoastrdtor Of 0peratir,
- Deastistry of 10 years constant and success
ful practice, having settled permanently in Law
renee, may be found at his Office over Duncans
store, where he will keep constantly on hand q
large supply of Gold Plate and Foil, aud the
most approved styles of Teeth, from which pat
rons can select 70 suit their own taste. il ? All
operations warranted. Aft
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Land Agency and Land office.
EDWARD HOOGLAND, ATTORNEY AND
IL Ennnsallnr Q Innr and I-nifad Sfafas Enn.

LNUW AKD HUUULAND, ATIUKNE1 ANU
Z Counsellor st Law and United States Com
missioner, Tecumseh, X. 7.
Presumption business and contested claims at
tended to. Money to loan to e-emptors; Land
Warrants located, Claims and Town Shares and
Lots in all parts of the Territory, bought and
sold. Investments made for capitalists, and q
per cent. satisfac torily guaranteed.
compton. X. T.. Hon, John Mexican, U. $. Dis
trict Attorney, n. Y. City; Hon. W. A. NJ.
Vaughan, and Thomas n. Stinson, Esq.,, Teoum-
sch K r. an9tf
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BURLINGAME. K =
Lnt. Counei1 CItu s.l.l. .

THE Mills at this point have ho.,
L ful operation for the last six mr." men,t y ,Ce,e
gine and other machinery is Of the AZ. tae l,
which more Is new being now adde's IN Ie chs. /
6rist Mill, and bolt for making Snr.e We iar.i
9 now being erected. Planing, Saas sas
latb Machines will soon be in Opera6oSs ra6Ss' I y
nngame % Is one q me i've towns Of kanS. y "
and business men to settle. Tho 49,. 20 lnvsrl
business, with the facilities and arn,;pei arpeei {,
building, and making pleasant hnnPpt nPtaiess ni,s {,
society, are not surpassed By any ints.;ln &,
IN this country. '"'er'of lOs,
BurlinGame. May .. 1857. - 'ANSlff
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Saw.Mills! Saw.Mills! Sau.,
JOHNSON q EMERSON

PIAS. FOUNDRY. corner of Ei,.a
L Belle Streets. .lton, Illinois, sole y,
;urers OF their celebrated " Challerge rnasaua,.
frame CIRCULAR SAW-MlLI, cSbahlssa ~ y u
ing from SOY to iSoOO feet, surface neasSr, =. =,
and power applied. u
Steam Engines. Flue and Tubula, D,
Lard Tanks, Wrought and Sheet Iron pWlss N
sash and Muley Saw Mills, Flourirr Mn, q
chiners. Lard and Tobacco Screws, 8e ~ =,
.HFOrders respectfully solicited. ADD.
above, ''1u'essl
N. B.-Small Portable Engines and Bo1..,
Farming and Sh. p purposes. "'N'h
@.%-Machinery for Kansas and Nis.0...
livered on Levee in St. Louis free Of ebsrs.n
Jun, 8, ,5e-tf
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An. MILLER,
Stafford A. Stafford,
Attorneys and Real Estate Agents

EnFFER for sale splendid IMPROELg
~ FARM OF loo acres 40 acres VI hne pSa
walnut timber 10 acres improved. Good D. ", y,
stable. &c.-fne spring-and situated on ~
Creek near its function with The Wakarnsa Nv
| er. only ten miles from Lawrence CITY. AhtH
cheap. For terms Of sale and further psyyii, :
lars, call on SAFFOND 4 SAFtohD'
Jan 29-tf
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Land Notice.

fIlHE undersigned has been appointed in Sc
L cerdance with the provisions of lawpa,,s!
By the Territorial Legislature, Recorder for ~.
Pawnee Land district. All instruments oiNhst
ever kind. affecting the title of any real esia7
in this Land District may be recorded 10 la
Office, and be equally lien on the real estss
described therein as il filed in the count
which such real estate is situated.
q. A. REYNOLDS
Lawrence. X. T., Feb. Goth ls5s.
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Marmiton Town Company,

maTmttOn IOWn company
TIE Above Company now offer Inducements
L unequalled b. any Town Company in the
Territory. ss---s.5-zz,-.a-
The Company have just completed the largest
Hotel in southern Kansas. being three stories
high ~ containing twenty -four large, c0r1no-
dious Steering and sitting rooms. ln addition
| to the hotel. the Company have built large
>torehOuse. which will soon be well filed with
all The commodities needed in 0 country like
ours. A large number Of carpenters are now n
work erec ting residences. shops, offices. &c. The
Company offer great Inducements to mechanics
and others, wishing to lccate. The town, from
its central location, being the geographical GEN.
| an extensive trade and soon become an impor-
tant town in southern Kansas, rs ii is surround
ed By as GOOD FARMING LANDS as were
ever titled By the husbsndman.
| CLAIMS.-Good and desirable claims can be
obtained in close proximity to town and tim Der.
Marmiton is splendidly and must be health
fully located, being on high rolling praine.-
| northern aud southern limits. An excellent
STEAM SAW AND GRIST MILL
has lately been erected. and is now in successful
operation.
| CLtMATE.-MarmitO is situated in latitude
81 50, and longitude, II a west from Wash
| ington. The Thermometer does not indicate a
higher degree of heat than ninety, and never in
tie winter gets below zero. Farmers and Me-
chanics find no inconvenience in doing out door
| work in the winter season. Cattle, hogs, sheep,
ETC., do well on the prairie during the entire
year. There is always pleasant breeze in the
hottest days of summer, which makes the heat
| less oppressive than in many of the northern
States. Lots viii be sold at exceedingly low
figures to persons desirouS m Of building.
HORATIO KN0WLS. Vice Prest.
| II. K. ROBEETS, Secy, aug. u.
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[ IL be continued IN on
AN ACT

An Act for he relief of Suffers in Probate Courts.
Be it enacted by the Governor and Legis-
latiUe assembly Of the Territory of Kan-
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Law Ofrice.

TOHN NJ. C0E, ATTORNEY AT LAW will
practice in all the District Courts and in the
supreme Court of the Territory. He has had n
long experience in pre-emptiOn practice in an
other State, and will give special attention to
all cases in the Land Offices.
Refereaces-Any lawyer of standing in Wis
consin. The Professors Of the Yale College Law
" \: B..,Mr. C. is NorARr PuBLrc.
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embellishments.
AMERICAN HOTEL,

b. @. BROOKE, Proprietor.
Cor. of ID and Haldeman Sts.. Lecompton.
HAVING refitted and completely renovated
l. the above Hotel. it is now one Of the most
desirable stopping places in Lecompton.
There is cOmmOdious stabling and plentiful
STAGES leave this house daily for all parts
of the Territory. Aug. %.
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WAGONS and PLOWS
LAWREN CE FOUNDRY
AND
MACHINE WORKS.

KIMBALL BROTHERS have now in oper~-
N tion their Foundry and Machine Works,
and are prepared to furnish Mill. Work of al
kinds, both Cast aud Wrought, SlEAM EN-
GINES, HORSE POWERS, ST GAR MILLS,
THRESHlNG MACHINES, and all kinds Of
Machinery needed in Kansas Having lcDg felt
the need of Works Of this kind ourselves, We
have fitted up our mahufactory with u view to
the wants of Kansas. and feel confident we can
give perfect satisfaction to all wishing Machine
ry. Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere.
Particular attention paid to repairs. Old Cast
Iron wanted. kIMBALL RRUTHERS.
August o. '5e.
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DRoBATE AND COUNTY JUDGE. Rls,
i County, K. T.. Attorney. Counsellof "a
Solicitor in Supreme and =. :. Courts. ara V''
eral Land Agent, Manhattan, K. I.
Z August "a lE58.
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JOHNSON HOUSE.

Lawrence, Kansas.
THE prnprietors having taken the above Hotel
furnished the same, would respectfully solicit a
liberal share Of patronage from the travelling
public. The proprietors hatter themselves that;
from past experience in Hotel keeping, they will
be able to give entire satisfaction to all who may
favor them with a call.
). X. HUS0N, I p,on-;.,o-s
III Stages leave this Hotel daily. for all parts
Of the Territory. A good Livery and Sale Sta
BILE is connected with the House
Lawrence. June ~ ls5a
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Bad Mansr.m.n.

An unsuccessful lover being asked by
what means he had lost the object of his
alteration, replied, "Alas I fiattered
her till she became tOOAproud to speak to
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A TTORNEY AT Law. c5mnsissioHer for al
n As Northern States. Bounty Land and PEN
SION AGENT, and General Agent for the pnr-
chase and sale Of Real Estate. location Of Land
Warrants, &c.
Ofiee IN HERALD OF FEEEDoM BuILprEe. sec
nd foor. Lawrence. Kansas
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Machinery, for the New Noru

Machinery, for the New North
West.
THE subscriber is now making the tour OF
l. Northern Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota
Iowa and Kansas. with competent Engineers and
Millwrights, and is prepared to furnish Circular
Saw Mills and Engines, both Portable and Sta
tionary, and all the fixtures complete, and SET
them running, and warrant them to earn from
$50 to $40 per day, in from 3 to G weeks IRON the
receipt of the order. for from 81 400 to 81 500.
cording to the size of the Engine.
These Mills stand unrivalled in the annals Of
Lumber Making Machinery. for efficiency, econ
omy and durability.
Sash or Mulay Mills removed, and Circular
Mills set running in one weeks time, for from
S400 to $780, and double the product of the former
Mill guaranteed, and the expense for repairs re-
duced 1890.
have also made arrangements with Eastern
manufacturers, by which can furnish Machine
y. of all kinds, from 10 to 20 per cent. below
Western rates.
FIGURING and Corn Mills, Lath Machines, &c.
furnished at short notice.
Saw Mills and Saws of varisus sizes, constant
ly on hand.
nP Letters of enquiry merely should enclose
a stamp. G. CHILDS, Patentee.
Moline, Rock Island Co., iii. IT,
Land Warrants
ITO LOAN, for Thirty One Dollars less than at
l. Lecompton. Also, Money TO loan on real
estate security. BY H. VI. SIMPSON,
Lawrence, June II, lS55.-tf NtIrg Public.
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March &c. Is59
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The TeethI The TeethM
Just What is Needed!
HYDRAULIC CEMENT AND LIME.

THE BEST QUALITY OF CEMENT OR
mon, Conant's store, opposite the Morrow
House, Lawrence; or of the subscriber, four
miles and a half West Of Lawrence, According
the kind used in market superior TO this. Or
ders will receive as prompt attention as circnm-
stances will admit. ..I
Also, a suppl, Of Hydraulic Lime may be ex-
| pected in the course of few weeks This will
make plasteriDg which will not fall off" even
| though, after it is once dry. /! should get wet
] occasionally, and can he used for substantial
m9rtar in building purposes.
july 10, Sc. FRANCIS BARKER.
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The Lawrence Nursery

5 situated two miles west Of Lawrence on the
l. Lawrence and Lec0mpt0n road, or perhaps
better known as the California road
In offering our Trees for sale. we have but
few words to say. Particular attention has been
paid to their cultivation, in order to keep them
IN good shape for setting in orchard form. The
soil on which they are grown b. ing good and
worked deep they are uncommonly well rooted
having large amount of fbrous roots.
We have spared nopains in obtaining the best
varieties of
SUMNER, FALL AND WINTER FRUIT,
Especially those kinds that have been tested and
found TO do well in the most Western States
In order to prevent mistakes, we cut our scious
for grating from old bearing trees, and we viii
guarantee the kinds TO be what We sell them for.
Our trees have been raised On Kansas soil, and
are therefore much preferable to those from out
OF the Territory, being much more certaiu Of
living and making rapid growth, as we have
learned by our own experience.
Our trees are healthy, thrifty, and well grown,
and as sueh We offer them to Fruit Growers at
cheaper rates. We think. than any other nursery
men.
All persons who wish TO obtain Fruit Tres,
are invited TO call and seefor themselves, before
purchasing elsewhere,
Orders received at the ofice Of Bassett 4 Brack-
EFT, Lawrence, h. T., or at the nursery esounds.
@. q BRAeKETF 4 CO.,
Jan y. ss-u Proprietors.