The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-10-17

g he II n i o n.
Junction, Kansas, October II, 1863
.WASrrp-Wood at this office. Would like {.
have it immediately.
z Thanks to Hon. A. c. Wilder for public docu
ments. and to Philos for late Philadelphia papers
~ Captain Stewards company of the Ninth
Regiment has returned from the Indian Nation
to Kansas City.
Salina on Saturday. the alst of this month. and
Sunday, the first of November.
REruRSED.-LieutenantP Pierce returned from
his Eastern trip last Tuesday. 1t had . good
effect on his " wholesome"
10 Streeter d Strickler's stone warehouse il
rapidly approaching completion, and when up
will add much to the looks of Washington street.
RErIeioUs.-The Quarterly Meeting of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will commence at
Taylor's Hall this evening, and continue over
the Sabbath.
U A deserter from Missouri regiment was
arrested by squad of Captain Adams men last
Wednesday: His name is Lines, but he has two
or three aliases
NorTcr.-Henry CAM, Register of Deeds, de-
sres all those having Deeds, Mortgages. and
other papers on file in his office, to call and get
them Immediately.
10 Our list of subscribers at Abilene and Sol
omon are not SO large as they ought to be. Will
not some one at each of those Offices endeavor
to increase themS
U John s. Wimsatt. of Solomon, was arrested
last week and brought to Fort Riley Nobody
appeared against him, and he was released the
next day.
u An adjourned session of the Grand Lodge
OF Good Templars meets at Council Grove next
Tuesday. Occident Lodge has chosen as its Rep
resentatives, R. D. Mobley, E. W. Seymour, and
VIM. S. Blakely.
70 They don't have any prairie fires at Coun-
Gil Grove-think them such awful things that
they are continually joking us about having
them. Grass is a handy thing to have about,
even if it does cause trouble occasionally. There
10 no danger at the Grove.
ANOTHER REcoMMENDArIoS.-The County Con-
vention of Pottawattomie. held recently at Louis
vile. recommended C. K Gilchrist to the voters
r. Al Al N
Gilchrist will be elected.
u A private letter informs US that dry goods
are now higher in New York than they have
been during the war, and are still advancing.
Standards sheetings, 80; best prints, 3d. Salt
five dollars per barrel, and coffee, 81 per pound
PRAIRIE FIRE.-La.t Thursday, about noon. a
most furious prairie fire came upon US from the
West 1t came SO sudden that no effort could
he made to check it. Ed. Laurenson lost all his
hay, and some fence. His house narrowly es-
capped. Sorry for Ed, but we hope his loss may
be q warning to others.
q Among the premiums awarded at the State
Fair, we notice the following: F. r. Merk OBJ
tains first premiums for Ex-Top cook stoves,
RIVAL coal cook stove, Charter stove, Large Pearl
Parlor stove, and No. 81 Siberian Air Tight
Several other stoves won a FIRST premium for
Mr.. Merk.
DIED.-At the Manhattan House, Manhattan,
on the morning of the 10th of October, of chronic
diarrhea, NARY HELEN, wife Of Major Daniel M.
Adams. and daughter Of Hale and Clarissa True.
Of Dery. Rockingham county. New Hampshire.
Aged 30 years, month and II days. She
passed away as softly and gently as the twilight
of summers evening. In her last hours she
manifested An unshaken confidence in the Girls
tian hope that she had cherished and that her
life had adorned.
e We congratulate WEB. WILDER on his ap-
pointment as Surveyor General Of Kansas and
Nebrasks. No one is more deserving. We like
. man who runs such . machine as the Conser-
vativs. 1t is ahead in all things. His energy
gathers in news from the remotest part Of the
State. and while contemporaries publish the
rumor, Web. has the full particulars from some
body con the spot" Many public positions
require energy, and the man who conducts .