The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-07-18

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Junction, Kansas, July Is, 1863
70 Captain Graham left Fort Riley last Thurs
day for Atchisou He has not been assigned To
duty elsewhere.
UWe see by the Leavenworth papers that
Ar Mayer, Sutler at Fort Riley, is in that CITY
purchasing stock Of goods. Upon their arrival
settlers should call and examine them.
10 Mr.. K. b. Mills. living on the Addition,
is ahead. as far as we have heard, in the line Of
garden sass" Every thing in his garden grows
bigger than in any other body's garden.
W Henry CAM is making arrangements to
move his stock Of goods from Taylor's building,
to the one on Washington street lately occupied
by Streeter Strickler.
A NAN DEowSED.-A man named Miller was
drowned. q few days ago, in Lyons Creek, about
twenty miles above here. He went in bathing.
and being somewhat heated, q cramp went to his
heart. killing him instantly.
To BE MoUNTED-An order has been received
at Fort Riley to the effect that the Eleventh
Regiment will hereafter be Mounted Infantry.
This will add to its efficiency in the protection
OF the border. Lieut.. Pierce solicits recruits
&c The Fort Larned Corn Contract, of %, 900
bushels, was let to John Crane at Sits per
oushel. This, and the Hay contract recently
let for that Post. will leave among the farmers
Of Western Kansas over $1,000.
A CHASGE.-See the cards of Attorney White,
Doctors Seymour and Drew, and Messrs Karnan
and Jehle. We have reset them. crowding their
old suit into the " hell box" We shall improve
the appearance Of the UNION slowly but surely
che HARvEsT.-1n this immediate neighbor-
hood, the wheat was somewhat damaged by the
rust. But above us, on the Saline and Solomon,
the grain was not affected in the least. The
corn and potatoes promise unprecedented yield.
u The Council Grove Press says the Smoky
Hill country is an outrageous place to steal in
that crows have to carry knapsacks of provisions
The respective settlements better set forth by
the newspapers they support-one can be read
and the other can't. 1t is also demonstrative of
superior advancement.
C Dr.. B. Seers, President Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, and Mr. - Love,
agents Of the State of Rhode Island, for the &C.
lection Of her Agricultural School Lands, have
been in town during the past week, examining
the Plats at the Land Office. They have taken
10000 acres in the Atchison district.
We went to the Smoky Hill under military |
orders, and reported to our superior officers
Council GrOre Press.
Who did you report to when you made that |
Intellectual attempt to swindle the Kansas boys, |
and turn them into Missouri militia And who |
did you report to while you was making yourself
rich out of this war?
q There men in Dickinson county who
refuse to believe the fall of Vicksburg, and the
whipping of Lee in Pennsylvania-they think it |
all lie. The wish is father to the thought |
C;s,fdain Ross ought to send squad of men up |
there and make them believe it-that is, drill |
them up to such pitch of loyalty that they can |
believe an occasional victory for the Right aud |
their Country as possible.
IL We see in the Denver Commonwealth
call for meeting of the Governors Guard, sign
ed by Captain D. A. Butterfeld. Wonder if the
Captain " is putting men out of his house for
talking Unon," as much as he used to. Two
years ago, the Captain presided over as du |
bious set of loyalists as could be cong-egated
outside of Dixie. One Of that convention, now
in the rebel army, remarked that it was as 'near
Q secesh meeting as could be-"
A Coon ArrolNrNENr.-We are pleased to no.
tice that our old friend, the Rev. WV. WILSON,
Of J.ecompton. has been appointed Chaplain of
the Sixth Regiment. We had intended publish
ing the resolutions of regret passed by his con-
gregation upon the severance of the pastoral
relation, but the paper containing them has been
mislaid. We can commend Mr.. Wilson to our
boys in the Sixth a man Of active piety, who
will work faithfully for their welfare, Sinking
nothing
TIE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL LANDs.-The Com
missioners to locate these lands returned to this
place last Tuesday evening. to secure what they
have selected up to date, as competitors are
already in the field. They have selected all
granted by Congress, with the exception of some
ten or twelve thousand acres. These they in
en,1 - .alo~S 30 1ots of o;0htv s~.o. .1o,r