New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-13
on THE BORDER-M

rOPgKA-A BIT or KANSAS H5rORY-CURfOCS ~
STANCE OF RzrRlBUrTys JUSTICg-A WEEK AMONG
THR FARMsas-THg LARGEST LASDHoLDBs IN
TIKI USIoY-sHFRMAy's OLD HoME-iSDTASoLA-
AN ARMY OF GRGssHoPPBRs $50 MILES WIDE
PoTAwArromg HDnYs-pRAIRIE scEsEs-rIM-
BEa AND WILD ELECTROMAGNETIC OF Dor
DER RUFgIAS RULE--PRICTS OF LANDs-NARRETs
YsyiLLB-sESECA-RETURN TO TOPEKA.
From OR sgeliAl coire.pond-nt
LAWRENCE Kansas, Sept u ls6.
The CAPITAL Of Kansas Indian, IOpeka-Angice, "pota-
toes ~ contains 800 people A. the chief street crossing
a tall lberypoe IS encircled BY log stockade whose
uskot loophoe stare down the avenues u four droc-
tons It built after Quansrels wholesale uassicre
At Lawrence Long may the dag stream above, with He
rifles unueedcd below. This year Topeka has taken
Jump brcz and blocks spIngng up like rows OF
Young corn Thrs far the yerebre are III dehned bur tho
broad spinal street whose etback loam haEdbaked n
drouth and musnv IN freshet points norhward, down
fair prairie slOps then rich bottom RANK VIVA
vegetation the sluggish Kansas, whose further Odn -
tryersed By the great Pacific Railroad In 1876 was ~
days coming from ~. Louis 70 Topeka. Nov" m ine zap
ol House Jdror ind he TRlBUSE only three days OLD.
A state House of daTk magnetism limestone - 0egln,
Lincoln College under Presbyterian auspices 10 IA fu4
operation the town has promising future and sue IN
HIN wears ag5, on the Marias des CrgBes River IN
Linn County L. peaceful Free-Siate e4tzsn, ~ boel
boring ravile drawn up ~ line and shOI III cOd
blood. Five instantly killed. The rest, "ounaed'
fell ana fegned death until the murderers lad gone Ih3
mas acre thrilled the North with honor "hilleI mane
it the theme Ola stirring poem
FI Ts. i l.id h, Of is. n . oo.n '''''
Ths torn.
wl.h vain plea Tor mercy
No 'iort hnee 10, w,' st2sHsii
Rza, manly they boxed
Eaw ral.a .ts M,y ,uaisss
A, he dsaih So sts s5isd over
Thy lonely Taylne
J., after thu bgtehery visited the spot talked with the
wounded, and With widows and orphans Of tAe
dead Ny guide william Hairgroye al Old, white
barred Free-Sate Georgian. He and ms son Asa we're
shot among the other victims but escaped with ther Ves
Charles Hamilton leader OF the murderers, was also ron
Georpia where years before the elder Eargrove had
helped elect his father 10 the Legislature.
Last week street IN Topeka enGouhter , Ass
Hairrroye his face still Scared bullet still Embedded IN
hs skull his LETT hand s warped BY the old charge Of
buksho, Upon the admission Of Kansas ne was elected
State Auditor. His father was chosen shefh OF Linn
County and six years after the massacre with military
posse he captured Of the muTderers IN Mlssoun'
brought him back 70 Kansas and after his ra and con-
y1cton By civil court hung him IN the regular course u
official duty II curious example OF Is.IDl.ss
Justice During the war; several OF ne 0IHsI S'AA-'
fell fighting for the Rebels ,,t,,,, Ian
the Capal with Thaddeus IL Walker, an old New oIker
now res ding in Topeka Ny own estates oeing sHleh ~
Spain ind the sorrow Of getnne oui snsn uisneGus
snIS W,Is Possessing 07 900 acres in Kansas alone,
bs IL nrobaby the largest lsndhoder in the UnioH Inc
ae - ..ac,on. and townships OF his own selection
rasrea All over the State. Il bswdsr. to r.
member how many miles he ma, ridden on horseeses,
tbrourh snow and mud and tangled gEss, IN nan and ram
nS .sdins sunshine II sppals one TO conjecture the
AMOUNT Of tsIs be hs, paid he bought when lands were
, IA /, waiting patiently until lands shall be high,
low 10 mott OF half million dollars within ten
SIX mile. north q Topeka v. viewed n. farm Of Zoo
$500 "a Am 10 the sea sherman titled the soil A
ma ~ neiohbors discussing politics among their gener
Gus fran stack. told Us that anmpIoved lands we're held
80 n, y0 per aero The soil proved excellent for every
,os AVE trt az yot ttle tlsa. OF esn ~ busas 10