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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
THE STATE CAPITAL.

The Wichita EAGLE has been argu-
ing that the necessities of the people
require the removal of of the state cap
ital from Topeka to Empcria. Why
did not the EAGLE go a step further
and designate Wichita as the proper
location We are opposed to these
capital removals, whether state or
county. They are snare and delu-
sion.-HutchinsOn NewS.
Beg pardon, Mr.. Ners, Wichita, is
a little too far south, but none too far
west, really. What we offered touch
ing the future removal of the capitol of
Kansas was not all for talks sake. No
attempt has been made by any paper
in the state to rcfute single PROPOSE
ton that we laid down with reference
to this ticklish question; but upon the
other hand. the comments Of Gen. Will
der, in the Fort Scott Monitor, were
even stronger than the grounds taken
by us, only he maintained that the re-
moval of the capital would not of ne
ccssity follow. We consent to the
.'snarc and dclusiou" when the reno
val of county seat is in question.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
WON'T BELIEVE 1T.

WASHINGTON. July S.-The best in
formation. both from civil and mill
tary sources. is to the effect that fears
ola general Indian war in the south
west portion of the Indian territory
and the border of Texas. are without
foundation. General Pope believes
the reports were circulated by rene
gadcs, and SAYS all the depredations of
a recent date were committed by small
bands.
So il is ever. Notwithstanding the
fact oflatc depredations and the threats
of the Kiowas for months past, these
rcd-tape fellows affect To believe il all
imagination. We would like to
know who the department consider
renegades out here. We believe the
big majority live down east. many of
them around Washington. lfprompt
measures for the suppression of these
moving bands are not taken, and that
right speedily. we anticipate dark times
on the border
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
LAND OFFICE AT WICHITA.

w. s. jenkins. Of Lcavenworth, has
been appointed register of the Wichita
land office, vice Andrew Akin. resign
ed, and Josiah Rcdfield. of Humboldt.
receiver. vice w. A. Shannon, resign
I'D.
Many of the people of Wichita arc
acquainted with Mr.. jenkins. lie was
here this spring for a few weeks in the
real estate business. Redficld has fill
cd the same position before, is well
known in our state politics and is COM
petent we believe in every particular.
Judge Akin aud Capt. Shannan have
had rough time Of il for months back,
much Of their trouble coming through
aspirants for their places. Since we
have been here we have watched them
rs closely as we had the ability, and we
believe them honorable, straightfor-
ward men aud strong friends TO the
settlers. The most Of the fault found
with them upon the part of the settlers
came through rulings of the interior
department over. which they had no
control. We wish them success where
ever they may 60 and in whatever they
NAV undertake.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
Judge Kingman.

The Humboldt Union, in the course
of recent article, says:
''Of course no one will run against
that able and conscientious jurist-
$. A. Kingman, of AtchisOn-for chief
justice. His tenure of Office ought to
be renewed by common consent"
This is eminently true. Judge King
man is one of those judicial officers
who honor and exalt the bench. A
man of such incOrruptible integrity
and honor that not even the breath Of
suspicion has ever assailcd him; pos
sesscd of clear, discriminating, inn
partial judgment that neither prcju-
dice or preference can sway in the
least degree; an able, learned and care
full lawyer, and an honest, upright gen.
crOus man, there is not in the whole
state any person who would SO impair
italy, so honestly, so ably and faithful
ly discharge the duties of his exalted
position.
Judge kingman is poor man, living
simply and unOstentatiously on the
small salary Of the high Office he has fill
ed SO long and ably. And we hope that
for many years to come Kansas can
claim his services on her supreme
bench. So long as he remains in that
position we can be sure that the law
will be honestly, impartially and ably
expounded, that no touch of vcnality
will corrupt the fountain of justice,
and that the rights and liberties of the
people will be faithfully, intclligently
and justly indicated. = AtchisOn
CHdmDiOn
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
CONSOLING,

Ex-Gov. Swan, of Maryland, says of
MIR. Greeley:
''FOr his future there is every reason
to believe that his administration
would secure everything that could be
asked for by democrats"
Democrats task" for three things: L.
That the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments be repealed or
nullified. 2. That the south shall be
reimbursed for the value of the cman
cipated slaves. 3. That the confederate
debt shall be assumed by the nation.
Modcsty, thy name is democrat. The
above pure breathing of fire eater is
most respectfully submitted to the con
sideratiOn Of such liberals as have in the
past pretended to believe in the policy
and reconstruction principles of the
republican party.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
NORTH.

'NOrK.-The star in the above tliwgram shows
the geographical position of the tOvnof Topeka.
Ed. EAGLE.
That is a map of Kansas: about 400
miles long and 2lO miles wide. Ortwicc
as long as broad. Each one of those
squares represent One-eighth Of the
state, and Topeka is near the centre of
the northeast eighth. But Murdock's
argument is also fatal to Emporia, for
EmpOria is also in that northeast eighth
corner of the state, as Eureka, which
we also call "west," is in the south
eastern eighth. In fact nearly all of
the settled portion of the state is in
the quarter of Kansas which is made
up OF these two eastern eighths. That
northeastern eighth takes in Lyon,
Wabaunsce and part of Marshall cOun-
ties, and includes Paola as well as EN-
pOria, Ottawa, Topeka, Lawrence,
LeavenwOrth and Atchison.
1t is easy to see the centre of the
State from the diagram. That spot is
west and south OF Ell worth and Fort
Harker, and very near Fort Zarah. at
the most northern point reached by the
Arkansas on its great bend. Follow
the river southeast and you pass
w lOnItd [AIkdlISIS
City, all east of the centre of the state
and in the second eighth west of Fort
Scott. That is the most neighborly
little diagram we have ever seen. 1t
brings 100000 people closely together,
and shows that six-eigllths of the state
are only just beginning to be settled.
And you can see by it what big thing
the Arkansas riveris. 1t flows through
the two southwestern eighths, and di-
agOnally down through the third
eighth, east of them. And soon you
will ride through that whole valley on
a first-class railroad; road by far the
longest of any in the state and of the
most Importance to southern and
southwestern Kansas.
The buffalo is the descrt-makcr. As
rapid as his place is taken by man, lux
uriant grasses follow, gentle rains come
down, springs break forth from the
earth, and the water which before raj,
off rapidly in great frcshcts, spreads
itself bcneficently over and through
the soil, changing its whole character,
and that of the climate with it.
Where Wichita now stands was a
buffalo range only n few years ago.
-NOW tuC SiOuuu IL toNcGcu Will lUAu-
RANT grasses; corn, wheat and oats
grow as vigorously as in any part of
the country, and this part of the Ar
kansas valley seems to us the grandest
and most magnificent that the eye ever
gazed upon. 1t is immense in extent,
every acre seems capable of cultiva-
ton, and its richness and fertility are
abundantly proved by the crops which
already wave over the vast and bcauti-
full landscapc.-FOrtS Scott Monitor.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
A New Man.

a late number of the Wichita EAGLE
saws:
Kansas is to have another thorough
railroad man added to her collections.
viz: Mr.. George II. Nettleton, who
comes to take the post of supcrintcnd-
ent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
FEE railroad. Mr.. Nettleton leaves the
position of superintendent of the Han
nibal 4 ST. Joseph railroad to come TO
Kansas. He was, on last Tuesday
night. the recipient of handsome
present in Brookiicld. President
Smith and the directors of the road
presented him with purse of 5000
as an evidence of their esteem and the
faithful and reliable manner in which
he has conducted the affairs of the road
while in connection with il.
Mr.. Nettleton's appointment as
superintendent does not interfere with
or supcrscdc Col. Peter rs general man
agcr under the directory Of all the in-
terests of the Santa Fe company in
this state, as many have supposed.
Col. Peters eminent abilities are too
well understood BY the company To he
dispensed with. lie is and will con-
tinue to be the great headlight which
will lead the iron horse across the
plains of Kansas and New Mexico to
the Pacific ocean.-Hutchinsca Nctcs.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
The Eoisors.

BALTIMORE, Jul, 9.-The demo-
crate boilers assembled ;.t nocn to-,!sy
at Maryland Institute, with about one
hundred present. The convention was
called to order by Mr.. Flanders.
1t was moved and seconded that the
preliminary arrangements made yes
terdav for organization be temporarily
continued.
W. IL. Murreil, of Lanes9illc. said ne
understood it was not the object of
this convention 10 take any definite
action until it should be ascertained
what course had been taken by the
Baltimore convention. This conven-
ton will acquiesce in what is done by
the Baltimore convention, if it adopts
a democratic platform and nomiuates
democratic candidates.
\ committee of seven was appointed
to report an address 10 the democracy
of the country.
The chair appointed az a committee
to prepare said address, Messrs. Muir
rell of Kentucky. S. L. MAYNARD of
New jersey, NJ. NJ. Pomeroy. Il. ID.
Parker of Virginia, Joseph ID. Davis of
West Virginia. jas. Leddi of Illinois.
f. Kcyscr of Texas.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

An eminent Italian astronomer as
scrts that the philosophers of the sun
is an incandesccnt liquid mass or stat
um. by the weight of which various
gases. especially hydrogen, are confin-
en- and compressed in the interior Of
the sun at an elevated temperature,
and that these occasionally rise toward
the surface with great velocity, until
they force themselves through with n
rapidity greater or less according to
the depth from which they emerge. 1t
is these agitstions and eruptions. he
thinks. which constitute the solar pro-
tubances, aud the hydrogen issuing
from the body Of the sun serves as An
aliment to the chromosphere. thus re-
pairing the repeated losses of the lat.
ter by its not improbable combination
with the substance of the photo
sphere.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
OXFORD ITEMS.

The following items of local interest
we clip from the Press.
Col. w. II. Knapp has cotton grow
ing in his garden, planted about the
LIST of May, which is now three feet
high.
The Baptists organized church on
last Sabbath. ID. +. Bent and ID. d.
Kellogg were elected deacOns, and G..
TiltOn, treasurer.
We are pleased to announce that
Mrs. Lewis, the widow of Chauncey
Lewis, who was killed last week, is
rapidly recovering. having been safely
delivered of a fine healthy child.
We understand that party of old
soldiers, residents of Sumner county,
contemplate locating hOmesteads in a
body. A prOspectin. party will prOba-
bly, leave Oxford in month or two,
FOR the purpose of locating the lands.
Rufus Doss, young man who has
for some months been residing with
Mr.. Allen, few miles north of Oxford,
was last Saturday arrested on the
charge of stealing horse, the proper
ty of w. II. Dyer. DOss confessed his
guilt. He viii probably have an OPP
portunity to mOralize in the vicinity
of LeavcnwOrth for few years.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
BONNER CHALLENGED.

Mr.. Bonner we guess will have to
deliver up his laurels. 1t is said that he
increased the circulation Of the Lefty
er $4,000 by the purchase Of Dexter.
But Dexter has been beaten by an ami
NAL that Bonner has not enough money
to buy. Budd Doblc, driver of Gold
smith Maid, has published a challenge
Offering to test Goldsmith Maid against
BOnner's horses, Dexter and Joe Elliot,
best three in five, with weight up, and
subject to all rules, in from $1,000 to
$4,000; the race to take place at
Prospect Park or any Massachusetts,,
Pennsylvania or New York course, to
DC opened one week.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
INDIAN TROUBLES.

Hardly a day passes that we do not
bear through cattle drovers of fresh
outbreaks and dcprcdations by the
Indians in portions of Western Texas,
around Fort Sill and in the Indian ter
ritory. Gen. Sheridan, in dispatches
to the war department., relative to
these troubles. recommends decided
action against the authors. striking at
she root of the evil instead of attempt
ing to guard the whole Texan border,
which will meet the hearty commcnda-
ton Of every man who knows aught
of the situation. Some of the Texas
mcn who make their headquarters here
at Wichita. think that some of the cat
tie taken from herds hundred miles
south of here were by dcspcradOcs
dressed and painted rs Indians. From
all we hear from Fort Sill and other
points south. we think their conclu-
sions erroneous. The miserable. thiev-
ing, numbering. dirty red devils are on
the war-path as the surcst means for
new treaties. new blankets, provisions
and ammunition. The sickly. soft
headed scntimentality entertained gem
orally by eastern philanthropists. and
which affects ever. to a greater or lesser
degree, governmental heads. is well
appreciated by these greasy. copper.
hucd demons, and hence the murder.
ing and stealing that We hear of daily
now. Sheridan is right. Go for them
IS you would 70 for poisonous snakes.
tn regular ChiyingtOn and Sand creek
style, until no shaved-head, lousy.
breech-clouted red skin can be found
IN all the land.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
The Arkansas Valley.

By FAR the longest river in this state
is the Arkansas. Did il flow in a
straight line. it would reach from the
western to the eastern boundary line.
1t comes into Kansas from Colorado
and the Rocky mountains, striking the
state little below its central dividing
line, flowing east, and then southeast
over twO-thirds Of the state, and then
entering the Indian territory, flowing
south of east through Arkansas TO the
Mississippi river. The Kaw, or Kan
sas river. is baby to this stream, and
our state might have been called Ar
kansas more fi:ly than Kansas. The
whole length of the Arkansas is 1000
miles. Heretofore the citizens of east
ern Kansas have said and cared little
for this great river. with It's inn
mense valleys, the general belief hav-
ing been that it flowed through sandy,
desOlate and uninbabitable plain. But
now the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad has reached this valley and
been completed along it distance of
fifty miles, with the certainty of going
three hundred miles farther during the
coming twelve months. 1t has already
udukCu tliC hiu>is L anu IL gOlHg
through the whole state. from near the
northeast to near the southwest corner
of Kansas and thence to New Mexico.
In the west, the Arkansas is now
reached by the narrow gauge, from
Denver. 1t is clearly time that ali of
us knew something about the Arkan-
sas valley. The invitation. therefore,
of Col. L. j. Peter, to the Kansas cd
itOrs, to ride over the line was timely.
BY the time these lines are published
the A., L. 4 5. +. will be completed
to Hutchinson, the county seat of Reno
county. The general impression is
that Wichita is "wcst," '.out west"
and out Of the world. Let us proceed
to bring it into the world. Col. NJ. NJ.
Murdoch, of the Wichita Eagle, drew
a diagram on the floor of the car to
prove that Topeka ought not to be the
state capital, and that Emporia should
be. The map was very instructive
one, and we proceed to steal it, though
not as weapon against Topeka. Mas
sachusetts gets along very well with
its capital on the eastern coast, at BOs-
ton; New York is equally happy with
Albany, near its eastern boundary. and
there is no sufficient reason why our
state should not keep its capital per-
manently at Topeka. But here is
Marsh MurdOck's diagram:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

The World. in a leader on .'presiden-
tial availability" sums up its conf
dcnce in Greeley III these words: THE
great gulf which separates him from
democratic principles is impossible. 1t
is possible that we might elect him
president (uot that he is strong but
Grant weak: bat who can answer for
his acting IN unison with the demo-
cratic party! Considering that such
availability candidates have heretofore
brought nothing but modification and
calamity upon political parties that
have resorted to them, he must be a
sanguine man who expects that Mr..
Greeley would get through Il four
years administration without being. a
great part of the time. at loggcrheads
with his democratic supporters
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

The democratic mass meeting. So
called, at Wellington last Saturday re-
suited in a-fiZzle that is, there were
so few of the '.unterrified" present
a caucus and discuss the proper mode
of procedure. Ii was finally decided
to adjourn indefinitely and wait the
result Of the Baltimore convention.
This reminds us of the old lady who,
during the war. had ON one occasion
been listening to a report of a hard
battle, at the conclusion of which she
excitedly remarked, wouldn't il be a
good joke if some big general would
get up big battle and nobody would
come. "-iSanlner CO,.nty Herald.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

Maj. Miles informs us that he intends
to purchase in our city, if he can do so
on favorable terms, supplies for the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency. He
says they can be shipped from Atchi-
son to Wichita, the nearest railroad
point to the agency, OH favorable terms.
We have no doubt our merchants can
outfit him at prices that cannot be un-
dersold at any place On the Missouri
river. Maj. Miles prefers to buy here,
if he can do so as well as elsewhere.
and our dealers should see that his
wants are supplied at figures that can
not be undersold. Chdm-
1liOO
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
STEPHENS OPINION.

Alcxcxander II. Stephens publishes
selections from one hundred and four
teen democratic papers, which oppose
Greeley, and says: lit will be seen
that the desire to preserve the integri-
~ Of the party is confined to no section,
but permeatcs the whole Union, and
that the persistent boasts of the friends
Of Greeley that but few democratic pa
pers oppose his election, are without
fo,,ndatiou i"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

This week the Atlantic 4 Pacific
railroad will take possession of the Mis-
souri, Pacific under the lease recently
The terms are. for the
first named road to pay to the latter
ten per cent. of its gross earnings for
the first two years. twelve per cent. for
the next three years. and fourteen per
cent. for the rest of 999 wears the lease
has to run. Joseph Brown retires
from the presidency Of the Missouri
Pacific. Andrew Pierce, jr., assumes
the presidency of both roads.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
Wichita Cattle rIarIzet.

An effort is being made by the peo-
pie of Wichita to establish ii cattle
market at that place. Wichita is on
the A., Z. &, $. F. railroad, and also on
the Texas cattle trail, hence the buy
ers who visit that market Will have the
first chance at the herds. aud ut the
same time have good transportation
facilities at their command. \ great
many circulars have been sent over the
country setting forth the advantages
of the place i'll this rcspect.-K. e..
yn,tg.nuI
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

Maj. ]. ID. Miles. who has just arriv-
agency. informs u that he passed inn
mense herds of cattle on the road TO
Wichita. During one day he passed
seventeen different herds, noi one OF
which contained less ihan | 800 head of
cattle. The Texas cattle trade i enor-
nous. and is growing every year. The
\. T. & :. +. road will moncpolize
almost the whole of this vast business.
and Atchison is destined TO be the
great stock mar: Of the west. Cuien
stock yards would pay enormously
ifrhisnn fArmuiol
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
Al ;mnroycd tapcr. or friction LIGHT.

An improved taper, or friction light,
is described in Liverpool paper. Any
convenient friction-match composition
is used; and, the phosphorus being
dissolved, one or two ounces of castor
oil are added, according to the tcnacity
orflexibility required. After thorough
incorporation, there are added from
ten to fifteen parts of liquid chloride
of sulphur to every hundred parts OF
oil; it is then agitatcd quickly, and
shaped into the form required, either
by moulding, cutting, pressing, or
drawing
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

"A sarcastic contemporary gives MIR.
Greeley's paper a gratuitous puff. in
the remark that ''those i'm want of a
trustworthy, active partisan democrat
ic newspaper, that will furnish all the
news Of democratic conventions. and
little or none of others. can be accom-
modated by applying Ia the New York
TJibsas."
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
Trade with Southwestern Kansas.

Wei notice large invoice of furniture
being shipped, day before ycsterda',
by Nickerson l. Co. To Chase county.
and fine bin of goods sold by McPike
4 Allen to dealers in Wichita. Other
wholesale dealers in our city. includ-
ing II. \. Hem, aud our wholesale
grocery establishments. report that
large trade is being opened up with
Southern and Southwestern Kansas.
The Atchison. Topeka 4 SAINTS Fe rail
road is having very marked and
healthful influence on the business and
property of Atchison.-ifchisqa
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12

The Independence Tribune calls at
tcntion TO the following curious cir
cumstances:
"The farmers of Southern Kansas
have been i'm the midst of their harvest
the past and present week. In many
instances a field of oats and wheat are
standing side by side-thc oats ready
for the reaper, while the wheat is vet
unripe. This occurrence of oats crowd
ing itself ahead of the wheat crop has
never been seen before in this part of
the state by the oldest inl,abitant."
and is one of the peculiaritics Of this
saa ,,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
The Electoral Vote.

The electoral vote has been printed
from time to time in the papers, but it
has been generally incorrect, because
il has not included the supplemental
appOrtiOnment provided by the last
bill for that purpose. The following
table is accurate. containing the addi-
tional delegate to represent the con-
gres sman-at-:argc, given to few of
the eastern states for their fraction:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-07-12
GREELEY AND BROWN

were nominated at the Baltimore dem
Ocratic convention. Thus the old
party dies, surrcndcring name, princi-
pie and everything for the sake of Of
flee. Vcnality and Greeley must be
written on its tombstone, though JEFF
crsOn and Benton turn i'm their graves.