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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-08-07
Republican County Convention.

Holding ever that the republican party is an Or
ganization of such American citizens as are OPP
posed to slavery in all it's forms, composed of men
who believe that all men entitled to the same
political and civil rights; who believe that all
laws state and national, should be made and adj
ministercd so rs TO secure TO all citizens wherever
born Of whatever color, creed or occupation, the
same rights before the law; who believe in free
schools, a free press and universal education and
in the of the great masses to the highest
state of honesty purity, intelligence and morality
and holding moreover, that the republican party
is still controlled by these high principles now,
as n has been from the beginning, and that its
overthrow would be fraught with danger TO the
republic, which through this party alone was
saved from anarchy and dissolution, and that the
strength of the national party can only secure the
great blessings enumerated through the active
vigilance and loyalty Of each individual member,
and the maintenance of state, county and town
shin republican organizations intact We, your
central committee, would recommend the holding
of n county republican convention, AT the city of
Wichita on the
Arm DAY OF ocToBER 1853, AT IL o CLOCK NJ.
To put in nomination the following county officers
n representative treasurer, sheriff, county clerk,
register of deeds, surveyor, coroner and three
county commissioners
Each township, under this call, will be entitled
to two delegates, which shall be chosen by pri-
mary meeting, at the usual voting precinct, on
SATURDAY, THE 20TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, AT
FROM 2o'cIock TO O'Clock p. NJ,
And that the city of Wichita shall be entitled TO
four delegates, one TO be chosen from each ward,
IN the same manner.
The convention will further choose central
committee, adopt platform OF principles and do
such other business ms may be deemed wise and
for the best interests of the party.
W II. KIRKPATRICK, Chairman.
q ". REEVES, Sec'y.
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THE STATE GRANGE.

The state grange met in Lawrence
last week. 1t was made up of deter
mined body of men, intelligent farmers
from every part of the state, who
worked with unity Of purpose. The
session lasted three days and was for
the most part secret, but from the
papers we learn that the discussions
amply cvinced the fact that the farmers
had counted the cost and were deter
mined to win.
Four hundred and nine oranges were
represented, and about one thousand
patrons were present. Resolutions
were passed depreciating the promin-
ence given to horse racing at our COM
ing state fair; also calling on the farm
crs to more literally support fairs, SO
that there might be no occasion for de-
pending on racing at means of max
ing money. Resolutions were also
adopted on the transportation ques-
ton. Others, the most pointed Of
which was one demanding either that
farming property be taxed as railroad
property now is-upon the basis Of its
income, or that railroad property be
taxed upon the basis of value indie
pendent of income. A resolution was
also passed expressing sympathy with
the settlers on the Usage coded lands.
The grange accepted an invitation
from President Frazer to visit the
State university during the afternoon.
They were much pleased with the
building and its appointments.
They also visited Sr-aeae & Ators'
stables. and the stock farm of Z. A.
Smith.
Bro. =. G. V. Boiling, of Leavenworth
county, was elected master of the state
grange. The constitution and bylaws
were adopted. One clause provides
that oranges may not be had within
four miles of each other.
The convention acted as though its
members had enlisted for the war, that
their hearts beat as ono in ASPIRATION
and good intent. We hope to get an
account of more Of their doings by
next week.
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The Harriburg Pa Telegraph in
stances the Dll wing facts and figures
illustrating he admirable effects of
republican rle:
illinois almost out Of debt In
1850 the stat owed nearly Sl2. Cos go,
and during be war the equipment of
the troops md similar objects cost
large sums. which temporarily in
creased the 'ebt. All has been paid
off since the war, however, excepting
about s.. 600. 90 which the state il now
ready to pay but is unable TO do so be-
cause the hoEiers will not surrender
their bonds, which are not vet due.
The revenuesire in excess of her eN-
penditures. aid Illinois finances are
generally in avery prosperous condi-
ton. Such az the results of republi-
can administration everywhere. Near
~ all the state contracted debts under
democratic rue, which, since the loss
of political power by that party. their
republican successors have been pay
ing off,
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What are Oranges Z?

1t is an organization Of farmers. 1t
has for its object improvement. 1t is
designed to elevate and enlighten the
farmer. 1t would better qualify him
for his God-given profession. 1t aims
to bring about these objects by associ-
alton. 1t unites those Of the same call
ing into one grand brotherhood for the
protection of all. 1t establishes in
every ncighborhood lecture room
which is the grange itself-in which
the important truths are unfolded. 1t
disseminates valuable information. 1t
calls for ali exercise of the mind. 1t
brings mind in contact with mind, and
by the contact other minds are illumi-
mated by the friction. 1t draws out
latent talent. II makes active and tan
gible what has been before dormant
and unseen. 1t shows the Importance
Of cultivating brains as well as soil.
1t demonstrates the fact that as rich
harvests are developed by brain cult
ure as by soil culture; that a great
crop of weeds has grown up and
smothered out the useful plants by the
neglect of brain culture. The grange
is social institution. 1t makes grand
brother and sisterhOOd. 1t unltes by
strong ties those that before have been
strangers. 1t makes each feel an inter-
est in all, and all in each. 1t heals up the
wounds of the unfortunate. 1t admin
listers comfort to the sick and elevates
the sufferings of the distressed. 1t is
a husband to the widow and father
to the orphan. II makes every neigh
borhood one kind, affectionate family.
1t is a financial institution. 1t seeks
TO obtain for its members the highest
market price for their products. 1t
looks to the good of all. 1t learns how
and when the price may be obtained.
1t cats the GOrdian knot which has
bound the farmer to the middle man,
whS<,xs ~@sorbed the chief profits of
life @Sere .ney buns sn!h tbs aeesssaries Of
best. 1t throws its protecting arms
over and around all, and would make
them more independent.-Er.
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County Treasur's Sale Of School
ands.

By StgriIDSH hfs zttsfnsy
wichita kassaE Jp1Y Sra LII GTa
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Abstract of PROCEEDINGS


The board of regents of the X. S,
Agricultural college met, pursuant to
adjournment, at Manhattan, July 9th,
1873. Present: Regents Dennison,
Reynolds, Adams, Hudson, Copely and
Green.
Prof. W. X. Kenzie was elected to
the chair of chemistry.
Prof. j. S. Whitman was elected to
the chair of botany and entomology.
Prof. Nj. J.. Wardwas elected to the
chair of mathematics.
Rev. Jno. A. Anderson, of Junction
City, was elected president of the COL
lege.
Regent Huds on introduced the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted !:
Resolced, That, this board of regents
hereafter meet in open session, except
when upon executive business.
Regent Hudson offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That labor shall be com.
pulsory upon every student attendins
TINS institution, under such regulations
as may be made by the faculty.
The executive committee was in
structed to rent rooms to be used b.
the classesin music.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, BY the resignation of DIR.
Denison and the withdrawal of his
name for reelection to the presidency
of this institution his connection seems
permanently severed with the same
therefore,
Resolred. BY this board. that we
fully appreciate the debt of gratitude
due from the state to him, for the lona
and able service and answering deyo-
ton to the interests of the college. in
the discharge of duty, under the most
trying and difficult circumstances.
The board then adjourned. to meet
Tuesday, Sept. I'd. 1873, at 10 a III.
VIM. BURGoYNE. Secretary.
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The Reason for It.

The Wichita EAGLE challenges com
parisOn with that town in this para
graph:
There is invested in the mercantile
business i'll Wichita, 1865, 600; in IL
dustrial and mechanical purpose
1874. 600; i'll corporations. 1921 600 : in
miscellaneous, $4,000: in hotels,
restaurants. etc, $3.50, 900 making total
of 81, 057 900. What kind ola showing
is that for atown three years aud three
months old.
The EAGLE forget. To state that the
most of the above progress was made
after Charley Thompson, Jimmy Rey-
nolds and few other Manhattan bows
went down there and took hold of the
town. Mammalian Nationalist
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Where the DrOuth Is.

The Burlington Patriot prints the
following extract from a private let
ter, dated Woodbridge, Connecticut,
July 10:
Crops have gone beyond RECEPTION,
aud graintields and meadows are shriv-
eled up as dry as with you in Novem-
Der. when prairie fires spread over the
country. This drouth appears to have
seriously affected large portions of
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
Hampshire. Vermont, Virginia, and
other of the eastern and middle states.
The cable seems 10 be turned entirely,
and Kansas is reaping abundant har-
vests, with seasonable rains"
just so. We eastern croakers, who set
down Kansas as a drouthy country.
The only real drouth on record here
was that of 1860. and every year since
Kansas has had ''seasonabie rains.
The idea that 1.-The tables seem TO be
turned" is simply nonsense. The ia
BILE shows that Kansas is more sure of
rain when needed than any other state
in the Union. The facts are that year
after year Kansas is reaping abundant
with ''seasonable rains" and
will keep on doing so, no matter what
happens TO the eastern states-Emporia
Netrs
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fluenced by any unworthy motive and
untrammeled by any pledges or secret
combinations. Let his only purpose
be to select the most meritorious and
best qualified man for the Office, be he
farmer, mechanic, doctor or lawyer.
Let no chosen delegate give "proxy,"
for experience has demonstrated that
a ''proxy" is the capital stock of polit-
ical quacks and axe grinders, and the
bane of all political conventions.
In this way the farmers will be sat
isfied, the mechanics, the merchants and
professional men will be satisfied, and
a ticket nominated in which the whole
people can confide, and which will
be elected without serious opposition.
Now is the opportunity, let the farm
ers come
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THE STATE GRANGE.
Last Days ProceedinRs--The OH
GERS DISSATISFACTION Adopted.

The Kansas state grange, in session
at Lawrence, closed its labors on Sat
urday. The following is complete
list of officers elected:
MASTERY. &. II. Boiling, Leaven-
worth county.
Overseer-M. Z. Hudson, Bourbon
county.
Lecturer-John Boyd, Montgomery
county.
Stewards. ID. Smith, Jewell county.
Assistant Steward-J. Is. Richey,
Franklin county.
Chaplain-W. S. Hanna, Franklin
county.
Treausurer-H. ii. Angel, Cherokee
county.
Secretary-G. w. Sturgeon, Wood
SON county.
Gate Keeper-C. w. Lawrence.
Ceres-Mrs. Matte Morris.
Flora-Mrs. NJ. II. Charles.
Lady Assistant Steward-Mrs. Jen-
ME ID. Richie.
Pomona-Mrs. Amanda G. Rippey.
Executive Committee. II. Dunn
bauld, w. Z. Paupenoe and j. B..
Schaeffcr
The following, in regard to taxation,
was adopted:
Resolred, That we are in favor of
the passage of law prohibiting the
levving and collection oftaxcs. amount
ing, in the aggregate, for one year, to
more than five per cent.
Among the miscellaneous resolutions
were the following:
Resolred, That the practice ofvoting
bonds to railroad corporations is wrong
and that il is the sense of this conven-
ton that the voting of all such bonds
is not good policy.
Resoired, That this grange requests
all mechanics and laborers outside of
this order to organize and cooperate
with us, in our efforts to reform the
abuses throughout the country.
Resolred. That we, the patrons of
this state, do most earnestly censure
our representatives in congress who
voted for the back or salary steal.
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Correspondence Of the EAGLE.
FROM BUTLER COUNTY.
DOUGLAS. July 27th. lS7;

DOUGLAS, July 9th, 1873.
EDITOR EAGLE: As | am farmer
and new conner, and for the benefit OF
those seeking homes, | will say that
the Walnut and its tributaries are not
all settled or claimed yet. There is
yet room. Our crops look fine Winter
wheat is turning out from thirty TO
thirty-five bushels per acre, Of good
article. Spring wheat is making ten
to eighteen bushels: so You see il is
best to SOW fall wheat. Rye is good
crop. None threshcd yet. see a
piece of timothy meadow that looks
nice, is waist high: also, in the same
field, Hungarian and millet are grow
ing and promise good crop. There
is also Touring mill. a building Of
three run that is calculated TO be in
operation by the first of November. on
The rifle below our town on the Wal
nut. Our town has four dry goods
stores, two grocery stores, one hard
ware store with tin shop attaced, and
Ill appear to be doing thriving busi-
hess. Yours, A. NEWCOMER.
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THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.
Newsy Notes by It's Newspapers

BUFFALO ITEMS. A. Grayson and
brother were hunting last week in the
Southwest. One night while sleeping
in camp they were awakened by the
dogs barking and the horses snorting.
ROusing up they heard in a certain
direction a laundering noise as if an
avalanche was rolling toward them.
Presently they discovered a tremend-
Gus herd of stampeded buffalo coming
toward them. The boys were terribly
frightened, but had presence of mind
enough to open with their Spencers
upon the approaching mass which at
length they succeeded in frightening to
either side of them. Grayson says he
does not desire repetition of the ad-
venture.-Hutchtnson NeWs.
GRAPEs-Max Fawcett will have
about two and half tons of grapes
this fall. The yield will not be more
than fifty per cent, as many are rotting.
The rot among the Concords will be
general throughout the state. Ives
seeding and the Catawba is but slight
ly affected, and the yield will be large.
The difficulty seems to be that the tops
are allowed to grow too heavy, and
have not root enough to support them.
Arkansas City Traveller.
Mr.. Fawcett advertises in the EAGLE.
Prof. II. B. Norton has been engaged
to write for the third volume of the
Kansas Mdgdzine-the index periodi-
cal Of the far west. Mr.. Norton's arti-
Giles are always read with great inter-
est.-1rkansas City Traveller.
Messrs. Golf, Marshall & Taylor, the
present proprietors of the famous salt
springs in this county, are manufacture
ing about two thousand pounds of salt
per week. They are increasing their
facilities, however, and will soon add
a large number of watts to those already
in operation. Two car loads of lumber
have lately been ordered tor this pur-
pose.-W Wellington Press.
A man living between the two little
creeks this side of Wichita offered to
bet his crop against reasonable sum
of money, that his wheat would aver
age fifty bushels to the acre.--Arkdnsas
CITY Irdceler.
The long talked Of injunction suit to
restrain the board of county commits
siOners from issuing the orders of the
county to pay for the court house has
been commenced by Baily & Sloan
Windfe(d Courier.
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Publication Notice.

STATE OF KANSAS,
sEDGwIck COUNTY.
In the district court OF S-dgwick county
W W COrkins, plaintiff.
against
Benjamin small ./ilpha small aud John Pat
tsrzob, defendants
Henjsmin small aud alpha small, hi- Wife
VIII take notice that they haze been sued ami .
petition nled against them aud John Patterson In
the district court OF sedgwIck county, state of
Kansas, by W W soekins. setting forth thai said
fen)ainn small and /ilphs small did ON The ri
day OF MAY, \. D. lr12, make their proTni.sory
note Ia John Faitevson for two hundred and seven
teen fe2l1 ooj dollars, payable In year from
the date thereof, nj The Office 81 " W tockins
with interest n; IL per cent per from date
of which note the plaintiff In said sc,ion u the
ownrr AMI holder. and that the said ~njsmin
Amai and Lilpha small gave "a mortgage 10 John
Patterson, Ia secure the payment Of said note on
lots one ~ and two 2i and half Of the north
west quarter Of section twenty -four IA Of town
-hlp twenty -sia fs3 snd range ~ west
tanning ~ acres. and praying judgment agAins;
SAID benjamin small aud LphA small for ekss ~
and interest thereon At IL per cent since The ri
OF May, l.1g, and go attorney sisss. and that said
premises 10. ordered 10 te sold according To- law
20 pay the said sums Of money And tho said
benjamin small and Lilphs small notified 10
APPEAR and answer the petition ot before The
18th day OF september. Ira, or Judgment viii be
taken against them a. aforesaid, and the said
property ordered to be sold
THATCHER A sTEfHESs
E-X Attorneys Tor plaintiff
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From Belle Plain Democrat.
Farmers Meeting.

We spent two hours last Saturday
p. IN. in the adjourned meeting of the
farmers club and they were enjoyable
hours. No answer having been receiv-
cd from the worthy secretary of the
state grange, in reference to the neces-
sary steps to be taken in the formation
of subordinate granges-the house was
resolved into committee of the whole.
Col. St Clair being called upon. re-
sponded with an able and eloquent add
dress, and was frequently applauded
throughout its delivery. His cotton.
he said, was bidding fair to yield a
good crop-he had worked it tolerable
well, and he intended to have it ginn-
ed and weighed if he had to ship il to
St. Louis. He wants to know how
much will grow in this county per
acre with only tolerable care. His
corn was good, his wheat was fair and
his hedge is excellent. The president
responded to call and made us one
of the most interesting addresses We
have listened to in this county. He is
an old wheat raiser of twenty-three
years experience. His plan is 10 make
the ground perfectly clean. burning up
all stubble and other rubbish. when
possible, blowing the ground deep and
planting deep. Shallow planting will
not do. Flowing the wheat in where
the ground is clean with two horse
pillow. four to five inches deep, and
then rolling the ground, is good plan
Never leave your ground rough on
top. The wind blows the ground
away from the spears of wheat on the
high places and covers up that in the
low places and the consequence is
failure. If you pillow in wheat in the
corn with shovel plows, use narrow,
deep running single shovel next TO the
rows of corn. and a double shovel TO
split ont the middle in each row, then
As soon as the freezing weather COM
just before-cut down all
he stalks of corn and let them lay.
They can protect the wheat from the
wind better LAYING down than standing
Up. Such meetings as these among /
armers are like the refreshing rain to 1
he whitening plant. Let us have I
more of them. Wheat must be our
main crop in this county, and il put in
i the right time and in the right wsy
he battle is won.
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Farmers, Unite.

We want again 10 urge upon the
farmers of the west TO act in concert
in all measures that tend TO their good.
Don't let personal jealousies and ami
mosities divide you. Your only hope
Of achieving desirable ends is in an un-
broken front. Your strength lies in
your votes. Ii lies in supporting these
who are trying to unmask and defeat
the villainous ends of shysters and pot
house politicians. When a case of ma
tional. state or county robbery is pre-
sented TO your gaze, set the seal of your
condemnation upon it, Be not de-
ceived by sophistries or specious argu-
ments. Stand firm. Although in the
you yet hold the balance Of
power. Remember this. - Kansas
Farmer.
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INDIAN DEPREDATIoNs.

A letter from Fort Black, Texas,
says the forays Of the Indians are i'll
creasing to an alarming extent, and
scarcely afrontierman is found. Horses
and cattle are frequently run off, from
seemingly scarce settlements, and the
settlers say these things happen not
withstanding the cavalry are securing
the country.
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A Washington special says the coun-
ell at Fort Sil upon the question of the
release Of SANTA and Big Tree has
been postponed till October, owing to
the absence o the commissioner. who
is attending u affairs among the tribes
of the northwest In the meantime
Satanic and Dig Tree will be taken TO
Fort Sill, thee to await the result of
the council. nd to satisfy the kiowss
that their distinguished chiefs are liy-
ing, of whi6 they insinuate grave
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Gov. Osborn will deliver the opening
address at the coming state fair. A
special premium of $1,000 is offering
for trotting, the race to take place Sep
TENDER 10th, the last day of the fair,
four horses to enter and three to start /:
the entries to close September 18th.
Four running races for special sweep
stakes purses will take place; fifty dol
lars entrance fee, and fifty dollars add
ed i'm each race.
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The Railroad Contracts.

Contracts have been awarded for
work on the NJ. 4 \. r. r., from below
Randolph to the CT. p. r. r., az fol-
lows: To Mcintosh 4 Harper, of To-
peka, the earth-work and masonary /:
TO Allingham & Van Antwerp, the
timber work, except the Fancy creek
bridge, l25 feet spar which was award
ed to w. J. Hobson, Of Wichita.