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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-12-11
For the EAGLE.
Still More About Corn.

EDITOR EAGLE:-I noticed in your
issue of the 9th inst. an article enti-
tied "more about corn" in which the
author, emitting himself Farmer h,
works himself into the highest pitch of
Indignation, because certain farmers
have agreed not to sell their corn for
less than fifty cents per bushcl, until
the first of January.
lie says, Il am also glad that | did
not send a copy Of your number to llli-
noi., n think nothing would have a
stronger Tendency 10 stop emigration
from this quarter taaH 50 tell them
that il costs 30 cents per bushel
To raise corn in Sedgwick county"
"Thcy would naturally conclude"
lhe continues. 'that our land was no
account" And he also says: ''If ii is
So, il is startling and important truth
that must have been unfolded inside
the locked doors Of grange meeting,
and these incantation individuals have
let it OUT snow, there are some Of
us that think that corn can be raised
for one half that money"
Perhaps there arc some Of yon that
think so. FarmcryK., but you are ex-
tremcly isolated like the islands in the
Little Arkansas river. And there are
great many Others besides those
twenty mine that have agreed not to
sell their corn for less than fifty cents
per bushcl, tina: believe and know that
it cannot bc raised for fifteen cents.
I, for one, will acknowledge that il
might be raised for fifteen cents, that
is, sit might be-" but not under the
existing circumstances. In the present
condition Of things il is impossible for
a farmer to raise corn at fifteen cents
per bnshel, or twenty-five cents, and
keep soul and body together.
lie also says: "Onc man with good
team, plows and cultivator, average
season and average luck, and no other
business to take any part of his time,
can raise 40 acres, or 1900 bushels.
This would require three months, and
more. and, fifteen cents per bushel,
would be 800 per month for man and
team
Such a statement as the above is the
hight of absurdity, and, coming from
one who pretends to be farmer, is
the more inexcusable.
No farmer under the heavens can
make living by raising corn exclusive
~. and purchasing everything else.
Look at the price of bacon, fourteen
cents per pound, flour from four to six
dollars hundred, and all other neces-
sary articles in like proportion.
Take a glance at the price Of fuel
coal from nine to twelve dollars per
ton, and wood from four to eight dol
lars per cord.
Then return again to the experienced
farmer, who has family Of from four
to six children TO support, or perhaps
more, and tell him to raise forty acres
Of corn, to sell it for fifteen cents per
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Auditor wilder's Report

Daniel w. Wilder, state auditor Of
Kansas, has favored some of the papers
with advanced sheets of his annual re-
port to the legislature. From that re-
port it is plain to be seen that he has
been going down to the bottom Of mat
tiers in his Office, overhauling the trans
actions of his predecessor and the state
treasurer, and it is just as plain that
he hes found frauds and steals. In
truth. he gives dates, amounts and
names. For one, we were not in the
least surprised We have been in favor
of putting on trial for impeachment
the last three tre3surers of this state:
They have been acting in open viola
ton of law, and every committee APP
pointed by the Legislature for investi-
cation have so found and so reported !;
vet no action was ever taken, other
than whitcwashing matters for the
sake of the good name and reputed
honesty of these officials. DO not I'M
derstand us to say that direct steals
and robberics were discovered, bnt
spcculations by the treasurers i'll the
funds of the state through home and
foreign banks, by way Of deposits, cx-
changes, use of money, etc. Auditor
Wilder shows up the whole matter in
his report, together with some other
things. There appears TO have been
a systcmizcd swind!c in the paving out
of the Price raid funds. The general
government allowed the state $780,
0543S. Auditor Thoman drew out
of this fund 100000 without power
of attorney or authority. This amount
belonged to many persons who were
entitled TO from $40 to 800. The
names of the persons SO defrauded are
given by the auditor. Among them
we recognize the name ola man who be-
longcd to regiment OF which we had
command. The amount is .S6l.95, for
which we applied no less than three or
four times, in person and by letter.
The state treasurers have been in
the habit of stamping upon the back
of warrants mot paid for the want Of
funds" thereby entailing the interest
upon the state. The auditor shows
that such stamping was lie and a
fraud in about seven out Of ten times,
right along. The treasurer in the face
of law and the warnings and threat
nings of impeachmcnts, has been keep
ing large sums Of money in the New
York and Topeka banks, also IT, Kan
sas City and other banks in the state.
Governor Osborn and Auditor Wilder
both addressed letters to him during
the summer, warning him against this
violation Of the law, but all to no pur-
pose. The panic came and the conse-
qucncc is easily imagined. At one
time he was keeping STA, s7S.67 inNew
York.
The laws of the state declare these
actions high crimes and misdemeanors,
yet all the treasurers of this state that
we have any knowledge of have been
guilty of this practice. From what
we know of the temper Of the house
this winter, we would not be surprised
if warm work resulted from this re-
port of Auditor Wilder's.
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The Presidents Message.

Upon the outside Of this paper will
h. found President Grants message in
full. II is noiiccably the longest ever
submitted by him. Owing to our re-
cent complications with spain. terrible
financial crash. and the new elements
at work in our national body polite.
this state paper has been looked for
ward 10 with more than an ordinary
degree of intercst.-thescq questions are
handled In a straightforward manner
that viii no doubt meet the hearty ap-
proval of the people throughout the
country. The efforts being made by
Spain TO establish republican form of
government are warmly commended
hy our chief executive, and the action
of the Shareholders in Cuba severely
criticised. As to the Nirginius butch
cry he chnracterizcs her seizure as a
violation of the sovereignty of the
United States and the shooting Of her
passengers inhuman, which is followed
Nv ttit utthtu0 hiuuS ". Jul cosSah
mcnt for PREPARATION and apology. As
TO the late panic, he favors flexible
currency. but recognizes the import
ancc OF a resumption of specie pay
mcnts, but is opposed to any contrac-
zion that would prove violent or dis
asstrous. The great question of trans
,sortation he treats at some length,
offering suggestions to congress. The
bankrupt law he has no patience with
and asks its repeal. In cute way he
goes for the salary grabbcrs, by asking
for an amendment, which shall en-
power the president to veto objection.
able portions Of bill without destroy
Ing the whole act, intimating, we sup
pose. that had he had such power he
world have vetoed the salary grab Sec
sion Of the last appropriation bill.
The message throughout is apractic-
n and common sense affair, showing
evidence of careful preparation and
fa,l realization and understanding Of
the matters dealt with and we have no
doubt win b read entire by large
majority q the readers Of the EAGLE.
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Sher;H's Sale

Disiric. Court Issh Judicial District. sedgvieA
County, Kansas.
J. " Phillips :
California Barns y
By virsae 81 order ~ sal. itsned cot Of ilee
dstrir; court Of the l5h tsdiciai district, -
In and ser Sestgwick Gessnfy, Kansas. vker 80
W Phillips is plaintiff, and California Bsfss= -
defendant. win, On &oaday, The srs dHy 81
January A. d Isst, AZ II o'cf0cs 4 NJ. al W
court house dpsr IN TIE CITY Of wichita, of~r f'f
sale n public suction Ia fhe highest bidder. fsg
cash In hand all the right tile sn iniere-; Of its
defendant California Bsrn.. 30 and 70 she fsdiss-
ing described real property, to-vt;-
Lots Nos ferry -esss t4il and forty -flzfes -.
on Lawrence avenue, in y. A. Ensitsh's sssii,sss
% the eify Of wsehitA
Of Defendant California Barns 10 satisfy s<ss order
Of sale
SHERIFF ofsee, wishit.y Nov. Dab. 4, u Ia
WILLIAM Smith. -aerss.
s~Stgwick goszfS. hAs -
S,><.rzf -xii.Au-~ PixiusiSss AsfsrreT .s-s
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Sher;Ts Sale.


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Sheriff s Sale.

District Court 18Th Judicial District. sedgwict
County, Kansas.
Benpet; scheil, }
Charles Gharisen.
BY virtue Of An order of sale issueI out Of the
district court Of the 18th Judicial district, sitting
in and for se'ixwick County, Kansas. wherein
Bennett Scheii Is plaintiff, and Charles bxrlsof,
L. defendant I will ON Monday, the end day of
December 4. ID. 1873 at II o'elock q. IA, II The
court house door In the city Of Wichita, Offer for
sale sf public ancsion to the highest bidder. fsr
cash in hand all the right, title and interest 81 the
defendant Charles Charl-en, in and To the follow
ing described real property. to-vif
Lot No nineteen (isl, on Topeka avenue, In y i.
X Meals addition to the city Of W tehits, is ihs
county Of -cdgviek, and state OF Kansas.
Said real property will be -old - The prop ri
OF defendant Charles Chsriso TO satisfy said -'i
Of sale.
Sheriff. Office, Wichita, Nov. Iefh. A. u. IT,
WILLIAM SMITH. Siberia.
"a sedgwick COUNTY kaBSss
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Notice.

u. $. LAND OrfIcE,
WICHITA KANSAS, December 9Th, Is.3.
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Frederick W. Ash, against Thomas r. Speer, for
abandoning his homestead entry, No Tai, dated
Sept 9th, ls7.. upon the northeast quarter OF
ton 10. township 20, range west, In Sedgwick
county, Kansas, with view TO the cancellAfio
of said entry: the said parties are hereby summon
Ell to appesr ut this oice on the 18th day of Janu
ary ls.4, at IL o'clock NJ. 10 respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged abandonment
". =. JENKINS, Register.
j c REDEIEID Receiver. ~
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Attachment. Publication.

STATE OF KANSAS
>cdgwick county.
Before T.. u Jewctt, Justice of the Peace In
and for Wichita City townphip, in said county.
{. IL Allen, plaintiff, !
vs..
John X. Powell, def't }
Notice is hereby given that the 18th day Of
November, a. ID ISIS, T.. u Jewett, Justice
of the peace In and for Wichita City township Ia
Sedgwick county, Kansas, issued an order of at
tachInent in the above entitled case, for the sum
cause will be heard on the 18th day Of December,
4. ID. ls13, at 10 o clock, \. NJ. of said day.
&. II. ALLEN,
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Mr.. A. b. Eppcrscn, owned the srst
bale of cotton that was raised and lal-
ed in Sumner county.
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Notice.

There will be meeting of the directors and
stockholders OF the Wichita Loan 4 Building
Association, December the l2th, ISIS, ut ] O'Clock
T.. NJ, at the dining room of the new hotel.
J. {. FRAZER, President.
Wichita, Kansas Dec. gth 1873
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Attachment Publication,

STATE OF KANSAS,
Sedgwick county.
Before Il. u. Jewett, Justice of the Peace In
and for the township Of Wichita city. said County
and State.
George L. Squire and Henry ca
Squire, partners doing business
rs George l.. Squire Bro,
Plaintiff,
against
A. I Blake, Defendant
Notice Is hereby given thai thu 18th day
November A u ls5s. D. b. Jeweft, n justice a.
the pesce OF the township of Wichita tity, Sci,
wick County. Kansas, issued IN order Of sfi.a
pmenf In the above named eanse for the sum Of
one hundred and thirty-eighf dollars, and that
said eanse will be heart the y.a day Of Dee-n-
Der A. D. is.3 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ
GEORGE L. SQUIRE 4 BRO, Fins.
November 9th 10 l-y
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MARKETS.
Wichita Wholesale and Retail Prices
Current.

Qhe 6rst columa = ~ priee b ~ psetaee,
he last column ~ retal lsiee Prices 81 Al ar
,icles liable 70 change every dayl
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Attachment Publication.

STATE oF KANSAS, d.
Sedgwick County.
Before y. II. Jewett, a Justice OF the Pence in
and for Wichita City township in said county.
II. W Vigus, plaintiff,
John r. Powell def't.
Notice il hereby given ,hst the 9Th day Of
November, 4. ID. IsT3, h. Is Jewett, justice OF
the peace in and for Wichita City fowns y. H.
Sed2wick county, state OF Kansas, issued or.ler
Of attachment in the shove entitled ease, for the
sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars, and
that said cause will he heard On the 18th day OF
December, 4. ID. Iss3, ut 10 o'clock, 4 NJ. Of
said day. II. W. SiG 8.
W Il. KIRKPATRICK, Plaintiffs Atty .iJ-j
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ANNA ELIZA WEBB YOUNG.

SALT LAKE, July 30,
The papers in the case of AIMS Eliza
Webb Young, praying for a divorce
from Brigham Young, were personally
served yesterday, The prophet seemed
undisturbed, and passed the documents
to the secretary. The following are
many points Of the complaint The
plaintiff AYERS that she is the wife Of the
defendant, was married in April, 1868,
has two children by former marriage,
has no personal property or means of
means of living. For one year after tho
marriage the defendant lived with her,
but since then he has almost entirely de
serted her; defendant sent her and her
children to live on farm, four miles
from Salt Lake, where she had only the
company of her mother, had to do meni-
al service, dressing coarsely and faring
badly. The defendant Visited her occa-
sionally, never remained over half an
hour, and treated her with contempt and
scorn, and exacted the earnings Of the
farm In the fall Of 1872, by direction
Of defendant, plaintiff took up her resi-
dence in Salt Lake, where she had been
been compelled to leave for want Of sup.
port and fear Of violence from defendant.
She has called upon defendant frequently
for maintenance, but has been refused !,
is in bad health and under medical treat.
ment; has been obliged to sell her furni-
ture to meet her current expenses. She
sues for divorce on account of neglect
and bad treatment, and states that her
husband has an income Of about forty
thousand dollars per month. She also
prays for lawyers fees twenty thousand
dollars, six thousand Of which are to be
paid on demand as a preliminary fee, and
anca on the termination OF the suit, she,
meanwhile, to receive thousand dollars
per month for her support She finally
prays that the sum OF two hundred thous
and dollars DO set aside from the defen-
dant's estate, to be paid to her as alims-
ny The reply is set for the fifth Of Au-
gust. Judge Emerson will probably
hold court
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should be no discrimination, no favorit
ism, no partialities, personal or financial
and as a commercial policy, prohibito.
ry tariff is behind the sge-almost = bar.
barism-and belongs tc, the times when
nations were walled and commerce with.
out wings.
l believe l have substantially an.
swered your letter. The new organiza.
tion may properly antagonize the party
new administering our affairs at almost
every point. While this is so, it should
not undertake to be everything at once,
or push reform without some regard to
immediate consequences.
CHANGES THAT SHOCK BY THEIR ABRUPT.
NESS,
are not always just or fair. We should
never forget sound principles, and we
should move toward them constantly,
surely and steadily, but sometimes grad
ually. don't believe in daily revolution,
or in sudden or violent arrangement OF
public affairs. Let me suggest doctrine
to which you have not referred ! mean
the doetrire of
STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF THE CoSsrITU-
TIoN.
Have you considered what a certain pre-
ventive Of misgovernment may be found
in the faithful application of this doc.
trine? l believe such an application Of
it would correct almost every public evil
of which we complain 1t is worth your
while to test its reach and efficacy, anu
what a splendid doctrine it is for such 6
government as ours how il eXalts the in
diyidral man, and how it subordinates
the government. 1t may fetter the gov.
ernnent now and then, but never the
citizen. He always remains uppermost
and master | am not politician, OF
competent to advise, but if You should
make such movement AS you propose
it should be conducted so as to give tho
strongest assurance that it sought
REFORM, AND NOT PLACE.
| am a Democrat, but | should be very
glad to see the Democracy move out 0i
its old organization into a new one. You
will not succeed unless they do it. May
be they will refuse and prefer to tarry
where they are for the balance Of the cen.
tury, and until they can fix the meaning
Of the resolutions Of '9S; ifso, suppose
| shall tarry with them. After all, like
them, and like the old political home.
stead. | confess, it is somewhat dilapi,
dated, There are no banners upon its
walls, and victorious shoutings are nc
longer heard within; hut it is home still
and | shall not leave it until it is pulled
down. Very respectfully,
W. 5. GRoEsBECK.
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GT- The Khcdve OF Egypt, it is re-
ported, is about taking measures to de
velop the cotton trade of Upper Egypt
He has made arrangements with arm
in Alexandria for the construction ofma-
chimes to pack cotton in small bales,
weighing about four hundred pounds
each. The main difficulty, however, con.
sists in the transportation Of the nachin.
cry and the tools necessary for its erec.
ton, as carhels have to be emplowsd, and
no parcel can exceed four hundred
pounds.
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.1s" See the advertisement Of Col. j. +.
'yr', FIGURING Mill, on Mulberry. This is
i Of the best fitted up Mills in the State
No. Miller-and the Flour turned out
canal to any brought to this market. Ask
/ KINGS Flour at any of the Stores. Farmers
N find themselves well paid for taking
H. Wheat to the Mulberry Mills.
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VAN RUREN, ARK, Aug. |, 1878.

FruoR VAN BUREN Press -
i am authorized by the Trustees Of the
i ouisvile Medical College" to select and
trni,h certificate of Beneficiary Scholar
4 ip" to one deserving young man, who is
wcuniarily unable to obtain Il medical edu-
eatioa from this the sth Senatorial District of
Arkansas. who viii be entitled to the whole
A nedcal course in said college free.
will therefore receive applications with
Il Il concentrations for the position from young
a IN of the Counties OF Crawford, Sebastian
n Franklin until lst september proN" when
NJ selection will be made. This is a good
opportunity. and hope to be able TO confer
h privilege on some truly deserving young
Ban from this District Papers in the district
\ ho feel an interest in this matter, copy,
b. J. Brown,
OIL, - g Il
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To JUDGE COLLINS

10 JUDGE CoLLINS-
My Dear Sir: l feel very much oh
liged to you and the gentlemen who
called to-day for the honor you proposed
to confer upon me, but will not recon.
slider the answer l then made | will no,
accept a nomination for the Office o!
governor While this is so, | warmly
sympathize in what you propose to &C
complish, and hope the time is near
when present Democrats and former
Democrats and all dissatisfied Republi
cans shall be cordially united under q
single organization. l don't think there
is anything sacred in mere party organi.
zations; they are only machinery which
should he repaired when out of order
and renewed when too much worn. A
constitution Of government is amore
sacred organization than that of politi-
cal party, yet we don't hesitate to
TO PULL tDowN A CONSTITUTION,
in order to put up new one. We have
convention at Columbus now engaged
in that work. / give you the letter to
which you referred IL was written to a
gentleman in New York before your
movement began, and without reference
to it. 1t was not written for publication,
and not exactly as | would have written
it with that view. But you are at liberty
to publish it il you think it may contrib
utc in the least degree to closer and
firmer union Of all who are opposed to
the present administration. Very re-
spectfully, W. S GRoEsBEcK
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Senator Sth Dist. of Ark

4 rg- Another of those Soap Peddling Swim
1ies was in operation in our streets Thursday
alternoon. Is there no remedy for these
tuisances. Private gambling is punished
tut this open highway swindlng is permit
tl, and hemmed in by a license. Our people
Ire too poor to waste, what little they have
b spare on such thieying vagabonds If there
no law to reach them, we hope the next
legislature will not close without first pass
b. an act that will meet their case.
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Ey We see that PRoCTER u GAMBLE s
EXTRA OLIVE SOAR is becoming very pop
ular in our city, its quality we knew is
superior, and being nicely perfumed we
Are not surprised that consumers prefer
II, and that it has large sale.
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tE- Target shooting was an incident OF
Saturday afternoon. between John I. Lytle
and Gran. Wilcox. The rain prevented the
completion of the trial. Wilcox led at the
close. The shooting can be judged of from
the fact that it was dangerous for spectators
to stand within hundred yards Of the target
on either side.
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lE~ Mrs Snodgrass, who preached at the
court House short time since, has turned up
la Carksvillc, where she preached to large
adiences. The Clarksvillc Enterprise is OF
he "opinion, however, that she ought to be
At home with her children. Her sermons in
Clark,yille. instead of being beneficial were
demoralizing In their tendency"
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II There is little rivalry between the
coored Baptists and Methodist societies in
Nan Buren, They have kept things hot for
lhe past three Notwithstanding over with re-
)giOn, noise or something else.
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tx~ The delightful rains on Monday night
and Thursday, gives our farmers more cheer
ful countcnances. Many crops of cotton ana
corn viii be saved entirely while many VIII
be greatly benefited.
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4 ~ We understand that Road Oyerseer
llnUE has thrown the Toll Gate open and
tlken it downand the old Gate Keeper passed
through Van Buren one day last week on his
Nay to Missouri. 1t is not supposed that the
gurn Pike Company will submit tamely to
thS action. What they will do. remains to
ahe scen
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fg- JAS ). ROBINSON has long defence OF
hln.elf for being struck from the bar of the
rtitpd States Court at Fort Smith, by Judge
= DRY. in the Little Rock Republican Of the