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immigration.

The amount of immigration this sea-
son to this part of the statc-the Ar
kansas vallcv-has thus far crafty cX-
ceedcd that of any former similar
season of the year. and the prospects
are that it will continue. The entire
east is on the move. and by the first OF
Nav the roads will be lined, and the
cars crowded with these searchers tor
new homes in this land of more genial
climate, pure atmosphere and peren-
NAL beauty. There is still plenty of
room for all so let them come. The
latter part of each week finds the cars
crowded with immigration freight and
passengers, bringing with them much
stock and many implements. Hotels
and depots are almost daily crowded
to their comfortable capacity with
men. women and children, who, as
soon as possible. scatter over the coun-
try to new homes and new associa-
tious. but among friends. and TO lands
possessing the most fertile means OF
agriculture: while others arriving dali
" keep the ball continuously rolling.
Not only is this the case here, but it is
the same north. south and west. The
good people of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
lowa-as far east as Maine, As far south
as the CarOlinas. and west to Califor-
mia, have heard of this valley and. &C
cepting the national invitation, are
coming, erecting comfortable dwell
lings thereon and therein, making 1t
the nucleus Of country, which for Its
wealth. intelligence and population
will yet be among the first on the con-
| tinent.-Newtoa Kdnsda.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02

DR.. J. L. Jones, of Kalida, has been
appointed assistant state lecturer Of
the A. F. and A. NJ, Of Kansas. By the
grand master.
Hon. L. II. Bailey has bees nomin-
ated by the republican COMMITTEES o.
Douglas county to the position Of
state SENATOR. to I'LL the vacancy occae
stoned by the resignation OF II. Bron-
son.
Topeka contains a number of men
who are willing to serve the people Oh
the city for the next ensuing year, III
elected" The Commonwealth con-
tains over column of announcements
of candidates for the various offices.
Accompany, while boring for coal at
Alma, Wabaunsee county, recently.
struck a stream of salt water at depth
of $50 feet The water rushcs out TO
the hight of three feet above the sur
face, and contains about % per cent. OF
salt.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02

Horace Grceley's estate will prove
much more valuable than has been
supposed. Instead OF being worth but
5000 or $50. 900, a was thought a
short time after his death, il probably
represents a value of about sl25,oOo-
quite enough TO render his daughters
comfortable.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02
lEcAtS.


Notice IL hereby given that the u1dets'snsd
treasurer Of srdgwick county, state of hsnsss
will on saturday the I'm day of April -
is;i between ia. bOars OF Ne einck NJ snsi f''if
O'Clock y. IN sell al public safe 81 ny omc".
within tn. city OF scbita >sdgwtck couuts
kansas to the kighesf bidder The following dee.
crfed schasliand ia legal suhdis tstnns si,z's'i
in thr county Of -.dxw.ci, sui siais ~ hsn-as.
to-wit
Section ic. Township =. south Range wet
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02

The March weather has so far proved
favorable for fruit. The temperature
has not been high enough Ia bring for
ward vegetation for April frosts.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02
A.s!sss,sh oties

The as.sisrsiss.ra s=sfKue. X u Man. ssss-
~ Ftfs= natiss - ~ sfsslgtpf- ~ - s2s9ases
shss - .fIl.. sstey - sas. as1 - szy is9t -
hls afHss - ~ Ssla ssyssf. ~ = isAsts. "a sks
sssu-siF II ~~sig~tss esd stats 81 sas.1@ tSs a.
a4gaes ~ Fsfiafff = s15ssi sd 49,
egsi-tss sol stsisfs3s -SSiesf 80 rstsfs ~ ssS
ssar - hss1s - - sis-ss - cot sasss
fgsas j. 800 - ss,if o. flszrs - $50 dsI
AL a. f~ sssr~.sias as7s - see "a s@ses
tsssass aed al fssssss sssssf sis5us- ssssss 500
.st.ss sfs sd - ,sfrs sss5 si4ats go -
ss..sss asst ~ tkss assf y. ssss}stsss frsss ssf
bro g. n $50 ss4fs
d HfTf ifrT.l. So ga.
Watt Gssassf tHA trrf 60
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02
S. +. Craig's Drive Well Tube,
Pss--se4 ,is.s II. iss-.

INFRINGEMENT NOTICE..
To az nAsa 10 nag reskerss Netiec t- hereby
given thai all itrise Well iub~s that hars . wire
scrr,n or gasxc placed aud secwrely fastened over
the perforated holes in ssS tubes. tar the rur,ee
Of ie~pinx the sand. etc cot Of said tae~ snd
from being drawn ap through the tnhe 70 we
purp when in use, infftngrineats apen patent
Lester No e. ss- and stea my exclusive rssess
uu,irr said psaient. aud The pahlir Are hrrves
warned an.i cautioned no, 10 purchase or upe an,
Drive Well Tube constructed A. als.,s d~serihed
v fnsat my consent. the use OF sail well tntes
/. an infriax~mrnt my patent, snd the essr -
liable and iii be prosecuted for infringement As
am determined 10 stop unisvfi, rirscyef nay
Interests.
VIM CRAIG
1. the ONLY AUTHORIZED person far the sale
O! INV nsssst Well Tubes al we Hfft. noM
HON ali purchases must ss made Ia er,isr 10 et'-
ta,u title
Wlehita, Kansas. July ., isss,
SAMUEL. y. CRAIG, issssss--
ys-tf North topsks. Ksnsss
OTrowki>>, Asrst COT the isms~s slinri.s
~ Pump foiass st >hl,ehtsr Russell uArd-
ware store ~"
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For Sale Or Rest.

A s,r~, rI.Ss farm coatainiag iap asrcs. year
old orchard containing sheat sns trxif trves. -
arre. uEsier culfiv4tca. wafrrsd ~ the niue Az
knnsa. rss-i log aud frame house. stable. corr
crib. s.~c.i wei OF water - ti<o nrsek yafw
with necessary machinery t,r mAsatssstnS
breed. Si>o - corsis III wos.@i fss- ess"n xi'sa
Immediately For terms. etc apply 70
kip<kE
lac i...le north ot towr-
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Nafice.


We would inform farmers and xraia euyevs that
vr have opened = new Grist Mil, "a The hise
Water, ! miles northwe est rum Io~snao. and ss,s
we arr rrssty TO take up business. Give us trial.
NE LYLE THoAP>oS.
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HOOKS AND STATIONERY.
REAL ESTATE,
Is1tIt'
BRICK BRICK

DlcHfY HOUSE No trsn.ter, 10 ba. f.rs a,
n the depot Rave rcntied, r.nrnishs.' anil
reduced fare Ia VI - per day t.""d Stable se-
Communications in connection " lin the hn..s
Aft Richly BROS.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-02
Metiee.

The annual meeting Of me stor khsiders Of the
Wichita savings Bsnk viii ,aAe place q thesr
banking house April itth. is.t. Of = 20 clock u ~
W,sh.,a Nansss March ssrd, is.s
u-s Sof.. KoHN. vice rresstsess.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-23
HaDs and Mishaps.

James Farlowe. young man Of JEFF
erson township. johnson county. Iowa,
accidentally shot himself dead by care
less handling Of pistol on New Years
day.
"A schoolmistrcss at Ottawa. H.. while
looking az a revolver. accidentally shot
herself through the hand. and can now
teach 1.-THE young idea how to shoot" re-
volvcrs.
Mrs Jerald. OF Jacksonville. H., left a
bottle ofethcr uncorkcdin her room. when
she went to sleep IL was with difficulty
that either her friends or herself became at
last convinced that she was not dead.
Prof G. II. Dorland, of Penn College.
Oskaloosa. Iowa. fell from the swing at That
institution recently. and striking on his
head on the frozen ground. received seri-
Gus injuries.
AT Iowa City, one night recently.
August Wayland, = German brewer. Wis
tied his lady-love. and after missing her
with one shot Of a revolver, succeeded IN
piercing hi- own viscera over the last rib.
"A curious result Of runaway oc-
CURED al Sioux City. An omnibus team
with bus attached ran away and finally
took 10 the river. They jumped into a
large airhole. and the entire outfit disap-
pcarcd under the ice.
"A hoy in Decatur. Ind. took double
barrel gun few days ago To shoot "A chick
Ell. and three of his younger brothers fol-
lowed 10 see the fun. The boy shot the
fowl-then threw the gun with so much
force upon the ground as To discharge the
other barrel. seriously woundng all the
brothers-onc tits thought fatally.
MIR. John ID. Wood Of California. Mo-,
recently made very narrow escape with
his lif.. In the same pocket with his to-
bacco he had unthinkingly placed a small
bottle of strychnine. which in some man
ner became uncorked and the poison mixed
with his tobacco. A short time after tax
ing a chew of tobacco he felt the symptoms
of poison. and upon examining his pocket.
comprehendcd at once the cause. DR..
Gray was summoned at once. who admin
istcred antidotes and remedies that saved
his life.
An old minister named Reynolds, liv-
inc in Muhenbcrg county. Ky. is charged
with brutallv beating. with a cowhide. his
daughter. aged eighteen. because she re-
fused 10 accept young man in the neigh
borhOOd for "A husband. Ii i stated that
the whipping was frequently repeated un-
til at last she consented to the marriage.
The evening before the wedding was To
take place the girl escaped from home
through the Intervention Of neighbors
She was brought before the County Court
and gentleman of high standing in the
town OF Greenvillc appointed her guardian.
Reynolds was heretofore the highly es-
teemed pastor of a flourishing church.
There is much feeling against him, but no
legal proceedings.
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was formerly a religious teacher In a
Wcstphalian Government school.
Did any OF our readers. asks the Int
rior, ever know a congregation who went
heavily In debt for "A new church, and who
did not soon thereafter snub and ship their
pastorg The church debt makes people
eros, ill-natured, critical and the minis
ter J. the most natural object In the world
al which To shoot splenetic arrows.
The Presbyterian and congregational
journals Of the country are having little
fraternal talk over the matter Of church
cancellations. The general sentiment j.
that the numerous instances where there
are feeble churches of these two dcnomina-
tons in place they should be united. and
thus become self-supporting. whereas now
they are only saved from utter extinction
by aid from the bounty Of the Home Mis-
sionary Society.
There is bit of pathos in the applica-
ton of Rev. j. W. McCord, of Mount
Pleasant. Arkansas. in which he asks the
Prcsbytery that he may be retired upon the
list Of disabled ministers. He is, lac says.
seycnty-three years Of age. and owing to
increasing blindness. resulting from clta-
ract is "unable TO distinguish the forks OF
a road" But he is not yet willing TO give
uD. and requests The privilege OF Still tend
ing his two little flocks. thrty-tive miles
apart and one hundred miles from any
clerical neighbor, until the Lord should
send them another shepherd. The good
man will see plainly before long. says the
Christian at Work.
"A writer in paper at Newburyport.
Mass. mourns the religious degeneracy OF
the times and relates the following
There is a bitter sarcasm in the story told
Of minister on our seaboard. which,
though very likely 10 be Hypothetical. has
"A terrible under-current of truth. IL is
said that in the afternoon service ne found
but a handful of hearers. the rest having
gone on a steamer excursion for pleasure
lie entered the pulpit and said thus. as the
story goes: My hearers, have brought
"A sermon. but il is useless 10 preach il.
find my duties as minister are very much
simplified: the times have changed: there
is but one virtue TO be recommended. and
that is money; but one sin TO be rebukcd.
and that is poverty 80 you see my occu-
patton i gone, the ministry is played out.
and | must 90 to farming. Receive the
bencdiction.'"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-23
Foreign Gossip.

The President Of the Swiss Republic
gets salary of $1,000 year.
Queen Victoria has, upon the recon-
mendafion of Mr. Gladstone. granted to
Lady Mcclure. the widow OF the dscovercr
of the Northwest passage, pension OF
fl0O per annum from the civil list. The
late Nice-Admiral Sir Il. Mcclure died in
testate. consequently his widow only be-
came entitled To one-third OF the property.
which was sworn under $4,000.
Quite a unique service was held at
lslington, England. recently, during the
annual Cattle Show in that place. under
the auspices of the Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty 10 Animals. So many
shepherds and herdsmen being prcsent.th-
Society engaged the Agricultural Hall. and
had a sermon preached there on the one
point of showing kindness to the brute
creation. Some eight hundred persons
listened TO il with cagerness and doubtless
went away with new ideas OF the moral
relationship between man and the animal
kingdom.
"A new method Of killing horned cattle
has been introduced in Europe, which, il
is said, largely reduces the possibility OF
inficting unnecessary torture upon the
animals. An iron mask, like continuous
blinker, is placed on the ballock's head,
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary


Cough has only lectured 1000 times
in thirty-one years.
Mrs. Agassiz was valuable assistant
10 her husband in his scientific labors.
Mrs. Lieut.. Philip Read, formerly
Miss Minnie Bcals, of Topeka, has made
successful debut As singer in Florence.
Italy
The Pittsburg Commercial says SAKE
and Holmes are two Of the witticst OF
American poets. But there is one who Is
Whittier. puts i'm the Boston Post.
Washington society is glad TO learn
that Booth. of California, i bachelor.
They think he will get lonesome, so far
away from home.
Hong Chin Foo. the son Of an officer
i'm the Chinese Government. and who has
been educated in This country, has taken
the lecture platform. His subjects are
Chinese Literature, Science. Art, and
Government: Chinese Manners and Gus
toms and Coniucius.
"A correspondent in Brooklyn states
that there is one man living, and only
one. who can read Eliot's Indian Bible.
This man is Mr.. j. Hammond Trumbull.
librarian of the Watkinson Library of
Reference. Hartford. Ct, who has spent
many years of his life in studying the
history and language of the aborigines
of America.
An absurd story in the Chicago papers
about the suicide of Rebecca Harding
Davis, the authorcSs." may mislead the
friends of a brilliant and widely admired
author. Ii seems that some person. whose
real name was Stevens, and who had taken
a fancy 10 call herself by Mrs Davis name,
did commit suicide lately al lpsilanti.
Mrs. Rebccca Harding Davis, it is scarcely
necessary 10 say, is living quietly in her
charming home at Philadelphia.-N H..
Tribune.
"A lady entered book store in South
Bend and wished 10 see some original
poems She was shown Lalla ROOkh,'
"Lucille." and several others. but none OF
them would do: she insisted upon having
an "orignal = poem, even after the pro
prietor told her that he had never written
any. Turning 10 90 ont. she saw an en-
CRAVING of Belshazzar's Feast" and
blandly inquired: = What is the price Of
that picture Of 'Shakcspearc's FeastT p"
she deserves a place beside the youth who
never read any OF Miss Rookh's " works.
and asked a friend if lac had read Dickens
last novel. The Diamond Edition"
Washington is not expected to be so
gay a usual during the present winter, on
account of the fact that several prominent
families are in mourning. The death of
Col. Dent. the father Of Mrs. Grant. viii
cause the latter's withdrawal from all eX-
cept the most formal requirements Of the
season. Secretary Delano's family Is also
in retirement under aiilictiOn. and the Eng
lish Legation j. closed socially on account
of the death of Lady Thornton's
father The family of Senator Ed
munds is in mourning in consequence Of
the death OF several near relatives, includ-
ing the father of the Senator. Senator
Spraguc's family is in retirement i'm conse-
qucncc Of the death of the Chiet-Iustice.
and Mrs. Senator Chandler has recently
lost a sister
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-23
Science and Industry.

The largest Touring mill in the United
States j. being built in Minneapolis. MINI.
Ii will cost 100000 and contain 10 run OF
stones.
-Shultz's chronoscope, used i'm estimat-
ing the initial velocity OF a cannon ball.
measures an interval of time TO within one
fiity-thousandth of "A second.
The London Times estimates that ~.
100000 bushels OF wheat will be required
from this country to supply the markets OF
Europe until the crop of 1874 Is harvested.
-Shipbuilding is becoming an impor-
tant interest Of the Pacific coast. Twenty
five sea-going vessels. with a total capacity
of 5000 tons, have been huilt at Coos Bay
Oregon.
The weight of the new fractional sill
yer coin is metrical. that Of the half dollars
being just twelve and one-half grammcs.
the quarter dollar six and one-quarter
grammes and the dime two and one-half
grammes.
Three quartz lodes are now being
worked i'm Alaska. with good results.
Gold is plainly visible throughout thu
quartz in all Of them. Specimens of the
ore assay all the way from 500 TO 1900
per ton. The lodcs are from three TO six
feet in width.
The great rise in the price of coal in
France Ia, caused a company to be formed
who propose To utilize the ocean tides by
means Of proper machinery. The first eN-
pertinent is To be- made at 81. Malo, where
the tide rises about thirty feet.
The annual statement Of the flour and
grain trade of Buffalo shows great in
crease. One hundred and one million six
ty-two thousand one hundred and twenty
bushels Of grain passed through Buffalo on
rs way 10 Eastern markets, against 81 ,35i,-
OOOin 1872.
"A Minnesota mechanic has solved a
difficult problem in rairoading by the in
vention of snow shovel. which clears a
roadway wide enough 10 allow the ears TO
pass, takes all the snow clear down 10 the
rails, carries it up. deposits on whichever
SIDE prcicrrcd.at a speed offrom two 10 six
miles an hour, according TO the depth of
the snow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-23

A physician had long been pestered by
little street Arabs who came to peddle
cindy. At last, when patience had ceased
TO be virtue. he told the boy To 70 into
the yard. where there. was a fellow who
had q sweet tooth in his head. The young
peddler entered, and his eyes fell on grin
ming skeleton swaying and nodding in the
breeze. The boys hair stood on end. his
tongue palsied, and he dropped his stock
in-tTadc i5,sfaRfer. and scampcrrd of rs fast
n his legs could carry him. The doctor. q
kind-hcarted man withal, and very tall and
lank. by-thc-way. fearing that he had car
ried the joke too far, picked up the candy
and ran out crying. "Eome back. boy
there's nothing here TO hurt you" "Oh,
no" said the boy, gcsticulating with his
thumb and fingers at the end Of his nose.
Eye can't come That on me; know We, il
We have got yer clothes on"
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SO arranged as 10 close the animals vision
and TO make a hole or socket in the middl,
OF the mask corresponding to the spot IN
the center of the forehead whercOn blow
Immediately causes insensibility. A hol.
/ low nail Of peculiar form made 10 lit the
socket, and having "A large head, Is then
readily slipped in H. place, and single
blow Of very moderate strength drives il
instantly home, and causes death too rap
idly 10 allow OF any suffering.
Mr.. Robert Chambers says in late
number Of ChaNbers's Journal MY bro
ther w once found a lady's brooch,
which he next day advertised in the news
papers. Shortly amer the announcement
appeared he was waited on by a lady who
eagerly stated that she had lost ring. and
proceeded TO describe il. But said my
brother. il was not a ring that found II
was a brooch 'Oh, yes replied the
lady. but thought you might have seen
or heard something of my ringn Phre-
biologists would call this want of causal-
ity. 1t looks like a want of common
sense
Some time ago the English Govern
mcnt sent over 4 solicitor To make inqui-
ries with reference to the state of law in
this country concerning custom-houses.
On his return he was summoned AS "A wit
ness in the Tichborne trial, and the report
Of the trial gives the following question
and answer: The witness was speaking
Of the jurisdiction of the various custom
houses in New York State. when the
Chief-Justice asked: THE whole system
Of the customs j. under Federal lawg"
The witness " Yes. I'm fact the great
Office every one contends for is President
of Customs. as giving a chance for the
the presidency of the United States.'
The new Grand Opera House in Paris
will be done next July. Ii was begun in
1861. and three million francs were ex-
pended on il every year up TO the breaking
out of the war, when the Government re-
duced the allowance two-thirds; but a
loan large enough 10 complete the struc-
tlre has been effected. Its gorgeOusness
is the theme for columns of praise and
criticism in the current Paris newspapers.
One of its novelties is a vast rOlunda in
the basement, into which carriages may be
driven 10 deliver and receive their paSSen-
gers. There is also an immense drawing
room. capable of holding five thousand
persons. from which an elevator runs 10
the various galleries. The grand staircase
j. marvel of colOred marble and bronze.
with a ballustrade of onyx: the walls and
ceilings are being painted by the most no
ted French artists; each box has private
saloon attached; there is single plate
mirror in one of the Hobbies thirty feet by
twenty-five and the ballet greenroom. 10
which all subscribers will have the right
Of admission. is a wonder in decoration.
The auditorium is lighted With over eight
thousand gas jets. Experiments with
glass ceilings. with the lights reflected
from above. have proved Unsatisfactory,
the result being cold. ghostly, and de-
structive TO toilette effect.
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school and Church.

1T is stated that Bishop Niles of the
Episcopal Diocese Of New Hampshire has
lust been made an American citizen.
Though residing in this country for many
years, he had not until lately been natural
lied.
The New York papers are doing a
good work in their inquiries into the sani-
tlry condition OF the public schools. and
particularly In the manner in which they
are stirring up the foul atmosphere per-
Vading those Institutions.
1t i stated in the public prints that
the Old Catholics have now one hundred
parochial charges In Germany, with sixty
thousand enrolled members. Another
priest has joined the new movement, who
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-23

In consultation with him other doctors were con-
fused,
For ode phlogisticator" was the shortest word
he usedl
He called the smallest pimple ian acuminated
wen"
And thus becMae respected by all his fellow
men.
But luck was so against him that all his patients
died,
And one tine summer morning he was greatly
Mortified
To see an undertaker's sign put up across the
way,
Which bore in flaming letters the name of
"Alfred Gray
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When he recovered from the swoon, he tried to
figure out
How he could stop that dreadful man from fol-
lowing him about;
At length he had bright idea and so to end the
fuss
He went AZ once to Alfred Gray. and straight adj
dressed him thus.
"sir, your espionage has been a delcterions
thing,
wing,
I'll give you all the recipes I've laid upon the
shelf,
And thus enable you to do the killing for your
selfi''
This generous proposition was accepted on the
spot,
And Alfred Gray went OF unto the painter like
shot,
And many shortly Were surprised upon the sign
u see
That Doctor Gray succeeded to Doctor Jacob
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Baltimore will not admit girls TO the
High School under twelve years Of age.
1t thinks that below this limit the children
would have to undergo process of mem
tai forcing which Is very injurious, and
quite opposed to the complete develop
ment Of their minds.