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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
For the EAGLE
Sedgwick County Wheat.

Ell PAso, RoCKFoRp TosSsHiP,
OCT. 9Th, 1874.
MIR. EDIToR.-I thought ] would
drop YOU few lines, to let you know
that the people of Rockford township
are still alive, grasshoppers or no
grasshoppers. We do not stop TO COM
plain of the past, but double our dill
gcnce and try TO repair our losses. The
Farmers have been very busy for the
past month preparing their land. and
sowing wheat. and | must say that |
never saw a finer prospect FOR large
crop of wheat than we now have in
Rockford. There appears to be less
grasshoppers than there was at this
time last year. | hear very little COM
plaint of their working on the wheat.
will give you the names of a few of
the parties that are sowing wheat and
the amount they are sowing: III.
Steines. fifty acres; Vim. Johnson,
fifty acres: 5. Huffbauer, sixty acres !;
Il. III. Brooks, thirty acres VIM. HUFF
bauer. forty acres A. G.. Burr, sixty
six acres: J. Goodace thirty-iive acres;
L. Barnes, ninety acres: {. Pittman.
forty acres: A. Law, sixty acres J.
Hough, sixiy-five acres: IL. Wood
ward. twenty-five acres: III. Whayley.
twenty-five acres: Wm. Quinnell, one
hundred acres: A. Burnell, ninety
acres: ii. Fortner sixty acres; p. SUIT
ten. forty acres u. q. Sampson, thirty
acres: NJ. Clappen, forty acres; III.
Snyder. twenty-five acres: j. McBee
forty acres. All of the above named
parties reside in the northwestern
part of the township, and understand
tina, the south eastern portion has
done equally well.
E,pNrp DoNnTHING
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
Important Decision.

An important decision has just been
rendered by the supreme court Of the
United States. in the case of an en-
dorscr who resisted the claim of a
New York national bank against him
on the ground of usury under the law 5
of that state. The bank contended
that its claim could not be void, even
if usurious interest had been taken
by it, which point the court affirmed
as follows:
THE provisions of the United States
statutes of 1864. chapter 80. section
50, which fixes the penalty of taking
usurious interest the forfeiture of the
entire interest charged. applies uni
formly TO all national banks organized
under the statute This provision is
within the constitutional power of
congress. and supercedes the state
laws imposing penalties for usury. so
far as applicable to national banks.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08

status of justice aud equal civil and
political rights for all is not aequiesc-
ed in. Every Democratic success un-,
der whatever name. and here il as
sumes the guiSe of reform, is a beacon
light to the new revolution and rebel
lion, organizing to nullify the laws OF
the land. The attitude of the Presi-
dent is right. and the hands of the
Government should be strengthened
by the sympathy and support of its
loyal citizens, With patriotic ticket
in the field. and with candidates for
Congress tried and true. two of whom
have fought in the field and in the
halls Of Congress for the ideas and the
status of regenerated country.
hope to see the Republicans of Kansas
rally again to their standard and carry
it to the front of victory.
Iremain yours very sincerely,
d. p. LOWE.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08

c Swain, witness fees AMI mileage 10
James Becker, witness fees .. 1 80
W G Mcintyre, witness fees % %
Ordered that NJ NJ Baker. prisoner nav in
the hands 81 the sheriff, be allowed his liberty
upon condition that he pay all costs Of keep
ing that may have accrued in the arrest,
boarding and guarding Of said NJ N Baker.
Ordered that Geo G Matthews be released
from the bond of Joseph Howell.
Petition signed by four hundred and thirty
Two legal voters in substance As follows:
To the honorable board Of county commits
sioners OF Sedgwiek county. Kansas:
We the undersigned residents and qualified
voters Of sand county OF Sedgwick. respect-
fully petition to your honorable board to sub
init to the qualified electors of said county q.
the general election on the sd day Of Novem-
Der, 1874, proposition To vote the bonds OF
said county in such sum not TO exceed eight
thousaid dollars, rs the county commissioners
may deem necessary, for the providing OF a
especial relief fund.- in said county for the
relief of the poor and destitute of said eoun-
ty said petition having the requisite number
Of signers, the petition was granted and it was
ordered that the proposition be submitted in
accordance Herewith.
Ordered that the sheriff collect all costs OF
arrest, boarding and guarding of Phillip Rock
From A. A. Lamb.
Ordered that the sheriff collect all costs Of
arrest. boarding and guarding Of Robert Nc.
Kinny. From NJ. 5. Adams.
The rehearing of appeals of school districts
numbers %, - and Al came on for hearing
and all parties appearing. the board Of com
missioners sustained all the appeals.
| on motion the board adjourned TO meet OF
Monday, November End, at 10 o'clock a. m.
/ at the Office OF the County clerk.
/ l, John Tucker, county clerk of the count,
of Sedgwick, state of Kansas, do hereby GER
! tity that the above and foregoing is tru'
/ and correct statement Of the proceedings o
| the county commissioners at their session
| held on the date first above written. In tss
timony whereof have hereunto set my hanG
and affixed my official seal the date first abov,
written. JOHN TUCKER,
[sKALl County Clerk
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FARMER DoNoTHING

The Seneca Courier notes peculiar
thing about the sensations of the Kan
sas City Times. II says:
I'VE have noticed in the sensational
literature of the Kansas City Times
that it invariably goes for some one
whom its editor-in-chief has a person
al malice toward. Senator ingalls,
badly scooped the young man in the
matter of the Loisel land suits; and
Gen. Lappin is after his uncle quite
lively Tor several thousand dollars fees
for the location of those lands. There
is a personal malice in all these things |;
and hence they have little effect. And
the Times has struck the wrong can
didate in its assaults On Mr.. Lappiu."
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
Hudson as a Farmer.

THERE'S much stress laid upon the
idea of j. X. Hudson being farmer.
That's funny. just wait Until you see
him. with his pretty little soft white
hands. his arstocratic imperial, his
sleek broad cloth, and shiny boots.
Farmer, indeed, why, the evricst tail
or or dry goods clerk in all southern
Kansas is not so nicely dressed. Farm
err? OF course. He raised fancy Berk.
shire pigs for fancy prices upon corn
at market prices, for three or foui
wears. Farmer? Yes He to-day pub
fishes the official organ or newspaper
of the state of Kansas, for which work
he draws pay directly from the treas
ury; paper, too. that the law com
pels Us to publish all our strays in
from every part of the state, and tt
paw for it too That's all right, and
all honorable, but it don't make him
farmer. The "Farmer" is the name o.
his paper, and upon the profits OF
Farmer he lives, but it is Farmer
that farms out politics as much as any
thing else. and is sustained partly by
state patronage. 1t farmed out on
Hudson and will soon farm on, anoth
err. but failed last winierto farm any
body into the U. 5. Senate.
Now, j. X. Hudson is n very nice
precise, sensible young man, who, as
soldier, was true, as citizen, is hon
est, as an editor, sharp, as politician
clever, but who is not farmer, ant
we hope to hear no more of that chcal
kind of electionccring. The peopl
are looking to principles first, to mel
second, and not to occupations or pro
fessions. Fourteen years ago Gran
was tanner, but he was genera
and statesman also. Wilson, was :;
| cobler and Chas. Sumner a classica
scholar, and lawyer, but both PROVED
statesmen of the highest type.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
Proceedings Of Board OF County
Commissioners Of Sedg.
wick County.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, !
n.yAhar lfh 1874

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
October 9Th, 1874.
The board of county commissioners OF the
county of Sedgwick met in special session
pursuant to adjournment. present j. b. York,
W. G.. Hobbs and John T. Carpenter.
The following accounts against the county
were allowed John G. Dunseomb as per item
lied bills certified to by trustees and sworn to !:
Merchandise 10 Minnesota township, order
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08

Taxes for state purposes in New
York this year are seven and one hall
mills on the dollar; in Kansas only
four. Some of the Reform" papers
ought to cite this fact as an evidence
of Republican mis- rule and extrava-
gance in Kansas.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08

Hurrah for the Swallow Cusey, the
1871 seeker for governor, the unknown
neighborhood quarreler Harrington
for ''Lootenent Guvncr," the lottery
ticket man Abbott for secretary of
state, the drunken Halloweil for at
torney, and as the Kansas Farmer
says, "the drunken PARROT for con-
gress."-HidWdthd Dispatch.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
Publication Notice.

STATE OF kANSAN, J.
County of Sedgwick-
In the district court Of said county Of ssdgwick
Dr. W Il. Hendrickson, Plaintiff:
Augusta Bensah, Defendant
The above named defendant, Augusta Benscn,
will take notice hat she has been sued by the
above named plaintiff IN the above named court
ami that she must answer the petition OF said
plaintiff against her died in said action ia the on
ce ofthe clerk of the district court on er before
the JOth day of October A, II. is74. or the alcgs-
tons of said pstition will be taken rs true and
judgment will be rendered In said action in favor
OF said plaintiff and against said defendant, Au-
gusta Beusch, for the sum of 80 with interest at
the rate OF seven per cent. per snunin nom the
first day Of september, lsit, and for the sale OF
the following described real estate. upon ORDER
of attachment in said OUT OF said court Is
sued ON the 26th day Of August, lsss. and duly
levied thereon, viz Lot No, eleven an on
Main street IN VIM. Griicnst.in's addition tn the
city of wichita in said county and state. Togeth-
er with the improvements thereon aud for the ap-
pication of the proceeds To the satisfaction Of said
plaintiffs claim against said defendant and the
cost OF suit In accordance with the prayers Of said
plaintiff. W. X, kiHkPAlRltk,
25- Attorney Tor Plaintiff,
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I will not be re-
sponsable Tor any contracts made bv my Isaac
karatofsky. wichit,. han. Oct 9Th, lsst
y7-3t y kARATOF>kN.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08

The Twenty-third infantry, which
has but recently arrived at Omaha
from Arizona, is now under orders 10
90 to New Mexico.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08

Tic fifty-fiith session of the Baptist
association ofSt. Louis was in session
at st. Louis Friday and Saturday.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
Administrator Notice.

STATE OF KANSAS, D.
Sedgwick County,
In the Probate court, in and Tor said County
In the matter Of the Estate Of William Ran.ey
deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that Letters OF Adm mis-
tratiOn have been granted 90 the undersig bed ou
the estate Of William Ramsey late OF said county
deceased, by the honorable, the Probate coari oil
the county and state aforesaid, dated the 81 day
of October, a. ID l-1t Now nil persons having
claims against the said estate. hereby notified
that they must present th- IT, the undrrslgn-
ed for allowance within one year from IN. date pi
said letters, or they may be preciudcd from any
benefit of such estate, and thai II such claims be
not exhibited within three years AFTER of said let.
ters they shall be forever barred
Wa II RAN~Os Administrator
OF the estate OF william Ramsey. daeeaSed
Wichita, oct 81, is1t E-3i
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Jbe 0o!le5lta Gagle.
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
WICHITA. THURSDAY. oCT. S. 1874
Republican State Ticket.
TOE GOVERNOR:
THOMAS A. OSBORN,
ofLeavenworth.
FOR LIEUTENANT covERSoR;
NJ. j. SALTER,
of Ncosho.
ron SECRETARY OF STATE:
THOMAS CANANAUGH,
of Saline.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE:
ID. w. WILDER,
Of Bourbon.
FOR TREASURER OF STATE:
SAMUEL LAPPIN,
of Nemaha.
FOR ATToRNET GENERAL:
A. NJ. +. RANDOLPH,
Of CoGey.
ron SUPERINTENDENT OF PrBLIc INSTRUCTION:
JOHN FRAZER,
OF Douglas.
ron ASSOCIATE JUSTICE or SUPREME COURT:
ID. NJ. VALENTINE,
of Franklin.
FOR coSGREssMAN-3rd District:
w. Il. BROWN.
of Reno.
ron sExAroi-2jth District
III. c. ST. CLAIR,
of sumner.
County Ticket.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
T.. Il. ALLEN,
Of wichita Township.
FOR CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT:
G.. w. REEVES,
OF Wichita.
FOR PROBATE JUDGE:
W. c. LITTLE,
of Wichita.
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT:
J.I. ZIMMERMAN,
Of Eagle Township.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY:
w. +. STANLEY,
Of Wichita.
FOR CORONER:
w. w. WHITE,
of Park Township.
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Notice Of Final Settlement.

County OF sedgwick.
In the Probate Court. In and for said County
In the matter OF the Estate OF Prank Msgee De
ceased
Creditors and all other persons interested in the
nfore said estate. are hereby notified that at the
ne xt regular term of the Probate Court In and Tor
said County, To be begun aud held at the Court
Room, In Wichita, County of Sedgwick, state Of
aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month 81
November, A. ID. 1874, shall apply 10 said Court
for full and final settlement oI said Estate
NJ W LEVY, Administrator
OF the estate of Frank Magcs. deceased
Wichita, October 5th. A D. is1<. g-+t
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EDUCATIONAL,
{. II. PoMERoY. PRESIDENT.

Fall term commences September 9Th; closes
December i6ih; examination Tor admission,
September sth.
tuition and use Of textbooks in Normal De-
partmcnt free. Incidental fee for term ~ %.
- % per week. Cost Of boarding srlf. from.
81. IS 10 50 s5 per week. Furnished rooms In
boarding hall for ladies. ~. 20 per month. APP
psication for these rooms should be made in
advance. For further information, address the
President.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-08
MARKETS.
Wichita Wholesale aud Retail Prices
Current.

Che FIRST column Is the price by the package
The last column the retail price. Prices OF all AT
ticls- liable TO change every day
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~a< . tss isssr.slr stszxzssre1. bEs 70 - ssss
II far iisisx pr1ei Lssas EE& see
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15

On Monday the House passed re-
solve that if an increase of taxation be-
came necessary, such increase should be
laid on annual incomes and dividends
The vote passing it was yeas l26, nays,
so. There is not more just place for
taxation. 1t falls upon those able to
pay and who will not suffer Il they have
it to pay. 1t would be more gratifying
if the country could resume business
prosperity sufficient to avoid any extra
taxation, but if it must come, let it fall
on those who have the money and are
thus able to pay.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15
The Trade In Maple Sugar,

Many of our citizens who had expert
ence, a knowledge of the trade in conn-
try stores in Vermont, years ago, will re-
ca | with what reluctance the country
trader was forced, so to speak, to receive
and then barter maple sugar. 1t was
the drug of drugs, always wasting, Away
dripping, and always in the way
disposed of for cash, and the very first
thing to be showed in exchange, when
both parties wanted to get rid of some
thing they did MT want to keep.
What a change by the progress in
trade and commerce has been wrought in
this one article, and this in great meas
ure, by the change wrought by railroad
communication, by which the market is
brought to the very forest, and the for
est to the market, 80 that the sap in the
sugar maple is, when converted into syr-
up or sugar, as so much gold, and is
sought for and bargained to be delivered
through snow, mud and frost of fearful
depth, that it may be delivered early at
some railroad point, and from thence be
distributed through range of thousand s
of miles, And the trade in it steadily
extends, and the demand widens, until,
here in Burlington, the trade becomes
one Of no small magnitude. For in
stance and illustration of these points,
Mr.. G. l.. Hart, of this city, informs US
that up to this time, this season, he has
bought and sold four tons of brick cake
maple sugar, three tons of tub sugar and
some four hundred gallons of map syr,
up, which, Mr.. Hart says, is getting an
extensive sale, both at home and abroad
And Mr.. Hart says that no product Of
Vermont is getting more increased
sale than maple sugar and maple syrup.
And where does it go? Mr.. Hart in
forms us that he has shipped large guam
titles of maple sugar and syrup to Ne
vada, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, New York
Boston, and other places.
We are now prepared to consider tn
national wealth in the great forest of 81
, gar maple in the regions of the Lamoillt
and throughout the northeastern POI
ton of this state For instance, tn
town of Cambridge had in use in 1871
f 800 sugar orchards, and their produC
4 was estimated at 1913 tons. This yea
s we presume, it will reach at least 20
e tons in sugar and syrup. 1t is too earl
S yet to estimate the crop of the estii
s state, but we invite statistics of the Gro
t for this season, from the towns of Johl
e son, Hydepark, Eden, Waterville, Fletcl
e er, Underhill, Jericho, Westford al
e Essex, and we shall be thankful to r
) ceive statement of this seasons produc
d FIR m these towns al an early day.-Bu
d lington Sentinel.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15

Burlington will have ten delegates.
In 1872 she had niI e.
We understand that the reasons that
led to the change in the basis of repre-
sentation, thus making convention
nearly two hundred larger than last
year, was that the small towns claimed
that they were not justly represented in
the convention, many of them throwing
less than hundred votes.
There was a sharp contest over the
place of holding the convention, the
claims of Montpelier and Rutland being
vigorously pressed but it was finally de
cided by vote of four for Burlington tc
three for Rutland.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15
Aerial Trip to the North Pole.

The failure of all north pole expedi
tions to discover the secret of the Arctic
regions has stimulated the Aeronautic
Society of Paris to attemptan Arctic bal
loon voyage. Extravagant as the no
ton may seem, it is not more extrava
CANT than Professor Wise's project of
crossing the Atlantic Ocean in balloon.
One advantage OF on aerial North Pole
voyage is the temperature of the Arctic
regions, which prevents the escape of
gas from the balloon to such degree
that it is supposed to be quite feasible to
construct a balloon which will last a
three months voyage. Another sdvan-
tage is the absence of darkness in the
northern regions. If the balloon leaves
in the summer time the sun will illumine
the heavens during the whole of the
trip. Then, again, the permanency in
! the directions of the wind around the
regions of the pole would be another
In favor of the trip 20 the North Pole
over that across the Atlantic. The size
of the proposed balloon is fixed at about
| $4,000 cubic meters. 1t is calculated to
carry ten men, three months provisions,
apart from the ballast, number of in
struments, an anchor and a dragging
rope, which will touch the ground should
the balloon sink too near the earth. An
ingenious arrangement has also been
made to prevent the balloon from rising
higher than 800 meters, or about $500
feet. The boat of the balloon is to bt
lined with sheep skins and heated will
lamps so that even if the temperatur,
should fall to thirty-two degrees below
zero GU side, it will be FIVE degrees abov,
zero inside.
A vessel is to carry the men, the bal
: loon and the ingredients for the manu-
facture of the necessary amount of gas
= to about the seventeenth degree of lat
d tude. This will leave trip of abou
s. 300 miles 10 the North Pole for the ba
L loon to accomplish aud the voyag
J. there and back could be made With
Z twenty days. Eve ything, however,
~ to be prepared for full three month";
u trip. The enterprise is exciting unusu,
- interest among the scientific men of FL
y rope, and is indeed one of the most VOL
nc derful schemes ever conceived by Il
' human mind.-S Louis Dem ocrat.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15
Ice Bridge at Quebec.
DISASTROUS BREAKING UP.


The Canadians got tired of waiting
for old Sol to break up the ice bridge at
Quebec, and, for several days, gangs of
men have been at work saving it out.
They made hole across the river, Fri
day, and the ice began to move, and soon
moved even faster than desired, carrying
down stream and wrecking large num-
Der of tugs, small schooners and lesser
craft, and doing considerable damage to
docks. The damage reaches two mil
lions of dollars. A large number of
vessels loading for Chicago were sunk,
and nearly all the wharves and booms
have been carried away. Hull's Den
ming & Blais's booms were damaged, In
the two latter were moored a number of
steamers. Napoleon Ill, and Druid,
government steamers, were both dam
aged, the former irreparably, being
crushed amidships. The Gulf port
steamers Hadie, Miramichi and Pictou
were damaged also, the latter badly and
the other two slightly. The tug boats
Napoleon and Castor are complete
wrecks A number of tow-boats belong
ing to the st. Lawrence Tow-boat Com
pany were more or less damaged. Thre,
schooners were loaded with -four ant
] provisions for lower ports, two of whicl
! are full Of water and one is sunk. /
! one case small tug-boat has been LITE
: out of the water and thrown upon por
!, toon with which she came in collision
As the steamers are now lying, the rsin
, tide must cause still further damage
e is impossible to ascertain the full exter
r. of the damage done. Such scene
. wreck and confusion was never befol
witnessed at this port. 1t is said Thu
- the loss will fall altogether on the ow
. ers of the vessels, for vessels are usual
70 only insured against fire. 1t is 80 yea
h since the bridge remained t, so late
II date.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15
The Confidence Came.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN CoNFIDENCED.
Dea. l.. Harthon, treasurer of Sulli-
van county, N. H., a hosiery manufactu-
rer at Washington, N. H., and brother
of Mrs. Stillman Churchill of Nashua,
says that he was robbed of $500 in
Boston on Wednesday under the follow
ing circumstances He had received a
bank check OF Messrs. Cabot d White
more for the sum stated, in payment for
merchandise sold to them. For conven-
fence of paying it out to his help on his
return home he got the check cashed,
after which he started for the depot. On
his way thither and when upon Hanover
street he was approached by young
man who said, How do you do, Mr.
Harthon ?" and claimed to have made
his acquaintance while in a drug store a
Concord. Mr.. Harthon did not remem
Der the young man, but somehow con
|, tinued the conversation. The youn,
man said he was now employed at Man
chester, gave his address in the city an'
added that there was plenty of time
He then invited Mr.. Harthon to his roor
for the purpose Of talking over old time
, and he became so persuasive that NJ
H. accompanied him. When they Ell
tered the room two men sat apart Ell
: gagged in conversation. He sat down Q
J, sofa and presently felt faint and fe
!, asleep. How long he remained in tn;
l. condition and the cause of it he does n
y know. He only knows that when
l. came to himself he was alone and b
e moLey gone. In the anxiety and excit
re ment that followed he took the train t
y Manchester. in which city he made
t. quiries for the young man who gave hi
l. the address, but could find no such pr
j. son. He has notified the Boston poll
be who are investigating the affair.