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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27
Grasshoppers VS.. Missouri.

"Only the interference of Divine
Providence can save Missouri from
the grasshopper scoarge." The Gov
enor of Missouri would have acted
more sensibly had he called out the old
Missouri militia, they got away with
everything during the war, and GER
tainly would have went further than
simple prayer now. Missouri should
have prayed before they came; prac-
ticed a little, so God would have
known their locality by the sound
of their voice. We think it too late
now TO stop the plague in this way.
God knows what He is doing. "IIe
sent them for some good purpose"
hence il Is an added insult TO the Deity
10 inform him by prayers that he has
made a mistake, that Missouri knows
better than He does what is good for
her. Let the Governor call out the
militia aHd place in command the
James and Younger Brothers, then
have done. God helps those who
help themselves
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For the EAGLE.
Letter from California.
SAN FRANCISCO. May Is. 1877

SAN FRANCISCO. May ID, 1875.
ED. EAaLE:-Father and are here
in California on a visit. have been here
for ten days. We have not seen the
EAGLE for two or three weeks, and
both of US are extremely anxious to
see it. Wish you would please for
ward the doctors to San Francisco in
stead of Jacksonville.
Father has repeatedly remarked that
he sees no valley in an agricultu-
raj view, that excels the Arkansas.
Possibly though, the climate here may
be more healthy. l can say this, that
there is no land between st. Joe, Mis-
souri,, and Sacramento, that is equal in
any respect to that in the Arkansas
Valley. don't know, however, what
we may find in Southern California.
l expect to spend the summer here,
in case think the climate agrees with
me. Father expects TO return to his
first love Qlllnois) soon.
1t IS fearful dry here, and the crops
will be short. Fruit prospects rather
short, in comparison to last year.
1t is estimated that IL, 900 emigrants
arrived in the month of April, and
scores of them would like to be back
home. Their reason for coming west
seems to be invariably the same-on
account of the cold winters east, with
the exception of few, who state their
reason as being run out of Nebraska
and Kansas by The grasshoppers.
We had romantic trip footing it
two miles over the mountains. We
are making up for all that, living on
green peas, strawberries, early vcgeta-
bles of all kinds, tropical fruits, etc.
Everything is nearly burned up in
Southern California, thermometer 10
degrees.
hope you will hasten an EAGLE
along Immediately, as l am anxious to
hear from home.
+. r. ASKEW, JR
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

The ST. Louis papers whitcwash
their Brown Stockings, "Who were
beaten by the Chicago Whites" The
following is the way they do it:
The Browns were beaten on Thurs
day, at Chicago, by the Whites. Every
thing was against the Browns. They
were to play on the Chicago grounds
after tedious nights travel, and in
the face of q Chicago crowd. Bradley,
their mainstay, had been summoned to
Philadelphia to attend his mothers
funeral, and Hange, the regular third
baseman, was unable to participate in
the game owing to sickness. This ne
cessitatcd several vital changes in the
team that must naturally work disad-
yantageously to tie Browns, and their
defeat is attributed to the causes given.
The following is the score:
Whites. 400 90 . 20
Browns ..........2 20 0 0 0 2 o.
The Brown Stockings presented their
full nine in the return game, played
SATURDAY..
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i'm commenting upon ami article I'M las.

LII commenting upon Ill III tiCic AL iaSt
weeks EAGLE, tou ching upon capital
punishment, the Commonwealth says,
''in signing the death warrant the law
throws responsibility upon the Gov
ernor that no Governor cares to as
sumo" The Commonwealth forgets
that in most other states All execution
always required the Governors sigma
ture to the death warrant. Laws are
all the same in this regard, where tho
law inflicting capital punishment is in
force. Good men, occupying the Of
fec, have signed these warrants in days
agonc, of course they took the bitter
with the sweet. The Judge who SEN
fences them has an equally disagreea-
BILE task to perform, if he was to shirk
the direct responsibility layed upon
him the law would of course be inop-
erativc. AS Capt. Jack Bunsby would
say, SEEM as how the Gov'nor knows
that he has 10 sign these warrants he
either takes the office or he don't take
the Office.
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FOR s A LIZ.
$4,000 ACRES
VALUABLE ANDS,
In Kansas.

BY direction OF the Honorable Secretary OF
the Interior, the undersigned viii receive
sealed bids for the purchase of any or all OF the
unsold lands west OF the Neosho River, along
the southern line of the State of Kansas en-
braced within what is generally known as the
"Cherkoee Strip"
These lands are offered for sale in compli-
ance with the provisions of an act OF Congress
approved May IL. 1872, [U. S. Statutes at
Large. vol. xvii, PIP. 9S and 80.
They will be sold to the highest bidder Tor
cash, In quantities not exceeding one hundre ed
and sixty acres, at not less than two dollars
per acre for all Of said lands lying east OF the
Arkansas River, and one dollar and fifty cents
per acre for such lands rs lie west OF said
River.
Printed lists, describing the lands hereby
offered for sale by their legal subdivisions and
indicating the minimum price at which each
tract Is held, will be sent by mail to the adj
dress OF any person making application there
for to the Commit soner OF the General Land
Office, or to the Register and Receiver OF the
local Offices at Wichita and Independence,
Kansas.
Persons offering to purchase may bid for as
many tracts as they may desire. but each bid
must be separately made and sealed, and
must be for not more than one hundred and
sixty acres, land conform to the legal subdi-
visions embraced in the list)
piao AAtSb oO accompanied ~ 80
of the amount bid as guarantee OF the good
faith Of the bidder, which sum, in case the
land is awarded AMI the balance not paid, Will
be forfeited. Should any bid be rejected, the
sum deposited will be returned to the proper
party.
Parties whose bids are accepted will be no.
titled Of such acceptance as soon alter the
opening of the bids as practicable, and if with
in forty days after such notice has been duly
mailed payment in full be not made to the
Commissioner of the General Land ONCE OF
the amount bid, the land upon which such bid
was made will be again subject to sale.
The ten per cent. depostit required TO ac-
company bids may be RENTED in Post once
orders, certificates Of deposit, certified checks
on some Government depository payable to
the order Of the Commissioner OF the General
Land Office, or in currency.
Tho right to reject any and al bids Is ex-
pressly reserved.
All bids must be sealed and addressed to the
commissioner of the General Land ONCE,
Washington, ID. c." and Endorsed "Bids ior
Cherokee Strip Lands" :,
Bids viii be received as above invited until
II o'clock noon OF the SECOND day OF August;
1875, after which they will be duly opened
and acted upon. s. s. BURDE1f,
Commissioner of the General Land Once:
Washington, D. G., April Is, 1915, Dom
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Centennial Proceedings.

The United States Centennial Com
mission met at Philadelphia last Satur-
day morning, and elected, for Presi.
dent, Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, of Con.
necticut, and list of Vice Presidents,
among whom is Gen. John Mcneil, oil
Missouri, and an executive committee
Commissioner Matthews, of Illinois,
Chairman of the Committee on Open.
ing Ceremonies, recommends appro-
pirate ceremonies on the opening and
close of the exhibition, aud OH the
Fourth of July.
A partial programme is as follows
President of the Day-The President
of the United States.
Chaplain-Chaplain of the United
States Senate.
Orators-Charlcs Francis Adams,
Massachusetts,, and Lucius ID. c. La
mar, Mississippi.
Poet-Henry w. Longfcllow, Mass
chusetts.
Reader Declaration of independence
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Massachn-
sets.
Grand Marshal-General w. Z. Sher-
man.
Master of Ccremonics-Gen. Jos. f.
Johnson, of Georgia.
The commission adjourned TIL to-
morrow morning when it will adjourn
finally.
The Executive Committee organized
tonight by the election of Daniel j.
Morrell, Chairman. A. L. Goshern
was elected Director General. and
Meyer Arch, Secretary.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27
Drowned.

On Friday last John Blrkett was
drowned in Fall River, several miles
above Eureka. He had been fishing
with Ed. Cook and George Birkett,
his brother, and III company with them
was bathing in the river. They were
about leaving the water, when he pro-
posed to swim once more across the
stream. When half way across he
said to Cook that he was getting tired,
and was scared. Cook then endcav-
ored to assist him, when Birkett soiz-
ed him, and Cook was obliged to get
loose to save himself. NOtwithstand-
ing the efforts made by his brother
and Cook, Birkett sank to rise no
more. When the body was recovered.
life had fled. He was buried OH Sat
urday, the funeral service being in the
Congregational church. Mr.. Birkett
was a fine young man, about twenty
two years old, and was highly esteem
ed by his neighbors. His death will
be terrible blow to his father.-Eat-
reka Herald, goth.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27
The Consolidation Of the Globe and
Democrat.

Democrat.
The Globe Democrat, of the goth,
makes the following announcement:
The public have been for some time
expecting the event of which the first
issue of the Glo6e-Democrat gives evil
dence. If It were new journal, max
ing its first appeal to favor and patron
age, custom would require declara-
ton Of principles and intentions in the
form of salutatory, or if it were an
old journal, passing under the control
of men unknown to the reading public
of the west and the country, it might
properly herald their advent with q
platform of principles. 1t is more Of
marriage than birth i'll the history
of journalism. 1t is, in reality, the
union of two great newspapers under
the proprietorship of the men who are
known as the founders and conductors
Of both. And after q quarter of o
century Of active work in the journal
ism of st. Louis, with varying fortunes
but unvarying principles. the Globe
Democrats new proprietors need no
credentials to assure their patrons that
they mean to publish journal that
will adhere to the tenets of the Repub-
lican party 30 long as they represent,
as at present, the means of attaining
the best and highest form of self-gov-
eminent. The Globe-Demoerat will
be true to the party, always supposing
that the party will be true to the prin-
ciples which gave it birth. 1t will
be, however, much more than a politi-
cal journal. Recognizing the fact that
the editor can successfully perform his
mission only in so far as he is also the
historian, the Gtobe-Democrat will aim
to be as nearly perfect as liberal means,
large outlay and long experience will
contribute to make it, in the record of
the worlds events from day to day. 1t
will appear in much more presenta-
BILE shape and size as soon as the me-
chanical work necessary for the change
can be completed. That Ia to say, it
will be "quarto" instead of a 'sfolio"
sheet, with eight pages instead of four,
and with fifty-six columns instead of
thirty-six. OF these and other i'm
proyements of tho future, more anon.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

Gray Beard, the most troublesome
Of the Indian prisoners to St. August
inc, jumped from the train while run
ming at the rate of twenty-five miles
an hour, between Red Oak aud Lake
CITY, Florida. The train was stopped
and guards found him secreted in the
bushes hundred yards from the road.
He ran and was shot down by the
guards. The ball passed through the
body about the waist. lie expired as
the train was leaving, about two hours
after being shot.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27
Sheriff's Sale.

District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District
Sedgwick County, Kansas.
e. g. Furey, DEPENDENT.
VS..
Augusta Bensch, Plaintiff. }
by virtue of an order of sale issued out of the
District Court of the 18th Judicial District, sitting
in and for Sedgwick County, Kansas, wherein Z.
c. Furley is plaintiff, and Augusta Bensch de
fendcnt, will, on Saturday the 18th day of June,
A. ID. 1915, at o'clock p. m, Mt the courthouse
door in the city of Wichita Kansas, offer for sale
at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, all the right, title and interest of the
defendent, Augusta Bensch. in and to the follow
ing described property, TO wit: Lot No. eleven
Q1 } ON Main street, IN Grifenstein's addition to
the city of Wichita Sedgwick County, State of
Kansas, with the appurtenaEces. Said property
is levied upon as the property of deiendent Au-
gusta Bensch and Will be sold to satisfy said or
der of sale.
Sherin's Office, Wichita, Sedgwick County,
Kansas, May 18th, A. ID. 1873.
+. III. MASSEY,
Sheriff Sedgyick County, Kansas.
William Baldwin, Attorney for Plaintiff. est
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SheriH's Sale.


District Court, Thirteenth Jul,cs,l District,
Sedswick County, Kansas.
The Wichita Savings Bank, Plaintiff.
VS.
J II. Todd, Thomas Royal, Mary Todd,
Rebeeca Royal, Morehead, SELLERS
Co, l.. W .Fechheimer, Babcock 4 Stin-
son, Thomas j Beggars, Miller jack
son, Annie l.. Lindsay. and Wise &
Sowdheimer, Defendants
by virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of tae
District Court Of the Thirteenth Judicial District,
sitting in and for Sedlgwiek County, Kansas,
wherein The Wichita Savings Bank l. plaintiff
and j Ii. Todd Thomas Royal. Mary Todd, Re
becca Royal, Morehead, Sellers & Co, l.. w.
Fechhelmer, 6abc0ck d Stinson, Thomas j. Be- =.
gars, Miller " jackson, Annie L. Lindsay cad
Wise Il Sowdhemer are defendants, | viii, IN
Saturday, the 18th day of June, a. ID. 1875, a. ,
O'Clock p. m. at the courthouse door in the city
of Wichita, Kansas, Offer for sale at public agc
ton TO the highest bidder for cash in hand all the
right, title and interest of the defendants above
named, in and TO the following described real
property. TO wit Lot number forty-eight tiSl on
Main street, and the undivided One-half OF lot
number sixteen no on Main street. all in the
town of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick, 90
State of Kansas. as shown by recorded plat { 81!
town, property is levied upon rs the pro.-e- %.
defendants above named, and will be sold to sa-
isfy said order of sale.
SheriG's office, Wichita, Sedgwick County:
Kansas, May 18Th, \. y. 1875.
+. H. MASSEY,
1-5t Sheriff Sedgwick County, Kans
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

Jacob Young, living in the suburbs
of Brooklyn, Monday night murdered
his second wife by chopping her head
open with an AK, and then went TO the
cemetery, where he blew out his brains
OH the grave of bis first wife.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

While quite a number of laborers
were at work Tuesday on n barge, lift
ing stones TO the bridge pier on the
Kansas side of the Atchison bridge,
the derrick broke from its moorings
and fell upon the deck of the. barge
with tremendous force. One unfortu-
nate laborer, worthy Irishman named
John Smith, was struck by the falling
derrick and frightfully mangled. His
legs just below the hips were almost
severed from the body, and he was
frightfuiiy cut about the abdomen.
After several hours of ngonizing suf-
fering, the poor fellow hreathed his
last.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

A dispatch to the London Times
from Vienna, says dreadful accident
occurred Oh the river Muir, at the
town Of Judenburg, in the province of
Tirop. a ferry boat having number
of Catholic pilgrims en- route to visit
the shrines on the other side of the
Muir from Judenburg, sunk in the
middle of the stream. Fifty-nine of
the Pilgrims were saved but seventy
six are missing, all of whom are be-
licved to have been drowned
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UNITED STATES MAIL.
KANSAS.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Washington. 81 March, 1875.
Proposals will be received ut the Contract
Office OF this Department until O'Clock p. m.
OF 81 May. 1875, Ito be decided by the 10
June, for carrying the mails of the United
States from July /. 1873, to June 80. 1873. on
the following routes in the State of Kansas,
and by the schedule of departures and arri-
walls herein specified, viz:
1926 From Oak Hill, by Poplar Hill, TO Solo
mon City, - miles and back, once a
week.
Leave Oak He'll Friday at 6 m;
Arrive at Solomon City by II m;
Leave solomon City Friday at p m;
Arrive at Oak Hill by p IN.
Bond required with bid, $500.
1921 From Smith Centre, by Crystal Plain.
Twelve Mile, and Rotterdam, TO Caw-
ker City, Sc miles and back, once
week.
Leave Smith Centre Friday at q m;
Arrive at Cawker City by pm;
Leave Cawker City Saturday at sa m
Arrive at Smith Centre by 5 p m.
Bond required with bid, 800.
S22I8 From Eureka, by Flint Ridge and Syc-
amore Springs, TO Florence, 80 miles
and back, once n week.
Leave Eureka Friday at & q m;
Arrive at Florence by m;
Leave Florence Saturday at 6 a m;
Arrive at Eureka by pm.
Bond required with bid, SG0c.
1929 From Xenia, by WilsonviIle, Keiths-
burgh, and Jamestown, to lola, y
miles and back. once week.
Leave Xenia Friday ut a m;
Arrive at lola by B p m;
Leave lola Saturday at q M
Arrive at Xenia by p IN.
Bond required with bid, $500.
For law relating to the Postal Service,
forms of proposal. bond and certificate, and
for instructions and conditions to be embraced
in the contract, see advertisement of this date
in pamphlet form, to be found at the terminus
of each route or by addressing the Second
Assistant Postmaster General.
Bids should be sent in sealed envelopes, su-
prescribed "Mail proposals, State Of Kansas"
and addressed to the second Assistant Post
master General, Washington, ID. G.
MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster General.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

The mountain fires in Pennsylvania
continue to rage. There has been
great destruction, in consequence, at
Tyrone, Mauck Chunk, GAINESVILLE and
Beaver Meadow. a dispatch from
Milford, Pennsylvania. says forest fires
arc sweeping over ten out of eleven
townships in Pike county, and unless
rain comes soon there will be great
suffering and loss of life.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

The specifications upon which bids
were received for the additions to our
State Insane Asylum, described the
new building as follows: A wing, SIX
G. feet, three stories high; a corridor
leading from said wing to center build
ing, i3x30, two stories high; a center
building, 56x82, four stories; corri-
dor running from center building to
kitchen, 13x120 feet, two stories high,
with cellar 45x45; buildings to be OF
brick with tin roofs, and will join the
present structure.
This improvement, it is said, will
enable the State to keep two hundred
insane people, or about one-half the
number offered
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

Last Monday Mr.. Alexander, o plant
or residing near Fulton, Tennessee,
sixty miles above Memphis, on the
liver, was shot and killed by a tenant
named jim Thompson.
On the same day, A. L. Lee, popu-
ar merchant of Fulton, was shot and
fatally wounded by N. G. Helms, whom
zee had arrested on charge of horse
stealing. After the shooting, Helms
made his escape.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

The largest edition OF a daily news
paper ever issued in the world came
from the Office of the Chicago Inter
Ocean last week. The paper contained
ia pages of matter, required eighteen
sheets OF the usual size paper and sold
at five cents per copy. Thirty COM
pos.tors worked thirty-seven days on
this edition alone. Some idea of the
magnitude of the enterprise may be
had from the fact that it took twenty
wagons well loaded, to draw the edi-
ton te the post Office.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

Col Daniel II. Anthony is now out
of danger and fast recovering. He
will live in spite of what the doctors
say, confirming, we believe only Doc
tor Weaver's statement. that the arte-
ry was not touched by the bullet, and
that he would recover. Surgeon
Weaver has had more experience than
all other doctors in the State, SO far as
gun-shot wounds are concerned. He
has firmly adhered to his first opinion
pronounced upon an examination on
the night of the shooting, which is
now confirmed.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

The saw mill, handling shop, polish
ing room. finishing and packing de-
partment, connected with the Ak man.
ufacturing works of Weed 81 Becker
Manufacturing Company at Cohoes,
New York, were burned on Friday.
Loss, $4,000; fully insured. A large
number of men are thus thrown out
of employment.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

On the heels Of the liots in the Penn
sylvama mines, chapter o. accidents
follows While three carpenters were
being hoisted out of Stanton shaft last
Monday, the carriage got loose, and
falling n distance of one hundred feet,
the men were killed.
In Boston mine, at Plymouth, two
men were killed, and at Alpine Ridge
shaft bow was killed.
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Sherin''s Sale.

District Court, 18Th Judicial District, scdsw;ck
County, Kansas
Hollis Day,
VS.
s. c. Creswell, Angelina Cresweli
Amelia Yanko, S. j. Phillips, j
W. Barnes and Carlton o. Lee. J
BY virtue of an order of sale issued out OF n
District court of the 18th Judicial district, sit
in and for Sedgwick County, Kansas, wherein
Hollis Day is plaintiff and $ q. Creswell AnF"
lima Creswell Amelia yanko, s. j. Phillips
W Barnes and Carlton o. Lee are defendant I,
will Oh Saturday, the 18th day of June, A. -
1875, at = o'clock p. m. at the courthouse door,
the city of Wichita, Kansas, offer for sale at pub
lie aution, 70 the highest bidder, for cash in hand
all the right title and interest Of the defendants
s. q. Ores well, Angelina Creswell, Amelia fank0,
S j. Phillips, j. W. Barnes and Carlton o. Lee,
in and to the following described property, to wit
Lots ffty-eight (5s) and sixty GOO, on Foarth
Avenue, in English's addition to the city OF
Wichita, in Sedgwick county, Kansas, property
is levied upon as the property of defendants
g. Cresswell, Angelina Cresswell, Amelia IanA
S. j Phillips j. w Barnes and Carlton o. T.,
and will be sold to satisfy said order of sale
SheriG's Office, Wichita, SedgwIck County,
Kansas, April 9th, \. d. 1915.
Z. II. MASSEY,
Sheriff Sedgwick County, Kansas.
WI Stanley, Plaintiff RS Attorney. 81
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-05-27

The action of the Belgian tribunal,
1t Licge, in dismissing the charges
against NJ. Duchesne, of plotting to as
iassinate Bismarck, creates consterna-
Lion there. 1t is generally believed that
The finding of the tribunal will not be
regarded by Germany as settlement
Of the matter.
The upper house of diet hawk
passed bill abrogating articles Is, 16
and 1S of the constitution regulating
relations between Church and State in
1Drus eia