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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
NO CHILD'S PLAY.
The Attorney Generals Letter to
Gov. Ames.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL, 1870.
Cor. Ames. Jackson. Mss:
This hour have received dispatch
from the President | can best convey
to YOU his ideas from extracts from his
dispatch:
''The whole public are tired out
with these annual outbreaks in the
| south, and a great majority are ready
now to condemn any interference OH
the part of the Government. heartily
wish that peace and good order could
be restored without issuing the proc
Iamation but if it cannot be done, the
proclamation must be issued. But if
it is, shall instruct the commander
Of the forces to have no child's play.
&c there is necessity for military in
reference, there is justice in such in
reference as to deter evil-doers. |
would suggest the sending of dis
patch to Gov. Ames urging him to
strengthen his own position by ex-
hausting his own resources in restor-
ing order before he receives Govern
ment aid. He might accept the assist
auce offered by the citizens of Jackson
aud elsewhere. Gov. Ames and his
advisers can be made perfectly secure,
as many of the troops now in Mlssis-
sippi as he deems necessary may be
sent to Jackson. If he is betrayed bv
those who offer assistance he will be
in position to defeat their ends and
punish them"
You see by this the mind of the
President, with which ! and every
member of the Cabinet, who has been
consulted, are in full accord You see
the difficulties and responsibilities
which you assume. We cannot see
why you do not strengthen yourself in
the way the President suggests; nor
do we see why you do not call the Leg
islaturc together and obtain from them
whatever power and arms you need. |
The constitution is explicit that the
Executive of State NAV call upon the |
President for aid in suppressing do |
nestle violence only when the Legis- |
lature cannot be convened. 1t is the |
plain meaning of the constitution and |
laws, when taken together, that the |
Executive of State may call upon the |
President for military aid to quiet do
mcstic violence in case of instruction |
against the government thereof, when
the Legislature cannot be called to-
that there is any Instruction against
the government of the State, and that
the Legislature would not support you
in any measure to preserve public or
der. | suggest that you first exhaust
all lawful means and all needed meas
ures to preserve peace by the forces in
your own State, and let that the citi-
zens of Mississippi, who arc largely
have the courage and the
manhood TO fight for their State rights,
and to destroy the bloody ruffians who
the innocent and unoffending
freedmen. Get everything in readiness
and be careful to bring yourself strict
ly within the constitution and the laws
and if there is such resistance to the
State authorities as you cannot, by all
the means at your command, suppress,
the President will aid you in punish
ing the lawless traitors to human
rights. Telegraph me Oh receipt of
this, and state explicitly what you
need. Very respectfully,
EDWARD PIERREPoNT,
Attorney General.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
Dispatch of Mails.

Postmaster General Jewell, on the
18th of this month, sent the following
telegram to Thomas A. Scott:
Please accept the thanks of the De-
partment for the rapid dispatch of our
mails which was inaugurated on your
lines on the 10th inst. No other country
except Russia, can run postal cars two
or three thousand miles. or half those
distances, without running off the
edge. Considering the magnitude of
our territory, believe our dispatch of
mails is now equalled.
The Postmaster General also sent a
telegram to VIM. II. Vanderbilt, as
follows:
Please accept the thanks of the Post
Office Department of the United States
for the facilities you have given it this
week. The accuracy, system and
speed with which you are now trans
fering our mails, are, l think, une-
qualled anywhere in the world, and l
believe marks All epoch in our progress.
can already perceive and appre-
ciate the advantages of rapid transport
tation by the response from our
officials and the public from the Allan
tic to the Mississippi.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Rev. I'll. w. Beecher declines the pro-
posed public reception at the Academy
of Music, Brooklyn. In his letter of
declination he says: "Such recep-
ton would tend to keep alive the feel
ing that ought to subside; to renew
discussions of painful public transac-
tions which should never have existed
and which it were well both for the
public and for private good to have
removed if not to forgetfulness tleast
to obscurity; too many hearts yet bleed;
too much sorrow and searching excite
mcnt has fallen upon kind and sympa-
thizing hearts, to make it wise to re-
new the public demonstration which
might be manifested, and which might
excite animosity that good citizens
should seek to hate"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
PREM y M LIST ADDENDA.
Additional Premiums.

In addition to the published premi-
um list, the General Superintendent,
being authorized by the Board of Di-
rectors, offers premiums on all articles
brought to the fair, not otherwise
specified in said premium list as here
tofore published. Also the following
additional premiums are specified !:
Ten dollars for best load of corn five
dollars for second best; and also q
special premium OF five dollars will be
given on Poland China shoats weigh
ing eighty pounds or less; three dol
lars for second best. Yearlipg and
two-year-oId colts, premium of five
dollars for best two-year-old and three
dollars-for best yearling. Two dollars
for best sucking colt.
Il. NJ. LANE.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
New York Democratic Platform.

The Democrats of New York have
rather gone back on their party in Ohio
and Pennsylvania. Such platform as
was laid down in Syracuse will swamp
Bill Allen, and the notes in which ii
was played slightly discord the old fog
horn. The New York Hunkers rciter-
ate the democratic cry of 1872. There
is much Of the platform that will be
maintained by the Republican party
in fact they announce some of the bold
est republican doctrines.
The action of the New York Demo-
Gratis simply means that the party is be-
coming alarmed as the course of the
misguided brethren in Ohio and pro-
pose to sound the alarm before it is
eyerlastingly too late.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
Colonel Anthony in Rochester.

Col. Daniel r. Anthony. of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, who was shot by En-
bry, OF the Appeal, has arrived here.
and is stopping at the residence of his
sister, Miss Susan b. Anthony. He is
accompanied by his wife and Captain
j. Merritt Anthony. The Colonel says
his complete recovery is question of
time. He and party will remain in
Rochester until next week, when they
will go to New York, where Colonel
Anthony will consult DIR. Parker, the
noted surgeon. From New York they
will return to Leavenworth. He has
the wishes of his numerous Rochester
friends for his speedy and complete
recovery to health and active life. He
intends to assume the charge of his
paper on his return.-R ochester (N.Y.),
Eepress.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
General Superintendent

The Democratic State Conventions
of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana
have declared for more currency, or,
in other words, in favor of imitation.
The Democratic State Conventions of
New York, Maine, Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland, Cali
fornia, Oregon and several other States
have declared for specie payments, or,
in Other words, against any and every
policy of imitation.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Those counties which have adopted
the s'herd law" have chosen their po-
sition well. II has brought wealth to
the State. and the area over which its
protective banner has been raised has
thriven and grown stronger from year
to year. Its advantages to our own
county even in one short season, have
been so great, that its strongest oppo-
ucnts at the time of its inception (only
q few months ago) would vote doubly
aye, for its blessings to-dsy.-Mis-
worth Reporter.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
The Timber Culture Act.

BY the terms of the United States
tree-planting and homestead law, any
citizen can select two hundred and
forty acres of land, enter eighty acres
of it under the homestead act, and one
hundred and sixty acres under the
tree-planting law, for which he has to
pay fee of forty-two dollars. He
must build house on the eighty acres,
live there, and cultivate them. He
must also at once break forty acres of
his timbered claim, which must be
planted with trees within the first
three years after being located. The
remaining one hundred and twenty
acres may be used as farm land
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The funeral Of Hon. Henry L. Blow
took place at his residence in ST. Louis
on the 18th inst, and was attended by
many hundreds Of citizens, Of all class
es and conditions. No funeral has Ia
ken place for years at which so many
old and prominent residents were pres
ent, and at which such general and sim
ccre grief was manifested.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Sam Wood got rotten egged at
Hutchinson last week, by crowd of
noisy roughs, his offence being an ex-
position of the dark deeds of said
town in the Kansas City Times. He
has since written a letter exhonerat-
ing the citizens of Hutchinson from all
blame. Ii was dirty trick and those
that did it ought to be ashamed.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Sam. Carey, the democratic candi-
date for Lieut. Governor of Ohio, re-
Gently said in speech before large
meeting in one of the country dis
tricts: ''The Dutch saloon keepers
have all gone back on me, and it's
about time the Dutch should be taught
they can't rule this country"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The tickets the coming fall will be
longer than heretofore on account OF
the choosing of township officers at
the general election in November.
There will be representatives, county
treasurer, sheriff, county clerk, regis
ter of deeds, surveyor, three commits
sioners, coroner, township trustee,
township treasurer, two constables,
two justices of the peace for each
township, and road overseer, to be
plpctad
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The committee on finance and taxa
ton in Alabama made a report to the
constitutional convention, Tuesday.
They say the financial condition of the
State is absolutely appalling, and that
a full payment of the State debt is inn
possible, but they believe the commits
sioners appointed to adjust the public
debt will, by plan of rigid economy,
so reduce the debt that the State will
be able to pay the interest on the same
at an early day.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Western railroad men state that the
freights are increasing, and with the
laier and better information concern
ing the crops, there is no doubt that
the railroads will. in the next six
months, do larger business than for
long time past. Good judges are OF
the opinion that the point of extreme
depression IN railroad property has
been passed.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Springfield. Illinois, has organized
lady base ball clubs-the BLONDES"
and "Brunettes," who are to travel
and exhibit themselves. They have
discarded the pull backs and adopted
another costume which will enable
them to "travel on their shape"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Commodore Perry's flagship, the
Lawrence, which was sunk in Erie
harbor sixty-two years ago, was raised
on Monday last, and the bottom found
to be in good state of preservation.
She is to be exhibited at the Centen-
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The Leavenworth Medical Herald
tor August contains very exhaustive
and interesting article on ''Traumatic
Aneurism of the Right Subclavian
Artery treated b. Digital Compress
sion" The case is that of Col. ID. r.
Anthony, aud is reported and discussed
in the Herald by one of his surgeons,
DIR. II. Sinks
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

An agent of the Centennial Com
mission at Santa Barbara, California,
has for some time past been negotiat-
ing with Mr.. NJ. Savoir, owner of the
enormous grape vine at that place
(said to be the largest vine in the
world, to have it taken up bodily and
placed in the California department
of the exhibition. The fortunate pos
SCISSOR Of this giant creeper has con-
sented to its removal, and is himself
preparing to ship it and place it in
position.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Vice President Wilson said in Janu-
AIRY last: IF the Republican party now
dies it will be by the hand of suicide
for there's no arm, other than its own,
potent enough to strike it down." Its
recent vigorous action shows that it
has no idea of slipping away into the
unknown by its own continuance.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Leavenworth county has about COLI
Guided to hold fair, after having
abandoned the project once. The uni
versal success of county fairs in the
State, so far held, effected the change
in their minds.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

At Hartford, Connecticut, on the
10Th, Smuggler the Kanras horse,
achieved another victory. The race
between Smugglcr and Sensation was
won by the former in three straight
heats. Time 2:2l IL. 2:21. 2:22.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The fast mail train running between
New York and St. Louis, does not car
ry any mails, the Postmaster General
having declined to send any by that
route. 1t is newspaper and passen-
Cor train
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
The amendment to the C

The amendment to the Connecticut
constitution, which are to be voted
upon early in October, provides for
electing in the autumn instead of in
the spring, and extend the period for
the service of State officers and legis-
lators from one to two years. They
are regarded as certain Of adoption.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Hon. WIN. ID. Kelley says that his
strength has been SO much impaired
by his western labors that he has re-
solved to abstain from public speaking
at political meetings in order to recu-
perate for the coming session of Con-
The Ohio Republicans have no objec-
ton to Kelley's taking a little rest.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Gen. Butler has been giving renewed
expressions to his "views on politics"
He will take no part in the Massa-
chusetts campaign, and does not care
who is nominated for Governor. He
is dead set against hard money, and
predicts the triumph of the initiation
lists in Congress.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Local Notes From Home Papers.


|
From she wIpaeld Courier.
Hon. W. F. Hackney has returned to
Winfield from San Francisco. A few
months in that unfortunate country
was enough to satisfy him that Cow
ley county is far better country for
white man than the Pacific coast.
He comes TO stay, having seen tho
whole elephant. A splendid business
and pleasant future are in store here
for w. p.
The Wichita Commercial Agency,
P. of H., is now doing noble work
for the whole people of the Southwest.
Before it started wheat brought but
sixty-five and seventy-five cents per
bushels in the Wichita market, with
margin to dealers of nearly sixty cents
on bushel, between Wichita and St.
Louis prices for freight and profit.
The actual cost on bushel of wheat
per car lord, for freight, is twenty-four
cents to st. Louis from Wichita. The
agency ships wheat for one cent on a
bushel, and the farmer pays his own
freight, and then takes st. Louis or
Kansas City prices, as he chooses.
Bro. j. q. Sampson will pay cash or
ship on commission of one cent per
bushel, at the option of the farmer
who mas wheat to sell. Every patron
VINO expects to raise grain in this
country, should sustain the agency by
taking at least one share of the stock.
Should the agency go down for want
of support, the farmers of the country
will be the only sufferers. Subscribe
for stock and sustain the means by
which you can always regulate the
market,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
From the Larned County Press.

the Nouiity ITess
II. w. Stevenson, Chairman Of the
County Centennial Committee, will
take the specimens Of this county to
the Wichita, Emporia and other fairs.
Bring in your specimens next Satur-
day, and "Unclc" Dick will see that
they will show that Sumner is one of
the best counties in Kensas.
Last Monday Mr.. j. r. Gregson, liv-
ing two miles southeast of this city,
brought to this Office mammoth wa
termelon, which weighed fifty-four
pounds, and measured three feet and q
half in circumference, which we
thought was the largest of the season.
But in few minutes afterward, Mr.
W. Boyer, living ten miles southwest,
brought another, which weighed fifty
four and three-quarter pounds, beating
Mr.. Gregson's melon only three-quar-
tiers of pound. They will be taken
to the Emporia and other fairs and
placed on exhibition by r. w. Steven
son. Chairman of the County Centen-
NAL Committee. How is that for
high
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The New Orleans Republican says:
"The Democratic Lords prayer in New
York is that he may get out of the
canal ring without getting into Sing
SipU'
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
Special Dispatch to the EAGLE.
Railroad Fare.

Topeka, Sept. %, 1875.
One fare for the round trip from Em-
poria, Hutchinson and intermediate
points to your fair.
w. +. WHITE.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The campaign in New York has be-
gun. Democratic papers describe the
Rev. Mr. Ives as ga mountebank min
lister" and a 'blatant priestly parti-
con ,,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
Sedgwick Co. Republican Convention,

A Delegate Convention of the Republicans of
sedgwick County, win be held on the esth day OF
September, a. d. 1875, at Eagle Hsll, in the City
OF Wichita, at the hour ofone, p. m, for the pur
pose Of nominating candidates far county officers,
to be flied at the Fsll Election the basis Of rep
resentafion Is fixed as follows:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Vice President Wilson has written
letter of advice to the Massachusetts,
Republicans. He counsels harmony,
peace and forgiveness. The Vice
President is sound,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

Goldsmith Maid will show her pretty
heels at the Quincy fair tomorrow.
She is to have her parlor built on the
grounds, and it will be carpeted with
body brussels.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The grasshoppers visited twenty
counties aud two hundred and four
towus in Minnesota, and destroyed or
damaged 2lO, All acres of wheat.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

1t said that Flood & O'Brien had
$l0,00o,0oo in gold locked up when
their great opponent, Ralston, found
his bank hopclcssly embarrassed.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
From the Great Bend Register


1t takes twenty-eight hours by the
Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe railroad
to go from Kansas City to Las Animas.
Colorado.
A. B. Underhill has castor bean
stalk which measures six inches at the
ground and is nine feet high. 1t has
three punches of beans and is on sec
ond blowing.
On the north side of Cheyenne bot
tom we noticed large fields of broom
corn planted and raised on this years
prairie breaking. 1t was good crop
and will doubtless yield the owners a
fair revenue.
Barton county has been organized
over three years. Up to this time no
financial exhibit has been made of the
county finances. We suppose every
thing is all right, yet we are unable to
guess a good reason why it has not
been done.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

The Rochester, New York, school
superintendent reports the compulsory
education law to be failure.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
NOTICE.

NOIICE.
State of Kansas,
County OF sedgwick.
In Justices Court, before d. A. Mitchell, q
Justice of the Peace in and for Wichita City
Township, in the County and State aforesaid.
Samuel wickery, Plaintiff.
>No.s71.
A. Packer, Defendants. Plaintiffs claim 80.
On the 9th day Of August, 1876, said Justice
Issued an Order Of Attachment In Garnishee, In
the above action for the of eS3 90, which said
cause will be heard on the 18th day OF October,
ISIS, 1t 10 O'Clock .. m.
Wichita, September q. 161b.
E-H sANUEL NICKERY, Piainti4.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23

There are two hundred and sixty
three prisoners in charge of the mill
tary authorities at Fort Leavenworth,
but they did not all come from Leay-
enMorth city.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
Bluff Ben Wadci is ringing the changes
on hard money, in Ohio.

Colorado has wheeled into the Re-
publican line, and will stay there.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-09-23
Exam ne w,rfel1 plow and Anvil

From tie Winfield Plow and Anvil.
Winfield has five church organiza-
tons.
We can count on one million bushels
of wheat next year.
Three cattle men, from Iowa, were
i'll town this week contracting for hay
to winter five hundred head of cattle
which they intend bringing to our
county next month.
The farmers are troubled about get
ting their threshing done. A gentle
man from the head of Timber creek
was in our Office Saturday and in
formed us that there was lots of wheat
in his neighborhood, but they could
not procure machine, and said that a
machine that wanted good job would
do well to give them call.