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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-20
Plant the Best Seed.

Many farmers no doubt wonder how
it is when they have bought new kind
of seed (wheat for instance,) that i'll
few years it has lost its excellence, and
that they have an opportunity of buy
ing a choice article, grain at a high
price. The query is, where does it
come from? That ''work will tell'' is
safe axiom. Take our advice, when
your wheat is ripe 60 over the field and
hand-pick the best heads. Plant this,
and repeat the process every year, and
you will have an excellent seed wheat
for sale. The same will prove true in
corn, and in fact every crop. Possibly
the potatoes do not depend so much
upon the perfective quality of the seed
planted, but we believe it is rule that
should never be deyiated from,t to plant
all seeds from the most perfect of their
kind. Experiments have proven that
seeds, like stock, are improved not by
frequent changes, but by great care in
propagating the best Western Rural.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-20
Appointments of DIR. Durand


Appointments of DR.. Durand:
Prairie Gem. Monday evening,
April Gath.
Eden, Tuesday evening, April 25th.
Waco, Wednesday evening, April
Goth.
Yosemite, Thursday evening, April
9th.
Evergreen, Friday evening, April
2Sth.
Minnesota, Saturday evening, April
29,h.
Illinois, Monday, May LIST.
Valley, Wednesday, May Sd.
Orc, Monday, May sth.
Settler Springs, Tuesday, May 9Th.
Lone Star, Wednesday, May 10th.
Grant, Thursday, May 18th.
The officers of the District Grange
will meet at Miller's Hall in the city of
Wichita on Tuesday, May I'd, at nine
O'Clock a. m. The Grange will meet
at one p. IN. A full attendance is de-
sired as business of Importance will
come before the Grange at that time.
All the members will please bring their
regalia with them.
A. NJ. DURAND,
Master District Grange.
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That 80 Cents.


We learn that the committe ap-
pointed at the last State Grange to in
vestigatc the books and accounts of j.
G. Otis, who was State agent for p. of
II. for nearly two years, reported dis
crepancy of ninety cents in business
Of over $4,000. This was promptly
rendered by Mr.. Otis to the Executive
Committee now in session. They how
ever refused TO accept the amount, on
the ground that the Executive Com
mittee had examined the accounts and
found them correct, and proposed to
stand by their own action. This is a
splendid endorsement of one of the
best officers the Kansas State Grange
has ever had.-Kansas Farmer.
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advance Grange. "--wm Lockard, Maste.'
NJ. Camp, Secretary, Sejgwick City. Meets
LIST ami 3D. Wednesdays in each month, p m.
''Ninnescsh Grange "-wilIiam Ross, Master.
Mary K. Chambers, Sec'y., Clear Water. Meets
LIST Saturday before full moon OF each month.
"wakulla Grange &c S Zimmerman, Master.
T. J. Smith, Secretary, Sedgwick CITY. Meets
ID Saturday IN each month at ii a. m.
"Gem Grange ,"-F. J. Canton, Master.
s. NJ. BeIden, Secretary, Valley Center. Meets
I'd Wednesday before full moon Of each month al
6p. m.
''Prairie Gem Grange, ~. e. Cartwright,
Master.
j. ID. York, Secretary, Wichita.
"Attica Grange John Kelly, Master.
J. II. McNicker, Secretary, Attica
s'Yosemite Grange. ~ j. Williams, Master.
j. b. Malcolm, sec'y., Ohio Center.
"Clarion Grange"-C. A. yanNess, Master.
Mrs. j. &. slaven, Secretary, Clarion. Meets
LIST Saturday In each month Up IN.
Grant Grange, III. l.. Dewing, Master.
Minnie Beach, Secretary, Valley Center Meets
lst and 81 Saturdays in each month AT p. m.
"yalley Grange, - L. p Thompson, Master.
Geo. w. Dennis, sec'y., Wichita
pheasant gin Grange''-Harry Martin, Master,
o. Martinson, Secretary, Wichita. Meets Isl
Saturday of each month at p. m.
WACO Grange, -. a Nelson, Master,
Edwin Gee, Secretary, Waco. Meets I'd Sa tur-
day of each month.
Rockford Grange. ~. Hou; ainnich, Master,
j. HUI bauer, secretary, FL Paso. Meets I'd
Friday of each month at p. m.
'Fairview Grange''-S II Haden Master
G. II. wamsiey, Secretary, Wichita. Meets
I'd ane 4th Saturdays of each month at p. m
"Union Grange, ~ W. White, Master.
r. s Bell. Secretary, Eldridge.
Evergreen Grange, Wv. T. Likely, Master
j. p. Morrison, Secretary Wichita. Meets
and 4th Saturdays OF each month at p. m
lone Star Grange, ~ Ii Miller, Master
Thos Williamson, Secretary, FL Paso. Meets
I'd Friday Of each month at =. m.
Pleasant View Grange, ''-P. Watts, Master.
ii. Glessner, Secretary, Wichita.
''Illinois Grange''-Jas Sacket, Master,
Albert Leichhart, Secretary, Wichita Meets
Thursday before I'd Saturday each month at =
O'Clock p. IN.
j. ID. Clifford Secretary, Wichita. Meets %
and 4th Saturday of each month Mt p. IN.
payne Grange, ~. Deyore, Master,
James Wilson, Secretary, Greenwich p. o.
Meets % and 4th Saturdays of each month.
"Cowskin Grange"-Jas. +. Barnett, Master,
Frank Dale, Secretary, Eldridge.
'Oro Grange, "-H. b. Wikoff, Master.
Nj. A. RALPH, Sec'y., Wichita.
'Minneha Grange, John Feagan, Master.
VIM. r. Ferris, Secretary, Wichita. Meets LIST
and ID Fridays OF each month at p. m.
eden Grange''-A. J. Woleott, Master,
VIM. Simpson, Secretary, Wichita. Meets I'd
and 9TH Thursdays of each month at p. IN.
mount Hope Grange, Amos NJ. Durand,
Master.
Mrs Maggie Baird, Secretary, Mount Hope.
Meets Let and I'd Thursdays of each month at Z
p. m
Harmony Grange, wv Woodruff, Master,
K. A. Dorsey, Sec'y, Jamesburgh.
"seltzser Springs Grange, ''-J. w Bear, Master.
K. Pierpont, Secretary, Minneha. Meets I'd
and 4th Saturdays of each monthat p. m.
''Greenleaf Grange"-E. w. Waters, Master.
Thos. h. Preston, Secretary, FL Paso.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-20
Keen the Feet Dry.

More than one-half of the sickness
among country people is caused by wet
feet. Colds, fevers, and all kinds Of
complaints, are the frequent results Of
wet feet. Earache headache and all
sorts of aches in our children, are pro-
duced by wet feet. Guard against wet
feet and you will ward off more than
half the sickness of the world. Keep
your feet warm and dry, and you will
keep good health. Wear thick, tight
boots and shoes, and make your chill
dren do it. 1t is better to provide
them than to pay doctors bills.
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There are too few orchards in the
country. Many farms have not an
orchard upon them, and in many Of
the orchards that are planted, there
are only apple trees. Not a plum or
peach or cherry or pear or ounce tree
can be found on the premises, when
there should be dozens Of each kind OF
fruit. Is there any greater luxury
than ripe fruit? DO not old and young
desire it? Is there any better food
than ripe fruit? Is it not healthful!
Ask your physician. He will tell you
it is healthful-that by its proper
use you may frequently prevent q
spell of sickness; that the acid OF ripe
fruit will act upon the liver, separate
the blood from the bile, and thus pre-
vent the bilious attacks to which we
are so subject in this climate. Fruit
is cheap as well as healthful article
of diet. Every farmer should have all
kinds of fruit growing on his farm
that are hardy in this climate. He
should have cherries and peaches,
plums and pears, ounces and apples,
growing in abundance. No other in
vestment will insure more happiness
or profit. But the farmer should not
stop with these fruits. lie should
have Strawberries, raspberries, goose
berries and currants, and blackberries
and grape vines, that his family may
have all Kinds of fruits in their season,
aud every day i'll the year-for winter
apples aud pears can be kept till straw
berries ripen in spring. Where there
is will there is way; and we hope
farmers will have the will to plant all
these fruits, if they have not got them,
the coming spring -Er.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-20

In another place we publish list OF
new appointments of DR.. Durand. AL
though the weather, during the whole
of the time the Doctor has been ell
gagged in visiting the Oranges of the
county, has been very unfavorable,
vet we are told that the meetings are,
with few exceptions, all very en-
couraging. In one instance, we are
told, the Doctor was compelled to
swim the Little Arkansas river to
meet an appointment.
We feel that we have good reason to
congratulate the District Grange upon
the selection of a Master of so much
ability, energy and business. tact as
the present Master, DIR. A. NJ. Durand.
The next meeting of the District
Grange will be one of more than ordi-
nary interest, and we hope that all
members of the Grange will not only
be present, but not forget to bring
their regalia with them. The meeting
will be held May the second, and we
would like to see members come early
and see to it that the hall is properly
prepared.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-20

A gentleman, anxious to ascertain
the effect of transplanting at night, in
stead of by day, made an experiment
with the following results He trans
planted ten cherry trees while in the
bloom, commencing at four O'Clock in
the morning. Those transplanted dur
ing the daylight shed their blossoms,
producing little or no fruit, while those
planted in the dark maintained their
condition fully. He did the same with
ten dwarf trees, after the fruit was one
third grown. Those transplanted dur
ing the day shed their fruit; those
transpianted during the night perfect
ed their crop, and showed no injury
from having been removed. With
each of these trees he removed some
earth with the roots. The incident is
fully vouched for, and if few more
similar experiments produce like re-
suit, it will be a strong argument to
horticulturists, etc., TO do such work
at night.-Rural american.
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"Kansas State Grange''-Busness Officers.
NJ Il. Hudson, Master, Mapleton,
P.B. Maxson, Secretary, Emporia.
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The Gopher.

In conversation with friend of ours,
a few days since, the question of pre-
venting the gopher from destroying
hedges came up, and our friend sug-
gested that he could give us remedy
that would prove successful every
time. 1t is SO simple too, that it hard
ly seems reasonable, and yet we are
assured that is has never failed, where
it has been perseveringly tried. All
our readers know how destructive the
gopher has been to newly planted
hedges, the past three or four years,
and therefore we need not linger here
to argue the question, that he who dis
covers method of heading off the
gopher is little less than a philanthro-
pist of his race. But here is his plan:
Take an old piece Of tin, or sheet
iron, cut it into thin strips, and then
tie these strips to some stakes which
have been driven into the ground
along the hedge, at distance of, say
three or four rods from each other
We are told that the reason that it
has proved successful, is the fact that
the gopher is very sensitive to noise,
and that the least noise will drive him
away so that he will not find courage
to return for hours. 1t will pay our
readers to try this plan, and we would
like to hear from them through the
EAGLE, what kind of success they
meet with.
If it will stand the test of trial, the
same plan would be just the thing for
our gardeners to use in order to scare
the gopher away from their potato
patches. Many times have the gophers,
in the past, disappointed our hopes of
an abundant yield of potatoes, by eat
ing and carrying away nearly all from
the hills. 1t will not cost much to
make the trial, even if you fail. Try it,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-20
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.

NATIONAL GRANGE-BUsINEss OFFICERS
JSo. I. JONES, Master, Helena, Arkansas
o. ii. KELLY. Sec'y, Louisville, Ky.
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sEDGwIcK COUNTY DIRECTORY.
DISTRICT GRdNGE-sd Disi,

z. A. Dorsey, Secretary, Jamesburg.
Meets LIST Tuesday in each month, ii, a. m.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-19

NEW ENTERPRISE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.-An
extensive factory for the manufacture of oakum
has just been put in operation at Canton, Balti-
more CO. There are now only three oakum
manufacturers in the United States, one at Bos-
ton, one at New York and the one just started
at Canton. Heretofore the Baltimore, South
ern and Western markets have been supplied
from the two first named cities. The officers
of the "Oakum Manufacturing Company are
R. W. Kimball, president; Charles Treusch,
secretary, and S. X. Thomas, treasurer. The
factory, a two-story building, 1876 by 40
feet, has been in operation about two weeks.
The larger portion of the work is done by ma
chinery.
Oakum is made of old rope, and is used prin-
cipally for caulking vessels, and in some cities
for "seaming" fagstone sidewalks. The old
rope is first chopped up by machinery into
short pieces, and is then thrown into the wash
err, where, by series of revolutions and the
application of steam and water, the sticky sub
stance is washed away. The material is then
dried on racks and is transferred to the picking
machine, where the fbres are disentangled.-
The hemp is next placed in the carding ma
chine, mammoth concern, where it passes
many times through series of "hies," "strip-
pers,"" workers," "doffers," &C., and afterwards
falls to the story beneath in texture almost as
fine as silk, and is then pressed into bales ready
for SALE Twenty-Five men now find employ
ment at the factory, and this force will soon be
largely increased.-Swn.
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0LDFIELD'S EXCELSIOR PUMP F!

TENHE undersigned has now Oh hand about
1000 feet of choice White Oak Pump Stock
which has been in spring water sufficient
length of time to free it from sap. Any Pump
constructed of this stock is guaranteed not to
give an unpleasant taste to the water. His ar
rangements for preparing Pump Stock in the
above manner are most ample and complete,
and he will always be prepared to put up the
EXCELSIOR PUMP at short notice.
Always on hand all kinds of Pump Fixtures
of the very best quality, including Leathered
Buckets for Old Pumps, which can be furnish
ed on demand.
Common Wooden Pumps made on the prem
Uses where they are to be placed, when desired
All Pumps constructed by the subscriber are
warranted for one year. After the first year
they will be kept in order by him, for ten gears,
for the moderate sum of 81 per year.
If the Excelsior Pump should not giUe SGtiSfGc-
ton it will be removed and the money refunded.
MS-R Refers by permission to R. R. Boarmanl
ESQ.,, Towsontown. Orders by mail, or in pei
son, attended to promptly.
VIM. 0LDFIELD, PUMP MAKER,
June 3.-1y* Fountain Green, Hartford Co., Nd
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-19

R. r. AccIDENT-LEG Cur Orion Tuesday
morning last another accident occurred on the
BALTIC. & Potomac railroad, at Mount Winans,
this county, which was beyond doubt the result
of the grossest carelessness. gravel train
was standing on the siding at the station, when
the Philadelphia express came laundering
along. The gravel train hands, with criminal
negligence, left the switch open and the result
was the express train left the main track and
went plunging into the train on the siding,
smashing things generally and throwing the
cars of both. trains from the track. John Nc
Gee, engineer of the express, in attempting to
Jump from his engine, had his left leg cut off
below the knee. The fireman named Murtaugh,
was SO badly injured that he has since died,
and two brakemen were also slightly in
iured. McGee, the unfortunate engineer, for
mery lived at Rockland, in this county, and
was at one time an engineer on the Western
MARYLAND road. He now lives in Baltimore,
where he has family. He will probably re-
cover.
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APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND
CONDEMN A PUBLIC ROAD
IN THE 18TH DISTRICT.

OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BALTIMORE
County, TowsoSrowN, July 26, 1876.
NOTICE is hereby given that petition has
IN been presented to this Board by S. Eliza
be III Stansbury, George L. Hemel, Thomas J..
r. Elliott, H. Bailey, Henry LIE Brun, Gottlieb
St..rgle Richard M. Todd, aud other taxable
in iabitants of Baltimore county, to locate and
condemn public road in the 18th district,
co nmencing at certain point on the JopE a
road and running in an easterly direction
through the lands of JEFF. Rusk, Henry E..
W"odall, and others, following as near as prac
ticable the bed OF the old road now in use, to
the North Point road, near Bread aud Cheese
Branch, a distance of about two miles.
A. Mccormick, Jr. John R. Foulke, and
William H. Birch, are appointed Board OF
Ex 4niners on the above petition.
They are hereby ordered to meet on the
premises, on
Wednesday, 23d day of august, 1876,
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
ma Ike an examination and report whether the
public convenience requires the granting of
said petition.
PLEASANT HUNTER,
ROBERT S. CORSE,
ISAAC CROWTHER, SR.,
County Commissioners for Baltimore county.
JulV 29,-4W,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-19

WILL OF THE LATE CAPT. EDWARD POWER
The will of Capt. Edward Power, who died on
Tuesday of last week, was left at the Office of
the Register of Wills on Tuesday, 18th instant.
The estate is valued at about $4,000 and is dis
posed of as follows:
To his wife, Mary Power, during the term of
her natural life, or as long as she shall remain
unmarried, his property located near Mount
Washington, and at her death or marriage,
whichever shall first occur, to the Sisters of
Mercy at Mt. Washington; the Trustees of the
Roman Catholic Asylum for Widows in the
city of Baltimore the House of Good Shep-
pard, in the city of Baltimore; st. Vincent de
PauPs Benevolent Association of the city of
Baltimore, as tenants in common, share and
share alike.
He also bequeaths to his wife $40, 900 for her
sole and separate use, together with all the
household furniture, plate, farming implements,
stock, &c.
To Mary Ellen Sharretts, wife Of Thad. l..
Sharrett's, his adopted daughter, $4,000 for her
sole and separate use.
To his niece, Mary A. Brown the sum of
S., 900.
To John P. Clark, Gas a token of my appre-
citation of him as man and of his devotion to
me, the sum of 81 600 in trust and confidence
for the sole and separate use and benefit of his
daughter Marion"
To Father Meade, officiating at st. Agnes
Church, Mt. Washington, in trust, the sum OF
81 800 to pay the debts upon said church.
To his mother, ST, 900 for her sole and sepa-
rate use.
To Edward, Richard, John and Ellen Bar
ron, each the sum of $500.
To his brother, John Power, $500, and to each
of his nephews, Robert, George, Edward and
John Power, each 5000.
To Alice Ryan, the daughter of Tim Ryan,
5000; to Mary Duffy. daughter of Michael DUFF
fly, $500; to Mary Hyland, daughter of VIM
Hyland, 5000.
All the balance of his estate is bequeathed tC
his wife.
Messrs John P. Clark and John Healey are
named as the Executors, and are authorized tc
carry out the provisions of the will.
The will is dated August 18th, 1875, and il
witnessed by Edward Duffy, VIM. V. Warfeld
and Charles w. Brown.
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Implications for RO0ds, dc.
APPLICATION TO CHANGE
THE BED OF A PUB
Lie ROAD.

OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR BALTIC.
COUNTY, TowsoNTowN, Aug. 2, 1876.
NOTICE is hereby given that petition has
IN been presented to this Board by John
Greb, Jr., Mary J. Kelley, E. F. Burnham,
Elizabeth Davis, John Moran, George Scott, Eli
S. Kelley, William H. Chenoweth, A. Brown q
Son, John Fronk, W. R. Hipsley and other
taxable inhabitants of Baltimore county, to
change the bed of the road known as Broad
way avenue, the connecting road between the
Dover and Falls roads, SO as to continue it
through the lands of Mrs. M. J. Kelley and
John Greb, Jr., thus making it straight and
much more convenient The distance en-
b-aced in the change asked is about one-eighth
oil 81 mile.
Thomas B. Cockey, Stephen Musgrove and
,hn N. Carroll are appointed Beard of Ex-
am iners upon the above petition.
They are hereby ordered to meet on the
premises, on
Monday, august 2Stb, 1876,
at 10 o'clock A. M,
make an examination and report whether the
public convenience requires the granting Of
said petition.
PLEASANT HUNTER,
ROBERT S. CORSE,
ISAAC CROWTHER, SR.,
County Commissioners for Baltimore County.
Aug. 5.-4w.
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KILLED BY BEING THROWN FROM HoRsE:-On
Saturday morning last N. Hawley Worthing-
ton. son of Noah II. Worthington, aged about
twelve years, living near Woodstock, in this
county, was thrown from his horse and instant
ly killed. About ten o'clock on the morning
named young Worthington started for ride,
mounted on spirited colt. An hour after he
was found short distance from home, lying in
the road, lifeless. The remains were conveyed
to his fathers residence, and on being exam
ined it was ascertained that the neck of the I'M
fortunate lad was broken. 1t is said that Mr..
Worthington has been exceedingly unfortunate
since the early spring. In the space of few
DAYS he lost son and two daughters by fever,
and in last May his son Gist, 10 years of age,
was killed by fall from the second story win
dow of the farm house.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-19

Coon MEDIcINEs.-We invite the attention
of our numerous readers to the advertisements
of DIR. Swayne's Celebrated Medicines, in
another column of this paper. No prepare
tons known to us have earned the reputation
of these renowned remedies. They have it is
said, received the sanction OF our medical col
leges, and thousands of families throughout
our country. We, therefore, conscientiously
recommend the sick and suffering to read the
advertisements, and if in need of good and re-
liable preparations, to procure them of their
druggist or storekecper. The products of nc
chemists laboratory stand higher than those
of DR., Swayne & Son, Philadelphia.
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Legal Notices.
JOHN n. ENsoR. Attorney.

JOI1N l. GNDO1s, Att0Tu0ys
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF GLEN
l. ROCK VS.. EDWARD M. LEIBEN AND
ELIZABETH LEIBEN, HIS WIFE, in the Cir
cult Court for Baltimore Cosnty-in equity.
Ordered by the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county, this 9th day of August, 1876, that the
sale made and reported by the First National
Bank Of Glen Rock Assignee Of the Mortgage
of the real estate mentioned in the proceedings
in the above entitled cause be ratified and con-
irmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 18th dag Of September,
1876, provided a copy of this order be inserted
in some newspaper printed in Baltimore coun-
ty, once in each Of three successive weeks before
the 9Th day Of September, 1875.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$1,640.00.
JOHN BACON, Clerk.
JOHN BACON, Clerk.
Aug. I2.-3w.
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TowsoNroNrAN SHor.-Mr. John Grason
son of Judge Grason, of this town, who is EN-,
Moved as a clerk in the Office of the Maryland
Coal Company, at Cumberland, was shot in the
leg at Keyser Station, west of Cumberland, on
Sunday night last. A few days before Mr.
Grason had occasion to discharge an employee
of the Company and it is supposed this man
did the shooting. The charge of shot lodged
in one of Mr.. G'slegs inficting painful though
not dangerous wound. At last accounts ne was
doing well.