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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-21

What the faculty OF the University OF
Virginia say: 1--WE recognize with plea
sure the success of the school ~ evinced
by the high standing and rapid progress
OF many of Nj. Cabell's pupils who have
passed from his hands into ours. With all
confidence, tn reiore, We recommend the
school conducted by Mr.. Cabell, u those
who wish to have their sons thoroughly
trained tor the University or TOR any
sphere OF higher culture
b. l.. Gildersleeve, Prof of Greek George
Fred. Holmes, Prof. OF Hist, Lat. and
Rhet John b. Minor, Prot. OF Com. and
Stat Law Chas. =. Venable, Prof. OF Math. !;
]. s. Davis, Prof. Anat. and Mat. Med !;
VIM. 4. Peters, Prof OF Latin; Noah K.
Davis, Prot OF Moral Phil: Jas. l.. Cabell,
Prof OF Phys. and \ re-: NJ. Schele DE
We're. Prof. Mod. Lan';J. W. Mallett, Prot.
OF chemistry; Francis ii. Smith, Prof OF
Nat. Phi; John H. Page, Prof. of Nat. Hist
and Ayr; L. J. Beck, Prof. OF Applied
Math. =. o. southall, Prot. OF Mer. Law,
DC. James F. harrison, Prof OF School
OF Medicine and Chairman Faculty.
jy2ieoi eR
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-21

ACCOMMODATION tram leaves Beliaire at
80 p. NJ, and arrives at Steubenville at
GASP.
gaIl,irt AT $50 u. M. and $3.50 p M;
Bridgeport 10 10 IA. N. and 10 p. m; arrive
NJ Martins Ferry at l0:l5 n. IN. and ll5 p.
m. Returning leave Martins Ferry al
II 30 a. M, and 3:l5 p. m; Bridgeport II 40
30 a. m, and 3:if p. IN.
Tickets 10 all principal points In the
East and West can be procured at the
Union Ticket Office in Mcclure House, ana
A. the station q; Bridgeport.
F. 4. MYERS,
- General Passenger & Ticket Agent.
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WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY.
Lexington, Virginia.
GEN. CIV. &. LEE, p resident.

Full course Of instruction in Classical,
Literary and scientific studies, and In the
Professional departments of Law and oil
Civil Engineering.
The next session will open Septem Der
2lst, and close June 9th. Total expenses,
exc usive OF books and cloth ng, need not
exceed $50; by messing, they may be re-
duced 20 500 or 500.
For catalogue containing full iniorma-
ton. apply 10 WALTER BOWIE,
I,yoth Clerk
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NorH In confirmation OF his statements
MIR. Hewitt inserts the following telegram
received from Mr.. Manton Marble, TOO late
to be inserted in the text:
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THE NORWOOD SCHOOL

Opens September o., 1876. Address, VIM
d. Cabell, Principal, Norwood Postoflice
Virginia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29
Number Three.
WASHINGTON. juno q. 1s7!

WASHINGTON, June Y, 1876.
DEAR EAGLE:-Of what my last
letter contained there is not the faint
est ripple of memory this afternoon,
farther than il was hastily scratched
off at Harrisburg last Sunday after
noon. Suffice it to say as the begin
ming of another rambling talk that l
woke up Monday morning to look out
of a south fifth-story window of the
Ebbitt House, of this city, and that
look was a good thing. To our left
the great white dome OF the National
Capitol dazzlingly glittered in the
light of the mornings bright sun; in
front of us, or on the banks of the Po-
temac river, stood the silent, lonely,
unfinished sentinel, designed to per-
petuate the memory OF one whose
name lives in the name of the city:
near it the spires and turrets of the
Smithsonian Institute; across the pla-
cid waters of the river, Arlington
Heights, the once home of the Lees
aud Custises, and in the dim distance,
its steeples and buildings almost lost
to sight among the rolling hills of old
Virginia, the city of Alexandra, where
yet stands the old church in which
Washington worshiped. Thrown in
to the immediate foreground of this
absorbing picture was Pennsylvania
Avenue, stretching from the White
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29


At the Kansas State Teachers Asso-
citation which was held at Valley Falls
last week, the following points, on
which the committee agreed as being
necessary for legislative action or con-
stitutional amendment for the perfect
ing of the work OF superintendent of
the district schools, were unanimously
endorsed by the meeting and ordered
TO be printed as a circular, and dis
tributed by the executive committee in
such manner as 10 collect the opin-
ions, favorable or otherwise, on these
and other points, Of the friends of ed
ucation in various parts of the State
before the meeting of the association
at Christmas:
/. The term of the office of county
uperintendent ought to be increased
TO four years.
?. The county superintendent should
not be allowed TO qualify unless he
possesses q diploma or certificate from
the State Board of Education this
qualification not to be required preyi-
Gus to the year 1873.
8. The salaries of county superin-
tendents ought Ill most cases TO be in
creased and reasonable compensation
given.
4. Where the population is under
four thousand or the school districts
fewer chan forty, adjacent counties
ebnp11 he racrIirn1 IN upite for tho
purpose Of school superintendent,
provided the joint population does not
exceed ten thousand or the number Of
schools one hundred.
5. The division OF school districts
and other similar work should be re-
moved from the Office of the county su-
perintendent to that Of the county
commissioners.
6. The visitation and actual exam
ination of schools should be the pri-
mary duty of upcrintendents, who
ought to devote their whole time to the
work.
Z. The district school boards should
elect the uperintendents.
8. Vacancies caused by death or 9th
erwise should be filed by election.
8. The State Board should issue
uniform set of questions and the coun-
ty superintendent should examine the
teachers upon them at such times and
according TO rules prescribed by the
State Board.
10. The recommendation of the APP
plicant by the county superintendent
should be necessary for the issue of
certificate.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29
For the EAGLE.
School Bonds.

ToULoN, ILLINOIS, June %, 1876.
EDITOR EAGLE Il want to present
to your readers, through your excel.
lent paper, the working Of your school
law in saving township funds.
The 2ist day of August last, Henry
j. Rhodes, a son of mine, living in
Union township in your county, pur-
chased, for myself and two friends,
section sixteen, town twenty-six, south
of range two west, for $500 and paid
one-tenth down, leaving balance OF
$3,34S unpaid, at ton per cent. per an
mum for ten years. Said Henry j..
Rhodes wrote us, the I'd ult., that a
neighbor of his must have 5000 By the
goth; would mortgage his quarter;
would pay ten per cent; that he was
honest and well doing. He wished me
to get it for him, as he would have TO
pay twenty-four per cent. if he got it
at home. Not finding it directly | got
the purchaser of one quarter of sec
ton sixteen, lady, to pay me S311,
which | sent to my son, in draft, to
pay OIL her quarter, with instructions
for him TO take his friend along and
help him to borrow the 5000, and
mortgage his land to secure it. | re-
ceived letter from Henry the 21st,
saying that your laws require it to be
paid TO the Secretary of State, and by
him invested in bonds. Now this
looks very nice from one point, but,
like redemption in coin, it looks quite
different from another side.
Section sixteen and thirty-six in
every township belong to the town
ship i'll which they are situated, the
interest to be paid for the support of
the schools. This creates fund that
every man has an interest in and can
be made as safe at home, on mortgages
at ten per cent, as when sent to To-
peka and loaned for bonds that pay,
not to exceed seven per cent. enabling
the bond holder to send the money
back to Wichita to loan to the true
owner Of the money at twenty-four
per cent, and that on mortgages to be
forcclosed if not paid by the day, with
costs and from 800 to 5000 attorneys
fees, as sheriff notices in every num-
Der of the EAGLE show. To make the
matter plain to every reader. l will
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29
Our Wheat Harvest.

We are in the midst OF another har-
vest. The reaper is at work through
out the county. This will be year OF
plenty. The husbandman is amply re-
warded for his labor The rainfall has
been abundant throughout the year
and the spring weather has been most
favorable for ripening the wheat.
This year viii add its testimony to
previous years, that Kansas is well
adapted to cereals and is destined at
no distant day to become the granary
of the United States. Rust and smut,
which in other wheat growing States
initiates against the successful pro-
duciion OF this cereal, are here I'M
known. California consumes thou
sands of tons of blue vi;riol, or what
is commonly termed blue-stone, in the
preparation of the seeds is unknown
here, except amongst pharmaceutists.
While rust in that State annually de-
stroys entire townships we have never
LOST q single acre from this source.
Cheat, wild mustard and oats, curse
to farmers in that State, are likewise
unknown here.
Our farmers are slowly profiting by
experience. Four years ago the vari-
Gus crops raised in our county were
experimental the adaptation of our
soil was unknown. From year TO year
the various seeds known to the mer-
camille community were sown and the
effects of the climate aud soil notcd.
These practical tests have demon
strated beyond doubt that wheat
must ever be our staple production.
The labor involved in producing corn
is obviated ready market is always
open before us, and the greater the
acreage sown the greater viii be the
demand upon us. The Territories and
a portion of the western States are
seeking our productions. Wichita
flour commanded good price and was
eagerly sought after last year, in Col
orado, Wyoming, the Indian aud sew
eral other Territories, and has met
with favor wherever introduced. The
surplus wheat crop in our county will
probably aggregate one million bush
els.
Another item we have learned and
that is, to obtain good crop, farmers
must SOW so early. a large area of
land was last year sowed and planted
late, and the result shows the labor
bestowed almost entirely thrown
away. The acreage of land in wheat,
as compared with last year, is more
than double. This production is no
longer an experiment but fixed fact
and an accomplished success. We
doubt not but that fully one hundred
thousand acres win be sown this fall,
and five years hence we confidently
expect to see our entire county one
field of golden wheat.
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Eastern Railroad Connections.

At a recent meeting of the directors
OF The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
way Company in the city of New
York, it was decided 10 complete thC
railroad, already graded and bridged
from Fort Scott to Humboldt.
In anticipation of this conclusion {
company was organized with a view
to the construction OF road south
west from Humboldt, through the
counties OF Woodson and Wilson, and
thence west through the southern tiei
of counties in the State. This compa-
ny is composed of some of the leading
officers and directors of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas company in the east
and in this State. IL is a matter OF
vital interest to the citizens of Wichi-
Ia that they should appreciate the i'm
portance OF this enterprise, and act ac-
cordingly.
While the terminus of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe road remains at
Wichita; as long as no other road pass
cs its doors on the southeast or west,
our city may rest easy. 1t commands
the situation; it is the queen, the king,
the monarch OF the valley-of all il
surveys. But suppose the present ter
minal agent OF The Santa Fe road, or
any one who succeeds him, takes US
his line Of march TO the southwest;
suppose the proposed Walnut Valley
road is completed; suppose a road up
the Arkansas Valley should 90 up the
Minnesota, or suppose the contempla-
ted road from Humboldt should pass
along the the next tier of counties
south OF us. What then? The answer
is plain and inevitable. Wichita would
simply be way-station, and COM
petitor with the balance of her near
neighbors. She would even be obliged
to throw off some of her present bal
last TO keep herself above the surface.
And all these suppositions are within
the range OF possibility if not proba-
bility. There is ono way 10 avoid it.
Secure the eastern connection, and
you can afford to consent TO and even
aid in the extension southwest. You
can afford TO consent to and counte-
nance the construction Of the Walnut
Valley road. You viii Inevitably Sc
cure the Arkansas Valley road, if it is
constructed at all. You will be the
head railroad center OF the Arkansas
Valley. and You can snap your fingers
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29
The Second District.


The Republican Convention for the
purpose Of nominating the man who
is TO succeed Judge John Il. Goodin,
Of the Second Congressional District,
met at For, Scott on The 2lstinst. The
battle was warm and exciting, but
ended in day. The first ballot stood
Silnons. &c: Haskell, p; Perkins, IS;
Cook IS. Ten ballots were taken, the
last of which resulted: Simons, 25;
Perkins, 20; Haskell, 10; Cook, 16.
The convention adjourned for sup
per, after which fifteen ballots were
taken. Previous 10 the last ballot the
names OF Perkins and Cook were with
drawn and the last ballot resulted
Haskell, &c; Simons, 81. Up to the
last ballot Simons had plurality on
all the votes. When the names of Per
kins and Cook were Withdrawn, the
most of their votes went to Haskell.
The convention was fortunate in
having presented to it the names OF
men either OF whom would lave been
satisfactory to majority Of the peo-
pie of the district. We had reason to
anticipate the nomination of Mr.. ST.
mons, and believe he could have car
ried a stronger vote before the people
than any man III the field; but certain
ly neither of the three could have made
a more successful competition of Judge
Goodin on the stump, than Dudley G.
Haskell. For purity in his private life,
integrity in public life. untiring ener-
gy, and conscientious and consistent
adherence TO the principles of Repub-
licanism no man in the district is more
than the peer of d. Z. Haskell. lie
will make it lively for Goo3in.
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Republican State Convention.


A delegate Convention of Tie Republicans Of
the state Of Kansas viii be held in Representa-
tive Hall in the city of Topeka, on Wednesday,
the 18Th day OF August, A. D. lsI6, at the hour oil
ep. m. for Che purpose Of nominating candidates
for the following Offices, 10 wit.
Governor,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary OF State,
Auditor OF State,
Treasurer OF state.
Attorney Go8eral.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
one Associate Justice OF the supreme Court,
Five Presidential Electors, and
safe Central Committee.
All counties entitled to representation in The
House Of Representative for lSi7, and 10 others,
will bc entitled 70 representation in said conyen-
lion, rs follows, 10 w.t. two delegates from each
Representative district.
tits recommended that lie primary meetings
for the purpose OF electlng delegates TO the state
Convention herein called be held on saturday the
5th day OF August, at such hours as may be des-
ignated BIZ the Central Committee Of each Repre-
sentative district OF in the event that there is no
snch committee, or that It shall fail to act, by the
Central Committee OF the county.
It is also RECOMMENDED that ia addition to the
delegate herein provided Tor, ono alternate be
elected Tor each delegate.
No person wiz be entitled 10 seat vote in
the convention by virtue Of holding The proxy OF
any of tie delegate elected.
JouN GUTuaE, Chairman.
J. JAY Buck, Secretary
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soldier who has lost his limbs or
health in the service of his country
may live and enjoy himself, refutes
forever the idea that cur Government
does not care for her defenders. We
wouldn't mind being crippled two,
three or a half dozen times ourself for
the sake of the after enjoyment of
such place.
Speaking of soldiers reminds us that
the new equalization of bounties bill
passed Congress yesterday. We have
not seen the law yet, but expect it is
full and complete. And speaking of
Congress reminds us of the big debate
which took place This afternoon i'll the
Senate when the transfer of the Indian
affairs to the War Department was
under consideration, and in which
such Senators as Morton, of Indiana,
Logan, of Illinois, Morrill,. of Maine,
and Bogy, of Missouri, were pitted
against our Young Senator, John j.
ingalls,. They struck him upon ques
ton in which he was at home. The
truth of the matter is he routed the
whole force in most eloquent passage
at arms. There was more talk of the
brilliant victory Of the young Senator
from Kansas this evening in Washing
ton than the resignation OF Bristow
caused He did not only great honor
TO himself, but to the State of Kansas.
Self-poised and at home with the i'm
portant details of the measure, armed
with facts and statistics relating to
the practical workings of the Quaker
and other policies and the abuses aris-
ing therelrom, he not only readily
answered every question put to him,
but convinced the Senate III spite of
itself, and carried his motion for
postpenement. There is another thing
have learned which partly knew
before, Judge Brown is making
record that will stand the test of after
~ ~ iiV SChSC a. We
ordinarily understand the term, he
has neglected, probably, to work up
his chances for q reelection, but he
has been at work III a manner that has
told upon the legislation of the coun-
try. We have nc room at this time
TO enumerate, but we tell the aspi-
rants for his place that they will run
against something when they attempt
to attack his record.
But this letter is already too long,
and we feel dull, so will stop. Our
next will probably be from Philadel-
phia, to which point we propose to re-
pair iii the course OF a few days-a
week ut farthcst.
We met several Kansas people here
the last two days and take pleas ure i'll
acknowledging calls from Captain
Henry King, of Topeka, Captain Alex.
Banks, of Lawrence Judge Mcfarland,
of Topeka, and j. +. Lcgate, of Leav-
enworth. NJ. NJ. NJ.
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" that we owe Union township 49,

say that we owe Union township 49,
34S and pay ten per cent. per annum
for ten years, making 1884 year for
the support of their schools. If we
pay to-day the schools will get four
per cent. less from the bonds than they
are now getting from us, which would
be $l37, or 1882 in the ten years.
Section thirty-six, in Union township,
was sold for more than section sixteen.
Your county contains sixty school
sections, and when all is put together
is an item that will pay your Changers
to look after.
have not the education or ability
to write, and then am passed seven
ty-six years of age. | have written
this because [ think the citizens of
Sedgwick county ought to have the
care of their own money, especially
when it pays ten per cent. so and at
home and only six per cent. in bonds,
and is as safe secured by mortgage.
And / further believe the citizens of
Sedgwick county arc as competent and
honest as at Topeka.
HUGH RHODES.
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Publication Notice

District Coart, Thirteenth Judicial District,
Sedswick County, Kansas:
James l., Byers, Plaintiff
VS..
Stephen W. Parker, NJ L.
Parker, and First National
Bank of Wichita, Kansas,
Defendants.
The above named defendants, Stephen W. Par
ker, and M. l.. Parker, will take notice that they
have been sued by the above named plaintiff,
James l.. Byers, in the District Court OF Sedg
wick county, Kansas, in the action above entitled
and unless they answer the petition of the plain
ti, against them filed IN said action in the Office
of the clerk of said court, by tine 4th day of Au-
gust, 1876, said petition Will be taken true and
judgment will be rendered in said action in favor
of said plaintiff, and against said defendants for
the sum of Sfif 90, with interest from June LIST,
1915 at u per cent per annum and the further
OF $50 90 as an attorneys fee for said action
and for the sale of the following real estate 10
wit The northeast quarter of section r. in town
q south of range west, in Sedgwck county
Kansas, under mortgage, to satisfy said sums
of money, interests and costs of said action, in
accordance with the prayer of said petition.
SLUSS, STANLEY & HATTON,
Eft Plaintiff s Att'ys
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29

Our Democratic friends urge thai
the Republican party has been so cor
rupt in the administration Of national
affairs that "new Zeal" is demanded
by the country. Well, we should not
so seriously object to a new DEAL" i
they would only present new pack
But we do object to their turning ~
Jack" from the nasty, dirty, greasy
dog-eared pack that has been fingered
so long by Buchanan, JEFF. Davis and
their associates, in the infamous crimes
of FIRST robbing the Nation and then
attempting to throttle it.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29

In counties consisting OF more than one Repre-
sentative District and where the number Of dele
gates allotted 10 such counties cannot be equally
divided between the Representative District OF
said counties, the County Republican Central
Committee shall alportion the delegates among the
districts upon ihe basis Of the Republican vote.
Il is recommended that the District Conven-
tons Cor the purpose OF electing delegates 10 the
Convention herein called, be held ON Saturday,
August s, 1875, At such honr rs may bedesignated
By the Central Committee Of each Representative
District or in The event that there be no such COM
miiiee, then by ido Central Committee Of The
county.
II is also accommodated, that in addition TO the
delegates herein provided, one alternate beelect-
ed for each delegate.
No person viii be entitled 10 a seal or vote in
The convention, by virtue Of holding The proxy of
any of the delegates by order Committee,
JACOB STorLER, Chairman.
ErNRY BoorH Secrelary
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29
a Portion Of tbs Kansas City Bridge Destroyed

We learn that the bridge across the
Missouri river, at Kansas City, was
partially destroyed by fire last Friday.
The fire commenced on the Harlan
side of the river, running toward the
Kansas City side. The entire span
joining on the north side, was de-
stroyed and fell, and the second span
was greatly damaged before The fire
was put out. The bridge is what is
known as a combination bridge. The
bottom chord of the bridge is Of iron,
while the upper chords and braces are
Of wood.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-06-29
Commjttee Nsatine.

The members Of the sedgwick county Eepub-
lscan Central Committee, are notified that there
viii be o meeting Of said committee At the EAGLE
Office on Saturday, July Isl lsl6, at one O'Clock
p m, of said day, 70 take measures for securing
the representation OF said county in sae State,
Congressional, Senatorial and Judicial cOnyon-
tons. and to transact any other such business
which may be brought before said committee at
the time \ full attendance Is requested.
MM BALDwTS, Chairman.
Wichita, Kansa s, June 70, 1876.
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Pridra Nntice

Notice is hereby given that petition will be
precented to the county commissioners of Sedg-
wick county, Kansas, at their regular meeting In
hundred dollars, for the purpose of aiding in
building bridge across Spring creek, on near
the section line running east and west between
east, and on or near the township line running
north and south between range l and : east. Said
road will accommodate travel east and west,
north and south. Ll0-3l j. HOUT MlNNiCH.