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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
The Bulgarian Atrocities.


The accounts of the Turkish attro-
cities, published week since i'll the
EAGLE has been supplemented since by
an official report and from an extract
published in London, on Sept 10th, we
quote a few sentences:
The programme provided for gen
eral and simultaneous rising of large
number of villages, all of which are
named, were to be burned and the rail-
ways were to be destroyed. The Gov
eminent stores are to be seized and all
Mussulmen who resisted were to be
killed aud all Bulgarians who refused
to Join the insurrectiOn were TO be
forced Into the ranks of the insurgents.
Barring in his report estimates that in
Saneljak aud Phillipopolis 1900 Bull
garians and 1000 Mussulmen were kill
ed and fifty-two villages burned. The
Bulgarians burned five small Turkish
villages. The report gives the circum-
stantial account of the destruction OF
each town. 1t states that the most
fearful tragedy of the whole insurrec-
ton occurred al Batak. Hearing that
preparations for a revolt was going on
here, Achmet Agha was ordered to at
tack the town. He summoned the in
habitants to give up their arms, but
distressing his attentions they refused
to obey, and desultory fight succeed
ed, lasting two days. On Monday the
inhabitants had a parley with Achmet
who solemnly swore that if they would
give up their arms not hair on their
heads should be touched. The villagers
thereupon surrendered their arms.
Then all the money in the place was
demanded. after securing of which, the
Bashi Bazouks set upon the people and
slaughtered them like sheep. About
1900 took refuge in church. Baffled
in all attempts to fire it from the out
side, the Bias hi Bazouks finally climbed
to the roof, tore off the tiles and threw
burning pieces Of wood and rags dip
ped in petroleum among the thickly
packed masses of human beings below.
At last the door was thrown open and
the massacre completed. The inside
of the church was burned. The only
survivor of this slaughter to be found
was an old woman, she alone remain
ing alive of family of seven.
Barring continues: visited this place
on the 31st of July; hardly a corpse
had been buried, where man fell he
now lies. In the streets at every step
lay human remains, rotting and swell
tering in the sun. The stencil was
overpowering. Five thousand in all
killed here, and about eighty girls were
carried off. The surviving inhabitants
lived in wooden huts.
The dispatch concludes: There was
undoubtedly revolution which had
to be subdued by armed force, but the
Government is to blame for calling out
the Bashi Bazouks, for had they sent
the regular troops earlier the Bashi Ba-
zouks would have been unnecessary
The manner in which the rising was
suppressed was inhuman to the last de-
gree. Five hundred innocent persons
suffered for every guilty one.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
The Centennial Exposition.

Last Thursday Sept. 2lst, was the
Odd Fellows day at Philadelphia, and
it proved the biggest and the most
profitable of any Of the season so far.
The associate press reports says: Up
to the closing hour the cash admissions
were 100,50l, and the total attendance
footed up one hundred aud fourteen
thousand. one hundred and twenty.
These figures surpassed the utmost
that had been predicted for any one
day. The admission to-day, however.
surpasses yesterday. tits New York
State day, and trains have all morning
run into the city densely packed with
New Workers. Not only was the ca
pacity of railroad transportation taxed
TO its utmost but transportation to the
grounds, for the first time since the
exposition opened, have been found in
adequate. Every train, every street
ear, every wagon and hack went cram
med full with passengers, and still
crowds of people had to walk to the
grounds. AT one O'Clock, this after
noon, the admission had amounted to
III, 5SS, thus making the attendance
the first half of to-day greater than yes
terday, or any attendance heretofore"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Failed TO Bust Manning.


Colonel E. c. Manning, of Winfield,
was nominated for the Legislature a
wear ago, but several enemies in his
own party raised such hub-bub that.
fearing he might bethe cause OF defeat
he magnanimously withdrew and did
all in his power for the success of the
ticket aud the honorable gentleman
named in his stead. Again this fall he
was nominated for the State Senate,
and again the same cry was raised,
eliminating in an effort in the County
Convention TO compel him TO with
draw, or to repudiate him. The effort
failed and the second convention en-
dorsed him by refusing to lend itself
to an illegitimate scheme. This is at
least our idea of the case as taken
from The papers of both sides. We
trust now that our Republican friends
in Cowley county viii lay aside their
personal differences and all work har
moniously for the triumph of the Re-
publican ticket. Manning, il elected,
viii make an able State Senator.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
THE MEADOW MASSACRE.
The Jury Bring in Verdict Of Guilty in the
First Degree.

In the Beaver court, at Salt Lake,
September 25, Judge Boreman, in the
course of his charge to the jury said :
The prisoner, John d. Lee, stands be-
fore you charged with being partici-
pant in one of the most atrocious mas
sacres of human beings, men, women
and children, in Mountain Meadow in
1857, that was ever known in any civ
ilized portion of the world. The evil
dence shows that the persons killed
were emigrants.
For several days combination of
Indians and white men had been max
ing attacks upon their encmapmennts
Indians and white men We'd with each
other in the fiendish work, destroying
over J2o men, women and children. 1t
has been alleged that he shot one wo-
man with gun, one with pistol. cut
the throat of another, and told an In
dian not to spare young woman
whose life the savage asked him to
spare.
The jury retired at 1l-45 a. m, and
at $50 p. IN. returned with verdict
of guilty in the first degree.
Lee was at last accounts threatening
to divulge all the dark secrets connec-
ted with Brigham Young and his
.Danite Band" of which Lee was the
chief, and it is to be sincerely hoped
that he may.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
D. R. Anthony in a Libel Suit.

Hon. Edward Russell, in answer 10
some of the charges made by the Leav-
enworth Times, against George I. An
thony, Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, wrote to the Lawrence Journal
explaining the suit carried against
Geo. T. Anthony in which commune
cation Russell declared there was no
paper published in Leavenworth
through which he could reply and
reach the people. In his article Rus
sell says:
81 have carefully read the lawyers
brief referred to by d. Il. Who ever
imagined that the stuff put in law
yer's brief is evidence against anyone :?
And the only testimony submitted III
the case, what does it prove Simply
that Geo. Il. did, in 1860 and in 1861,
what thousands of the best and most
upright merchants do every year,
struggle on in business, hoping to re-
trieve some past disaster and then
finally fail, failure alone preventing the
reputation of shrewd, sagacious bus
ness man, which success would have
entailed, by consent of all.
This is ell that is proven add that to
by erparte eriGeace. imagine that
neither in New York nor in Kansas,
has business failure been decided to
be morally or legally crime, or even
dishonor."
The Times then publishes the article
in full and accused Russell of embez
element, malfeasance in Office and per-
jury, whereupon Russell sued the
Times proprietor, for $4,000 damages
and also commenced criminal prosecn-
ton. His attorneys are Hon. j. w.
English and Judge Sherry.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
For the EAGLE.

KANSAS CITY, No., Sep, %, 1876.
EDITOR EAGLE A few words
from here may be of interest to your
numerous readers. This is the me-
tropolis of western Missouri and the
center of trade for middle and south
ern Kansas. The city still grows, and
from its position must continue to ad-
vance in trade, in growth and wealth.
The Kansas City fair is in progress
this week. These fairs did have a
reputation that was honorable to this
city. The present fair has come
down to the level of all other gamb-
ling associations. A few fancy stock
breeders use it for advertising: say
five or six exhibitors of Berkshire
hogs, one exhibitor of about six Po-
land China hoge, one exhibitor of two
hogs and three pigs of the Lincoln
Whites, and one exhibitor of some
FIVE Chester Whites; that is the swine
show. Some three exhibitors of, say,
thirty sheep of three breeds. The cat
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Postal Railway Commission.

The special railway commission ap-
pointed under authority of act of Con-
gress passed last session, convened in
Chicago on the 18th inst. The COM
mission consists of Gardiner &. Hub
bard. of Massachusetts,, P. w. Palmer,
of Illinois, and Dauiel M. Fox, of Penn
sylvania. The commission heard Jno
Macarthur, postmaster at Chicago,
John NJ. Hubbard, general superinten-
dent of letter carriers in Chicago, Geo.
l.. Bangs, late general Of postal rail-
way transportation, and Hugh Riddle,
general superintendent and vice presi-
dent of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad company. These gen.
tlemen gave evidence on postal rail-
way trans portation, the compensation
therefor, and the best means for
lettering it. The board will prob
ably set most of the week, and hear
representatives of the leading rail-
roads having headquarters here officers
of the postal service, merchants, bank
ers, manufacturers, members of the
press, and all persons most interested
in fast mails. The board has already
collected many valuable data for their
report to Congress and have passed
only portion of the territory that
they will traverse. The commission
will visit Milwaukee Immediately by
special train and will return the same
avapinu
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Wichita Has the Honor.

Since the crooked swearing of Sam
uel j. Tilden was brought to light the
whole Democratic party has been in a
sweat for the want Of an explanation
that would satisfy the average Ameri-
can Democrat. Tilden and his conf
dentials were importuned and threat
ened by turns, day and night. The
New York Herald, the Nation, aud
other prominent papers in the mean
time, hauling down his name. No ex-
PLANTATION, no denial of the unpleasant
affidavits, could be given, except the
thin affairs essayed by Tilden's private
secretary, which only disguised all
right-thinking men, until at last Col.
George ii. English. of Wichita. through
our Contemporary, makes plain that,
after all, 500, 900 in two payments just
equals $3.50, the amount returned.
Patent applied for.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
tie shew is much better, but none

tie shew is much better, but none
from farmers, all from parties who
raise for sale, and ali fat enough for
beef, fatter than most of the beef cat
tie sold at the cattle yards.
Horse racing seemed to be the only
part that was interesting enough to
keep the crowd together. The stands
were crowded from early morning un-
til sunset. The racing was as unfair
as usual. The owners or drives of the
slow horses combining to put in chan
Gerry, or ''pocket" the faster horses,
which was quite successful. There
were some other operations that were
very busy. One party said they paid
five hundred dollars for the privilege
of such gambling as the State laws
utterly condemn, and it was openly
practiced on the fair grounds, when it
would not be allowed any where else
in the State. Farmers took no part
in the fair except to pay their entrance
money, meet socially with their neigh
bors aud go home dissatisfied with
the whole affair. The machinery and
implement department was very good.
This part is in the hands of active, live
men who deal in the goods they ex-
hibit and it is about the only honest
part of the fair.
And now few words of business.
The cattle trade is quite dull. The
yards here are owned, or run, iii or by
the railroads centering here. The cat
tie trade from Wichita is accommo-
dated with most miserable, dirty ca
boose cars, and then the persons in
charge of cattle have to change i'll the
night at Topeka. 1t was rainy night
when | came up and no information
employee as to where the other ca
boose was. No use to send any per-
son along to take care of stock on the
road for there is no opportunity to
get any up that may get down until
they arrive at Kansas City, and then
we laid on the side track here two
hours before unloading, with a num-
Der of cattle down and the Others
trampling over them. At some sta
tons the train laid over long enough
to have helped some of the cattle up,
but nothing could be learned how
long the train would stop at any sta
ton. If you went forward perhaps
your only remedy was to climb on the
cattle cars while in motion.
Yours, SEDGwfCK.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
He'll Gate Demolished.

A dull thud was heard, the rock 5
trembled beneath the feet of the mul.
titude as if from two quick, short
palsations of earthquake. The water,
which appeared to remain stationary
for an instant, broke and spurted up
in irregular, dark, yelloWish masses,
about twelve feet high, mixed with
dark smoke from the dynamite. Then
il fell back and the river resumed its
peaceful aspect. Then mighty cheer
arose from all the northest side of the
city, and the steamers and ferry boats
steam whistles were blown, and the
bells were rung out joyously. and all
was over. The report was scarcely
noticeable, and not so much as ripple
was caused upon the water, save just
over the spot where the explosion took
place. There was no conclusion in
the air, and not pane of glass was
broken in the city or on Wards Island.
Immediately after the explosion hum
dreds of row boats set out at their best
speed for He'll Gate. each anxious to
have the honor of first passing over
the scene of the explosion.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Think Of this When You Vets.

The present debt is 5000, Isl, 9l4.
The debt, if there be allowed claims
of the late rebels, every one of whom
is Democrat. would be 81, SOC, 900, 600.
We rather think this is the great issue,
for there IS no doubt Of the intention
of the south, in case of Tilden's cleo
ton, TO have not only pensions for
rebel soldiers, but pay for her former
slaves. At home the declaration is
made openly, and we all know the
south controls the Democratic party,
as it did in the last Congress.
William Lloyd Garrison. in letter
to a colored man Of Springfield, Hi
nois. saws: az Samuel j. Tilden
should be elected il would be the res
toraiion of the Democratic party to
power aud place as before the rebel
Iona party Overwhelmingly com
posed of those who are deadly hostile
to your race in all that pertains to
equal and exact justice"
Then we say everybody who is in
favor of being taxed TO pay for stores
or supplies taken from rebels, during
the rebellion, for the use of army OF
the United States; everybody who is
in favor of being taxed TO pay for
property used or appropriated by the
United States army during the rebel
lion, ought to vote for Tilden. And
these are the only men who ought to
vote that wa. Does any intelligent
northern man believe that if the Dem
ocrats get control of both Houses OF
Congress they viii not enact such leg
islation as will reimburse the citizens
of the southern States for damages
sustained b. them in the late civil
r-opD
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Put to Route Again.

Gov. HAYES has sat down another
beautiful campaign SANDER. Some i'm
aginative gcnious announced a short
time ago that Mr.. Hayes had in july
last written letter 10 the American
Alliance, accepting membership and
declaring his belief that suffrage ought
TO be limited to native born citizens.
1t took Mr.. Hayes about one minute to
dispose of the charge when it reached
him by saying that he never wrote any
such leeter, never belonged to any Sc
cret political party and never would,
and that the sentiments attributed to
him were repugnant to every act and
belief of his life. Next
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Sherif's Sale,

District Court, 18th Judicial District, Sedgwick
county Kansas.
Lidde Miltmore
First National Bank of Wichita, Kan.
By virtue of AN execution issued out of the Dis
trct court the 18th Judicial District sitting in
and for Sedgwick county Kansas, wherein Lidde
Miltmore is plaintiff and the First National Bank,
of Wichita, Kansas, defendant, will, on
Saturday Gie liih day Of October, A. ID. 1876,
between the hours OF and o clock D. m. at the
court house door, in the city of Wichita, Kansas,
Offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bid
der for cash in hand all the right title ard inter-
est of the defendant the First National Bank of
Wichita, Kansas, in and TO the following de-
scribed real property, situated in the county of
Sedgwick State of Kansas, TO wit:
Lot No fifty (50) Main street, in the city of
Wichita, county OF Sedgwick, and State of Kan
sas and appraised at 81 900. Said real property
is levied upon the property of defendant, the
First National Bank of Wichita, Kansas, and will
be sold to satisfy said execution of sale.
cheriGrs Office, Wichita, Sedgwick county, Kan
sas, Septe mber -, A: d.. 1876.
IL. W. DUNNING,
Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Adams, English & Ruggles, Plaintiffs Attor-
neys. 24-5t
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
His War Record.

In the letter of General Dix, read al
the reunion of the Boys i'll Blue at
Indianapolis, occurs sentence which
gives the record of Samuel j. Tilden
in nutshell. Here it is, and every
word of it true:
at is enough for US that he is pre-
scented to the people as the exponent
of The principles and policy of the
Democratic party, that it declared the
war failure when you were bringing
it to triumphant conclusion, and that
he refused to take part in UNFOLDING
the government when it was menaced
and imperilled-a government would
not be in existence # his example and
his counsels had prevailed with his
countrymen."
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
The Yellow Fever Scourage.

That terrible and fatal disease, the
yellow fever, is committing sad havoc
in hnmaa life in Savannah, Charleston,
Augusta, Brunswick, and many other
Southern cities. At Brunswick, last
Sunday six hundred cases were report
ed, with few physicians, the people
destitute and affairs in frightful con-
dition' Many must die from starva-
tiou. To read the detailed accounts OF
suffering makes one sick at heart.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28

District Court, 18th judicial district, Sedgwick
county, Kansas.
NJ. 4. Thayer & Co.,
ii. W ack, Sarah A. Black and 7
Sarah l.. Black.
By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the
district of the 18th judicial district sitting
IN and for Sedgwick county, Kansas, wherein NJ.
A. Thayer and X. S kingman, partners as NJ.
y. Thayer CO., are plaintiffs, aud H. W. Black
Sarah A. Black and Sarah l.. Black, defendants,
Will on
Saturday, the 7ta day Of October, A D. 1876,
between the hours of 2 and 4 o'cleck p. m, at
the courthouse door, being at the front Of the
building known as Eagle Block, ON Douglas Av-
enue, 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 defendants Ii. W Black Sarah A. Black and
Sarah L. Black, in and to the following described
real property to wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner of lot No.
four AZ IN WaterTnan's addition to the town of
Wichita, and running thence north two hundred
and eighty-six esq feet, thence west to the west
line OF waco street, in said town of wichita
thence sonth to the north line of Douglas Avenue
in said town, thence east TO place o. beginning
Also that ira ct of land bounded as follows, to
wit: Commencing a. point on the west line of
Waco street in Waterman g addition in the town
of Wichita, fifty feet north of the north line of
First street, in said Waterman's addition and
running thence west TO the Arkansas river thence
in Il sou:heasterly direction with the meanders of
said river 70 the north line of Douglas Avenue in
said Waterman's addition to said town Of Wichi-
tn, thence east 20 point south Of and IN range
with the west line of Waco street in said town OF
Wichita, thence north to place of beginning.
Advertisement of said property being waived.
Property is levied upon as the property OF :
PENDANTS, IL W. Black Sarah A. Black and :
rah L. Black, and will be sold to satisfy said or
der of sale.
Sherf's office, Wichita, Sedgwick county,
Kansas, August Goth, A. ID 1876
Ii. w. DUNNING,
Sheriff Sedgwick county, Kansas.
He. sluss, plaintiff s Attorney 22-5t
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
The Democratic Convention.

The Sedgwick county Democracy
assembled in convention at this place
last Saturday pursuant TO action of
their central committee, and placed in
the field a full ticket. We were UNI
able to be present, but understand
that, while proceedings of the conven-
ton were very harmonious, the re-
suits, to the body of the party, are not
so satisfactory. Mr.. V. p. Cartwright
was nominated for State Senator; &.
c. Phillips tor Representative from
the western district; William Griffen-
stein from the Wichita district; Ben
jainin Fisher for County Attorney;
Fred Schattner for Clerk of the Dis
irict Court; w. G. Hobbs for Probate
Judge; - Jones for Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
We are not like many editors we
know of, who believe every man in
the opposite party to be corrupt. In
this instance we think our opponents
have put up some very good timber,
any that their ticket will poll the full
strength of the party in the county, or
very nearly so. That any of them
count upon being elected we do not
believe for moment. If we were
Democrat and didn't care ANYTHING
about throwing away our vote we
should hesitate to vote for the whole
ticket. Like the Republicans, our
Democratic friends took up farmer
fer Senator, tor one Representative
and for the superintendent, so there
can be no growing on one side or the
other.
Now let us have fair and square
party vote.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
Cav. Anthony and the Central Cennittss

George T. Anthony, who has, since
his nomination, been down to Phila-
delphia. busy with the Kansas exhibit
ton, re-arranging and putting up the
display cf this years products, hear
ing of the charges being made against
him, and the cowardly fight developed,
telegraphed for the State Central
Committee to meet him at Topeka on
yesterday. We have no doubt of his
ability to put to flight all ISLANDERS, but
il is a misfortune to our State that he
could not be permitted to appear in
her behalf a few weeks longer at the
worlds great show.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-28
The New York Nation Disgusted.

The New York Nation, one of the
ablest and most influential journals of
the country, says that the failure of
Mr.. Tilden to explain that income tax
return and that oath filed in the rail-
road case, is the most damaging thing
in the the canvass. That it would be a
calamity to have one of the parties of
this nation to nominate a man who
shall be defeated for the Presidency,
because he would not explain trans
action, which if true as charged would
confinc him in the penitentiary. This
is a startling view of the case, and is
one most strongly put. And the Nd
ton farther says that the response of
Governor Hayes to the charge made
upon him, is clear, open, satisfactory
and triumDhant.