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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-01-13
For the EAGLE.
coming a Great Water-power.

EDITOR EAGLE: Knowing that the
beds of the Little Arkansas river and
Chisholm creek are both several feet
lower than that of the Big Arkansas
river at opposite points (Which ac-
counts for both streams being living
streams, and not fed by springs, as
some suppose, but becoming natural
outlets for the water that sub-irrigates
this Valley we must necessarily come
to the conclusion that Cowskin creek
obtains water from the same source,
and consequently is lower than the bed
of the Big Arkansas river. That be-
ing the case, i. would be possible to
carry portion of the water of the
Big Arkansas river across to Cowskin
creek. The point at which this could
be done, with the least expense, would
begin at the northwest corner of sec
ton one, in township twenty-six,
south, range two, west, and thence
take southwesterly course to point
on the Cowskin in section twenty
seven, township twenty-six, range
two west, which would require a race
three and four-fifths miles long, and
most of the distance it would not re-
quire any great amount Of earth to be
excavated and would drain several
thousand acres of land that are now
of little value on account Of standing
water in the spring.
The great obstacle to be overcome
would be that of sand filling the mouth
Of the race, which could be overcome
by laying very porous thing in the
river and some distance in the race,
covering the same. Sufficient water
could be diverted, with what is con-
stantly in COwskin creek, to furnish
at least two thousand cubic feet per
minute, which would make one of the
best water-powers in the State for the
distance of thirty miles, owing to the
solidity, heighth orbanks and width OF
channel. This once accomplished and
Sedgwick county will become the
great manufacturing county of South
western Kansas by which all of our
could be done at home.
The amount of wealth which would
grow out of it could not be calculated
at this day. II. l.. Jackson.
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For the EAGLE.
The West Side.
WEST WICHITA, Jan. 8, 1876.

WEST WICHITA, Jan. 3, 1876.
Mr.. EDIToE:-It seems to me that
Delano township has been entirely left
out in your correspcndence,a and Think
that such largo and important part
of the county should not be overlooked.
Since your former correspondent has
become Granger he has had no spare
time, or else he has been too much ia
Ken up with the elections to write for
your valuable paper. The late rains
have helped the fall wheat wonderful
| ly, and some assert that wheat has
grown at least two inches the past
week.
The winter term of school is taught
by MIR. j. j. Parkhurst, of Wichita,
and he is giving very good satisfaction.
There are now about twenty-seven
scholars enrolled.
This weather, for the first Of Janua-
ry, beats any one of the oldest inhab-
itants, and no one can be dissatisfied
with it, unless they arc ice dealers.
The Delano Grange has about played
out, SO to speak, and the Secretary can
now be seen in town almost every day
looking for job which will pay better
than the Grange.
believe C. w. Tallman finished dig
ging his potatoes about week ago,
aud he feels ready for winter any time
now.
Mr.. Anderson, who has been unwell
for long time, is worse, and doubts
are entertained Of his recovery. He IS
one of the old settlers, and would be
very much missed.
G. E. kirkpatrick has improved the
appearance Of his house very much by
good coat of paint inside and out.
In parties we are not behind the rest
of the world. The one at Perry Will
kins on New Years eve was very well
attended and all who were present had
a good time and were well repaid for
going, in spite of the stormy weather.
There was also party at school
house in the northwestern part of the
township, on Thursday evening, Janu-
airy 9th, but as l was not present |
don't know how it'passed off.
Frank Jones, Junior member of the
firm of McCaDless s. Jones, contem-
plates moving out on his claim near
the Minnesota as soon as he can find
some one to take his place in the store.
Should these few lines meet your
approval, you may occasionally hear
from AJAX.
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The United States Marshalship.

If there is to be a change in the
United States Marshalship. our idea of
an appointee is that he should be a
man of character, dignity and ability,
and a politician. That is to say, he
a man who would not only help his
friends, but who would and could
help his party. The vast patronage OF
the position, the extent of ramifica-
ton of its business, afford smart man
opportunity to this end. The person
who holds such a position should be
an active leader, whose ability and
good character forces his recognition
as such. But if qualifications and en-
dowments like these are not to be con-
sidered in the appointment of a sue
cesser to Capt. Tough, and only the
capacity to discharge the mere routine
work of the place is the desideratum
we should say the handsome thing
the only thing-to do is to appoint
Charley Miller, who has been the
working United States Marshal for
several years past. Miller would not
do anything BRILLIANT or remarkable in
a political sense, probably, but lie
would be sold reliable" itself as an
fficial.-PaOld Spirit.
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ciety. is determined to make this liz

ciety, is determined to make this liz
stitution success. The Legislature
will, undoubtedly, make an appropria-
ton of ST. 900 this winter to pay the
subscription price of every newspaper
sent to the society.
There has been recently organized,
under the auspices of Capital Grange,
Topeka, course of grange lecturcs,to
be delivered hero this winter. The
object or these lectures is the improve
n.ent Of the farming class and to show
up the Importance ola course of edu-
cation in our common schools and in
stitutions Of learning generally, that
will more fully meet the wants of the
industrial classes. These lectures are
free, and open to the public. The very
best talent in the State has been Sc
cured 10 deliver them, the first of
which, on the subject "The way to
Agricultural Improvement" will be
delivered Friday evening, January IA,
by Pref. E.. NJ. Shelton, Superintend-
ent of the State Agricultural farm.
The annual meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture will be he'd in
this city, on Wednesday evening, the
18th inst, for the election of officers
for the ensuing year. The outgoing
officers are Geo. L. Anthony, Presi-
dent; Geo. w. Click, Vice President;
j. G. Wilson, Treasurer: and six d.
rectors. Alfred Gray, the gentleman
ly and efficient Secretary, holds over
for another year.
Mention should have been made, in
connection with the above statement,
of the condition of the treasury, that
Lappin went away from Topeka, hay
ing neglected to pay over the sum of
$500 or $500 cash, which is necessary
to make his books balance with the
State. The amount was so small that
it was supposed he would promptly
make it good, hence it went out in the
published statements that everything
had been found right in the treasury.
1t now seems, however, that Lappin
has determined that his suretles on
his official bond shall pay up this little
deficit as well as the other amounts
on his civil and criminal bonds.
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Road Notice

OF time and place of meeting of We've an Sur
veyor to view, survey and locate county road
and TO persons to apply Tor damages. etc.
STATE OF KANSAS,
County of Sedgwick,
Whereas application has been made, by pet
ton, to the board of county commissioners OF
>edgwick county, Kansas, for lacitiDg county
road, AS follows, to wit:
The place of beginning of lid road nortbEe st
corner sec. 2, town rs, range east. The inter-
mediate points quarter corner vest line sec 80,
town %, range l east; thence TO center of sec "a
town rs, range east; thence to quarter corner
south line sec. 81, tewn rs, range east; thence
TO southwest corner sec. 81, town 49, range east;
thence to the southwest corner sec. 10, town p +,
range east, and thu place of termination of said
road And whereas, John Falkenst-in, W. Il.
Williams and George w. Dennis, road viewers,
and IL. l.. jackson, County Surveyor OF said
county, have been appointed and ordered by said
County Comm ssloners TO view, rvey and locate
said road; therefore you are hereby notified that
viewers and surveyor will proceed on the 18th
day of january, ISIS, at O'Clock a. m, at the
place of beginning of said road TO view, survey
and locate said road, and perform whatsoever
other duties required by law. And unless
you file a written application for damages sus-
tanned, and compensation claimed. with said
viewers, giving description of the premise on
which you claim such damages compensation,
your application for aad recovery of the same
Will be forever barred. JOHN TUCKER,
Dated Jan. Sd, 1876. f41l County Clerk.
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Road Notice.


OF time and place of meeting of viewers to view
county road. and TO persons to apply for dam
ages, etc.
STATE OF KANSAS, Ia
County of Sedgwick. %.
To Whom 1t may Concern:
Whereas. application has been made, by petit
ton, to the Board of County Commissioners of
sedgwick county, Kansas, Ter vi wing a county
road, as follows to-wit:
Tie place Of beginning of said read, southeast
corner section Z, town q, range west. The in
termediate points, northeast corner said section
I, and the place OF termination OF said road the
northwest corner section :, town "a range west.
And whereas, A. Il. Johnson John Catherwood
and NJ ). Rochelle, road viewers, of said county i,
have been appointed and ordered by said County
commissioners, to view said road: therefore.
you are hereby notified that said viewers will
proceed the 29rh day of January, 1876, at 0
o'clock a. m, ut the place of beginning of said
road, TO view and locate said road. and perform
whatsoever other duties rs are required of them
by law. And unless you fie written applca-
ton for damages sustained, and compensation
claimed, with said viewers, giving Il description
of the premises on which you claim such damag-
es or compensation. your application Tor and re-
covery OF the same will be forever barred
JOHN TUCKER,
County Clerk.
tod L.
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Centennial History.

The suggestion made by Prof. John
L. Campbell, of Indiana, Secretary of
the United States Centennial Commits
sion, has been embodied in a resolu-
ton offered in Congress On-Wednes-
day last, by Mr.. Henderson, of New
Jersey. The resolution recommends
to the people of the country that they
assemble in their several counties on
next Fourth of July, and cause to have
delivered historical sketch of each
county from its formation, and that q
copy of said sketch be filed in the
Clerks Office of the comfy, and an
other copy in the Office of the Librari-
an of Congress. In this way it is pro-
posed to obtain complete history of
the country.
The idea is one of the best yet sug-
gested in connection with the Centeu-
NAL celebration. We hope it will be
generally acted upon throughout the
country. If this work was properly
done, such mass Of historical data
would be collected as no other country
ever succeeded in getting together.
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Publication Notice,

STATE sai1t. OF Kansas nA1N,L SIS.
In the District Court of said sedswick County.
John j. Hughes, Plaintiff,
VS..
loung S. Hughes Defendant.
The above named defendant Young s. Hughes,
I nonresident of the state of Kansas, will take
notice that he has been sued by the above named
plaintiff in the District Court of Sedgwick couu-
ty, Kansas; that the said plaintiff filed his peti-
ton in the clerks Office OF said District Court on
the 9th day of July, 1876; that unless you answer
the said petition before the 25th day Of Fes-
ruary, lsi6, 1t will be taken true and judgment
be rendered against you in favor of the plaintiff
for the sum OF five hundred dollars, with interest
at the rate of seven per cent per anniIm from the
18th day of August, 1874, and for the further sum
of forty-one dollars with interest on said sum at
the rate of twelve per cent. per annum from the
18th day OF August. lS1i, and for the sale of the
following described real estate, situate in Sedg-
wick county, Kansas, attached as the property Of
the defendant ON the eth day of July, ls75, by
the Sheriff OF said Sedgwick county, Kansas, by
virtue Of order of attachment issued by the
clerk of said court in the above entitled cause to
satisfy said judgment and costs Of suit, VIZ: The
northeast quarter 90 Of section number twenty
(20) in township number twenty-seven ca SOUTH
OF range number one ~ west and lots number -
and 20 on Central avenue, aud lots number fifty
one (5D and dfty-fiye (55) on topeka avenue, all
in j. Hilton's addition to the city of Wichita,
Sedgwick county, Kansas.
j. NJ. BALDERSTON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Attest: GEO. W. REEyzs, Clerk 4l-it
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Publication Notice.

STATE OF KANSAS, $50
Sedgwick County.
In the District Court, in and for the County and
State aforesaid.
Frederic Smith. Plaintiff,
VS..
lliam IL O'Mealy ,Phebe
j. o. Mea,y, The FIRST Ma
tional Bank of Wichita,
Kansas, Il. ii. Fisher, Wa
N McClees, f Conslyn md
w. A. Thomas Il Co ,Df'ts
The above named defendants, William ii.
O'Mealey and Phebe j. O'Mealy, will take no tice
that they have been sued in the District Court OF
Sedgwick County, Kansas, by the above named
plaintiff, Frederic Smith, and unless they answer
said court or before the 18th day of February,
Judgment will he rendered in said action, in favor
of said plaintiff against said defendant, William
II. o. Mealy, for the sum of sixty dollars with
twelve per cent. interest from August 25 ISIS,
and sixty dollars attorney IS tee in SAID action and
for the sale of the following described real estate
sit1ated In the County of Sedgwick and State Of
Kansas. to wit: The west half of the northeast
quarter of section eight, in town twenty eight,
south of range one east, under mortgage to
satisfy said sums, interest and costs, and for the
retention by the court of the remainder of the pro-
ceeds of said SALE for the sat sfction of the fur
Their claim of the said plaintiff against the said de-
PENDANT, of five hundred and sixty dollars due
August p, A. ID. 1876, with interest at IL per
cent. per annum, from IN sturity, in accordance
with the prayer OF said petition.
wM c. LITTLE,
Al Attorney for PltT.
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A WARM TIME AT TOPEKA.
Cook, Haskell and Fssridge and yet
no Speaker.

The latest that we have by special
from Topeka up TO this time, O'Clock
p. M, Wednesday, shows the contest
for Speaker TO be very lively one.
just before dinner the Lower House
adjourned over till 2 O'Clock to await
the arrival of two or three absent
members. The last ballot M to that
time stood forty-seven for Haskell, of
Lawrence, the balance of the vote be-
ing divided between Eskridge. of En-
poria, and Cook, of Wyandotte, NJ. W.
Reynolds, of Parsons, having with
drawn. Before going to press we ex-
pect the full result as to Speaker, for
which news together with the Govern
or's message we are now holding our
paper
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The Leayenworth Dailies.

Dan. Anthony has pluck. Itruns in
the family. Susan .. possesses more
energy than the ordinary run Of men.
We picked up an 1868 file OF the Usage
Chronicle to-day, and one of the first
articles that attracted our attention
was an editorial of our own defending
Anthony in some fight being made up
on him by man by the name of Baily.
A little further along we find him be-
ing dragged through the streets Of
Leayenworth by mob, kicked, cuffed
and outraged on an election day for
principles sake. We have been in eau
Gus with Gen. Jim Lane and his un-
daunted adherents and seen Dan. An
thony bow up his back, stick out his
long nose and defy the crowd and Its
dictation. We have been in political
consultations with him when he would
have whipped the entire conclavc but
for overpowering numbers. We have
been Secretary of State Convention
where Anthony, as Chairman, run
things to suit himself. We accompa-
MED he and others to the National
Convention that nominated Grant the
first time, when he got railroad SUI
perintcndent to put us through on
special time card for fear of being too
late. AS legislator we have heard
him vote .'aye' or '.no" independently
and alone, and criticise and denouncc
a candidate for the United States SEN
ate more heartily than ordinary politi-
clans would a common dog-pelter.
Col. ID. r. Anthony as citizen is not
only a man, and as man "brick,"
but he possesses the will and pluck of
a hero. Last spring he was murdered,
killed outright by the passage of pis-
tol ball through his vitals, but surviv-
ing that he has lived to hear his enc
mics swear to his prejudice and to see
a jury acquit the man who shot him.
Concluding that the jury was proba-
ter all, he straightway accepted chal-
lenge to fight a contemporary and oppo-
nent who had never been worsted in
political onset, yet which foeman he
cleaned out with weapons not of his
own choosing, following up the victo-
ry by the purchase of the very arms
and ammunition of his enemy.
We didn't start out, though, to puff
the pluck, endorse the endurance, or
verify the victory of this daring Dan
iel, for needs he neither, but to say that
since the consolidation of the newspa-
pers, resulting from the fight, the Leav-
enworth Times has been more inter-
esting and more like its old self than it
has been at any time since the days
when it was the leading Republican
paper Of the west.
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OF time and place of meeting Of viewers and sur
yeyor to view, survey and Locale cou nty road,
and to persons to apply for damages, etc.
STATE OF sEDGwICK.
Sedgwick County.
To Whom it msy Concern:
Whereas, application has been made, by petit
ton, to the board OF County Commissioners Of
sedSwick county Kansas, for locating county
road as follows, to-wit:
The place of beginning Of said road, southeast
corner of southwest quarter section 81, town q,
range l east, thence north ID center corner Sec
ton 80, town 29, range east; thence ten roads
east; thence one hundred aud sixty roads north;
thence ten roads west; thence north to northwest
corner CT northeast quarter section 2s town q,
range l east; thence west to northwest corner
section %, town u, range east. Road termi
mates ut the intersection of the road running south
from Lawrence avenue, Wichita city. And
whereas, L. Teetcr, w. 'Bren and j Il. Gift
ford, road viewers and IL. l.. jackson, County
Surveyor of said county. have been appointed
and ordersd by said County Commissioners to
view, survey and losate said road, therefore yoI
are hereby notified that said viewers and surveys
or will proceed on the 18th day of January 1876.
at o clock a. M, at the place of beginning of
said road, TO view, survey and locate said road,
and perform whatsoever other duties are re-
quired of them by law. And unless you file
written application for damages sustained, and
Compensation eiaiaaed, with said viewers, giving
a description OF the; premises ON which you claim
such damages or compensatory your application
for and recovery of the same .wrll be forever
barred. JOHN TUCKER,
49,. ,.-s County Clerk;
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Editors in Office.

Who says that the members of the
newspaper fraternity are not duly rec
ognized by the people of Kansas? In
the United States Senate is Hon. j. j,
ingalls,, who was for two years editor
of the Atchison Champion, and cele-
brated contributor of the Kansas Mag
azine Hon. James NJ. Harvey, our
other Senator, was also frequent con-
tributor of the Kansas Magazine.
Hon. VIM. A. Phillips, one OF our Rep
resDtativcs in Congress. is o profess
sional journalist. Hon. John X. Good
in, another Representative in Congress,
was once an editor in humboldt.
Among our State officials see how the
editorial profession is represented. In
the gubernatorial Office is Governor
Osborn, who is practical printer and
was once an editor at ElwOod, Kansas;
Ward Burlingame, his private sccreta-
ry, has edited the Conservative at Leav-
enworth and the Commonwealth at
Topeka, and is professional Jousnai-
list; Ii. L. Bemap, Assistant Adjutant
General and clerk in the Governors
office. was for several months financial
manager of the Commonwealth. The
Secretary of State, Mr.. Cavanaugh, is
a practical printer, and has had edito-
rial experience. In the office Of Audi
tor of State is D. w. Wilder, one of
the best known and popular journal
lists in Kansas. and also Mr.. Weight
man, one of his clerks, who was bust
ness manager of the Leavenworth
Conservative for several years. In the
Treasurer's office is Judge F. G. Ad-
ans, an experienced editor. and II. b.
Mitchell, practical printer. Among
tie leading postmasters in the State
who are professional journalists are
d. r. Anthony. Leavenworth; Henry
King, Topeka Jacob Stotler, Emporia;
NJ. NJ. Murdoch, Wichita and Id Per-
nv, Paola. There are several more ed
itorial postmasters in the State, whose
names do not now occur TO US. We
believe that all these officials are dis
charging the duties of their positions
and honorably. 1t is to the
credit CT the profession that none of
them have been charged with pecula-
ton or irregularities. topeka
Times
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The Kansas City Times announces,
through the associate dispatches, that
it has made arrangements for fast
train to carry its edition every MORN
ing to Topeka. The train will consist
of locomotive and single car, and
will be run through on two hours.
The enterprise is piece of blow there
being really no demand for such all
expense and no legitimate pay in it.
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D. w. Wilder for Congress.

We notice with pleasure that the
Paola Spirit, Wilson County Citizen,
and other prominent papers in South
eastern Kansas, have pronounced in
favor Of ID. w. Wilder, the present
Auditor of State, for Cor gress from
the Second District. Mr. Wilder was
a resident of Fort Scott when elected
to the Authorship and we suppose
still looks upon that place as his real
home. AS public man he has been
thoroughly tested. No better man
could be found.
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