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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
The Gopher Scalp Brigade.

The political aspect of the Judicial contest in
Atchison County is just beginning to get inter
esting. The Gopher Scalp Brigade" under the
leadership of Geo. T. Anthony and Ben. Gale,
concluded that the interests of the country re-
quired that something should be done. "Capt."
George T. stood upon the platform of the Repub-
lican Club room in Atchison, and cursed the
Democrats in terms that would have made a
Billingsgate fish-woman hunt her vocabulary,
while "Maj." B. B. Gale stood at the foot of the
steps, and cursed David Martin loud, long and
deep. He cursed him in his toes, instep, and
heel in his ankle and shin-bone; in his knee
and thigh; in his hip and groin, and all the
parts tbereunto adjacent. He cursed him in his
abdomen and spinal column, lights, liver, kid
neys, spleen, gizzard, asophagus aud windpipe,
cerebrum and cerebellum! Then, for fear that
something was omitted, he began afresh, and
cursed him by each particular hair of his body,
pore of his skin, sinew, muscle, tendon, bone,
cell, and inter-cellular space-because the afore-
said David Martin had made report to the
Board of County Commissioners, upon question
fairly aud legally referred to him, that "he, B.
b. Gale, had taken about five thousand dollars
of the peoples money illegally, on account of
gopher scalpe, and for other illegal fees" Now,
Judge Hubbard was the legal adviser of the
County officers, and Of the County Board, in
those halcyon days. Ben. pocketed his illegal
fees on gopher scalps, and Hubbard sent in his
bill to the County for fees in every criminal case
he tried, as County Attorney, whether the de-
fendant was convicted or acquitted, and this in
plain violation of q positive statute. Some of
the other County officers took advantage of the
''soft thing" that was going, and among the
outfit, they got away with $4,000 Of illegal fees
since 1869, without fully trying themselves, Ell
ther. All of which Martin reported. [See Atch-
ison Patriot of Oct. IL, 1874, Auditor Wilder's
Report for 1s74.l Since those days, Hubbard
and Ben. Gale have been rs Jonathan and David,
and when danger is meditated to either, they
not only fall upon each others shoulders and
weep, but the little by-play at the stone Eel is
played to their mutual satisfaction.
So long as Hubbard remains upon the bench
any thing like q suit to recover these illegal fees
is out of the question. If David Martin should
be elected Judge, B. B. might have to account
for those gopher scalps, and Hubbard disgorge
those illegal fees Strategy, my boy! 1t is to
be hoped, now that the fight has commenced,
that Martin will show the rotten outfit neither
in the fight, and if it is made lively, there can
be no question about routing the Gopher Scalp
Brigade, foot, horse, and dragons. A general
purifcation of Atchison County politics, and
further ventilation and airing of dirty linen,
seems likely to result from the Judicial fight
down there.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

If 1T PAYS, Go IN.-An we have TO say to Mr..
Guthries special strikers is, if it pays to pitch
into "Sol. Miller" wade in, and we'll try to. keep
up our end of the game. We have tried to treat
Guthrie fairly in this canvass, but the moment
We ventured to do Mr.. Phillips simple justice,
We heard a concerted squeal about what Sol.
Miller" was doing-"Sol. Miller was trying to
run the thing, "Sol. Miller" will find that Gnth-
rie will carry DOniphan County in spite of him.
Now, "Sol. Miller" has never said Guthrie would
not carry Doniphan County, or any other Coun-
ty. But he seems to think that he has the ex-
elusive right to the support of the press and to
have the Convention called for his sole benefit.
Even the peripatetic hummer for the st. Joseph
Herald has been employed to slang -whang Sol.
Miller" Mr.. Guthrie may be good at counting
the chickens before the eggs are laid, but when
it comes to eating the meat, he will find that
Phillips will get away with good deal of poul-
try that he thinks is destined for his pot At
least one thing he will discover; that it will not
pay him to 20 tooth and nail for every man who
desires to treat Col. Phillips decently
Guthrie's style of campaigning is well illustrat-
ed in the following paragraph from the Kirwin
Chief ScarhorOugh's recent account of the situa-
tion in Doniphan County tallies so exactly with
the plan laid down, that We have no doubt that
such game has been set up. The Chief says:
James Scarborough the correspondents Of the Topeka
last issue in writing Kirwin says Mr. Baker pays
me and instructed me to write Mr. Guthrie in let
.ers Inns aErapgensnt MT BAKER and ME- G1thrie en-
d. hodge became q candidate"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

y We are panied to learn of great calami-
ty that is lowering over Fred. Harpster, Chair
man Of the County Board. "Josephus," the tai
ented Troy correspondent of the Wathena Re
porter, threatenes to lay him on the shelf, the
next election, because he refused to comply with
the order of said "Josephns" to give the County
printing to the Reporter. He has already laid
two or three candidates over, by bumming for
them through the Reporter. He is terrible fell
low, and now if he is going to cut with the 9th
er edge, he will be as formidable as used to be
expressed in slang phrase of the day-as sharp
as a buffalO-chp cut in two with a club.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

y "SELF- RAISED; OR, FROM THE DEPTHS. y
by Mrs. Emma ID. E. n. Southworth, is tn, Sc
quel to, and Conclusion Of "IsHMAEL; or, In THE
DEPTHS" by the same author, and is lust pub.
lished in book form, for the first time, in large
duodecimo volume of near seven hundred pages.
| by t. B. Peterson q Brothers, Philadelphia, in
uniform style with "IsHMAEL." DIR. r Shelton
Mackenzie, the Literary Editor of the Philadel-
phia Press, says that "'Self- Raised is beyond
all doubt, the best work Mrs. Southwsrth has
ever written. Ishmael Worth, the hero, rises
from the depths of poverty, misery, aud humili.
alton, and to trace his progress step by STEP has
been the authors Labor of love. There is curious
blending of realism and romance in this work
the result it may be, Of the Tea ding Incidents
having occurred in actual life. The leading fe.
male characters, Claudia and Beatrice, are drawn
with a woman's delicate aud accurate touches !;
but Ishmael, the self made man of mind, las dis
tinguished from the lower class, who are made
of money!, stands above every other person in
the tale. This, we repeat, is Mrs Southworths
best work. as it is strongly marked by all the
merits of her style, is an exceedingly interesting
and powerful story, and deserves great popular
lty There is plenty of it, also, for, without any
advance of price, it contains near seven hundred
pages Ii is graced, too, with view of Prospect
cottage, the home of the author, on the Poto-
mac, with Its surroundings, finely engraved on
steel, from a photograph taken on the spot
People like to see the counterfeit resemblance
of writer who pieases them, and as Mrs. South
worths portrait was given in Fshmael,' a view
of her Cottage with its surroundings, on the Po-
tomac, in each copy of Self Raised is an excel.
lent idea" 1t is published in n large duodeeimo |
volume of near seven hundred pages, bound in |
morocco cloth, gilt back, price sl75, and is for
sale by all Booksellers, or copies of it will be |
.."t 10 any one, per mail, postpaid, at once on
.nelr remtfinG the price of it to the Publishers,
D. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, in |
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
VALUABLE INFORMATION.

Geutemsn-My only object In giving yoa this testiuo
NAL il spread valuable information Having been
afflicted with salt Rheum and the whole snraee Of NV
SKIN being covered with pimpes and eruptons msny of
which caused me great pain and annoyance and ing
to be blood disease, took many Of the advertis 3
blood preparations among which was any ouautitv AZ
SarsaParilla without obtaining any benefit untE com
meneed taking the FEGETNE and before had eomDkrtd
the first bottle saw that had got the right meiiene
Consequently. followed with ID until had taken
my skin Is smooth and entirely free from pimpIe, and
erGptions have never enjoyed good health before
and attribute il all 10 the use of vEsErIxE To bsa-S,
those afflicted with Rheumatism will make n,entioa II
so Of the yEGKIISEs wonderful power curing me Of
this acute complaint Of which have suffered 70 intense
ly. C. II. TUCKER. Pas. Agt Mich G.
% Washington Street Boston
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
Proposals TO Build Bridge.

NOTICE is hereby given, that sealed proposals will
De received at the Office Of the County Clerk Don
iphan County Kansas mp to Tuesday August sth Is76
a. noon OF that day for the building of bridge
OIL River ON the Township line of Iowa and Wolf Riv
er Townships said brdg be feet span IL feet wide
and placed upon piling of White Oak than I5
long Bridge to be six high above east baDk par
ties making bids to submit full plans specifications
ject any or all bids.
By order of said Board.
CHARLES RAPPELYE Clerk
July II, Is76tt.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

the Chief Is not the inducement sufficient to
start every tax payer in the County on the war
path, to help the Reporter take out its little
spitei
But we have enlarged on the subject. We
shall try to bore our readers no more with this
printing question, but shall let the Reporter go
ahead and enjoy the stink of its own decompo
sitiOn.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

OUTRAGEOUS The New York Sun has found
q most infamous sentiment in Hayes letter OF
acceptance. Hayes says, honesty, capacity and
fidelity constitute the only real qualifications for
Office" The Sun denounces this as dangerous
doctrine, tending to establish an aristocracy of
ofice-hOlders. As the SHa devotes all the space
it can spare from lying about Grant, to singing
the song of "Tilden and Reform" it is consoling
to believe that if Tilden is elected, honesty, ca
pacity and fidelity" would not he recognized as
qualifications for Office. To establish such quail
ifcations, would be to prescribe the Democratic
party from Office. They cannot tolerate any such
doctrine. That was what deprived the editor of
the Sss of Cabinet office or a foreign mission
under Grant, and he wants no more of it.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
1--WE Are Seyen."

There having been many denials and prevari-
cations regarding the organization, objects, and
management of the "Kansas Land and Immigrant
Association" we have, at the expense of two
dollars, imitation currency, procured from the Of
fee of the Secretary of State, q certified copy Of
the original and only charter of the institution,
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, and
herewith print the document in full =
CHARTER.
THE STATE OF KANSAS, To-
COUNTY OF ArcHIsoS,
We the undersigned citizens Of Kansas al residents
Of the County of Atehson in said State excepting sam
ue NJ. Stricker, who resides in Davis County, in said
State do hereby Voluntarily associate ourselves together
for the purpose of becoming body corporate under the
proved February 9th 1858 and the amendments thereto
and we do hereby adopt the & following charter:
The of the corporation shall be the Kansas Land
and immigration Association
The purposes for which the corporation is formed
of boards and business exchanges with
To hold and improve real estate and to transact
and loan funds erection Of buildngs and
the purchase and sale Of real estate for the benefit of Its
members.
The principal place Of business Of said corporation will
Kansas but will establish agencies and business
in Of the States and Territories Of the United States
The term for which said corporation shall exist shall
be for the term Of twenty one one years
The number of its Directors shall be seven and for the
first year shall be Geo. W. Click Luther C. Chaliss
StrieEer and l. Hubbard 1hose pIacss cf residsncs
are Is hereinbefore stated.
The amount Of capital stock Of said corporation shall be
One Million Dollars to be divided into two hundred thou
sand shares, Of five dollars each.
Witness our hands and seals this 3Oth day Of Octo
Der, ls75
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

= Mrs. SOUTHwoRTI's new story, IshmIel
or In the Depths, has passed to the eighth edition,
and its sequel, Self Raised or, From the Depths is
already in the srfh edition. Mrs. SOuthwOrth is,
without doubt, one of the most popular Ameri-
can writers of fiction, and her books are always
in dem and, and command large sale. T. B
Peterson & Brother publish fine new edition of
all her works, numbering forty-one volumes in
all, in uniform style with "Ishmael" aud "Self
Raised"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists
July aD-ly.
Notice OF Application to Sell
Real Estate

In the Probate Court Of DOuphan County State Of
Two the creditors and all others in the Estate
Il Of BENJAMIN Owens. deceased Take notice that on
the 18th day Of July ls76 the undersgned Admnistra
tx Of said Estate Med her petition In the ProbaSe Coar
Of Donphan County State o Kansas paying aid Cour
for an order for the sale Of the following land belonging
to sad Estate IN sAid County and State 70 wit: The
east half Of the east half quarter of
ton n township range n that sid Court ordered
said 70 De heard In said Court Monday the 7th
day Of August ls7s, at o'clock A N
MARTHA L. OWENS
Administratrix Of said Estase
Suy ~ iefo-Sv Prs fee O.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

u One J. G. Waters made one of the speeches
at Topeka, on the Fourth. 1t was intended to
be the funny speech of the day, and it did con-
tain many good points. But was not the follow
ing sentence in the opening paragraph very
much out of place, very rude and ungallsut, in
fact, decidedly poor business in q Centennial
Fourth of July speechi-
Even century in the life Of Susan B. Anthony il but
TO be remembered would chronicle the time when
the mumps or measles took through the family and
family hearth stone"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
Notice by Publication.

Sstc OF hAnsas slttlng IN and for the County of
Donph4n. '' "
John + Kirwan, Plaintiff.
Bolivar Bayne, jDefendant.
Two BOLIVAR BAYNE. the above named Defendant.
= You are hereby potifed pursuant law that Won
have been sued by John T. kirwan the above named
piaintn who filed his petition In the office of the CLERK m
the District Court within and for the County of Donnban
State Of Kansas the 10th day June A ID lsTs ani
yon must the petition filed by the plaintiff IN r
before the third day Of August A D. s76 or the petton
viii be taken true and Judgment will be rendered
eordingly the nature Of which Judgment will be a. E
lows 10 wit: That .aid plaintiff have recover OF and
from you the sum OF ninety and ~ 100 dolars and
At the rate Of twelve per per annum from
Jniy st ltl5, besides the this action. and f
ser that al your right title and in and 10 tb
described real and personal property situated
In DoniPhan County, State Of Kansas which sars ~
eeen levied upon by virtue Of an order Of s,fsch -
this action issued out Of said Court be seld accor ~
law sac the proceeds thereof applied In satsfactis -
said Judgment viz The south half of the so1th @ u
tSr o! section thirty six township two range pinsts
so the northeast quarter Of the nOrtheast onartr ~
one township three range nineteen and tba
ing crops on tnis last mentioned tract also the 1ri
eops aPon the north west quarter Of the south
seetsn thirty-six. township two range ninstssn
Al tnzt the further order be entered thar ali man
1SIhg 70 you, said defendant by John McI)oweI ~ ~
and all property belon giRg to YOU In
eitner or Doth OF said last named partie. h ro1k,
CoufI and applied in satisfaction Of aid
Dated June 2ist, 1876
FRANKLIN BABCOCK
I.,. m ,.-. Plaintiffs Attorney
io'"-""- Prs fee, el6 30
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

II Morgan, of the Usage City Free Press, CON-
plains that there are too many Morgans in that
County. But the Morgans themselves are re-
sponsible for it. However, they used to have q
way IN Western New York of getting rid of Nor
gans, which might be tried tried to advantage in
Usage County.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

q John Orcutt, the Topeka jailor, has been
arrested and held to bail upon the charge of con-
niving at and aiding Lsppin to escape, for which
service he is supposed to have got from 500 to
$780, If this is true the indignant officers of the
law think
That the wretched traitor Orcutt ort
To be put where they have the har cut short
And bean soup bped browses on
With pair Of striped trovses on
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

y The Topeka Blade shows conclusively that
the Topeka Lottery outfit aided Lappin to escape.
As the Blade has been Lappin's organ in Topeka,
it is more probable that the Blade outfit had
hand in the business.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
PREPARED BY
n. r. STEVENS, Boston, Mass,

What Is YEGErISEi-It is compound extracted fron
barks, roots and herbs. II Ia Natures Rrmsdr n, "
perfectly harmless from any bad effect upon the .v,t
is nourishing and strengthening II acts direcy
good sweet sleep night 1t i great p.nacsa for Sur
aged fathers and mOthers for gives them Etre1gtb
quiets their and gives them Nature az 81 -r
-as has been proved by many aged person Il is tbs
great Blood Purissf IL is soothing remedy for our
pleasant % take: every child likes H. Il relieve, and
cures all diseases from impure blood Try the
You will to your friend neghbor and scquaintanee
Try it: it has cured me-
yEGETSE for the complaints for which II /. reco,,m.,
ded Is having larger sale the rnitd ,.,.
than any other one medicine. wbyi VeretiSe iii
care th~se apiaiats. "
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

u A committee, the other day, went through
the operation of notifying Tilden of his nOmina-
tiOn. To their great joy, he accepted. The sus-
pense must have been dreadful, knowing that he
had paid for his nomination in lawful money.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

ihe Ohio Democracy are accusing Tilden
on causing the defeat of old Bill Allen, last year.
Ina. no new trick of Tilden's He bolted the
nomination OF Gen Cass, in ls4s, and supported
Van Buren.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

II The South Carolina Democrats are still
"acquiescing in the results of the war;" and sac
cepting all the amendments to the Constitution
in good faith" At Hamburg in that State, OIL the
5th inst, they organized q mob, and murdered q
number Of negroes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
New York LikeraIs.

NEW YORK, July 14.-Tbe executive COMMITTEES
of the Liberal Republican State committee, after
full interchange Of opinions from which il an
pears the members uniformly favored the Hayes
and Wheeler ticket, determined to call the State
convention at Saratoga in August.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

g GoV' Hendricks voted for the salary grab
an 1867 and Gov. Hayes opposed it. This makes
Hendricks true "Reformer" Hendricks op-
posed the l4th and 18th amendments to the Con-
stitutiCn. This shows that he acquiesces in the
results of the war, and accepts the amendments
as q finality.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

y W. W. Guthrie delivered the orstion on
the Fourth at Marysville. and q Brown County
correspondent of the Atchison Champion says be
delivered the Grafton on the same day at Hiawa-
ths. We know Guthrie is active, but don't be-
lieve he can spread over rs much ground as that
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
(Fritten for the Chi.f)
MULLIGAN GUARDs-NRW VERSION


Seven honest po,.,.n.r.
Tried some lottery ,,;cl..
One was blowed nm ang,., oh
And then there wers b,, Al,
SIX iotterS Pontieianers
Stil tried 70 make it thrive;
IopekA speared another one,
rive Io'.ery Pohnciansrs
Lookea .neir prospects oer'
victoria "ocdnun Claimed her own
-Four Io'1oiS P"hueIAners
Lookea gum as gum e"uiu De-
flelseher soAPo" INC pe""ct@'
And theh 'here were ou' 'hte"'
Three lottery p"n'ieiansrS
Looked ainignty oiuei
Gardner went 10 tnr oiaeA huis'
And leit 'nem only Two
T,ro hons.t politieisn.rs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

about it:
And as for Blaine and all the rest of the candi-
dates, let us have il understood once and for all
that no man can be president of the United
States who is not ready to have published all his
correspondence, foreign and domestic, social and
political, sentimental and financial from the day
he learned his pot-hoOks. All the anti Blaine
editors are willing to do this, and not to keep
back their applications for railroad passes even.
These modest men are ready to set the example
Just now they are rejoicing over the successful
charge OF the Mulligan Guard. aud singing.
Then well all march home together
As slippery lard:
The solid men will all fall In
And march in the Mulligan Guard
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

Milwaukee (Wis.) Seatinei (Rep.l: The disgust
OF hard-money Democrats over the platform is
equaled only by disgust Of the soft-money Demo-
crats over the platform.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

ID More prominent Democrats are coming
out against Tildsn and declaring for Hayes, in
New York, than in any other State. HAYES will
carry New York by heavy majority.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

Y During the war, the Democracy s,oL. of
the Germans as "the d-d Dutch.D Now tbey
are the "hberty-loving Germans
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

Y Ii is said that Grant is going mad which
will account for his recent removals from Office.
But he isn't half Is mad as some of those whom
be has removed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

n The Germans in San Franci..o nav. orv,Di,.a :.
large Hayes and Wheeler Club-ET
Why, we thought the Germans were ell for
Tilden,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

GEN. J. X. MoRHEAD, of Pennsylvania, who
four years ago was for Greeley, is now heartily
for Hayes and Wheeler
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20

r The Democrats cali Hayes the machine
candidate. They will find that he is the thrash
ing-machine candidate
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-07-20
P@ Here is the way the Southern Democrats
acqu:esce in the results:

Richmond IVA Enquirer (Dem.D: Here is Mr.. Bayard
Taylor for instance who write ode about the
Declaration Of Independence without introducing lot of
unmitgated rot about the redemption and elevation the
loyal the breaking Of chains and soorth and
Mr.. Evarts disfgures really noble oraon worthy in
other respects Of the orator and Of the day which it
emancination Of the darkey.