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Sensible.

Among other resolutions passed by
the late banking convention are the
following
Re,olred, That in the opinion OF
this convention silver money as SUBJ
sidiary currency is desired by the peo-
pie, and that its free but not enforced
use will greatly aid in restoring the
value of our paper money.
ResOlved, As the sense of this con-
vention, that the business of the coun-
try demands that the banking inter-
ests of the United States be relieved
from all taxation by the general gov
eminent except an annual tax on their
circulation to cover the expenses Ct
the currency bureau, and that the tax
alton of bank shares by States be lev
led in the same manner only, and to
the same extent, and subject to the
same privileges and immunities rs
other personal property.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
4. LAWRENCE. Sec.
The War.

Tie piteous stories of the condition
of the Christian population south of
the Balkans are beginning to create
indignation in Europe, and the an
nouncement OF the intended execution
OF the Gershofs, prominent merchants
of Philiiopopolis, has been received
with CONSERVATION by their friends in
England. No official dispatches con-
corning Mehemst Ali's recent victory
have been received, but further intel
ligence states that he attacked the
Russian positions beyond Beneca LON.
Nothing definite has been received
from either side concerning the re-
ported battle at Biela. 1t is asserted
that Osman Pasha attacked GreYica
redoubt on Thursday night, and was
repulsed with heavy loss.
If the rumors of great battle
fought near Biela are founded upon
fact, tine Turks, under Mehemet Ali
have won a most important victory,
striking directly at Tie central line of
the Russian communications between
Sistcva and Shipka Pass. If Plevna,
too, continues to hold out, the armies
Car will have great difficulty III
maintaining themselves even upon
the line of the Danube during the
coming autumnal rains and winters
cold. Tho Biela battle, it is said ,last-
ed from nine in the morning until sew
Ell in the evening, and that the Rus
slams were completely defeated ,lo5ing
4 200 killed and 5000 wounded. 1t is
farther stated that the Russians have
every pretense OF taking
Plevna. The Russian dispatches ac-
knowledge that they have been beat
en-, but more because Of their own En-
rors than by the bravery of the Turks.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
The Nsz Perces.
The following was received at Chi
cago on the 90 inst:

The following was received at Chi
cago on the % inst:
FORT ELLIS, September %.
To p. II. Sheridan, Chicago:
Sturgis writes, under date of Mus
sci Shell, September 10th, that in the
fight of the 18th inst, and the pursuit
of the 14th aud 18th twenty dead war
riors were found, and he believes nine
more were killed; also, he estimates
the enemy's loss in wounded at sixty.
His own loss is French, Nicholson and
Gresham wounded slightly, and four
soldiers killed and twelve wounded,
and several scouts killed aud wound
ed. Nine hundred horses were drop
ped by the hostiles up the 10th, and he
had dropped many of his own horses.
The command had been on four roads
on mules.
The Crows are returning to the
agency, and say Sturgis sent them in,
telling them not to fight the Nez Per-
ces any more, because the soldiers
were not to fight them. The Crows
say Sturgis' and the Nez Perces' camps
were only eight miles apart, and may
be they have surrendered. This re-
port needs confirmation. Nothing
from Howard since my last.
BENHAM, Commanding.
Gen. Gibbon telegraphs that Major
Walsh was at Fort Benton few days
ago, and reported Sitting Bull still
north of the line in British Columbia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

The polygamous saints are in such
commstion as hive Of bees when their
queen has paid the great debt. Since
Brigham's surrender to dysentery
there has been an uneasy interregnum
spiritual and civil; and a swarm of
pretcnders are having revelations as
positive as any of his, but fatty con-
Trajectory. The Twelve Apostles will
take command on the 9th of October i;
and not anxious to lay down the pow
er they so obtain, they have already
declared that they will await special
revelation before choosing Brigham's
successor,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Rismark.

It is said that Bismark'5 influence
aud power were never greater than at
present. A correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press says.
1t has been noticed that for years
he has avoided close social intercourse
with the royal family, excusing him.
self OH the ground of bad health. In
every other instance, even with the
Prince or Princess of the reigning
family, an invitation is slwads con-
sidered to be a command. Not SO the
potent Chancellor.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
His Last Letter.


Horace Greeley's last letter of friend
ship was addressed to Col. Tappan, of
Bradford, New Hampshire, and ran as
follows:
"MY FRIEND We have been terri
bly, beaten. | was the worst beat man
that ever ran for the high Office. And
| was assailed so bitterly that l hardly
knew whether | was running for pres
ident or the penitentiary. In the
darkest hour my long-suiiering wife
left me, none too soon, for she had
suffered too deeply and long. | laid
her in the ground with hard, dry
eyes. Well | am used up. | cannot
see before me. have slept little for
two weeks, and my eyes are still hard
to close, while they soon open again.
But no more of this. You, my friend
went into this contest for me. You
knew as l did that we must stop light
ing the rebels some time. But it is
row settled that we never shall"
The date of this letter was Novem-
Der 8, 1872.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Call fer Republican County Convention.

The County Convention VIII he held at Eagle
Ball, In wichiis, SATURDAY, october 9th, 1877, al
o. clock p. m, and the primaries nj the usual
voting places in the respective precincts on satur
dsy, September 2Dfh, ls1T.
The hou nxsd by the Central Committee are
from 10 in the country, and from to in the
city of VI Ichiia.
Those who do not desire the success OF the men
and measures of the Republican party, are re-
qucs,ed not TO participate in the primary cleo
tions ofthe party.
The County Convention will nominate cAndi-
dates for the following offices:
sheriff.
Register Of Deeds
Treasurer
County Clerk.
surveyor.
Coroner.
Commissioners for the lst, ID and Sd Districts.
The County Convention will also appoint new
County Central Committee for the ensuing year.
The townships will be represented by delegates
I'll
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Brigham's Mother.

There is a report that Brigham
Youpg's mother, ninety-eight years
old, 10 living at Martinsville, Indiana.
Her faculties are yet bright. She is in
very humble circumstances and dwelis
with some bitterness upon the fact
that her sol, who SO greatly prospered
in this worlds gear, should have for
gotten her, leaving her to an old age
Of penury aud want.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27


General Ewing in his Dayton speech
spoke Of Stanley Matthews being a
party to the bargain with the south
to secure the Presidency to the Re-
publicans. Senator Matthews, in
answering the charge, said:
| intend to make my denial, to cover
the accusation in every form, written,
verbal, implied, expressed, collateral,
incidental, in every possible form,
shape, variety, mode, tense, or view,
that the ingenuity or malice of men
may affirm it. 1t is lie. There is
not word Of truth in it. There is not
an event, fact, a document, or an in
cident which could justify q reason
able conscientious man concerning
the possibility of it. Every scrap that
ever wrote or signed in connection
with the history of that event has
been published far and wide. If any
man has anything yet, let him pro-
duce il. | defy all my accusers.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

From parties who were in Kansas
City last Friday we learn that during
the pacing race free fight occurred,
in which pistols were drawn, and the
police were busy for some time qaell-
ing it. 1t grew out of the fact that
several parties had backed heavily one
of the horses and they claimed he was
not being driven as fast as be could
go. Drivers were changed and still
the horse didn't do his best, when
some of his hackers took the other
horse by the bit, not intending to al
low her to go to the stand to report,
but trying to get her out of the ring,
and in some way unfit her for the
work. 1t is reported that leading
Kansas horseman was forcibly driven
from the track. The Kansas City pa
pers say nothing about it.-Common-
1rPnIfb
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

Southern papers are complaining be-
cause Secretary Key said in a
speech down East: ''The more see of
the Yankees, the deeper is my regret
that was not born in New England"
The Jackson (Miss.) Times reminds
them that about four years before the
war another Cabinet officer made o
speech at q dinner in Hartford and
was then thus reported: "And in view
of New England, as whole, he was
tempted 10 say, here let my home be-"
This Cabinet officer was Jefferson
Davis.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Good Stock Pays.

A. w. Rollins has sold q nine
months grade steer calf at five cents a
pound, that netted him about $35.
Ordinary calves of the same age are
selling at $40 to $15. The difference
is that Mr.. Rollins selects good ami
mails to breed from, and takes little
extra care of his young stock-and old
stock too, for that matter. Ten or fif-
teen years from now, Mr.. Rollins will
be rich man, and noted stock rails
err, while hundreds of farmers, who
had better chance than he, but sheer
at his fancy notions, will be complain
ing that farming don't pay."-Mdn-
haitian National.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Twesd's Discl osures.

The disclosures made by Tweed are
creating a wonderful shaking up in
the metropolis, and it is very well
they should. From the past history
of the Tammany ring, it was expected
that when the tale was told it would
show the details ofrobberies, and a
depth of depravity such as the world
had never witnessed. The only addi-
ton is the Introduction of the names
of persons who have never vet been
known for completely in the villainies
of the ring. Prominent Republicans
are also involved, and New York pol
tiles is presented as horrible cess
pool in the filthy corruptions Of which
both SIDES plunge. Now the question
arises, have the courts and juries Of
New York the honesty and courage to
punish the villains as they deserve
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

Lecause q few counties i'll Kansas
are conspiring to repudiate indebted
nesses they voluntarily incurred, lead
ing eastern papers are saying that
Kansas is proposing to engage in the
reputation business. Thus the whole
State is compelled to bear the odium
of proposed disreputable deeds of a
few of its counties.-Juaetion City
Union,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Death Of Senator Bogy.

United States Senator Lewis V.
Bogy, died at his residence, in St.
Louis, at eleven o'clock on the morn
ing of the Goth. The Senator had
been afflicted with malarial fever for
several months and lately an abcess
Of the liver was discovered, which
hastened, or perhaps was directly the
cause of his death.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Sitting Bull Commission.

Letters from Col. Corbin, Secretary
OF the Sitting Bull Commission, says ::
awe expect to reach the border on the
srd inst. Our latest advices are to the
effect that his reclining majesty is en-
joying himself quietly in Canada.
Expect US in Washington early in No
vember, perhaps as carly as the latter
part of October.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

The time for planting trees is ap-
preaching. Many people say that in
Kansas fall planting is best. Plant
trees. Plant them in the city and in
the country. A city or county home
without trees is q cherries place, and
is proof positive Of the shiftlessness,
and lack of taste, industry and energy.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
The Largest Pumpkin.

The New York Express in the
course of a hostile criticism of the
John Brown speech Ex-senator Ingalls,,
remarks that she ought to stand on a
pumpkin SO that the country can get
square look at him.
Ingalls, says that if the editor of the
Express will send his head to him at
Atchison he will be glad to stand on it,
as he believes it is the largest and
emptieet pumpkin i'll the United
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

Senator Booth said in a recent
stump-speech: my friends, you
must remember that, outside of your
self and myself, and your friends and
my friends, and your wife and the
woman l hope to marry, there is not
absolute, entire, and immaculate per-
lection in more than 5000 or 10000
people, even in this virtuous town.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Destructive Fire in the Patent 0fics, Wash
ington.

A destructive fire broke out in the
model room of the Patent Office in
Washington at noon on Monday from
spontaneous combustion, which de-
htroyed from $4,000 to 5000 models.
The.is loss estimated at half a million
pf 1ollars
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
General Mcclellan on the Track.

The great intrencher, George b.
Mcclellan, the pet of Winfield Scott,
The saviour OF his country and failure
generally, has been nominated for
Governor of New Jersey. He accepts
in a long letter.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

1t takes, according to scientific
journal, 1000 humble bees to weigh a
pound.-E1.
And yet when one of these strikes a
scientific gent between the eyes with
his rudder, he is willing to swear that
science is humbug, and that one bum
bic bee weighs 1900 pounds.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Mssaachpsatts OauYantion.

The Republicans of Massachusetts,
met in State Convention at Worcester
United States Senator Hoar presided
aud upon taking the chair made an ex-
cellent speech which was well received
The following State ticket was nomi-
mated:
Governer-A. H. Rice.
Lieutenant Governor-II.G Knight.
Secretary of State-H. B. Pierce.
Attorney Generate. II. Train.
Treasurer-C. Endicott.
AUDITOR. L. Clark,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

Judge Adams, Secretary of the State
Historical Society, intends visiting
several sections OF the State this fall
in order to gather information con-
corning events in the early history of
X apeac
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NOTICE.
US. LAND OFFICE.

U. s. LAND OFFICE,
Wichita, kans, Aug Goth 1877.
Complaint having been entered at this Office
by james H. Anderson against Charles r Dixon
for abanding his Entry, No. 525, dated July Is
IS7 !, upon the south west Z. Section 4, Town
ship25 South, Range East, in Sedgwick County,
Kansas, with view to the cancellation of said
entry the said parties hereby summoned to
appear at this Office the 24th day of Sept. 1877
at o'clock n. N, to respond and furnish tesIi-
mony concerning said alleged Failure to comply
with the Timber culture Act.
22-4s Ii. l.. TAYLOR, Register.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
NOTICE.

U. 5. LAND OFFICE,
Wichita, kans. Aug. "a, ISL
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Christopher Fox against James Carter for aban-
doning his Homestead entry No. 63S5, dated Dec.
0 tn, 1876 upon the South West u Section s, Town
ship 20 south, Range West, in Reno County,
Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of said
enrry the said parties are hereby sunmonedto
appear st this Office on the 18th day of Septen-
Der, 1877, at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ. to respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged aban
donment.
"a H:L. TAYLOR, Register.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

Gail Hamilton says: "a mans ideal
is not wounded when woman fails
in worldly wisdom; but if in grace, in
delicacy, in tact, in sentimen,,in kind
ness, she should be found wanting, he
receives an inward hurt"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

The Cincinnati Gazette sums up the
latest information from the seat of
war on the Speakership in this way
'EThe contest for the Speakership is
degenerating into a confidence game.
Randall is confident. Cox is confident.
Morrison and Kentucky Blackburn
are confident. But confidence will
not always supply want of votes.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Kansas Wheat.

The following is from the Philadel-
phia Presbyterian
1t has been found that the wheat
grown in Kansas produces flour which
can safely be transported across the
tropics. AT present Virginia wheat
he's monopoly of the intertropical
and South American trade, but az the
product yearly falls off and the de-
pand yearly increases, new fields for
its cultivation are needed, and Kansas
is the quarter to which shippers are
looking. Kansas can now go in and
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Teachers Examination.

There will be an exami nation of teachers for
Sedgwlck County at the SCHOOL house in Wichita
on the first Saturday of March, May, July, Sep
TENDER and November, ISL, commencing at 0
O'Clock n. N. NJ III. BRUCE,
SLY County Superintendent.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

The Houston (Texas) Age is furious
over the speeches of Postmaster Cen
eral Key. II says: I'VE spit him out;
we spurn and ioath the crop-eared
craven; the foul, uncloan buzzard,
who pollutes the eagles eyrie. Let
him stay with his stencil in the habita-
ton of his MASTER"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

William Lloyd Garrison said in q
speech at Chester, England, that eve
have never had so high an example of
political rectitude as under the Re-
publican administration of President
Hayes"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Dissolution Notice.

Thee o-partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name and style of Hellar Il Laribee,
manufacturers of artificial stone, has been DIS
solved by mutual concent. Martin Heilar will
have exclusive control of the business. All ac-
counts and business Will be settled by him.
NJ. HELLAR,
25-3 IL. Z. LARIBEE.
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Notice Of Attachment.
Morgan vint, Plaintiff,


VS..
Abraham Keishner, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day Of
January, 1877, ID. A. Mitchell, q justice of tn e
peace of Wichita city, 5edgwick county, state Of
Kansas, issued an order of attachment in the
above named cause for the sum of 3255.S0, and
that said will be heard October Sth, 1871 at
O'Clock IN.
MORGAN WHIT.
By Sluss uatton his Attorneys. 1873
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Sherif's Sale.

District Court, 18th Judicial District. seds wick
county, Kansas
j. K. Askew,
VS..
r. L. West, and R. L. West
Jr.. minor heir Of Louisa
West, deceased.
BY virtue OF order Of sale issued oct Of the
District Court of the 18th Judicial District. sit
ting in and for Sedswick county, Kansas, wasre-
in j. X Askew is plaintiff and X. L. West and
r. L. West Jr. minor hei OF Louisa West deceas-
ed, defendants, will on Saturday the 2O;n day
of October, A. ID. ISL, at O'Clock z. at
the courthouse door, being at the trent CT the
building known as Eagle Block, on Douglas
Avenue, IN the city of Wichita, Kansas, offer for
sale at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash in and all the right, title and interest Of
the defendants, X. l.. West and X. L. West Jr.,
minor heir of Louisa West, deceased, in and To
the following described real Property, situated
in the county of Sedgwick, state of Kansas,
to wit:
The southwest quarter OF the northeast quarter
and the northwest quarter of the southeast quar-
ter, OF section No 80 in township No. 70, range
two west, and appraised at s525. Said real
property Is levied upon the property Of defend
ants X. l.. West and Il. L. West Jr., minor heir
of Louisa West, deceased, and will be sold to
satisfy said order of sale.
sheriff - office, Wclfits, Kansas, Sedgwick
county. September ], A. ID. 1871.
II. W. DUNNING,
Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Siuss. Stanley & Hatton, Plaintiffs Attorney
2t-5t
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
Discouraging Reports Of Senator Morton

In spite of all encouraging repo rts
to the contrary, there is good reason
to believe that Senator Morton will
never leave his bed alive. lie seems
to be slowly but surely sinking.-St.
Louis ReDHblicap.
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Notice

To the Hon. Board of County Commissioners o!
Sedgwick County, Kansas; Gentlemen.
We the undersigned residents of said county
in the vicinity of the bridge petioned for respect
fully ask your honorable body to appropriate out
of the county fund the amount OF two hundred
dollars for the purpose of aiding in building
bridge across Cowskin between sections ten and
fifteen, town -, range l west. Estimated cost OF
said bridge, three hundred and dfty dollars.
j. b. York, II. Woodrow.
5. S. Bowman, C.. Barney
n. hinter- jerome Turley,
John Z. York. GEO. A. Pyon,
C. A. Gates, Henry Judah.
c. G. Wickham, james Menefee,
j. z. Royal, j. N. Forty. 2]-i
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Notice..

U. =. LAND OFFICE
Wichita, Kansas, Sept. eth, 1877. !
The Hon. Commissioner of the General Land
Ofiice under date September 1. 1877, holds for
cancellation upon the grounds OF abandonment
the following:
TIMER CULTURE ENTRIES.
564 Albert 8 Howard, VIZ sei4 sec IL, % 9e.
7s9. James Conoger. y NV or. sec -. - le.
HOMESTEAD ksrRIRs-Aug. 81, ls77
1907 Alexander Nc Donald, Ell sc or sec &, Il Re
2940. j. N. Hutchinson, lots and o, set 3d. 3 Iw
1863. Henry II. Fuller, swI1 sec 49, % 5w.
4516. Noah A. Vaughn, sea sec "a, rs 9w.
1866. John Bsssett, swk sec 4, 26 low.
5224. Martin Snider, NV sec %, 239w.
54s2. George Helscher, sw sec IS, IS low.
6l63. Libbie A. Milstead 81 nel sec s, &c ~.
Sixty days will be allowed the parties . in
terest from duce hereof in which to appeal
4-4 II. l.. TAYLOR, Resister.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27

The Republican primaries will be held on the
praises Of A. Beckwith Esq, on Saturday, Sept.
18th, ISL, between the hours of and 6 O'Clock
y. NJ.
NJ W LEVY, Chairman.
4. LAWRENCE. Sec.
The voting precincts in Erie Township will be
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-27
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.

Fall session commences September 9Th, 1877
Full course Of instruction in collegiate and pre-
psratory departments. Special course in NatIr-
ral History. Chemistry. Civil Engineering, and
Modern Literature A higher normal course
Open alike to all youth.
Tuition free. Contingent fee IS per session
SEND for catalogue to Prof. ID. II. Robinson, Sec
etary of Faculty, Lawrence, Kansas.
1s-fdv
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Notice to actors----Proposals 70
RuiIdiDG a Church

Proposals for building the NJ. T.. Church Of
Belle Blaine, will be received from October LIST
to 18th. Material, wood. Size 32x4s feet. Plan
and specifications can be seen at the parsonage
Committee reserve the right TO reject any or all
bids. l3s-2l ID. W. CAMERON, Pastor