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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Good Times.

In an editorial in regard to the i'm
provement in business, the New York
Times of the 9TH inst, says:
"The testimony in regard to the i'm
provement which is taking place in the
various departments of trade is too
widely difrused and too conclusive to
be disputed. Much of it is at our
doors. The incredulity produced by
former disappointment disappears be-
fore the results of actual observation.
We have got beyond the formula which
long served to check dependency and
sow the seed of hope. .'The bottom
has been reached" is phrase that no
longer satisfies. Improvement has ac-
tually begun. We see signs of 1t eve.
rywhere-in the hustle of wholesale
houses, in the more cheerful tone of
the retailers. in the street throng, aud
in the presence of strangers from all
parts of the country. There might be
some reason for questioning the sutfi-
cheney of this evidence if was at vari-
ance with the experience of other
places.n
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Commissioner Proceedings.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
Scntpmhar 1877

september 4, 1910
The Board of County Commission
ers Of Sedgwick county, Kansas, met
in special session, pursuant to call of
chairman, as provided by law. The
following members were present: o.
G. Jacobs, j. A. Nelson and J. NJ.
Steele, chairman.
The Board then proceeded to can
vas the vote upon the question OF is
suing bonds to aid the Solomon. Ar
kansas Valley & Eastern railway COM
pany, in the township of Morton, in
Sedgwick county, Kansas, at the cleo
ton held OH Tuesday, the 5th day OF
September, 1877, said returns having
been filed in the Office of the County
Clerk of Sodgwick county, ON Tues
day, September 5. 1877.
The following was declared to be
the result of the canvas of said vote
upon said proposition:
For said proposition ... %
Against said proposition ................ &c
Majority against said proposition. .... l
A petition was presented for the or
ganization of town 20, range 4 west
into municipal township to be
known as Erie township.
Said petition being accompanied by
afidavits, showing that said territory
contained more than fifty legal voters
and more than two hundred bona fide
residents, and said petition being
signed by fifty legal voters, and the
Board being satisfied that said petit
tion was legal one, it is hereby or
dered that said territory be organized
into municipal township and that il
be known as Fayette township; that
the election for township officers be
held at the regular election in Novem-
Der, at the residence OF Mr.. Miller, on
the southwest quarter section Is,
town 20, range west in said town.
ship.
On motion the Board adjourned
SIM die.
[Attest:] JOHN TUCKER,
County Clerk.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Can't Stop It.

Gold is down TO three cents and a
fraction-a small fraction at that. IL
spite of the buncombe of demagogues
and the worriment Of statesmen, green
backs have gradually but surely aud
ceaselessly come back to gold. AS
long as honesty ruled in the Nation
the thing was inevitable, and all the
talk of different standards, remoniti-
cation, resumption, base metals and
other tom-foolery affected the result
not a whit, If Congress should re-
peal the resumption act now will that
keep the national currency from be-
ing worth its face in gold in very
short time? Ii can't.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
What Grant Thought of it.

Gen. Beatty, of Ohio, gives Judge
Taft as authority for the statement
that when Matthews and Foster wait
ed upon President Grant 10 ask him
to make no decision in the South Car
olina and Louisiana cases, that Gener-
al Grant persistently held that Cham
berlain and packard were the lawful
Governors of those States and should
be supported by the General Govern
ment. His visitors asked that the
matter be turned over to the new adj
ministration, and the President finally
said: "Go your way. / will let Hayes
do this thing, but fear the conse-
quences."
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Kingman County.

George E. Filley, Esq, lately settled
at Kingman, and who is all old ac-
quaintance, writes to the Buringamc
Chronicle the following description Of
the county that lies immediately west
of Sedgwick:
Kiugman is tac county seat of King
man county, forty-fve miles from
Wichita and thirty-two from Hutch
inson. situated upon the bank Of the
Ninnescah river, clear, brinish
stream, rendered SO by the great salt
marshes through which it flows: u
stream that has never been known to
be dry in the remembrance Of the ear
liest settlers. Our town Is upon the
most beautiful site in Kansas. Three
hundred and twenty acres of rich fer
tile laud, surveyed and laid out with
wide streets and alleys,running TO the
waters edge, court house square. city
park, and various public buildings.
We have two established mail routes.
Oar school privileges are not behind
those of the oldest county in the State.
Our merchants are doing q thriving
business.
Our professional men are doctor,
who longingly for patient to kill or
cure, and q lawyer that stands chance
to sue or be sued for his board bill.
Wee have good live town, but there
are several branches of industry that
are needed Immediately in Kingman.
We'are in want of q good blacksmith,
as there is none nearer than Hutchin-
son. We also want newspaper, and
we arc not going to do without one
long; the people demand it and good
live paper would pay.
And now about our county at large.
Kingman county is thirty-six miles
long and twenty-fonr miles wide. The
land is Usage Trust land and costs
81 25 per acre. One year ago there
was but ten families in our county,
and the buffalo roamed in countless
herds over her fertile prairies. To-
day there are coo families here and as
many farms opened. Towns and
schools are springing up and the roar
of tramping herds has been superced-
ed by the hum of the threshing ma
chine. Living springs feed our
streams that supply abundance of a
ter for stock and manufactures. We
have quarries of the best building
stone, accessible with very little labor.
Gypsum .abounds in inexhaustible
quantities. Coal has recently been
discovered in our county. The mines
will soon be opened and worked to
their full capacity. Our prospects for
railroad are good and we are assurep
that it will be speedily constructed TO
this point. Our harves. is bountiful
and our immigration for the next year
will be unprecedented i'll the annals OF
ta
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Kansas Clippings.

Millett seven feet high is the pride
of Dickinson county farmer.
The maple worms are going for the
shade trees all over the State.
Twenty bushels to the acre was
what the wheat III Ellis county aver
aged.
Nemeha county has rattlesnake
twelve feet long and with tifty-twe
rattles.
The Kansas State Sabbath School
Convention will be held at Ottawa on
the 18th, 10th and 18th of October.
A Riley county man has bought a
farm to be paid for in cortland moth
ing to be paid until he raises the corn.
Swine in Kansas have more than
doubled in single year. In 1876 the
number was $50 1855, in 1877 it Is $685.
1876.
a four year old Chase county boy
was recently found sitting cOmplaccnt-
ly under COW sucking milk like q
calf.
One reason why Kansans are SO tall
is that they have had to stretch them
selves SO much in gathering corn.
This habit, according to Darwin and
to all scientists, would naturally bring
such result.
The item has been going the grand
rounds for two months, that L. G.
Henry, the great farmer OF Dickinson
county, has seventy-two teams plow-
;,,., 20 xyhaot NNo oynont IN coa fboco
sSventy-two teams blowing away all
winter.
A young man Of Abilene bought
farm to be paid for in part out of the
first crop. The first crop sold for five
thousand dollars more than enough to
pay the installment, but the young
rascal skipped tie country with the
money in his pocket.
Pleasanton Observer: Although
corn has been coming to town at the
rate of about hundred loads per day
for the past year, the old crop still
continues to pour in in an undlmin-
ished quantity, and would come in
still faster if cars could be procured
in sufficient numbers.
Kansas silk worms fed on the leaves
of Usage orange seem to be exempt
from disease, and the cocoon is esti-
mated superior in quality to those
from the mulberry. The experiment
Of silk growing in Southern Kansas
SO far has proved a success, and emf
nently SO.
Abilene Chronicle: On Tuesday
Cd dop Ia
ment was created over the sale of land
for taxes. The buyers were numer-
Gus. Heretofore there has been 80
little contest that the entire tract
would be taken for the taxes, but not
so this year. In one case only nine
acres were taken for the taxes on one |
hundred and sixty.
The Ottawa Journal, speaking of
the cheese factory at Silkville, says
that the daily average of milk used |
there this season is 1880 pounds. |
against 1000 pounds last year. The
cheese is meeting with ready sale, land |
is pronounced by consumers as good
as that Of eastern make. We are glad
to note this evidence of the success of
this enterprise.
We venture the statement, that
while Kansas has been severely
scourged at times with grasshoppers,
q larger per centage of crops have
been good than in any State in the
Union. With two exceptions-1S6O
and lS74-there have been good yields
Of all the products of the State, and
in several instances they have been
simply wonderful. If this does not
Indicate a good farming country we
are at loss to understand what con-
,titutes one. Patience, energy and IN
lustry will make Kansas the garden
State of the Union.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Sherif's Sale.

District Court, 18th Judicial District, sedgwieL
county, Kansas.
j. II. Askew,
II. l.. West, and z. L. West
Jr., minor heir of Louisa
West, deceased.
BY virtue of an order of sale issued out of the
District Court of the 18th Judicial District, sit
ting in and for Sedgwick county, Kansas where
in ). x Askew is plaintiff and K. l.: West and
Il. l. West Jr. minor heir of Louisa West deceas-
ed, defendants, will on Saturday the 10th day
OF october, y. ID. 1877, at 2 O'Clock Z. NJ at
the courthouse door, being at the front of the
building Anown Us Eagle Block, on Douglas
Avenue, 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, 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. 81 in township No. %, range
two west, and appraised ut 1925. Said real
property is levied upon the property of defend
ants Il. L. West and H. l.. West Jr, minor heir
of Louisa West, deceased, and will be sold to
satisfy said order of sale.
Sherif's Office, Wichita, Kansas, Sedgwick
county, September I, A. u. 1917.
IL. w DUNNING,
Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Sluss. Stanley Il Hatton, Plaintiffs Attorney.
24-Jt
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

Papers published in counties where
fairs are TO be held, ought 10 keep
standing in their columns brief no
;ice of the date Of opening and clos
ing their fair. We looked over the
Wichita EAGLE aud BEACON, of this
week, TO find wien the Sedgwick coun-
~ fair opens. bat the date is not given.
There is plenty of fair talk, tho infor.
nation we wanted is no; given
Atchison Champion.
We have given the dates over and
over again. Besides they can be found
In tic State Agricultural report. The
opening day is the 25th of September
and the closing the 2otb. And SeIg-
wick county is going 10 have a tail
that is fair.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Ssnster Merton's Real Condition.

Springfield Republican: We appa-
rently now have the exact truth as to
Senator Morton's condition. His legs
partly parslyzed before, are now COM
pletely so; also his left arm. He can
not move either of these three limbs.
His right arm is sound still, and his
mind is strong and clear. His friends
concede that he will not come to
Washington for the October session of
Congress, but they claim he will be on
hand in December. 1t is much more
probable he will never leave Indiana
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
The Debt Of Kansas.

The Public undertakes to give a
synopsis of Mr.. Bonebrake's statement
of the Indebtedness of Kansas, but
misleads its readers. The readers,
from the Public's statement, would
think that the $3,000,000 indebtedness
was all for railroad bonds, while in
fact it is the total Indebtedness of all
kinds. 1t also states that our taxable
property is but $3.50, 900, while in
fact it is 1924. 000, 900, and at very
low valuation at that. 1t also says
that many municipalities are resisting
of bonds, while in tact there
are but three or four counties but
what have levied taxes to pay interest
this year. The Public don't seem to
like Commonwealth.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
0sswatomie Brown.

The current number of Iarper's
Weekly contains several pictures Of
the scenes connected with the John
Brown monument celebration, drawn
by Prof. Worral, of Topeka. They
cover page of the Weekly, and in
clude Il good picture of John Brown,
his old log cabin, the music of "Jchn
Browns soul is marching on" the
GRAFTON, that is a view of it, and also
a view of tbs dedication of the monu-
ment and the monument itself, and
dinner on the battle ground.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

Pleasanton Obserrer: The farm
improvements in this vicinity have
been quite marked the past season.
Numerous farm honses, new enclo-
sures, orchards, breaking and other
evidences of prosperity, mark the
prairies. Not only the possibilities of
this region, but actual progress, indi-
cate a condition in the near future
which will place 1t along side of old
and populous States.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
For the EAGLE.
A Little Sarcastic, but Sensible.

GARDEN PLAIN, Sept. -, 1877.
ED. EAGLE:-It was not my inteu-
ton, in my former communication, to
assail the County superintendent, or
any member of the board, personally.
How could cemsure man for abid-
ing by the law? 1t seems, however,
that a pair or two of shoes fitted some
where, as the reply in your last issue
aims shafts of ridiculc at both you
and me. But IN attacking you about
the caption" the writer overreachcd
himself The expression, meat if not
gaudy" is, to my mind, more forcible
than correct. Webster defines gaudy,
.ostentiously fne," and osteniatiOn is
very far removed from neatness. l
think, also, that it is hardly the cor
rect thing to mention a person as a
"fair cores pondent" and then snub
her as she, she or it," So much for
nv private opinion publicly express
ed.
The school law evidently leaves the
question Of time and place for the ex-
animation at the option of the exam
ing board. 1t isSio use, find, to as
sail the laws of the State. 1t is like
throwing chaff against the wind. But
there is room yet for US to ask the
examining board" to make the exam
nations more frequent. Say once a
month.
AS regards the fee, | am entirely sat.
isfied as far as the County Superintsn-
dent is concerned (only.)
DEWEY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Tlldeu Will Try.

The New York Herald says the UNI
deriving question which is at the bot
tom of the Democratic quarrel in that
State, is whether Mr.. Tilden shall be
Democratic candidate for President iii
1880 or not. The Herald thinks that
meet where the convention may, it
will be the scene of a bitter, violent
puarrei
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

"The State paper is deserving of
Topeka's most hearty support" p
Wichita Eagle. Thanks, many thanks
my dear Marsh. We thank you for
the magnificent compliment.-Topeka
Blade.
All. You do, Ell? We never, never
take anything back, much less the
stone that kills two birds.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
A Platform to Rect Upon.

The Burlington Hawkeye is rather
hard on the Iowa grecnbackers. The
editor observes that if he correctly
understands the platform of the green
back party Of Iowa, it promises an era
OF high wages, lots of employment,
high prices of wheat for the farmer,
cheap flour for the mechanic, high
prices for cattle for the stock raisers,
cheap beef for the workingman, lots
of money, low interest and good times
for ever, body but contractors, manu-
features, railroads aid bankers, who
are TO be very poor and have no money
to pay their hands.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

A man in Kansas who was too mean
to advertise land he wanted to sell
put a a written notice in one of the
hotels the other day. A man who
wanted to buy small farm was re-
ferred to the written notice when he
replied, II can't buy land at fair
price frem any man who does his adj
vertising in that way. He would
steal the fence, the pump handle aud
barn doors before he gave up posses
sion"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
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His Turn Now.

John Avis, the executioner of John
Brown ut Iiarper'S Ferry in 1853, must
now be placed upon trial for his own
life. The other day, at Orthney, Vir-
GINA, he got into quarrel with a man
named Johnson and killed him.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
A Chance for q SPLIT.

The New York Sun admits that the
prospect Of the Democrats carrying
New York at the next election is not
as Gathering as the average Democrat
thinks it is. Ii warns the leaders that
the party cannot stand internal divi-
sions AS the Republicans had ma
iorlty of 40, 900 last fall in that portion
Of the State outside of New York and
Brooklyn, and as internal divisions
would tell heavily in the city, the
Democratic prospect is not altogether
l.hnerfnl
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Sold Again.

The question of who Osman Pasha
is, is set at rest by the Turkish Minis
ter at Washington, who furnishes the
following: "In view of the various
accounts circulating about the origin
of Osman Pasha, the Turkish legation
has the honor to inform the press that
the Marshal of that name was born in
Asia Minor, Of Mussulman parents"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Duplicate re-
ceipt No 67l0 issued by the Receiver Of the Land
Offce at Wichita, Kansas. for the northwest
quarter 10 of section number thirty five (35) ,
township twepty-siN t26), range three (3) west
Usage Trust Land, has been lost and that will
apply TO the UnItci States on the 25fh dsy Of Oc-
fobar, A. D. 1877, 10 refund the purchase money
paid for said land, FOX which said certificate, No.
$40, was issuedS
24-6 GEO, 8. HANNA.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

The county Convention will bc held at Eagle
Hall, in Wichita, Saturday. october 9Th, 1871, at
lo'rlock i IA, and The primaries ut the usual
,U,ia: laees in the respective precincts on satur-
asy, September 2sth, 49,
fhe hou fxed by the Central Committee are
from to 1 la the country, and f.om TO in the
siiy Of Wichita.
Those who do act q, Sire the success of the men
Raa measures OF he Republican party. are re-
ques,ed not 10 participate in the primary dec
lions ofihe party.
The County Convection viii nominate c.nai-
dates FOR the following offices;
Sheriff.
Register of Deeds.
Treasurer.
County Clerk
Surveyor.
Coroner.
Commissioners for TIE lsi, 2d and 81 Districts.
The County Convention viii also appoint "a new
County Central Committee for the ensuing year.
The townships ,gll be ieprcsrntedby delegates
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
NOTICE.
IL s LAND OFFICE

o. 5. LAND OFFICE,
Wichita, Kans. Aug. "a, 1S77{
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Christopher Fox against james Carter for aban-
doning his Homestead entry No. 6335, dated Dec.
9th, 1876 upon the South West 4 Section {, Town
ship 20 South, Range West, in Reno County,
Kansas, with q view TO the cancellation of said
entry the said parties are hereby summoned to
appear st this Office the 18th day OF Septem-
Der, 1877, at O'Clock a. M. To respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged aban-
donmert.
pa H. L. TAYLOR, Register.
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Notice.


Us LNND 4fFiEG,
Wichita, kansas sept sih. ~.
The Hon. Commissioner a. .ae Gene 4 Land
Jaice under date September /. lSs5, holds for
cancellation upon the grounds Of abano yEment
the following
TIMBEE CULTURE ESIEIEs-
5sl Albert ). Howard. wa sea sec IL, =. 2e.
$50 james COnogcr. els NV Or sec "a, -, lie.
HOMESTEAD ENTEIEs-AuS. 81, issi.
Js97. Alexander Me Donald, e5. Sc or see ;, q se
z9iO j. y. Hutchinson, lots S and q -. 80, 70 lw
1852 Henry IL Fuller. swi< sec 80, - sw.
4-35 Noah A. vaughn, seis sec =. 5 ~.
1856 John Bas5ett, swa4 see 4, 20 low.
ss,i Martin Snider, NV sec -, zs9w.
g4s2 George Holscher, -, - I9".
el6; Libbie A. Miistead. 81 neA sec g. q iW.
sixty days will be allowed tire parties IA IN
tersst from dace hereof in which to appeal
2s-i Ii. l.. TAYLOR, Register.
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Dissolution Notice.

The co-partnershp heretofore existing under
the firm name and style of Hellar u Laribee,
manufacturers of artificial stone, has been DIS
solved by mutual concent. Martin Hellar will
have exclusive control of the business. All ac-
counts and business Will be settled BY him.
NJ HELLAR,
1853 II. =. IARIBEE.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

Have $50 FARMS in the counties OF Sedgwick,
Sumner Butler and Cowley, i'll all varieties of
soil, timber, water ind stages of improvement.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

OF y is nGt easily earned in these res bus
ID itcaab be canned IN three mon Us BY any
one Of either sex ia any part 0t ths Coo rs VINO
% Willing 10 wOTS stsadily .. tue emit iyme 4
that we furnish. Dos per week n oar n town
on nee. not be Gw " irOE. home oFeTu ut You
can give your who time 20 the work or tiy Your
spare moments. We hage agents waS rc ma
ing over 10 per day. All who eDga 1t cucc
can Isase money fist. At tn present tine money
cannot be E1s1e 20 essiIF and rapidly a.suy O.i.sr
business. If costs nothing % Try tar iiisina s.
Terms snd s. o,:tit free. Address II nee, n.
HALLETT 4 Co., Portland Maine is-Iy
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20

Office Of
H. w. KENDLE,
ALL KINDS OF SEWING MACHINES.


Iwish TO inform my friends and q puhi.c
generally that l Consider myself pes inen.ly
located N wichita, AID IN, prepared 90 ;li
kinds of Wagon and Carriage w9rk he best
style. shop IN connection with hc ~ rangts'4
blacksmith shop, water Street.
~ 4. AFEY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-20
The Southern Kansas institute.

REV. II. WiXsLo7T ABBOTT A.. =, Prin-
MRS II. W. ABBOTT the furious vocalist,
Teacher Of Atdsic.
This Select School for nlaics md females will
open Oh the first Monday OF ssaeinner, Isl.
The scholastic year win be divided iato three
terms OF thirteen weeks each.
Tuition in the Literary Department SIS per
term. Tuition III the Musical Department, SI7
per term. Primary pupils net solicited. For
farther particulars inquire of
II. WlNSLOW ABBOTT,
Wichita, KANSAS.
No extra charge for Greek. Latin, French or
German. 20
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To the gct,rs FISHERMAN Township.

NJ. W. LEVY, Chairman.