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ATT THE MERCY or RUFFIAES.
Pounding N ~ nm, and Trying TO Throw Hin
from ~ Railroad Car Window.

Thomas Downing, lather, OF oi6 East
Sixteenth street. Now York. who had bcen at
work VA Philadelphia. took passage on the mid
night train Of the Pennsylvania ltailroad from
Philadelphia on Saturday E.sht passenger
cars were attached. and in the forward car in
which Downim. sat. were about twenty persons.
including two women. About twenty miles out
Of Philadelphia one Of the passengers declared
that his hat had been stolen from his head. and
the conductor went in search Of IT, In the scat
adjoining TINT occupied by Downing were two
rough. coars spoken men, who answered the
conlu. tor in u sur.y manner on lang asked
Whether they hal seen the missing hat, tn
rololuy aroused Downing, who not .'ei that
onc 81 the stranger; was IN r. snlrt sleeve,
Is attempted To- eroWd into the scat occupied i,v
Downing, AMI. IN doing 80. sat On Downing :
breast Hs Downing WI reclining lengthy =" q.
tine scat. Down ns demonstrated with him.
AMI ia" tran ~'r ~.
snutup. or III throw you out Of the win
-35y(", n,.,,.r o., allow ,,.,n, :, . -.,,,., no,n
Ing Jne stranger ~ on '" grHspet hlu around
tho lodN and lifted him from, Me sat, tn
e., {. and they had MIN out as far rs h.s h ps.
Tn Downing fen o hand hastily iunbling
,,it the po'k : u his yst and pqnulloon-.
II rem"n brrrd tlnt be- had a sn'll laihrrs
hath = IA tlt ms dr 20 fct Of hs rot, and IL 5
he grdspcd quickly. and with II rtru l.
wddly, The force q the blows and
y ntas". AMI h" soon landed inside III"
car. There the drsprrndocs kicked and br0t
him in vain effort Ia get possession ui the
hui 'hr'. VI length GA" - thr men 'rici Cut
----' tul l,WllA- .t"rr ir t. SOW tln Elrlm
ofa knii' H. prisprl n" hund as, i d"- ended
and WIS ut badly on TIE wr IT, tie tl'n cri. /
out TOR some ouc iu tue carto tlkr on' Of the
in,n AWAY, ,aul WIS un.W.fed hy th.ri prs u,
wlo sfru'k him y trrihl" blow ON tine back of
the r' B. ~ this tim" the ar WAS I'm iin uproir,
ami the Conductor and Dr. hrinen, Who stood by.
fHfttt 81 81 Gf Al ~ q u tta rnf
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UONEN ROW 4 RACE
Not Much OF Contest. but Very Exciting
Attendant circumstances

The news that two women would race for
SIS In row-hoats drew a great number Of spec
tators to the foot of North Seventh street. Will
liamsburgh yesterday. At O'Clock the leg If
a man was found float ng in the water and was
placed ON the largo nlat connected with Hunt :
boat house ON the pier. Th~ throng made a
rush 10 see 1t. and their weight carried down
the platform and the cnnEwny leading To- the
float Over thirty persons fcu into tho water.
Thr'c wcre tnk"n out insrn-ihln. having been
cnught IN ia" rum. Thur names are BENJAMIN
Hunt. Fran IL iiOurks. and VI 'hari Fitzgerald.
The race " ai 2.li ly Mrs. Sarah Van
Innit and Miss Jane VI Fudtru. two sl"nd r
young women. hut mus 'ular. Inry wor" orr
Wuist AM shoulders. and lonp'd NJ ~ the
skirts. james WAS la', and Alrs Van Iand' :
was brown. IhrN wore no ornaments. ana
their HAIR wl- PLAINLY braided and allowed to-
judges boat ~ the start. but quickly regnin"d
the distance lp-t but her husband. having is't
his money ON Ms faldcn. IL order t. WIN.
ioulrd nor hgit minute lat r. ! me- course was
ttuce of l., niles. The til" was running up
rapidly. and aiter they had turned thr buoy.
Mrs. Van Landt having taken the lrad. her nus
band forced her up str am So far that she
Tort - seconds after her opponent. VINO had
been allowed the benefit of the tide on the home
stret h, and made the distance in $50. The
Judge. Edward Hunt ordered them To- 20 over
the course again.
In the start Tor the second trial Jane got the
better OF it, hut Sarah. by superior pullIn
turned tho buoy first. hut again coming back
she went "a little too far up stream. Jane won
in SIN. i5s.. Sarah reaching the fn sh In sm AIS.
The open sloop Pluck Hnd Luck. Loaded with
sp" '3uurS. ioul, th" buoy ami caisi1rd. Int
thirteen passengers w~r" thrown into the river
Thr many small craft near by were quick TO the
res cur, and nobody was drowned
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MR.. yiNDERBrLT HONE AGAIN.
His Visit to Iusopc to Form "a Combination
with the White star Company.

Mr.. William III. Vanderbilt arrived from
Europe in the steamship Britannia. of the White
Star limo. yesterday. and WINS welcomed at Quar-
antine by his friends. These gentlemen. anti
cipntng his arrival on Saturday, chartered the
steamboat John II. Starin and went down tho
bay to meet him; but us the Britannia was a
triile hehinl time they had to wait over night.
The object which took Mr.. Vanderbilt to Eng
land. coupled with his brief stay there. has been
mystery. The prevailing impression has
been that he went to- negotiate for a new line of
eeamships to run between this city and Liver
pc>,l to enable his railroad to compete favora-
bly, with other roads In the transporta-
tion of through freight between Liver
pool and tho West. and to defeat the
disrrinn nation. in freight ratrs which is
now eSa ended bv the OCEAN st"nmshin
compani'. TO the western cities. This dsrrimi-
nation IN tn result Oi u compact made between
the compln irs. 10y which uniform rntcs have
been cstabln he'd. Tho rntr Tor certain clnssrs
ol heavy frel ght shipped to New York from
Liverpool il l2s 81, Engl eh money, per ton
sine freight my b. shipped drcct ITO to Giicag" "r
st. Louis ant ,iin 'hnuti lees the N per cont.
"primage.'" and Il BE- this d.srrimnat oil. il h
snid. which IL hJuring a." trl..e of New York
compelled to max. the discrimination to oro-
trt thcms iyD- against thr lines running to
Montreal Boston an fhiialripha.
s1mothing Of Mr ynsderiiii's oh'ot in yilitl1s
England. snvs that he d.l moi 20 to establish a
W line Ol steamers. tUt 10 ~" Wlnt arrange.
mrnis he could make with the owners Of %.
W Nhiir star company fnr IA -iNtUting anl rheII.
"ulnE tho transportation ut freight here and -
tine W,-t. II IS supposed that he los res t. have
thr company run their steamships To- slIne
point ln III" North river where the irr.eh, may
ir directly unipadrd from the vessels into has
oar-. THIS will bee gront ing OF time.
Mr.. Nandrrpilt SAYS that be- won't 10 Europe
for tY" SAX" of his health. aud the other Central
Railroad employees say that tucy know vi no
other reason Tor his going.
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Louis Rruhnr, ae"i A5. proprietor Of Turu
llIlt Fu,t s,I,, JlN flt', d,d li,t ul, lat Mr al.
t.udiug At the bar -. hi, .iluun
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WAsHrNGTON. Juno 1O.-Rcturniug Board
KruuOr -il mas iuhu n.r with IN. President ulo el.
l wan %, nii-'c uiic, iu Louisiana. Jag,, L,NIs d,
to Doe NHNal ON. ",r
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Cognacs bottled at Jonlu's lislilrrius. finest
imported, .iso IA MoII. NeIOr L. Mau.ug n i.-4i-e
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"A Woman llatrr," out to-day in 'ScdSidc Ii
rTGo ~ cenlA .Lls
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JOyIINGS .iHOrr YOnN

Partly cloud, weather with occasional areas
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
For the EAGLE.
Sunny Dale.
Sedgwicll City, August IS, 1877.

Mr.. EDITOR: Perhaps few items
from this vicinity, occasionally, may
be of interest. Sunny Dale is the
name of our post office, and also of the
school house, District 20, Grant town
ship, Sedgwick county. This is the
name also of United Presbyterian
church, lately organized in this vicin-
ity. The congregation intend soon TO
build a church ediiice capable of seat
ing $50 persons. Regular service is
held every Sabbath at Sunny Dale
school house.
The lot where the church is to be
erected is situated few rods east Of
Mr.. VIM. McCrscken's celebrated fruit
farm. This should be considered a
desirable location where there is evan
gelical preaching every Sabbath and
plenty of peaches.
An evangelical church in any COM
munity is valuable institution, be-
cause Of the good it brings and the
evils it abates. 1t increases the value
of real estate; makes life and property
safer because it makes good society
good and peaceable citizens. Wher-
ever Christianity exhibits its sublime
precepts and doctrines and asserts its
power in the hearts of men, there is
good society, reliable citizens. 1t
would be profitable to men of the
world, merely in an earthly point OF
view, to literally support the gospel.
Even if there were no future state, no
rewards and punishments beyond this
life, the best thing we can DO for So
ciety, for the state, the nation, the
world, is to maintain evangelical re-
ligion, well ordered churches and Sab
bath schools. This, with the divine
blessing, would make the evidences
blossom as the rose" and this would
bring the divine blessing, for it is
promised Itwould remove or dimin-
ish almost all the evils with which So
ciety is now cursed. Its influence
would be felt in every department Of
the nation. We would better and
happier every way. We would have
better statesmen, better neighbors,
fathers and mothers, brothers and SIS
tiers. "Blessed is the nation whose
God ia thn Lord ;;
Mr.. McCracken has large crop of
peaches this season for so young an
orchard. The crop is ripcning and
customers are daily supplied at the
farm.
Some of the farmers have COM
menced sowing wheat, and by appear
ances there will be large crop put in
this fail. We say sow largely and fear
not. Fear him who sends the bounti-
ful harvest and the blight and mildew,
then we have nothing else to fear.
No excitement in politics, all busy
seeding, blowing and threshing, but
we know on which side to vote.
OIrIc
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For the Eagle.
4 Neat but Substantial Complaint from a
Sedgwick County Teacher.
Ours.

EDITOR EAGLE: AS YOU are the
County Oracle, to whom lonely old
maids and spunky bachelors appeal to
have their wrongs redressed, see no
reason why may not appeal to you
on behalf of the school teachers of this
county, trusting their grievances may
be explained away through the col
umns of "our paper"
We understand that teachers can
not be inspected and obtain certifi-
Gates to teach unless they apply on the
regular advertised days, and are re-
quired to pay the sum of one dollar
for the document on that day even.
Further, that no certificates will be
dated back, and no examinations
passed, on any condition, at other
times.
Suppose, now, a teacher is detained
by sickness-as even a teacher is some
times sick-what will be the conse-
quences Must the school term be
postponed, or another teacher employ
ed and the unfortunate one left out of
employment?
Again, the county is large, and
teachers living twenty or more miles
distant must go to Wichita for GER
tificates. If one of the fearful storms
that sometimes visit these open prai-
ries, should come on the regular, ex-
animation day, very many teachers
must inevitably be absent. How can
this be remedied or avoided?
The other point that troubles us is
the dollar. hold that kaoW what
are my qualifications for teaching, and
| do not propose to pay others to find
out. 1t is hard enough to go before
an august Board, in the presence of
thirty or forty other teachers, and tell
them all you know, without paying |
cash for the privilege. A certain
teacher of my acquaintance, who was !
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Senator Ingalls, Great Speech at the dwelling
Of Joha Browns Statue.

Nc filter person could have been
chosen TO compose and deliver an ora
ton of such historical moment and
heroic sentiment than our brilliant
Senator. The puritanical rigidity, the
inspired heroism, the stern faith OF
old John Brown, his martyrdom, his
personel in a great revolution, and the
stage upon which he made his debut,
all combined TO bring out the elo-
quence Of the most 9sthctical and i'm
pressiVe orator in the West-ssenato or
John j. Ingalls,. Itnot only abounded
in poesy, wit and sarcasm, but en-
braced clear deliniation of a civil
zation that not only triumphed in the
contest precipitated by the humble
old John Brown but which leads all
other systems Of government. No
man appreciates more keenly the part
PLAYED by Kansas and John Brown in
in the struggle for higher liberty, or
the still living sentiment of Kansas
people than our senior senator. The
Chicago Inter- Ocean says that the
speech deserves more than passing
notice, and that it will give an exhaus-
tive article upon it. The Globe-Demo-
crat says it was splendid, and in every
way worthy of the occasion. Next
week the EAGLE will give the Grafton
entire.
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That Funding Suit.


Two weeks ago we copied an article
from the Wichita EAGLE, which stated
in ehe ct that Sedgwick county had or
ton of some funding bonds she had
neglected to pay over to Sedgw lex.
Very few understood the true import
of the item, and il now turns out that
the EAGLE in its eagerness for an item
or else TO have little Harvey prosecut-
ed, rather got ahead of itself, as there
has been no such suit ordered. The
sum and substance of the matter is
about this:
In 1871 by or through some sort of
legislation, the floating Indebtedness
of Sedgwick county, of which por-
ton of Harvey was then part, was
funded. The amount of the funded
debt was $4,000, and from some cause
or other, this debt appears to have
been overlooked by the officeas of this
once paternal county, until recently,
when it was discovered. the commits
sioners of Sedgwick county then or
dered their county clerk to assess a
tax to pay the interest on the same for
this and the intervening years and the
proportional share assigned to Harvey
is two and seven-tenths mills on the
dollar of the thus taxable property in
this county, and amounts to about $3.50.
County Clerk Bunker received the no
tice only few days ago from the clerk
of Sedgwick county, aud this tax viii
be placed upon the rolls of this county
unless otherwise ordered by the COM
missioners.-NeUtop Kaasaa.
Satisfactory.
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For the EAGLE.
Sedgvick CITY Itsms.

The picnic held last Thursday proved
a grand success. Mr.. Vincent, three
miles down the Little Arkansas has
one of the finest parks of elms to be
found in this State; some of them
shading no less than quarter of an
acre each, and standing in such prox-
unity as TO make broad cxpanse of
shade. Under these stately elms tho
large crowd from different parts Of
Harvey and Sedgwick counties gath
cred to have a good time. Eight
schools were gathered, most of which
were represented on the ample plat
form, either in song or addresses.
Mrs. Balburn, Revs. Kane, Ramsey,
Henninger, of this vicinity, and Rev.
Mr.. McQuiston, of West Wichita. made
addresses. The singing was mostly
by the several schools, and reflect cred
it on the preparations made. Mr..
Blinn, Superintendent of the Pleasant
Valley Sunday School, presided in
very able manner Much credit is due
Mr.. ID. E. Welmsn for his indefatiga-
ble efforts to make this meeting of the
people success. Every precautien
had been taken to make it pleasant
and also profitable. Banners, swings,
the Sedgwick brass band, the very
beautiful weather, and many things
else, all conspired TO make US happy.
Mr.. Wellmau, alias Commodore, sold
a horse this morning to Mr.. Schermer-
dorfer, Mennonite, resident dozen
miles westward, which said horse
with his newly found mate gave his
new master lively runaway, without
however doing any great damage.
The drowning of BERTHE Vetter, no.
ticed in your issue of the 10th, cast
deep gloom over our whole town, and
especially over Mr.. Vetter's family.
An only boy of ten years, cheerful,
hopeful aud promising, his merry voice
everywhere heard in whi.tliug and
song, can but be 4 painful loss TO US
all.
A Mr.. Bullock and his wife are en-
gagged to take charge of the schools
here. He comes well recommended.
Moses Beecher is pushing his new
dwelling rapidly to completion so al
so Mr.. Sheppard, two miles further
east an the county line.
c. y. LAMITY.
Sedgwicli City, August Is, 1877.
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The Great War,

The daily correspondence from the
scat Of the Eastern war contains moth
ing but the most gloomy accounts.
Murder, rapine and vandalism are
permitted upon the hangers on and
allies Of both sides, while bloody bat
ties of no decisive results occur every
few days. The Russians have lost
nearly all Of the vantage ground gain
ed south Of the Danube, and their
army is suffering terribly from the
effects Of southern climate. The
Car himself is sick in heart and body
and it is said would like to quit. The
surrounding powers are making no
moves except England who is indulg-
ing in a heap of cheap talk. One
would think from reading English
papers that England was the bottom
and top of the whole stauggle.
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FallacY and Theory.

Consider how long it is taking to
correct the fallacy of the free trade
theoriests, the discussion of which
has been in lively progress for GEN.
fury or so.-1opeka Commonwealth,
Yes, the ''fallacy" that every man
should be allowed TO freely exchange
the products of his industry with
those of every other man-which is
free trade-is long time in being cor
rscted, and it will be a much longer
time before it will be done with. by
the way, who is the "theorist," the
man who maintains the natural and
equitable condition OF things, or he
who has theory that government
should interfere and tell the people
what kind of industries they should
engage III ?-LaWrence Journal.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The New York Herald says that
should Senator Morton be taken away
now, President Hayes viii lose the
most important champion of his ad-
miniStration in the Senate. This
would be great public misfortune at
a time when the wise policy of the
President stands in so much need of
able and strenuous defenders. The
loss of so clear headed and courageous
supporter as Senator Morton would
be a public calamity"
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Sitting Bull.

Will some ole please inform u puz-
zled people why Commission is be-
ing sent to the British Domlnions to
bring back Sitting Bull and his band
of numbering thieves? 1t puzzles the
average American citizen to under
stand this business. S. b. has chosen
to take refuge in Canada. That is
good. We don't want him back. No
body is weeping because of his abb
sence. Nobody will weep if he never
comes back. If the Canadians want
TO drive him away, let them do it, and
let the United States soldiers be sta
toned OH the border to meet him and
welcome him and his cut-throats with
breech-loading rifles to hospitable
graves.
This is what ought to be done with
Sitting Bull and his associate murder
ers. But to send Commission to
ask him to come back, and give him
presents nobody understands it. 1t
puzzles the country worse than the
Southern Policy, or Civil Service Re-
form, or any other question. What
do we want with Sitting Bull ? Why
not let him stay where he is? Hasn't
he done enough mischief in this coun-
try already? Let the Canadians keep
him and welcome. If they drive him
back, have a rope ready to hang the
redhanded, savage miscreant.-Atchi-
son Champion.
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somewhat of a stranger to the pecu-

somewhat of stranger to the pecu-
liar rules and regulations here-as
some must be in this new country
where there are fresh arrivals every
day-attended the late examination.
.'Forwarned is forearmed," but not
having been forewarned the party was
not forearmed with the '.needful," and
the consequence is, has no document
certifying that the bearer is qualified
to teach any of the public schools of
the county. 1t is not thus in other
states and counties. Why should it
be here? If some one will explain this
very seeming incongruity, am sure
others, beside myself, will be gratitied.
Yours, very truly, DEWEY.
Garden Plain, Sept. 3rd.
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Adolph Meyer was arrested at La
dere, Neosho county, about three
weeks ago, on q charge of committing
rape OH his own daughter, aged H..
The testimony Of the girl was to the
effect that the father on the first OF
August. being under the influence of
liquor, had beaten her mother and
driven her from the house, and in the
night between o'clock and midnight
entered her room, tied her hands, and
carried her to his room, where he
committed the horrible and unnatural
crime. The girls testimony was cor
roborated in many particulars. He
was committed to jail to await his
trial and is confined at Fort Scott.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Gen. Joseph r. Hswley hits the sin
dependent Journalist" the following
telling blow: "The way TO get the
right man into Office is to always sup
port the other mantle ablest men
are never eminent; the way to help q
good cause is to be perfectly indcpen-
dent of 1.-THE only way TO beperfect-
ly upright is to stand on your head )
the way to get victory is to sit on
the fence aud stone both sides"
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sharif,s Sale.

District Court. 18th Judicial District. sedgwick
county, Kansas.
III. NJ. Alexander
VS..
j q. Roberts and
Laura Roberts
By virtue of an order of sale issued out Of the
district Court of the 18th Judicial District, sit
tinS IN anu Tor Sedgwick county, Kansas, where
III N, u Alexander IS plaintiff and j. z. Roberts
anu Laura Roberts, defendants, Will, on
Saturday, TIE siA Dag Of September, A D. 1871.
between the hours and O'Clock p m, at The
courthouse door, being at the front of Building
known rs Eagle Block, on Douglas avenue, in
the city of Wichita, Kansas offer for sale at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand
all the right title and interest OF the defendants
j Il Roberts and Laura Il oberts in and 20 the
following described real Property, situated in
the County of Sedgwick, state Of Kansas, TO wit.
The dwelling house and lot No. one hundred
and seven Qg7) on Market street in the city Of
Wichita, and the business house and lot No dfiy
five on Main street in the city of Wichita, all be-
ing IN the county Of Sedgwick and State of Kan
sas.
said real property is levied upon as the proper
~ Of defendants, J. Il. Roberts and Laura Rob-
erts and VIII be sold 10 satisfy said order oil sale.
sheriE 3 Office, Wichita, Kansas. SedgNick
county, Kansas, August 5, A. ID. 1871.
IL. W. DUNNINCf,
sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Sluss. Stanley t HattoH, Plaintiff IS Attorney.
1911
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In the Probate Court OF ssdgwick County, state
Of Kansas.
In the matter OF the Estate OF John " Hasett
10 Amands Hasiett, } Il. Hasiett, MOlIie Has
lett, Maggie Post, 4. T. Hasiett AMI Auua
Uaslett:
You and each OF you are hereby notified that On
the I4th day OF A ugust, 4. ID. 1871, the Under
signed Admin stratOr Of the estate of John "
Haslelt deceased, flied in the Probate Court of
The County OF SedEwiek and state of Kansas. a
petition for the sale OF the real estate situated in
che County of ScdgWick and state of Kansas to-
wit: Lots No. g and 60, on Emporia avenue in
the City OF Wichita. in n. 4. English's addition
10 said city, as shown by the recOrde plat there
Of as the property of John W Haslett, TO pay
the deb1s OF the SAID John W. Haslett, deceased;
that the application upon said petition Will De
heard on the p st day Of August, A. ID. I511 by
the said Probate Court at his Office in said CITY
of Wichita, State of Kansas, where and when you
may appear ana defend against said application
% 81. " LEVY,
Administrator.