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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

A member of the British relief COM
mittec writes from Madras, India,
that the daily mortality from starya-
ton is about one person in three hum
bred. On the streets of Madras moth
ers offer their children for sale, and
many infants are found deserted along
the roads. Cases of cannibalism be-
Gin to be reported. The British gov
eminent it doing much to relieve the
suffering, but the famine is so wide
spread that human cid cannot pre-
vent its continuance.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
The Tyranny Of Labor.

The tyranny of labor is illustrated
by the action of the miners in the
Pittston district yesterday. a largo
number of men voted 20 go to work.
but the majority decided they should
not, and SO the strike continues.
Thousand of families are starving,
and the prospect is a dreary one. If
the workingmen are sensible, they
viii pay no attention to the mischief
makers, who seem TO have more con-
troll over them than they ought to
haye.-N. I. Herald.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
G5s G0Iit5ita Gagle.
aIcnlrA. THURSDAY, SEPT. G, 1877.
Cal for Republican County Convention.

Thc County Convention VIII be held at Eagle
Ilall, ia Wichita, saturday, october 9Th, 1877, at
O'Clock D. IA, and the primaries at the usual
soiingplaces in the respective precincts on satar
c.y. September 18th, 1871
Tie hon fixed by the Central Committee are
from to in the country. and from TO in the
city OF Wichita.
Those who DO not desire the success Of the men
and measures Of the Republican party. are re-
quefted not TO participate in the primary cleo
ioBs efihe party.
TIE County Convention viii nominate eAndi-
dates Tor the following Offices:
Sheriff.
Register OF Deeds
Treasurer.
County clerk.
Surgeon.
Coroner.
Commissioners FOR tie lot, % and Sd Districts
The County Convention VIII also appoint new
County Central Committee for the ensuing year.
TIE townships viii be represented by delegates
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The Chicago Inter- Ocean says that
inspired by the reports of the Western
crops, an eminent banker of New
York and one of the most sagacious
observers and best informed finan-
ciers of the country, predicts that
within two years the United States
will be Overlooking with wealth and
prosperitY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Capt. James z. Eads is signing for
other worlds to conquer. He offers
to bridge the Bosphorus, scheme OF
engineering that he estimates would
require six years of time of S25, 900, 900
of money. The bridge would be six
thousand feet long (oyer a mile), one
hundred feet wide, one hundred and
twenty feet above the surface of the
water, and present q series of fifteen
bold arches. The greatest feet of en-
gineerIng will be the central arch, $50
feet span, over one-eighth of mile,
and the largest plan ever contemp-
lated.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Hon. S. S. Burdette, formerly L. S.
Commissioner of the General Land
Office, who disappeared suddenly two
years ago, turned up in Sedalia one
day last week. His mind is clouded,
and he could not tell anything about
his wanderings.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Financial Statement of Kinnman County

I
Prepared fom the Records July LIST 1877.
'.Kingman County has not one dollar of Bond
cd Indebtedness,
Amount of County Warrants issued as shown
by stubs in Warrant Book. s28,707,7f.
Amount of County Warrants issued for which
their is authority on reco1d. $50, 2OI,1i.
Amount of County Warrants cancelled or
shown by record and stubs sl2, 75J, &c.
Amount Of County Warrants uncancelled So
g7l, os.
ofthe latter amount, IS, 600 has been placed in
the shape of Judgment against Kingman County
by a doubtful process Of law.
OF the balance remaining, sc, S2G 90 may be
considered doubtful, and 81, SIS, 0Omay be consd-
cred good.
There is stu due from Kingman County for
Officers salaries one yeas salary 10 County
TTeasu er for year ending June 3Oth ls17, One
qua Ter salary to County Clerk for quarter end
ing June S0ih 1877, and port on of Commission
ers fees for one year.
There are $40 900 of kingman Township Bonds
known to have been issued for bridge purposes, ,
but no record Of same as they are GENERALLY I'M
derstood to be in litigation ~ the present ime.
though filed or recorded notice of such litiga-
ton can be found in the County Clerks office. -
hereby certify the ABOVE 10 be true and COR
as shown by the records. Witness my hand and
seal this lst day of July, a d. 1877.
H. 5. BUSH, County Clerk.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
A Fine Production.

7 Senator ingalls, Grafton at Osawato-
mic was very lengthy, making some
six or eight columns of small type. 1t
was fine production, elevated, pol
ished, and scholarly in style, brilliant
in thought and in high and noble
key generally.
There are few men in public life at
the present time who can surpass or
even equal Senator ingalls, in the pro-
duction of an Grafton. His rhetoric
is something almost marvellous, and
as speaker he has many of the higher
graces of lofty and noble speech
Laurence Journal.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Senator ingalls, Grafton.

Senator Ingalls, ranks with the best
orators in the West, and his elegant,
polished and mastery memorial adj
dress at Osawatomie yesterday was
alike worthy of himself and the occa-
sion The memorial will doubtless be
placed in permanent form, perpetual
ing on the printed page the character
and deeds of one whose memory is
more sacredly cherished than that OF
any other freedom soldier in Kansas
for, as the orator said, John Brown
s'trod the scaffold with the step of a
conqueror, and the man whom Vir-
ginia executed ms felon, Kansas to-
day cannonizes as martyr."-K. C..
journal of Commerce.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Saratoga fashions: The Characters
tic of dress this season is not richness,
but exquisite taste. Some of the pref
test robes are comparatively ineXpen-
sive. The present style admits the
simplest materials. All varities of
muslin are profuse; black silk RACES
second in mode. Hats are universally
discarded; ladies either walk simply
with parasols, or with wells twisted
gracefully around the head and bust.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Ex-senator Cameron, of Pennsvlva-
MIA, says the reporter who represented
him as saying that the Republicans
would lose Ohio and Pennsylvania, is
a scoundrel. He never intimated such
a thing. He differs with the admins
tration and believes in the old way of
doing things, but he thinks all Repub-
licans should work for the success of
the party. He does not expect the
to lose either Ohio or
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The New York Tribune advises Mr..
Ti!den to come home and quit his par
" in that state. The old squabble be-
tween the Canal Ring faction and the
present Administration has broken
out fiercely on the question of the re-
nomination of the State officials. As
usual the Canal faction is making
most OF lhe noise, and dealing largely
in threats. 1t a very entertaining
fight as it opens, and no right-minded
Republican will try TO quiet it. 1t all
springs from an overpowering zeal to
secure reform-and get share of the
spoils.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Condensed beer is the latest discov-
cry in the drinking line. The process
has been patented in England. The
beer is evaporated in vacuum until
large part of the water and alcohol
is distilled away. Beer, it is said, may
thus be reduced to one-eigth its orig
inal bulk.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The estate of Brigham Young Is
said to be about S6,oOo,00O in value.
His City widows if "they come into
their thirds" viii have about $500, 900
each. Enough to marry them all off
aoain
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Gone too Far.

General Garfield, in bis speech at
Athens, Ohio, declared that while he
sympathixed with the President in his
efforts TO secure Civil Service Reform,
he had no hesitation in saying that the
President had gone too far. But he
thought he could safely promise the
Administration in behalf of the party
"taithful criticism and patient cour-
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
GOVERNOR SHANNON.
His Life and Daath---A Short Biographical
Sketch.
From the Lawreuce journal.

From the Lawrence Journal.
The brief announcement of the death
of Hon. Wilson Shannon in Friday
mornings Journal was read with a
thrill of sorrow. While it was not
wholly unexpected by his most init
mate friends, the public knew bat lit
tie of serious illness until within few
DAYS of his death. For the last year
Coy. Shannon had been in i'll health
but until about five weeks ago was
not considered in any immediate dam
ger. Since that time, however, he
steadily declined, aud two days before
his death the disease with which he
was suffering, chronic liberation of
the bowels, took decided turn against
his recovery, and he died about twelve
O'Clock Thursday night, aged seventy
five years, seven months and six days.
Hon. Wilson Shannon was born in
Belmont county, Ohio, Oh the oath of
February, 1902, and his boyhood days
were spent at home assisting his moth
er In earning livelihood. AT the age
of sixteen he entered Athens college.
where he remained one year. and then
was sent to Pennsylvania University.
where he remained two years. He
then settled in St. Clairsville, where
he began the study of law. In 1882,
ne was nominated for Congress by the
democratic party but he was defeated
by a few votes. In 1888 he was nomi-
mated for prosecuting attorney, and
was elected by large majority, and
was again elected to the same office
the following year.
In 1883 he was nominated by the
democratic party of Ohio for governor
and was elected by good majority,
but was defeated for the same office at
subsequent election. In 1912 he re-
ceived the nomination for the third
time, and was elected governor of
Ohio the second time. In 1874 he was
appointed minister to Mexico, and in
1855 was member of congress from
Ohio. In 1855 he was made governor
Of the territory of Kansas (the second
territorial GOVERNOR Since that time
he has resided in this state, moving to
this city in 1860, and has been in con-
slant practice of his profession up to
the very hour of his last illness.
He leaves a wife, one son and three
daughters to mourn his loss-Mr. Os-
burn Shannon, resident of this city,
who was at the bedside of his father:
Mrs. Sherman, wife of Gen. 7. w.
Sherman, residing at Newport, II. l.;
Mrs. Keller, at present in New York
city, and Mrs. Walsh, of ST. Louis,
who arrived in this city Friday. The
entire community are in deep sympa-
thy with the bereaved family.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The funeral Of Ex-Governor Shan
non was largely attended at Lawrence
on Sunday. A delegation of leading
lawyers went over from Leavenworth
and special train wac run from
Topeka. 1t is said to have been the
largest funeral cortege ever witnessed
Ia the State
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Brigham's Parting Wink.

The New York Tribune says OF
Brigham Young: ''IIe died just as any
man who was not an APOSTLE and a
prophet might have died /; just as any
poor and weak imposition, who had
never made millions by lying, might
have died. Rich and great as he was
he was only an impositor, too, who
founded religion to do his stealing
with, and who, when the books OF the
world are posted, will be set down
under the ignominious head of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Even his dupes will find out some day
that their prophet was nothing but a
cunning, clever, old rascal, and no
prophet at all, and they will wonder
how he could have left them without
SO much as a parting wink, TO show
that he had enjoyed the joke"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The nomination of Gen. Grant for
the Presidency in 1880, by the Republi-
cank, is PRONOUNCED by the Buffalo
Commercial AdrertiSer to be the
the wisest, the most expedient, and
the most hopeful thing that the party
can do"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Garden Plain, Sept. 3rd.

ALB. Cornell, Of New York, is chair
man of the Republican state central
committee of that state, and also is a
custom house officer. He don't re-
sign either position, but last week
presided over meeting of the COM
mittec, whereupon the cabinet held
an Inquest over him, Without COM
ing to a decision and adjournment was
had, but it is probable that a verdict
will be rendered at the next cabinet
meeting.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Kansas Beats the World.

New York Herald: "Of all the grain
grown states, both old and young, the
most remarkable of all is Kansas. She
springs to the front in her average
WELD per acre of the cereal crops, W lille
her nutritious pasturage affords an IN
exhaustible supply of feed for stock.
Four hundred miles long by two hun
dred wide, there is scarcely one OF her
more than fifty-two millions of acres
that is not adapted in one form or an
other for agricultural purposes
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Coz. Anthony Honored.

At the meeting of the Governors of
the states at Philadelphia the other
day, Kansas was honorcd by the sclec-
tion Of her Governor to make the re-
Spouse upon the part of Tie assembled
distinguished guests. lie did well as
he always does.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

O1 Il lis not easily earned in these times but
ID 4 4 4 ii can be earned in three months BY any
one of either sex, In any part of the country who
Is willing TO work steadily at the employment
that we furnish. sos per week in our own town
You need not be away from home overnight Iou
can give your whole time to the work or only your
spare moments. We have agents who are max
ing over $50 per day. All who engage ut once
Can make money fast. At tn present time money
cannot be made so easily and rapidly atany other
business. II costs nothing to try the business
Terms and s. outfit free. Address st once H.
HALLEIr u Co., Portland, Malne l5-iy
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
General Grant in Scotland.

EDINBURGH, Aug. 31.-The free.
dom OF the city of Edinburgh was pre-
scented to ex-President Grant to-day
by Lord Provost Sir James Falshaw,
in the Free Assembly Hall. Two
thousand persons were present. In
reply to the Lord Provosts speech,
General Grant said: 81 am SO filled
with emotion | scarcely know how to
thank you for the honor conferred up
on me by making me a burgess of this
great city of Edinburgh. feel that is
a great compliment to me and my
country. Had / proper eloquence |
might dwell somewhat upon the his
tory of the great men you have pro-
duced; the numerous citizens of this
city and Scotland that have gone to
America, and the record they have
made. We are proud of these men as
citizens of our country, and they find
ii profitable to themselves. | again
thank you for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me-"
Three cheers were given for the
burgess.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The New York Herald correspon-
dent with the Russians in Asia re-
ports from the last battle that the
Turks used explosive bullets, as he
saw three cut out Of wounded Rus
sian soldiers, which had failed 10 ex-
plode. They were SO charged as to
blow man to pieces. But people
that murders defenseless girls and
children cannot be expected to make
war according to the usages of civil
lied nations.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06


The Russian Journals declare that
Russia has now no fears of interyen-
fion, and that her people will now de-
vote themselves TO the settlement of
the great questions involved in the
war.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Salina Herald, Sept. +: Grasshop-
pers have been flying over for the last
two weeks, but quite few have lit in
this section, but not in sufficient guam
tity to do any damage. The are crops
so far advanced, that, even if they
should conclude to give us . call, they
could do no particular harm.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The University at Knoxville, Tennes-
see, lately dismissed so many of its
faculty as were of northern birth. The
Trustees of the University Of Atlanta
Georgia, for colored youth, have de-
clared that northern teachers ALLEVIATE
their pupils from the State and its in
situations, and while they would not
lose the teachers, they desire rogula-
tons which will prevent this conduct.
The University of Columbia, i'll South
Carolina, has dismissed its northern
teachers because they were carpet
baggcrs. Some other schools have
pursued the same course.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
The funeral of Ben De Bar took pla

The funeral of Ben De Bar took place
in st. Louis on the afternoon Of Au-
gust S0th. The services were per-
formed at Masonic Hall under the di-
rection of the lodge of which Mr.. De
Bar was member, assisted by DR..
McAuley of the Methodist church,
and were very impressive. The large
hall was crowded by people of all
classes, among them many old and
prominent citizens, who assembled to
pay the last tribute Of respect to one
of the best known men of ST. Louis.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
4. Z. LAwRENcE, Secretary.
70 tie Voters FISHERMAN Township

The Republican primaries viii be held on the
pr1nises Of 4. Bcckwith Esq, on Saturday, Sept.
Goth, 1871, between the hours of and g o'cloek
7. NJ
M LEVY, Chairman.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The State Auditor is in receipt Of
the returns of all kinds of indebted
ness from sixty-s:x of the seventy or
ganized counties of the state. The
following are the figures: Total of
county bonds and outstanding war
rants, $685., 1859; city bonds and
warrants, 81, 502, 1920; town. bonds,
etc, 81 ,276, 076.35; school dist. bonds,
s., 1863, 623.19. Total municipal indebt-
edness of the state. Sl2 ,595, 1919.
Tho Auditor thinks that when the
returns from tho other counties are
received, the total footings, including
the indebtedness of the state, will
reach quite fifteen millions of dollars.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Wagon and carr;ars shor.

wish to inform my friends and the public
generally that l consider myself permanently
located IN Wichita, and am prepared 20 do all
kinds of Wagon and Carriage work in the best
style. shop in connection with like x t;ranger's
blacksmith SHOP, on W alter Street.
40 a. AVET.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

Judge West has some sound notions
of finance, at any rate. In a recent
speech he said
"Suppose the government arhitrar-
lily fixed two bushel measures, one at
thirty quarts and the other at thirty
two, a ten-ounce and sixteen-ounce
pound, leaving both in use at once,
called by the same name, what would
result but carnival of litigation and
a fattening of lawyers Laughter. !
Is the evil any less if the government
makes three kinds of dollars and
makes creditors take at the will of the
debtor? 1t is still worse if nobody
knows what dollar is to be. The
debt falls due. If their plan is adopted
who can tell whether he will get a
hundredcent dollar i'll gold, ninety
iye-cent dollar in paper, or ninety
two-cent dollar in silver? Surely, all
honest men must want all kinds of
dollars to be of the same value, and
that can only be when Interchange
able"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
The Next Senate.

The political complexion of the next
Senate, which meets in special session
Oct. 10, is as follows, SO far as the peli-
tics of the senators is at present de-
fined There may be some doubt about
some of the members. Senator Davis,
for instance, OF Illinois, in this list, is
put down as an Independent, although
he has been placed upon the commit
tees as Republican. The total num-
Der of Republicans is 80; Democrats,
So; Independents, one. There are
three vacancies-one from South Car
DINA, caused by the retirement of Sem
ator Robertson, and two from Louisi-
ana, one being the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Senator West and
the other being known as the Pinch
back vacancy, which has existed for
four or five years past. The appli-
cants for the South Carolina vacancy
are David T. Corbin, Republican, and
NJ. G.. Butler, Democrat. The appli-
cants for the two Louisiana vacancies
arc William Pitt Kellogg. Republican,
and j. Il. Eustis and James Lewis,
Democrats. 1t is expected that the
vacancies viii be filed by Democrats.
III lDdJ cFeHt INC DelHoCtdto "Ouiu
have thirty-six members in the Senate.
Should Senator Morton not survive,
as is gravely feared here now, bis sue
cessor upon the appointment of the
of the governor, would,
of course, be Democrat. This would
leave the Republicans with the scanty
majority of two in the senate, with
Davis as an Independent, and in case
of the Republican senators from the
states OF Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
or South Carolina, the va
cances so created would be filled by |
Democrats, who would thus have the !
working control of the senate. The |
way the roster now stands there GER
tainly is very fair chance, in any
event, for Democratic majoritory
after March 8, 1S79.-Boston Journal.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The telegraph announces the death
of Raphael Scmmes, at Clear Point,
Ala. Semmes was born in Maryland
in 1909. He entered the United States
navy as 4 midshipman in 1926, became
Lieutenant in 1887, and Commander in
1855. At the time the Southern States
seeded he was secretary Of the Light
house Board at Washington. lie re-
signed and entered the Confederate
service. His earliest exploits was
running the blockade at the mouth of
the Mississippi, and the capture of sew
eral merchant vessels in the Gulf. IN
August 1862, he took command of the
Alabama, name that he was to make
famous.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
r. # BEAI
Veterinary Surgeon,

Ayenne, Wichita, Kansas.
Calls promptly attended Ut All hours of the day
or night by telegraph or letter
Veterinary medicines Ger efuily COMPOUNDED
and for sale. Skiilful treatment Of cattle and
Vogs as well as horses. 3-tf
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06
Theirs, tie French STATESMAN, Decd

The dispatches of yesterday morn
ing, dated London 4th, announce that
ex-president Theirs died the day be-
fore, very suddenly at ST. Germain.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-09-06

The latest crop reports from Great
Britain promise anything bat favor
able prospect for the farmers. In
every part of the country the season
is exceptionally late. In some place,
notably in the north of Scotland, the
delay is from three weeks to q month.
The changeable and unpropitious ma
ture Of The weather has been so mark
ed that parallel can not be found
without going back to 1856. In sew
eral places there are indications of dis
ease ia turnips and potatoes. While
no real want is anticipated, the re-
turns viii certainly be below the aver
age of former years.