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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23

Sheriff. Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, (ss
DoxIPHAN C0UxrY,
In the District Court for Douphan Comfy State OF
Thomas II. Moore
Administrstse Of the Essste of
John y. Thomas. dsessssd. Plaintiff
X. X. Stout and
Charles Jackson.
Administrators Of the Estafe Of
Lsban Jsckson deceased, Dsfssdsnts-
NOTICE e bsrsby given. that vin On the ID day Of
~ November A. ID. ISIS, st the hour Of o'clock p.
NJ Of said day at tho north door Of Court House. in
the city Of Troy in Doniphan County State Of Kansss
oher for SALE at public sueioa the following described
real estate to wits Ths ssrt qusrter section four
~ In township tbrse. (3D Of range twenty f2o in Ooni-
phan County STATE Kansas fsksn q The Of
the Estate of Labaa yacksoa deceased suA osrsd for
s.s % the highest bidder Ses e.sh to s.sIsy certain
udgmsnt and costa Of record in the District Court
for DoniGl,s County is the STATE of Kzn.ss In which
y. Thooaas deceasod, plaintiff and K Stout and
Charles jackson. Adninsfraf0rs K,fato of
jackson, deceased defendants. -
1879. - - ~
CHARLES BURKHALTER-
Sheriff Of Doniphan Counsy.
Stooer y isss-sw. Prs fee. al35o-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23
CLOT H IN q.
OVERCO A II S.!

Our business Is run in the old fashioned way. We
do not shuttle Q customer about from one salesman
to another to buy paper of pins from one salesman
yard Of calico and spool Of thread from another
thereby taking up hours in purchasing few goods
that can, by our way of doing, be purchased in o.
many minutes. keep none but Hrst-class statesmen,
who are we'll posted in every line Of goods. The
same salesman goes the entire stock with the custo
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23

NOTICE b hefsey gtvsa that pabHe sx l1a.ese e
~ eppaes.es SG Icaehess CsssAsssss yin . heA ss
~ eGes. n Trey, % Saturday. OuesSsr ed lsD
HEkxEY. Cssnsy SspsrintsaAest
September Ia Ie7D-s&
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23

BRowN CoUNTY.-The Democrats of Brown
have played the independent Republicans a
handsome trick, by repudiating every one OF
them, and putting out ticket Of their own. 1t
is proper treatment of men who went back on
their own party, in hopes of getting Democratic
support. One man, especially, has had hard
time of il. He came out independent for County
Clerk. When the Greenbackers met, he went
into their Convention, and swallowed all the
stuff they offered him, just like some men did in
this County; then the Convention scooped him.
He went into the Democratic Convention, and
tried for the nomination there, but got the cold
shoulder again. Now there is an independent
Republican candidate for County Clerk, and an
other for Sheriff, lying around loose, without an
endorsement from anybody. The only right and
sensible thing the Republicans of Brown County
can do, is to vote the straight Republican ticket
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23
To II. 8. Allen.

VVAKR NOTICE, that yes have bees sssA By the
dsrssgned plastiE IN the Dstxiet Csart h aed II
Dosiphas Csuniy STATE Kan.as, thst Asgsss 81
Is7S b nsd ks pesitiss Against dssast ehsre
IN he object asd prayer g vhsh = = sses. jsAf.ss
ac,ust you for the sn Il G With n1sress fso March
Stk lss On aid ss. taking asA esavertsg :. yssr
divss ksrsssy stsek. hsags paDes hssss
soa1 prDperty Yea reqaired - sngwW - pefasn
q e teSsee The l3th day 81 Esveahr Is. SAL ps
aeniBss ysu fr ~ sDl hts 81 - ~ ssls u
ySar properly assnehsA n this sseiss-
=. =. WILLIANR r1nin1iG
BY AinEnT rxHHT ~ y. fuA ~ AttssssyA
October 4 1e7S-4w. Frs - ~.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23
eeVERAMcE FlouRlRoc 00llle,

WVHI ely 1ssselee wserpsww Mn ID Ds.iphaa
u Csanty. HIns Raaily Ylsur spesisD1y. C1ses9
fsssaaya Satafsetisa g1araalssd q - eneea-
3leet7a ". h n. CUkrB co.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23

II gang of counterfeirers has been discov-
cred among the prisoners in the Kentucky peni-
teutiary. They had all the apparatus for making
silver money, and had not only made it in tho
pepitentiary, but had circulated it extensively
in the neighborhood. Such thing could scarce
ly happen anywhere but in the model Democrat
ic State of Kentucky. There is discipline Tor
you!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23

GROCERIES.
It this line certainly stand at the head - thou
sands will testify who have taken advantage Of our
liberal prices.
TINW ARE.
We also carry full line Of Tnwsre, staple Hard
ware, etc. In fact, in our house you ean find any
thing you want.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23

mer, thereby avoiding the delay and annoyance Of
changing statesmen every few minutes.
Write for price list and samples Of dry goods.
SADDLERY,
In connection with my business, have established
q large saddle and harness mandatory, to accom-
modate my customers, who may want anything in
that line.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE
CIVIL WAR.
MAR XnnE Gnn l.
New York SUM-.

A number of private letters ad-
dressed by the Late Edwin M. Stan
ton to ex-President Buchanan in the
spring of 1861 are printed in the
North american Reuieac. Mr.. STAN
ton, it appears, being resident at
Washington, undertook to keep Mr..
Buchanan advised of passing events,
and these letters are in truth but
successive reports, in which the wri-
ter sets out the facts, accompanied
by his own Interpretation of their
meaning.
MI. Stanton had no faith in the
first Administration of Mr.. Lincoln.
In his opinion it was both imbecile
and reckless, and he expected soon
to see it swept away by the capture
of the capital, or Dissolved when all
the patronage was distributed"
He reports that the evacuation of
Fort Sumpter has been agreed upon
by the Cabinet. A Republican Sen
ator-Sumner was his intimate at
the time-told him that Gen. Scott
had personally besought his assent
to the surrender. Col. Lamon, Mr..
Lincoln's friend and messenger to
the garrison, was satisfied it could
not be reinforced. Nobody then
thought of war. Congress took no
steps in that direction. MI. Seward
was negotiating with the secession
lists through Judge Campbell, and
had already gone so far as to engage
for the early surrender of the forts
in Charleston harbor. "To me-"
says Mr.. Stanton, cit seems like the
first steps toward a strictly North
ern and on-slave-holding Confeder-
acy." The Buchanan Administra-
ton had made no such concession.
$50 far as your Administration is
concerned" he writes to Mr.. Blu
chanan in July, 1851, "its policy in
reference to both Sumpter and Pick
ems is fully indicated by the course
of the present Administration for
forty days after the Inauguration of
Lincoln" "No use is made of the
means that had been prepared by
Buchanan for reinforcing Stump
ter"
Next, after the war had actually
opened, everything, he says, was
panic, and confusion, speculation
and fraud. The rebel army had it
in its power to walk in and take pos
session any day. Dix, Harvey, But
Ter, all the Democratic Generals,
were treated "shamefully;;" and
while Lincoln, Scott, and the Cabi-
net were disputing about the respon-
sibility, the enemy was at hand, and
the country going to ruin. This is
the picture drawn by Edwin NJ.
Stanton, and whether in every par
ticular it be exact history or not,
there is too much reason to believe
that, substantially and generally, it
is correct. Certainly the country
| saw it all much as he did, until after
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

The Springfield Transcript balan-
ces up the SERVERS of Senator Allen
G.. Thurman in this wise:
On the 4th day of March, 1881,
Senator Thurman will have served
the people in the Senate at Washing
ton for the period of twelve years,
for which he will have received alto,
gether in the shape of salary $50,
900. That is the debtor side of the
ledger, and looking at the credit side
we find that by what is known as
the Thurman act" which compels
the Pacific railroads to make provi-
sions for the payment of large sums
of money justly due the people, an
act which has recently been upheld
by a decision of the Supreme Court.
Senator Thurman has rendered q
signal service to his country. He
has received from the Treasury fol
all his services 100000 and by this
single act he compels the return tc
the people of sirty millions of dol
lars-a thousand fold for every dollar
he got. This great service vii
make ex-senator Thurman an en-
during monument in the history o
the country and the hearts of thu
people that will remain long aftel
the men, who are now striving tt
write the political obituary of thu
great statesmen have been forgotten
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

General Grant won q short-lived
fame on the Pacific coast as q new
recruit to the temperance army. At
the Cliff House reception the com
mittee Of arrangements had provid-
ed none but California wines; but
Grant long ago got beyond wines
and he refused the decanter, and
drank only water. The news soon
spread that General Grant had be-
come q total abstainer, and Sloan
Division No. 10, Sons of Temper
ance, stopped over to the extent of
one whereas and five "resolved's."
The delighted Sons of Temperance
spoke of Grant as "the great captain
of our cause" and resolved that the
refusal to partake of wine, when Of
fered him at a reception rendered to
General Grant at the Cliff House,
was as great, noble and magnani-
nous q deed as was his refusal to &C
cept the sword of General Lee when
surrendered him at Appoxmattox.
A committee was appointed to pre-
sent a copy Of the resolutions to the
great cause, but, meantime, the
General had taken an early break
fast at the Cliff House, where he
helped to empty several bottles of
rare old wine. The committee peck
eted heirdocument and returned to
the brethren.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

Nearly twenty years have elapsed
since there was q Democratic ad-
ministration, yet the Democrats are
as strong as twenty years ago. What
is the secret to this "wonderous vi
tality and rugged strength" Su-
preme confidence in the people and
supreme devotion to their interests,
the same confidence and the same
devotion which inspired Jefferson in
his struggle with Federalism and
gave us a real Republic instead o.
the monarcffal sham that Hamilton
would have had. Fidelity to the let
ter and spirit of the Constitution
opposition to all Capitalization ten.
denotes, recognition of the origina.
and i~nalienable rights of the States
maintenance of the Union, for. tht
sake of the States and not thedState:
for the sake of the Union, economy
in the management of national af
fairs, equal rights to all and exclu
sive privileges to none-these ar,
indestructible principles which mad
the Democratic party to falsify tn
predictions of its foes and defy thu
misfortune to do its worst.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13
his own accession to the Cabinet.

lib OWH dCCeSSlOH 10 Tile CaOlneG.
As to the purpose to surrender the
forts; to palter and postpone and ne
gotiate; to avoid war at every ex-
pense; topermit peaceable secession,
in accordance with the views of
Wade, Phillips, Greeley, Thurlow
Weed and Gen. Scott, if need be,
and to cling to the great Northern
Republic, which the Republican par
tty might govern undisturbed, the
Diary of a Public Man, appearing in
the same Review, confirms Mr.. STAN
ton, and more. MI. Lincoln's great
desire, as exhibited in this Diary,
was to preserve the Union. To save
it he would agree to protect slavery
forever, not only in the States but
in the Territories, but he had no
thought of war. To avoid this he
was willing to let the seeded States
hold the forts which they had, and
to surrender others when it became
necessary. Nj. Seward was much
pleased with the "tone and bearing
Of the Southern Commissioners, and
was firmly persuaded that the quiet
evacuation of Sumter would upset
call the schemes of the fire-eaters."
If ever there was a chapter of his.
tory which needs to be rewritten.
this is one. Apart from the Diary
and these Letters of Mr.. Stanton,
there is an abundance of unwritten
Testimony of similar purport.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

A man is simply an ass of the first
class quality, who will sit down and
write an article for his paper, trying
to show that if the Democrats should
get control of the government, the
rebel debt will be paid and the
Southern shareholders reimbursed
for the loss of their slaves. A school
boy who had advanced far enough
to know that two and two makes four,
could inform his teacher that such
an arithmetic problem could never
take place under any circumstances.
But it is such internal bosh that Re-
publican editors are examining down
the Threats of the poor ignorant fools
that vote their ticket, in order to
keep them in their lines. W. don't
know which deserves the most pity.
the poor ass that writes the stuff OF
the fool that swallows it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

Will some Republican explain why
it is that since the Democrats secur.
ed o majority in the House Of Re
representatives., now over four years
ago, we have not heard of such
things as the Credit Mobilier, the
Pacific Railroad Subsidy Ring, the
Indian Ring, and other rings toe
numerous to mention, but the names
of which are familiar to every read.
er? And that such rings have sub
stantially disappeared from the lob
bies of Congress, while during the
few years previous such rings
thronged every avenue of the Ma
tional Capital.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

We believe that it was the solid
vote of the Southern Brigadiers
in Congress that passed the bill
equalizing pensions, and by which a
large number of Union soldiers in
Preble county got considerable
amounts Of money, but no "rebel" in
the South a cent. Northern soldiers
had been petitioning for years for
this equalization, but without sue
cess until the South was able to send
a solid Democratic representation to
Congress. The Southern soldiers
does not seem to be good at keeping
|spite-and therein falls far behind
our Northern Stalwart.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

The lunatic of the Okolona States
has taken another puke, this time
through the columns of the Kokomo
Tribune. The Philips boys must
be hard pressed for a ''boom," to in
fiict their readers with such a batch
of miserable "hog wash" The
stomachs of Republican journal
readers generally, however, are get
ting used to the kind of diet this
Ohio idiot furnishes for them, and
there is no danger of any serious re-
suits from the nauseous dose he has
just administered, and to which they
take unequalled by the young goss-
ling to a pool of dirty water! II
seems to be the kind of stuff the Re
publican party demands to keep it
alive.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13
Road Notice..

NOTICE is hereby given that a pc
IN tition will be presented to the
Commissioners of Preble county, at
their next session, to be held on the
first Monday of December, A. D. 1879,
praying for the alteration of the Pleas
ant Valley Free Turnpike Road, as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point on the sec
ton line dividing sections II and u,
in Gratis township, where said road
DIVORCES from said section line on the
lands of Joshua Brewer and John
Chrisman, and ending on the section
line where said road intersects said sec
ton line on the lands of Francis Jones
and A. A. Geeding. The object of said
alteration is to straighten said road by
locating the same on said section line
between said points.
By B. HUBBARD, Atty.
| Oct23-5w
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

An attempt is being made to get
up a Republican boom, upon the re-
yival of business, but the people
should not be deceived by any such
effort. The improvement in bust
ness is due almost entirely to the
fact that the balance of trade for
some months, has been in Jul favor,
which has brought to this country
many millions of dollars from Eu-
rope, thereby adding largely to ou1
circulating medium, restoring conf.
dence, and giving buoyancy to bus
mess.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

A very destructive fire occurred
at the Perrin, Gaf & Co.'S stock pens,
Cincinnati, on Saturday evening
last, in which nine hundred and thir-
ty head of cattle persisted! The loss
is estimated at $40. 900, fully covered
by insurance. The light of the fire
was distinctly e e by parties in Ea
ton, a distance of ffty-three miles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

The Republicans have carried no
State this year that they did not
carry in 1876 for Hayes, and are in
q minority in Maine and California
where they had a majority then, and
yet they gleefully cry. "No fight
next year." Do they expect a min
ority of the electoral votes to elect
again? If so they must get ready
for a big eight"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13


When we, went to press last week
we had but little news concerning
the elections held in the several
States on Tuesday, the 4th inst, but
enough to satisfy us that the Demo-
Gratis had been pretty severely
"snowed under" In New York the
Republicans elected the Governor
and a majority of the Legislature,
and the Democrats elected half the
State officers. Robinson, Democrat,
ic candidate for Governor, was beat
en- by the Kelly vote, that carried of
10000 votes. The result shows that
New York is a Democratic State
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are Re
publican by increased majorities. Ii
Massachusetts, the Republican can
didate has a plurality over Butler
Maryland and Mississippiare are large
ly Democratic. In Virginia The
question was reputation and anti
reputation of the State debt; the
latter is victorious. Kansas, Nebras
ka and Minnesota have been carried
by the Republicans by the usua
majority. Connecticut and New
Jersey elected a Republican MAORI
ty in both branches of the Legisla
lures. Any Democrat who can draw
consolation from these results is &
hopeful cuss and will surely see us
victorious in 1880, if he lives.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

In another column of our paper
will be found the Prospectus of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, one of the
best and most reliable Democratic
journals in the West. If any of our
subscribers want a stanch Democrat
ic journal in addition to their coun-
ty paper, we can ~cheerfully recon-
mend the PIatadedler.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

There were two Senators elected
by II and Is majority, respectively
and three Representatives by 8, "a
and SO majorities. Two Senators
were elected by less than 200 major
tiles. $50 votes would have chang.
ed the Senate and 1,5G0 votes would
have changed the House. 7 Repub-
lican Representatives were elected
from Democratic counties, and 5
Senators from Democratic Districts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

The Republican press of the State
is cautioning its Representatives to
have a short session of the Legisla
ture. That will be easy enough
done. The last Legislature codifed
all the laws, SO there will be but lit
tie other than local legislation to at
tend to; and besides the old pei
diem system was changed by the
last Legislature, and members now
get $500 per year, whether they are
in session sixty or three hundred
and sixty days. There need be nc
more bowling about long sessions al
five dollars per day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13


The Democratic Legislature of
last winter repealed the law requir-
ing the Treasurer's Abstract Dupli-
cate to be published in two papers,
one of each political party, in each
county, The law takes effect Jan
uary 1st, 1880, and then Democrats
living in Republican counties will
know nothing about their taxes un-
til they step into the Treasurer's Of
flee to pay them, and vice versa, Re
p~ublicans in Democratic counties.
This is another specimen of the
"damphoolery'' of the last Democrat
ic General Assembly, and shows
what kind of statesmen are sent to
Columbus to make and change our
laws. The law requires this Dupli-
cate to be published sie aoeeks, dou-
BILE what every sensible man knows
is necessary. Now why didn'tthese
w~ise-acres just reduce the insertions
of the Duplicate to three soeeks in
stead of sac, leaving the publication
in two papers the same, and the cost
of it's publication for the t1o papers
would be no more to the taxpayers
than it is now for the one, besides
doing an act of justice to the minor
ity of every county in the State
whose rights and privileges in al
such matters should be respected as
well as those of the majority. AL
such matters of public interest should
be published in two papers, because
both parties are equally taxed fol
them, and We wouldn't give a rotten
pumpkin for the soul of the poor mis-
cradle party bigot who would oppose
it, whether q Democrat Or q Repub'
lican. The member of the present
Legislature who will have such s
change made, will certainly receive
the Endorsement Of every man o.
either party, who has a spark Of lib.
erality in his body. Who will do it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13

1t is claimed now that Governor
Bishop is the only prominent Ohio
Democrat who came unshattered
through the wreck of October 14th,
and the prophecy has been made
that the Democratic ticket for 1880
will be Tilden and Bishop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-13
WHO WERE THE SECESSIoNISTs
IN THE NORTH?

Under the head of "The Diary of
a Public Man." a retired politician
has been publishing in the North
american ReUieW q series of pas
sages Of the secret history of the
late civil war, of which letters we
give a brief allusion in another col
umn from the ". z. Sun. They GER
tainly exhibit the Republican states
men, who had control of the govern
ment at that time, in no very compli-
mentary manner, and show conclu-
sively what we have said time and
again of the leaders of the Republi-
can party, that their devotion to the
Union was measured by the amount
of plumber they could get their
hands on. President LINCOLN him
self, SEWARD, STANTON, Gen. SooTT,
WADE, GREELEY, THURLow WEED,
and the whole crew Of Republican
statesmen, seemed to be at one time
conniving at secession. The writer
says, that the only Cabinet officer
who was opposed to treating with
the rebels, to the evacuation of Fort
Sumter and Fort Pickens, or to any
other claim set up by the Davis and
Toombs' crowd, was Montgomery
Blair. In fact, the Blair family were
the only leading people in Washing
ton who favored coercion from the
start. Every other leading states
man and politician either favored
negotiation or peaceble secession;
among the latter were Mr.. Sumner
and even Gen. Scott. The writer
further says, that one of the schemes
for the settlement of the pending
difficulty, was a plan presented to
Mr.. Seward, in which JEFF Davis and
Mr.. Forsyth were said to be inter
ested. This was for the Confedera-
Icy to build a railway to the Pacific
through the Southwest portion of
the country on the plans made by
JEFF Davis while he was Secretary of
War. This would unite the Confed-
eracy with California and envelop
Mexico!
There is plenty of food in this "se-
cret history" OF the war now being
brought 60 the surface, to teach eve
ry blatant, skillet-headed Republi-
can stump orator, if they had sufi-
cient brains TO digest it, that it was
their own party leaders who were
the @secessionists" and "reble sym
pathisers" of the north, instead Of
the Democrats, and if their con.
science were not scared black as
coal and their cheeks hard as ada
mant from twenty years defense Of
public plumber and robbery, they
would blush with shame to apply
these approbious epithets to any 9th.
er than their own leaders. It is the
bold, brazen effrontery of these Sc.
cession pirates in the Republican
party, who have kept up this eontin.
ual howl of "rebel" and secession.
list" against Democrats in the face o.
truth and history, that has held theil
party together and give it success il
the north, and it is now about time
for the Democrats to drop 'side is
sues" and meet their opponents Oh
their own grounds. We have thu
material to do it.