The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-25

ers are believed to have been killed.
The Grand Jury at New York has not yet
completed its investigation Of the Morey let
ter forgery. 1t is reported certain members
and agents Of the Democratic National Com
mittee may. be indicted for their share in the
business. Philip, under Indictment Tor the
Morey business, and out on bail, intimated
that there might shortly be some starting de-
yclopments about the matter, and arrests
for conspiracy against that great liar, Truth.
His statement sounds AS If entitled to no more
credit than the pcrjured witnesses themselves
but, perhaee, though the Democratic city
courts an attempt will be made for effect at
such counter prosecutions.
The cheering intelligence comes from the
Northwestern frontier that Sitting Bull and
his nine hundred sayages are getting ready
10 COMMUNICATIVE is, to come out OF Can
ada into this country, TO be fed during the
winter at government expense. Already
notification is sent to Washington that II the
sayagcs surrender a supply Of provisions
will be required. With good feeding during
the winter. Sitting Bull and his braves will
be in frisky condition to go scalp-hunting in
the spring.
Despite JAY GOuld's denial that such COM
bination has been effected, il is stated that
efforts to consolidate the Central Union,
Kansas and Texas Pacific and Wabash roads
is being made. and will undoubtedly be con-
summated.
The recount Of st. Louis census was COM
pleted by Supervisor Woodward on Thurs
day. 1t shows a total population Of 3jO,9lo,
an increase of o. ~ over that taken before.
The French Society for the Protection OF
Consumers met at Paris last Thursday to dis
cuss the au.esOt the agricultural depression.
A significant feature of the debate was the
assertion that it was impossible for French
farmers to compete with those Of the United
States. II that stage il reached the only al
tentative will emigration or pauperism.
Mr.. Parnel tclegraphs that Boycott will
require a guard Of seven thousand troops
for fourteen days TO enable him to harvest
his crops The cost 10 British taxpayers
will be from sl5,0oo to S25,O0O per DAY, max
ing them pay at the rate ola quarter Of dol
| lar pound for his potatoes. There are some
thirteen .other Boycotts" in County Mayo,
and two thousand in Ireland. II the Irish
people resort to the like tactics, million
troops would be required TO save the crops.
| The battle. he declares, is already won. The
Gladstone Ministry. he states, is much dam
aged BY the Irish situation.
| Officers in the lower grades Of the army are
moving to get their pay increased by Con-
gress. First Lieutenants now get 81 600 a
year when mounted, 81 500 when they ma ch
afoot, and Captains 81 800, and when mount
ed g, 600. with ten per cent. added in each
grade for every five years service. They
now want S2j month added to the pay of
| first lieutenants, and s65 TO that of captain
who have served fifteen years
VIM. j. Martin, in jail at Lebanon, Miss.
sentenced to be hanged for murder, made
love to the niece Of the sheriff girl OF IL,
who was intrusted with the key-. Last
Thursday night il was discovered she had
let Martin out and eloped with him. Fruit
less pursuit was made and as the girl FUR
nished him Spencer rifle it is supposed he
will not be taken alive.
Two arrests were made last Friday ut
Greenville. South Carolina, for frauds in the
late election, and now nearly the entire Dem
ocratic voting population trembles in its
boots in apprehension of being called to ac-
count fer it, share in getting a Democratic
majority Of Ii,0o0 returned in an oyerwhem-
ingly Republican district.
The Alabama Democratic legislative eau
Gus has nominated James l.. Pugh to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death Of Senator
Houston. The nomination /. equivalent TO
an election.
Mr.. John l. Davenport. Chief Supervisor
of Elections for New York, attributes the
large increase in the Republican vote in that
city at the recent election 10 the tariff issue,
| the business prosperity, the personal popu-
larity Of General Arthur, and TO the fact that
there were this year no rcformers, scratchers
or independents, but all Republicans. In an
interview he shows the extreme simplicity
of the Democratic talk of fraud aud the pre-
e .utions the Republicans were compelled to
| take 10 secure an approximately honest vote
on election day. With every police magis-
| trate and half the supervisors and election
| officers Democrats. the alleged 20,0,0 fraudu-
lent Republican voters wolki have certainly
Jared i'll had they appeared that day
4 New York corrcsr Ondent saws: 4 few
! days since il was discovered that the Fourth
National bank had an extraordinary balance.
| amounting 10 about four million Of dollars
o: ready money TO its credit at the clearing
house settlement, and fnancers began to
! wonder why il was. II TRANSFERRED. after .
good deal of search. that il was The work Of
a German syndicate that had Keen borrow
| err of about six millions os dollars from Jay
Gould. The syndicate ses1s 10 have re-
ceived an intimassn that Gould intended 60
msse moncy esight." The result was that
they walked iaio Gould's Office. handed him
the, " a. iliop dollars in several checks. aud
asked Tor their securities. Here. for once,
was man who had more money than he
wanted or knew what to do with. The money
is ready 10 loan ION call" The German
syndicator made 'stime" loans.
The exports Of breadstufs from the United
States FOR the ten months preceding the first
inst amounted in value TO SsSl Us. 0Ss. For
the corresponding period last year the aggre-
gate value was but Sa0S .oo5, IA. the increase
tor ISIS, being over twenty-three millions.
Theodore Cuyler and osssr prominent eiti-
zens Of Brooklyn have pctiticned President
Hayes to restore Cadet Whitaker to his po-
>ition al West Point. They ask this as IAN
act Of Justice TO a friendless boy" against
whom no case was proved. and as an evil
dencc of the Presidents purpose to ignore
the color line.
Question is raised rs 10 the eligibility of
Congressman-elect CIRCUIT, OF the Third Yer
mont District. He vas horn in Canada. and
has never been natHralized. lie claims his
ease is saved. however, by the fact that his
parents were natives Of Vermont. who, only
six weeks before his birth. removed to Can
ada. but returned with him when he was ten
years of age. Under the statute Of IsDs.
children born abroad Of American parents
are American citizens