The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-12-16

Captain General Of the army, is favOrably re-
ceivcd among Congressman.
JAY Gould will have a lobby at Washing
ton this winter to get bill passed to open
up the Indian Territory.
Mr.. Ryan, Of Kansas, was on hand among
the first to present a bill for the prevention
Of the spread Of contagious diseases among
domestic cattle.
The placing OF the Indians under the juris-
diction of the courts Of the States and Ter
ritories in which they are located is recon-
mended by Secretary Schurz in his report.
II would make the Indians subject to the
laws and extend TO them the protection Of
the same.
A girl in Dubuque struck her croQuet part
ner on the head with 4 mallet; brain fever
set in and the young man nearly died. The
girl was kept under arrest until his recovery
and when he got well she married him. He
is now sorry that lie recovered.
The dcnizens Of Montpelier, Vermont, are
shortly to witness the exhibition Of q mother
and son dying on the same gallOws. They
were convicted of murder ing cousin Of the
young man and sentenced to be hanged on
the same scaffold on the same day.
One of the best things about Mr.. Cook is
the kind and familiar way in which he speaks
of his Maker, whose identity he sometimes
appears to be in danger Of cOnfounding with
his own. Perhaps he will need to initiate the
plan of the younger Daniel Lord, Of New
York, of whom it is said that he writes sir"
after his name to distinguish himself from
the Lord Almighty.-Chicdgo Tribune.
Among the matters which the Democratic
Senators have investigated until they are
glad to shut off inquiry that tells with dam
gro exodus from the cotton States. That in
quiry was stopped last week by the discon-
tinuance of the Voorhees, committee.
The important part Of Attorney General
Devens' report Is summed up in his question
whether il is not time for the United States
to take under its protection and control all
for congressman, instead Of leaving
them to be carried by intimidation. tits the
question that will not down in American pol
itics, and that must be met and answered.
Congressman Springer, OF Illinois, has in
troduced a bill in Congress making the day
for the holding of Presidential elections the
second Tuesday in October, because the
weather is more apt to be favorable for ballot
boxing in October than In November.
The Vermont Legislature has passed the
nuisance BILL" This bill makes any place
of resort where liquor is sold or given away,
or where gambling Is allowed, nuisance,
and the place is shut up, the keeper fined
from $40 to goo, and imprisoned for three
months.
The snow In the mountains of Colorado is
seriously wiah the running OF
trains. One day last week the Denver 4 Rio
Grande trains were temporarily stalled about
sixty miles south Of Denver by the snow
drifts, and the Colorado Central lines 10
and Cheyenne were covered in
some places with mountain-high snow-drifts.
Col. Ingersoll says OF civil service reform
Il AL, in iavor Of it. want such civil sery-
ice reform that all the Offices will be filed
with good and competent Republicans"
Rev. Allen Buckner. is candidate for Chap
ain of the Kansas State Senate. Mr.. Buck. |
her has been presiding elder in the army of
he Lord, in the Wichita district, and he was |
,efore that a Colonel in the army Of the |
jnion- He is good. true man anNa Chris |
ian.
And now the milers in New York State |
ave been discovered in the act OF adulterat-
ng buchwheat -four by mixing into it cheap
ind Of middlings called .'canell.'' So it |
Gems that we can no longer eat even our
cakes ut breakfast with unques-
Joining confidence, the oakes themselves be-
ng bogus, the butter lardcd and the syrup
lucose.
In the reorganization of the city govern
,ent Of New York City, under the late elec-
ion, Boss Kelley was showed under. Tam
lany howls and swears vengeance on Irving
Iall and Sammy Jones Tilden.
At fire in Cincinnati Saturday evening in
'hich Gays bucket factory was consumed,
We brave fremen were burned to death.
hey stood at the head Of achute directing
alter down through 1t, when a sudden burst
flame and gases enyeloped them. They Eel
trough TO the floor. Four Of the unfortu-
ates leave large families.
While there are some financial theorists in
lis country who are vehement in their OPP
osition to the double standard. the indica-
ons are that il is growing In favor in Europe.
agnin, the French finance minister. stated
the chambers Monday that he was quite
Hing to open negotiations with England
nj Germany looking to the adoption Of the
public standard. lie oiso stated that there
ere numerous manifestations in both these
,tions in favor Of the rcmonetiziug Of sill
n.
The fire record yesterday included the total
Of Jay Gould's magnificent con-
the finest in the country. infiict- |
& an uninsured loss Of SiJ0. 900. many plants
hich cannot be duplicated being destroycs-
he business portion Of Pensacola, Florida,
Ne also swept away: loss. about one and
II million.
In Clarendon county, South Carolina. three
groes-one female-between the ages Ct
lecn and twenty, attempted TO enter the
use Of Mrs. Kennedy in her husbands alb =
ace to rob the house, and upon her running
OF the house to escape, she was followed.
crtsken, Drained and her head chopped OF
the girl with hoe. In few days the
rpertratohs were discovered and lynched
sir own race wanting to burn them 10 the
Ike. q
little girl and her baby sister were burn q
to death-literally roasted alive--as Leav- d
worth last Saturday by the accidental over 4
ming Of . kerosene lamp. The account q