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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02
OLD ABs's SON At LsAvsuwoara.

Hon. Robert I. Lincoln, Secretary Of War,
arrived mt Fort Lcavenworth Friday morn.
ing shortly after II O'Clock, in special car,
accompanied by Adjutant General L. c.
Drum, General Irwin Mcdowell, command.
ing the division Of the Pacific, headquarters
at San Francisco, and Colonel Barr, Judge
Advocate and military secretary to the See.
rotary Of War. Upon arriving at the post.
Secretary Lincoln became the guest Of Gen.
Pope, and was driven at once to his residence
During the afternoon he rested quietly, going
out but little. being fatigued from his long
ride on the cars. lie paid visit to General
Pope's Office in the garrison, remaining but
q short time.
In the evening there was brilliant recep-
ton to the Secretary at General Pope's resi-
dence which was attended by the officers and
their wives at the post.
Mr.. Lincoln, as Secretary Of War, is er cE-
fcio president Of the commission appointed
to inspect the military prison at Fort Leav-
enwortb, OF which General Mcdowell, Gen
eral Drum and Colonel Barr are the members.
The law requires the Secretary and the CON-
mission to inspect the prison twice year,
and II is in obedience to this law that the
party is now in Leavcnworth. The inspee-
ton was begun Friday morning and will con.
tinuc until the whole Of the mammoth nsti-
tuition has been gone over, which will prob
ably consume the greater portion of Satur-
day.
Gene: Al A. +. Blunt. governor Of the pris-
on, will have the party in charge while the
/ inspection is being conducted.
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from Wichita to New York, with fence to

from Wichita to New York, with fence to
spare.
One Of the most surprising items is the
amount o: last years crop Of corn still in the
hands OF Sedgwick county farmers-besides
large amount held in the cribs Of this city
nearly half million bushels, which will be
converted into pork and beef within the next
few months.
The total value OF property As returned by
the assessors, which returns are estimated to
be from one-third to Onc-half Of the market
value, is three million, one hundred and
ninety-one thousand, two hundred and thir-
~ three dollars.
Acareful and patient scrutiny Of the table
above given, and which includes but about
half Of the items returned to the county
clerk, the conclusion that Sedgwick county
is the grandest and richest agricultural Sec
ton Of Kansas, and that the EAGLES pre-
dictions Of ten years ago have been more
than verified, in spite Of the unexpected
years Of grasshOppers and calamtous drouth.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02
GIDEON ST. DENIS WRITES.

To the Editor # the Eagle:
/ have been requested by some of my
friends in and about Wichita to write them
about this country, and l concluded to an
swer them through the EAGLE, il you will
be Kind enough to allow me space in your
valuable columns.
arrived ut Las Vegas, n. NJ, February
2G Alter a short stay there l proceeded TO
the much talked Of mining camps Of White
Oaks, and after nine days journey, arri
we'd in the famous Ell dorado, to find 1t not q
booming city, but > new mining camp.
will now proceed to speak Of White Oaks,
as il is found to-day. 1t contains six dry
goods and grocery houses, two good hotels,
two restaurants, four saloons, billiard hall,
tobacco and cigar store, supports a good
weekly newspaper-all this in less than a
year; yet some are disappointed because We
have no IN achinery as yet 10 treat our ore,
but We will undoubtedly have some in the
course Of a few months. The mountains here
contain gold, silver, copper. cannabar, lead,
iron, etc. very good quality Of coal has
also been found. The Home Stake, and
South Home Stake. the two best mines in
White Oaks. produce avery fine quartz rock, |
containing large quantities Of gold. sPcei- |
mems have been taken out that assayed over
sloo,coo to The ton. The Nsgai mountains
twenty-five miles south Of White Oaks, are |
creating considerable stir, and bere is where |
my cabin is bniit snd where I live. Should /
any Of my friends chance along here they /
will recognize my cabin by II having = door /
made Of shingles. Our litils town here. CALI
ed Galena. is built in the Nsgsl canyon, OF
guich, the canyon being about two hundred
feet wide, and The mountains on eiih.r eide
towering TO the height ~ from i've hundred
to one ihousand feet. nice stream Of VA
Ter flows through the canyon nj the year
round, cold a. ice 10 summer. and delightful
drinking water. The snow has nearly all
en- the mountains. aud mining operations
nave again commenced in full blast Mos,
u the mining property here !. situated in
he iriizn reservation, but We hope 20 soen
'e freed fTa', that. The Indians have been
aihcr ss'ties laf-. The only thing we suf-
er her. =, sf.--s-f w. They viii steal
T2k.nS IL all in all. there seems good
hancc for the boys Ia thss camp
q. ST. DENIS.
Gaiena. Lincoln Co., \. ~, Nay - 1851. Z
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with 1866 acres, followed close by Union
with 7,Jos acres. This table, then, makes
Union the leading agricultural township Of
the county. Gypsum and Greeley have cx-
pended the most money in building and i'm
provements during the year. In cattle Union
leads, followed close by Eagle while in sheep
Minneha comes to the front, followed by
Grand River. Salem leads on hogs. In the
matter of horses and mules all seem pretty
equally supplied.
In total taxable property Wichita town.
ship, which lies contiguous to the city, foots
up the largest amount, followed by Grant,
Union, Gypsum, Rockford and Delano in the
order named. Union is the most thickly set
tied, having more population than Wichita,
township, fact for local politicians to think
of.
There is in Sedgwick county one thousand
six hundred and nineteen miles Of growing
hedge fence, and one hundred and seventy
miles of wire fence, or enough fence, if
stretched out in q single line. to reach
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02
FROM TIE MINNESOTA.

MARSHALL, May 90, 1881.
To the Editor Of tie Eagle:
Since my last quite number OF business
changes have taken place in our city: En-
NIT Joslyn retires from the firm Of Jones 4
Sosiyn, but remains rs clerk.
James Anderson has bought the Interest
o! James Eager in the mill firm Of Hays, Fa.
ger l. Co.
Frank Brown will buy the interest OF W.
W. Wolf in the lunch and grocery business
as soon as an inucntory can be taken. And
If some fellow will come along and buy the
interest the Morton bachelor holds on Mar.
shall, old things will have passed away and
all will become new.
Sheep Shcaring is about through, with and
II you want to get at the profits of the bust.
ness get Capt. Ellis seated in armchair will,
his pipe freshly filed and his feet elevated
on the corner Of a store box with few OF
the boys for m audience, aud you will soon
be convinced there has been some mighty
fine necees clipped, or there are some lengthy
ysrns spun; you can take your choice.
l.. +. Jones has made arrangements TO buy
an" Stoic sJ.Vu' pOuuuS Oh WOOL. mus lar
he has been paying, and is paying, better
prices than the dealers in Wichita have been
doing. don't make this statement tor the
purpose of advertising Mr.. Jones. but from
my own personal knowledge.
Martin Reeves is the boss fisherman. Last
week be caught ''catty'' in the dam that
weighed eight pounds. The next day there
were just seventeen men, eleven women and
two boys on the ground. ready to catch any
thing that would bite; but the only catches
made that We heard OF were eleven first-class
colds and seuenteen minny rheumatics. The
boys were too worthless TO catch anything
but good threshing when he got home.
can give you no idea OF the growing
crops. They are simply glorious Under
score glorious several times, then give the
Frenehman's description Of Niagara falls.
and your readers can form some idea of the
prospects for this season.
have the honor TO yet remain.
BREvET GRANGER.
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rivals Us in the acreage of wheat, and but
one county, COwley, rivals us in the acreage
Of corn. No county, taking these two lead
ing products together, can equal Scdgwick.
Three Arkansas valley counties, namely
Mcpherson, Sumner and Cowley, alone can
compare. or wheat, corn, oats, potatoes and
millet, the county has nearly two hundred
and fifty thousand acres. Counting the 9TH
or small crops. which We had no room to re-
port, and the aggregate runs up to over
quarter Of million acres under cultivation
There arc other items OF interest shown
by the table, items that are very gratifying.
There arc 12.70S acres Of oats, and I, ssos acres
Of potatoes, 9,l5s acres of mlllet, and 3.11G
acres of young forrest trees growing
In acres o. wheat Union township leads
every other township, Attica, Grant, Rock
ford and Waco following in the order named.
The best stands of wheat, it is said, are in
Union, where some fields will run from 30 to
s. bushels to the acre. In corn Grant,
which is third in wheat. sails to the front
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02
THE PRoHIBITORY Law DECIDED UNc0E-
STITUTIONAL.

Judge Crozier, OF Lcayenworth, before
whom four cases had been brought, involy-
ing a construction of the prohibitory amend
ment TO the Constitution and the act OF the
Legislature to enforce it, d, livered an elab-
crate opinion last Friday. A druggist by
the name Of Holmes was charged with four
violations OF the law. First, in selling bay
rum for toilet purposes. Second. in selling
uncture of Sentian compound. for medical
purposes. Third, ia selling McLane's Cor
DIAL, for medical purposes. Fourth, in SELL
ing essence OF lemon, for culinary purposes.
The information filed by the County Attor-
ney charged that the articles sold would pro-
'luce iitoXication, and that Mr.. Holmes had
no permit TO sell the same from the Probate
Judge. The defendant moved TO quash each
information, claiming that under neither
statute had he been guilty OF public oGcnse.
The question was exclusively argued by
four leading attorneys Of the State. Judge
Crozier, in sustaining the motion TO Quash,
delivered quite an elaborate opininion, the
main points OF which are as follows:
That under the amendment, the Constitl,-
tion canno: prohibit, but only regulate the
,alc of intoxicating liquors for mechanical,
medicinal and scientific purposes; but that
in attempting to define the meaning of ntox.
icating liquors, he says that any liquor or
mixture thereof that will produce intoXica-
fion shall DC considered intoxicating liquor
IN the meaning Of the act, and its sale shall
DE prohibited. Hence the allegation that the
articles sold were intoxicating liquors, in the
meaning of the law, must be taken as true,
and therefore the Court held that that mas
much as the law undertook TO prohibit the
sale of articles which under the amendment
it could only regulate, it was unconstiiution-
al and that the act was further in contraycn-
ton of the Constitution, because it under
took TO confer Judiciary power upon The Pro-
bate Court. The gist Of the decision is that
such articles as cologne and tinctures are
prohibited by the law, bu: that the law it.
sell is unconstitutional.
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BUNNELL & ROYS.
Real Estate, Farm Loans, Insurance and Abstracts
REAL ESTATE.

lssl promises TO be of The
Valley In ysf
We assured
and Of Us being built
the above the
chase OF real estate that the We
limited
mni down. and six eleven
MORTGAGE LOAN DEPARTMENT
Having direct
nil city,
Money hand
Tor sending
We
collection shar.
oau which cnste We max ofth
anng making
FIRE INSURANCE
policy in tho
The would
liable fail risks ~ thai
Offer
with the that
" nd QUESTION
ABSTRACTS
day enable
notice and reasonable 10
10 enable " aifn Special
nop
. BUENEII. d ROY6
Novemrr =
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02
LEADS ALL OTHERSl
SEDGWICK THE BANNER AGRICULTURAL
COUNTY OF KANSAS.
TWO HUNDRED AND IfTY THOUSAND ACRES
uxcER CULTIVATION.
Upwards Of 100000 Acres in Wheat, and
I06,8S0 Acres in Corn.

Elsewhere will be found the EAGLES
annual compilation Of statistics, rs taken
from the sworn returns Of the township as
SCISSORS, by Mr. Z. Dorsey, the county clerk.
No annual table published by us OF other
years makes such gratifying exhibit. The
figures show conclu-iyely Sedgwick county
to be the banner agricultural county Of Kan
sas, and we challenge a contradiction from
any source. But one county. Mcpherson,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02
81. JOHNS SALARY.

The question WAS asked us how much or
what amount does Governor st. John receive
from the State as its Chief Executive. Pri-
marily the salary is $1,000 per annum, and
that amount, TO which was added an Incl
dental sum Of few hundred dollars, was all
private sccrctary's salary WAS tackled on
and the incidental and telegraphic sum con-
sidcrably enlarged. The last Legislature,
being more directly the admirers Of Gov.
81. John and caring but little for Expenses,
rolled up the appropriations for the execu-
tive Office TO about thirteen thousand dollars,
as will be seen by the appropriation bill.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02

decided
very heavy stock Of the following goods
Miscellaneous and Blank Books,
Bibles Of
Special Bargain In Two Very Fine Family Bibles.
Box Papeeries all prices;
Photograph and Autograph Albums
heavy Aiken, Pencils
Pocket Books, Bill Books Bankers Sci
Hand Glasses, Ladies' and Gents Car( Cases..
Glove and Handkerchief Frames,
Paper Weights and Pencils Ink Stands
Writing Desks, Work Boxes Japanese Boxes.
LINE OF OPERA CLASSES
Part Of these
COmpacs, Watches, Ix,oa
Animals and Objects French iarp Paint
Alphabet Blocks
and Wax of Toilet large
styles i'll Fancy Curtains aud Curtain Goods
Also 10000 rolls of Wall from7
IL IL 10
in
from % cents upwards them u half
This bona fe closing expires
desire
If prices tell or will sell entire Stock
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-02

The Supreme Court Of New York hiss
granted the order to change the name Of the
corporation Of ".ser,sa<v d Cs.'' to TIE Css-
fny Co.''-the order TO take effect on the eist
ofJuuc. The July issues OF SzsS.ers kess2-
" and 81. yioAc'ss viii have the n.w corl,or--
Ate imprint
Nay I'D. ISL.
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THE FIRST BALLOT.

The first ballot was taken at Albany on
Tuesday, resulting: Conkling s., Jacobs 80;
the balance scattered among dozen names.
On the vote to fill Platt's place. that gentle
man fail, d to receive single vote in the Sem
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this excursion, and their constant attention
to our comfort.
d. a. WELLINGTON,
r. A. McNEAL,
r. +. LEFTwICH,
Committee
And with these ended most enjoyable
and highly exciting tripto the mighty Rock
les r. =. MURDOCH.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-01-11

desipesf By Demnerxns aE tAa1 time. RF degrees
q spirit ae euufikneR was Infused iuam alhe whise
masssA ThEy sssersEd shsir pswes. HsE IN ISTa
whan 3i1 the machinery ct eiegtlsns waa im chr
hanFtA of the Republicans, the Democrats nsg Eae
drsS lime eMTied nhe S1zaE SsaaeR thsm the wha1R
sspsES Of Things haE ehangni fsg the hat1er IN
Flnsfa& The Etane gpEgrumena has been mnz'-
age6 ~ wiseIy and eepu1wiezlIy ~ any IN uhR
CaiouI IA eissass Of penp'e arebeSrer pruceKn<d
unssn as any tune since the WAR; and I am enuff-
dent rhaf the Starc viii never RETURN to rE& GEN.
disinu ie was m when entered pnlifiez-"
Have you bafuled any opiui,5u Respecting the
policy Of the new Administration aft the
Snurh -
4 have nac; and I very much reyret that any
pnusiDu ef o,sr epunAFy sAsai6 be rexarAet IN
a condition which requires psi5cy distinct from
the rest OF the Cniaul what bhe South aeesis IN
the policy of iuaEicE The prnBlrm ct restoring
that seEta1a 30 fai8 fellowship IN feeling and in
rereaz with Ae resi- OF tine enuatrY il worthy the
highest effort OF any statesman. Harsh laws
and denunehttinns wila not arEnmplish the great
object Il d plain that the SsouEh N destined 40
be mont important and powerful part OF our re
public, and all HISTORY teaches uH rhar nothing N
unw isF az sor generation TO TRANSMIT liz
IDS and disJeIupers To the treatment OF another.
NATIONAL diseases are like rhGse winch affect
the human bwsfV III taken IN time they Will
yield TO simple and mild remedies, but IT per-
mirteai 10 grow from generation 10 generation
thew will ultimately hatfe the skill of The wisest
physician and weaken the powers OF the sTate
when all ts highest enerVies Requisite for IT'S
security and pr0teetiou The policy pursued to-
WARTS the South has proved a failure, and 10 N
time that pride of opinion and blind passion
gave wGy 10 sober and rati0naI craftsmanship
touching the condition and wants Of thar sec
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-01-11

snwursl Ad&Nw - te gse3 GwFssunzmfs snEnaF-
~, b. sR psmiAIs memzl o. h<sssus "a nzns
psExnGsun k<iExsz; Assshsssus 1uails snII bridges
sn,I more e. sAam; huiaa seAsal Aslsess ~ IansL
nssEks q siyilE1zsa, mpruFszIEnr snd pru
sssw= snd sAsw, - s<szal dxmsnsGrsfisn. tAa1
shess b sdnfss y Asms immieptisu Of gsad w.t.
taz8 ku@ aVwhU&-
Th@s ~ prehaAlF ever sasoa square miles OF
Kwsk lnnGk owned By prfvsn< pasries. and more
O. l@ @dR enI<vsnnn 81 IN seal1ixaE4bIE state,
elisninnEiag wet hnstal wsner eDusseas &c. A tax
ef m4 As&w pr square mile ef these btnds b0r
sAssrsizing he SssEe and securing the Hamigr1
% he @mes ve9h prohaAly increase the valne
Of said hands 10 par esnf- per annum 6Or the
next four yeAss; would pronahly add 1890 per
anaum 70 the pcpglafisu, and milIssu dSl1Aus
at actual wealth. To do the best with an apprU-
priafinn Of this kind. the mart important step
weQld BE- 10 secure the eseopsrariDn OF all trans
portsricn Zines leading To FloraIa, and then let
parties On being property certified excursion
agent sos enmmzniE5es. have excursion rates the
and rspest, and bring their Enmilies and friends
nj rst1ueRd rates.
do not know as you want Ieeture fren nae
on mmigTzriDu, but write you IN order to show
hSw 5sTEsA&ass o. is wouBf be Go EAx the State
% 9oe per year tor the purposs-about oae &ad-
bE1 10 go scses Of hand or ) cents per capita o.
the population But then don't make It d p0litI-
chi grab bag" Have q pr1gTsssaas asts5 10 tbs.
bursaR. and Airs competent assistants, pay them
i'm accordance with their ability and illness
and k0r once, ignsrs the partisan political policy;
get the best snd mast suitable parties engaged ia
pruuotmg immigration, and pay them for it the
aame . rzIlrsad superintendent Is paid for
operating q raiIruAd or q smart lawyer Gsr haud-
ing an important case in court have slousF
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On Thursday the gre,lr event Of ehe Fair-she
Baby show, comes OF at L! o'clock aesiIies other
atfraesinns Eli
The enlsf weather injured the csbAAgEs very
slightly. L barge number viii be ahipved dum
here this season Fiji
There are to be hurdle races q nav thing hers.
and race for 5-Fear slcA besides tleHe sss daVu
IA The programme.
Several members ct the LegiHIarure are ii
rrom cnbis. but their friends ar home mead not
give themselves any aneasinesA rs their Illness s
not serious .Hl
The races ut the Fair win be aner than aug
ever known In Tallahassee before There we've
twenty eight horses on the Grounds ON Safuriug
with others expected
We are indebted to the Savannah Jockey
Climb for ricketts, to tAeif Annual Me<6ng ogss
Ten Broeek Course, sf Savannah, "a oceur sn
the 18th, 10th and 10Th inst fIf
The Jacksonville Ta1on. mentiuuiur the
return OF the military frDu the 1naIguraEan,
says that ali Expressed themselves aighIy pleasei
with their reception and visit IN Tallahassee
The great demand ssr SINNERS In.sEan
Vernaif1ge i solely due TO ifs Intrinsic vaIue
Thousands use II TODAY IN preference 10 aaF
other and say that Il destroys and expeis worms
etEectualy Viii -
Work las been going on At thesRAis isrruSnds
all the week, and the CemmiErets-ou Grvunnk
have bad their hands full providing f1r the IarB
number of horses which have eFEe IN To take
part In the races. sI
The weather WIS unusually bail an last week,
there having been but two far days. The rUa.lk
are in a rightfuI cnudIrisu IN manF places, and
many people VIII be detained 'front.' attending the
Fair for that reason.
One OF the attracsious at the Pair VIII be
genuine Hurdle Race, the first ever known IN
the State. Another viii Be a 5-ufIE f1ee, and
yet another viii be for 3-year-olsi& An these
are in addition To the regular programme
The noted running horse Faeifc,1 OF Nh
Bells stable, Versailles, KY who has ressri AZ
I-4st came yesterday also & WFlmngton," am
other Kentucky horse, aud Lneksur.@ . nDted
trueter rrem Indiana, with reenEd at 4264-
One hundred and ninety people sat down %
dinner, 90 last Tuesday, at the CRY Hotel This
II the largest number Of people that this h0tel
has fed since 1t has been open Tue dining room
y under the management OF Mr.. J. b C1lEna-
Besides the racing there viii be this morning
N Interesting exhibition Of Craftsmanship
shooting glass balls by Coiouei c.. p Davis sf
IGm0uia, the champion shot Of he South and
to-morruw q beautiful hreaeh-EHasizg double
barrel gun will be shot f0r by some Of the best
amateur shots In the State
The carriage- drivers, On the Alght Of the Ia
auguration Ball. nearly ruined the carefully kept
grounds about the capitol, by reekiessly driving
over tine grgss and sAruh6erY. General Dseki
son. who has spent much care and attention up
on the grsunsss. feels very badly:ahout the wan
ton destruction Of the fruits OF his hhors
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Wa Gosezn1r Drew retired frnm Office be
" ~1y I<h - fIe for his SUCCESSOR cnul-
1880 N whseh - presented the narcial
e111a - he Scaee, win many reenuneuda~
&n8 fx lie affirmation and consideration Of
- LeEiAHlzsE- Thls communication Governor
E.EA2 tEEaz1iEed % The General Assembly
@ u pr.Ast n . supplement 10 the FLoRrDEAS,
als1I via IL report ct Comptroller Drew,
WEa = also A Interesting document Gov
Dsrws nZ&gs being % tau- preciuded the ne
efy fx - s1ccezssr To send IN Ar elaborate
Bz- BE III doubtless Communicate to the
LepMAE@s - . IAseT day
Ne k1Se 30 spse< Tor comments on the mes
- Il ID enioenfly practical and vii be gen
7y I'D wi<h rezs interest We consider it
- - the b1s State papers that haa eraanafed
Gn@ ne Kxees-ive oGes N many years. Tia
1mez1afso1s are al IL The direction Of an
1ESvsd p1b5c service and viii doubtless re-
smEB pmupG attenflDu-