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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

Is THERE a BARGAIN f-It is now said that
bargain has been made between Senator Plumb
and Governor st. John, under which Plumb is
70 favor the election of st. John for Governor
for third term, and st. John is not to be q can.
didate for Plumb's seat in the Senate. This re-
port is given plausibility by the fact that the
Topeka Commonwealth, Plumb's central organ,
has suddenly taken to publishing slobbering ar
ticles of the most siekening kind laudatory of
st. John and his greatness. At the same time,
the editor of the Commonwealth is trotting around
with Plumb to County Fairs, as q sort of Saneho
Panza. St. John will keep this bargain until he
is reelected Governor, then, il he manages with
his corruption fund, to as servile q Legis-
lature rs he had last Winter, he win shove Mr..
Plumb aside, and take the Senatorship also.
This should set the people of the State to in
quiring whether the State of Kansas belongs
to Plumb and st. John, to be divided be-
tween themf Are there not other men in Kan
sss as well qualified for these two Offices, and as
deserving, either of these twoi Perhaps
some other man or men will step in, and disar-
range the little programme.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

sF- We notice that Thomas J. Marion was de-
feated for County Surveyor, in the Republican
Convention of Brown County, and that his chief
solcitude is for the welfare of the party. We
are glad he sticks well, and has become so
Jealous in the cause. We saw him converted to
Republicanism. 1t was in White Cloud, near
the close of the campaign of 1865. Marion and
another Englishman, named Junius Bowers,
both of whom had been in the Union service,
were great admirers of Brick Pomeroy's La
Crosse Democrat, and took occasion to abuse
Grant in the most offensive terms. One night
they were engaged in this pastime, when George
Sullivan struck out from the shoulder, knocking
Tom head over stomach, and proceeded to follow
it up with good threshing, when Marion begged
of, promising to vote for Grant. John Maquil-
ken laid out Bowers, but he hustled to his feet,
and broke for the bottom. Marion voted an
open ticket for Grant. Bowers moved over the
river, and didn't vote at all.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

BROWN CoUSTY.-If We are to believe the
Hiawatha papers, the late Republican prima-
ries and Convention in that County were series
of rascalities within rascalities. The Herald
charged the Dispdtohs faction with skullduggery
in the Hiawatha primary, and the Dispatch re-
joiced that its side won. Yet several of the can
didates of that wing were defeated in the Con-
vention, and the Dispatch claims that they were
sold out or traded off in the primaries in which
they were victorious. If men make hard fight
to win a victory, and then trade out to their op-
ponents, who were defeated, what do they get
by the trade, and what was the good of the
fghtf The opponents Of Republican tickets in
Doniphan County have generally received aid
from the Hiawatha papers. But we shall return
good for evil. The Republicans of Brown Coun-
ty have nominated good ticket. The papers
would do well to give it hearty support, and
help elect it. If they do their whole duty, they
will not even find space to oppose the Republi-
can ticket in Doniphan County, when it is NOM
mated.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

DoSIPHAS CoUSTr.-A Doniphan County
horse took the first money in the principal races
at the Bismarck Fair, the State Fair, and the
Atchison Fair. A Doniphan County newspaper
has taken the first premium at every State Fair
that offered a premium on newspapers. Doui-
phan County boy took the first premium on bo-
tanicsl collection at the Bismarck and State
Fairs. DOniphan County band has taken the
premium at the Hiawatha Fair two years in sue
cessiOn, and would have stood good chance to
take it at the State Fair, had the intended con-
test taken place. Doniphan County is disad-
vantageously located with reference to the places
at which State Fairs are held. They are distant,
the route to reach them circuitous, and the ex-
pense considerable. But for this, our County
would hold her own with the best Counties, in
these Fairs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

The MmSIcHr ToLL-Not since that midnight
thirty years ago, whom the toll of bells announced
the hero of Pao Alto had been vanqushed by death,
have sounds of such import tbose Of last night
been heard. President Harrison died at l2:3o, and
the people did not learn the fact until the following
morning; Lncolns death. occurring at seven in the
morning. did not call for the midnight bell and the
toll that avoke the sleeping citizens on the death Of
President Taylor had far less significance in the ter
rtory and population which it notified than that of
last night. BY means of the vast extension of the
telegraph all parts of the land heard almost stimuli
taneously the news that President GARFIELD was no
more Never in the history Of the world were intel
ligence and sympathy more quickly flashed through
a whole nation, the unity Of the people in heart
"a well rs in head morc fully manifested--Bosfon
,Toffr1adI
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

e Time after time, a new President takes
the oath, and goes through the mummery Of
kissing the Bible some sucker puts in his nose
while the slobber is yet on the leaf, and reports
to the world what particular verse the Presidents
lips touched. This favor has just been perform
ed for Arthur. The inference sought to be con-
veyed is, that the book was opened at random;
and the verses reported always have some sig
nifcant meaning, in connection with the man
and the Office But the truth is, the book is al
ways opened desgnedly at that spot, or the
whole thing is aromance-quite likely the latter.
We insist, that if the book was opened at ran
dom at any place in the Old Testament, there
would be three chances TO one that the official
lips would press some such literature rs is found
in the 2Sd chapter of Deuteronomy, or something
much worse, and that it would be more prefera-
BILE, if something must be kissed, TO substitute
deck of cards, or Davy Crockett's Comic Almanac.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06
"It Is Enforced ~

The Prohibition papers are publishing an ap-
peal, signed by st. John and n number of others,
calling themselves the Executive Committee
Of the State Temperance Union," that sounds
like the last despairing wall of drowning man.
They admit that the attempt to enforce the pro-
hibitory law is n failure; assert that the whis-
key power is spending large sums of money to
subsidize the press, and to aid the violation of
the law and they wind up with a vigorous call
for money! They want 81, 900, for the purpose
of distributing temperance tracts, and to EN-
ploy speakers to canvass the State. Ministers
and women are urged to get out and raise the
funds Ministers are asked to preach upon the
subject, and to take up collections in their
churches, as a means of raising this $4,000.
The question now is, will the people of Kan
sas allow st. John to work this lead again, to
his personal advantsgei Many people viii ask
themselves how the scattering of ht.rde of
mountebanks and strumpets throughout the
State, will aid in enforcing the lawi canvass
for Governor will begin next Spring, and ST.
John is bent upon third term, to be used as a
boost into the United States Senate This S20,-
600 is wanted as n corruption fund, 10 scatter
agents throughout the State, to buy up dele
gates to the State Convention, and 20 secure
the election of members of the Legislature who
will vote for st. John for Senator. After all
that has been said of corruption in Kansas poll
ties-after the Caldwell, Pomeroy, and Ingalls,
inyestigations-after the leading part that St.
John has taken in this howl against corruption,
he now asks the preachers to spend the winter
in importuning their congregations for money |
TO establish fund to be used by him in purch- |
asing n reelection Governor, and a seat in |
the United States Senate. If the people of |
cannot enforce The law, hired tramps |
cannot do it, The law got mp and passed by st. |
John and his Legislature, eompels the tax-pay-
ers TO pay all the costs of enforcing the law,
less it can be made off the person convicted, so
that there is no need of $40 900 being placed in
st. Johns hands, to aid in enforcing the law.
This is all blind. The money is wanted to
corrupt the people; and if st. John can reach
the height Of his ambition, he does not care
penny for the enforcement of the law.
These church collections not his only re-
source. With the advent OF cold weather, we
shall have n revival Of the famine in Western
Kansas, and the suffering of the exodus negroes,
and the charitable people of tho East will again
be bored to send aid, to the disgrace of Kansas
4 Nc hohoy ~ iuIhlsneu VIII 90 INTO the Hanus
Of st. John a committee in his interest, and
the sufferings of the people on the frontiers of
Kansas will de used rs another means of corrup-
tion, to continue st. John in power. Let the
people be warned in time, and not contribute
money that they can lily spare, for the supposed
purpose Of enforcing law and aiding Distress
but really to be used as a corruption fund to
advance st. Johns political interests.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

r. A few years ago, the Republicans of some
of the Western States got it into their heads
that the giants of the party, who had carried it
through the dark days of the country, were cor
Iupt, and the party must be reformed, by elect
ing good and pure men in their places. Under
this delusion, the Legislature of Michigan set
aside glorious old Zach. Chandler, and elected
Judge Christiancy to tho United States Senate.
He has turned out fair specimen of the tribe Of
good and pure reformers. He stands to-day as
one of the most abject and despicable creatures
on earth engaged in the manly work of trying
to ruin the character of a mere girl whom he
made his wife hiring unknown adventurers to
testify against her; and, being detected and
circumventrd, trembling like a cowardly dotard,
and calling for protection.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

AssAssISXTIoS.-Some fellow in Washington
has reported to the officers that, while lying in
bed: he overheard plot between two men ont
side his window, to assassinate President Arthur;
and some chap in New York has written letter
threatening the assassination of Mr.. Conkling,
if he attends the State Convention. All this is
blow, or is manufactured for effect. People who
really intend to commit assassination do not adj
vertise ii to the world beforehand. Arthur and
Conkling are in no danger of assassination, and
a good plot cannot even be built upon such an
idea. If Arthur turns out to be real good Pres
ident, and his life becomes precious to the conn
try, then he may be in danger. The lives of
''poor shoatsr of Presidents are never in danger.
Only the good ones are killed. Just now, Conk-
ling is not shining mark for an assassin.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

OFF THE PoT.-The Seneca Tribune, in at
tempting to prove that the prohibitOry law has
not retarded immigration, calls attention to the
new farms opened and new houses bnlt in that
County. 1t then proceeds to claim that immi-
grants pass through the river Counties, because
the lands are high and poor, and settle in the
better Counties farther west. The editor of the
Tribune may have been the first editor to propose
Schuyler Colfax for President, but he doesn't
know enough about Kansas to tell it all. 1t is
true that the lands in the Counties Of Kansas are
all taken up, and are valuable, 80 that home
steaders and men of small means must go farther
west, where vacant land abounds, and where ii
is cheap. Men who want to 90 exclusively into
stock-raising, and men who herd cattle, must
also 20 to Nemaha and adjoining Counties, where
there are wide tracts of vacant land, that can be
used for grazing; for there is no range left in
this County, and no large tracts can be bought.
But talk about the poor lands of Eastern Kansas!
the very best lands in the State. This may do
to tell to people who not here, and do not see
how the Eastern Counties fill mp, every winter,
with people from the Western Counties, who are
seeking refuge from starvation, but who strike
out west again, with the opening of Spring, to
try to gain a foothold in the "Burnt District"
These are some of the Tribaae's immigrants, who
are not kept away by the liquor law.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06
Road Notice,

THE Say,,1: sTATE :, oF GoIs;1I KANSAS ,ss.
COUNTY CLERKS 0FFcE
TRoT, October T. lssi.
NOTICE is hereby given. that petition presented
IN to the Board Of Commissioners Of DOniphan County
Kansas. at their meeting the ID day Of October ISL
asking that road be established at the following points
TO wit:
Beginning in the Mosquito Greek road the section line
dividing sections No. thirty oD and thirty 3ll in
township No two, 9 Of range No. twenty GIL thence
west for nearly possbl-l said section line to the
intersection Of the range line dvidng ranges twenty o
and twentyon tsi thence west forty five 4J degrees
north to the centre Of the southeast quarter Of section
twenty FIVE t in township two ca Of range twenty COZ
thence west the subdivision line nearly praetL
cable to the section line dividing sections No twenty five
G., and twenty six. ts in township two t Of range
twenty @ thence south said section line TO the inter
section Of the Trey and Lafayette road.
whereupon- the said Board of County Commissioners a
pointed the following named persona viz; T. F. Paige Jr
James s. Wells. and William chapple, viewers with
instructions tn at the place Of BEGINNING Saturday
the 18th day Of October ISL and pEoe to view said road
give all parties hearing and make due report to sad
Board at their session to he held the lih day Of Novem
Der. lsel-
BY order Of the Board Of County Commissioner
Attest: ID. W. MORSE
October q. lssi-iw. County Clerk
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06
q. a,ck Aa Yc.r~

.'I was troubled for many years with Kidney Com
plaint Gravel, &e;, my blood became thin; was
dull and inactive could hardly crawl about was an
DID, worn out all over could get nothing to help
again. Ny blood and kidneys arc all right, and
am as active q man Of %, although an q and
have no doubt ii viii do well for etrs Of my age
II Is worth trial.-father.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

u The Archbishop of Canterbury recommends
the Of the following prayer for seasonabe wealth
er IN the dioeeses of his province 60 God Heavenly
Father, who, by Thy Son. Jesus Christ, hast PROM
ised to all them that seek Thy kingdom and the
righteousness thereof all things necessary to their
bodily sustenanee, send us, we beseech Thee, such
seasonable weather that may receive the fruits Of
the earth to our comfort and Thy honor, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
The above is no joke. 1t is the work of an ed
ueated man, the head of one of the greatest
churches on earth. He reminds God of His prom
ises, and requests Him not to fallsify them, and
not to dshonor the checks of His Son
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

n One Of the coolest things of the age, is
Blaine's letter to Minister Lowell, asking him
to request the British Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs to invite certain Irishmen to come to the
United States and join in celebrating the eenten-
nial of a victory which their ancestors assisted
the Americans in achieving over the British AZ
my. Why didn't he also request the Queen to
send a bouquet for the occasiOni
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

" The Topeka Capital says there is one wo-
man who is partner in the publication of news
paper in Kansas, Mrs. Wait, of the Lincoln
County Beacon, and that she enjoys this distinc-
tion alone. Here is another attempt to ignore
Donithan County. Mrs. Holton is partner in
the publication of the White Cloud Rerier
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

CoskLINGs LOADED DIcE.-Mr. Roscoe Conkling
Is now playing the game of politics with loaded dice
When he can carry district county convention
fairly he does and insists upon due recognition of
the will of the majority by the defeated faction But
when his party is in the minority, he bolt to
be organized and sends up contesting delegation to
the State COnvention.-Ch Chieago Tribune.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

The New York Republican State Conven-
tion, which meets Wednesday, of this week, is
expected to be stormy. The Conkling or "Stal-
wart. wing is badly beaten in the election of
delegates; but in many Counties where beaten,
they organized a separate Convention, and elect
ed delegates Of their own. As the State Com
mittee is in the hands of Conkling men, it is
thought that they will admit all these bolting
delegations, which would cause rumpus.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06
Wonderful Power.

When medicine performs such eures as Kidney
Wort is constantly doing. il may truly be said to
have wonderful power. carpenter in Montgomery.
VT had suffered for eight years from the worst Of
kidney diseases and had been wholly incapacitated
for work. He says Zone box made n new man Of
me- and sincerely believe it will restore to health
all that are similarly afflicted IL il now sold in
hnfh linuid and dry FORM Ddabnr4 Nenrs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

IoyoR WHERE Honor Is DUE-Ever since July
the Democratic press, especially the South have
surpassed all reasonable expectations in their de-
cans was expected They have acted rs Il President
Clarified was their own choice and their particular
friend. This is acknowledged gratefully, and this
acknowledgment strengthens the well-grounded
faith in people, in institutions and in the f-
ture Of our country.-Bostoa Adrerfiser
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

ts- They say they have suppressed the liquor
traffic in Topeka. But in its stead, the city is
oyerrun with burglars, thieves, and murdorers,
so that citizens are not safe, night or day. They
think liquor would be the preferable horn of the
dilemma.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

II What money-getting people the Amer
leans are! During the past two weeks, we have
almost daily received circulars from persons all
over the country, who want to sell portraits or
electrotypcs of Garfield. 1t has got to be nui-
sance
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

V-The Republicans Of the First Commission
er District of Brown County have nominated
Thomas A. Dunn for Commissioner. Tom used
to he an awful Democrat, but voted the Repub-
lican ticket in 1sjs. We were under the impress
sion that he had slid back to the Democracy, but
il that he is still considered to be all right
by the Republicans of his District.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

II Worse, and more of it. Not only is Lud-
low, the Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Ohio, n manufacturer of wine-presses, but an-
other candidate ON the same ticket made his
wealth by keeping a saloon! Average samples
Of prohibitionists.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06
Estase Of samuel Bs.er. Deceased.

EsfA1e of samuel BSxeret Oece2se1
nN the sis day Of September lssi the undersigned Was
~ sppoins-d by Probate Court Of Duiphan County
Kansss Adminisrasr Of the Estxte of Samuel Bowers
deceased late of nzd County An per.ons indebted 10 zd
Esfafe in make Immediate payment 70 the undersigned;
snd thcse haS.s claims Against the Estate viii present the
sase required BY hu-
1rgy, Kan.a<, Septenber ., Isl
s L c. BoyEzS Adninisir.tsx.
e4teub1 >. le1-5s. ffs lee "a
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

Mr. BLArSE.-Mr. Blaine is O born leader. As the
Premier of Mr.. Garfields Cabinet, he was expected
of course to occupy before the country just the posi-
ton he did from the time the President shot
til he died. Mr. Blaine furnishes that sure mark of
a leader, the ability to make men look up to him in
whatever station or stuacion he il piaced--Rieh-
psond Val Dispdtck fDem)
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

~ The Confederate soldiers who held a re-
union at Moberly, No., last week, exhibited a
degree Of common sense that has the appear
ance of the dawn of better era. They resolv-
ed that they accepted the result Of the war; de-
nounced train-robbing, and demanded the ut
most efforts to detect and punish the robbers;
and paid high tribute to the memory of Presi-
dent Garfield. We guess things will come
around right, after while-when few of the
unrepcntant leaders, who keep up their efforts
to fire the Southern heart, have gone under.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

GARrrEIDs ExD.-He was no believer in death-bed
reformations He was no hypocritr, willing TO make
n figure Of piety in his last moments- He died
like man who felt able to die by HIMSELF and for
the honor Of his religion and his country, he had
felt able to live for the same grand ohjectf.-CAaaa
,oDen TWrx
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

Y The temperance people are already beseg-
ing Arthur to Danish liquors from the White
House. This is equivalent to asking him to ban
ish Grant and his crowd. Arthur can't see that.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06
Catarrh.

Relief in five minutes, in every case: gratifying,
wholesome relief, beyond a money value Cure be-
gins from first application. and is rapid radical and
permanent. Choking, putrid mueus dslodged, MEM
brune cleansed and healed, breath sweetened SMELL
taste and hearing restored. Complete treatment
for Fl. Ask for Sandforrl's Radical Cure.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

~ The New York Daily Tribune kept its col
umns dressed in mourning from the time of Gar
fields death until the day after the funeral.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

The primary elections for Delegates and Alternates
will be held in the several precincts on Saturday,
October 18th, 1884, under the supervision of the Cen
tral Committeeman for each precinct, if any be pres
ent The election will be by ballot and each precinct
will elect the number Of delegates and alternates TO
which it is entitled. The polls will be open from
to o'clock P. NJ, of said day, and the certificates Of
the judges and clerks will be received credentials
IN the Convention.
BY order Of the Central Committee,
CYRUS LELAND, JR., Chairman.
SAK'L n. JOHNSON, Secretary.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

will invigorate the body without intoxicating, 10
what we need in these days of rush and worry Par
kers Ginger Tonic restores the vital energies sooths
the nerves, and brings good health quicker than any
thing YOU can use.-Iribnne. See other column.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

tF The Ohio election occurs next Tuesday.
Bookwalter's barrel and Ludlow's wine-press
will be smashed into one inextricable wreck.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

II 1t is perhaps false rumor that President
Arthur will appoint ex-President Hayes Sccre-
tsry of State.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-06

n The Washington Grand Jury has indicted
Guiteaa for the killing of President Garfield.