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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-09-08
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-09-08
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

AT THE SAME TRIcK.-we have reports of Wig
orous kicking in Brown County, over the action
of the County Board. The census returns of
the assessors did not foot up what was anticipa-
ted, and the Board has ordered new enumera-
ton. This is done in the interest of certain
County officers, whose salaries are considerably
increased if the population amounts to over l5,-
900, and Brown falls short of that figure. Now,
we are one of those who believe that every Off
Ger should have what he is justly entitled to.
As general thing, assessors take the enumera-
tiou in a careless, slip.shod way, and usually a
Comfy falls far short in the returns of popula-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

Pity THE SORROWS OF A Poor OLD MAN
There is a superannuated old fellow down at
Lawrence, named J. II. Carruth We have no
doubt that he is an honest, well meaning old
fellow; but he seems to have lapsed into his Sec
ond childhood, and is in the habit of getting
off his nut" so to speak. About once a year, he
borrows a copy of the Chief of somebody, and
finds something in it thatsnakes him mad then
he writes letter to us, or TO some other paper,
abusing or scolding ms. 1t is very amusing; but
an amusing thing repeated too often, like q
clowns joke, for instance, in course Of time gets
to be a bore. Mr.. Carruth has recently borrow
ed an old copy of the Ckief, in which we spoke
Of the law requiring that a sentenced murderer
should be confined in the penitentiary for one
year, and at the expiration Of that time, hanged
only upon the order of the Governor. We fur
ther said that st. John had never given this or
der that he was so busy looking after the liquor
law, that he seemed to forget there were other
laws it was his duty to enforce, and especially
such q crime as murder. Carruth informs us
that we are so stupid that we do not understand
the law, and that we have viIlfully misrepre-
sented the Governor. He also proceeds to en-
tighten us as to the proper Interpretation Of the
law. He says that it contemplated hanging for
emily one crime, and that was in case q person
confined in the penitentiary committed murder
there-killed one of his keepers, for instance.
Lawyers would do well to apply to Carruth for
his opinions upon knOtty legal points. 1t
wouldn't hurt the Supreme Court to employ him
to write syllabi for them by the ream. In the
meantime, we trust that Carruth will not en-
tirely forget MS. Let him borrow n Chief next
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

LEAvESwoRIH COUNTY. - The Republican
Convention Of Lcavenworth County, last Satur-
day, appointed nine delegates TO the State Con-
vention, and instructed them for st. John. We
are not in the least surprised at this. We pre-
sume the most important County in the State is
tired of hewging wood and drawing water for
Others without any fayOrs in return. Counties
having the same interests as LeavenwOrth, sol
idly turned their back upon her, when she was
asking for something; now they expect her to
rally to their support, when they have an OBJ
iect to accomplish. The recent Congressional
Convention was called in advance of the regu-
lar State Convention, for the sole purpose of re-
moving the Congressman beyond the power Of
st. John to make trading capital of them. In
stead Of accomplishing that result, thanks to
the very Counties most earnest in the move
ment TO defeat st. John for a third term, they
broke the backbone of the anti-St. John move
ment-if it had any backbone. They set them
selves to rewarding st. Johns right-hand men,
and fulfilling his promises to them for past IA
yOrs, at the expense of mon who were expected
10 stand shoulder TO shoulder with them in the
fight against st. John. We do not believe there
is the slightest prospect of beating st. John for
the nomination. Atchison, Topeka and Law
renee may bullyrag LeavenwOrth for assisting
10 bring this thing about, but they are the ones
who are responsible for it. If they see fit to pay
local and individual debts at the expense of
cause, they have no right to grOwl if the canse
is thereby swampcd.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20
judge Thacher.

OraH the names sfokea of in connection with
the Governorsilip, Judge Salon o. Thacher OF
Lawrrnce, stands high above the field, IN real
:b.liiy and learning. We almost said, that OF
all whn have been spoken Of as bona iide eandI
dates, he is the only really qualified for the
I.osition In old times before the crows and
birds knew anything, pair Of stuffed breeches
and coat. surmounted with an old hat, served
all the purposes Of live man TO frighten them
away from the gardens; but in tlis latter day,
such devices are utterly worthless. So with
Kansas. The time was when wooden men an
swered for Governors, when all that was required
of them was to do routine work, aud look wise
some of them sadly failing in the latter require
ment. But the State has now advanced to such
prominence, that man of ability should occupy
her highest office. This would certainly not be
be any disadvantage to us, in the eyes Of the
more enlightened and progressive States Judge
Thacher is proper man in all respects for the
Office He is a man of learning, of brains, Of dig
nifty, of the highest moral character. No moral
element could object to him. He is also man
of good sound sense, and of moderation, never
going wild and defeating the ends he seeks to
accomplish. His nomination would be welcome
TO all true Republicans.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20
A Veteran Teleerapher.

We find the following item in an exchange:
Charles J. Osborn, Esq, has served the Associated
Press its agent n; ST. Louis for twenty years
We sent to aud received from Mr.. Osborn many
a message, long before he came West, to take
the position of Agent Of the Associated Press
Early in the Spring of 1850, the Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois Telegraph line was built, reaching
from Cineinnsti to Chicago, by decidedly zig
zag route-being from Cincinnati to Dayton,
thence west 70 Richmond, Indianapolis and La
fayette, thence up the Wabash, through Logans-
port, Peru, &c, to Fort Wayne, thence to La
Porte, Michigan City and Chicago. Osborn was
the operator in Cincinnati. and came up the
country to give instructions in the Office at Ger
mantown, in which We were working He was
the first man We ever saw operate a telegraph
instrument. Then, nearly every operator used
paper, having to copy messages and news reports
from the characters on the ribbon of paper that
received the impressions of characters as It ran
through the register. Every telegraph operator
has distinct "hand,' that is as easily reeog-
nized by those familiar with it, as is a persons
handwriting. Operators knew each other by
the characters transmitted through the register,
they can now tell it by the sound. 0sborn's
hand in telegraph writing was what John Han
cocks is on the Declaration of Independence.
He wrote slowly, and every character was large,
heavy and distinct. That line went down, long
years ago, as lines were built along the railroad
routes. II was not until some years afterwards
that the practice became general of running tel
egraph lines along railroads They were distinct
enterprises depending but>very little upon one
another Osborn left for the West, before the
line was abandoned.
We have often wondered what has become of
all the boys of that old line. There was Fred.
Swaync, the first man we ever saw receive by
sound; and old man Kiersted, manager of the
Dayton Office; and Chet. Griswold, a rattling
operator, who, we believe, went to California;
and Ed. Lane, and Nc Smith, and all the rest.
Dennis Gregg, son of Milton Gregg, the veteran
editor at Madison, Indiana, was another of the
boys, but We believe he is dead. Some of them
went through the war, and no doubt some were
killed in it.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

BEAsTLY SESIIMENTs.-A paper called the
Lenvenworth Baptist, speaking of the recent tor
nado in that city, hy which the Catholic Semi
nary was wrecked, and three young girls killed,
sets out with the text, As the whirlwind passeth,
so is the wicked no more" then uses the follow
ing infamous language:
The tower of st. Mary's Academy fell, and four
children instantly killed; there was general fright
people sprang from their beds, elutched their chill
dren and in their night clothes rushed to their base,
ments and into the street. Thus is it with the
destruction Of the wicked.
Perhaps these girls were wicked and were
killed because they were not Baptists. About
the time that this happened, still more disas-
trous tornado swept over Iowa, destroying two
orthodox colleges at Grinnell, and two orthodox
churches at Mt Pleasant; but We have not seen
the fact held up, as warning to the wicked, or
the friends Of the persons killed reminded that
thus the wicked are taken off. Deprive modern
sectarianism of its malicious brutality, and it
will have lost all that keeps it alive.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

Mrs. LINCoLN.-Mary Lincoln, widow Of
Abraham Lincoln, died at Springfield, Illinois,
on Sunday night, the I6:h inst, of paralysis.
she had been ailDg in body and mind for a long
time, When she married Lincoln, she belonged
to an aristocratic family, and he was unknown
to fame. Her friends thought that she lowered
herself; but as events turned out, she elevated
herself, and his was the misfortune, if misfor-
tune there was. When Lincoln was elected
President, the quality of her mind was not suf.
ficient for the position in which it placed her,
and she was not equal TO its duties. But the
poor woman meant well enough, and was sub
ject to a great deal of unjust criticism. The
assa.sanition of her husband unsettled her mind,
in a degree, and she has been an object of pity
ever since. Hers was a sad case. She was
good enough woman, in the main, but circum-
stances were against her.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

10 J. W. Roberts, who established the oska-
loOsa Independent, and has conducted it for over
twenty years, has retired from the paper,
and is succeeded by his son, +. II. Roberts. We
must say this for Roberts: We have been ex-
changing papers with him, first in Ohio, then in
Kansas, for thirty years, and have never, in all
that time, got along smoothly with him. We
have forever been doing something that he found
fault with, and lsctured us for, or growled at us
about. We have done things for which he con-
demned u.s. then he has done the same things,
and condemned us for not doing them and then
he condemned us afterwards, for doing the very
same things. We have always been wrong, no
matter what we have done. We are sorry TO
dave been so unfortunate; and we are also sorry
to lose one who constantly kept reminded
what a mean cuss we were. We had got used to
him. But there are few left who are never
satisfied with what we say and do
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20
PLAIN
TRUTHS

The blood Is the foundation Of
life, L circulates through every part
of the body, and unless it is pure
and rich, good health is impossible.
If disease has entered the system
the only sure and quick way to drive
il out is to purify and enrich the
blood.
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that nokiing but
iron will restore the blood to its
natural condition; and also that
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blacken the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
Browns IRON BIrrERswill thor
oughly and quickly aszimilate with
the blood, purifying and strengthen
ing it, and thus drive disease from
any part of the system, and it will
NOT blaeken the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and is posi-
lively not injurious.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

II o. S. Munsell, of Council Grove, is send
ing out a printed circular, advocating his own
nomination for acknowledgements He winds
up with the assurance that he is in full accord
with st. John. From the best information we
crn obtain, this man Munsell is q regular old
seed. He wants to be pulled in by hanging to
st. Johns eost-tail. Perhaps st. John will have
as much as he can do to pull himself through.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

l know Hop Bitters will bear eommendation
honestly. All who them confer upon them the
highest eneomiums and give them credit for making
cures-sll the propretors claim for them. have
kept them since they first offered to the public.
They took high rank from the first, and maintained
it, and called for than all others combined.
So long they keep up their high reputation for
parity and usefulness, / shall continue to recon-
mend them-sOmething have done with any
other patent medicine. j. j. BABCOCK, NJ. ID.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

z In this issue, we publish an account of
the organization of a secret political associa-
tion, having for its object the repeal of the pro-
hibitory law. They had better let the job out.
A secret political organization is a curse TO any
country, and an organization for the purpose
stated will do more harm than good Had it
not been for the Protective Association in
Kansas, the prohibitory amendment might have
been defeated.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

II The Eastern papers are abusing John A.
Anderson, because he tried to get his bill for
taxing the Kansas Pacific Railroad lands acted
upon, and failed. 1t seems that the Chairman
Of the Committee having it in charge, played
him some trickery, to avoid reporting the bill,
and used insolent language, when Anderson
charged it upon him. The Eastern papers think
that the Chairman was very cute and Anderson
censuralhe. 1t is safe to say that bill will not
pass, this session. The railroads have Congress
foul. and will have the next Congress fonler
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

II Guiteau is dead, but Mrs. Scoville's soul
is still marching on. Just before the execution,
she brought boquet for Guiteau, which the lat
ter was anxiously inquiring for. 1t was not Civ
en- to him, but was examined, and it is reported
that sufficient quantity of arsenic was conceal
ed in it to have killed dozen men. Mrs SEQ
vile denies this, of course; and she also de-
mands that all of Guiteaus remains shall be de-
liyered up to her, to be sold, that she may get
back portion of the money that she spent in
the trial
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20
KANSAS OF TO-DAY.
Queen State sf she wcss-Tke Beat Wheat
Average since S66-A Total OF 80, 263;711
Ba.hei.-stniisfies Of n satisfsetsry Nature
Everything Else.

TOPEKA, KAN, July 6.-The Secretary Of the State
BoaTi If Agriculture has sent out the advance sheets
of his quarterly report lie says. under date of July
5tb of tine different crops live stocks, etc. for is:
WHEAT.
Kansas is now harvesting the largest wheat crop
in its history. From the table following IL will bc
observed that the State average per is s0.69,
the best average since 1866 which placed by the
Department Of Agriculture at Washington at u 40.
Although the yield per acre was larger ut that time
than now. the acreage, as compared with the pres
year, was insignificant. The State bad then but
260, ,465 acres and q product Of 651 ,35S bushels.
while this wear the acreage is 46 6. and the pro-
duct 30 263 III bushels. The year 1873, heretofore
styled the banner wheat year Of Kansas, had an
AREA Of winter wheat of ~ ,5sS acres, and n pro-
duet Of p SIS 955 bushels, average yield of 205
There were also i33 ~ of spring wheat. that
averaged 1874 per acre, making total wheat pro
duct that year Of 81 S5S bushes- The spring
wheat area Of 1892 is but about l25,oo0 acres and
will yield at least fourteen bushels per acre which
makes the total wheat product for 1882, 32,Ol37Il
bushels.
The crop in the southern half of the State has been
cut, and harvest is progressing rapidly in the north
ern Counties
The following is a table that shows the average
yield in each County and the total product:
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

" Some of the papers are still quibbling
over the point that Judges Peters and Perkins
are not eligible to Congress, because our State
Constitution says that District Judge shall
not be eligible to any other Office during the
term for which he was elected. Kansas can not
make laws to govern the United States. Con-
gress has the sole power to judge and determine
the election and qualifications of its own MEM
herS
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

Some one has wisely said: There Is nothing
stronger than human prejudice" and this is true.
Especially some minds poejudiced against ..pro-
prietary medicines" Because some such medicines
shams, they leap to the conclusion that all are
There counterfeits of all good things, even of
gold coins and greenhacks. But there is true money
and there are true medicines. Among the latter Is
Hunts Remedy, true and tried and with the testi-
monals of hundreds who have been healed and
saved from the grave by it. For all diseases of the
kidneys the liver the urinary organs it stands with
out peer Physicians prescribe it, and the sick hail
it with joy Isn't it cheaper to buy bottle of il
yourself and take il according directions than to
pay for your prejudice by receiving il at the hands
of your physician at ten times the cost
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
Session Of 1928, Begins September
9th, 1892.

The University Of Kansas enters upon its seventeenth
with greatly increased facilities for arng tborvu
collegiate instruction Expenses from tl5e S1oo This
includes board in private families books and ineidenta.
The Collegiate Department oorpris the following
Classical scieutbe modern literature civil engineer.
ing natural history chemistry and preparatory medieval
The Preparatory Department devotes three years to
training for the Collegiate.
The Normal Department embraees thres courses: Cas
steal scientific and modern literature and ID especially
designed for those wishing To prepare for teaching
higher grades
The Law Department has been established four YEARS
and Of the important features the nst
tuition Course Of two years: tuition t25 per annum
The Musical Department IL under the charge Of compe
tent nstructor instruction given in piano organ
vocal music
For catalogue and infoyaatio silres.
JAMES MARVIN A NJ Il ID, CSAseeIlor
Sguiow hvrenre, KansasL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

z We are inclined to think that the item we
published last week, abOut Major A. r. Ander-
son, of the Council Bluffs (Iowa) District, buy
ing delegates with promises of post-offces, was
n campaign lie. The Major had almost walk
over, and there was no necessity for buying
delegates He received good majority on the
first informal ballot. As there were two or
three pcstilent fellows, who thought they were
candidates. and who were making good deal
Of noise, the PoSt-offce story may have been
started bY one of them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

sF1 The peculiar action the kidneys and uri-
nary organs of asparagus is frequently noticed du
ring the season. Prof. Benson recently proved, in
the case of the Emperor William and others, that in
combination with malt and quinine it is an absolute
specific for diseases of the liver, kidneys and urinary
organs His method has been adopted by the Malt
Bitters Company, and this great German food is
composed of malt Hops, quinne bark and asparagus.
-Hediodi Times
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

Y The British fleet bombarded Alexandria
until the city was in flames and abandoned, when
the Arabs swarmed in and engaged in pillage
The British officers said they were powerless to
protect the city. If the place was that poorly
of, it would seem that there was no particular
necessity to lombard it, and place it at the mer-
cy of savages.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

To suffer constant headache, depression of spirits,
for food and not being able to eat when put
before you, gnswing pains in the stomach asstude,
and general feeling of goneness: but capital joke
to find that Burdock Blood Bitters all these
symptoms, and only costs sl.oo. For sale by ID. c.
Sinclair & Bro, Troy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

J. NJ. Might. Syracuse, n. Y, wrstes: .when l
first commenced using your your Burdock Blood Bit
ters was troubled with futtering and palpitation
of the heart. felt weak and lsngud, with a numb
ness of the limbs; since using, my heart has net
troubled me- and the numbng sensation is all gone
Price 81 90 For sale by ID. c. Sinclair & Bro Troy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

The VoLTAIc BELT Co. Marshall Mieh will send
DIR. DYES CELFBRiTEp ELEcTRo-voLrAIc BELTS
AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES ON trial for thirty DAYS
men lyOung or oldl Who art afflicted with Nery
Debility, Lost Vitality and Manhood, and kindred
troubles guaranteeing speedy and complete restora-
tion of health and manly vigor Address above.
\. B-No risk is incurrcd thirty day trial is al
lowed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20
No Place Like Home.

ayeona eorresaondeut. last week. vented his
i,,Iiynation arainst a correspondent at that
,,laee of a Pennsylvania paper. We have been
furnished with a copy of the paper containing
the letter. and think the writer must have been
horne-siek. He complains of the storms; that
the houses and barns are not so large and good
AZ those in Union County. Pennsylvania; and Of
several other things. 1t is but natural for men
to think that the place where they were born
and raised, is the hest place in the world. When
one is far away, and is sick or in trouble, his
heart goes back to the old home, and he thinks
it the pIeasantest and dearest spot on earth. Ma
,,yrs of the mountains of Switzerland, trans
planted to the rich valleys Of America, are said
often TO pine away and die of home-sicknesss
II a denizen of the knobs Of Northwestern Ar
kansas should happen to 20 to Heaven, he would
doubtless sigh to be back in Benton County. So
il NAV be but natural for a native of Union
County, Pennsylvania, to become weary of his
Kansas home, and long for the music of the wa
tiers of the Susquehanna, tumbling over and
wettiug their rocky bed But he should consid-
er that all is not in favor of his old home. In
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

II "Mr. Blaine says The New York Erening
Post arily, lis likely TO appear in history
of those professional candidates for the Presidency
who frequently within reach of il, but never
quite get there These professional candidates
were Clay and Webster in earlier and Chase and
Seward in our later history Philadelphia Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-20

p A. t. Sharpe, of the Ottawa Republican,
has been appointed Consul at Manila. If he is
as sharp as his name indicates, he will gather in
enough Manila paper to run him for newspaper
wrappers, the balance of his life.