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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03
LOOK OUT FOR A BIG SwINDLE

Kansas City concluded last month
that she might cut a bigger figure with
Gould ct al, by making bigger show
ing AZ TO population, 50 census was
decided upon. a Mr.. Tinsley was Sc
lected 10 take charge OF the count, M
which everybody. including stragglers
from W,andotte. Argentine, Rose
dale. Westport, Armourdale and all
the balance were to be taken on the fly
from day 20 dan Ii would seem that
this Tinsley's honesty l. averaging a
little too high for the wiud-wonder' :
moral standard. In other words ii is
evident that there Is dread that the
thing is not counting out sati>iactor-
ily. The Times makes no bones OF
Whist ought TO be done and winds up
an article from which we quote:
..Of course there is only one thing TO
do-take a recount. There is no cause
TO apprehend that Mr.. Tinsley will dis
appoint the reasonable expectations
OF the people of kansss City. Any
where from l25.oo0 TO 10000 will be
lust and moderate.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

hurt or help his friends. In an ex-
tended notice Of his demise and burial
the New York Herald of Sunday say:
For a man 80 widely known as the
editor of Wilkes Spirit of the Times,
and SO powerful in .many circles of
life, his funeral was q strange comment
upon human nature. Not more than
twenty persons were present in
the dainty little parlor where the
long black casket lay, covered with
tender ivy and glistening brown leave.
At the head was Alicia. the pretty lit
tie heiress, pale and wondering. and at
the foot was sturdy Martin b. Brown.
the future guardian. 1t was quiet
little funeral that the brilliant, restless
Journalist had, aud when it was all
over they took him 10 Greenwood
cemetery and laid him in The midst oil
a gentle landscape where The sno"
drifts deepest in the winter aud The
roses smell The sweetest in iie spring
And hen The little heiress got hom'
she found the parlOr empty and bursi
into tears.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03
CLEARWATER.
CLEARWATER. Oct. 2.

CLEAKWATER. Oct. Z.
To the Editor OF the Eagle:
We are glad, after SO long a time,to
see that the EAGLE, the proud emblem
atical bird of American liberty, has
awose to the interests of Wichita and
is showing up the injustice of Mis-
souri's claims on the great city which
Kansas has built on Missouri soil.
This is right and the injustice of it
should be kept alive. No one
for moment can doubt
that the demands of our queen
city are just. and when the CONNER
cial intrests of Wichita are well I'M
derstood, and her con templated rail-
roads completed, she must take the
place of Kansas City in many respects.
The thinking enterprising men of
Kansas City have long been awake to
this very idea, aud had it not been
for the old fogy Missouri element.
long ago Kansas City would
1 lstd
the state line. which would
have given the whole city to Kansas,
i'm place of nearly one-half which is
now in Kansas on the bottoms. The
same can be said of the original Platt
purchase, the six counties north of
Kansas City, and west of the original
north and south state line runs one
degree west 20 include Kansas City
and including the other Kansas City
lSt Joseph. This Platt purchase is
lperhaps the richest and best six coun-
ties in the state of Missouri and III
cludes more eastern enterprise
than any orher six counties in the
State. What has been said
tof Kansas enterprise in building
up Kansas City, can with equal justico
be said of St Joseph. The state OF
Kansas has become the empire state OF
the west in spite of the opposition
jeers, bushwhackers. grass hopper-
| MUS -ioi fNii itl'pa'T.
all kinds of discouraging things
Kansas soil. Kansas corn, wheat. fru'
and stock, with the Yankee push ana
enterprise. has brought the state e
the front and nov we cal
live without Missouri's hclr
or of its cities. Now let ever.
man, woman and child in our beloved
state do something, or say something
which will help to swell our numbers
and augment lew schemes, new cities
and new enterprises which shall bt
rc-echoed from pole to pole, until Kan
sas shall become an empire of its Owl
creation. Our city is still showing
signs of progress. Our fine schoo
house is going ahead rapidly. On
popular butcher. John L. Evans
is building an elegant brick buildin:
on one of the best lots in the city for
market. This will add very much to
the appearance of Ross avenue.
Mr.. Neclcy, of your city, has made
all necessary arrangements and vii
build us a three story, first-class
roller process mill. The lumber is %
the ground, and 1t will not only d'
Mr.. Medley credit, but will help III
city and country 10 just what We hav
so long needed. Success TO the Ell
terprise.
Oar new paper, The Leader wi
make its appearance this week an'
continue under very favorable circum
stances. Oar people are in goo'
spirits, and Clearwater is surely com
ing to The front. ALPHA.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03
ARKANSAS CITY.
ARKANSAS CITY, Oct. /, 50

ARKANSAS CITY, Oct. !, 50
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Your correspondent has been too
busy. at this point, TO gather news all
the time, but even in the rush of busi-
ness have Caught on" TO an item or
| two.
| w. Ayres & Co., proprietors of
the Canal mills. made an assignment
yesterday. have been unable TO get
their liabilities or probable assets. but
il is generally conceded that they are
badly involved.
Our town is still without any
provision whatever for fire, though
another warning was given few days
ago when flrst-class fire was
queuchcd by the arrival OF timely as
sis,ance. In the "burnt district" four
cellars are now being eXcavated by :.
B. Pickle. DIR. Shepherd, Mrs. ". Ben
edict and kroenest 4 Austin. Mr..
j. Sherburn is getting ready to COM
mcnce on his and Mr.. Bittle, who pur-
chased the orncr lot of Jas. Benedict.
saws he will put up a building full size
of the lot. 25xl32.
Commodore, J. {. Toplifi, our post
master. still holds the fort. though
there are a good many hungry Demo-
Gratis here who look with longing
ewes on the situation. Meanwhile
Brother Top keeps on the even tenor
of his way and will soon commence
the erection of a building 5oxl00 feet
on the south of the Haste Juilding.
Our farmers are complaining of no
market for their wheat. Several
loads of wheat had TO be hauled home
because il could not be sold here st
any price. This was hard on the
farmers and merchants too, as in
majority of cases the farmers wanted
the money TO pay their bills with.
Hog cholera has been very destruc-
tive along the Walnut river. but |
have not heard of the disease in any
herds except those along the river.
Soaring & Mead, Silas Kennedy,
Rev. Harris and George Whitney, are
the heaviest losers.
Railroad talk is now plenty, and Ar
kansas City appears to be in the right
place TO make good railroad town,
second only to the home of the EAGLE
and when the Territory Is opened for
settlement this place will be second to
none as an ou,fitting point, and | uu-
dersiand that the boomers wien they +
gather again will make this head /
quarters.
The latest Democratic badge l. 4
patch on the trowsers where they
come in contact with the chair when
sitting. | think it will be very FASH
ionable during this administration
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

4 Wichita man attended his wife.
funeral the other day. When he was
about Ia get into his carriage he found
his mothcr-in-law within. and backed
out very promptly. The ministe!
stepped up and quietly demonstrated
with him-told hIm he was making a
scene by refusing to ride with the old
lady. creating "a family scandal. etc.
"WclI," said the widowcr. with an air
of unwiIl ng resignation. IN get in,
but. darn il. shes spoiled the whole
pleasure Of the occasion for me-
Augusta Gazette.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

Topeka is more populOus this week
than Leavenworth was ever known to
be, and its population. too, has been
contributed by railroad lines that run
through Kansas City, instead of kav-
ing direct C, INJECTIONS with Chicago
Kansas City Journal.
Which is pure blow and rot truth
full. A very small per cent. of those
people, gathered at Topeka this week
came or went through EiaGsas City.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

Governor Martins several addresses
at the reunion, thus far, have been fe-
licitous and appropriate. The Cover
nor is just developing into one of the
few American orators like Blaine, who
can say the right thing, happily and
eloquentlv. at a half dozen meetings
every day, representing different III
terests.-kan-as City journal.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

The funeral of George Wilkes, wide
IL known throughout this country snd
Europe as the editor of Wilkes Spirit
of The Times. and an acknowledged
authority on sporting matters gener-
ally. was as quiet as his life has been
tpmultuous. He was man who
welded an almost unlimited sway in
the snorting world. and although he
made many bitter enemies py ms
course as a Journalist. he also mum,
bered his friends by the thousand, and
il is said Of him that he made MS
decisions in the sporting matters re-
ferred to him in strict accordance with
his own sense ofjustice and without
regard to the fact whether 1t would
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

People or at least portion OF them,
must be running wild over the base
ball craze Our dispatches are un-
necessarily encountered with account:
of these games which interest hut ;
very small minority of readers.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

The evil service commissioners are
getting very sick of the part that the
administration compels them to play
before the American people IL is in.
deed humiliating role, one fit only
for political lick spitties. Like Tho
fifth whec. TO a wagon they keep won
dering where their usefulness is Il
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

Cleveland now threatens 10 put Carl
Schur,z at the head of the civil service
commission. Still the Democracy con-
tinue to swallow their president-in
their platforms.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

Offensive partisan" now means any
mar who quietly voted the Republi-
can ticket But offensive partisanehiI
will come back yet like q crazy BOOM
erIng to torment the hypocriies " nc
invented the dodge,
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

Old Burchard has been RELOCATED
and ST. John is down in Ohio helping
Lager Beer Leonard, and the presi-
dents own state is getting into shape
to support the Republican nominee ioi
president in 1888.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-03

"Will Foraker make the fight on
Halstead's 1868 platform: asks the
Times. Would the Democracy dare to
make the fight in Ohio or New York
on the Chicago Democratic platform OF
lS64I-,Jourual.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
FOrceythe Wilson.

70 the Editor of the indianapolis Jou rnai:
Dr. Holmes, in his lecture on the poets of
America, said THE Old Sergeant, by Forceythe
Wilson, is the fines lyric our war has produced,
and casting about for some information of the
poet found him to be my next door neighbor"
Thus we learn that Mr. Wilson was a Boston
man, the son Of a wealthy father it seems.
only know of the poet through his wife, who was
Elizabeth Conwell Smith, the grand daughter of
James Conwell, the great land-holder
of Franklin and Fayette counties, Indi-
ana. Mr.. Wilson came to New AL
Albany during the war, where he met Miss
Smith, at that time school girl, and herself a
promising poet She was an orphan and fitting
herself to teach when she met Mr.. Wilson. Their
courtship was soon followed by marriage, which
occurred at the residence of Mrs Mary Harrison
OF indianapolis, whose generous spirit was in
terested in the fate of the lovely and gifted
orphan girl The welded poets went to Boston,
and Mr.. Wilson, one day, while driving his bride
through the beautiful groves of Cambridge she
was struck with the elegance OF certain
spacious house and grounds. In few
days she found herself the mistress of the spot
she had so much admired, where she lived in
idyllic happiness short year. and where she
died on giving birth to her frst-born Mrs
Wilson, with the infant, whose death preceded
hers is buried among her kindred at Laurel
Franklin county, Indiana, in the quaint little
country church yard, where forest trees and the
flow of the Whitewater sing her requiem.
After her death Mr.. Wilson published a volume
of his wifes poems for private circulation Her
picture, which graces the little volume, with its
flowing curls suggests Elizabeth Browning,
though much more beautiful The poems
showed great promise. Mr.. Wilson made fire.
ouent journeys to the spot where his wife was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
GEN. GORD0N'S CRY FOR AID.
concluded from First Page.l

was possible to do So Mr.. Gladstone said
he fully shared in the regret for the
loss of that gallant officer, General Gordon;
but there was some comfort in believing that no
great effuson of blood had occurred at Khar-
toum. The English mission in the Soudan was
the safety of Egypt The government might
have committed errors of judgment but
throughout it had acted with honesty of purpose.
He felt satisfied that other course
open to them. He referred to the better
government and other reforms established
in Egypt and said there was no longer any dan
ger of rupture with France, which had cordially
assisted in a measure which he hoped
in few. days to see. formally com
from bankruptcy. If Sir Stafford Northcots
wanted to establish good, stable government in
the Soudan, such covenant was not compati-
BILE with common prudence because it meant the
establishment of British government over Mo-
hammedans. This would entail an endless strug-
gle, for those people We're courageous by birth and
were reckless by fanaticism. The government
declined to enter into any covenant not reason
able and prudent Even without the determine
ton to smash the Mahd the spakim el sxpsfi tjsq
troops. If the House thought the gov
eminent had failed in its duty the
latter would cheerfully accept the verdict, but
if they believed it had acted with good
intentions and without palpaple errors of iudg-
ment, he hoped they would give expression to
to their confidence, and thus strengthen the
hands Of the whole country in the face of the
world Prolonged cheering.
Several speakers of less Importance then ad-
dressed the House. Mr., Redmond said the Irish
people desired to see tie Mahdi successful in his
struggle for liberty. Adjourned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
RELICS OF WASHINGTON.
Few of Them Possessed by Citizens of
Michigan.


Detroit Times.
Charles Hagadorn, of Ontonagon, writes that
his grandfather while boarding at the same
hotel with Washington, discovered hair in his
hash. He began to abuse the cook and was in
bad humor generally, when the waiter offered
to work all summer without tip if he would let
him have the hair.
''Why do you want it!S said Mr.. Hagadorn
s'Sr," said the waiter, that hair came from
the head of General Washington, and 81, ZOO, 600
would not buy it L. 900 years from now"
This decided the old gent, and instead of rails
ing further ado. he gave the waiter fifty cents
not to tell, and put it in an envelope 1t has
been cherished in the family and has been
found sovereign cure for toothache when ap-
piled externally.
Sarah Adelaide Pictou, Belleville spinster,
writes that she is an artist and has painted a
picture of Washington, which is very fine, and
which she intends presenting to Mr.. Scripp's art
museum, when he gets it. She adds, by way of
parenthesis that this is her first effort, and that
she has the hair two shades blacker than it
ought to be- his moustache is too heavy, and his
Prince Albert best coat has trife too wide a
lapel, but barring these defects, it is the best
picture ever made
Samantha Gage. of Grand Rapids, has the fol-
lowing, which G. w. wrote in her autograph al
bum one day after she had mashed him.
Fairer than the fairest.
Rarer than the rarest;
Oh. how would be blessed
Were by you caressed.
When this you see
Remember me.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the U. s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
Dickerins for Votes.

LONDON, Feb 23.-Secret negotiations are
being carried on between the government and
the Irish party in regard to the terms on which
the Irish members of Parliament will support
the government in the division on the
question of the vote of censure. Govern
ment agents, it is asserted, offer as a
return for such support a modification of the
crimes act; but Mr.. Parnell insists upon pledge
that there shall be no renewal of the act The
prospects for government majority are i'm
proving. The Marquis of Salisburys notice of
motion committing the Tories to a policy of
prolonged occupation of the Soudan has driven
the Radical section back into the government
ranks The cohesion of the group of peace ex-
tremists will secure to the government thirty
votes hitherto doubtful
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
The Libby Prison Tunnel.

National Tribune, Feb 10.
To the Editor: / read in the Tribune OF JAN
90, an article written by Capt j. T. Chalfant of
Pittsburg, Pa headed Libby Tunnel" in
which he gives a very accurate account of the
parties connected with that scheme. Col. A
d. Streight, of the Fifty first Indiana, had no
connection with the tunnel whatever. In fact
tunnel in progress until it was nearly completed
and he never was in it until he passed through il
III making his escape Colonel Thomas E. Rose,
of the Seventy seventh Pennsylvania, and my
self conceived the plan of tunneling under
Cary street, and he and 1 worked several
nights alone before we took any one into
the secret l have often read news
paper accounts making Colonel Streight the
"hero of that famous tunnel" but thinking
some one of the escaped officers would write it
in detail, have never attempted it, after a
lapse of twenty-one years. Captain Chalfant's
statement as to the officers connected with it is
correct, and the only true statement that have
ever read. Colonel Rose was a native
of Pittsburg and I have never been
able to find out his whereabouts, He
was one of the most noble and
brave men l ever knew-generous to a fault and
true steel l have often reflected over the
perilous situation were placed in while Dig
ging that tunnel. l would like to hear from
Colonel Streight, through your columns, and
hope he will come out and give the honor to
the brave men who are entitled to the credit
A. j. HAMILTON
Captain Company A, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
A Peace officer Killed by Drunken Mar
shall, and Bystander Wounded.

Mt STERLING, KY, Feb. %. Deputy marshal
j. d. Wyatt and John Gill to night arrested Mr..
Boyd, a merchant of Freestone station,
for being drunk. A. NJ. Bowling, friend of
Boyd who was also drunk, demanded his re-
lease, and secured it by covering the
officers with a pistol. The two went
to the depot. where large crowd was
awaiting the train The officers sum-
moned posse and surrounded them.
Bowling drew pistol, killed officer Gill,
and painfully wounded Howard Wilson. Two
other shots were fired without effect. Bowling
finally surrendered and was placed in Jail.
Bowling is town marshal of Farmers, in
Rowan County. and man who has
frequently stained his hands with human
blood. He was the officer who had
John Martin in custody, when Martin was being
taken from Winchester to Morehead Martin
was riddled with bullets when the train
stopped at Farmers, and with his dying
breath accused Bowling of his murder, Bowling
is said to have boosted openly on the streets
here, to-day of having killed Martin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
A SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY.
An Unfaithful Wife Drinks the Poison Pre-
pared for Her Husband.

An Unfaithfui Wife Drinks the Poison Pre-
pared for Her Husband.
PARIS Feb. 3.-The Figaro and other papers
publish the following melodramatic story
IA most sensational drama has just occurred
here in the family of wealthy, well known Ameri-
cans, residing near the avenue De Bots De
Boulogne The married couple lived most hap
PLY together for several years, but last week the
husband discovered that his wife was guilty of
c]andestine relations with his gardener. Ten
days later he found in one of his wife's dresses
love letter from the gardener, containing the fol
lowing sentence: Empoisonne ton Mariet nous
fuirons ensemble a New York on nous Vivrons
Heureux.' The husband said nothing In silence
he awaited the moment for terrible revenge
Last night as the husband and wife were going
to bed the wife placed, according to her
usual custom, two glasses of sugar and
water one for herself and one for her husband,
on the dressing table, near the bed, the WIFE as
she had always done, putting the sugar in the
water The husband watched the operation,
betraying no unusual expression. Just as the wife
was about to drink her husband asked her to
hand him a silk handkerchief that was hanging
on the back of the chair. As his wife turned to
take the handkerchief her husband quickly and
adroitly reversed the tray, upon which were
placed the two glasses, sc that the one intended
for him stood III the place of thAs intended for
his wife. The husband and wife then drank at
the same moment. AS the husband, after emp
tying his glass, calmly replaced it on the dressing
table his wife fell to the floor. shrieking in
agony. She had swallowed the dose Of strych-
nine that she had with her own hands prepared
for her husband The affair causes great SEN
sation. The wife is not dead yet, but is suffer
ing terribly. An official investigation is being
instituted, and the husband and gardener are ar
rpsttal y