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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23
ers of his in the congregation to occu-

ers of his in the congregation to occu-
by the permanently. Some of his con-
gregation objected TO his being the
permanent pastor, as it was Congre-
gational church and DIR. New
man had not identified himself with
the Congregational society, this caused
division in the church. The oprosi-
ton to DIR. Newman was headed by
DIR. Ranney, a praclicing physician in
the city and they have been in quar-
rel in reference to the matter for the
last year. The Ranney party have
finally come to the front and have a
majority of the trustees in their favor,
and the result will be that Newman
will be forced to resign. In the mean
time the interest on mortgage held
ON the church property by the Mutual
life insurance company, has not been
paid and the company have commence
ed proceedings to foreclose. Wheth-
er DIR. Newman remains in the church
or not, the feelings embittered be-
tween members of the congregation
will undoubtedly cause per
manent rupture in the church which
canuot well be healed. Gen. Grant,
who has been one of the twelve, de-
clines reelection.
There has been good deal of ex-
citement in the city during the past
few days. growing ont of the attempt
ed assassination of Capt. Thomas Phe-
Ian, which took place in the office OF
O'Donavan Rosa, the celebrated Irish
dynamiter. Ii seems that Phelan made
known an attempt to blow up the En-
glish vessel, 1.-The Queen" with dyna-
mite, about a year ago, and some dyn-
amiters have attempted to kill him
out of revenge. Phclan was invited
to the city by friends, and after arriv-
ing here was taken to the office OF
O'Donavan Rosa, and very soon after
he had taken his seat a man by the
name of Short was introduced to him,
and after a brief conversation took
place Short attacked him with dirk
and stabbed him several times. Pie
Ian was a very powerful man and
rushed out of the room aud into the
the street, where he fell from loss OF
blood ynd exhaustion The alarm was
given and Short was arrested and
locked up in police station and Phe-
Ian was taken to the Chambers street
hospital. The physicians there claim
that his wounds are not necessarily
fatal, and he will probably recover.
Whatever NAV be the result of the
feud, the English people are taking
great interest in the affair, as it &C.
cured in O'Donovan Rossa's Office.
They think, of course. it will show
I'D the character of the men who are
running that Office to the people OF
this country in such light that efforts
will vet be made not only 10 suppress
Rosa, but to break up the organiza-
ton which he claims to represent in
this country. f. 2. MILLER.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23
ISSION---NEW CONSTR
TUITION.

Senator Kelly of Sedgwick has in
iroduced two measures touching pro-
hibition matters, one calling a consti-
tutional conven ion aud the other re-
submitting the prohibition question
TO the people. In this aciion Mr.. kel-
~ is simply redeeming his open pledges
made in the campaige
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

A bill has been introduced in the
Kansas state senate which provides
for uniform text books for public
schools to be selected and decided up
on by the presidents OF the slate in
stitulions of learning, who shall have
power to make contracts for the book.
The bill was introduced by MIR. Was
sou, and puts an awful power into
the hands of about TOUR men who
could take one or two hundred thous-
and dollars for their decision and con-
tracts for any given five years. Re
member we only say could.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

Speaking of the passage Of the Ed
mands bill for the relief of General
Grant, the Boston Herald SAYS:
"Gen. Grants service 10 the union
were simply inestimable. lie left
life position at the head Of the array
to accept the presidency against his
inclinations. Private individuals have
since that time. given him tokens of
their gratitude and admiration, but
the nation has done nothing. The
least it can now do, in honor, is to
place him upon the retired list of the
army that he led to victory upon so
MANY and snch i'm rortant occasions.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

1t is not established that Schuyler
Colfax died of too much tobacco, but
the indications pointin that direction.
Some years ago he was warned that be
must restrict himself in the use of to-
bacco or take great risks Of death from
nicotine poison. Tobaero seems to be
the bane of many public men.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23
STATE OF KANSAS.

STATE OF KANSAS.
certify the above and foregoing fu complete and correct
allowed suth rzed BY the satufe
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

This name does not appear on
/ wit, county not liable. mot a
Has been allowed fall compensation
s-Sa me reason. Same resson
1e-An overcbarge Of Is dsys. Il
have Ger ificste IRON Jnstice- B-
5 claim. la--B.lieved to be sum
disorders must accompany blu
e reasons for not allowing claim,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

1-Prisnner rot convicted Y
docket in dis elk office. ;
u 1t. In this case in diet. court
according tn law In . previous
Sesame reason. 3--@sme reAso
Allowed In previous hill "a
~ 90 81 this bill audited In pre-
Client compensation. l5--L1id
or be certified by 1rustee. H.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New Hotel. Beecher's
Troubles. Sorghum Sugar. The
Senatorial Fight. More Church
Troubles. Pheian and
O'Donovan Rosa.

To the Etitor IF the Eagle:
/ recently received call from Mr..
Foster Roberts, one of the firm of
Roberts Bros. who are about to open
a hotel on Douglas avenue in Wichita.
have known The Roberts Bros. from
the time they were small boys. Foster,
the elder, was for several years a sue
cessful dry goods merchant aud clolh-
ing dealer in Penn Yam, N. Y. Sub
sequenily he went to Missouri and for
a time had charge OF bank in Spring
field, and later was the successful
manager of large eating house at a
railroad station near Springfield. Nor
decai Roberts, the younger brother,
has been for many years, and still j..
one of the chief clerks and managers
of the Siurtevant House in this city.
Foster is now in New York buying
the outfit for the hotel, and informs
me that for large number of rooms
he is getting furniture as good as that
found in the best rooms of the Sturte
want House. They expect to have the
hotel ready for business some time in
February. The people Of Wichita are
to be congratulated on the prospect OF
having hotel in their city rs good Us
any in the state of Kansas. The
knowledge aud reputation of the Rob-
erts Bros. as managers of an enter
prise of that kind, is a sure guarantee
of its success.
AT the annual rental of the pews in
Mr. Beecher's church, held OH the 9th
of January, there was a decrease in
the amount received for pew rents OF
about 81 600. Mr.. II B. Claflin and
some of his Democratic friends who
approved OF Mr.. Beecher's endorse.
Iaent of Cleveland, made desperate
effort 10 keep the rents up to the fig
ures of last year. MIR. Clafln paid
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

The law has clothed this woman with the
presumption of innocence, and before you
can find her guilty that presumption must
be dispelled by the evidence.
In this case the theory and charge of tie
government is that Nellie Bailey gave the
fatal shot which took the life of Clement
Bothamly; that she did the deed deliberately
and with reconciliation, and that she had "a
motive in doing it, the motive of gain; a
purpose of possessing herself of the real and
personal property of the deceased. The
theory of the defense is that the fatal shot
was fired by the hand of the deceased. either
voluntarily or involuntarily; either by &C.
cident or design. These two theories should
receive your most painstaking and careful
investigation in the light of the evidence.
You are not TO jump at conclusions. You
are to consider the time, the place and all
the circumstances; the probabilities
and evidence tending TO support
or overthrow either the one or the other
theory. a very pertinent subject of inquiry
is the existence or non-existence of a motive
for the defendant TO commit the crime
charged, for it is unusual for person to
commit henious offence without some mo-
tive. On this point the prosecution has Of
fered evidence to prove that Clement Both
emily was possessed of considerable real and
personal property; that previous TO his
death the defendant had managed to get the
real estate into her own assumed name; that
after his death she recorded the deeds of
conveyance, and had his sheep and other
property and WAS making her way to Texas
with it when arrested. These transactions
the defendant offers evidence to explain. She
claims that BothomIy for certain
reasons desired TO put his real
estate out of his own name ard that in TAX
ing the deed of the ranch she acted under
his directions, and that the reason for her
holding onto the sheep and other property
was that she had an interest in them as part
owner; that she had put nearly three or four
dollars of her own money into
the property. The defendant offers other
evidences to show that the deceased bee a
motive and good cause for taking his own
life. This evidence bearing upon the mo-
tives of the parties and the condua of the
defendant both before and alter the death of
as well AS on the night of his |
death, are import and demand your careful
You are to determine |
and decide the credibility OF the |
witnesses giving evidence in this
case. You have the right to discredit the
testimony of any witness in whole or in part !
# you consider it unworthy of credit, and in |
the weight to be givento the tes-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-02
SORGHUM SUGAR.
The Special Agents Report Shows the
Manufacture of 1T to be Complete

The Special Agents Report Shows the
Manufacture of 1t to be u Complete
Failure.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture has just issued re-
port by Professor Wiley, chemist of the de-
partment. upon the sugar industry of the
United States comprising statistics of cane,
beet sorghum and maple sugars. Some
idea of the value of sugar of all kinds used
in the United States may be formed when
it is considered that fair estimate of the
total cost to consumers places the sum at
$3.50. l3l. so. The duty paid bv consumers for
both sugar and molaSseS is about SSS0 5 per
capita, and the amount of sugar used per
her head is about tifty-Six pounds. The re-
port of Mr.. y. j. Decker, special agent of
the department. shows anything but favor
able report of the various efforts to manu-
facture sugar from sorghum in Kansas and
elsewhere While the amount manufactured
during the past year aggregate 100000
pounds, Yet the cost of production was so
great the enterprises entaiied heavy losses
almost everywhere. Referring TO the
Hutchinson. Kan, sugar works, Mr..
Decker observes: This factory was
built and operated by learn
GU CllelliSl, having nlgn scholarly hIIdltl-
ments. and his calculations gave the exact
amount of sugar that would be produced.
But his calculations were at fault some
where, for the season closed without devel-
oping single pound of sugar. The next
season, lSSs. the service of Prof. Man
gus Swenson, of the Wisconsin University,
was secured as Superintendent The re
suit of the seasons work was 2,0O0, 900
pounds of sugar. This was heralded by
Kansas Spectators as the solution OF the
sugar question. but the facts were that the
cost of production was far in advance of
the amount received for the sugar, and the
company became bankrupt. The
property not being suitable for other
purposes, another effort was de-
cided upon, and Professor Swenson placed
in the position of Superintendent for the
season of 1881 That season has now
passed, and the result shows 250,O 900 pounds
of sugar, but again at heavy loss in the
cost of production, and this factory will
probably not be run again for making sugar
from sorghum" The same conditions APP
pear TO occur with the Kansas sugar COM
pany at Sterling. Kan, Drumnond Bros,
at Warrensburg, Mo, Beleher Il Schwartz,
at EdwardSyille, H., and the Faulklin
Sugar Company, at Faulkl'n, Tenn.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-02
FAT AND LEAN WOMEN.
Wherein the Former Have Some Advantag
Over the Latter.

Wherein the Former Have Some Advanta &c
Over the Latter.
Nobody can be gay with martvred
liver, nor permanently attractive with
out genuine gayety. A lean woman has
some great advantages over a fat one.
She can always find ready-made clothes
to fit her. can walk far and fast with
out fatigue, and is not so much in the
way in the pit or balcony of q theater.
But her stout sister is not bound to
crowd on all the furniture that fashion
invents- Indeed, she must 90 in for
simplicity of nature. Her flesh, to a
great degree, clothes her. Also, when
side-teeth 90, the cheeks of the stout
or buXom matrOn do not fall in, nor do
her cheek-bones start out. Her skin is
not wrinkled parchment. and as her
face is ready to break out in dimples,
she can smile without revealing THAI
the art of the dentist has stepped in to
help her when nature failed. She can
also eat without the transit of the food
down her throat being visible, and is
never so hungry as if she were lean
Nobody plays such capital knife and
fork as a SkinnybOnia. 1t is Il mistake
to suppose that any woman approach
ing fifty, whether fat or lean, or half
way between both, can inspire the kind
of passion which the sight of beauty.
in its fresh bloom. calls forth. She NAV
be just as dear but it is idle for her
to hope that she may be as darling"
The empire of the middle-aged woman
is often absolute. but it is based upon
soft manners, good sense, elevated
feelings, and withal hidden spice of
scepticism and humbug. The Sterner
sex are never so happy as when they
are being humbugged by the fair sex
reason why benevolence should
prompt the latter to throw, now and
then, dust in the formers eyes.-LOn-
don TL1lfh
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-02
A FEMALE sPoopENDYke.
The Caricature Met With in a Female o.
an Arkansas Train.


was reading the other day about
old SpOopendyke-how the old sinner
lorded it over his meek and submissive
wife about the garden business, and
when she suggested the planting some
flower seed for ornaments he said:
What kind of flowers artificial
flowers | reckon-maybe you want to
plant some old bonnet wires and few
rags and raise you a spring bonnet.
And when she ventured to mention that
fountain would be pretty, he said:
Fountain how are You going to raise
a fountain-where are your seed-do
you expect to plant bucket of water
and have it come up Fountain"
Well. just want to get hold of him
and help his wife civiliZe him for about
fifteen minutes. | know some wives
who wouldn't need any help. The old
brute. When a woman does her best
to please her husband he ought to APP
pear pleased whether he is or not.
know some Spoopendykes and l have
no respect for them. But there are
some female SpoOpendykes, too, scat
tered around. l saw one in the cars
the other day over in Arkansas: she
and her old man got aboard at a
way station and took seat just be-
hind me in the smoking car, They
were right common peOple-that is, he
was. She had snuff stick in her
mouth. and when he mOtiOned her to
90 in the seat first she shook her head
and motioned him to go in. After
awhile the newsboy came along with
cigars and he took one and looked at
both ends and all around, and asked
the price. The boy said ten cents. He
smelt of the cigar and then felt for a
dime The old woman watched him
silently until then, but she couldn't
stand ii any longer
You amt Il gwine to give ten cents
for that seegyar. are you?" believe
l will, Sally" he said. jest to burn
up" said she That's what hits made
for, Sally said he. well. / do
knew" said she, I'd look at a dime a
long time before I'd give it for that
thing and then burn it right straight
up. If was gwine to be fool I'd be
fool some other way" BY this time
he had borrowed fire from me and got
the thing to burning, and as he pulled
the smoke upward he said: Sally, |
hain't smoked a seegyar in three
months, and we are on a sort of a frOlic
now, yOu know. You bought dimes
worth of snuff yesterday morning, and
if you hain't burnt it up you've mighty
nigh snufied it up-so what's the diff
ference, Sally?" ''Well, it was my
money" said she. 'My snuff never
cost you nothin' mary cent" And
my seegyar never cost you nothln',
said he, and he elevated his chin and
screwed up his mouth, and blowed the
smoke away up yOnder.-Atta'lta Con-
StitutiOH.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-02
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Elements That Enter Very Largely Into
Agricultural Calculations.

Elements That Enter Very Largely Into
Agricultural Calculations.
A traveller on agricultural business
especially, if we rightly remember. with
live stock in view-having occasion tc
visit a pastoral district of Britain, after
staying while at a farmhouse, re.
marked that the whole of the converse
ton during dinner was ''sheep. sheep,
sheep" and for the rest ofthe day, over
the evening cup of tea, or might cap"
of hot whisky and water, ''aIl dog, dog.
dog The story illustrates the ANNA
ting principle of the breeders business.
1t is not, Immediately, gain, although
the profits of his calling are of course
his ultimate reward and his means OF
living, but much nearer his heart than
the hope of profit is the thorough love
of bis business for its own sake. This
is doubtless one great secret OF the mar
velOuS advances in the improvement Of
all varieties of dOmeSt Gated animals:
but there * another side to the question.
The practical man wants to know more
than an owner, partial to the fruits OF
y
Rose colOred statements about the beau
ty Of this particular cow, the magnif-
cence OF that particular steer. altogeth-
er ''Oif book, may faScinate the group
of sympathetic listeners. but glowing
words will not fill pot or pan. We
must come to weights and measures,
the cheese press, and the smell of the
SHAMELESS, and, waving the ornamental.
examine the strictly unitarian side of
the question. Enthusiasm, one of the
most powerful of the forces which pro-
pei the work of improvement. is cause
of misleading eXaggeration in the tales
told when breeder joins breeder in re-
calling the pleasures and the successes
of a pursuit in which both are so deeply
interested. For historical purposes, and
for lasting standards whereby we NAV
measure the achievements of successive
periods by the achievements at the out
set of any breed, we want full accu-
rate statistics, tables of increase from
birth to butcher. tables of the quanti-
ties and variations of dairy produce.
and Il hundred other particulars for
precise data. so that the degree of use
fulness. for any special purpose, of
breed, a tribe, or family, or a single an
imal, may be accurately estimated, and
the stock owner NAV know always
whether the stock he sees are such ami
mails as will exactly suit his purpose
The exhibit on of dressed carcasSes. in
connection with the shows of fat stock. !
brought into competition alive, and
dead, is great step in adj
vance of old ways, and the scientific
tests of dairy cows are also improve
ments in the right direction. and should
be Loyalty supported. The more widely |
such trials of merit and their results are |
made known, the broader is the foun- |
dation of general and useful knowledge |
within the reach of those to whom it is |
essentially requisite. Stock Jour.
nal.
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FARM AND FIRESIOE.

Pears, peaches and ounces will not
thrive in the shade OF larger trees. -
Chicago Journal
"A wrser in the Country Gentleman
SAYS that good syrup can be made from
the sap of the soft maple tree.
Indian meal will remove spots of
grease or oil from carpets. Rub it on
the place to be cleansed until the meal
is discolored; brush it off and repeat
the process with more meal until the
spot has disappeared. - Philadelphia
Press.
Indian Bread: Two cups of Indian
meal. one-half cupful each of rye and
wheat flour. two-thirds of a cupful of
molasses, one pint of sour or buttermilk,
one teaSpoonful of saleratus or cooking
soda, one teaspoOnful of salt.-Ibe
Household.
Who has not observed that the soil
is always loose and moist beneath a
stone heap? The american Cuiticator
tells of some pear trees that were
mulched with stones, and which made
three times the growth of any other,
though all did well.
oil Goth may be kept bright when
almost worn out. if. after washing it,
YOU take flannel cloth and dip corner
of it in kerosene, and rub the oil cloth
with it. Of course, very little oil goes
a great ways, and care must be taken
not 10 use too much. Toledo Blade.
In melting maple sugar to make
syrup. put in only little water at first.
4 X,
a boil, add sufficient water to give the
desired thinness. Syrup so made will
be found much more satisfactory than
when the water is all put in at once
~ Y Examiner.
To fatten horse, mix 4 bushel of
flax seed, one of barley, one of oats and
one of corn, and grind the mixture
together. Feed two or three quarts of
the mixture three times day, mingled
with peck of cut hay and straw Ii
the horse eats readily. let the quantity
be gradually increased until he will eat
four or six quarts at every feeding three
times day.-RuraI NeU Yorker.
"A writer draws attention to the
necessity of treating stock with mild
ness, as having great influence on their
health, fattening, their yield of milk
and their working powers. The ami
mails treated with gentleness are quick,
lively and docile; they work at their
case, employ their strength in regular
manner and without effort. The attach
ment of the Arab horse for its master is
due to the extreme care bestowed on it,
and where it is reared under the tent of
the tribe Chicago Tribune.
The american CuktiUG'Or SAYS:
During the long summer days, when
cows fresh in milk have plenty of grass,
they can not carry with ease the burden
of milk produced between early morn
ing and the usual time for milking at
night. Milking at noon is a good plan
in such cases, as it nearly equalizeS the
intervening times. While the milk is
in the bag some of its fat is being con-
stantly absorbed by the cow. Hence
frequent milking produces a larger
product of butter, but the COW needs all
the heavier feeding to stand such de-
mand on her milk pIopueing capacity
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a Grsa, In,urapce compa,x.

BosroF, MASS, June 24.-Insuranes
Commissioner Tarbox has made report 10
the Attorney General of his investigaion.0t
the PEOPLES Benefit Company, of Boston,
transacting the business of life and health
insurance on the assessment plan, the result
of which he sums up as follows: The
facts dedueed satisfy me that the manage
ment of the corporation is grossly incomFe-
tent and careless of its trust, if not wilIully
dishonest, and if its affairs are not already
beyond reformation, the interests of its
members and the public demand change in
its business control By judicial intervention"