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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-16


This growth has been most remark
able in western Kansas-that portion
of the state lying west of the sixth
principal meridian, following the east
line or Republic, Cloud, Ottawa, Sa-
line, Mcpherson, Harvey, Sedgwick
and Sumner counties. In 1875 the
population west of this line, all told,
was 81, 292. 1t is, by the census OF
March l, 1885, APO, 900; and at the pres
ent time, with the years increase. is
but little less than contained in the
entire state in 1875.
In 1875 the wheat crop west of the
sixth princal meridian was but 2, $50, 1917
bushels, while in 1884 it was 19, 1l9.OOO
bushels.
The cultivated acres in 1875 were
S12, 847, while 1884 they were 1867 900
acres.
The corn crop in 1875 was II, 76s. 900
bushels, and 1884 it was 42,Si4,O goo
bushels.
The assessed valuation of this part
of the state i'm 1875 was but S13, 0OO,-
900, while for 1885 it was more than
$65, OOO, 600.
In the legislature the representati on
in 1865 was no senator's and twenty
six membet IF the house; it is now
eleven senatdks and forty-seven men,
bers.
The two counties of Sumner and
Sedgwick have more taxable property
than the total west of the sixth princi-
pal meridian in 1875, while Sumner,
SedgwIck and Mcpherson have an
aggregate population equal to the to.
tai west Of the sixth meridian in 1875.
Mcpherson county raised more
bushels of wheat in 'S4 than the entire
crop of the state in 1870 and more than
the entire product ten years ago west
of the sixth principal meridian.
The rapid growth, marvellous as it is,
this heretofore unparalleled develop
ment of the west, is being surpassed
at this time by the settlement west
of the one hundredth meridian. A
region Of country for years the
undisputed domain of the herdsman.
where the scorchiDg suns and blight
ing winds were supposed to guard the
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-16
THE GROWTH OF A DECADE.

During the winter and spring of
1875 an appeal for aid went up from
the newly settled portions of Kansas.
The crops of the previous year had
been consumed by the ::grasshopper,
and hence the Kansas pioneer of lim-
tied means was left in a pitable con-
dition. If he was the owner of a few
acres of wheat of the harvest of 1874
he was not under the necessity of
asking aid. If, however, his crop
consisted only Of corn and vegetables.
he was left destitute of the means of
subsistence for the ensuing winter.
That was enc of the years in which
Kansas, was tired, as it were,
by fire. The irresOlutc left, while the
more gritty remained. But with the
year 1875 began the most prosperous
era ever enjoyed by any state. 1t has
been ten years of remarkable growth
in all that goes TO make great state.
A brief comparison will serve to show
the wonderful development that has
taken Dlace:
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-16

Wichita the coming city Of the West
what they Will be few hence.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02


He was Edward e. G. Judson, of the great
Christian missionary family of that name.
His father was Philadelphia lawyer, in
which quiet city this restless spirit was born.
His father intended him for legal light, but
the youngster ran away to sea in ship going
around the Horn. On his return home his
father endeavored to show him the career
that the study OF Blackstone might bring him
But without avail; then, making a virtue Of
the necessity, his father appenticed his way
ward boy to the United States ship Mace
donian, obtaining for him midshipman's
position. His Acknowledgment, in their
youthful would-be aristocracy, refused to
associate or mess with him on the ground that
he had served as q common sailor and was
not their equal. He certainly was not, for be
proved himself very soon their superior, chal-
lenging them all to fight, one after the other,
and coming off victorious in each contest.
One Of his antagonists is now an admiral In
the navy. After that there was no more talk
about equality. While serving in the navy he
rescued the crew of boat which had been
run down by ferryboat in New York har-
Dor. But it was on land, not ON sea, that
young Judson's most adventurous period was
passed. As an Indian fighter and as a scout
in the great civil war he became Justly
famous. On the plains he met with Capt.
Jack Crawford, who regards Ned Buntline as
the bravest man he has ever met, while as to
his craftsmanship there can be no dispute.
On shipboard he broke small bottle sus-
pended from the yard arm with one shot and
cut the cord that had held the bottle with the
shot following, and years after, in trial of
skill with Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and several
Indian chiefs he took the first prize for
quick, sure aim. His adventures among the
Indians would fill volumes He was great
admirer Of the Indian character, though be
took no stock in "Cooper's Indians" as he
called them.
Ned kept himself constantly before the
public in some sensational way. He was
leader in the Known Nothing movement. Was
arrested as one of the principals in the For
rest Macready Astor place riots in New
York. He was tried before Judge Charles P.
DAILY, whom Ned had been attacking for
years. The judge magnanimously gave him
but one year in the penitentiary. He had al
ready begun to fire the youthful heart with
his Munchausen tales, and this he continued to
his death. No one can estimate the number
of stories he wrote. His income from this
source averaged $4,000 year. During the
war he was arrested and confined in Fort
Lafayette for overstaying his parole He
had tried nearly everything in his time
and it was to be expected he would
try the stage. This he did, in company with
Buffalo Bill, for whom he wrote a play.
Their first appearance was in st. Louis, and
as it was new business for them, both became
stage struck. Buffalo Bill forgot his part,
Ned became boggled, and the play ended in
roaring farce.
OF late years Buntline was living on his
farm at Stamford, N. Y, where he leaves his
fourth wife and a family. He was model
of muscular vigor, as his picture indicates, up
to the day of his DEATH
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
IHE pEMoCkAIIO NORTHWEST THURSDAY SEPTEMBER ISIS

there Tnigh1 be harmoniously settled
between the'two Democratic candidates
by the vOludlary withdrawal Of one OF
them. This hope has proved TO be in
vaini and speedy action was needed II
this important district was to be saved
to the party. 1t has now been taken;
and the Democracy of the land, as we'll
as OF Indiana, will approve it.
The course of the District Committee
will doubtless be to call another con.
vention. Any other method would be
disappointing and dangerous. There
splenty of time for that, If it Is done
quickly. Very likely the old quarrel
will make its appearance again, and
very likely the covention will be an
unusually lively one. But ample pre-
cautions can be taken to insure fair
result-to render certain the nomina-
ton of a candidate who is the choice of
the majority of the Democrats of the
district. That choice once fairly in
dicated, and the chickering's will pass
away like morning mist under the
fierce blaze of the risen sun.-Enquirer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
Poverty-stricken Blacks.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from James Island, s.
T., says: The common life of the ne
groes is indescribably rude and cheap.
Not one cabin in ten has S5 worth of
furniture in it Every article in many
of them could not be forced to a sale in
Indiana. In some there is no bedding
except quilt for each one, and with a
pile OF cotton, rags, or dried moss. Fre-
quently there are no dishes in the house
except gourds and the cooking utensils.
It is very rare TO see book or paper.
For chairs they generally use box
picked up at the nearest store. But they
have Sunday clothes'-the exceptions
are very few-and make their best ap-
pearance on that day. The abundance
OF fish, oysters, and clans helps them
greatly, especially in these hard times.
No whisky is sold on James Island.
There is no school for whites, but the
colored schools are fairly well conducted
and run three months; teachers sala,
ries $25 per month. The advances
made by factors on last years crop are
not yet repaid, as the cyclone DESTROYED
the cotton: so advances are slow this
spring. Even the carts and mules are
mortgaged. and the poverty of ordinary
times is now intensified. Pearl grits
cost the laborer $1.40 per bushel, one
bushel lasting man month when he
uses no bread, as many do not. A
rather poor article Of bacon is retailed
at cents. Groceries retail as with us;
but the negro buys very little now. Only
the better families ever use coffee. But
ter ranks as a luxury. The lank COWS
which Craze on the salt marshes yield
thin article of milk-six or seven quarts
a day in the season; in the coolest
weather they 60 dry. A stout woman
can earn 40 cents day in the field, and
a man 80. There is very little home
life among the colored. Their cabins
are generally so small and uncomfort-
able that the family is never in them
except when it rains or is extremely
cold. The past winter was the coolest
ever known or the islands, and follow
ing the losses by cyclone caused much
suffering. In more than one family the
bread and bacon are now reserved for
those only who work in the field; the
children and older people, the decrepit
and idle, live on grits and the products
OF the creeks, such SIS oysters, fish,
clans, and even mussels. One hears
very little merriment on working-day.
The people cheer up when they meet on
Sunday and chatter like a flock of par
rots; but the prevalent feeling seems to
be sad one. On the whole the expert
ence of a day and half here is rather
and do not admire the
prospect of journey from here to Beau
fort"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
Instantaneous Photographs.

The friends were standing where the
Catskill hills lay before them in echelon
toward the river, the ridges tapping
over each other and receding in the
distance, graduation of lines most artis-
tically drawn, still further refined by
shades of violet, which always have the
effect upon the contemplative mind of
either religious exaltation OF the kind
ling of sentiment which is in the
young akin to the emotion of love.
While the artist was making some
memoranda of these outlines, and Mr..
King was drawing l know not what
auguries of hope from these purple
heights, a young lady seated upon a
rock near by-a young lady just step
ping over the border-line of woman
hood-had her eyes also fixed upon
those dreamy distances, with that look
we all know so well, betraying that shy
expectancy of life which is unconfessed,
that tendency to maidenly reverie which
1t were cruel to interpret literally. At
the moment she is more interesting than
the Catskills the brown hair, the large
eyes unconscious of anything but the
most natural emotion, the shapely waist
just beginning to respond to the call
of the future-it is pity that we shall
never see her again, and that she has
nothing whatever to do with our jour
ney. She also will have her romance;
fate will meet her in the way some day,
and set her pure heart wildly beating,
and she will know what those purple
distances mean, Happiness, tragedy,
anguish-who can tell what is IN store
for her? l cannot but feel profound
sadness at meeting her in this casual
way and never seeing her again. Who
says that the world is not full of
romance and pathos and regret as we
go our daily way in it? You meet her
at railway station; there is the futter
of veil, the CLEAN of scarlet bird,
the lifting OF q pair Of eyes--she is
gone; she is entering drawing-room,
and stops moment and turns away;
she is looking from window as you
pass-it is only glance out of eternity;
she stands for second upon a rock
looking seaward; she passes YOU at the
church door-is that alp It is dis
covered that instantaneous photographs
can be taken. They are taken all the
time; some of them are never developed,
but / suppose these impressions are
all there on the sensitive plate, and that
the plate is permanently affected by the
Impressions. The pity of it is that the
world is so full Of these undeveloped
knowledges of people worth knowing
and friendships worth making. Charles
Dudley Warner, in Harper's Magazine
for May.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
This Is Right.

The Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Indiana, after long and pa
tient waiting, has at last realized that
the situation prevailing in the Indian
apolis Congressional District would not
cure itself, and has, therefore, resorted
to heroic treatment. 1t has removed
both Mr.. Bynum and Mr.. Bailey from
the field, and has left with the District
Committee authority to take such steps
as it may deem necessary for the filling
of the vacancy.
This action can not be too warmly
commended. 1t was long hoped by
this paper, and by all good Democrats,
that the singular difficulty existing
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
A RAILROAD CLUB HOUSE.

The Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt to Hif
EMPLOYEES.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

Not every girl wants to get married,
but all of them want to vote Only last
year at the elections in Western Mon
tana for territorial school super
intendents there were four Richmonds
in the field. Three were females and
the fourth--a man. In Bozeman old
placards on the fences can still be seen,
appealing to the passers-by to "Vote for
Miss Hamilton, the Peoples Choice" ;"
Miss Hamilton got there and her COM
petitors were all left. ''the man" bring
ing up the rear. Helena has lady
superintendent Of schools who has In
dian blood in her veins and who is
highly educated She has also marked
dramatic talent, and plays Charlotte
Cushman's roles.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

SHOOTING FLYING oBJECTS FROM SADDLE
Immediately Erastus Wiman, the late New
York newsboy, sets apart two large tracts Of
land to be devoted to the amusement of the
people. Like the wizard that he is, he seems
to touch these places with his magic wand,
and almost Immediately these grounds are
transformed into amphitheaters, the like of
which have not been seen since the days Of
Titus. One of these, as in old Roman days.
is dedicated to national games, and in the
other is reproduced the thrilling spectacles of
war and contests with untamed beasts, just as
exciting probably, though not so sanguinary,
as the exhibitions which used to delight the
old Roman maids and matrons In the Colos-
scum And all that great railroad may be
induced to come that way. Who knows but
Erastus may have copied the scheme Of some
former Roman namesake, and that the re-
nowned Appian Way was built to carry the
populace to some great wooden amphitheater
which did not long stand times ravages, but
was constructed to bring the Via Appia that
way, and thus enhance real estate around it
to the discontinue of advocates of some other
route
On visiting the largest amphitheatre it
would seem that we are not removed many
generations from Pagan Rome. There are
realistic encounters between Indians and
whites, and contests in which wild buffaloes
and vicious horses, mules and steers test their
powers with men; and when the bucking
burro or steer comes nearest to annibilating
his rider then is our modern maiden most
pleased. The gladiatorial combats only are
missing to take us back 1900 years.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

TIE V1NENDl1'sHIII .CLUb HOUbH|
The number of railroad accidents due to
tne unitness Of railroad employees through
unsteady habits will OF course never be
known, yet 1t Is a well understood fact among
railroad managers that in the major part Of
the accidents due to negligence, investigation
showed incidentally, though the fact was
considered hardly worthy of notice. that tbe
unfort,nate enonlove sshod not lao, +aI,;ns. Sr.
nro,,a,. 90 10 ~ hi,,soIe, '' 'oo" '1Aii'
p'pt;, ps;,,s oa.o u ~ nlsen:
I, Is.iiivau ,,a. corpolations nave heretofore
cared little for the comfort OF their en-
ployees. 1t is expected hat tEsy be ready to
undertake any extrs work in the wav
of long runs. often W,tn,,,t rest fo,. davs
often sending them into stra,,oa towns m 1T ,S;tt
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

yIJE have one OF the finest meat markets In this
w section, and will slsays keep on hand choice
meats Of nil kinds, and viii pay the highest cash
price for cattle, hogs sheep, Calves poultry, hides
Ard p.lts Farmers having any Of these to cell will
~ w.ito call The p,sslic il respectfully Ia.
sitct 81 Ca snd give NJ Ii 81 v i will guerEntef
"a isiaeEsUa, lGulMAN HHOR.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

1t is a novel scheme, and originated with
Erastus Wiman, the only man who would be
likely to conceive such thing and be able to
carry it to what already seems to promise a
satisfactory conclusion. The idea is this:
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad, as is well
known, is seeking an entry into New York.
When it reaches point in New Jersey about
twenty miles southwest of New York city
there are two courses open to it, and both be-
set with difficulties One is to make COM
promising arrangement with one of the rail-
roads who own the whole water front on the
west bank of the Hudson, opposite New York.
The other plan would be to cut across the
Arthur Kills and make the terminus at Staten
Island, connecting by ferry, Of half hours
sail, with New York. There are some draw
backs to this scheme, but it is said that the
Baltimore and Ohio people have told those
interested in the Staten Island route that If
they will show them traffic to warrant them
building powerful and fast ferryboats they
viii be inclined to listen to the claims Of
their island.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

Itch, Prairie Mango, and Scratches of
every kind cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by d. J..
Humphrey. Druggist, Napoleon. f18-ly
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02

Nothing SO much: destroys our peace
efmind as to hear another express an
intention to give us piece of his. IN
y Hyald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
The LAre NED auNrLlNE.

Tho Life Romance Of one OF the Great.
est Romsncers.
SIZED Buntlinep Is dead What reader Of
the sensational, hair-raising, blood-curdling
penny-awful story papers has not heard Of
him Little wonder that be did the work
through which he was known, for his career
outromanced any Of this Hctions. It can be
but briefly noticed here.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-09-02
PIONEERING A RAILROAD.
WILD WEST SCENES REPRODUCED IN
ADVANCE or THE 8. AND O.


A Novel Scheme to Create a Tramc-A
Modern Amphitheatre In which Indian
Fights and Contests between Man and
Beast are Exhibited.
The Indian scout blazed the way for the
mail coach, and the latteris beaten track
opened the route for the iron horse. This is
the history Of the rails progress across the
country. In advance Of the railroad were
Indian fights and wonderful individual ex-
ploits by brave scouts and pioneer settlers;
thrilling trips Of the pony express and hair
breadth escapes Of the stage coach. Then
came the cowboy and the Mexican greaser,
and coupled with all were herds Of buffalo
and deer and droves Of wild horses and cattle.
These are things Of the past, one would say,
yet SO strange are the mutations of time that
we find these same 1irring scenes of the wild
west reproduced in one Of the suburbs of New
York city, to lead the way toward the extend
ing Of another railroad to that metropolis
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
FOOLISH FUss--WICKED WORK.
Adam DrattOn, with Il Fatal Wound
in His Body, is Waiting for the


We presume that while nearly every body
on the public square knew all old man and
old woman who for the last year or two have
cut wood for the stores or offices as they could
get q job, very few of our people ever thought
of enquiring their names. Their names were
Adam and Eve Brattun, and they live n mile
and Il half from town on the Greenwood road,
just in front of the tree on which the lynchcd
negro was hanged some two or three years
ago. 1t was the custom of this old woman to
contract Tor the cutting and carrying in of Il
load of wood. The old man would cut while
she carried it in the house unaSSisted-whcn
her daughter did not help her-hc seldom pre-
SuminS TO do any part of This work. When
the job was completed She always collected
the money, the old man seemingly deem ing
II q privilege to he even cOncurrinS member
of the firm of which she was treasurer and
business agent From all indications more
peaccable people nevernppcarrd on the street,
and the old mans hacked and wcathcr-bcat-
en- appearance was calculated to excite SYM
pathy. Under these circumstances nobody
Of killing anybody or that anybody ever
thought OF killing him. But the unexpected
always happens. That old man was shot last
Monday morning, and hc is now on his DEATH
bed. only waiting Tor the execution OF the i'm
mutablc laws of nature, which, in cases like
his, docs its fatal work certainly and speedily.
Last night Trial Justice Del}ruhl took his
ante-nortcm statement In the presence Of
witnesses. 1t seems that the girl Ohc old
mans Stcp-daughter) and Il young culOrcd
man threatened orassaultcd him. when he got
his pistol To protect himself The boy then
threw him down, turned the pistol. which the
old man held in his own hand ami diScharg-
ed il, the ball passing into his bowels Just be-
body, striking and breaking Il rib in the back.
1t is supposed the ball passed through the low
cr part ot the liver, and the bowels, inilicting
what DR.. Gary regards as Il fatal wound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
The Press and Banner
W Wednesday, Sept. %, 1886.
Public Meeting.

According to advertisement, a public meet
in. was held in the Court House last Satur-
duv morning. The Court room was fairly fill
cd with people from town and country: The
County chairman. Mr.. Benet, presided, ana
manner. The first speaker was Hon. K. w;
Simpson. Of Anderson county. who discussed
the tariff, the Blair bill, the silver coinage; the
civil service. and other matters for something
like an hour. The next speaker Hon. james
y. Lipsccmb, followed in n speech of perhaps
an hours length, delivered in his usual forcl
BILE manner. He like his predecessor, discuss
ed national issues, ana pledged himself as an
advocate of any measure looking to the good
of the people.
Hon. Il. w. Simpson stated in behalf Of
Hon. George tombstone, that he was surfer
ing from sore throat, which fact together with
telegram from home, had made it impossible
for him to be here or that day.
Both speakers left town by private convey
ancc the same eevcning.