New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-15
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The news that another eounty-seat war has
broken out in Kansas has found its way TO New
York by telegraph The roar OF the last Kansas
countv-seat war has but just died away below
the horizon: and here we have another. Kansas
is again in the saddle Once more q four-mule
team is attached 10 one of her courthouses and
it is going across the prairie on fast trot The
existence of the Western Kansas courthouse is at
the best but transitory and uncertain. The
Golden morning sunlight floods ii In Pottawsttamie
CITY: but it's lengthening evening shadow falls
across the streets Of Little Paradise Valley. It's
bour is brief; it asks not to stay. One day
tbe stray swine of Occidental City seek Its
hosn,table shade; the next some predatory calf
In Rig Stranger hunts open the back door ana
eats deed and two mortgages while the Register
IL taking a nap. Like the loved flower IT is
the first to fade away. To-day we mark IL IN
Grand Junction. with o new front door painted
yellow and the gable-end blown of by the last
tornado: but tonight band OF determined men
will come from Rattlesnal1e Crossing and haul
IL away with O yoke Of oxen, and the Mayor
and City Council Of Rattlesnake pushing on
the rear end. The Kansas courthouse is like
a feverish dream lit is the Wandering Jew among
public institutions.
ingalls, in Gray County. The leading citizens
Of ingalls, have led an attack on the courthouse
at Cimarron with the intention of getting
rope around IL and dragging 10 away to their
town. thus giving their real estate boom but
the people Of Cmarron determined to defend
their local institutions at whatever cost, and
when the Ingallsites crept up on their hands
and knees at about o'clock in the morning. look
ing for courthouses, the Cimarroners applied
stay OF proceedings in the way of repeating
rifles and double-barre1ed shot-guns The gentle
men from ingalls, retreated, carrying of their
wounded but not until they had replied with
their own weapons and disabled o number OF
the prominent residents Of Cimarron. Governor
Martin has ordered out the militia, but 1t IS
not at all likely that this win make any notice
able difference The way State militia usually
does not suppress trouble is mastery. Our State
militia does not as general thing, rush in where
angels or anybody else in particular fear to tread
They have wheels on the Gray County, Kansas,
courthouse before this time and IL has begun 10
make regular trips. Leaves Cimarron at mid
night, arriving in ingalls, in ample time for
breakfast; returning, leaves ingalls, the
next night at the same hour. This is the great
trunk line
There are advantages in thus having a NOV
able courthouse which do not appear the
surface. As 10 goes past people can stop 10 and
pay their taxes. The attorneys in the various
towns IL stops in or passes through can get their
deeds and other papers recorded without making
O trip or trusting 70 the uncertain mails IL
brings the county capitol 10 every mans door.
In Western Kansas II q man will NOT go TO the
courthouse, the courthouse will come to him. II
has one drawback, and that is that it sometimes
makes ii discouraging for the Woodworking local
editor "Our readers will please overlook the
small amount OF original matter we present To-
day. said Kansas paper few weeks after
the recent election. We had prepared two
column article with great care on the Solid and
Permanent Character of Rocket City's Growth
and even after Gopher & Whistles large dry-goods
store had fallen with a crash. fire had consumed
the railroad depot and the high wind had blown
the steeple of the Episcopal church and car
ried away the new schoolhouse we intended TO
publish it; but when the boys arrived from
Prairie Dog and dragged the courthouse away
with them our heart failed us and we filed
up with some pearls OF thought and lot Of
receipts for making soap, clipped from St Louis
paper. There will be grand rally tonight al
il o'clock OF all persons interested in the pros.
psrity OF our city, 10 fetch back the courthouse
Gentlemen are requested to bring their guns