THE WINFIELD COURIER

[BILL FOR RELIEF OF HOMESTEAD AND PRE-EMPTION SETTLERS.]

[WARNING AGAINST FRAUDS NOT GIVEN ANY TOO SOON.]

[SERVICE BY K. C., L. & S. RAILROAD.]

[OBJECTING TO WIRT W. WALTON'S COMMENTS.]

[MAKING POLITICAL SLATES.]

The Telegram plumes itself on the fact that we did not deny its version of how some Republicans had been making up political slates. Its editor is too modest when he supposes that his inventions will be taken as truths unless contradicted. That yarn was a pretty good joke on certain Republicans; and is so taken and needs no denial.

[OSAGE LANDS.]

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MAY 6, 1880.

There is but one Central Hotel in the Walnut valley, and that is run by Charlie Harter and Sid Majors. There could not be two like it in one community. The house itself could be duplicated, but you could not find another Harter by a large

Major-ity. Clay Center Dispatch.

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MAY 6, 1880.

Having returned from Manhattan, where I have been for some time, I will give you a few items from this place again.

NOTE: HE WAS A STUDENT AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

Crops in this part of the county, as in all other parts, are suffering greatly for rain.

Mr. W. H. Gilliard returned from the Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on the 25th. He visited these springs for the purpose of recovering his health, which has been quite poorly for some time. Although he received no marked benefit during his short stay, he speaks in flattering terms of their curative powers. There are people there from all parts of the States, and he heard no complaints about the springs. He returned because he could not habituate himself to the water.

Eld. R. S. Thompson and wife will start for the Eureka Springs some time next week.

It is astonishing to see and count the number of emigrants who daily pass through this place on their way to Colorado. Probably they will return after many days.

Our school house was pretty badly damaged by the wind of April 18th, the west side giving way at the bottom and letting the floor down. It will be repaired this week.

Rev. McCuen has been chosen by the Baptist Church of this place to preach for them this year. He delivered his first discourse last Sunday.

April 27, 1880. CAESAR.

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[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, MAY 6, 1880

NOTE: ED. P. GREER, LOCAL EDITOR. (APPEARS IN THIS EDITION.)

District Court convened Monday.

The "Rifles" met for drill in the opera house Tuesday afternoon.

Winfield Courier, May 6, 1880.

Read's Bank is being papered and fixed up in fine style.

M. L. Robinson is again on the streets after his severe illness.

Mrs. Beach is disposing of her entire stock at reduced rates to quit the business.

Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Brettum arrived Tuesday evening are and are stopping with C. C. Black.

See "ad" of Pryor & Kinne in reference to the Howland addition, in another column.

NOTE: I LOOKED AND LOOKED AND COULD NOT FIND!

RECKON WHAT THEY REFERRED TO IS THE FOLLOWING...

Pryor & Kinne platted and are selling lots in the Howland addition. This is one of the finest portions of the city, and persons desiring residence property cannot find a more pleasant location.

We have on hand several hundred old papers, which we wish to sell. Price 50 cents a hundred.

John D. Pryor has a handsome little girl baby at his house, of regulation weight and as frisky as anybody's baby.

Mr. C. M. Martin was on our streets Monday. He has had his arm reset and hopes to be able for business again soon.

Capt. C. M. Scott was in town last Tuesday. He is selling the state ponies used by the Patrol Guard last summer.

Winfield Courier, May 6, 1880.

Steamer Necedah

Will leave her landing at Bliss' mill, on Saturdays, at 2 and 4 o'clock p.m. on a trip up the Walnut, 5 miles and return, to accommodate any and all who may wish to take a boat ride on a live steamer. On Sundays will go out every 2 hours. Parties wishing the services of the boat on other days during the week, for picnics, etc., should leave orders on slate in cabinet shop in old ten pin alley.

Also all kinds and styles of boats neatly built to order.

E. R. APPLEBY.

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Wirt Walton, of the Clay Center Dispatch, in speaking of Miss Clara Lemmon, the assistant State Superintendent of Public Instructions, says: "We cheerfully bear testimony of her competency to discharge the duties of the office; and can safely add that what she accomplishes will be done in the most agreeable and satisfactory manner. The county superintendents and school principals of this part of the State, would almost be willing to favor the 'State-House Ring,'--if there is such a ring,--if by so doing Miss Lemmon could have another term."

Take care, Wirt, you're getting back to your "old tricks" again.

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The change in the time of the A., T. & S. F. gives universal satisfaction here. The passenger leaves here between three and four o'clock p.m., and arrives in Kansas City the next morning at six. Our businessmen can visit K. C. by this route, have one day there, and only be absent from home from one evening until the second morning. This arrangement will be a great saving of time.

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Mr. R. R. Conklin has been admitted as a member of the firm of Gilbert, Jarvis & Co. Roland is one of the few young men of our acquaintance who are perfect in all that goes toward making up a gentleman. Kind and courteous in his manner, but firm and active in business matters, he will be an honor as well as a help to the firm of which he is now a member.

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Mr. A. E. Millspaugh, from Burlington, Iowa, has opened a law office here. He is a son of our highly respected citizen, Mr. J. W. Millspaugh, is a young man of talent, education, and good, sound common sense, and has obtained considerable renown in his profession. We are always glad to welcome such as Mr. Millspaugh to Winfield.

NOTICE: A. E. MILLSPAUGH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. OFFICE ON NINTH AVENUE, EAST OF MAIN STREET, WINFIELD. WILL PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE LITIGATION.

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In another column will be found an advertisment, of the

S. A. Brown & Co. lumber yard. This is one of the largest lumber companies in Kansas; their yard is the larges and best furnished, and their salesmen the most accommodating in the city. Our readers, one and all, should visit the S. A. Brown & Co. yards before purchasing lumber.

BELIEVE I ALREADY GAVE THEIR AD.

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J. F. Witherspoon, of Winfield, has leased D. W. Jones' "Star Stable" and has opened up a feed and livery stable. Mr. Witherspoon will keep only first-class teams and rigs, and if the team we rode after last Tuesday is a fair sample, no stable in the state can excell the "Star." Caldwell Post.

J. F. Witherspoon used to run the Leland Hotel at Winfield, but sold out just in time to escape the conflagration of last week. [COURIER.]

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Last Monday the COURIER job office turned out $54.25 worth of job work. This is perhaps the largest amount ever turned out in Winfield in as short space of time. The recent additions to our job department enable us to do better work at lower rates than has ever been offered in Winfield. Call and examine our samples.

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The furniture firm of Johnson & Hill is getting up a big boom in their line of business. Almost every hour during the past few days teams have been loading or unloading in front of their store, and Jim looks as smiling and happy as he did in the palmiest days of the "St. Nick."

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Miss De Grasse has made an engagement with the Musical Society of Eldorado to conduct a Musical Convention at that place, commencing Monday, May 10th. Arrangements are being made for the entertainment of non-residents who may wish to become members.

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MAY 6, 1880.

Last Thursday night, between 11 and 3 o'clock, Winfield was visited by the most disastrous conflagration yet happening within her borders. The fire started in the old log store, one of the landmarks of the town, and for years occupied by the COURIER, but was now being used by F. Leuschen as a cabinet shop. The fire is supposed to have originated from the old rags, oil, and varnish in the shop. The alarm was given before the fire was thoroughly underway, and had those first on the ground been furnished with decent appliances, it might have been controlled, saving thousands of dollars worth of property. The old log building was like a tinder box and made a very hot fire. Next to it on the east were two buildings, one belonging to C. L. Harter and occupied by the moulder at the foundry, the other owned and occupied by Robert Hudson. These buildings were both destroyed, but the contents were saved.

Immediately west of the log building, across the alley, was an old livery barn belonging to Hackney & McDonald, which was the next to go.

From this the fire was communicated to the Central and Lindell hotels. As soon as it was evident that the hotels must go, the work of getting out the furniture began. Carpets, bedding, crockery ware, and furniture of all descriptions were tumbled promiscuously out of windows and doors into the street, much of it being broken and smashed. The hotels being dry, pine buildings, burned rapidly, sending up large cinders which fell in different parts of the city, making the utmost vigilance necessary to keep them from igniting buildings three blocks from the fire.

When the two hotels caught, everyone turned their attention toward saving the buildings on either side of the street. They were covered with men who handled buckets of water and barrels of salt, and by their exertions prevented the fire from spreading and destroying the larger part of the business portion of our city.

The old part of the Central Hotel was owned by Jas. Jenkins, of Wisconsin. The new part of the Central Hotel was owned by Majors & Harter. They had sold out to A. H. Doane, and were to have given possession Saturday morning.

The Lindell Hotel was owned by J. M. Spencer, and was leased by Jas. Allen one month ago.

Our citizens generously opened their homes to the homeless people, and accommodations were offered for more than was needed.

The following is a list of the losses and insurance.

Captain Stevens, store, loss $1,000; no insurance.

Fred Leuschen, furniture store and dwelling, loss $1,200. Insurance on stock, in Home, of New York, $300.

C. L. Harter, tenant dwelling, loss $300; no insurance. Tenant had no loss except damage.

Robert Hudson, dwelling, loss $800. Mrs. Hudson removed most of her furniture. No loss except damage. No insurance on either house or contents.

Hackney & McDonald, livery stable occupied by Buckhart, loss $800; no insurance.

Central Hotel, main building: James Jenkins, loss $3,500; insurance, $1,500 in the Atlas.

Central Hotel, Majors & Harter portion: loss to building, $2,500; insurance, $2,100, as follows: Weschester, Springield Fire & Marine and Hartford, $700 each. [Their insurance was on building and furniture.] The loss of Majors & Harter in excess of their insurance will be upwards of $3,000.

PUZZLING! $2,100-INSURANCE...AND YET $700 EACH ($1,400)...DOES

NOT COMPUTE WITH $2,100 INSURANCE...COULD BE THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $2100 AND $1400 WAS INSURANCE

ON CONTENTS!

J. M. Spencer, Lindell Hotel, loss $2,500; insurance $1,000, as follows: Fire Association, $500; Phenix, of Brooklyn, $500; James Allen, loss $1,000; insurance, $800.

Policies are in the agencies of Gilbert, Jarvis & Co.; Curns & Manser; and Pryor & Kinne. The companies are all first class, and the losses will be promptly adjusted and paid.

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Winfield Courier, MAY 6, 1880.

Court convened in the courthouse Monday at 2 o'clock. The court disposed of many cases which had been agreed upon by the litigants during the recess, and adjourned to meet Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.

TUESDAY.

State vs. Jerry Martin; defendant discharged upon paying the costs.

J. E. Conklin vs. M. E. Conklin; judgment for plaintiff.

A. T. Spotswood vs. S. D. Burt; garnishee ordered to file answer.

J. D. Porter vs. J. D. Burt; garnishee ordered to file answer.

Harris vs. Day taken up and jury impaneled.

In the case of State vs. Payson, the Court decided to let the matter go to trial. It comes on immediately after the case of Harris vs. Day is disposed of.

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[ROBERT HUDSON'S BATH HOUSE.]

[LEMMON FORMS LAW PARTNERSHIP WITH TROOP.]

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Probably no case was ever tried in this county which has created so much interest as the trial of C. H. Payson, just terminated with the verdict of guilty in the District Court. After the verdict large squads of men were gathered on each corner discussing it with much warmth, and cricizing scathingly those who took part in the trial either as witnesses, attorneys, jury, or judge. The majority seemed to sympathize strongly with Payson; eulogized his plea in his own defense as one of the best forensic efforts ever heard; thought that though Payson was probably guilty of something bad, he was not guilty of the offense charged in the indictment; and that if he was guilty of another offense, the prosecuting witness was equally guilty of the same offense. They criticize the county attorney for being too zealous in the prosecution; and the judge as acting as prosecuting attorney, and ruling out evidence supposed to be favorable to Payson. The minority seemed to be equally sure that Payson was guilty as charged, and had been given a fair trial; that Torrance had done his whole duty and nothing more; that the judge was fair and impartial; and that the jury could not have done otherwise than it did.

The new jury of the whole public will probably never be able to agree.

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MAY 13, 1880.

One of the tricks of traveling frauds is to go to a well-to-do farmer and represent to him that the grocers he is trading with are making a hundred percent on their goods, and offer to take orders for groceries at about half the usual price, to be paid for in sixty days after delivery. The farmer is willing to order on these terms, and the fraud produces an order book or tablet and fills an order thereon in accordance with the above terms, which writing fills the page down to a strap which passes around and holds the book together. The farmer then signs the order just below the strap.

The fraud goes away, removes the strap which covered the lower edge of the order, removes the order, and has left a promissory note for one hundred or more dollars, with the farmer's signature attached. He then goes to a banker and sells the note, and the farmer has it to pay and gets nothing.

This is only one of the hundreds of tricks that may be resorted to, and we repeat again and again: Sign nothing for a stranger. Deal only with home merchants whom you know.

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MAY 13, 1880.

The boys tell us that in the trial of Payson, when the witness Goodrich was on the stand for cross-examination, Judge Campbell took the witness out of the hands of the attorneys and cross-examined him for an hour in an effort to make him contradict himself.

This reminds us of a case before Judge Davis, of Illinois, in which the attorney for the prosecution demanded that the case proceed to trial at the time set, though the attorney for the defense was absent.

Judge Davis said the case could go to trial, but would mention that a similar case happened in La Salle county, and this court looked to the interest of the absent attorney for the defense, and said Judge Davis, "You remember that we beat 'em."

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MAY 13, 1880.

The old Manning residence property, on Ninth avenue, has been purchased by Mr. Doane.

Winfield will furnish several competitors in the examination for the cadetship, at Newton, next Tuesday.

Mrs. Bacon has opened her ice cream parlor, and is dropping again into the large trade she enjoyed last season.

Messrs. Frazier & Hepler have opened a restaurant on North Main street. They seem to be doing a good business.

The card of Dr. S. C. Fitzgerald appears in this paper. The doctor has his office in Mrs. Mansfield's new building.

CARD: S. C. FITZGERALD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE IN THE MANSFIELD BLOCK, 3 DOORS NORTH OF POSTOFFICE, WINFIELD, KANSAS.

Mr. P. G. Smith is being talked of as a candidate for Probate Judge. He is a good man and well qualiffied for the position.

Wm. Trimble, of Bolton township, gave us a call last Thursday. He is the trustee and census enumerator of his township.

We enjoyed a pleasant call from W. H. Clay and J. J. Partridge, two of the substantial men of Sheridan township, last Thursday.

Giles Bros. have rented the building formerly occupied by Douglass & Copeland as a restaurant, and will move into it next week.

Mr. J. Lewis, of Ohio, dropped into our sanctum Monday evening. He is prospecting in Cowley with a view to locating in the sheep business.

Hon. Neil Wilkie and Postmaster J. B. Ives, of Douglass, were in the city last week to procure press and material to start another newspaper at Douglass.

We hear the name of W. C. McCormick mentioned for the office of Probate Judge. He is a sound Republican and in every way well qualified for the office.

The Winfield Bank is having the stone delivered for its new circular stone steps. When completed the steps will add much to the appearance of the bank front.

Winfield Courier, May 13, 1880.

The argument of E. S. Torrance for the prosecution, and of C. H. Payson for the defense, in the trial of the latter are both spoken of as remarkable for power and brilliancy.

The Winfield "base bawlers" are now fully organized and ready to receive propositions from any scrub nine within easy walking distance of the county seat - or any other seat.

The Rifles are making arrangenents to put on the play of "The Dutch Recruit." Mr. Burton, the manager, will be here in a short time when the boys will begin work in earnest.

The insurance commissioners of the various companies interested in the late fire have been busy adjusting their losses during the past week. They are at present mostly paid off.

The street sprinkler has been repainted, and the spaces occupied by advertisements of firms long "busted" and forgotten have been refilled with those of live and energetic merchants.

Mr. Frank Baldwin left for Colorado Tuesday. He will spend the greater part of the summer in the mountains. Mrs. A. D. Speed accompanies him as far as Denver, where she goes to visit friends.

Prof. Trimble will conduct the Normal Institute in Labette county this year.

A meeting of parties to consider a proposition for water works was held at the council chamber Tuesday evening. No definite action was taken, but the Holly system seemed to meet with general favor.

The advertisement of T. F. Axtel & Co., our new restaurant firm, appears in this paper. They start off under very favorable auspices, with a good business, and a good stand, and are live, energetic men.

Messrs. T. F. Axtel & Co., purchased the English Kitchen of Mrs. Rogers, and took possession Tuesday. Mr. T. J. Steele, one of the firm, is a baker of long experience, and has worked in all the large eastern towns. The firm are live energetic men and build up a good business.

AD: CITY BAKERY AND RESTAURANT!! T. F. AXTEL & CO., PROPS.

The best Baker in the City. Bread delivered to any part of the city free of charge. Tobacco & Cigars a specialty. MAIN STREET.

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WHILE I AM AT IT...SOME OTHER ADS!

I AM SELLING OFF AT ABSOLUTE COST! MILLINERY & NOTIONS CHEAPER THAN EVER. A LARGE STOCK OF GOODS FRESH FROM THE FACTORY, AT COST. I MEAN BUSINESS! SOLON WHITEHEAD. NEXT TO BROWN'S DRUG STORE.

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GOING TO MOVE! NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY! GILES BROS. HAVE RENTED THE BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED AS A RESTAURANT SOUTH OF READ'S BANK, AND WILL MOVE THEIR STOCK OF DRUGS INTO THE SAME NEXT WEEK. SO IF YOU WANT GOODS IN THEIR LINE CHEAP, YOU CAN GET THEM NOW, AS THEY DO NOT CARE TO MOVE SO MANY GOODS.

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BRICK! BRICK! BRICK! BRICK!

AT W. W. GREEN'S BRICK YARD NORTH OF BLISS' MILL, ACROSS THE RIVER. 160,000 NOW ON HAND AND FOR SALE AT REASONABLE PRICES.

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M. HAHN & CO. WON'T BE OUTDONE IN BEING THE LEADERS OF LOW PRICES; WILL SELL LONDSDALE FRUIT OF THE LOOM OR ANY OTHER POPULAR BRAND OF BLEACHED MUSLIN AT TEN CENTS PER YARD.

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A NEW LOT OF MOCKING BIRD CAGES AND REVOLVERS AT

76 HORNING 76 ROBINSON & CO.'S.

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NOTICE TO STOCK MEN. FOR SALE. FIVE HEAD OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE - AMONG THE LOT ONE 3-YEAR OLD BULL THAT HAS NO SUPERIOR IN THE SOUTHWEST. ALSO, TWO FRESH COWS, GOOD MILKERS. WILL SELL THE LOT TOGETHER OR OTHERWISE. CAN BE SEEN AT MY RESIDENCE ON WEST LINE OF NINNESCAH TOWNSHIP. LEONARD STOUT.

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EXTRA GOOD SAUER KRAUT, 30 CTS. PER GALLON AT WALLIS & WALLIS.

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[BACK TO THE "PERSONALS" - MAY 13, 1880.]

The plans for the school buildings have been received. They are elegantly finished, and if the buildings can be completed at the architect's estimates, they will be the best ventilated, most commodious, as well as the cheapest school houses in the country.

Mr. Frank Hanchet brought us in a sample piece of cheese of his manufacturing, last week. It was as fine as any we have ever eaten, and fully equal to the best New England cheese. Frank is from "York state," has been raised on cheese, and knows how to make it.

In the case of Tarrant vs. Hitchcock for the possession of the property next to the Williams House, judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. Leland J. Webb was the attorney for the defense, and conducted the case to a successful termination.

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Due notice will be given in the morning papers, of the time and place of the first general meeting of this Auxiliary which, we are informed, sub rosa, will take the form of an evening social at the pleasant house and grounds of Col. McMullen. Ladies, it is hoped, will not fight shy of this society for the drafts upon their time and purse will be but light, while the gentlemen, although expected to contribute a nominal fee for membership, will find it less expensive than a Sunday stroll to the brauerei, and at the same time have the satisfaction of assisting in establishing, prospectively, a home for their orphan children. We commend this view of the case to our young men about town.

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The new bath house of Nommsen & Stueven was opened for business Saturday. The house is complete in every particular. In front is a reception room, and opening off of this are three bath rooms, furnished with bath tubs, hot and cold water, shower bath and toilet set. The arrangement for heating the water is far superior to any we have seen. The proprietors display considerable enterprise in putting forward an undertaking of this magnitude, and from the way the bath rooms have been patronized since the opening, it looks very much as if they would make a success of it.

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Tuck Southard, after serving many years in the employ of Baird Bros., has transferred his services to Levi, the clothier. Tuck is one of the best clerks in town, faithful, efficient, and well and favorably known by the trading public. If we do not miss our guess, Baird Bros. will find that they have made a mistake in allowing Tuck to go.

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A special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of appointing someone to represent the county at the meeting of the stockholders of the Cowley, Sumner & Ft. Smith railroad, which will be held at Topeka on the 15th inst. General Manager Strong was empowered to cast such vote.

Winfield Courier, May 13, 1880.

The Telegram insinuates that there was a ring of lawyers prosecuting the late case against Payson. It probably had in view the fact that Hackney and McDonald were counsel against Payson in other cases, but we are informed by persons who know that neither Hackney and McDonald nor any other attorney assisted Mr. Torrance in any way in the case just tried.

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Winfield Courier, May 13, 1880.

County Attorney Torrance has won additional laurels in his successful conduct of the Payson case. Some are inclined to divide the credit equally between the prosecuting attorney and the judge, but we assert, and we will stick to it, that Torrance was the main prosecutor.

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Although the State has made appropriations for the erection of the building of the Kansas Orphan Asylum, the expense of carrying on the institution, the feeding and clothing of the inmates, etc., is, of necessity, a public charity. Hence the necessity for Auxiliary Societies.

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Mr. Frank Finch was on the street Monday for the first time since the fire. He has lost that handsome mustache which so heightened his beauty in the past: a prey to the raging flames. Frank says if he is spared by a kind Providence, he will immediately begin the cultivation of another.

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MAY 13, 1880.

The trial of Chas. H. Payson, for obtaining property under false pretenses, terminated last Monday by the jury bringing in a verdict of guilty. While this case was pending, we carefully avoided saying anything that would tend to prejudice the minds of our readers for or against the unfortunate victim; but now that the matter has been fully tried, a verdict rendered, and the case no longer before the jury and court, we shall attempt a review of the testimony and facts pertaining to the prosecution and

conviction.

On or about the 26th of January, Mr. Payson filed for record a deed from Lena McNeil to himself, conveying certain real estate known as the "Curns property." This deed he claimed to have obtained for services rendered in the trial of Dick Rhonimus (a brother of Mrs. McNeil who was then in jail charged with stealing cattle), and for legal services to be rendered during the year. Soon after obtaining the deed, he mortgaged the property to James Jordan for $480, and subsequently sold it to G. H. Buckman,

subject to the mortgage, for $200. About this time Rhonimus escaped from jail, and soon after Payson was arrested for obtaining the deed under false pretenses, and after a preliminary examination, was remanded to jail until this term of the district court.

At this trial the examination was full and searching, every effort being put forward by the prosecution and the defense. Mrs. McNeil, and her daughter, Lena, testified that their intention was to convey the property to Mrs. McNeil, and that Payson produced and read to them a deed making such conveyance; but afterward, while going from Mrs. McNeil's house to the notary public's office, substituted another conveying the property to himself, which was signed and acknowledged by Lena upon his representation.

These are the facts as gleaned from the evidence; and in our opinion, the jury brought in a verdict in accordance, as they were sworn to do, "with the law and evidence in the case," but from an outside standpoint, we regard the matter in a very different light, and are free to say that we believe Mrs. McNeil to be as deep in the mud as Payson is in the mire.

If the information in this case had been quashed, as the court at first intimated it would do, and a strict investigation had been made into the jail delivery business, more light would have been thrown upon a very complicated matter.

As it is, we are heartily sorry for Charles H. Payson. Had he pursued an honorable, upright course in his everyday life and conduct while practicing here, he would have won fame, honor, and wealth with scarcely an effort, and might have laughed at any prosecution brough against him. Even in this, his darkest hour, he has many friends who believe him innocent, and who will leave no stone unturned to secure his early release.

It is sad to see a young man, just in the prime of his life, and upon whom nature has lavished her most costly gifts, condemned to a fate which, to a person of spirit, is worse than death. Where he will live on from year to year with all the finer sensibilities and feelings of a man seared and contaminated by constant association with the vilest class of humanity, and to come forth at last with the brand of Cain upon his forehead and the curse of an ex-convict upon his life.

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MAY 19, 1880.

We learn of a serious riot which happened at Augusta, Saturday night. The San Franciso road was completed to that place Saturday, and in the evening the railroad hands got to drinking, became boisterous, and one of the number was arrested by the marshal and put in the calaboose. In a short time a large crowd of railroaders gathered around the jail with the evident intention of releasing their comrade. The marshal, being apprised of the fact, gathered together a posse of citizens, went to the jail, and ordered the crowd to disperse, which they refused to do. After some parley between the officer and the mob, in which serious threats were made, the marshal fired into the crowd with a double barreled shotgun, killing one man and wounding two others. The railroaders threatened to burn the town, when the citizens armed themselves and patrolled the streets Saturday night and Sunday. During Sunday the coroner's inquest was held, and it is understood that a verdict of justifiable killing was rendered. The town is in a fever of excitement over the matter, and fears are still entertained of a raid from the railroad hands. The marshal, Doc. Richardson, is an old and respected citizen of Augusta, and is a very resolute and determined man. The citizens generally regard the killing as justifiable, but perhaps a little too hasty. This is the first affair of the kind ever happening in Augusta, and the whole country for miles around is excited over the matter.

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[THE APRON FESTIVAL.]

MAY 13, 1880.

The ladies of the Baptist Aid Society will give an apron festival at Manning's Hall, Friday evening of this week. The novelty of this festival will be the aprons and sun-bonnets for sale to the young gentlemen, for their girls, of course, or vice versa. Ice cream, lemonade, etc., for all classes and conditions. Hope our citizens will give this festival their best

patronage.

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MAY 13, 1880.

While at Winfield last week, we called on J. P. M. Butler & Co., of that city. This firm is well known to the citizens of Florence, and we are glad to state that they are doing a good business. The citizens of Winfield and Cowley county can congratulate themselves on the acquisition of this new firm to the business of their town. These gentlemen have no superiors in the state as mechanics and they are both steady, hard working men, and we freely recommend them to the people of that city.

[The above refers to our new jewelers, in the old Hope stand, and from their straight forward manner of business, we judge that the compliment is merited.]

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MAY 13, 1880.

Curns & Manser have bought for Mr. Thos. McDougall, of Cincinnati, attorney for the Longworth estate, the two lots on the corner of 10th and Main Streets, belonging to O. F. Boyle, for $3,000 cash. Mr. McDougall proposes to immediately build a two-story brick building thereon.

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MAY 13, 1880.

Last Sunday evening several suspicious characters, who had been loafing about town, made away with John Hoenscheidt's horse and buggy, and Phil. Stump's mule. A reward of fifty dollars has been offered for the return of the property and fifty dollars for the capture of the thief.

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[NOTICE: POULTRY WANTED.]

[NOTICE: PAINT!]

MAY 13, 1880.

[NOTICE: CANCERS CAN BE CURED.]

Cancers can be cured and are cured by Chas. Brash. For verification refer to Hon. A. J. Pyburn, of Winfield, or Mr. Dakin, of Grouse creek. Address communications to

[HON. THOMAS RYAN, OF TOPEKA.]

Hon. Thomas Ryan, of Topeka, representing the Third Congressional District, was born at Oxford, New York, November 25, 1837. At an early age his parents moved to Bradford county, Pennsylvania, his father being engaged there in farming. His father dying in 1842, his son remained on the farm working and attending common school until the age of eighteen; was then employed as a clerk in a general merchandise store and in the lumber trade for three years. He took a scientific course at Dickerson seminary, Pennsylvania, when he began reading law with John C. Adams, at Towanda, Pa., and immediately upon being admitted to the bar he entered partnership with that eminent lawyer. In 1862 Mr. Ryan raised a company of volunteers, enlisted as private; on the organization of the company was elected lieutenant, serving until 1864, when, being severely wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, he was mustered out as captain.

Removing to Topeka, Kansas, in 1865, he entered upon the practice of his profession; was subsequently chosen county attorney, and soon achieved local reputation for courage and efficiency in reforming long standing abuses in county affairs, and more especially for his remarkable zeal and success in the prosecution of criminal offenders. He held the office four successive terms, then he was appointed assistant United States attorney for the State, declining a fifth term, when he was elected to represent the Third district in the Forty-fifth Congress.

His record in Congress has been marked with great success from the beginning. Although his bill for arrears of pensions did not itself pass, still the provisions of it have finally become law. The Forty-fifth Congress formerly declared it would not authorize any new federal buildings, notwithstanding which Mr. Ryan succeeded in getting a bill passed providing for the construction of a new courthouse and postoffice at Topeka, costing $200,000. With one exception this was the only appropriation made for a like purpose by that Congress.

During the same session he succeeded in enlisting Congress in inaugurating a survey of the Arkansas river to the line of his State, with a view to its improvement for the purpose of navigation. Last year Congress appropriated $20,000 for the improvement of that river from Ft. Smith to Wichita, and will this session appropriate a like sum. If the stream can be made navigable for one half of the year, it will be of incalcuable advantage to the State of Kansas.

It was Mr. Ryan who caused what is known as the Cherokee Strip to be put in market; it is now nearly all taken by actual settlers.

He was also untiring in his efforts to bring into market that magnificent body of land, the Kansas Indian trust and diminished reserve lands, at such reasonable rates as would be just to the settlers. The last legislation essential to a final consummation of this scheme became law a few months since.

There is no measure of more importance to his State generally, but more especially to the people in that part to which its provisions are applicable, than his bill in relation to that immense tract of country known as the Osage diminished reserve and trust lands. He having labored most earnestly for the success of this bill, it finally passed the House last June; is still pending in the Senate, but will doubtless become a law during the present session.

Mr. Ryan's bill for relief of colored emigrants, after a stormy passage through the Senate, is now a law. His bill created a new land district in the southwestern part of his State passed the House and is pending in the Senate. His bill to restore the Fort Dodge reservation to the public domain, and directing the secretary of the Interior to dispose of it to actual settlers; also passed the house and is soon likely to pass the Senate.

His bill for the relief of settlers in the western part of Kansas who lost their crops from unavoidable causes last year by which it is provided that such settlers may have leave to be absent from their claims until October 11, 1881, and that during such absence no adverse rights shall attach, and giving one year after expiration of leave of absence in which to make final proof of payment, passed the House a few days ago, and it is to be hoped will soon become a law.

Another of his bills, directing the secretary of the Interior to certify to his State about fifty thousand acres of indemnity school lands, has been unanimously reported by the Committee on Public Lands, and will doubtless pass the House this session.

He introduced a bill also directing the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the Osages to sell to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than seventy-five cents per acre, all of the Osage trust and diminished reserve lands lying east of the sixth principal meridian remaining unsold July 1, 1881; all remaining July 1, 1882, to be sold at not less than fifty cents per acre, and all remaining unsold July 1, 1883, to be sold at not less than twenty-five cents per acre. The committee on Public Lands have unanimously approved the bill, and it will no doubt be passed in its order.

He is now engaged in an effort to secure legislation to give the right of way to one or more railroads through the Indian Territory, and has so attracted the attention of the House to its importance to the commerce of the West and South that it is probable that some measure of the kind will soon be passed.

Very many of his private bills have passed the House, some of which have also passed the Senate, and others are still pending in that body. He has also several special pension and other special relief bills on the House calendar which have been reported favorably upon in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Ryan worked vigorously to extend the free-delivery system; and secured the benefits of the same for Topeka, Kansas. He takes a deep interest in all the measures that come before the House, especially those relating to the interest of the West.

It has been the practice of the Indian office to let all contracts for Indian supplies in the city of New York, although the supplies are produced upon the very borders of the Indian country. He recently, in the House, when the Indian appropriation bill was under consideration, exposed the absurdity of the practice, and the extent to which it excluded the Western producers and business men from bidding, and fostered a ring of professional contractors, who had a monopoly of the business. He sought to amend the bill by a provision that all bids for subsistence supplies should hereafter be opened at some suitable place in the West. Although the amendment was ruled out of order, the same proposition is likely to succeed in the Senate. He succeeded, however, in so amending the bill that the department must give six weeks' public notice by advertisements before it can award contracts for Indian supplies. This will give the Western people time to make their bids, which heretofore has been practically denied them.

Mr. Ryan's speech on the political riders at the extra session of Congress received most complimentary notices from all the leading Republican papers in the country. At the same session he boldly moved to suspend the rules and pass the Army appropriation bill, the Republican side of the House stood solidly with him, but the Democrats moved and carried an adjournment, amid great excitement.

In the Department it is said that he has procured more increased mail facilities for his district than any other man in Congress for any other district. He is much respected in administration circles, and is very efficient in Department affairs. He is one of the hardest working members of the House, averaging about sixteen hours a day.

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NOTE: THEY HAD "COLORED EMMIGRANTS"...I LEFT IT AS IS.

MAY 20, 1880 - FRONT PAGE.

LEADVILLE, Col., May 4, 1880.

ED. COURIER. This mushroom city is now attracting the attention of the world. Your correspondent, wishing to add his mite to the mass of information sought for, sends the following description of the carbonate camp.

Where three years ago were only a few miner's cabins is now seen a city with a population of forty thousand. The discovery of rich mines was the cause of this change. Nothing else would build a city in such an inhospitable region. The mines here are more than holding their own, and each week sees the yield of bullion increased. The miners are all busy, and the output of ore is greater than ever before. Even the "played out" Little Pittsburgh is coming to the front again, and the eastern stockholders who sold when the bottom fell out seem to have lost all faith in mining. The large smelters are all running at full blast, while many of the smaller ones are idle.

Leadville, at all times, presents a wonderful picture of life and activity. The streets contain a moving mass of humanity at all hours of the day. The noise of travel, saw, and hammer, heard in every direction, reminds one of Winfield--the reminder making more noise than the original, however.

While there are many good buildings here, the majority are mere shanties. Mechanics are getting good wages--about four dollars per day--and plenty of work. Miners are getting three dollars, and common laborers from two to three dollars. Board ranges from seven to thirty dollars per week.

To clearly describe the condition and make-up of society here would be an almost impossible task. The slum of eastern cities, hoodlums from San Francisco, thieves, pickpockets, gamblers, and one thousand or more "soiled doves" constitute at least one-half of Leadville population. The other half consists of good, honest men and women, who come here to make money and to make it honestly.

Hardly a night passes without someone being killed or robbed. Last night a man was knocked down on one of the principal streets, robbed of six hundred and forty dollars, and left to die. The papers say very little about these things as it would retard the growth of the camp.

Much has been said about the unhealthfulness of Leadville. The Denver people, from partly selfish motives, tell exaggerated stories of sickness and death here. They tell of hundreds being carried to Evergreen Cemetery daily, and of burying people secretly in the night, in order to prevewnt a stampede from the place.

Leadville people, also from selfish motives, say very little about the condition of the city in regard to health. A visit to the place would convince any observing person that the carbonate camp is a poor place for health-seekers to come to. The air is light, dry, and cold; and is mixed with the poisonous fumes from the smelters. The streets are filthy in the extreme. Cans, rags, and slops are thrown into the gutters and are left there to create a stench. In the daytime it is generally warm, except when an occasional cold blast comes from the snow covered mountains. The nights are always cool.

The death rate averages seventy per week, pneumonia carrying off the most. Altitude and alcohol are the two principal causes of so many deaths.

In conclusion, we would say that Leadville is a lively, money-making place, but a rough one; and those who are thinking of coming here should think twice before starting.

E. D.

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MAY 20, 1880.

Mrs. Martha Gilliard is on the sick list this week.

Dr. Cadwallader began a school at the Baltimore school house, on the 3rd inst., with a pretty fair attendance.

School began at Omnia school house on the 3rd inst., with Mrs. Williamson, teacher.

Mr. Jonas Messenger has lately repurchased the eighty acres of land he sold to Enoch Haworth some two years ago.

Andrew Thompson started for California last Friday.

The severe frost on the night of April 29th played havoc with peaches in this section. Grass was killed to a considerable extent, and wheat, also. Corn will probably come out all right.

Despite the extremely dry weather, some persist in breaking prairie.

Mr. R. S. Thompson and wife, accompanied by "Caesar," started for Arkansas, for their health, on the 4th.

The fruit is mostly killed in this vicinity, excepting a few cherries and gooseberries.

LORD HAILES.

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[PAYSON AFTERMATH: COMMENTS BY JUDGE CAMPBELL.]

MAY 20, 1880.

Judge Campbell characterizes the men on the streets on Monday after the Payson verdict as "drunken rabble." We say it was not a drunken rabble. No one was drunk so far as we observed. The crowds were made up largely of the best and most intelligent men in the county. They were men who could make a clear statement of the case, and certainly made what appeared a good case for Payson. They were as respectable a crowd as we have seen upon our streets, men whose opinions are entitled to as much weight. We were certainly surprised at the fact that so great a majority sympathized with Payson and condemned the court proceedings.

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MAY 20, 1880.

We call special attention to the sketch of Hon. Thos. Ryan from Forney's Chronicle on the first page of this paper. There is no man living whose estimates of public men are entitled to so much credit as those of John W. Forney. He has been intimately acquainted with all our statesmen, is conservative and fair in his views and criticisms, and his opinions on these matters are the highest authority. We challenge the whole country to produce a better record than this of our member, which Mr. Forney has outlined. No man in Congress can show a better one for the same time.

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[JUDGE CAMPBELL TAKES ACTION AGAINST COURIER: PAYSON CASE.]

Last Monday morning we were taken completely by surprise by an attachment issued for us by Judge Campbell for contempt of court.

On examining the complaint, which was written by the judge himself, we found that the contempt consisted in, and was en-tirely made up of, the following three short articles, which appeared in last week's COURIER, namely:

"THE PAYSON CASE.

Probably no case was ever tried in this county which has created so much interest as the trial of C. H. Payson, just terminating with the verdict of guilty in the District Court. After the verdict large squads of men were gathered on each corner discussing it with great warmth, and criticizing scathingly those who took part in the trial either as witnesses, attorneys, jury, or judge. The majority seemed to sympathize strongly with Payson; eulogized his plea in his own defense as one of the best forensic efforts ever heard; thought that though Payson was probably guilty of something bad, he was not guilty of the offense charged in the indictment and that if he was guilty of another offense, the prosecuting witness was equally guilty of the same offense. They criticize the county attorney for being too zealous in the prosecution, and the judge as acting as prosecuting attorney and ruling out evidence supposed to be favorable to Payson. The minority seemed to be equally sure that Payson was guilty as charged, and had been given a fair trial, that Torrance had done his whole duty and nothing more, that the judge was fair and impartial, and that the jury could not have done otherwise than it did.

This new jury of the whole public will probably never be able to agree."

"THE COURT AS ATTORNEY.

The boys tell us that in the trial of Payson, when the witness Goodrich was on the stand for cross-examination, Judge Campbell took the witness out of the hands of the attorneys and cross-examined him for an hour in an effort to make him contradict himself.

This reminds us of a case before Judge Davis, of Illinois, in which the attorney for the prosecution demanded that the case proceed to trial at the time set, though the attorney for the defense was absent.

Judge Davis said the case could to trial, but would mention that a similar case happened in La Salle county, and this court looked to the interest of the absent attorney for the defense, and said Judge Davis, 'You remember that we beat 'em.'"

"County Attorney Torrance has won additional laurels in his successful conduct of the Payson case. Some are inclined to divide the credit equally between the prosecuting attorney, and the judge, but we assert, and we will stick to it, that Torrance was the main prosecutor."

The judge considered us guilty of contempt for publishing the above and assessed a fine of $200.

Now anyone who reads the first article above quoted, and was present on the streets last Monday after the verdict was rendered and paying attention to what was going on, knows that the article does not tell the whole truth in regard to the intensity of feeling expressed and numbers of those who sympathized with Payson. It seems to us that any such person can see that we intended to state the facts in a modified way with a view to allay the excitement, instead of attempting to stir it up, as the judge claimed. We did not state our own opinion of the Payson case because we had not attended the trial, and therefore our opinions could not be of value; but we had the idea that Payson had a reasonably fair trial, that the verdict of the jury was just, and that the fact that the judge questioned a witness an hour was not such an offense against law, the witness, and the prisoner as was claimed by the people. Our local attended the trial, and his views, which he expressed in the local columns, were different from ours. We had a clear right to publish that article, and we maintain that had we told the whole truth concerning what was said and done on the streets that day, whatever the effect of such publication, it would not have been a contempt.

The second article complained of is a treatment in the same way of the fact that the judge cross-examined a witness for an hour. Those who heard the denunciations, accusations, and threats that were uttered against the judge on this account, will see that our manner of making light of it would tend to relieve the judge rather than to embarrass him. But we had a right to tell the truth about it in any event.

But that last squib was the feather which broke the camel's back. The judge says that was the meanest thing of all in that it had a political motive. He does not claim that this was in itself a contempt. Well, when we allowed that to go in (we did not write it), we did observe that it looked like taffy for Torrance and irony for Campbell. It did look as though we were partial to Torrance as against Campbell.

Notwithstanding the uniform courtesy we have shown him in our canvass against him for District Judge, he seems to have somehow got the idea that we were personally bitter toward him, and just ready to rake up everything that could be said against him and publish it to the country. Under this hallucination, perhaps it is no wonder that he sees concealed in the articles complained of so much that we never dreamed of.

But we forbear further comment at this time. In our cooler and more dispassionate moments, we may have more to say.

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[COMMENTS ABOUT MRS. McNEAL.]

MAY 20, 1880.

NOTE: BEFORE THIS THE PAPER SAID "McNEIL"...NOT McNEAL...??

On fuller information and more careful thought, we are satisfied that the COURIER did injustice to this lady last week.

From all the circumstances surrounding this case, we cannot now believe that she ever conspired with Payson to violate any law.

We have seen a plenty of proof that up to the time she came to this State she bore an unblemished character, and was higly respected by the best classes of society with whom she asso-

ciated. Among other testimonials to this effect, she has one from Ohio signed by thirty-six of the best citizens of Clenton county who all say they have known her for twelve years.

We, in common with many others, have, we think, been too ready to believe ill of her. She has evidently been wrongfully deprived of her property by those who would profit by the belief of others in the statement circulated against her, and is entitled to our sympathies instead of abuse. It is far better to err in favor of a struggling woman than against her.

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QUESTION: IS HE TALKING ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO WENT UP AGAINST

PAYSON (McNEIL) OR SOMEONE ELSE (McNEAL)???

MOST CONFUSING!

[HON. T. R. BRYAN.]

[ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT: WINFIELD EDITORS.]

Last Monday morning an attachment for contempt of court was issued by Judge Campbell against W. M. Allison, of the Telegram, and D. A. Millington and Ed. P. Greer, of the COURIER. A fine of two hundred dollars each was assessed against Messrs. Allison and Millington, and one dollar against Mr. Greer, parties to stand committed until paid. A stay of execution, without bond, for ten days was granted to allow the defendants to make a case for the Supreme Court. The alleged contempt was the publication of certain articles relating to a criminal case tried last week.

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MAY 20, 1880.

T. G. Ticer is at home, "visiting" his family.

Frank Gallotti started last week for New Mexico.

Mr. Scovill, our popular clothier, has just returned from a visit to Ft. Scott.

Mr. Terrill has purchased the Walter's restaurant, on Ninth avenue.

J. L. M. Hill has sold his neat little residence on Mansfield street for $800.

H. S. West and lady, from Michigan, friends of County Clerk Hunt, are at present in the city.

The pony which Chas. Roberts lost last Sunday had been recovered. It was found near Maple City.

Major Baker, of the Baker Hotel, is building a sample room. This will make it more convenient for drummers.

Col. C. H. Robinson has been chosen as one of the grand jurors, and starts on Saturday for Leavenworth, where the U. S. Circuit Court meets.

A. P. Johnson has purchased the Smith property, on 10th avenue, for six hundred and fifty dollars. A. P. is becoming quite a property holder.

The recent rain developed the fact that a part of Main street needs more grading. A large pond has formed in front of Bliss Bros.' store, which should be drained.

Winfield Courier, May 20, 1880.

The ladies of the Baptist society desire to express their thanks for the generous manner in which their festival was patronized last week. The receipts amounted to $104, and the social success was even greater than the financial.

Baird Bros. removed their goods into their new store room last Tuesday. The room is one of the finest in the city, and when illuminated by gas, presents an elegant appearance. The enterprise and energy of this firm is truly commendable.

Last Monday evening John Hoenscheidt and Deputy Sheriff, Pratt, returned from Joplin, Missouri, with the parties who stole the horse buggy and mule at this place last week. The horse and buggy were recovered but the mule had disappeared.

R. M. Snyder, with his characteristic enterprise, has purchased a large coffee roaster, and is now roasting and grinding coffee for his customers free of charge. It is worth a quarter to see Ralph Smalley manipulate the crank of the roaster on hot days.

Last Tuesday the boss shipment of hogs was made from this place by W. J. Hodges. The train pulled out with the stars and stripes floating from the caboose, and a clear track, everything having been ordered off to let them pass. The train was composed of sixteen cars filled with the finest lot of hogs ever shipped out of Cowley county.

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Messrs. Webb & Coldwell desire to call the attention of the settlers of Harvey county to the fact that they can loan money at the lowest rates of interest; that they can make out filings, notices for publication, and final proof papers so that they will "stick," and no mistake. Mr. Coldwell is a lawyer of several years' experience, and Mr. Webb was a clerk in the Wichita land office for twelve of fifteen months, and is thoroughly posted in land matters. These gentlemen will conduct a general law, land and loan business in Anthony, and will endeavor to do justice to their patrons and clients, as well as to themselves. In a few days they will occupy their new office over A. H. Davis' hardware store, next to the post-office. Anthony Journal.

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Col. Manning's opera house block could not be bought for $30,000. It is well insured. It is not "eaten up" by fire or by anthing else. We don't know Mr. Bear. [THINK THEY CONFUSED MT. WITH MR.] He may be "eaten up by the fiery element," but he has no interest in the opera house so far as appears.

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Just as we go to press, we learn of the marriage of Mr. Frank Millspaugh, of Vernon, to Miss Delphina Corson, Tuesday evening. The ceremony was performed at the residence of W. L. Holmes, by Rev. P. B. Lee, many friends of the familes being present. We heartily congratulate Frank on his new departure, and assure the happy couple that the startout with the best wishes of the COURIER for their success.

Winfield Courier, May 20, 1880.

AMr. F. W. Schwantes, one of the oldest residents of Vernon township, was found roaming about in the woods near his house last Sunday morning totally insane. He left home during the night seemingly in his right mind, but when found in the morning had lost all consciousness and knowledge of anyone or anything. Mr. Schwantes has been one of the leading citizens of his county, and is reputed to be in good circumstances.@

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For Sale: We have for sale twenty-five fonts of job and display type and wood letter, suitable for a small job office. Our object in selling, is, that we are overstocked and wish to turn some of the type into rule, borders, etc. [Courier.]

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MAY 20, 1880.

Married at the residence of Mr. Joseph Hill, May 12th, 1880, by Rev. J. Cairns, Mr. Hiram N. Hill and Miss Samantha Brown.

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MAY 20, 1880.

The Central Committee of the 88th Representative District met in the COURIER office Saturday afternoon, May 15th, after the adjournment of the County Central Committee, and organized by electing W. O. Johnson, chairman, and S. E. Burger, secretary.

The following townships were represented.

Vernon: J. B. Evans.

Rock: T. S. Green.

Winfield, 1st ward: Fred C. Hunt.

Winfield, 2nd ward: W. O. Johnson.

Sheridan: C. S. Irwin.

Walnut: S. E. Burger.

Richland: D. C. Stevens.

Omnia: A. L. Crow.

The committee recommended that the townships and wards of the 88th representative district send the same delegates as those elected to the senatorial and congressional conventions, or elect new delegates as they may see fit, but in either case to hold the primaries on the same day, June 16th. It was decided to allow that part of Pleasant Valley township which was detached from old Winfield township, a representation of two delegates. The basis of represention fixed on was the same as that fixed by the County Central Committee: one delegate at large for each township, and ward of the city of Winfield, and one delegate for each 35 and fraction of 14 votes cast for James Harden at the last county election.

W. O. JOHNSON, Ch.

S. E. BURGER, Sec.

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MAY 20, 1880.

We cut the following from the Topeka Commonwealth.

In another column is another letter from Rambler from Albuquerque. The writer is a gentleman we have known for twenty years, and is well known in Kansas, and we can conscientiously say that we believe that he only writes what he believes to be the truth. We have received numerous letters of late extolling this and that mining property, but have not published them for the reason that we were not well enough acquainted with the writers to endorse what they said.

Among the numerous mining corporations lately organized, some are undoubtedly frauds, and we shall not knowling endorse any writer unless we have every reason to believe that his statements are truthful.

[Rambler's report.]

THE MINING FEVER--A WORD TO THOSE

WHO WANT TO INVEST.

I write you again from Albuquerque. My first and last having appeared in your paper of the 13th inst., I make another venture. This time I write upon the all absorbing topic of mines. First and oppropo let me quote, "all is not gold that glitters," and supplemental thereto comes an original aphorism, though for ages self evident, "all is not true that's told," and conversely, "all is not told that's true." At the risk of modern criticism, I shall endeavor to run counter to the last and antithisize the first.

The desire to take the short cut to fortune pervades the average western American mind. 'Tis a hope that if indulged breaks more than it makes. The mineral field of New Mexico and Colorado do promise a shorter and surer cut than any other at present. Under the impression that some of your otherwise sensible readers may be in that class, or having money to risk in small sums in hopes of large returns, I write this letter from New Mexico.

That this territory has mineral--gold, silver, lead, platina, copper, iron, and other valuable metals, no one can deny. That it is a safer place than any other region in which to obtain some profitable return for the money invested, no sane man will controvert. While the deposits have not proven so rich as in Colorado, their extent and accessibility is greater here than there. Two other considerations must enter in the long run, into the make-up of wise investments. First, the seasons will permit labor the year round, and universal health prevails. This cannot be said of Colorado. What I have said being as near the truth as I (a Kansan) can tell it, I ask that you accept it as a hypothesis for what follows. The man that leaves a sure living to expend his patrimony in quest of precious metal is very foolish.

But two classes of men can really afford to venture into mining districts, to-wit: They who have nothing to lose but their time, and value their time worth nothing, and also they who have money to spare in some speculation, and the loss of which would not materially damage them. To this latter class I address myself. You cannot as well afford to spend your time in connection with your money in individual effort to catch the tempting ore, as you could to aggregate your surplus funds with friends in developing mineral claims.

A prudent and industrious man can as well represent $100,000 or $500,000 capital in this country, as to represent the few dollars that he carries in his pocket-book. In that event he secures more favorable chances for less money than in the other case. To this end a few Kansas and ex-Kansas men have organized a corporation under the laws of New Mexico under the name of the Central New Mexico Mining Company, principal office at this place. Hon. John Guthrie, Hon. A. B. Lemmon, Maj. T. J. Anderson, and O. F. Boyle, of your state, and ex-Governor E. S. Stover, Judge Sidney M. Barnes, Judge W. C. Hazletine, Hon. E. C. Manning, and Capt. C. G. Thompson of this territory are directors. They have organized a corporation with a capital stock of $100,000, shares of $100 each. They own nineteen mines; two of them being gold leads, one copper, and the remaining being silver bearing galena. These claims have cost the company less than $1,000 each and they propose selling stock enough to put $15,000 or $20,000 into the treasury to go down into those mines. Every dollar that goes into the treasury will be expended in opening the mines. The mines are located in six mineral districts, and the company has a man prospecting all the time. The fair reputation of the directors where known insures investors that what is promised will be performed. Messrs. Guthrie, at Topeka; Jenkins & Madden, at Kansas City; and E. P. Kinne, of Winfield, have each stock for sale for the company, so I am informed.

This plan is the much more suitable one, and will yield more satisfactory results than any other. Parties who contemplae investing in mines had better adopt this plan.

RAMBLER.

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MAY 20, 1880.

The Indian Bureau has been guilty of a piece of injustice in awarding contracts for wagons that is entirely inexcusable. The following proposals were made, and the contracts were given to the Moline Company, though the bids of the Kansas Wagon Company were, in each particular, the lowest. The following is the list of bids.

For eighty three-inch wagons to be delivered at Kansas City:

Moline Company ................. $65.17

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 60.11

For forty-one two and three-fourths inch wagons to be delivered in Kansas City:

Moline Company ................. $63.17

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 58.22

For 110 three and one-fourth inch wagons, delivered at Chicago:

Moline Company ................. $66.07

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 63.00

For 23 three and one-fourth inch wagons, delivered at Ortonville:

Moline Company ................. $71.97

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 70.00

For 25 three and one-fourth inch (California Break), to be delivered at Chicago:

Moline Company ................. $69.97

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 69.50

For 125 three and one-fourth inch wagons, to be delivered at Sioux City:

Moline Company ................. $68.97

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 67.60

For 100 ________ wagons, delivered at Sioux City:

Moline Company ................. $69.00

Kansas Wagon Company ........... 67.00

Ex-Senator Alexander Caldwell, president of the Kansas Wagon Company, does not intend to submit to such injustice, and is in Washington City, to see after the matter. Senator Plumb and Representative Anderson will endeavor to have justice done the Leavenworth company by the abrogation of the Moline contract.

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MAY 27, 1880.

In answer to many inquiries, we will say tht Allen B. Lemmon will accept the nomination for Representative of the 88th district, if tendered him by the Republican convention.

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It has been suggested that the reason Judge Campbell was made about that local squib was that it gave Torrance more credit than it did the Judge for the successful prosecution of the case.

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We imagine that W. P. Campbell has brought a hundred times more contempt upon himself in this fiasco than our articles could have done. We have not expressed our present contempt for him for want of words.

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The Topeka people don't seem to give Judge Campbell a single bit of taffy about his dramatic performance in that city. The papers mention his presence there but say nothing about his performance while they compliment some of the other actors quite highly.

LATER: Since writing the above the Commonwealth has reluctantly passed over to him a few sweet worm lozenges.

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When W. P. Campbell was informed that Torrance would be a candidate for judge of this Judicial District, Campbell said he would "sit down on Torrance." One can readily imagine what Campbell meant by that expression. He has too frequently performed that operation on lawyers whom he wished to hurt because they were not willing to be his tools.

MAY 27, 1880.

[MORE ON JUDGE CAMPBELL.]

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MAY 27, 1880.

During the late session of the District Court in this county, and at Thursday noon of the second week, the judge adjourned court over until Monday that he might play in a theater at Topeka. Now we give the judge credit for being quite a dramatic artist, and admit that the stage rather than the bench is his forte: but that does not quite compensate a hundred litigants and witnesses for their time, expenses, and costs for another week in which to get a hearing. It is, however, in keeping with the way business was done during the first nine days of the session. In the first week, only a case and a half were tried. The first day there was only a session of one hour. Subsequent days the time spent on the bench was greater, but yet the judge was indolent and sluggish.

Crowds of witnesses and litigants were kept at the county seat day after day on expense, and losing their time waiting for trials which did not place. In the nine and a half days, only five jury trials were reached; all other cases for the jury, and there were many, were either summarily disposed of or continued to next term and jury discharged.

He gave us two days sitting the following week, Monday and Tuesday; but this was taken out of the time he should have been holding court at Wichita. This way of conducting the business of this court is not exceptional, but is about the usual way things have been done here for the last few years.

We believe that a good business judge would have held court at least nine hours every day from the start, would have filled in the time profitably, given all the cases on the docket a fair hearing, and have cleared the docket before that Thursday noon, saving to this county and people thousands of dollars, having plenty of time to play "high spy" at Topeka, and yet have been at Wichita on Monday morning to open court there.

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MAY 27, 1880.

It seems to be the unanimous opinion of sensible people here that Campbell had concluded that the COURIER, being opposed to his re-election to the bench of this judicial district would after awhile expose his disgraceful record; and that he determined, before he came here to hold court, to seek a pretext for committing an outrage upon us with the view that when we did expose his record, the people could be convinced that we did it in retaliation of his treatment of us and would therefore attach less credit to it. Certain circumstances tend to show that had we not published a word of the articles he made his pretext, it would have made no difference. He had determined to punish us for opposing him and discredit us if he could; and after mature deliberation, he proceeded with such pretext as he could pick up.

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Four years ago we supported Campbell for the office of Judge and socially as well. For this we deserved punishment for our only excuse was that we did not know his real character. We did not know how base, tyrannical, unjust, despicable, and immoral he was. We know more about him now and do not know of a practicing attorney in the district less worthy to be elected judge.

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Wonder if Kirkpatrick of the Wichita Republican is so intimidated that he will not dare to serve Judge Campbell anything but taffy. We understand that the judge told him that he was sorry he did not fine us $500 instead of $200. This seems to have been an intimation of what the price will be in Wichita. Wonder if said judge is liable for contempt for attempting to intimidate the press.

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MAY 27, 1880.

The sheriffs of Kansas will meet at Junction City June 9th, for the purpose of organizing a Kansas Detective Association. That is a movement that may be worth thousands and tens of thousands of dollars to the people of Kansas. Success to it.

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MAY 27, 1880.

Hon. Thomas Ryan telegraphs to the Commonwealth that his bill for the relief of the settlers on the Osage lands has passed and become a law.

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MAY 27, 1880.

County Attorney Torrance has a new safe.

Judge M. S. Adams spent several days of last week in the city.

Will Garvey and lady returned from a short visit to Topeka, Tuesday.

Mrs. Scovill and her accomplished daughter, Grace, are visiting at Fort Scott.

W. M. Allison and family left for Topeka and Leavenworth Sunday evening.

Mr. Henry Brown is improving rapidly and is again able to attend to business.

Capt. Stueven is making arrangements to keep Salt Springs water in his bath rooms.

McDermott & Johnson will move their law office into the Morehouse building this week.

The stone steps now being put up in front of the Winfield Bank will be the finest in the southwest.

Giles Bros. are now fairly settled in their new quarters. They have the whole block to themselves.

The Cowley County Normal meets July 5th. It promises to be the most successful one yet held here.

Mr. L. S. Wilson brought in a car load of Lewis Cook buggies Tuesday, and is selling them at private sale.

The ladies of the library association will give a festival at the hall Thursday night. It promises to be one of the best of the season.

T. M. McGuire will occupy the old stand on Main street and Ninth Ave. The room is being repainted and fixed up in good shape.

See 76 Horning 76 Robinson & Co.'s ad in this issue. Their specialty at present is a new pattern coal oil stove, the

"Monitor.

AD: 76 HORNING, 76 ROBINSON & CO., -WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN- SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE. We are Sole Agents for the celebrated Monitor Coal Oil Stove. Only 5 cents per day required for cooking. It will more than pay for itself in one season in the saving of fuel; is worth the price of it for ironing alone, and your rooms are always cool, and you are never sweating and stewing over a wood or coal fire. Call and examine the wonderful little cook stove, so clean, compact, durable, convenient, and cheap.

76 Horning, 76 Robinson & Co.

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The Rifles and St. John's Battery have engaged the Davis Family Cornet Band to assist in the decoration of the soldiers' graves next Sunday.

Mr. George W. Hosmer, of Cedar township, called on us last week. He is a leading man in the community.

Several boys were arrested last week for defacing the depot buildings, and fined $8 each. Boys should be careful how they abuse other people's property.

Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Ripley are visiting in the city. Many will remember Mrs. Ripley as Miss Mollie Millsapugh, who figured in Winfield society several years ago.

Winfield Courier, May 20, 1880.

The Monitor man is among the list of Campbell's champions. Take care, Conklin. Insignificant as you are, you may yet feel the misfortune of Campbell's protection.

Wheat harvest has already commenced in this county. Jacob Barnhart, of Dexter, has cut one considerable field, which will probably make fifteen bushels to the acre.

W. O. Douglass, census enumerator, and, by the way, one of the best boys around New Salem, brightened our sanctum with his presence last Monday. W. O. is one of the stalwarts.

Winfield Courier, May 20, 1880.

We hear from Topeka that W. F. Campbell was the butt of ridicule among the lawyers attending the courts there when the articles were seen which he held to be a contempt of court. The ha! ha! ha's! at his expense were many and hearty.

The bids for the construction of the school houses were opened by the board last week, but as none of them came within the estimate of the architect, the contract was not let. Mr. Bartlett was wired in regard to the matter, and says that if our home builders will not take the work at his estimates, he will build the houses himself.

Four more horses were stolen from this vicinity Monday night, two belonging to Capt. Stubblefield and two to Mr. Raymond. These make over a dozen horses that have been stolen within the past few months. Some stringent measures must be taken to stop this wholesale stealing, and if it continues we are liable to have a repetition of the Douglass tragedies.

We learn in a round-about way of the marriage of our friend, Mr. Theodore Wright, of Pleasant Valley township, to Miss Laura Snow.

The Treasurer of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Honor handled last year over a million of dollars, and when the books were examined by a committee they balanced to a cent. His bond for the next year was fixed at two hundred thousand dollars. The Supreme Treasurer resides in Wooster, Ohio.

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MAY 27, 1880.

A gentleman in commenting upon the docile manner with which the COURIER handled Judge Campbell last week, tells the following story, which is so applicable in this case that we publish it.

Some twenty years ago, during the palmy days of old Ben Houston, while Lewis T. Wagfall was U. S. Senator from Texas, a difference sprang up between these two gentlemen, and Houston made up his mind to give Wagfall a drubbing. For this purpose he rose in the Senate one day and began drawing on his gloves, at the same time saying in that drawling tone of voice so peculiar to him:

"I rise to reply to some remarks made by one Wiggletail--or Wagfall; but before leaving home I promised Mrs. Houston that if I did, I would handle the dirty thing with gloves."

The gentleman thought the COURIER of last week handled "the dirty thing with gloves."

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Judge Campbell, in consideration of our being a "young man, without experience, and who didn't know any better," let us off easy in his contemptuous proceedings last week. The crime of being a young man "we shall neither attempt to palliate, or deny." Neither shall we answer to the charge of being without experience. But as to his making public the fact of our "not knowing any better," we must earnestly protest. Might he not have thrown the mantle of charity over us, and at least admitted that we had sense enough to oppose Campbell, or discernment enough to see that the ass on Ninth avenue brayed at his master's bidding. Had he but made these exceptions, we would have pursued the even tenor of our way, happy only in the thought that we had engaged the attention of the learned judge and accomplished actor for a few brief moments.

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Some variety troupe advertises in the New York Clipper for a star actor to make the tour of 1880. We know a gentleman who has shown considerable talent in that direction, and whose love for the stage is so great that he has been known to adjourn court in the middle of the week to take a leading part in a theatre, leaving the witnesses and the attorneys and their clients to make up the time as best they could until a relaxation of his stage duties allowed him to again ascend the bench. We are not positively certain that his services could be secured at any price just now, but think that an offer of $3 per week and board would be considered after the first of November. For further particulars, apply at the office of the Monitor.

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Winfield Courier, May 27, 1880.

Hundreds of our readers are demanding that we show up W. P. Campbell in his true light at once. Be patient gentlemen. Give us time and we will try and attend to the matter by installments. It is impossible for us to do him justice in a single issue for we must give the news and a great variety of other matter. We propose to avoid injustice and give only facts for what they are worth.

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MAY 27, 1880.

The new stone building of Col. McMullen and T. R. Bryan, on north Main street, will soon be ready for occupancy.

One of the buildings in the Union Block is sinking, and carpenters are at work propping it up.

Last week Mrs. McNeil replevined a gray pony from Sheriff Shenneman, claiming that it was one which belonged to her boy. Mr. Shenneman purchased the pony of a stranger some time ago, and was one which the stranger had before sold to Dick Rhonimus on time, and had to take it back because Rhonimus could not pay for it. Mrs. McNeil claims that while Rhonimus owned the pony, he traded it to her son, and that the person who sold it to Shenneman had no right to make such sale.

NOTE: AGAIN, THEY SPELL IT McNEIL...SURE WONDER ABOUT HER!

Mr. Lafe Pence left for Topeka and the east Monday morning. At Topeka he will attend the Democrat State Convention, of which he is a delegate from Cowley, after which he goes to Indiana, where he has been chosen to deliver an address and the diplomas to the graduating members of the Literary society of Hanover college. This is an honor not often conferred upon so young a man and we heartily congratulate Lafe upon his preferment. Mr. Pence graduate at Hanover in 1877.

A. J. Uhl, of Douglass, twenty miles north of this city, is one of the most successful sheep and wool farmers in this State, and his experience would be of great advantage to others in the business. On Tuesday June 1st he will have at Douglass a public sheep shearing and extends a general invitation to all to be present. This will be an opportunity to profit by his

experience.

The firm of Clarke & Dysert has been dissolved and Mr. Dysert assumes the responsibility of the business. Mr. Clarke will remain, however, and superintend the machine shops. This firm has from a small beginning built up a flourishing business, and one that is a credit to the town.

Married May 20th, 1880, at the residence of D. S. Beadle, in Vernon, Cowley Co., Kansas, by Rev. P. B. Lee, Mr. Christian M. Creps and Miss Amy E. Fowler.

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JUNE 3, 1880.

I understand that W. McCormick is in the field for nomination for Judge. MAC is a worthy gentleman and would grace the bench.

G. D. Varner has built him a new house.

Mr. McPherson has been appointed postmaster at Wilmot, vice Mrs. S. M. Phoenix, resigned.

If McPherson will accept the nomination of J. P., our township will elect him.

Mr. E. Holt is decorating his farm with a stone fence, enclosing his fine orchard.

J. W. Weimer has a very fine flock of sheep; so has Frank Blue.

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JUNE 3, 1880 - FRONT PAGE.

The people of the Thirteenth Judicial District, will be called upon, next fall, to elect a successor to Judge W. P. Campbell. The more prominent candidates thus far mentioned are Mr. Torrance, present County Attorney for Cowley county; Judge M. S. Adams, of Wichita; and W. P. Campbell. Judge Campbell has filled the position for eight years. His decisions have been subjected to much criticism, sometimes warmly approved, other times condemned by many people.

The bulk of our readers are conversant with his demeanor, both on and off the bench, but the majority of them do not know that he has been "stage struck." The Wichita Guards, a military organization, prepared a play entitled "The Union Spy," and Judge Campbell essays the roll of the spy.

He appears possessed of considerable dramatic talent and having given excellent satisfaction as an actor, his services appear to be in demand in various parts of the State. During the latter part of March, the play was performed at Emporia, with the Judge as the bright particular star. In order to be present and participate, we are told that he adjourned court in Chautauqua county. Last week the play was performed at Topeka, and large pictures of the Judge's handsome person were profusely posted, throughout the city. But another difficulty was in the way. Court was in session with a full docket in Cowley county. There was but one way to remove the difficulty--an adjournment. Notwithstanding the presence of the litigants, who were ready for trial, we are told the Judge refused to listen to the appeals of interested parties and adjourned court.

A few weeks since Court was in session in Sumner county. The judge's wife wished to visit her friends in Colorado and New Mexico, and he wanted to accompany her. Notwithstanding the two hundred cases on the docket, and the many pleas for him to continue the court, reporters say he adjourned the same until about the first of June.

Now the Judge has a perfect right as a man, to develop any dramatic talent he may possess, and no one should say him nay. At the same time the people have a right to demand of the person whom they elect to this responsible position, a prompt, faithful, and efficient discharge of the duties pertaining thereto. Again, there is a certain dignity belonging to the office of Judge, and some queer-minded people might imagine that going about the country playing the buffoon for the amusement of the populace would have a tendency to degrade that office and win the contempt of the people for the occupant.

We have not, thus far, felt called upon to express any opinion as to which of these three gentlemen should receive the nomination. There is yet ample time for that. But believing it right and proper to inform the people as to the habits and doings of their public servants, as well as those who aspire to positions, we feel that duty demands us to inform our readers of the new trait of character just being developed in the person whom they twice elected to the dignified and responsible position of Judge, and who appears before them the third time, asking their suffrages to re-elect him. Having performed that duty we will defer any further remakr for some future issue of the Gazette.

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JUNE 3, 1880.

Hon. W. C. Webb does not believe in muzzling the press. The following dispatch shows where he stands.

TOPEKA, KS., MAY 19.

TO D. A. MILLINGTON AND WM. M. ALLISON, WINFIELD:

Such services as I can render you on your appeal in the contempt cases are freely offered. Command me at your pleasure.

W. C. WEBB.

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We are indebted to Mr. Fred Hunt for the following.

The county clerk's figures show the total taxable property, including real, personal, and railroad, to be $2,889,968. This is an increase over last year of $730,821. The railroad property valuation in the county is $322,112, leaving the real increase in personal and real property $408,821. There are in the county 161,374 acres under cultivation; an increase over last year of 23,792 acres; and 72,112 acres are now green with growing wheat. Over a half-million bushels of old car are cribbed in bins throughout the count. 21,769 sheep roam over the pleasant slopes; 7,300 horses toil in the fertile fields and help eat the 25,062 tons of prairie hay that were cut in 1879. 5,626 cows furnish the milk from which the busy housewives have made 31,978 pounds of butter. This partly shows the prosperous condition of Cowley, and her steady advancement in wealth and prosperity, all owing, of course, to Republican rule.

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McDermott & Johnson have removed their law office to the new building of Mr. Morehouse on the northwest corner of Main Street and Tenth Avenue. They occupy the front rooms upstairs and will be glad to see their friends at all times.

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