THE WINFIELD COURIER

Winfield Courier, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1881 - FRONT PAGE.

The year just closed has been very unsatisfactory to all concerned. Last year the schools were so crowded that the teachers could do but imperfect work, but with the increase of room afforded by the new buildings, it was thought that there would be sufficient accommodations for all.

Yet comparing the work of this year with that of last, we find the result shows great advancement considering the difficulties under which we have labored. I give a comparable table showing the important statistics of the two years.

1879-80 1880-81 GAIN

Whole No. enrolled ....... 621 726 105

No. that attended 6 mos. . 422 546 124

Average attendance ....... 247 452 205

Percent of attendance .... 84 92 8

I would call attention especially to the gain shown by the above table. While the gain in enrollment is only 105, the gain of average attendance is 205, thus showing that there is a strong tendency on the part of teachers and parents to secure a regular attendance. There is also a gain of 8 percent in attendance.

These results have been reached under very difficult circumstances as you are all aware that the Scarlet Fever scare was a great drawback to regular attendance, some of the departments during that time were reduced one half. While the crowded condition has served as an excuse for many children to remain at home yet it must be confessed that many have remained away who should have been in school and it would be well if some means could be devised by which parents would be obliged to comply with the law in this respect and send their children to school at least 3 months in the year.

There are so many things which seem to me to be absolutely necessary for the future success of the schools and to these I beg leave to direct your attention.

With the present magnitude of the schools and the increased number of teachers, it is impossible for the principal to provide for the success of the schools without giving the several departments his personal supervision. It is impossible for him to teach all the time and do what is necessary as a superintendent. He may plan and give directions, but his plans and directions may never be carried into effect unless he can personally inspect every department. And he can only do this by having an assistant teacher at least one half of each day.

Two years ago the grade was first established and was in advance of the school; now the departments have not only advanced up to but have gone beyond the grade, so that a revision of the grade is necessary. In order to meet the present demands, an extension of the course of study is necessary.

Hoping that the above recommendations may meet with your approval and support, I am very respectfully yours,

E. T. TRIMBLE.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

June 9, 1881.

New potatoes and pears are on the table.

Corn is waist high and growing very fast. It will soon be laid by and harvest will be here. Wheat will average ten bushels to the acre if allowed to fill well, but there is some talk of chintz bugs.

There will be peaches in abundance, some cherries, and a bountiful crop of grapes.

The Prairie Home school house was moved to Udall last Saturday.

Mr. P. W. Smith is building a new residence.

The Sunday school at this place is in a very prosperous condition. Rev. Brunker preaches here every two weeks.

Mr. H. Hilderbran, of the firm of Smith, Green & Hilderbran, went to Atchison, met his lady from Pennsylvania, and they were married in Atchison last Thursday. They have returned to Udall and intend making it their future home. May their hearts and natures coalesce and their lives mingle like the meeting of two mountain streams, and flow sweetly on together, is the wish of the writer.

Mrs. D. Pearce is having very poor health.

Mr. William Hill has built a new barn.

Mr. Downing has visitors from Ohio. They are much pleased with this country.

A visitor arrived at the residence of Mr. William Walker this week. It weights eight pounds and is a girl.

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Martin are visiting friends at Floral.

There is talk of a cross railroad at Seeley, and we hope it will come to Udall.

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

Weather hot and dry. Farmers busy plowing corn. There is a prospect of having a good crop of corn, and vegetables of all kinds plenty and to spare. Wheat harvest will commence the tenth.

J. A. McGuire returned to his home after an absence of two weeks with his brother in Neosho county, who was sick. He reports crops not so good there as in Cowley county.

I. E. Johnson, J. H. Hall, and Mr. Summerville all have relatives visiting them from Iowa and Illinois.

There is some complaint of cattle dying with blackleg. James Ruffin lost seven out of his herd. His remedy is to bleed them, and it said to never fail to cure or prevent it.

We have a daily mail at Tisdale, eight a.m. and five in the evening.

N. Jackson has the largest corn, and Millie McGuire the finest garden about Tisdale.

Wm. R. Bradley & Son are running the blacksmith shop and a farm also. They make a success of both.

Mrs. Fluke has been on the sick list for several days, but is now slowly improving.

Gentlemen visiting in Cowley county would do well to visit Tisdale, the center of the county. There are some fine farms and respectable people as can be found in Kansas.

Adam Weimer has purchased a fine horse and buggy and says hereafter he will attend church with Mrs. Weimer on Sunday instead of herding cattle.

Wm. Gaines ventured out one day last week and got sunburned. Should be more careful. More anon.

RUSTICUS.

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

We are just at the beginning of wheat harvest with the prospect of an average crop if the chinch bugs keep within bounds. Corn is looking splendid and if nothing happens, we will have a very heavy crop.

VERNON.

[WELLINGTON PRESS ITEMS.]

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

Dr. J. E. Shaw has been appointed and commissioned as postmaster of Mulvane. He took charge of the office on the 25th ult.

The Burden Enterprise man is talking of starting a newspaper at Salt City.

The pontoon bridge across the Arkansas river at Oxford is now completed and in full operation. One difficulty after another has arisen to thwart the project and it has required nothing short of the pluck and energy of J. M. Buffington to carry it through to a successful termination. "Buff" knows no such word as "fail" and does whatever he takes in hand. Consequently, Oxford has a bridge that is substantial and will stand any flood that may come.

[STATE/LOCAL NEWS.]

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

Hon. Allen B. Lemmon has bought a two thirds interest in the Newton Republican and has assumed the editorial control and business management of that paper, which is a good property, being the leading paper in a live, growing city which is so favorably located that its future greatness is assured while its importance as a political and commercial center steadily increases. We think it is a good location for our boy and that he has the vim and industry to make the Republican boom. Messrs. Muse & Spivey retain a third interest and their powerful influence and aid will still be exerted for the paper. Harry Slough, late foreman of the Monitor, takes change of the mechanical work of the office.

A destructive cyclone passed through Osage county Sunday afternoon. A report of the cyclone, which we give our readers today, was made by J. E. Conklin, late of the Monitor, who visited the scenes, obtained all the facts, and has written them up as only an able and experienced newspaper man can do it.

NOTE: AM CONFUSHED OVER THE REFERENCE TO OSAGE COUNTY...CYCLONE COVERED OCCURED IN COWLEY COUNTY AROUND FLORAL!

[A FEARFUL CYCLONE. FLORAL HIT HARD!]

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

It has long been the boast of the people of the Walnut Valley that this favored locality was wonderfully exempt from cyclones and destructive storms, but the pitcher has gone once too often to the well," for on Sunday evening the northwestern part of Cowley County was visited by a destructive cyclone with all its attendant phenomena.

Last Sunday evening at about 5 o'clock when all the southern part of the heavens was clear, the citizens of Winfield observed that a fresh strong wind from the south had suddenly started up. This directed their attention to the northwest where were gathering clouds in great agitation. Soon these clouds assumed form and in close proximity to Seeley, seven miles to the northwest, the clouds sagged downward like a great hopper and from the lower extremity hung down first a rope looking form, which writhed sinuously and expanded rapidly, assuming much the appearance of an elephant's trunk.

This writhing trunk was whirling rapidly in the direction opposite to that of the movements of a watch face up, and moved slowly in an E. N. E. direction toward Floral. Our citizens watched it for a full half hour, the trunk sometimes reaching down to the earth and sometimes rising, but always in intense rotation and gyration.

One eyewitness described the appearance of the cloud as like several swarms of bees circling a crooked shaft. One describes the approach of the storm to Floral as like the roaring of forty locomotives run mad and tearing up the ground, raising clouds of earth, rocks, rails, lumber, and vegetation, and circling them around the tumultuous centre.

It was a huge funnel shaped cloud of a greenish black hue, with light and vivid arms which were probably electrical in character. One of the startling characteristics of a cyclone is the extreme electrical disturbance in the equilibrium of their forces, which results in the frightful phenomenon known as the cyclone. This monster started into being when its evolutions could be seen for miles; it was not in a hurry, but gyrated to and fro, and one at its outer edge could apparently dodge it. It would not be satisfied with going over the ground once, but would return and pass over the same place. One visit though, was enough, for when it struck, death and desolation marked its track.

Where once were happy homes, now naught remains except a pile of stones or scattered and broken pieces of lumber; the household goods and the treasured relics possessed by every family were broken and destroyed or scattered to the four winds of heaven. Where but a few hours before the farmer felt he had secured his reward for his faith, patience, and work in the large shocks of wheat that decorated his field, now nothing remains except dirty piles of straw that line the hedge rows. The great fields of corn that covered the earth with a waving coat of dark green were torn to ribbons, and in many instances laid level with the earth.

In reading a pen picture of such a scene, you may imagine you can realize it. Far from it! Columns of the best written descriptions would no more than give you an idea of the horrors of such a catastrophe.

This article was made up on Monday immediately following the storm and while the record is as complete as circumstances would admit, yet there are probable inaccuracies and omissions. Of exaggeration, there is little danger.

The first farm visited was that of W. L. Burton, who lives two miles north of the Limbocker ford. He saw the storm coming and he had his wife and six children go into the cellar, when in less than a minute thereafter his house, which was frame, was swept away, but fortunately none of the family were hurt. His outbuildings and farm implements shared the same fate, and we saw a cultivator that had the iron axle twisted in two. Wm. Knight, who lives on the opposite side of the road, suffered but little damage, and Mr. Burton and his family are stopping there. His loss is $300.

The next house struck was that of M. C. Headrick. The dwelling was a story and a half; it and out buildings were completely demolished. The family here were all more or less injured, Mr. Headrick seriously. Loss: $500.

Jo Wright's was the third house struck: his house, stable, cribs, and crops shared a common fate. All were destroyed. Estimated loss: $450. The family here was all more or less injured. Mr. Wright's mother, an old lady about seventy-two, will die, and a small child was reported to us dangerously injured.

At this point the power of the storm was absolutely indescribable. It had, before reaching Floral, a small tributary of Timber Creek and a belt of timber to pass, and the wind and lightning comprised their forces. Huge trees were blown up by the roots, the branches were withered as by furnace heat, the water was taken from the creek and dashed over the land, the air was filled with the debris of buildings, and sheafs of wheat were hundreds of feet above the earth's surface; and over and above all, was the horrible turmoil of the storm, that sounded as we heard Captain Stevens say, as if a thousand engines had let loose their steam exhaust at the same moment. Here the storm was at its highest and its force was resistless.

It struck the fine house of Daniel Maher, which was frame, and almost new. It and all the farm buildings except a corn crib are no more. The owner and his wife were away from home, but his parents and brother, Peter, were in the house. The old folks were injured: how serious, we do not know. Peter escaped without a scratch. Mr. Maher's loss is fully $1,500. We found him hard at work with a force of men trying to save his property and make a temporary shelter.

A few rods from Maher's was the log house of Jo Ferguson. Here there were eight persons in the house. All the buildings were destroyed and furniture scattered in every direction. Mrs. Ferguson was injured in the back, while the shock was so great that it unsettled Mr. Ferguson's mind and we found him insane. The condition of this family is lamentable; they have nothing left and must have assistance at once.

The Christian church, a fine building that was finished last year, and was worth fully a thousand dollars, shared the common ruin.

The school building, that was in size 36 x 70 feet, was the next building struck, and had a value of $1,200. It was swept out of existence.

This property is part of Floral.

The next house was that of John Casper, dwelling and Blacksmith shop, all of which were leveled with the earth and Mrs. Casper was severely injured in the head. His loss is $500.

Captain Stevens, a well known citizen of Winfield, had just completed a new dwelling, John Smiley having finished his work the night before; and the Captain and his family were spending Sunday in the new home. They saw and heard the storm coming and fled to the cellar of the old house, which they just reached in time. We found pieces of the new building hundreds of feet from the foundation. The Captain's direct loss is fully a thousand dollars; but fortunately, in his case he can stand it.

The greatest sufferer from a financial point of view is Daniel Read. He had a fine stone store building in which there was a country stock worth almost $3,000. The store building is no more, and we found stock scattered over the prairie. We should think that the damage of stock would be fifty percent. The dwelling house was also stone, and it shared the same fate as the store building. On the same lot, he had another building occupied by Dr. Knickerbocker, who, with his young wife, is now houseless. There was also a stable, farm implements, buggy, crops, etc., all of which are gone. Both families escaped injury by going into a cave cellar. At this time it is hard to estimate Mr. Read's loss, but we should say that it would reach $5,000.

Here the storm appeared to hang for it was fully five minutes in crossing a field forty rods wide and gave Lee Dickens and family the destruction of his house. His buildings were all destroyed. Loss: $200.

Geo. Anderson had a stone house well and strongly made; and when the wind struck it, there were nine people in it, all of whom were more or less hurt. His boy had a leg broken. His loss is fully $1,000.

L. B. Stone and family lived in a log house, but preferred to risk the brush and all escaped serious injury. Loss: $800.

Grover Cole and family ran to Anderson Cole's; he was injured in the breast. His loss he estimates at $100.

Wm. Wooley had a frame house, which was destroyed. One child was blown down in the well and escaped by means of a ladder. Loss: $300.

Poke Robbins' house was log and frame: it and the stable were destroyed, but the family escaped serious injury. Loss: $500.

Robt. Thirsk's house was frame and stone, which, with other buildings, was destroyed. He was slightly injured. Loss: $600.

J. M. Bair lost all his buildings. None of his family were seriously injured. One cow was killed.

Grundy and Newton Yarbraugh had a frame house destroyed. No one was hurt. Loss: $600.

Daniel Faler with his family was away from home and when he came back, no home was there. Loss: $300.

Mr. Roe lost his small frame house. No one was hurt. Loss: $200.

Wm. Miller's stone house was destroyed along with other buildings. Loss: $500.

Geo. Jones lost a small frame house. Damage: $150.

Darius Williams lived in a house of stone and frame. No one was injured. Loss: $300.

Geo. Williams had his house partially destroyed. The family escaped by means of the cellar. Damage: $200.

Widow Lewis had a small frame house destroyed. No one was hurt. Loss: $200.

M. W. Irwin lived on an old place of Captain Stevens. The house was log and stone, which was partially destroyed. Loss: $200.

This finishes our melancholy list, which makes a record of twenty-eight dwellings destroyed, with the attendant damage of out-buildings, wagons, implements, and crops. Following the estimate as given above, it makes a damage of nearly $20,000. The calamity coming as it did in the harvest season makes it still worse. Many of these people have lost their all and it is necessary that aid should be rendered at once. There is a fraternity of feeling that makes all the world a kin, and a disaster which is so sweeping and terrible in its character must and should enlist our heartiest sympathy. Let us all be practical in our character and give what we can towards relieving the terrible distress that exists among many of these houseless ones. Of injured we have a record of fifteen, two of whom will probably die. Several of the doctors from Winfield were called early Sunday night, and worked till daylight setting limbs and dressing wounds.

On Monday morning the news of the catastrophe flew over Winfield and before nine o'clock the road was lined with buggies, carriages, and wagons; and hundreds have since visited the scene and each visitor carried home the lesson that "man in his best estate is altogether vanity."

SPECIAL REPORTER.

S. A. Edgar had forty acres of good wheat, which is entirely destroyed.

John R. Thompson had some 200 acres of wheat and corn badly damaged, and many of his farming implements used up. His large orchard is almost a total ruin.

S. W. Phenix had 200 acres of wheat and corn badly damaged and orchard used up.

J. W. Miller has a large field of wheat badly damaged.

Mr. Ferguson lost a valuable horse.

Mr. C. Headrick lost a fine field of wheat.

Mr. Robbins' fine field of wheat is a total loss.

J. Casper, Mr. Hart, J. Wright, W. Limbocker, L. B. Stone, and many others suffered largely in destruction or damage to crops.

Pigs and chickens were killed without number and blown into the hedges.

Rev. Graham, of New Salem, was in the thickest of the cyclone and took refuge in a cave. He gave us a graphic account of the storm.

Among those seriously injured are Mrs. Wright, a four-year-old daughter of J. Wright, John Casper, the elder Mrs. Maher, and two boys of Geo. Anderson.

Among those injured less seriously are little Joe Wright, Mrs. M. C. Headrick, the elder Mr. Maher, Eddie Hart, Harry Turner, Robert Thirsk, J. J. Bair, and about a dozen others.

The Telegram estimates losses as follows.

M. D. Headrick $500.

J. Craig $150.

Dan Maher $2,000.

Mr. Ferguson $500.

Christian Church $1,000.

School House $1,800.

John Casper $800.

Daniel Read $2,500.

Capt. L. Stevens $2,000.

L. B. Stone $800.

Poke Robbins $500.

D. P. Faler $250.

N. Yarbrough $250.

J. M. Bair $800.

Robert Thirsk $500.

Geo. Williams $150.

Mr. Wooley $500.

Mr. Poe $250.

D. H. Williams $400.

Geo. Anderson $700.

J. Wright $1,900.

Mr. Miller $200.

W. Lewis $150.

Mr. Jones $250.

Wm. Irwin $200.

Lee Dickens $150.

Mrs. A. Cottingham $250.

Mr. Howard $150.

Mr. Cottingham $100.

Twenty-seven residences were totally destroyed besides stables, corn cribs, sheds, wagons, horses, agricultural implements, organs, pianos, clothing, bedding, household furniture, etc. The loss of crops can hardly be realized.

Many curious incidents are told in connection with the storm, some of which would be incredible were they not vouched for by parties of the highest respectability.

Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

WINFIELD, June 12, 1881.

Some days ago the Telegram published a remarkable article on the new temperance law, and one is forced to the conclusion that the gushing temperance advocate of last fall's campaign is about to go back on his record and join the red nosed, bleary eyed. And some visaged rabble who are just now holding up their hands in holy honor at that law which forbids the sale of intoxicants for sacramental purposes; is it possible that a chance to rent the basement of his new hotel at a big price for a Beer and Billiard saloon is working on his judgment?

And that reminds me that it is one of the stereotyped assertions now almost universally indulged in by men opposed to temperance legislation "that if a vote was again taken on the constitutional amendment, it would be defeated," and some men who voted for it now say they would not. The latter class no more can afford an answer, there can be but one answer and that is they were opposed to the principal at heart and voted for it because they were too low and cowardly to stand up like men and proclaim their convictions in the face of popular clamor.

That man who finds fault with the law and at the same time asserts that he is in favor of temperance, either has not examined the law, or he is an infamous liar. To have honestly voted for the amendment and be in opposition to the law is impossible; the law is the amendment, nothing more and nothing less.

And when men prate about the law being too strong, they proclaim their knavery or else the want of sense. The people legally adopted the amendment; the Legislature in obedience to that will passed the law, and it is the duty of all good men to stand up for its enforcement, and the county officials should zealously search out, arrest, try, and convict every malefactor.

The legislature, in passing this law, has placed the question of its enforcement in the honor of the people, and they have elected officers whose duty it is to hunt up violators and bring them to justice.

It is time that the people call a halt and give every officer who fails to find violations of their law a rest. This law means something, and the sooner our officials wake up to the fact the better, and those who are awake to it ought to be supported, and those who are not ought to be bounced.

OBSERVER.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

Mrs. John Moffit returned home Tuesday evening.

George Gardenhire was over from Torrance last Mond.

Henry Brown's new building walls are up to the first story.

Mrs. M. G. Troup and children have gone on a visit to Fredonia.

Winfield has the two finest improved parks that Kansas can boast.

D. O. McCray was on the cyclone grounds Monday armed with a pencil.

Wallis & Wallis are putting up the second story walls of their new building.

Geo. W. Martin's town clock does not strike yet. Hope he will report progress soon.

Ansel Gridley's basement is complete and ready for the main walls of his building.

Mrs. J. W. Curns and children returned home on Monday evening.

John R. Smith lately brought from Kansas City six blooded bulls and one very fine ram.

Quite a panic was created last week by the pursuit of a mad dog in the northern part of the city.

Mr. Shinn of the Fort Scott Nurseries is again in town and, as we suppose, canvassing for his firm.

District 131 has been organized by the county Superintendent. It lies three miles north of Arkansas City.

M. H. Markcum has returned from the Manhattan Agricultural College to spend the vacation in this county. [BELIEVE THIS IS "X. Y. CAESAR".]

There was a general exodus of Winfield people last Monday morning to visit Floral and the track of the cyclone.

District 78, Burden, has an enrollment of 70 pupils, and in May had an average attendance of 74. E. A. Millard is the teacher.

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

Dr. Davis, M. L. Robinson, and W. P. Hackney will start next week for New Mexico. They did not start this week as was first intended.

Mrs. Daniel Read was in town Tuesday. She talked cheerfully of the heavy losses she sustained in the cyclone and is not at all discouraged.

We have recently heard of the death of Harry Blount, formerly a teacher in this county. He went to Colorado a year or two ago where he died.

N. W. Fitzgerald, editor of the Washington, D. C. World and Citizen, Soldier, a brother of our citizen, Taylor Fitzgerald, visited our city last week.

The K. C. S. & L. railroad will carry persons attending Fourth of July celebrations for one fare for the round trip or half rates between points on the road.

C. C. Baker of the "Commonwealth" called Tuesday evening. He went down to Arkansas City to invigorate by hunting in the territory, but the heat was too much for him.

Ed. Bedilion is treating himself to a fine two-story residence with tin roof and other extras. Wonder if this is the result of the work of the grand jury last winter.

LAWN SOCIAL. At the residence of Mrs. Mann (C. A. Bliss place) will be given a lawn social on Thursday evening of this week.

J. E. Conklin and Dr. Mendenhall started Tuesday evening for El Paso, Mexico. They expect to be gone about three weeks and if they meet anything of interest, Joe will report it for the COURIER.

The Weekly Leavenworth Times is an eight page paper and considered as a newspaper it has no superior. Persons paying back dues for subscription to the COURIER and two dollars, will pay one year in advance for both the Times and COURIER.

Mr. N. G. West, from Winnebago City, Minnesota, was introduced to this office two days ago by Dr. Van Doren. Mr. West is an experienced young merchant and thinks of locating in this place or vicinity.

The schools at Arkansas City closed Friday Last. Pleasant exercises were given in the high school room by the pupils. Quite a number of visitors were in attendance. Professor Phelps has done a noble work for the pupils of his schools.

The party consisting of F. S. Jennings, Ed. P. Greer, L. H. Webb, James Kelly, Will Stivers, T. H. Soward, Burkhalter, Will Whitney, and ____ Albro [CANNOT MAKE OUT NEXT WORD] went last week to the Territory for fun, fish, and foolishness. All returned Tuesday evening except Ed., who returned the night before. They report lots of fun, fish, and squirrels. Grizzly's and other large game were neglected. Most of them returned with their hair on.

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We are informed that a babe in the eastern part of the county has become blind owing to the curiosity of attendants to learn the color of its eyes. When born, these waiting women held to its eyes a coal oil lamp, and to this act is due the baby's blindness. It should seem that some people of mature minds would have more sense than such acts would indicate. It is simply horrible.

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

During the storm Sunday night the house of J. J. Johnson, of New Salem, was struck by lightning. It struck a bell on top of the house and followed down a wire, burst through a window, and demolished a door near which Miss Etta and Mrs. Earnest Johnson were sitting, but no one in the house received any injury. A young man named Irving Droupman was out in the yard near the house and was knocked down and stunned by the shock. He remained insensible for some time, but has recovered. Mr. Johnson lives about four miles south of the track of the cyclone which was then raging.

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OBITUARY. Mary, wife of Hendricks Hall, departed from this life June 7th, 1881, in the fifty-seventh year of her age.

She had been sorely afflicted for a number of years, yet bore her long and painful suffering without a murmur. She was for many years a faithful christian wife and mother, thus leaving a bright evidence behind that she had entered into rest. She leaves a husband and seven children; also a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. She has done what she could.

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While in Winfield Wednesday morning, we noticed a man on the depot platform with two pint bottles filled with something that looked pretty much like whiskey. At any rate the individual who was the happy possessor (?) of the evils of all evils, passed the bottles to his friends and they pronounced it as being good whiskey. In justice to Winfield, we will say that the man had just arrived from Wichita, and remarked that he got his bottle filled in that town. "Commercial."

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George Rhodes found Monday morning his coal on fire at the bottom of the pile in such situation that only spontaneous combustion could account for it. It was a bin of Osage coal. This is not the first case of spontaneous combustion in a coal pile. The burning of the Normal Institute at Emporia two years ago was started by spontaneous combustion in the coal bins.

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The local editor is at home seriously ill with fever. His comrades brought him up from the Territory on Monday and sent him home by rail. He was completed worked down and went away to recuperate, but it seemed to have the opposite effect. We hope that with care, he will be up again after awhile, but he must be kept from work for a considerable time.

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Rev. J. E. Platter and his mother, Mrs. Emily Houston, received a telegram last Monday from Cincinnati announcing that her brother, Dr. James Taylor, had died suddenly. Mrs. Houston started at once for Cincinnati on the 3:25 train, but Mr. Platter was absent at the scene of the Floral cyclone and did not return until the train had left.

Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

On Saturday evening during the heavy rain, the residence of J. S. Stafford in the southwest part of town was struck by lightning. Little damage was done save the fright it gave to Mrs. Stafford and another lady with two children who were in the house at the time.

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Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

A considerable number of the citizens of Winfield met on Monday evening on the steps of the Winfield Bank to provide for raising funds for the immediate relief of the sufferers caused by the cyclone Sunday evening. Mr. Crippen called the people together by music from the band.

Rev. J. E. Platter was chosen chairman and made one of his neat and impressive speeches followed by Messrs. Hackney, Troup, Beach, and others.

A committee of ten gentlemen was appointed by the chair to canvass for subscriptions, consisting of Messrs. C. C. Black, J. S. Hunt, J. B. Lynn, M. G. Troup, D. A. Millington, D. L. Kretsinger, J. P. Short, R. E. Wallis, W. H. Smith, and H. D. Gans.

A committee of ladies was appointed to canvass for clothing, bedding, etc., consisting of Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. J. D. Pryor, Mrs. Earnest, Mrs. Jewell, Mrs. Van Doren, Mrs. Horning, Mrs. Albro, Mrs. Spotswood, Miss Nellie Cole, and Miss Mary Steward.

The committee of gentlemen organized with C. C. Beach, chairman, J. P. Short, secretary, and R. E. Wallis, treasurer.

Early on Tuesday morning a wagon load of provisions was sent to Floral under charge of Messrs. Black and Short.

During the day the canvass of the city resulted in the following cash subscriptions.

COURIER Co. $25.00

Winfield Bank $25.00

Read's Bank $25.00

Lynn & Loose $20.00

W. P. Hackney $15.00

J. E. Platter $15.00

Telegram $15.00

A. T. Shenneman $15.00

J. S. Hunt $15.00

Bliss & Wood $15.00

Spotswood & Co. $12.00

A. P. Johnson $10.00

M. G. Troup $10.00

Jacob Nixon $10.00

D. C. Stevens $10.00

H. D. Gans $10.00

H. J. Sandfort $10.00

Curns & Manser $10.00

S. H. Myton $10.00

Smith Bros. $10.00

Harter & Horning $10.00

W. J. Hodges $10.00

W. C. Root & Co. $10.00

James Hardin $10.00

J. H. Bullen $10.00

N. L. Rigby $10.00

S. C. Smith $10.00

Frank Williams $10.00

Wallis & Wallis $10.00

Baird Bros. $10.00

H. Goldsmith $5.00

J. S. Mann $5.00

Geo. W. Gully $5.00

D. C. Beach $5.00

Bradt & Gibson $5.00

Major & Vance $5.00

Cole Bros. $5.00

W. E. Davis $5.00

T. M. McGuire $5.00

J. P. Short $5.00

T. R. Bryan $5.00

M. Hahn & Co. $5.00

J. A. Earnest $5.00

Horning R. & Co. $5.00

J. D. Pryor $5.00

T. F. Axtel & Co. $5.00

Robt. Hudson $5.00

G. E. Raymond $5.00

Appleby & Ehler $5.00

S. Billings $5.00

J. Fleming $5.00

W. B. Pixley $5.00

Hoosier Grocery $5.00

J. F. Burroughs $5.00

Brown & Son $5.00

H. G. Fuller $5.00

Jennings & Buckman $5.00

J. A. Douglass $5.00

Speed & Schofield $5.00

J. L. M. Hill $5.00

J. E. Conklin $5.00

H. C. Loomis $5.00

Harter Bros. $5.00

N. C. Myers $5.00

Henry E. Asp $5.00

J. M. Alexander $5.00

Silver & True $5.00

W. Newton $5.00

J. W. Johnston $5.00

Quincy A. Glass $5.00

McDonald & Walton $5.00

Lee & McKnight $5.00

Simmons & Ott $5.00

Chicago L Co. $5.00

W. T. Ekel $5.00

Ed. Bedilion $5.00

Eli Youngheim $5.00

I. Levi $3.00

F. Barclay & Son $2.50

S. W. Pugsley $2.50

Ed. Weitzell $2.50

A. J. Frazee $2.50

E. Dever $2.50

S. D. Pryor $2.00

John Lee $2.00

Port Smith $2.00

E. W. Hovey $2.00

W. C. Carruthers $2.00

Mrs. De Falk $2.00

W. O. Johnson $2.00

A. H. Green $2.00

S. I. Gilbert $2.00

M. J. Wilson $2.00

J. O'Hare $2.00

C. C. Harris $2.00

A. W. Davis $2.00

Jas. Lorton $2.00

F. M. Friend $2.00

A. J. Pyburn $2.00

J. M. Keck $2.00

Connor & Beaton $2.00

J. M. Henry $2.00

John Lowry $2.00

D. F. Long $1.50

I. W. Randall $1.50

J. W. McRorey $1.50

C. G. Oliver $1.00

S. G. Gary $1.00

J. B. McGill $1.00

Geo. Mann $1.00

S. A. Cook $1.00

D. Mater $1.00

F. Brown $1.00

D. W. Stevens $1.00

A. Stewart $1.00

J. B. Sipes $1.00

J. P. Stevens $1.00

Chas. Kelly $1.00

C. D. Austin $1.00

B. A. Beard $1.00

D. A. Carr $1.00

M. B. Shields $1.00

J. W. Batchelder $1.00

W. P. Tucker $1.00

H. Jochems $1.00

J. E. Allen $1.00

W. Woding $1.00

E. Soferien $1.00

E. A. Appling $1.00

W. McClellan $1.00

F. P. Silver $1.00

J. S. Beaton $1.00

J. W. Seckles $1.00

W. Woodell $1.00

W. McEwen $1.00

Max Shoeb $1.00

F. V. Rowland $1.00

Roy Millington $1.00

S. Smedley $1.00

G. H. Allen $1.00

E. P. Harlan $1.00

Geo. Klaus $1.00

A. W. Berkey $1.00

G. W. Maxfield $1.00

Geo. Osterhaus $1.00

Nommsen & Steuven $1.00

John Price $1.00

Jas. Connor $1.00

Ed. Mount $1.00

M. West $1.00

T. B. Myers $1.00

P. Sipe $1.00

Jas. Burns $1.00

Dr. Green $1.00

H. Lewis $1.00

W. F. Dorley $1.00

N. Moore $1.00

B. Herbert $1.00

M. Smedley [?Smedler?] $1.00

W. A. Freeman $1.00

W. Dodson $1.00

Dr. Bull $1.00

Mrs. T. K. Johnson $1.00

John Powell $1.00

M. Buckhalter $1.00

John Eaton $1.00

M. Klingman $1.00

E. Cutler $1.00

Wilber Dever $1.00

F. C. Woodruff $1.00

F. M. Woodruff $1.00

John Wilson $1.00

D. F. Best $1.00

Ed. Cochran $1.00

Dr. Wells $1.00

Geo. W. Martin $1.00

R. W. Parks $1.00

F. Barclay, Jr. $1.00

Jos. Likowski $1.00

A. B. Graham $1.00

D. S. Beadell $1.00

H. Pails $1.00

J. Rowland $1.00

_____ Dorley $1.00

Ed. Likowski $1.00

Frank Finch $1.00

A. S. Tucker $1.00

Smaller collections $57.20

Sent from Arkansas City $46.50

The above is not a perfect list, but is as near correct as possible in our hurry in going to press. The committee have raised in cash $801.00.

Besides the cash contributions the committee of ladies secured a large amount of clothing and bedding from families all over the city. A full load of these was sent up to the sufferers on Wednesday morning and more to follow during the day. Some merchants gave groceries and other goods from their stores. The committee are distributing the property and cash as judiciously as possible, so as to do the most good.

Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

Marion Francis Witt, of Chautauqua county, aged 30 years, went into the pool just below the lower dam in the Walnut river last Sunday morning and while in eight feet of water took a cramp and was drowned. An inquest decided that it was a case of accidental drowning.

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From remarks we read in the local papers and hear on the streets, we should suppose that near the Tunnel mills in the Walnut river is a Scilla, a Carybdis, a whirlpool that would cast the famous maelstrom off the coast of Norway in the shade: a vortex which "sucks into" its terrible whirl all who approach within half a mile of its horrid fascination and carries them down amid surging waters through the unfathomable caves of earth; and that thousands of persons have already met this horrible fate. Let us unprick this stupendous bubble. There is no maelstrom, no whirlpool, but only a broadening and deepening of the river bed, an innocent pool about eight feet deep at ordinary stages, and much like the rest of the river at high water. No life has ever been lost there except Mr. DeWitt [NOW THEY SAY DeWITT...FIRST TIME WITT] last Sunday morning, and he was not drawn in, but cooly swam in and took the cramp. The young woman who lost her life two or three years ago was drowned in another place and in time of a freshet.

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THE QUESTION REMAINS: WITT OR DeWITT!

Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

A little son of Tully G. Hoyt, 7 years old, living in Dexter township, was bitten last week by a rattlesnake. He was well cared for and is doing well. There was no difficulty in treating without corn juice in this case.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

RECAP: Celebration under management and control of the County Sunday School Association. Five minutes to be given each district Sunday school vice president to represent his district. Outlined obtaining services of the Winfield Coronet band. Outlined 38 men and 38 men to ride in procession on horseback with appropriate costume to represent the 38 states. Thirty little boys in costume under the management of Miss Melville and Mrs. Caton to march as representatives of "The Cold Water Army."

[COLD WATER ARMY: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?] Fifty little girls from the different Sunday schools of Winfield, under the management of Mr. Hickok, to be appropriate dressed with mottoes, badges, banners, etc., to ride in a wagon drawn by four horses as representatives of Kansas Past and Kansas Present.

Further, 200 or more of the little ones from the infant classes of Winfield Sunday schools, under the control of their different teachers, to ride in wagons with banners and gadges to represent the "Army of the little innocents of Cowley county."

Best singers, under management of G. H. Buckman, to sing patriotic songs. Also, little Sunday School children, under management of Mr. Bair, assisted by Mr. Jewell and Miss McDonald, to sing for the people.

Declaration of Independence to be read by Samuel Davis [a promising young man of Winfield, just home from college].

Procession to include mayor, city council, county officers, newspaper editors, city/county church ministers, County Sunday School Association officers, etc. Sunday School delegations from the various townships to report on arrival to S. S. Holloway, county superintendent. City schools to be under the management of W. O. Johnson. General Green to act as marshal of the day: forming the procession and the order of marching.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

REMINDER! IF WE CAN, WE NEED TO FIND A COPY OF THIS!

Charley McIntire is making his "Democrat" an excellent paper of late. We notice this week a review of all the businessmen in Arkansas City, which shows a much better condition of trade than we had supposed existed.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 16, 1881.

TISDALE, June 12, 1881.

J. A. McGuire has quit merchandising and gone to plowing corn.

Wm. Sommervill's brother and family, from Iowa, are visiting him this week. They seem to be pleased with Kansas.

Ed. Millard, P. Martin, and N. Jackson were running a harvester together but could not agree as to what a day's work should be. After some talk and hard feeling, they agreed to disagree and dissolved partnership.

Wm. Bradley has been running a blacksmith shop and farm, making a success of both.

G. I. Brown has the finest sheep in this settlement.

D. F. Burt has returned from Eureka Springs, where he went last spring for the health of his son, whom he reports as unimproved.

RUSTICUS.

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Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.

A severe storm of wind, hail, and rain accompanied by sharp lightning and heavy thunder gathered west of this point at 3:00 p.m. on last Sunday; the thermometer was standing at 90 degrees in the shade and the wind blowing from the south. The storm, meanwhile, kept gathering in force, and passed slowly to the northeast. The belt of the storm was narrow, all being clear in the south and northwest, but little rain or hail fell here, but there was a continuous roar to the north. At 4:35 the thermometer had fallen to 86 degrees and a funnel shaped cloud formed in the northwest, and dropping, and rising, scattering, and reforming, until a spot of inky blackness was formed against the clear sky of the northwest, connected with the earth, and moved slowly and majestically to the northeast, the lightning flashing around it continually, and the spout gathered in proportion, and remained in sight 30 minutes; the dust, rain, and distance finally hiding it from view. At this time the wind veered to the northeast, driving a portion of the storm over this place, which consisted of heavy wind and rain with a few hail stones, some of which measured nine inches in circumference. No serious damage here.

"N."

Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

Hon. T. B. Murdock was seriously injured on a train near Las Cruces, New Mexico, last Sunday.

Seth W. Chase will be a candidate before the republican convention for its nomination for sheriff of this county. Mr. Chase has become pretty well known in this county as an energetic, earnest, and intelligent gentleman. He has all the qualifications for a first rate officer, a strong and elastic physique, strong sense and judgment, unflinching courage, and a warm heart. Should he receive the nomination, he will get the hearty support of the COURIER.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

We published an article last week in which was a kind of criticism on Mr. Shenneman, and this with some other paragraphs that have appeared, have led some to suppose that the COURIER is opposed to him for a second term. But such is not the case, and we wish here to say in justice to Mr. Shenneman that we consider him a sheriff of rare qualifications, one of the very best in the state. He is wide awake, energetic, and faithful, and at the same time does his duty in that manner which will be least unpleasant, expensive, and disagreeable to those with whom he has to deal; in short, he is efficient and kind hearted. There is no man whom we can support with more cordiality, as the nominee of the republican party for sheriff this fall.

So far as the criticism of the correspondent last week is concerned, we do not see as any other officer or any other man has much to brag of about finding evidence to convict of selling liquor in violation of law. There is no use in making arrests without the evidence to convict.

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Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.

In the distribution of the funds raised for the Floral sufferers, there were of course many who ought to have had aid and did not get it, and some who clamored for all they could get, and got more than a fair proportion of the funds because some others were more self-sacrificing.

Dan Maher was one whose loss was $2,000 and whose impaired constitution growing out of his services in the war and starvation and hardships at Andersonville made his losses peculiarly hard for him to bear; yet in his self-sacrificing generosity he requested the committee to distribute the funds to the others and not notice him, and they did as he requested. We do not think this was right. The committee should not have ignored a man because he was generous, thus giving an undue proportion to those who were clamorous and selfish.

Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

The Wichita Republican says: "Judge Campbell was fined by Squire Thomas Saturday. The wheel rolls round, and round, and a J. P. gets a chance to whack it to the district judge."

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

Mrs. Million of Dexter left for Missouri last week.

M. G. Troup has gone to Fredonia after his family.

The Brettun House will require 1,200 yards of carpeting.

Mrs. Manser and children returned last week from their visit.

G. E. Raymond is shipping three or four carloads of wool daily.

Not less than 5,000 will be in attendance at Riverside Park on the 4th.

Dr. Headrick has returned and opened an office with Dr. Mendenhall.

A. D. Crowell is shearing his sheep; the clip from his flock will amount to over 30,000 pounds.

St. John's Battery, under the command of Capt. Haight, will perform at Riverside Park on the 4th.

Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.

The cyclone relief committee distributed $800 in cash last Saturday to aid the sufferers in rebuilding.

Two or three hundred of our colored children and citizens will march as Freemen in the Fourth Celebration procession.

Thos. E. Cochran and Miss Emma Davis were married by Rev. Hikok Sunday. We wish the happy couple much joy.

Thirty-eight dollars is the price of round trip excursion tickets to Denver, good for fifteen days, over the Santa Fe.

Mr. Stanford of Crab Creek is expecting the arrival of his brother with 400 sheep to increase his present flock of 306.

M. A. Walton, of the firm of McDonald & Walton, started for the east on Tuesday last. He will be away until September.

On the 15th inst. Superintendent Story changed the boundaries of eleven school districts, and it was not a good day for changes either.

W. A. Nix of Cedar township called on us last Monday.

The large number of bearing cherry trees over town have brought in the English robin, usually so rare here; we have noticed several the past month.

Large delegations of Sunday School children, white and colored, and other citizens from Wellington, Wichita, and Arkansas City, will swell the numbers on the 4th.

J. Ex Saint arrived from New Mexico last Tuesday. He reports his business as very successful, and will now move his family to Las Vegas so that he can be with them often.

The wool clip of this county will amount to over 300,000 pounds, which, even at present low prices of that staple, will distribute over fifty thousand dollars among our sheep men.

On Tuesday two omnibuses rushing through the streets sandwiched a buggy and inverted the occupant, a woman, who then and there told the boss drivers what she thought of them.

Reynold's fine shoes for ladies and children, Stacy Adam's fine shoes for men and boys, Walker boots for men and boys. These are the best goods in America. For sale at Smith Brothers.

Dr. Wells has removed his office to the Page building, where he has fitted up very comfortable rooms. Mr. P. E. Fogg has also removed his office and will occupy rooms adjoining the doctor in the Page block.

The Arkansas City "Traveler" is one of the large, well conducted papers of the State and is especially interesting on account of its fresh news from the Territory every week. It well deserves the liberal support it obtains.

Marshal Burroughs has done a splendid job of grading on seventh avenue and improved the looks of the street wonderfully. John is making the poll-tax show this year in the many improvements he is making on our streets.

50,000 BUSHELS OF PEACHES WANTED. Farmers who will have peaches to sell and wish to make arrangements to dispose of them should call on Jim Hill. As peaches are perishable articles, arrangements for shipping must be made before the crop ripens.

A son of Wm. Cottrell, of this city, aged about ten years, was kicked in the face by a horse Tuesday morning, cutting up his face badly and splitting his upper lip. Dr. Wells took charge of him and sewed up the wounds as well as possible. It is believed that the boy will recover.

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Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.

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A boy by the name of Jefferson McDade was arrested last week for theft. He had hired out to Mr. Hon, of Pleasant Valley township, to harvest; and the first night slept with Alvin Hon. Al. happened to have about $35.00 in his pocket, and young McDade took $20.00 of it and skipped out. He was followed and next day arrested in Arkansas City by Deputy Sheriff McIntire. $17.00 of the $20.00 was recovered, and the youth now languishes in jail.

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Smith tried last Monday evening to walk on both sides of the street at the same time and Frank Finch took charge of him. He was going to fight the case to the bitter end, but the next day when the jury was impaneled, he had sense enough to see that they were not Topeka jurymen, so he confessed he had taken too much fly in his beer. In consideration of telling where he got his drink, his fine was made nominal.

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Mr. Merydith of Crab Creek last week in riding a pony met with a serious accident. The pony "bucked" as they call it, throwing the rider forward, and his head up at the same time. The two heads came in collision, but the pony's was the hardest; and Mr. Merydith had his skull broken, and a piece two inches and a half in diameter driven in. He is likely to recover.

Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.

Judge Torrance got through the court docket at Wichita last week after a four weeks seige and can now take a rest. His anxiety to make correct and just decisions in every case and to turn off business as rapidly as possible has kept him on a mental steam for a long time. He will now visit the lakes and

recuperate.

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The Arkansas City Democrat says, "The saloons have been opened in Winfield." The "Democrat" is too innocent. It should not swallow these stories it hears. It would be safer for a man to open a house for the dissemination of yellow fever in Winfield than to open a liquor saloon.

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The county surveyor has been "knocking things end-ways" in the upper Silver Creek country. His new survey has been a regular cyclone in moving corners, hedges, fences, and buildings. The fault seems to lie in the work of former years, and Mr. Haight is correcting the errors.

Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

ED. COURIER: It is now customary, I believe, when a party makes a trip anywhere, especially to the Indian Territory, for someone of the number to furnish an account of the same to the newspapers. As one of a squad of nine, who recently made a pilgrimage to the land of the Kaw, I will try to inform your readers of some of the matters and things connected therewith.

Grouse Creek was reached by noon of the first day, said day being, curiously enough, Thursday, June 9th, 1881, which should have been mentioned sooner.

Here a halt was called for dinner, and here also the verdancy of the party began to crop out. The temporary camp was made in a dense jungle on the lee side of a hill with a perpendicular front some twenty or thirty feet high. Underbrush, weeds, nettles, vines: pooh [?], but wasn't it hot! Not a breath of air stirred a leaf in that miserable forest. Yes, it was hot, and some of us thought that spot would compare favorably with a modified hades according to the new version. But we had the shade.

While some of us built a fire and got dinner, Mr. Jennings, Judge Soward, and Will Stivers went in quest of game. Soon word was sent to send another gun and more ammunition, which request being speedily complied with, such a roar of musketing opened out as I'll wager, the waters of the Grouse had not heard for many a day. Presently the mighty nimrods returned.

"Where's your game?" chorused we of the bread and butter stay-at-home brigade.

"It crumbled in a hole," mourned the Judge, "but I think it's certainly wounded."

"By the bones of my grandfather," howled Webb (he never swears), "if those three big stout men with two double barreled shotguns and a rifle, haven't been banging away at a poor little squirrel.

After dinner the company was formally organized by electing Jim Kelly to the office of _______. Brother Greer made the point that this being a civil company, the title should be "president." This however was promptly rejected. "What?" said the Judge "Suppose we have trouble with the redskins, which is more than likely, how would it sound to say our President marched us up the hill and then marched us down again. I move it be Captain." But here the beneficiary declared that would be no miserable captain and unless he be at once made Colonel, he would resign and leave the company to its fate. This settled it and the train moved out after dinner in the following order.

1. The elegant three-seated barouche containing the colonel, the major, the judge, Dr. Webb, Sergeant Whitney, and wagon-master Burkhalter, followed by the baggage wagon in which on the seat were Captain Albro and Chaplain Greer, with Will Stivers behind to look after things generally. Brother Greer drove the team, that is he drove it to the foot of the first hill, when the team stopped and would not be driven any further. We all got round the wagon, however, and pushed it up the hill notwithstanding the remonstrance of the team.

This Grouse Creek, I verily believe, is enchanted, or at least this company was, for all at once we couldn't agree as to which side of the stream we were on. Of course, it made no difference, only it depended on a proper solution of this confounding mystery whether we were going up or down, towards or away from the Territory. Finally we came to a standstill and waited for two gentlemen who were plowing in a field to come to the end of their rows, which were headed off by the road, or more properly cow-path, we were then on. But our consternation was only increased when on inquiring, we found those gentlemen seemed to be as much at a loss as we were ourselves. One said we were on this side of the Grouse and would have to cross over to arrive at our destination; the other said as he had been in the country but a short time and was, unfortunately, from Missouri, really knew nothing about it. Just here a bright intelligent looking girl with a hoe in her hand, cut the miserable knot, not with the hoe, however. She explained by saying that dame nature had, right there, succeeded in reversing the old order, and made the bed so crooked that for a full half mile the water actually ran up stream. But I think if we could have told these good people where we wanted to go lucidly and plainly, they could have told us how to get there. But we couldn't.

(To be Continued.)

Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.

The caravan here parted in the middle, Chaplain Greer believing as he could successively steer the local columns of the COURIER, he certainly ought to be able to steer a two-horse wagon to the mouth of Grouse Creek. So he left us and drove out of sight into the wilderness. We, that is the other rig, took the opposite course. We drove into a pasture fenced with brush; out of that into a cornfield fenced with stone, and traveled down a row of corn about two miles--so we thought--let down a pair of bars and brought up in a cowpen. We were, however, more fortunate here for we found a man who could and would not only tell us where to go, but could actually tell us where we at that moment ought to be, instead of driving over his corn and garden patch, as we had done. Will Whitney, however, very adroitly mentioned "that those were the finest hogs he had seen in a long time," which somewhat mollified the old man, who then told us how to get out. Thus, you see, kind words never die; and a little taffy, which Mr. Whitney after told us, was cheap, applied to the slab sides and ungainly snouts of the old man's hogs, and got us out of an embarrassing dilemma.

In a short time after bidding good bye to the old man of the good hogs, we arrived at the house of Drury Warren, a gentleman well and favorably known to some of our crowd. Mr. Warren, however, was absent in the territory at the big "round up," he having some six hundred head of cattle on the range on Black Bear Creek.

Here we passed out at the south gate of the state and entered the Territory when Messrs. Greer, Albro, and Stivers caught up with us and when your correspondent shot a squirrel, found a nice spring of water, and where we camped for the first night.

Nothing of any importance happened to us except the bites of some huge mosquitos, which happened rather often.

The next morning we tried fishing in the raging Arkansas with but poor success. An old blood-thirsty villain of a fisherman, who I have no doubt now was anxious to get us away from there, told us of a good place where he said we would find bass in abundance, well on toward the Kaw agency. Here trouble commenced. Some wanted to pull up stakes and go at once, some wanted to send a scouting party first to spy out the land and report. But the goers-at-once being in the majority, carried the point, so strike the tent, hitch up, and pull out was the order.

Sometime that afternoon we overtook an Indian afoot, leading a dog. Someone of our party asked him some questions, which he wouldn't answer. Then someone asked him what he intended doing with the dog. He then very politely told us to go to hades, saying, however, the old version pronunciation of that word.

We pitched our tents on the banks of the Arkansas River that night. Another meeting was held at noon to determine whether or not we would move again. The colonel, by virtue of his office, of course, presided. The debate was long, learned, and dignified. Greer, Webb, Stivers, Whitney, and Albro, for the move, ably presented their side of the case.

"You see, gentlemen," said Webb, "that we are on the very verge of starvation. No water, nothing to eat."

"That shows," said Jennings, "that you do not know what you are talking about. Here we are on one of the most delightful spots the sun ever shone upon. Look at that mighty river and tell me that there is no water. Look at the countless turkey tracks, and tell me there is no game, nothing to eat. Why, we are here in the very bowels of plenty, and I, for one, won't move a peg."

The motion was, however, put and carried, so move it was. That same evening the company arrived at the mouth of Otter Creek, where it empties into the Grouse, and once more the tent was pitched. The next morning, it being Sunday, it was agreed that no fishing, hunting, or euchre be indulged in but that this Sabbath be spent quietly and reverently as became our best citizens.

After breakfast some of the boys thought they would have some fun at the expense of the others. Word was accordingly passed along that a meeting would be held to consider the propriety of returning to the camp vacated the day before. The president being in the seat of course, proclaimed and made known that a meeting would be held at once. Every member being present the trouble began.

"Now, may the devil take me," said Chaplain Greer, "if this move don't beat all the moves I ever heard of."

"I opposed coming here in the first place, but now that we are here, I propose to stay," said Jennings.

"Me too," said Judge Soward, "let go who will, I shan't."

"Question! Question!" shouted the mob.

The motion being put, the chair declared it carried unanimously. That was a straw too much.

"Give me my blanket," groaned Greer, "I can hire a farmer to take me home."

"Give me my things," howled Jennings, "I can walk."

"Don't take my gun," yellowed Judge Sowrad, "I won't budge an inch."

Seeing that the joke had gone far enough, the boys were informed of the "sell" and soon all was again serene.

Monday morning, Mr. Greer, having been really in bad health when he started, was found to be much worse. It was accordingly decided to send him home. He was taken by Mr. Burkhalter to Arkansas City, put aboard the train, and we saw him no more.

And, now to conclude, for every good writer must conclude, I have endeavored to chronicle events just as they transpired. If perchance there may be a few little things that didn't happen exactly as I have said, I certainly cannot be held responsible.

ONE OF THE NINE.

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Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.

We know not what a day or an hour may bring forth. To our neighbors at Floral, grief, pain, destruction, and loss all came with one fierce gale. Into their quiet Sabbath rest the demon of destruction came, blighting their hopes, ruining their worldly prospects, and throwing them, without a moment's warning, homeless and houseless onto the wind swept prairies bestrewn with debris from their former houses. Our hearts are truly sad at the fate of others.

We knew not, when seeing and hearing the artillery of nature, that it was warring so fiercely with friends only a short distance away from us; yet we well knew our own cheeks had never blanched so during any storm in our life time, for it seemed as though all the warring elements of heaven and earth were battling for victory.

Rev. Graham had stopped at a house to avoid a wetting, and came near being blown away, as the house with all its occupants gave way to the monster of destruction.

Harvesting is almost a thing of the past, as the golden staff of life was so injured by the chinch bugs as to require cutting early than usual. Wheat is not so good as farmers anticipated a few weeks ago. Corn is looking splendid, and if the cinch bugs let it alone, we may gather a bountiful crop.

Messrs. A. W. Davis and Kretsinger, from Winfield, made a flying visit through our country last week.

Mr. C. Chapell is home again from the Salt Springs, have received but little benefit.

Miss Rose Brown left Salem for her father's home in Independence.

Mr. Shields is very busy breaking the green prairie sod.

Mr. J. J. Johnson's house was struck by lightning, but fortunately no one was seriously injured.

BIRTH. Mr. McMillen has engaged the company of a little gentleman to keep Mrs. McMillen in music, etc., for an indefinite time. All are doing well.

Mr. Brooking has come back to live in Salem.

Miss Mattie West, of Tisdale, gladdened the hearts of some of her friends in this vicinity by her cheerful presence one day last week.

Mr. Causey lately purchased 80 acres of land on Timber Creek and the late cyclone undertook to improve it by demolishing the house and its contents. Mr. Causey may congratulate himself that he is still a Salemite.

Miss Annie Buck cut her lip last week, or the pump handle caused her to, without permission.

Dr. Irwin is afflicted with erysipelas.

Miss Sarah Bovee is in town at present.

Mrs. Beach and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, and Miss Davis visited at Bovees and Hoylands last week.

Some of the farm hands in Salem struck for harvest, or higher wages, and the farmers let them strike for home.

Mr. Mahar is using the header in harvesting his wheat.

Some of the Salem canines have died or were killed to put them out of the way of hydrophobia.

Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

The people of Box City and neighborhood are determined to celebrate the Fourth of July at home this year. George Savage was called to the chair and S. Neer appointed secretary. The committee fixed near the Hickman crossing on Grouse; this location is beautiful and commodious. Elder Thomas and Mr. McDermot have agreed to speak on that occasion. Vocal music will intersperse the various exercises of the day. Wheelbarrow and sack races, croquet, etc., will among the exercises to enliven the occasion. Last, but not least, will be the ascension of a mammoth Caloric balloon from the ground during the afternoon.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

Bring on your signs, banners, etc., if you want them done in time for the 4th of July or any other time, second door west of post office, Manning Block, where Herrington is now giving special attention to sign and ornamental painting, and paper hanging. We are now going to do work according to the times and cheaper than any other man, so we are going to contend for some more glory just before the camp meeting.

O. H. HERRINGTON.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

JUNE 10TH, 1881.

Corn looks nice as heart could wish, and is being well tended. Wheat is being harvested, and for the past few days, it has been warm, and "don't you forget it."

George Hirst has left us for awhile. He has gone to Hutchinson. George is a jolly, good fellow and we hope the nature of his business is such as will detain him but a short time.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

B. H. Clover, two and a half miles north of this place, had two cows killed in the storm Sunday evening. They were struck by lightning.

We are informed that there is to be a fourth of July celebration on Grouse Creek, 5 miles north of Cambridge, near Mr. Hickman's. A more pleasant grove for holding a celebration could not be found in the county.

The festival that was given by the citizens of Cambridge in the school house, Tuesday night, proved to be a grand success in every particular. There were about one hundred ladies and gentlemen, besides a number of boys and girls. The net receipts were $72.00, which is a sufficient amount to purchase the bell as desired.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

The school board of district number 127, Walnut township, Cowley County, Kansas, will receive sealed bids until June 25th for the erection of a stone school house, in said district, either for the house complete or for the stone work, carpentry work, plastering, and painting separately. Specifications can be had by calling on the clerk of said district.

T. POULE, [?]

Clerk.

NOTE: NAME OF CLERK REALLY NOT CLEAR...SCRATCH ON NEWSPAPER!

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 23, 1881.

Mr. J. C. Topliff, our worthy postmaster, who has been in the cities of Boston and New York for the past month, visiting friends and relatives, returned last Wednesday. He reports a pleasant time and visit.

Miss Susie and Willie Berry, who have been in Lawrence the past year attending school, passed through the city last week enroute for Pawnee Agency, where they will spend the summer vacation with their mother and brothers.

The banks of the river are lined with fishermen and fisher-boys down at Searing & Mead's mill all day and a good part of the night. A forest of rods stick out over the stream, and the poor fish that comes within reach must be a muscular one if he

escapes.

Seventy wagon loads of flour, five loads of corn, twenty eight new wagons, and ten loads of supplies were taken out of our city last week by the Indian teamsters for the different Agencies in the Territory. How does that strike you for one week's Indian trade?

It is reported that the Northern Cheyenne Indians are getting on their ear. We are informed that they have notifed Agent Miles that they intend leaving the Agency and returning to their home in the north. They say they are willing to depart in peace, but if he or the troops interfere, they will go forceably.

A NARROW ESCAPE. While A. T. McIntire (our brother) was plowing in his field last Saturday afternoon, just north of the city, lightning struck the ground within a few rods of him, knocking his team down and stunning him quite badly. He examined the place where it struck, and says it bore a hole in the ground a foot deep and about four feet across.

BIG SNAKE. Mr. A. J. Arnett, of Bolton township, informs us that a huge snake has been seen recently in the neighborhood of J. C. Topliff's farm, that will measure at least fifteen feet in length, and is as large around as a stove pipe. He says he has not had the pleasure of gazing on the monster serpent, but his neighbors have seen it frequently, and thinks there is no doubt but what it is as large as they represent it to be, as he has seen its track, which will measure fully eight inches across. It is thought to be a rattlesnake, and several monsters have been killed in that neighborhood recently. In telling us this snake story, it was with the direct view of not having it published. Since it was made known that rattlesnakes have been killed in that locality, they have been harrassed so by parties who wish to cultivate rattlesnakes since May 1st, that he considers it imprudent to let it be known that Bolton produces such whoppers. We therefore make the above announcement under the seal of confidence to our readers.

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Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.

ARKANSAS CITY, June 15th, 1881.

On Tuesday I took a run up to Winfield to pass the afternoon, and succeeded in doing so to my entire satisfaction. Winfield is a nice place. It has broad streets, and trees, and sidewalks, and nice houses, and above all, a hospitable community of intelligent enterprising citizens. Just now, it being an off year in politics, the attention of the public is devoted to the improvement question, much the same as Topeka has been. Like Topeka, Winfield has "boomed" all the Spring, and business has been good and the citizens have felt like putting their money into those things which attract and hold the admiration of strangers and conducive to the happiness and health of the residents.

At the depot, I met Will. Garvey, formerly of Topeka, who said in the same breath that had inquired how long I was going to stay, "Do you see that park off there? Well, M. L. Robinson will take you over to see it in his buggy." We went uptown, and, sure enough, in fifteen minutes I was seated in Mr. Robinson's carriage, and ten minutes afterward was being shown all over one of the most beautiful parks in the State.

It lies a quarter of a mile west of the A., T. & S. F. depot, on the north bank of the Walnut River, and consists of forty acres of grand old trees, and aspiring younger ones not yet freed from the clinging vines which make shade and add a grotesque and charming appearance to them. The place is named Riverside Park, and is the property of M. L. Read, the banker, Mr. M. L. Robinson, his nephew, Mr. S. C. Smith, and Mr. Lowry. They have had a force of men in it cleaning out the underbrush, and locating and clearing drives all the spring, and have really succeeded admirably.

There is a long drive and a promenade along the waters' edge, covered by the shadiest of trees, and allowing glimpses of charming scenery upon either bank of one of the most beautiful of Kansas streams. Other drives run at all angles in and about beautiful groves, affording a ride of more than ten miles within the enclosure. The trees are full of birds, which are protected and fostered. A speaker's stand will be placed for the 4th of July, when the park will be used for celebration purposes. This stand will consist of a stone twenty feet square, placed upon pillars of masonry, and will be donated by the proprietors of the celebrated Cowley County stone quarry, Messrs. Holmes & Co. The river affords a fine boating course, and boats will be placed upon it at once. A steamboat is being secured, which will make excursions up and down the river. Riverside Park is certainly a great improvement.

Another park has been cleared at the north end of the city, which is also at the disposal of the public, though owned by private gentlemen. I believe it is owned by the other bank, and that there is considerable rivalry between the banks for the approval of their respective efforts for the public good.

After returning from our drive, I called upon Mr. Millington, at the COURIER office, and found him busy, as all newspaper men are. The COURIER has recently absorbed the Monitor, adding a part of the material to its office, and will sell the remainder. Very properly, Mr. Millington has the post office, and with his paper, which is an excellent property, seems to be in a position to enjoy life.

Mr. Lemmon was not in the city, having gone up to Newton to attend to his new business, the editorship of the Republican, which paper he recently purchased.

I found Senator Hackney seated in his office, and spent a half hour very pleasantly. The Senator had just made a sale of a three thousand acre tract of land at a good figure, and was in good spirits. He is going into the stock business after awhile, and entertains some very hopeful, as well as reasonable opinions, upon the subject.

I had heard the name of W. P. Hackney mentioned in connection with the office of Congressman, and heard that many of his friends were urging him to consent to become a candidate, and I asked him plainly if he was going to oblige them. He said he could not tell what he should do, but at present he is not a candidate, and does not think he will become one. "It is too early to talk about these matters now," he said, "and if the new Congressmen are nominated at large, by a State Convention, it will take a pretty strong man and an active man to make it. I don't propose to sacrifice myself." My impression is that the Senator would like to go to Congress.

Speaking of other possible candidates, he mentioned Hon. S. R. Peters as a strong man and said he thought he would try to get the nomination. Of Senator Sluss, of Sedgwick county, he said, "He is the brainiest man in this part of the State, affable and courteous and with an ability which has been and is acknowledged, and cannot be questioned. We all know that he has the capacity to represent us in Congress, and do it well. We wouldn't be ashamed of him." This I consider a generous compliment to a gentleman who deserves all the praise that could be given him.

Senator Hackney spoke in the highest terms of praise of Mr. J. W. Ady, of Newton, also, and counted him as a probable candidate. Mr. Hackney is a stalwart of the most marked type, and one of the most prominent young men in the State. He is an able lawyer, and I think is making money in his profession. Mrs. Hackney is spending the summer at Manitou, and the Senator dines at the Williams House, where I was his guest for supper.

CLIFF.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 30, 1881.

Our readers will remember that several weeks ago, Geo. Haywood, whose real name is Richard Lennix, was arrested in Chicago, on the strength of a photograph sent there by Sheriff Shenneman, who wanted him for passing forged paper on the Cowley County Bank, that Shenneman went to Chicago, and through many difficulties, got his prisoner, and started home with him; and that on the way, the prisoner jumped from the train in full headway and escaped. Shenneman had taken from his pockets a letter written in a female hand from Canton, Illinois, and signed "S." By means of this letter, he found who "S" was and concluded that sooner or later Lennix would visit this "S", who was his sister. So he employed the post master at Canton, the marshal of Canton, and the sheriff of that county to watch for him.

Last week he got a telegram from the sheriff informing him that the prisoner was caught. Shenneman answered at once to hold on to him until he got there, and started for that place. Habeas Corpus proceedings were instituted for procuring the prisoner's discharge, and when Shenneman arrived, the Habeas Corpus was being heard before the County judge, who soon discharged the prisoner.

Shenneman grabbed him at once and there was a row, the judge leading the mob and threatening due vengeance on Shenneman. By rapid motions and strategic generalship, Shenneman got his prisoner slipped into a wagon behind the fastest team that could be procured, and putting the horses to their best speed, rushed through opposing crowds and escaped, followed by many pursuers. He beat them all in the race and got his prisoner to a station twenty miles distant, put him on board, and sped back to Winfield, where he has his bird safe within the walls of the Cowley county jail.

Mr. Shenneman is enthusiastic in his praises of Sheriff D. J. Waggoner and other officers of Fulton County, Illinois: Thos. Burleigh, City Marshal, and John Sutton, night watchman of Canton, Illinois. They assisted in securing the prisoner and helping Shenneman to get him away. He noted their unbending integrity, for he knows positively that they were offered five hundred dollars to allow Lennix to escape.

This Lennix proves to be one of the most wily and successful counterfeiters in America. He has victimized large numbers of businessmen in various parts of the United States and Canada, has many smart accomplices who have aided him to escape many times, and who still work to get him out of limbo. He has finally got a sheriff after him who never gives up and will keep his eye on him to prevent him from escaping again. The prisoner has plenty of money and his accomplices have plenty more, so that everything will yet be done that can be done to get him out.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 30, 1881.

Tell W. Walton makes in the last number of his paper, the Caldwell Post, the following statement.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 30, 1881.

Commonwealth: W. F. White, the enterprising and indefatigable passenger agent of the A., T. & S. F. Railroad Company, has devised a scheme and perfected arrangements by which through tickets are now sold at most stations on the line of the A., T. & S. F. to nearly all the minor stations of the east. By the old coupon system, tickets were sold only to important places, and the traveler had to pay local fare from such point or buy a through ticket to some large station beyond his destination, and stop off at his intermediate station, thus paying for more than he received. All this trouble, annoyance, and loss is obviated by the new system. Passengers are ticketed clear through to their destination. The form of tickets is extremely simple, and easily understood, and the most careless traveler will be less likely to be diverted from his route than by the attempted study of the complicated forms heretofore in use. The Santa Fe is always foremost in inaugurating improvements which are likely to contribute to the convenience and profit of the traveling public.

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Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.

The "Corners" escaped the cyclone that struck Floral on Sunday the 12th inst., but we had a close call. One funnel shaped cloud going west and north and one southeast. In this section we had fearful wind, hail, and rain, damaging all growing crops, especially the wheat. The corn was badly riddled, but the past week's growth has improved it materially.

Our new neighbor, Quinton Thomson, one mile north of the "Corners," is making some good improvements. He has erected a good barn and has lumber on the ground for a two story house. Mr. Thomson will enclose one quarter section with a stone wall this fall and winter. He is from Marion County, Indiana.

J. B. Holmes and sons have invested in sheep, 840 ewes, from which they have 500 lambs. Mr. Holmes sold his wool clip at Winfield at about 16 cents per pound.

Gene Wilber says a preacher don't want to undertake to cut short wheat with an old harvester, because nothing short of genuine christian fortitude will keep a man from profanity. Of course, he (Wilber) doesn't swear.

There was held at Rock school house on Sunday the 19th inst. a conference of Sunday school workers to make arrangements for holding a Sunday school picnic. It was resolved to hold a picnic on Bailey's Island on the 16th day of July. Said island is situated one mile west of Rock store in the Walnut river.

We had the following delegates from the following schools at our conference on last Sunday. From Centenial, George Norman and Wm. Atkinson; from Star Valley, Mr. Martindale and Simeon Martin; from New Canton, W. P. Heath; from Rock Valley, Archibald Smith.

S. P. S.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 30, 1881.

Two runaways this week.

Ice for sale at JIM HILL'S.

S. A. Smith, of Dexter, was in town Saturday.

T. J. Floyd of New Salem was in the city Saturday.

Van Doren & Gunn Surgeon Dentists, one door west of post office.

The comet, or something else, killed a horse for Speed & Schofield Sunday night.

Mr. Arthur Smith of Otto had a valuable ox killed by lightning during the storm of Saturday 11th.

Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.

Mr. J. P. Mussleman, one of the live farmers of Silverdale township, made us a pleasant call Saturday.

Capt. Jas. Shaw made us a pleasant call Wednesday morning. He has been a reader of the COURIER for several years.

S. P. Strong of Rock came down to the "Hub" Tuesday. He came in just late enough to escape being caught as a juryman.

MARRIED: At the Baptist parsonage, Winfield, June 22nd, 1881, by Rev. J. Cairns, Mr. Arial Fairclo and Miss Ida Creps, both of Arkansas City.

J. H. Bullen let the stage pass over his new iron bridge across Timber Creek Monday morning on a temporary crossing, but the bridge was not finished until Tuesday noon.

LOST. If finder will return the roll of money lost by me on the 22nd inst., to M. L. Read's bank, he will be liberally rewarded. G. S. MANSER.

Mrs. S. Watch, of Yonkers, New York, is visiting her son, James Watch. She is delighted with the life and beauty of our western city, and may conclude to make Winfield her future home.

The editor of the Cambridge "Commercial" is making arrangements to publish a large extra edition containing a history and description of the county, on August 13th. The edition will be 10,000.

Mrs. Geo. Buckman is visiting friends in Cherryvale this week. Mrs. Charles Bahntge and baby left for Joplin Monday.

Mr. R. M. Story and Mrs. Busby gave their sabbath school scholars a treat last week in the way of a picnic in Riverside Park. Boating, swinging, spring chicken, etc., were the principal features of the occasion.

The local is "on his pins again," after an illness of three weeks.

Last Monday a lame pedler had a notion shop on the ground in front of our office with his wares displayed on boxes, trunks, benches, etc., when a span of ponies with a milk wagon rushed through his shop scattering things. No one hurt and but little damage done.

A freight train and caboose was over the west part of the K. C. L. & S. road Saturday evening picking up section hands to go over to Moline and repair the track torn out by the floods. The rains that fell in that direction Saturday morning were very heavy.

Charlie Kelly has received an appointment on the Caldwell branch of Uncle Sam's mail route and left Monday morning to take his position. We congratulate Charlie on securing this appointment. He is capable and will work his way up in the service.

Dee Whitson, of Pleasant Valley township, has his porch fronting north and west, sided up with wire screening. It makes one of the coolest, neatest places imaginable. This way of fixing a porch is much cooler than latticework.

The Walnut has been on a grand old high for the past few days. It has been about 20 feet above low water mark. This is the first time the river has been bank full for over two years.

He came, he saw, and he dropped $35 with the police and justice courts. He was a verdant citizen from the sandy suburbs of Arkansas City, and although he found at the "Hub" that prohibition didn't entirely prohibit, still it made fun more costly than of old. He returned a sadder, and we hope a wiser man, but still a little drunk. His name was Albert Horn.

Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.

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[NOTE: EARLIER ARTICLE CALLED HIM "LENNIX."]

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Hugh M. Holmes on Tuesday was crossing the railroad about two and a half miles south of the city with a span of mules and mowing machine, when a train suddenly came in view around a bend. Holmes whipped up his mules and they jumped forward suddenly, separating themselves from the machine, leaving it on the track. The train ground the machine very fine. No other damage done.

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A. B. Lemmon and wife and children, Bertie, Allie, and Fred Lemmon, Ex Saint and wife, and Misses Irena, Jessie, and Louise Saint, and Miss Kate Millington left on Wednesday's train. Mr. Lemon and family will stop at Newton and Mr. Saint and family and Miss Kate Millington go to Las Vegas, New Mexico. This makes quite a vacancy in the senior editor's family.

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Dan Maher had a splendid stove or cooking range mashed up by the cyclone. H. Jochems undertook to get duplicates of the broken plates for him and applied to the manufacturers of the stove, The Excelsior Manufacturing Co., St. Louis. This company promptly forwarded the material for making the range as good as new without charge for castings or freight.

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The Santa Fe road has put on reclining chair cars between Caldwell and Kansas City, and a parlor car between Arkansas City and Mulvane. This makes travel over that road pleasant and easy. The chair cars are models of neatness and comfort, and one can rest in them as comfortably as in a sleeper.

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Mr. H. C. Catlin of Liberty came near drowning Saturday evening. He attempted to ford Silver Creek in a wagon with his wife, but the water was higher than he calculated and all went under. He got his wife out; but in trying to save his team, he nearly drowned. He lost one valuable horse.

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The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Cook died Tuesday morning. The funeral was held from the residence of the family on 10th avenue Wednesday morning. This is the third little one the parents have buried. They are bowed down with grief over the last sad bereavement.

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Mr. J. P. Mussleman completed the sale of the I. F. Austin place in Silverdale township, and came up Saturday to make out the papers. The purchaser was a Mr. Andrews, of Belle Plaine. He has several thousand sheep and purchased this place for a stock farm.

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Capt. G. S. Story of Maple City called yesterday and says that the intimation in the COURIER that William Null was intemperate does him injustice. He is a total abstainer. Otherwise, our account was nearly correct.

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Winfield Courier, JUNE 30, 1881.

Winfield has been in a fever of excitement for the past few days over the arrest of Frank Manny for violating the prohibition amendment in selling beer. The trial was first brought before Justice Kelly, but the defense secured a change of venue to Justice Tansey's court. Monday was the day set for the trial and early in the day numbers of spectators gathered to see the opening of the case.

The array of legal talent retained on the part of the defense was simply appalling: Judge Campbell, with eight years' experience on the bench; J. E. Allen, one of the most precise and painstaking lawyers at the bar; O. M. Seward, the leading temperance attorney of the southwest; and Messrs. Soward & Asp, gentlemen of high standing at the bar. Certainly Mr. Manny should feel that his interests will be protected as far as the law is concerned.

County Attorney Jennings appeared for the State.

The hall opened at 9 o'clock, the jury was called, and the examination for jurors commenced. This proved to be a tedious matter as most everyone called had either formed or expressed an opinion, or had conscientious scruples that unfitted him for sitting in the case. Generally when a juror went into the box thinking he was unprejudiced, he found that he was mistaken before the lawyers got through with him. Up to noon thirty-five jurors had been called and twenty-nine of them proved to be incompetent.

After dinner the examination of jurors was continued and soon developed into a lively fight. The question was raised of whether a member of a temperance organization was a competent juror in the case, on which Judge Campbell made an exhaustive argument, insisting that such a person was not and could not be competent to sit in the case. County Attorney Jennings replied in a brief but convincing manner. He stated that if Judge Campbell's theory was correct, a horse thief could be tried only by persons not opposed to horse stealing, and that persons who were in favor of enforcing the laws would not be competent jurors in criminal cases.

The court sustained the County Attorney, and the juror was passed. The jury was finally empanelled at 5 o'clock Monday evening.

The following is a list of the jurors: A. G. Wilson, James Bethel, E. P. Harlen, Elam Harter, I. N. Holmes, E. P. Kinne,

J. H. Mounts, T. H. Jackson, T. S. Smith, Wm. Trezise, W. L. Morehouse, and W. I. Shotwell.

TUESDAY.

The court met Tuesday morning and upon calling the jury, it was found that Mr. T. W. Jackson, of Vernon township, was absent. An attachment was issued by the court and the sheriff started for Mr. Jackson's home. The court then adjourned until one o'clock. About two o'clock the sheriff arrived with Mr. Jackson, who was quite ill, and asked to be discharged. The court ruled that he must serve unless positively unable.

The case was then opened by a statement from the County Attorney. Judge Campbell then arose on a "question of privilege" and asked the court to rule that the state use but three wit-nesses for the proving of any one fact. After much discussion the court overruled the request. The defense then moved that the case be dismissed, alleging that the information did not state facts sufficient to warrant any action. After another lengthy argument, the court promptly overruled the motion.

County Attorney Jennings then attempted to open the case, when the defense again objected and moved that the case be dismissed because "the complaint was not sworn to by a responsible party." Judge Campbell then made an exhaustive argument on a constitutional point. Mr. Jennings answered Judge Campbell at considerable length, and was followed by Mr. Asp for the defense, who closed the argument. The objection was overruled and duly excepted to, and the state proceeded with the examination of the first witness, Mr. Miller.

Court convened promptly at 6 o'clock and Judge Soward opened the argument. Numerous authorities were cited, among which were the celebrated Burr and Morgan cases. County Attorney Jennings replied in an extended argument, citing a large number of

authorities.

At noon, Wednesday, we go to press. As yet the case has not been fairly opened, the defense bringing up point after point for the decision of the court. Each point must be argued exhaustively, which takes time and how long no one can tell. The case will be fought step by step. The council for defense will leave no stone unturned, and Attorney Jennings, although bearing up under a terrible pressure, will melt them at every turn. Our reporter will attend the trial throughout and a complete record of the proceedings will appear in our next issue.

JUNE 30, 1881.

Died at the residence of E. P. Greer in Winfield, Saturday afternoon, little Dolly, infant daught