THE WINFIELD COURIER.
[FROM NOVEMBER 16, 1882, THROUGH DECEMBER 28, 1882.]
D. A. MILLINGTON, EDITOR.
ED. P. GREER, LOCAL EDITOR.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
INTERESTING STORIES RE LINCOLN AND STANTON ON FRONT PAGE WHICH I SKIPPED. VERY LENGTHY.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Amos Walton refused to accept the nomination for commissioner of the 2nd district, and gave out in various ways that he would not be a candidate under any consideration, so it was considered that Harbaugh had no competition and would surely be elected. So no attention was paid by the Republicans to that matter. When, on election day, both the Democrat and Greenback tickets came out with Walton=s name, it was a surprise, and was a still greater surprise to the Republicans when Walton came out sixteen votes ahead. It seems that there had been a still hunt for votes for Walton, and altogether it was about the sharpest political management of the campaign.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
SOME PORTIONS OF THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF COWLEY COUNTY.
H. D. GANS, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED J. H. WORDEN, GREENBACK AND DEMOCRAT...2,273 TO 1,646. [PROBATE JUDGE.]
F. S. JENNINGS, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED W. A. TIPTON, GREENBACK AND DEMOCRAT...2,203 TO 1,725. [COUNTY ATTORNEY.]
E. S. BEDILION, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED A. G. WILSON, GREENBACK AND DEMOCRAT...23,260 TO 1,696. [CLERK DISTRICT COURT.]
A. H. LIMERICK, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED NELLIE ALDRICH, GREENBACK AND DEMOCRAT...2,144 TO 1,750. [SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.]
J. J. JOHNSTON, GREENBACK AND DEMOCRAT, DEFEATED JAMES McDERMOTT, REPUBLICAN...651 TO 627. [REPRESENTATIVE 66TH DISTRICT.]
C. R. MITCHELL, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED H. D. KELLOGG, INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN...706 TO 675. [REPRESENTATIVE 67TH DISTRICT.]
J. W. WEIMER, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED W. R. MEGREDY, GREENBACK AND DEMOCRAT...660 TO 540. [REPRESENTATIVE 68TH DISTRICT.]
AMOS WALTON, DEMOCRAT, DEFEATED HENRY HARBAUGH, REPUBLICAN.
VOTE WAS 704 TO 688...16 VOTES DIFFERENT. [COMMISSIONER 2ND DISTRICT.]
VOTE FOR THE POOR FARM: TOTAL 2,746...AGAINST 931.
AS A RESULT: VOTERS EXPRESSED THEMSELVES FOR POOR FARM.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR:
John P. St. John, Republican: 1,905
G. W. Glick, Democrat: 1,625
Charles Robinson, Greenback: 265
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Ad. LYNN=S LAGONICS. [???NOT SURE LAST NAME?]
Listen, ladies, and I=ll tell you
By the powers of my art,
Of the lovely silks and satins,
Just the darlings of your heart.
Just the sweetest, just the cheapest, that
Were ever seen in town;
Just what you have been desiring for that
Beautiful new gown.
Every shade and tint and color
That ALa Mode@ decrees the style,
You will find, and oh! Such prices will
Surprise you all the while.
Cloaks and Dolmans of the neatest fit
Latest style and lowest Prices at J. R. Lynn=s.
The lady who feels so sorely grived because
Her new, beautiful, all-wool carpet turns
Out to be half cotton, says she
Did not get it at Lynn=s.
MORAL. Always buy your carpets
And all other goods of J. B. Lynn
Who does not misrepresent them.
Ohio has gone Democratic, but the
People go to Lynn=s because, in so
Doing, they are sure of getting good
Goods and saving money.
The business men, farmers and laborers
Of this city and county can save
From 12 to 25 per cent, by buying
Their overcoats of J. B. Lynn.
Ladies of Winfield! Are you aware
That Lynn has the most complete
Stock of Dry Goods and Notions
Ever brought to this county.
An elegant line of Carpets, ranging in price
From the Hemp, at 25 cents a yard to the
Best Boaz Brussels; nothing like it ever
Presented to the people of Winfield.
LYNN HAS IT.
Beautiful Plush and Velvet. You will find it at Lynn=s.
Blankets here so soft and white,
Blankets flaming warm and red,
Blankets for a wintry night;
You should have them for your bed.
Blankets larger than the longest,
Sure to cover toes and head;
For the aged, for the youngest;
Come and get them for your bed.
If our blankets you but purchase
You may laugh at Winter=s dread;
Nestled closely =neath the surface
Of those blankets on your bed.
J. B. LYNN.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
PERSONALS.
Attend the supper at the Opera House Friday night.
MARRIED. T. J. Jones and Miss Lou Fause were married Friday evening.
BIRTH. Mr. S. A. Cook is the happy father of a bran new boy, born Friday.
Attend Col. Copeland=s lecture at the Methodist Church Monday evening.
Looking-glasses from 25 cents to $50 at the Champion Furniture Store.
Remember the supper at the Opera House Friday evening, from 5:30 to 10 o=clock.
BIRTH. D. Rodocker, our photographer, is a happy daad. The little girl was born Saturday.
Ex-Commissioner Gale and wife returned from a visit to their old home week before last.
Capt. Siverd sports a new overcoat. We have been waiting five years to give him this personal.
The remains of Dr. Schofield were taken back to Indiana Monday, accompanied by members of his family.
By. Terrill spent several days of last week in the city. He has sold out his hotel in Joplin and is going west.
Don=t forget the supper by the ladies of the Christian Church at the Opera House Friday evening, from five to ten o=clock.
Stick a pin here. P. H. Albright & Co., will buy mortgages, whether they run for one, two, three, four, or five years.
DIED. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Burkhalter had the misfortune to lose their baby boy. It died Monday evening and was buried Tuesday.
Agent Allen, of the Wells Fargo, entertained a number of his Democratic friends Friday evening in honor of Glick=s election.
Tom Quarles and his wife plead guilty before the court Tuesday to stealing Hurd=s buggy. They have not yet been sentenced.
The board of Vernon Township are tightening up and repairing the iron bridge west of town. They will also complete the grading.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
[MORE PERSONALS.]
P. H. Albright & Co., will pay liberally for any product of Cowley County that is unusually large and fine. They desire to make a collection.
George Williams and Gene Wilburr came down from Rock Wednesday to hear the news. It is unnecessary to add that they went home sick.
C. R. Mitchell=s majority, according to the official vote, is thirty-one, J. W. Weimer=s one hundred and twenty, and J. J. Johnson=s, twenty-four.
David C. Beach now occupies the building recently built by A. H. Doane on Ninth Avenue. It makes a neat and conveniently located law office.
The first knowledge Winfield folks had of Amos Walton=s candidacy was when the returns began to come in. Amos kind of sneaked in, as it were.
The long deferred cold spell came on SaturdayCjust in time to spoil the Democratic ratification. It proves that the clerk of the weather is not on their side.
Mr. T. R. Bryan is excavating for the foundation of his new building next to Lynn=s store. It will be seventy-five feet deep and one story high, of stone.
Mr. J. E. Allen returned from Illinois last week and will remain about a montth. He expects to spend most of his time during the next year in Illinois.
The next House will contain two of the brightest young Republicans in Kansas. Wirt W. Walton and J. R. Burton were elected by good majorities.
Judge B. L. Brush is in the city attending district court. He doesn=t look a whit less jolly than before he was elected county attorney of Elk County.
A. J. Uhl of Douglass has recently sold 136 Merino bucks for $4,460. His sales during the last year amount to $12,000. How is this for sheep farming in Kansas?
Uncle John Cochran was the oldest man who voted in Winfield last election. He is eighty-three years old and has voted a straight Democratic ticket all the time.
Abe Steinberger came down Saturday and spent Sunday shaking hands with his many friends in this city. His AGrip@ is still booming, emphatically and unanimously.
Lovell H. Webb has been appointed and confirmed as City Clerk in place of D. C. Beach, resigned. This is a deserving compliment to our young friend and one which he will honor.
The bloodhound in one of the Uncle Tom=s Cabin companies broke loose the other day and ate up the donkey, and a local paper blames him for robbing the public of the best actor in the troupe.
The firm of Harter Bros., has been changed to J. N. Harter, Joe having purchased Charles= interest in the stock. By the way, Winfield is witnessing a good many changes in firms in the last few weeks.
We were surprised to receive a call Friday from Mr. J. W. Browning, a former citizen of Cowley. He had just returned from MissouriCthis time probably to stay. He says Missouri is no place for a man to raise a family; has no schoolhouses and the people take no pride in their schools. He says Cowley is thew best place he can find.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Heretofore Winfield has been served with excellent telegraphic facilities. The operators at both depots have been gentlemanly and obliging and worked as well for the interests of the public as for that of the Company. This time the result has been different. The main desire with one of the operators seemed to be to get as much money for as little work as possible. The other operator had his wires tampered with and could do nothing, so the town was practically without newsCa thing that has not occurred heretofore. The Superintendent would make friends and money for his company by placing a man at the receiving office in Winfield who looks more to the interests of the company and the public and less to what he can make out of it himself.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Mr. W. A. Lee, of Winfield, Kansas, has been with us two weeksCis well pleased with our town and thinks that in the near future it will be a large place, being the right distnce from Springfield and the outlet from most of the pineries. He, with the help of his younger brothers, has done a noble work in building his aged mother a nice, comfortable frame house on their farm two miles north of town. This work was started last fall, but through some mishap it fell through. He has made short work of it and the family have moved into it. Mountain Grove Prospect.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
The Democrats on the street Saturday seemed to have imbibed more of the spirit of their party than those in the hall. They shouted and roared and danced around a little bon-fire and finally inaugurated three free-for-all fights and went home with styes in their eyes. One patriotic citizen, livelier than the rest, was yelling hoarsely, A>Rah for =ell!@ As we have not heard of a person of that name, we presume he was merely indicating what he wanted in the next party platform.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
A. H. Green informs us that on his late visit to Las Vegas he stopped with our old friend, John W. Belles, who formerly resided in the southeast part of our county. Glad to hear John is doing well in his new home and that he has accumulated considerable property. He was one of Cowley=s best citizens, and the residents of Las Vegas can depend upon finding him a No. 1 man in every respect.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
This is a good year for young men. Tom Waller, governor elect of Connecticut, is one of Athe boys,@ and Comptroller Pattison, Pennsylvania=s reform governor, is a stripling. Then Governor Cleveland, of New York, is a political tyro, and the young voters generally have led in smashing the bosses. Young blood tells, and we reckon Cleveland is old enough to be the next Democratic candidate for president.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Mr. G. W. Prater brought usin some splendid specimens of apples from his orchard last week. They were Wine Saps and Missouri Pippins, large and well formed and perfect in color. Mr. Prater is having excellent success with his fruit, as indeed are all persons in Cowley who give their orchards the right kind of attention.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
We have been sad, ineffably sad, for the past week and have suffered the haughty smile of the cantankerous Democrat without a murmur, but today we have been crushed to earth: utterly broken up and ruthlessly torn asunder by a circular from a Kansas City whiskey man who offers to sell it to the unfortunate Aas low as seventy-five ceents a gallon.@
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
DIED. Last Saturday morning our city was startled by the sudden death of Dr. N. M. Schofield, at his residence in this city, of heart disease. He got up in the morning sound and well, but suddenly ill, and died in a few minutes. The Doctor was one of our best citizens, and his loss is deeply felt by hundreds of friends. [IN ANOTHER COLUMN PRECEDING THIS, THEY STATED HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN BACK TO INDIANA.]
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
The magnificent overture played by the COURIER BAND at the Republican rally on the 31st, and which we have heard highly complimented by numbers of our citizens, was composed and written by George H. Crippen, the leader of the band. It is a production that Mr. Crippen and our citizens may well be proud of.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Wirt W. Walton was elected representative from his district in Clay County over one of the strongest men in the county by 300 majority. Wirt is worthy of every honor his people heap upon him. He is one of the fellows who make themselves worthy of a position before they ask for it.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
LOST. Rev. D. Thomas lost two weeks ago on the Burden road between this place and Silver Creek, an overcoat and a valise of clothing. There were letters in the valise addressed to M. K. Thomas. The finder will be rewarded by leaving the same at this office.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
A large number of the Knights of Pythias of Wichita came down Tuesday to institute a lodge here. This is one of the finest drilled lodges in the state, and presented a magnificent sight as they marched down Main street. The lodge instituted here numbers about thirty.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
The skating rink is becoming one of our most popular resorts. It is a healthy, invigorating exercise, and most of your people seem to be availing themselves of it. The COURIER BAND was present Friday night and discoursed some excellent music.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
On the second Friday of November of next year the Baptist State convention will be held in Winfield. It was held this year in Atchison, and its session at Winfield will be the first ever held in Southern Kansas. They all want to come to Winfield.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
The market today (Wednesday) on wheat shows some improvement over last week, the best being quoted at 66 cents. Corn holds firm at 32 cents. Hogs bring $5.50, hay $5.00. But little produce of any kind is being marketed.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
A new iron fence is being put around the Courthouse, and the grounds are being filled in and graded. The grounds are to be laid out and planted to trees, and will no longer be the unsightly, barren plot it has been heretofore.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Mr. George Crippen, leader of the COURIER BAND, received a magnificent new clarionet Tuesday. It is a splendid instrument and in George=s skillful hands, will soon be made to produce wonders in the way of music.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Frank Manny has been raising the German Carp. He stocked his pond some time ago, and reports them doing nicely. It is his intention to raise them quite extensively if he succeeds with the first stock.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
W. M. Allison came over Saturday, looking exceedingly sour. William is one of the most unlucky individuals, politically, in the state. He ought to have held onto his democracy while he had it.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Messrs. Tomlinson & Webb, a couple of gentlemen from Nebraska, have purchased John Earnest=s grocery store, and took charge last Wednesday. Mr. Earnest intends removing to Kansas City.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
There will be an examination of teachers Saturday, November 18, at 9 o=clock a.m., in the Winfield High School building. R. C. STORY, Co. Supt.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Notice. Parties indebted to Harter Bros., will please call and settle inside of 30 dys and oblige J. N. Harter, successor to Harter Bros.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Mr. John S. Rash was down from Harvey Township Wednesday and gave us some important matters of news from that locality.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
J. C. Fuller is confined to his room with illness resulting from overwork and nervous debility.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Mrs. Emily Houston has returned from a two weeks= visit to Wichita and Wellington.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Democratic Enthusiasm.
Last Saturday was set apart by the Democracy of Winfield for a grand love-feast. For twenty-five years they had been occupying a Acave of gloom,@ cut off, politically speaking, from the good things of this world, and were in excellent shape to rejoice over a streak of sunshine, even if they couln=t tell where it came from. So Saturday morning cannons were fired, bands were hired, and the decks cleared for action. The clerk of the weather did not seem to partake of their enthusiasm and gave them a cold, raw day. No exercises were held during the day, but in the evening secreal hundred gathered at the Opera House, when, after some excellent music by the Dexter and Courier Bands, the speaking began. The chairman, Mr. Chas. C. Black, after a neat little speech congratulating Democrats on their victory, introduced as the first orator, O. M. Seward, an alleged Republican. In respect to Mr. Seward, we pass over his remarks. They were disgusting alike to Republicans and Democrats and decidedly out of place in a ratification meeting. The audience seemed to realize the pitiful position in which he had place himself and sat through his desultory and rambling address in painful silence. Its brevity only was commendable.
The chairman then introduced Hon. J. Wade McDonald. His speech was well-timed, clear, and concise, and delivered with that purity of diction and elegance of rhetoric which he alone can command. He followed the history of his party from its inception to the present time, told in vivid language of the glories it had achieved, and drew a bright and attrtactive picture of what it would do in the future. He made many bright, telling points and was applauded to the echo. After paying a glowing tribute to the chuch and the good it had accomplished for the world, he went for the ministers and church members for their participation in the prohibition agitation, in a lively manner, charging them with Asinking below a common level by going arm in arm with the ward politician and political shsyter who ws betting his money on the results for whose success they were praying.@ His position on this question was illogical. It is the duty of the minister of the gospel and christians generally, to work for any cause that tends to ameliorate the condition of mankind and raise them to a better and happier sphere, whether it be in the pulpit, at the prayer meeting, in the highways, by-ways, or in politics; and the only way to prove that they were out of plce in working for the success of prohibition, is to show that it was morally and socially wrong. In this Judge McDonald was arguing against his own convictions, for he is himself a prohibitionist, and believes it is right. Judge Tipton made quite a lengthy talk after which the meeting adjourned. Altogether it was a cold, unfeeling sort of a ratification, without enthusiasm or spirit, and was a severe disappointment to the more exuberant Democrats.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
A most contemptible trick was played upon the operator at the Santa Fe depot Tuesday night. Arrangements had been made to receive dispatches direct from Topeka over that line. Up to half past eleven o=clock the wires worked all right. After that time the operator found he could not get news in or out of his office. Search was made for the cause of the difficulty, but none could be found, so the wires were abandoned. Daylight brought a solution of the difficulty. A piece of wire had been laid across the wires just outside of the building, which completely cut the circuit into the office. The ends of the wire were turned down so that it could not slip off, and the fact of its being placed so as to only affect the Winfield office and no others on the line, indicates the connivance of an expert. Parties interested have a clue to the perpetrator, and the matter has been placed in the hands of the proper authorities. The person who conceived this bright and shining idea of cutting off electricity, will hear something drop before many moons.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Fatal Accident.
DIED. Last Saturday a fatal accident occurred in Harvey Township, resulting in the death of Zachariah Harris, a relative of Geo. Harris, of that township, and a native of Mattoon, Illinois. He was husking corn for Geo. Harris, and Saturday morning took an old breech-loaded carbine and went out into the field to shoot at some geese. He loaded it from the muzzle and blazed away, when the breech-pin flew out, striking him between the eyes and knocking him senseless. He afterward came to, walked to the house, and ate his dinner. Soon after dinner he began to act strange, and in an hour ws raving. He died Saturday evening. Examination showed that a piece of the skull had been pressed in upon the brain.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Review March.
The above is the title to a new piece of music composed by Ed. E. Farringer of this city. We are not a connoisseur in music, but we hear many compliments on the music and its author, who is quite a young man, but he has genius, industry, and ambition, and will be sure to take rank among the musical composers of the times. The author has favored us with a copy, for which he has our thanks.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
For Sale. I will sell cheap for cash one lot on Main street and some good residence lots.
T. R. BRYAN.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
DIED. Mrs. Mattie J. Bair, wife of J. M. Bair of Floral, died Tuesday evening. The bereaved hustand and four children have our heartfelt sympathies.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
CATTLE SALE. We will sell at public auction at Smith=s Sale Stable on Ninth Avenue, Winfield, on Saturday, November 25th, 1882, commencing at 10 o=clock a.m., the following described property: 33 head of cattle, 24 head two-year-old steers. 12 milk cows. 4 heifers and 1 Durham bull. Terms cash. WILSON & HUFF.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Attention Comrades.
There will be a meeting of Winfield Post No. 85, G. A. R., Saturday, Nov. 18, 1882, at 3 o=clock p.m., sharp. Don=t fail to come; important business.
T. H. SOWARD, Post Com=d.
J. E. SNOW, Act. Adj=t.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
NEW COAL OFFICE.
I have put in a stock of coal at the stand formerly occupied by G. A. Rhodes, on South Main Street. Coal sold in the bin or delivered to any part of the city at lowest cash prices.
QUINCY A. GLASS.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
It will do your souls good to see the new goods in furniture, mirrrors, pictures, and frames that A. B. Arment is receiving weekly at the Champion Furniture Store, South Main Street, west side.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY OF WINFIELD, NOVEMBER 6, 1882.
Council met in regular session, Mayor M. G. Troup in chair. Roll called. Present, Councilmen Read, McMullen, Gary, and Wilson; City Attorney and Clerk.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
Petition of A. B. Graham and 10 others for sidewalk on west side of block 187 and on south side of block 186, was read. On motion of Mr. Gary, that part of the petition relating to sidewalk on west side of block 187 ws granted and the Attorney was instructed to prepare an Ordinance in accordance therewith.
Ordinance No. 165 providing for the construction of sidewalks on the west side of block 187; on the north side of blocks 87 and 107; and on the east side of block No. 145, was read and on motion of Mr. Read was taken up for consideration by sections. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 were adopted. On mottion to adopt as a whole on its final passage, the vote stood as follows: Those voting aye, were Councilmen Read, McMullen, Gary, and Wilson; nays none, and the Ordinance was declared adopted.
Communication from S. L. Gilbert declining to remain on the bond of T. H. Soward as Police Judge, and asking to be released therefrom, was read. On motion of Mr. Gary, the communication was placed on fie and the clerk was instructed to notify the Police Judge that he must file a new bond by the next meeting of the Council.
David C. Beach again tendered his resignation as City Clerk, which was accepted. The Mayor appointed Lovell H. Webb to the position of City Clerk for the remainder of the term, he to file his bond for approval at the next regular meeting. On motion, the appointment of the Mayor was confirmed by the council.
The Finance Committee reported favorably on bills:
Winfield COURIER, Printing, etc.: $57.00.
A. T. Shenneman, Board Prisoners: $42.00
Reports adopted and warrants ordered for the amounts of same.
The Finance Committee reported on Clerk=s quarterly statment for Sept. 15th that they had examined the same and found it correct. Reports adopted. On Police Judges report for June the Committee reported that they found it correct. Report adopted.
The following bills were presented, allowed, and ordered paid.
H. L. Thomas, street crossings and culverts: $44.24.
City officers salaries, Oct.: $67.90.
Dr. Geo. Emerson, medical attendance: $5.00.
Bill of A. B. Arment for coffin for City poor, $7.50, was approved and recommended to the County Commissioners for payment.
E. H. Lintrell and W. B. McConnels made a statement concerning the fines assessed against them in Police Court for violation of the Ordinance relating to licenses. The Mayor for the reason that the violations were technical and unintentional, remitted their fines. The action of the Mayor was on motion approved by the Council, and the City Clerk was instructed to inform the Police Judge of the same.
On motion the City Clerk was instructed to notify the Police Judge to make his reports for months of Sept. and Oct.
Council then adjourned.
M. G. TROUP, Mayor.
DAVID C. BEACH, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
AD. W. L. BERNARD, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHEUR. Will attend especially to diseases of women and children, having had twenty-two years practice. Will be found at his residence third house east of Santa Fe depot, 14th Avenue North.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
AD. H. H. PARK S. B. PARK
PARK & PARK, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Winfield, Kanss. Office over Hudson Bro.=s Jewelry Store. Diseases of the Eye and Ear a specialty.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
RECAP SHERIFF=S SALES:
THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO., PLAINTIFFS, VS. WILLIAM C. CRALL, ISABEL C. CRALL, AND A. D. WEAR, DEFENDANTS.
DANIEL B. MERIDITH VS. JAMES E. DICKENSON, EMMA J. DICKENSON, JOHN M. DICKENSON, AND SILAS E. CHEEK.
NASHUA SAVINGS BANK VS. ROBERT NO. CRAINE.
WILLIAM C. HASTINGS, PLAINTIFF, VS. JOHN W. NOLTE AND SARAH C. NOLTE, DEFENDANTS.
THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. WILLIAM HEMPHILL, ELMIRA HEMPHILL, THOS. A WORD, AND A. D. WEAR, DEFENDANTS.
THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. CHARLES F. SNOW, MARIA O. SNOW, EUGENE SNOW, AND JULIA SNOW, DEFENDANTS.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
AD. Get terms of all the other loan agents in Cowley County, and then go to the office of P. H. Albright & Co., and get them discounted. We can and will loan at a less rate of interest than any other firm in this county. P. H. ALBRIGHT & CO.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
AD. Many of my friends have as much as asked me why I sold out my Implement business and stock. First I sold no stock, second only a part of my business, reserving the right to sell Sulky Plows and Corn Planters with my improvements. I also can handle Buggies, Windmills, Pumps, and have a right to start a business anywhere in the county outside corporate limits of Winfield. I expect also to keep as far as possible repairs for all the goods I have sold, and make good any warrantees on sales I have made. I have not as much as thought that I would leave Winfield or Cowley County, and want to say to my many friends that as soon as I get shaped up in new quarters, come around and have a drink of cold water with me and make yourselves at home. I am grateful indeed for past favors.
W. A. LEE.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
Ad. FARM FOR SALE: A very desirable quarter section of land located in Ninnescah Township, adjoining the town of Udall, in Cowley County, Kansas, will be sold cheap for cash, or part cash and time to suit the purchaser. For further particulars inquire at Udall, of R. B. COLLINS.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
AD. No. 1 Warranted Cast Steel Saw only one dollar. Red Front Building.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
AD. NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED. The best assortment of foreign and domestic goods can be found at A. Herpich=s Merchant Tailoring establishment, which will be made to order in style or sold by the yard. A cordial invitation is extended for an examination of goods and prices. A. HERPICH, Hudson Bros. Block.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1882.
STATE ITEMS.
El Dorado will have another railroad by January 1.
The G. A. R. Posts throughout the state are devising entertainments for the winter.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Constant.
EDS. COURIER: We rejoice tchat the grand political caldron will soon cease to boil, and that ere long the affairs of the county and state will soon assume its normal condition.
The first ice of the season showed its phiz Saturday morning.
Mr. Wells has sold his farm to Mr. Metcalf. Consideration $2,500.
The farmers are all busy gathering corn, and of course are happy, only as the prosperous farmer can be.
Mr. Eastman had his barn, hay, and corn crib destroyed by fire on Friday of last week. He estimages his loss at $500. It is the old, old story of children playing with matches.
Ben Timmerman, formerly of this neighborhood, met with a very serious accident, which cost him his right arm. Like many others, he was the victim of carelessness and a shot gun.
MARRIED. Miss Nancy Timmerman promised to obey Will Beach on last Sunday. The nuptials were performed in the presence of a very select party of friends and relatives. We would just rise to remark that we never smokeCwell, hardly ever.
The lyceum at the Holland schoolhouse was reorganized Saturday night. It promises to be a success. Question for debate: Resolved, That allowing the Indians rations is a drawback to their civilization. CAESAR.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Prairie Grove Items.
EDS. COURRIER: Prairie Grove is bound to shine.
Stock is still on the range doing well.
Farmers are cribbing the golden corn this fine weather.
Mrs. Limerick is teaching us a good school.
Miss Fannie Pontious is teaching on Rock Creek, and her sister Hattie at Richland.
A literary society was organized last week, with J. O. Vanorsdol president. It will meet every Friday evening.
New houses, graniries, and improvements of various kinds are seen on every hand. Immigration is through.
Our Sunday school is progressing finely with A. Limerick, superintendent; J. W. Dougglass, assistant superintendent, and Miss Mattie Vanorsdol secretary.
There were lots of Democrats and Greenbackers at the polls election day stating they were temperance men, but voted for free whiskey. Consistency, though art a jewel. R. J.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
DEATH OF GEO. H. WEAVER. [MILLINGTON EDITORIAL.]
Geo. H. Weaver died suddenly of heart disease at his store in Leavenworth on Tuesday, Nov. 14th, aged 64.
Mr. Weaver was our leading salesman in the dry goods house of Daniels, Millingon & Co., in Leavenworth in 1862 to 1865, and there we learned to esteem him highly for his many noble qualities of head and heart. He had been the pioneer dry goods merchant of that city, and since that time he has built up in that city one of the best dry goods houses in the state. He was a leading Methodist, a strong Union man, and was always formost in every good work.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Tisdale.
EDS. COURIER: I heard it suggested the other day that it was about time AX@ was writing something for the COURIER, and I guess it is.
Election being over, we have all settled down and are quiet and harmless. A few old Democrats will still shout, and a few St. Johnites groan. As a rule we are waiting for results.
Corn is about cribbed and the boys are looking over the neighborhood for suitable floors forr dances, and the brethren are beginning to agitate a donation for the preachers.
Our literary is well attended and is quite interesting. We propose to decide the tariff question next Friday nigght.
Our school is quite large already. About 60 scholars are enrolled, making an assistant a necessity. Mrs. Green, our teacher is in many respects a superior woman. She can Akeep school@ and no mistake.
I notice our old friend Geo. Foughty is back again. His first love is strong. Geo., you might as well settle. You can=be happy anywhere else.
It is currently reported that the new stone house south of town is soon to contain a bride, and that the old folks over on the south road soon move to Winfield and leave the farm to Frank and Mrrs. Frank. I would suggest that life is short, and delays are dangerous.
I see by the Telegram that Josh has formed an alliance with Paul Pry. Glad to have either or both of them with us again, but regret that ill health should be the cause. The health of this community is splendid. I don=t know of a case of sickness among us. This is a poor place for doctors, lawyers, or constables. Don=t remember of a disturbance within a year.
Wheat looks well, corn has been a good crop, and our folks are beginning to enjoy life a little better than of old. We are still losing a few of our people, but as a rule a better class are taking their places, so we suffer no loss.
A. T. Gay has been making us all ashamed of our potato crops, as usual, by getting more and better quality than any of us.
Our staid old friend and neighbor, O. P. West, still stands firm on Greenback principles and looks with hope to 1884. Our people are generally pleased with J. J. Johnson=s election and expect to hear a good report from him this winter. He ought to know what farmers need.
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Twill soon be time for prairie fires. Would it not be well tto let the grass rot instead of burning it as we have been so many years?I understand there is some talk of building a Presbyterian Church in this locality. I think it might be accomplished without much difficulty. Our people apreciate those things and would respond liberally and cheerfully.
For want of news, I will, as our talented Q. M. Says, Aleave the floor.@ X.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Careless Shotting.
EDS. COURIER: About three o=clock last Saturday afternoon, three men, one looked to be about forty, the other two about thirty, came as we supposed from town, riding in a spring wagon, driving a gray on the off side, and got a black on the near side. As they got opposite the residence of Henry Hawkins, one of them shot a quail that was flying in front of the house close by the window. The quail was driven by tthe shot through the window, and landed on the floor about half way across the room, where a little babe was sleeping. No harm except a window pane and curtain badly wrecked. We thought they were under the influence of liquor or had but little brains; we did not know which. Those carrying guns should be careful about shooting around dwellings or barnyards.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
PERSONALS.
J. C. Fuller has been quite ill for two weeks past, but is now recovering.
A. J. Truesdell has made final settlement in his Bissell guardianship matter.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
M. L. Robinson is making some changes and improvements in his residence.
John Willis has received a magnificent diamond pin as a present from a friend.
The Sheridan school is prospering finely under the management of E. I. Johnson.
Mr. J. E. Conklin returned home last week and will spend a short time with his family.
James L. Huey has submitted final report as guardian of the estte of Albert Chamberlain.
Mr. G. L. Brown, of Sheridan, is enjoying a visit from his brother and nephew, who reside in Illinois.
A handsome diamond ring to be voted to the most popular lawyer in Winfield during the Bazar Nov. 28, 29, nd 30.
Mary I. Byram is appointed foreign guardian for the estate of Francis J. And Rosa Roberts, residents of Iowa.
M. S. Roseberry has made final settlement as guardian of the estate of Arizonia Hostetter before the Probate Court.
Rev. Rose came down from Douglass Monday and made us a pleasant call. He is doing effective work for his charge.
The administrator in the Nance estate has filed a petition for an order to seel the real property belonging to the estate.
Rev. Rose is holding a series of meetings at the Walnut Valley church at present which will continue possibly two weeks.
Petition has been filed for the sale of real estate belonging to Franics and Rosa Roberts, and will be heard December 2nd at 10 o=clock a.m.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
[MORE PERSONALS.]
Mr. E. B. Carr, a relative of Messrs. Longshore and Burt, of Sheridan, and a native of Illinois, has been visiting here for the past week.
W. M. Corn, of Sheridan, is entertaining a brother and nephew from Illinois, who came out to inspect the beauties of sunny Kansas.
Sheridan Township is the banner St. John Township in the countty. Her majority was forty-one: three larger than for the balance of the ticket. [NOTE: ST. JOHN DEFEATED.]
The guttering on Main street is progressing very slowly, only four lots so far being completed. The council shouuld hurry this matter up a bit.
If you want a good social time and dinner on Thanksgiving day, go to Manning=s Hall on Nov. 30. Dinner between 12 and 3 o=clock p.m. Tickets 35 cents. The greatest event of the season will be the grand ball at the Opera House, on Thursday evening, November 30th. Everybody invited to attend.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Henry E. Asp has been remarkably successful in his cases recently. Two of his clients, Basenwater and Van Meter, were cleared at this term of court.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Mr. Perry is making many valuable improvements to his residence property on east Tenth Avenue. His house is now one of the neatest and most comfortable in the city.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
DIED. We have just learned of the death of Mrs. Pinnix, of Sheridan, which occurred some two weeks ago. She was among the early settlers in that neighborhood and leaves a large family. [PAPER HAD PINNIX...??? PHINNIX? PHINNIS? WHO KNOWS?]
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
A large number of deer are being brought in from the Territory. A lot of Winfield sportsmen will go down this or next week, after which time game will probably be scarce there.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The gold medal awarded to J. N. Harter for the best score, by the Sportsmen=s Club, is now in the possession of that gentleman. It is an excellent trophy and Mr. Harter may well feel proud of it. One is awarded annually. We expect to have one before the next democratic president is elected.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Our street commissioner needs to be reconstructed on different principles before he becomes an absolute success. We observe that he has dumped several loads of rubbish right smack in the mouth of the culvert on 10th and Loomis street, completely stopping the drainage at that point. At any rate he is a good hand at stopping sewers. Wake up, Ben, and give us an exhibition.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The supper by the ladies of the Christian Church last Friday evening was one of the most successful of its kind ever held in Winfield. They furnished their guests with an abundance of splendidly cooked vians and delicacies of every kind. The profits were over $100.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The following officers were elected at the istitution of Walnut Valley Lodge No. 70, Knights of Pythias.
S. L. Gilbert, P. C. C.
Quincy A. Glass, C. C.
C. C. Green, V. C. C.
P. F. Jones, P.
Wm. Whiting, M. Of F.
L. B. Stone, M. Of E.
P. H. Albright, M. At A.
G. H. Buckman, K. R. & S.
C. C. Harris, O. G.
Geo. Hudson, I. G.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted: AResolved, That a vote of thanks be tendered by this Lodge to P. G. C. Lyon and D. G. C. Harris, of the Grand Lodge, and to Warwick Lodge No. 144, for their attendance and service in the institution of this Lodge.@
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
One of the busiest men in Winfield is Dr. W. T. Wright. From morning till night, day in and day out, his office is besieged by crowds of anxious patients, each one wanting their case attended to first. Aside from this he hardly ever gets a full night=s rest, and is continually out at all hours and in all kinds of weather. Were it not for his continual good nature and careful observance of the laws of health, he would certainly go down under the load. If anyone will be able to rejoice over a well-spent life, it will be Dr. W. T. Wright.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
We learn from the Leadville Chronicle of a stage robbery in which one of Cowley=s boys was somewhat interested. It occurred on October 25th near Leadville, and Bob McCollim, son of A. J. McCollim, of Fairview, was one of the victims. The robbers, two in number, held the coach up, made the passengers get out, and went through them, Bob McCollin and his partner losing their watches and four thousand dollars in notes and checks. They subsequently succeeded in stopping payment on most of the checks, but are being put to a great deal of trouble.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The jury in the Van Meter case brought in a verdict of not guilty Monday after having been out about forty-eight hours. The verdict was rendered on a technicality, the prosecution neglecting to prove Man-walking-above=s name. The facts of the stealing were clearly proven, but the law steps in and clears the culprit. The result will be that he must be tried on a new case at a heavy additional cost to the county. The workings of law to the unintiated are very queer. [PAPER SOMETIMES SEZ VanMeter...check both ways!]
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The Cheyenne Indians, Man-walking-above and Lone-Dog, who have been attending court as witnesses in the Van Meter case, are remarkably fine looking, well dressed fellows. Their blankets are of fine texture and their trappings gaudy. The interpreter who accompanied them was Ed Carter, a noted character, and for years one of Custer=s main scouts. He is a half-breed, a fine looking man, and seemingly very intelligent.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
We were pleased to receive a call from Professor M. J. Stimson, late of San Francisco, California, last Friday. The Professor is an old friend of Geo. H. Crippen, and George and others are trying to prevail upon him to locate here. He is one of the most thorough musicians and music teachers in the country, and an intelligent and cultivated gentleman. We hope he will conclude to stop with us.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Last Friday Messrs. Horning and Whitney had on exhibition in their store a beautiful marble grate for a fireplace. It was certainly a work of art as well as of comfort. The grate was of galvanized iron, mounted in highly polished and carved marbleized iron, together with mantle and side pieces of the same material. It is intended for the residence of Mr. H. E. Silliman.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
At the recent election O. F. Boyle was elected Commissioner of La Plata County, Colorado, by five hundred majority, running ahead of his ticket several hundred votes. Frank Baldwin was also elected representative by a handsome majority and ran way ahead of his ticket. Our Aformerly of Winfield@ men seem to take well in the silver state.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
We received a very pleasant call from Col. Copeland Tuesday. He is as entertaining in conversation as he is before an audience, and talks with a nervous vigor that is most convincing. He will be with us again Friday evening, December 1st, when he will deliver his lecture on AThe Mistakes of Bob.@
His lecture on ASnobs and Snobbery@ Monday evening was highly appreciated by the large audience which greeted him. It was sparkling with wit and pathos and displayed rare bursts of eloquence.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Teachers are making inquiries about Thanksgiving day and other holidays. While there are no legal holidays in Kansas, school boards frequently give Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years day to the teachers in the public schools. This is right as well as generous.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Miss Dinnie Swing of Chicago, a niece of Mrs. Warnock of this city, and a relative of Prof. Swing of Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Joe Conklin. Miss Swing has just returned from an extended European trip, and we hope her visit to our little city will be a pleasant one.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Henry Goldsmith has been making some changes in his store preparatory to getting in his Christmas stock.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Black Scurvy.
There is a family in Cedar Township in this county, which have been living among the Indians in the Territory during the summer, and are dying off one by one with a loathsome disease called Ablack scurvy.@ The family consisted of a man, his wife, and seven children. Two of the children died before the family left the Territory and two have died since. The other three are down with the disease and one of them is very badly offf and is sure to die soon less it has proper care and good medical attention; neither of which have hitherto been given to any of the family. Those who have died, lingered in great suffering, calling for water and other attentions, which there were none to give. The father and mother are both sick and so mentally enfeebled as to be indifferent to their fate or that of their children. They are surrounded by filth and infested with vermin. The disease seems to be contagious and the neighbors fear to go there and relieve them. It is the saddest case ever heard of in this county and something should be done at once for their relief, in the name of humanity, decency, and civilization.
This black scurvy, or whatever it is, is not the only or the worst disease which is being communicated from the Indians in the Territory. Some whites have died and others are suffering from the most loathsome disease known to humanityCa disease too disgusting to name; besides vermin and filth. Of course, we might expect that a people so low, ignorant, and brutish as most of the Indians are, will have such among them; but it is humiliating beyond extression that any member of the superior race should sink so low in vice and filth, as to be exposed to these vile disorders.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Prof. M. J. Stimson, late of San Franciso, California, where he has been actively engaged in teaching music, and as Director of Music in the Metropolitan Temple for the past eight years, has located permanently in Winfield and will immediately engage in his profession. Mr. Stimson comes to us highly recommended from the people of the Pacific slope and from different portions of our own state, and is well and favorably known by several of our resident ladies and gentlemen. He has been a teacher of large experieence for several years, of the piano, organ, and voice culture; also singing and sight reading. We ask for him the liberal patronage and hearty cooperation of our citizens.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
We would mildly suggest to those who may overlook the matter, that J. P. Baden wants a few turkeys this week: some twenty or thirty thousand dozen will be plenty to supply his present needs. He is a far-seeing man and notes the danger to Republican institutions arising ffrom a turkeyles Thanksgiving, so, like the patriotic citizen that he is, he rushes frantically into the breechCand we opine that the turkeys will be forthcoming.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following persons have been licensed to commit matrimony by the Probate Court since the eleventh of this month.
F. F. Small to Eliza J. Gray.
George F. Clifford to Josephine Lane.
Henry J. Alberding to Minnie Carter.
David W. Kennedy to Laura A. Wilson.
Geo. C. Taylor to Sarah E. Castor.
Alfred H. Cochran to Minnie Castor.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The Colegate case has been up since Monday morning and will probably occupy the whole week. The evidence is very slow and develops but few new points. What it will result in no one can tell. We have long since stopped speculating on the effects of trial by jury. They are too uncertain.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Johnson of Iriquois County, Illinois, have been spending a few weeks visiting their son, E. I. Johnson, of Sheridan Township. Mr. Johnson visited here some five years ago, and is astonished at the improvement. He commends Winfield especially for its beautiful churches.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Madam Rumor has it that excursion trains will be run between Newton, Caldwell, and Winfield, for the accommodation of those wishing to attend the Thanksgiving dinner, and ball, at the Opera House, Winfield, on November 30. Dinner between 12 and 3 p.m.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Mr. Isaac E. Schurtz was appointed administrator of the partnership estate of the late firm of Foster & Schurtz. Mr. Foster is the gentleman who committed suicide in the Territory recently, an account of which appeared in the COURIER of a few weeks ago.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Dr. Cooper has sold out everything and removed to Florida, where he will raise oranges and administer pills to the residents of that thriving country. While we do not like to see the Doctor leave Winfield, we wish him all the success possible in his new home.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Mr. Kirk is fitting up the old building removed from his Main street lot for a grist mill. He is puttting in a large engine and several runs of buhrrs for grinding corn, exclusively. The building has been placed on the lot just back of Lynn=s store.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
We received a very pleasant call Wednesday from Judge Stevnes [?Stevens?] for twelve years Judge of the twelfth district. He is at present practicing law at Wyandotte, and appeared before our court on legal business.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
A big flour war is in progress, and you can buy flour now at almost your own price. The drop was caused by merchants shipping in foreign brands, and our home millers concluded to stop itt, so put their flour down to bed rock.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Strayed, from Ed. Nicholson, near Dexter, a light sorrel mare with a light face branded AM@ on right hip, and three years old. If any of our readers know of a stray, they should drop a card to Ed, at Dexter.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The markets today (Wednesday) are slow, with but little grain or hogs coming in. Wheat brings from 60 to 68 cents, and corn still holds its own at 32 cents. Hogs bring from $5.50 to $5.75.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
The Musical Union was organized Tuesday evening with eighty members. It meets again on Thursday evening of next week, after which full particulars will appear in the COURIER.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
George Miller came up from his ranche Monday. He has his little pasture of one hundred thousand acres enclosed with a three wire fence, and is ready for winter.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Miss Grace Scoville returned to her home at Durango, Colorado, last week. She was accomplanied by Miss Kate Millington.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Jolliff has sold his lunch room on Main Street to Wells and McRorey, and retired from the business.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Gus Lorry, of Bolton, passed through the city Tuesday on his way to Wellington.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
Supper and Oyster Supper.
The ladies of the Baptist Church will give a supper in their meeting house on Thursday evening, for the benefit of the church. They most cordially invite all the citizens without reference to cast or previous condition, to come from their respective callings, and meet their companions and children at the church. That all may be accommodated, supper will be served from 5 to 10 p.m.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
[OTHER PERSONALS.]
Employment for all Winter. Forty carpenters and foremen wanted at Bliss & Wood=s Mill. Highest wages paid. BLISS & WOOD.
There will be no services at the Presbyterian Church next Sabbath. Rev. Mr. Platter will be absent, attending the dedicatory services of the church at Arkansas City.
Jack Foultz has found a baby=s shoe and left it at this office for the owner to call for. Babiers should be careful and not kick.
The memorial quilt will be on exhibition at the Baptist Church this Thursday evening.
Hudson Bros. have engaged a new jeweler from Joliett, Illinois.
Winfield Courier, November 23, 1882.
New Salem Pencilings.
DEAR REPUBLICAN FRIENDS: The victor=s wreath is not wholly ourrs this time for our temperance hero has been defeated, but we shall not sit down and weep, nor hang our harps on the willow, for our ticket was not beaten altogether. We trust the new Governor may be a good man and that our temperance banner may be held aloft by a strong, firm hand. Some of our young men felt a little crestfallen to think their first vote was not altogether on the victor=s side. Some of our staunch Republicans scratched their tickets and voted for Hon. J. J. Johnson for Representative. They did not vote for PARTY, but for the TRUE MAN. We all congratulate Mr. Johnson and wish him well, and we feel quite elated that New Salem has a man so well respected by each party as to fill an honorable office. The hats in this vicinity we acknowledge are tipped by different gents than we anticipated. Mr. G. D. Vance won a half interest in a nice blooded hogCand five more pigs are yelling Glick around his pig sty than do around that of his Republican brother. But thee is no squealing done by the good Rep. It is time our Democrat and Greenbck friends can crow a little, for they have so often met with defeat. But enough of my opinion on the political question, for I cannot tell anything new on that subject.
Mrs. John Walker has been and is still very ill, and is attended by Dr. Phelps. We hope soon to hear of her recovery.
Mr. Dalgarn recently lost an excellent horse, with epizootic.
Mr. Shields has bought a horse.
Miss Merriam was so ill one day this week that she could not teach, but she has recovered her usual health.
Some of the land belonging to Mr. Nelson of Indiana has been sold, but we do not know to whom. Mr. Lucas we hear has also sold some land. Real estate has risen in value during the last year.
Mr. Edgar was suffering with a very sore hand at last accounts.
Mr. Wolfe was run over by a colt while trying to head it, and was knocked senseless, but is all right now.
Mr. McMillen had to build another corn cribCso Salem is not behind on the corn question. Mr. Peters has put up a nice, large crib on the Gledhill farm.
BIRTH. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peters have a new baby girl to stay with them.
BIRTH. Mr. and Mrs. Hopping have a nice little hopper to gladden their married life. It is also a daughter.
Rev. Graham is holding a series of meetings at Walnut Valley Church. Some of our young people have been attending Christian service at Floral.
Dr. Davis was in this neighborhood recently hunting. Some of his family visited at Mrs. Johnson=s and the Dr. was anxious to be on hand for his dinner. I am ready for mine.
Nov. 18th, 1882. OLIVIA.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
SKIPPED ON FRONT PAGE REPORT OF WINFIELD SCHOOLS FOR 2ND MONTH ENDING NOVEMBER 10, 1882.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Teachers= Association.
The teachers of Rock Division met at Udall Friday evening, Nov. 17. House called to order by president. Song by Udall Glee Club. An address of welcome by Miss Strong, which was followed by several very interesting recitations. Association adjourned to meet at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Nov. 18th Association met pursuant to adjournment. After discussion of the topics which had been previously assigned, the following program was assigned for the next meeting.
1st. Methods of teaching beginners in readng; [a] alphabetic, [b] word, [c] phonic, [d] sentence, to Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Limerick.
2nd. Causes of the Revolution, to Messrs. Maddux, Brooksher, and Goodrich.
3rd. Frnklin and Hamiltton, to Misses Strong and Perrin.
4th. The needs of our school system; to A. H. Limerick and C. M. Leverett.
5th. Our course of study, to Miss McKinley and Messrs. Coson and Walker.
A committee on competitive examination was appointed, consisting of A. H. Limerick, R. B. Corson, and P. Wilson.
Association adjourned to meet at Akron Dec. 8th, at 7 o=clock p.m.
R. B. CORSON, President.
L. T. MADDUX, Secretary.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Public Schools of Cowley County, 1881-82.
The annual report of the County Superintendent shows the following statistics for the school year closing July 31.
No. Of districts organized: 135.
No. Of disttricts reporting: 135.
School population: 7,474.
Pupils enrolled: 6,192.
Average attendance: 3,870.
Different teachers employed: 169.
Average No. Of weeks of school: 19.56.
Average salary, male: $36.27.
Average salary, female: $30.55.
School bonds issued: $36,912
Av. No. Mills levied for school purposes: 9.3.
Estimated value of school property: $79,756.
No. Of school buildings: 121.
No. Of persons examined: 191.
No. Of applicants rejected: 55.
Certificates granted, first grade: 16.
Certificates granted, second grade: 44.
Certificates granted, third grade: 82.
No. Of schools visited by County Superintendent: 137.
No. Of visits made by County Superintendent: 203.
No. Of districts having school: 125.
No. Of districts not having school: 10.
MONEYS RECEIVED.
Balance in hands of district treasuries August 1, 1881: $5,924.62.
District taxes: $31,108.03.
State and County school fund: $$7,208.84.
Sale of bonds: $6,272.
All other sources: $1,797.29
TOTAL RECEIVED: $52,314.69.
MONEYS EXPENDED.
Teachers= Wages: $27,041.25.
Incidentals: $6,767.98.
Library and apparatus: $448.99.
Sites, buildings, furniture, etc.: $7,008.98.
All other purposes: $1,899.54.
TOTAL: $43,157.74.
BALANCE AUGUST 1, 1882: $9,156.95.
Normal opened July 6th, closed Aug. 26th.
Enrollment in July, 41; in August, 114.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Our San Francisco Letter.
To the Ministers of Winfield:
I have always heard it said that this cosmopolitan city was the wickedest one in America, but never until my eyes saw, and my ears heard, could I comprehend the boundless extent of the assertion. New York and Chicago have their dens of vice, but I canot think they have sunk so low in the scale of immorality as San Francisco. Sunday is observed scarcely less than any other day; and only for some of the business houses being closed, you could but observe the same see-saw the other six days. I am not surprised that those who are compelled to work all the week should seek recreation in various directions; but there is a becoming manner to do it, becoming at least to civilization.
The theaters are open at night and Woodward=s Garden hold forth every Sunday as per the accompanying PROGRAMME.
WOODWARD=S GARDENS. Performance, rain or shine, Sunday Nov. 12th. First appearance of Professor Henry Tyler=s Mastodon Dog circus, Canine wonders, etc., Messrs. Seigrist and Duray. In a brilliant display on the Double Aerial Bars and Acrobatic Feats. The Moore Family, the Arnold Bros., Mlle. Bertha, Miss Rose Julian, Miss Vergie, Kate Moore, and full company of variety Artists.
Imagine the shock it gives the stranger from civilized lands to behold an audience of 2,000 people who enjoy the performance to its fullest extent. Men sitting with their hats on, women in ermine lined cloaks pronouncing the thing fine. Shame! Shame! Every park has its band of music, and inside, whiskey and beer is as popular as water. Under ground dance houses are a Sunday institution. Billiard tables and bars are made as attractive as possible, and a young man must be under good self-control, who can resist the wiles of the electric light, and the company of his mates; for there are few men here, old or young, who do not indulge. An advertisement is daily seen in the papers like this: AWANTED. A good looking young lady to sing and play the piano in the back parlor of a saloon at No_____ Street.@
The extent to which children are smoking opium, is alarming. A druggist told me that it was first given them by Chinamen, the effect being so agreeable that all sorts of deception was used to obtain it.
By the way, I wish to state the hatred which is springing up between the Citizens and the Chinese, although their labor is every time accepted where it is a question of cheapness. Say what they may abroad, there is no effort being made to encourage white help, by a fair remuneration.
I have the promise of going with a party, under the guidance of the chief of police, through Chinatown at night, there we shall see it all.
Last Sunday evening I went to hear I. S. Kalloch (I cannot say Rev., and I cannot say preach) for his utterances were too disgusting and disgraceful to be associated with either.
His prelude, which always occupies just enough time to denounce everything he wishes, is worded in the most abusive, low language you might expect from a being which had well earned a term in the jail. The occasion of which I speak was to vest his anger on Mr. Joseph Cook; on the Boston Clergy for allowing him to speak against San Francisco and its people; and especially against the Y. M. C. A., their president, and the clergy here, for receiving him again last week; and giving him an ovation at their rooms. I was too shocked to remember the epithets which flowed from his coarse mouth, but they were all his vocabulary could produce, and when I looked upon the 3,000 people, intelligent, well dressed people, who cheered him lustily, I said: AIs that the taste of the men and women whom he is vindicating?@ Evidently it was, for that audience listens week after week to just such a harrangue.
My observation and information proves that this is an awfully wicked city, and Aif the bottom falls out some day, it will be all right.@
Very Respectfully, (MRS.) H. P. MANSFIELD.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
A BAD PLACE FOR REPUBLICANS [EDITORIAL].
After reading the letter of Mrs. H. P. Mansfield on first page of this paper, showing what a Ahell upon earth@ is the city of San Francisco, we do not wonder that Republicans are scarce in that city.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
LARGE IMMIGRATION.
The business of the Wichita Land Office indicates a large immigration to this part of the State. Since the first of January, 1882, over one thousand six hundred entries have been made, covering about two hundred and forty thousand acres. This divided into quarter sections represents fifteen hundred farms. The most of which are in Harper and Kingman counties. Wichita Eagle.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
IMPORTED VICES. [ANOTHER EDITORIAL RE SAN FRANCISCO.]
From the San Francisco letter on first page it appears that the Chinese are contaminating the Young America of that city by leading them to smoke opium. There is one vice more destructive to the intellect, more filthy, disgusting, and beastly, than alcohol drunkenness, and that is, opium eating and smoking. And even this is only one of the evils which are runing the Pacific slope caused by the immigration of the vicious and ignorant hordes from China. Civilize them at home if you can, but don=t let them come here to drag America down to their beastly level. This illustrates the evils of inviting the vicious and ignorant of foreign countries to settle in our midst.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
ILLITERACY.
A special census bulletin just issued shows the number of illiterate persons over ten years of age in the United States as follows.
Native whites: 2,255,460
Foreign born whites: 763,620
TOTAL WHITES: 3,019,080
Colored persons: 3,230,878.
TOTAL WHITES AND COLORED: 6,249,958
TOTAL UNABLE TO READ: 4,923,451
The colored illiteracy is 70 percent of the whole colored population and the illiteracy, both white and colored, is confined principally to the Southern States.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
STATE NEWS.
Eight hundred dollars have been subscribed for a new Methodist Church building at Geuda Springs.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
PERSONALS.
Prof. Farringer=s concert next week.
Capt. C. M. Scott came up from Arkansas City Monday.
McGuire Bros., have the best handmade boot in Winfield.
Remember the meeting of the Library Association next Tuesday.
Hon. Timothy McIntire came up from the terminus Thursday and spent a day at the hub.
J. W. Browning has bought the David Frew farm at Tannehill and will now become a Beaver farmer again.
Hapgood Plow Co., sent a man here to test Lee=s Anti-friction Roller on their sulky, and prounce it a success.
The Library Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m., in the Library Rooms.
The question is, AHad Judge Gans a hand in the mysterious death of Lacy=s mule?@ An official investigation is in order.
Judge Torrance will hold court Thanksgiving day. He is bound to push matters if there is any opportunity to do so.
Rev. Cairns preached to the denizens of Fort Scott Sunday, and Rev. Platter assisted in conducting services at Arkansas City.
Rev. W. M. Friedley, the pastor of the United Brethren Church, is now located in Winfield, living first door east of the Baptist Church.
Mr. John D. McBrian, late Greenback candidate for Attorney General, was an attendant at court last Thursday. He lives at Sedan.
The recorder of deeds reports less mortgages being recorded than for many months. Most of the loaning is now being done on chattels.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
[MORE PERSONALS.]
Commissioner-elect Walton was in the city Tuesday. He feels reasonably well over the election outcome. Amos may prove better than he looks.
Mr. J. D. Moore, postmaster of Sedan, made us a pleasant call last week in company with his brother, W. H. Moore, of this vicinity. Call again.
Mr. Frank Cook and wife, of Cambridge, Illinois, are visiting relatives here. Mr. Cook is a brother of Miss Cook, a former teacher in our public schools.
The United Brethren propose as a temporary arrangement to buy the old Christian Church building and move it across the street on to their own lots.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
A large number of ladies were present at the argument of the Colegate case. Many of them sat through the tedious proceedings during almost the whole case.
Our reporter has attended the Colegate case regularly, and next week (if the case is concluded) will give an extended resume of the testimony and his impressions thereof.
The charge delivered by Judge Torrance to the jury in the Colegate case is the finest legal document ever prepared in this or any other district court. It is a thorough, masterly document, and reflects great credit upon our Judge.
The stoves at the Courthouse smoked terribly Tuesday, so much so as to nearly suffocate the court. The chimneys are built between the combs of the roof in such a manner as to create a downward draft when the wind comes from northwest. Something should be done to make the room tenable when needed.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
[MORE PERSONALS.]
The Baptist folks had a very pleasant social at their church last Thursday evening. There was a large attendance and the net proceeds will be upwards of sixty dollars.
Drs. T. T. Davis and Wells removed a large cancer from the breast of Miss Gibson last Wednesday. The operation was a very difficult one, but was carefully and successfully performed.
Dr. T. T. Davis, who has settled among us, comes strongly recommended as a physician and surgeon and as a specialist in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as tumors, cancers, etc.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will give a supper and oyster festival in the basement of the church on Thursday evening, December 7th, from half past five until ten o=clock in the evening.
Hon. James Christian of Arkansas City has got his pension claim allowed, $72.00 per month. He has received the back pay: $1,200.00. We congratulate our friend on the success of his righteous cause.
The post of G. A. R. are preparing and will present on the 14th & 15th and 16th of December the grand military drama, ASpy of Atlanta.@ The proceeds are for the benefit of the G. A. R. and the battery.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
[MORE PERSONALS.]
The drama of AFruits of the Wine Cup,@ to be given in the Opera House next Thursday evening by the Temperance Dramatic Club, is one of the best temperance plays published. The club has been about six weeks preparing it for the stage. The entertainment will conclude with the laughable farce of AA Drop Too Much.@
Mr. N. M. Thorpe has left at this office a large bundle of celery which he raised in Beaver Township near Tannehill in this county. The stalks are over two feet long and very excellent. Some bunches weigh from two to three pounds each. He raised about 3,000 pounds this year and it selling at ten cents a pound. The croak that celery cannot be raised in Cowley is exploded and the time is at hand when this country will quit importing celery and go into the export business. Mr. Thorp is one of our most enterprising farmers.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
MARRIED. We have received a notice of the marriage of Miss Ella Walton to Mr.
R. K. Doolittle, which occurred in Douglass County Wednesday. Miss Ella is a sister of Mrs. G. S. Manser, and for some years was a resident of this city. She is an accomplished printer and together with the writer set type on the old Plow and Anvil, in 1876. Bright, intelligent, energetic, and independent, she made her way in the world, asking nothing but that she might be accorded a way to her own maintenance. Such women, we regret to say, are few, but they shine the brighter when found. We wish the bride and groom unbounded happiness and long life. [HAD TO BE WRITTEN BY ED. P. GREER.]
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Our enterprising second hand dealer, D. Berkey, on Nith Avenue, is making things boom in his line this fall. His store is crowded full of goods and customers all the time. The variety of his stock and unusually low prices is making it headquarters for everything. Mr. Berkery=s stock is by no means confined to second hand goods, but he also has a large supply of new goods in furniture, glass, and queensware, tinware, etc., secured from bankrupt stores at different places, which he is selling at very low prices. Give him a call and avail yourself of some of the bargains he is offering.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
T. H. Jackson, the ACommon Sense@ Liniment man, has returned to this place after an absence of three years, for the purpose of introducing his new remedy, AJackson=s Common Sense Renovating Powders,@ for Pink-eye, Epizootic, Coughs, and Colds. It is also a positive destroyer of worms, which are the cause of most of the diseases of horses. He will remain at Major & Vance=s stable for a few days, where persons having lame or diseased horses can consult him free of charge.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
A young man whose name we were unable to learn shot himself in the right breast with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, while in the act of taking it from a wagon. At last accounts he was bleeding profusely through the wound and at the mouth, and will probably die. He was takenh to Ponca Agency and well cared for. It is thought he is one of party from Illinois who went to the Territory last week on a hunt. [MAYBE TRAVELER HAS THIS!]
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
A man appeared on the streets last week with an entirely new gambling scheme. He had a board in which was stuck a lot of pocket knives. The subscriber to his fund twenty-five cents worth was entitled to pitch eight rubber rings at the knives and if he succeeded in Aringing@ one, he could take it. The thing looked so simple and easy that many invested and the knife man seemed happy and prosperous.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Dr. T. T. Davis of Marion, Kansas, has been visiting our town for the last year as a specialist in the treatment of chronic diseases, in connection with Dr. Wells of our city, as an assistant, extirpated a large cancerous tumor from the breast of one Mrs. Doty, who resides near Winfield. The operation was well borne, and up to the present time she is doing well.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The experience of the present term of the District Court speaks in thunder tones of the necessity of a separation of the civil and criminal courts. Their divorcement would be a blessing too our district pecuniarily. Why wait for years to do what should be done now? The coming legislature should give us more terms; or as we think, more courts.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Judge Torrance entertained Man-walking-above, Crow-dog, and another Cheyenne Indian at his residence Monday. His sister, who is visiting with him, had never seen an Indian, and the Judge, after many inducements, got them down to his house. Man-walking-above insisted that he had holes in his moccasins and was therefore not presentable.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
This term of court has been an exceedingly slow one. But little business has been done. The Bassewater, Van Meter, and Colegate cases have taken up the term so far, with the exception of a few divorce and foreclosure cases. At this rate it will take years to get all the cases now on the docket to trial.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
DIVORCED. Divorces have been granted by the Court to Alice F. Post, on the grounds of extreme cruelty; William D. Crawford, on the grounds of adultery, and plaintiff awarded the custody of child; Eddie Chaffee, on the ground of abandonment.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Frank Finch returned from a trip south Monday. He saw no grasshoppers, didn=t hear of the man who broke his leg, or the news of the warCin fact, our informant-pump failed to elicit a small local item from his anatomy.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Rev. Dr. Wallace, late resident in Old Mexico, with his wife is visiting Judge Torrance. He filled the pulpit at the Baptist Church Sunday evening and delivered a magnificent discourse. Dr. Wallace=s wife is a sister of Judge Torrance.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
A number of our most enthusiastic young temperance workers have formed themselves into a ATemperance Dramatic Club,@ and will present the drama AFruits of the Wine Cup,@ to the people of Winfield on Thursday evening, December 7th. The club is composed of excellent amateur talent.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Mr. A. D. Riddle and wife, of Bedford, Pennsylvania, have been spending a week visiting their uncle, S. H. Sparks, of Pleasant Valley Township. They are better pleased with Cowley and Winfield than any part of the West they have yet visited.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The county is full of land-seekers, but little real estate is changing hands. They are looking preparatory to a spring move.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
SUICIDE.
The Sad Demise of a Venerable Resident.
Last Tuesday morning Winfield was the scene of one of those sad occurrences, which have made our capital City of Topeka so notorious of lateCa suicide. The affair is all the more sad and serious because the victim was an old resident of our city, well up in years, and whose meek and gentle character has been the wonderful admiration of all. After plodding through a long and eventful career, seeming perfectly satisfied with his surroundings, no one could suspect that he was meditating such a deed. The City Council was convened in special session and the following we clip from its proceedings.
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The clerk is hereby instructed to have the body of H. B. Lacy=s mule removed from the tree in J. B. Lynn=s yard, in which he now hangs, to some suitable place for interment, and fail not hereof, under penalty of the law.@Yes, Lacy=s mule is gone. Monday night he released himself from his stall, meandered into J. B. Lynn=s yard, stuck his head between the forks of a peach tree, and deliberately Apulled back,@ and choked himself to death. The post mortem examination, held by Drs. Lacy and Lynn, seemed to indicate that he had got his ears entangled in a tree on the next lot, and that death resulted accidentally; but to us it seems clear that the act was voluntary and premeditated. However that may be, let his ashes rest in peace and the bone-yard. He fulfilled his mission in life faithfully and well, ever hearkening to duty and his master=s call. For years he propelled the swill-cart through the alleys of our city as proudly and faithfully as though it had been the car of a conqueror, never kicking when his stay-chain was shortened, or his rations reduced to a watermelon rind and four cucumbers. He was alike patient and serene mid sunshine or storm, and cheerfully assisted his master, whether in the slums of politics or the broader and nobler work of garbage collecting. Only once did he allow the lion in his nature to be aroused. After the arduous campaign of 1880 when he had traveled miles and miles and had double the pledges necessary to elect him Probate Judge, and was ignominiously defeated, he is said to have cried aloud that the people would yet regret the day they cast him aside for his handsomer competitor. From this on he relapsed into a kind of prop-me-up-with-a-pole condition, from which he never recovered, and which certainly produced the state of mind that courted death rather than political dishonor. Mr. Lacy and the swill-cart are sadly bereft, and we tender our sympathy and fifty cents to buy a new mule.
After careful investigation into the charges made by Mr. Lacy, that Judge Gans and Mr. Lynn had conspired together to hang the mule, we have come to the conclusion that although the circumstances are strong against them, there is a reasonable doubt in their favor.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
A Winfield Institution.
If any of our people have not visited the store of J. P. Baden since his busy shipping season commenced, they should do so at once. We dropped in on Monday and found twenty-three persons at work. Back of the store has been built a shed in which the chickens and turkeys are picked. Five persons are constantly at work picking. Around the outside are piled coops of fowls as high as you can reach, and other men are at work packing the picked birds ready for shipment. In a ware room nearby three men are constantly at work Acandleing,@ and packing the eggs for shipment. The butter business is in the hands of three men, who take the fine butter rolls as they come from the hands of the country ladies, wrap them in linen cloths and pack them in boxes and buckets, in which they are transported to the hungry miners in Colorado and New Mexico. The business done by Baden in this line is immense. He has paid this year in express charges alone a snug fortune, and has done a produce business amounting to over one hundred thousand dollars. Think of it! One hundred thousand dollars paid out in one year for poultry, butter, and eggsCand all gone into the pockets of our farmers for something that a few years ago would hardly command any price in the market.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Music in the Schools.
One of the most commendable departures made of late by teachers in our public schools is the attention given to music. Many of the schoolhouses are supplied with organs, and most of them have blackboards on which is painted the staff, and the scholars are daily taken through a musical exercise. These school exercises give the scholars a knowledge of the elements of music, and create an interest in it such as no other mode of teaching can command. It is astonishing with what rapidity some of the little girls advance in these music lessons. Last Sunday at Excelsior schoolhouse we saw a little girl (whose feet could hardly reach the bellows) playing for the Sunday school, and she did it nicely. All she knew of music had been taught her in the public school. Every district should encourage music in its school.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Ladies fine French kid shoes that will not turn purple. Try a pair.
Buy your winter boots of us.
A good stock of children=s shoes cheapCtry a few pairs of them.
Our Common Sense shoes will afford ladies much comffort and relieve their achers.
Fine pair French kid side lace shoes at $3.50 to close out the lot.
SMITH BROTHERS.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The markets today (Wednesday) are changed very little from last week, with but little grain or hogs coming in. Wheat brings 60 cents for best, and corn remains steady at 32 cents. Hogs bring from $5.50 to $6.00. Butter 30 cents, and eggs 25. Potatoes 75 cents to $1.00. Cabbage 3 cents per pound, and apples $1.00 per bushel.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The furnaces at the Baptist Church are working splendidly. They are of the ABrennon@ make and the flues are so regulated that the floor of the church is kept warm. The Baptist folks have exercised good judgment in the furniture of the building, throughout.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The entertainment for the Library, to be given by the young folks, will be one of the best we have had this season. The caste is a good one and we hope that a large number will be present for the good of the cause. Our library has over 500 volumes and should be kept up.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
DIED. Mr. and Mrs. George Corwin have been called upon to part with their baby boy, who passed away Monday evening. It is a sad loss to the parents, one which only parents can appreciate, and we tender them our sincere sympathy.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
J. P. Baden employs twenty-five persons in conducting his two stores and immense produce business. This is a big force for one man to handle, but Baden knows how to do it.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The regular weekly meeting of the Winfield Musical Union is unavoidably postponed one week in consequence of the non-arrival of books. See next week=s COURIER.
E. F. BLAIR, Director.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Mr. L. G. Martin of West Virginia has bought the Bushnell farm at Old Ninnescah and will probably occupy it next year. He called to be furnished with the COURIER in the meantime.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Frank Manny beats the world for celery. He brought in stalks three feet long last Monday.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The banks in this city close today for Thanksgiving.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Fair.
Father Kelley=s annual fair to be held at the Opera House the 28th, 29th, and 30th of November, is now in progress. Great pains have been taken by Father Kelley and his congregation to make it a grand success. Several articles of value and use have been donated and will be disposed of during the fair. Among some of the articles are a fine organ, two fine heifers, two fat hogs, and other articles of value too numerous to mention. On Thursday nightCthe last night of the fairCwill be given a grand ball, which will furnish amusement for those who appreciate a friendly gathering and social dance. The best music that Winfield can furnish will be had for the occasion. A cordial invitation is given to all. Nothing will be left undone to make it pleasant and enjoyable. [FATHER KELLY?? OR KELLEY??]
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
SOME WOOL. Mr. H. L. Thomas brings us a sample of wool seven inches long, from a lamb six months old, bred by his father, J. W. Thomas, of Maple City, from a full bred Cotswold, crossed with a Colorado ewe. This was the first experiment of breeding in that direction, and if anyone can beat seven inches for a first six months= growth of wool on a lamb, we would like to hear from him. Mr. Thomas has got as healthy and clean a lot of sheep as can be found anywhere and is a success as a sheep breeder.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
THE CREAMERY. Mr. Babb expects to get the creamery to running as soon as his butter-maker arrives, which will be this week, or early in next. The creamery at Wellington has been running about two weeks and is now churning cream from two hundred cows.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The regular meeting of the Ivanhoe Literary will be held at the residence of Mr. M. L. Robinson Tuesday evening, Dec. 5. A full attendance is desired. The following members will resume the reading of AKathrina,@ five pages each, in the order named: Miss Crippen, Miss Klingman, Miss Hane, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Berry, Mr. Webb. Miscellaneous selections, Mr. Smith and Miss Beeny. FLORENCE A. BEENY, Rec. Sec.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
THANKSGIVING DINNER. A grand Thanksgiving Dinner will be given at the Opera House Thursday. All are invited to come and enjoy the sumptuous repast that will be prepared to gratify the appetite of all those who appreciate the luxuries of a well prepared and bountifully arranged dinner. Dinner can be had at any time from 12 o=clock until 3 o=clock p.m. Price 25 cents.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
The regular quarterly communion service of the Presbyterian Church will be held on next Sabbath morning. Preparatory lecture on Saturday afternoon at half past two o=clock, at which time children will be baptized. JAS. E. PLATTER, Pastor.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Cedarvale.
EDS. COURIER: The roosters have ceased crowing and the business of our town is again taking the Anoiseless tenor of its way.@ The new schoolhouse is now ready, and school begins today. Our teacher, Henry A. Atwater, is one of the best in the county, if not the best.
Dr. Woods, D. S., is now attending to the dyspeptics and lank cheeked individuals, by furnishing them with new teeth. The doctor has given them general satisfaction.
Many of our citizens have gone to the Territory for recreation and game.
Our merchants are displaying commendable zeal by importing vast quantities of goods.
The new engine at the mill of Tabler & Maxwell keeps the buhrs running, and is a great accommodation to the surrounding country.
Sickness has abated and the M. D.=s are having a rest.
Tenement houses are scarce. Many families desire houses in town, bor a time, that they may look over the country at leisure. The hourses are not to be had, and we lose good citizens. The man who displays sufficient spirit to build several houses, will receive good returns for the investment, and be a public benefactor. A good barber to shave the boys before going to the dances is much needed.
The place made vacant by the death of the Rev. Hitchcock, Methodist, is filled by the Rev. Budd. GENE.
Cedarvale, November 27, 1882.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
SOME ADS.
An immense stock of gold pens of all grades and prices just received and on exhibition at Hudson Bros. Jewelry Store.
Hudson Bros. have this week added another to their force of workmen. So bring on your watches and clocks for repairs.
A fine selection of fancy decorated individual cups and saucers for children; also tony mustache cups, at Wallis & Wallis.
Winter is coming. Get your overcoats while it is yet time, and before I am literally overrun with business. ELI YOUNGHEIM.
Wanted. To rent a small farm with seed, team, and tools furnished me with the place. Address E. Mitchell, Maple City.
Ladies, you can send your ostrich plumes and tips to Mrs. W. M. Henderson, Arkansas City, and have them dyed to any shade desired for a mere trifle.
I have put in a stock of coal at the stand formerly occupied by G. A. Rhodes, on South Main street. Coal sold in the bin or delivered to any part of the citty at lowest cash prices.
Q. A. GLASS.
It will do you souls good to see the new goods in furniture, mirrors, pictures, and frames that A. B. Arment is receiving weekly at the Champion Furniture Store, South Main Street, west side.
WANTED. The undersigned wishes to dispose of the Amusement gallery on Ninth Avenue. The gallery is a paying institution, and anyone purchasing it can make a good thing. The investment is small. Address W. H. Shearer, or call at the Bankrupt Store on Ninth Avenue.
Winfield Courier, November 30, 1882.
Buy the Hapgood Sulky Plow with Lee=s Anti-friction Roller. With this there is no more dragging the bottom of the plow in the furrow, no more friction on the land side; no more strain on the sulky, no more side draft or slipping wheels; no more running of the plow on the lay; no more changing levers to finish up a land; no more trouble to make the plow take land enough; no more trouble to open a furrow in wet weather; no more strain on the arm to throw the plow out of ground; best of all, no more unnecessary draft on the team. The plow runs now on three wheels and cannot drag or bind. W. A. LEE, Agent.
Winfield Courier, December 7, 1882.
DID NOT COPY THANKSGIVING SERMON GIVEN BY ELDER F. M. RAINS, AT THE UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE, HELD IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF WINFIELD, NOVEMBER 30, 1882, THAT WAS PRITED ON FRONT PAGE.
Winfield Courier, December 7, 1882.
AFRONTIER GUARDS.@
An Interesting Reminscence of That Historic Organization.
The Troy Chief notices the death of Hon. Samuel W. Greer, of Winfield, and alludes to the fact that Ahe was a member of the company formed in Washigton in April, 1861, known as the >Frontier Guard,= and which occupied the east rooms of the White House as a barrack.@
Hon. D. H. Bailey, late consul-general to China, who was a member of that famous company, happening to be in this city, we called his attention to the death of Mr. Greer and asked him for some reminiscence of that celebrated organization. He has kindly furnished us with the following.
A large number of Kansans were in Washington City at the time of the fall of Fort Sumpter. General James H. Lane, then recently elected United States Senator from Kansas, was, of course, the central figure of this group.
His rooms were at Williard=s hotel, and were constantly filled with excited and determined men who were gravely considering the events then taking place. On the 18th of April, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, the Sixth Massachusetts regiment was attacked by a rebel mob in Baltimore, the railway tracks were torn up, and all communication between Washington and the northCeither by rail or telegraphCwas cut off. The capital of the nation was completely environed and filled with secessionists everywhereCon the streets, in the hotels, in saloons, in private residences; and in the public offices, secession was rampant. It was a period of infinite danger to the beleagured capital, and the excitement was more intense than can be described.
Litttle knots of Union men gathered here and there, and although hemmed in and scowled upon on all sides, moved quickly about, if with blanched cheeks, yet with steady purpose and firm resolve. On the day following the attack upon the 6th Massachusetts, Major David Hunter (then on Gen. Scott=s staff) called upon Gen. Lane and informed him that by direction of Gen. Scott and Secretary of War Cameron, he was instructed to inform Gen. Lane that owing to the turbulent condition of the populace and the very few troops then in the city, as well as from secret information, there were serious apprehensions of an attempt to seize the president and overturn the government; and therefore General Lane was asked to immediately form a company of Kansans for the especial protection of the president. He also said that as the men of Kansas had been tried Aunder fire,@ and were known to be true and brave, that they, with Gen. Lane at their head, would be a tower of strength in the crisis then existing at the capital. Lane with his wonderful energy and fiery soul unhesitatingly assumed the task. Immediately runners were sent out in every direction requesting all Kansans to report at once at Gen. Lane=s rooms.
Within twelve hours one hundred and eighty names were enrolled and the Frontier Guard was organized with Lane as captain. That night at about 9 o=clock the company marched out of Williard=s hotel and proceeding direct to the White House, filed into the east room. In a few minutes case after case of Enfield rifles with sword bayonet, ammunition, and accoutrements were placed in the blue, red, and green rooms, and the work of arming commenced.
Many amusing incidents occurred. Senator Pomeroy, who was large of girth, was in great perturbation about a belt long enough to reach around his aldermanic proportions, and many a laugh was had at his expense until the writer came to his relief with a bit of leather, which enabled him to look as true a soldier as ever was Sir John Falstaff.
By 12 o=clock at night the company was fully equipped, and after surrounding the White House and its grounds with trusty sentinels, the men stacked arms in the east room, each member lying down with head to the wall, touching elbows, without covering, to d