THE WINFIELD COURIER

[OCTOBER 25, 1883, THROUGH NOVEMBER 29, 1883.]

D. A. MILLINGTON, EDITOR.

ED. P. GREER, LOCAL EDITOR.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

A FEW RAMBLES BY A WINFIELD LADY.

My last letter left me on the eve of starting from Maryville, Missouri, for Lincoln, Nebraska, and places adjacent, the route being by the way of Atchison. The route from Atchison is in a northwesterly direction, which I pursue comfortably seated in a coach of the A. & N. railroad, ready to note things as I see them. The train, on starting, glides round a curve and passes a pinch of hills to the left, and then drats into a stretch of low land, covered with Kansas sunflowers and willows, with here and there an uninteresting station. I feel a little uncomfortable and wonder if we will not soon make an ascension; but still it continues, and we find ourselves passing over a new made road, with squads of men who stop work to let the train pass. I am told that they are repairing the damages made by the recent heavy rains. We pass over this flat country for miles, which looks as if it was fit for nothing else but a railroad route. A newsboy seems to think this is a good time to sell books, and passes through with his arms full, distributing them promiscuously; but, feeling a craving for the real rather than the fictitious, I ask for Tourgee=s late historical romance, AHot Plow Shares.@ I proceed to peruse it and become oblivious to all surrounding objects in my search through labyrinths of love, courtship, and marriage, with political cause and effect woven in to portray the cause of our late war and its salutary effect upon the American people.

The shrill whistle arouses me and I find that we are passing over as lovely a country as the sun ever shown uponCexcepting, of course, grand old Cowley County, Kansas,Cand stop at the beautiful town of Tecumseh, Nebraska, the county seat of Johnson County, containing about three or four thousand inhabitants. From this on we see the cheering emblems of civilization on every side, comfortable homes in groves of transplanted forest trees, sometimes a variety, but the inveterate cottonwood is seen even more in Nebraska than in Kansas. The corn is much better than in Missouri, and the stacks of wheat are numberless. Surely, if Kansas can=t supply the foreign demand with winter wheat, Nebraska can put in a large share of spring wheat.

The names of the stations begin to sound familiar, among them being Firth, a neat little village of a few hundred inhabitants, and before I am able to reflect we reach Hickman, when I gather together my luggage and prepare for a hasty exit as the conductor calls out Roca. Here I meet what used to be familiar faces, but which I have not looked upon for two decades, and my heart rebounds from the joy of anticipation to the sadder contemplation of the havoc made by Father Time on form and feature. My friends seem to have made one grand leap from the strength and buoyancy of middle life to the infirmities of old age. But here comes the trooping young folks, nieces and nephews, full of hope and anticipation for the futture. These extremes maintain the equalibrium of life until I find other food for thought.

Roca is a cleanly little town about fifteen miles south of Lincoln, possessing a school with two departments, and two organizations of christians, Methodist and German Reform Presbyterians. The former have a neat church building, where a protracted meeting was in progress, and which I was glad to have the privilege of attending, as also to witness that both denominations can and do work together in harmony, without destroying their identity, for the Master=s kingdom, like two regiments fighting under the same flag.

While standing on an eminence looking over this beautiful country, near the plce where I beheld it in 1859, I thought that Father Time had worked some changes in the country, too. Where was at that time unbroken prairie is now elegant homes and farms, with orchards laden with apples and all apparently at hand necessary to make home the desired spot on earth; all in hearing of the shrieking locomotive and in sight of the telegraph wire, with the people quickened by the accompanying hurry and enterprise of these two mediums for the transmission of thought and commerceCthe chariot wheels of civilization and the fulfillment of the prophecy of the great highway where men should run to and fro and knowledge be increased. The name Roca signifies rock, and was so called because of the fine rock quarries, which are a great source of wealth to the community, and caused me to wonder why Roca might not boast of a few miles of stone sidewalk, but I was told that the quarries yielded no Aflagging.@ On visiting the quarries I found the rock immensely thick, and the only way of Agetting it out@ was by blastingCquite different from the Winfield quarries, where the stone is taken out any thickness desired with the pick and crowbar.

In Roca I spent ten days visiting, eating and drinking, and enjoying myself generallyC

drinking nothing stronger, however, than water, tea, and coffee. I did not leave my consistency at home nor forget that I am a citizen of Prohibitory Kansas, even in the presence of sweet cider; but rather rejoiced that prohibition will prohibit those who have loyalty enough to be law abiding, and that it has an unsavory penalty for those who have not, as seen by eleven convictions of liquor vendors in the district court at Topeka some time ago, aggregating thirty-seven counts. This kind of medicine, if administered long enough, will purge the body politic and effect a cure.

I am reminded that this letter is long enough, and leave a description of a few of the prominent features of the capital of Nebraska, Lincoln, for another time. C. H. G.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

WHAT A REPUBLICAN!

Last week we said in relation to two exactly contrary objections which had been raised to Geo. H. McIntire for sheriff: AThe latter objection is raised by a Republican of Vernon, who proposes to play into the hands of Gary. His simplicity in supposing that the Democratic nominee will not do less than his duty is sublime.@

This caused one, Capt. J. B. Evans, of Vernon Township, to get up on his ear and inform us that he is not to be driven out of the Republican party again, that he will remain in the party, and we will remember? that he has always been a friend of the COURIER, but, will, etc. We told him that he was talking very foolishly, that we appreciated his friendship and favors, but that we were going to say what seemed to be the right thing and take the consequences, and that any covert threat would not affect our course. Capt. Evans has assumed the position of a Akicker,@ is vigorously working to defeat the Republican nominee for sheriff, and for the Democratic nominee and does not deny it. He is talking around that Vernon Township will vote almost solid against McIntire and for Gary. He may think so. He may believe that the whole township consider him the brains of the township and will vote just as he dictates. If so, he is cranky. There are plenty of Republicans in Vernon as brainy as he, who vote their own opinions and not his, and who will vote for a man like McIntire, who has always been efficient as an officer, instead of such a man as Gary, who is notoriously inefficient; who will certainly vote for a good Republican instead of a bad and uncertain Democrat. We shall be surprised if he influences a single Republican beside himself to vote against McIntire, for we have a high opinion of the good sense of the Republicans of Vernon. As to Capt. Evans remaining in the Republican party, we fear that now he has started on the downward road that he will tumble on downward with increasing rapidity, that next year he will be a Greenbacker and the year after a Democrat. Such is the usual course of kickers. We would like it if this would give him a job that would wake up his sleeping sense and reason.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Ex-Soldiers of War Organizations.

During the Soldiers= Re-union last week it was determined to effect a permanent organization, and the soldiers present from each state were requested to appoint one member of a committee to recommend a form for such organization and the officers for the first year. The committee met and organized by electing comrade James McDermott, chairman, and comrade A. H. Limerick, secretary. The roll of the committee was called and the following members were found present.

James McDermott, 4th Kentucky Infantry.

A. H. Limerick, 93rd Illinois.

Geo. W. Robertson, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.

A. V. Polk, 3rd Pennsylvania.

H. W. Stubblefield, 6th Kansas Cavalry.

S. F. Gould, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry.

J. C. Evans, 14th New York Infantry.

J. W. Millspaugh, 37th Iowa Infantry.

L. B. Aldrich, 12th Wisconsin Infantry.

G. H. Williams 2nd Colorado Infantry.

John W. Wolfe, 8th Michitan Infantry.

J. B. Corson, 13th Maine Infantry.

Wm. White, 155 Ohio Infantry.

J. A. Brown, 12th Indiana Mounted Infantry.

C. F. Vaughn, 5th West Virginia Infantry.

The committee made the following report, which was adopted by the soldiers at dress parade on Friday evening, October 18, 1883. The committee of one person from each state represented at this Re-union, appointed to recommend a plan of organization for future Re-unions, beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following:

That an association be formed to be called AThe Arkansas Valley Re-Union Association,@ for the purpose of holding annual re-Unions. The association shall be composed of all old Soldiers and Sailors of the United States residing in the counties of Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Butler, Cowley, Sumner, Sedgwick, Harvey, Reno, Kingman, Harper, and Barber. The officers of the association shall be a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and one vice-president from each county. The officers named shall constitute an Executive Board. The officers shall be elected at the annual Re-unions and shall hold their offices until the next annual Re-union, and until their successors are elected. The Executive Board shall determine the time and place of each Re-union, but the time shall be between August 1st and October 1st, and the Re-union shall not be held in connection with any fair or other public gathering. The president, secretary, and three vice-presidents shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall have power to fill all vacancies in offices in the intervals between Re-unions.

The officers for the first year shall be:

President, T. H. Soward of Winfield.

Secretary, A. H. Limerick of Winfield.

Treasurer, James McDermott of Winfield.

Vice-presidents:

Cowley County, H. W. Stubblefield.

Sumner County, John H. Wolfe.

Chautauqua County, ____ Ward.

Butler County, Charley Durham.

Barber County, James Springer.

Harper County, J. P. Horton.

Vice-presidents for the other counties to be appointed by the Executive Board.

It is further recommended that the present Re-union be designated the first annual Re-union, and that future Re-unions be numbered accordingly.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES McDERMOTT, Chairman

A. H. LIMERICK, Secretary.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

ABOUT CAPT. J. B. NIPP.

WICHITA, KANSAS, October 15, 1883.

ED. COURIER: I have learned that our old friend, Capt. J. B. Nipp of Arkansas City, has been nominated for the office of Treasurer of Cowley County. Allow me to say that for once the people of Cowley County have honored a man to whom honor is due. I know Capt. Nipp. I know him to be a man in every sense of the term. He has done more for the Republican part of Cowley than any man in it. He has been a Awheel horse@ in every campaign ever held in the county. He wore the blue during the war, and no braver or truer man ever buckled on a sword than he. He never learned what fear was, and never did nor never will Ago back@ on a friend. Capt. Nipp is a man of principle, who never swerves from his duty. He is a man of great firmness. When he knows anything to be right, no power on earth can change him or pervert his judgment. He will make one of the best officers the county ever had. Republicans, when you go to the polls on November 6th, vote for Capt. Nipp, first, last, and always. Remember that you are voting for a man, and a true one, too, who will do his duty though the Heavens fail. I have known Capt. Nipp for years, and know whereof I speak. DYNAMITE.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

STATE NEWS.

The Federal Grand Jury at Leavenworth, on the 19th inst., found a true bill against D. L. Payne, better known as AOklahoma Payne,@ for conspiracy in violating the laws of the United States.

Standing Bear and Big Tree, two prominent Indian chiefs, have been camped at Geuda Springs for some time, for the benefit of their health. They have erected regular Indian wigwams, which attract considerable notice.

The net earnings of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad for the eight months ending August 1st, were $4,821,500, an increase over the corresponding period last year of 37-1/2 percent. The Southern Kansas railroad, a branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, for the same period, shows net earnings increased 39-1/2 percent.

The St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita road has propositions out to vote aid to that road through the townships in Sedgwick County lying southwest of Wichita. It would seem from that, that it is the intention of the company to extend their line through to Kiowa, or Medicine Lodge, via Anthony. This will leave Caldwell in a bad shape unless we can hedge in some other direction. Caldwell Journal.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

PERSONALS.

Mrs. D. Berkey left Tuesday morning for a short visit with her son in Kansas City.

R. S. Strother was over from Harvey last week and put in a day at the re-union.

City lots for sale in COURIER PLACE and other portions of the city by H. G. Fuller.

Mrs. Dr. Osborn, of California, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. W. O. Wright.

Mrs. Albright has been in the city for the past week visiting her son, P. H. Albright.

Mr. H. B. Lander and wife, of Chicago, former residents here, are visiting friends in the city.

J. W. Henthorn, the lively young editor of the Burden Enterprise, took in the re-union on Thursday.

Mr. Beemer, of Missouri, an old friend of J. A. Irwin=s, came over with him to visit the county seat last week. He is well pleased with Cowley.

The Dexter band serenaded Capt. Nipp on the streets Friday evening. The Captain acknowledged the honor with cigars and thanks. And the boys gave him three cheers and a tiger.

Mr. Gary thinks there must be something wrong with a man when he can=t carry his own township. On this theory the counting of the ballots in this City will make Mr. Gary feel very bad.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

C. C. Harris came in from a visit to his parents in Georgia, Tuesday. He says Georgia is still Democratic, with Mississippi and Kentucky following suit. This news will be cheering to Mr. Lynn.

The Dexter Band added much to the pleasure of the re-union. The boys are progressing finely and are one and all perfect gentlemen. Winfield will welcome them heartily whenever they choose to come over.

Dr. G. P. Wagner, of Dexter, was among the Grouse Creek folks wo took in the re-union. Dr. Wagner has been practicing at Dexter for thirteen years and enjoys a business that most of our physicians would like to duplicate.

Mr. W. S. Matthias and wife, of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. A. F. Wood of Charleston, Illinois, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Doane. Mr. Matthias is prominent in railroad circles, having been connected for many years with heavy eastern roads.

Mr. W. L. Holmes is receiving a visit from his father, a prominent manufacturer of Wisconsin. He is wonderfully pleased with Cowley, her soil, productiveness, and people, and if he were a younger man, we might expect to see him locating here before many months.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Col. Charlie Robinson came in from the west last week, and his genial phiz has brought sunshine into our sanctum several times since. He is not as fleshy, but more hearty than when he left us, and is enjoying life in the mountains immensely. He is in the internal revenue department of the government.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Col. McMullen has favored us with a copy of a book of 300 pages entitled AThe People vs. the Liquor Traffic,@ by Hon. S. D. Hastings. Lectures by Hon. John B. Finch, Hon. Oliver P. Mason, and Hon. Albert H. Horton. A supply of these books is left at the Winfield Bank for the life members of the Kansas State Temperance Union, who will please call and receive their copies.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Mr. Hooker has been experimenting with the German Carp with unusual success. Last year he secured a dozen of the fish about as long as his finger, built a pond where it would be fed by a spring branch, and put them in. Not long ago the dam washed out and he supposed he had lost all his fish, but one day he happened to see one, and finally five or six. They had grown to ten times their original size. He caught one which weighed four and a half pounds. He will at once rebuild the dam and go extensively into the business of fish raising.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

As there is to be a Baptist Ministerial Union and State Convention in this city on Nov. 1st and 2nd, there will be a large number of clergymen of that denomination in our midst. Of course, every citizen will feel a pride in seeing them all handsomely entertained and the generous hospitality of our citizens of whatever name will of course be extended. Our Baptist friends have been ready to entertain distinguished visitors of other denominations and of other pursuits. Let us all help them in this case.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Gene Wilber returned from his rambles in the East last week. He took in Michiga, Indiana, and Illinois, and returns to Cowley better pleased than ever with her present and future prospects. All through Indiana and Illinois the people are restless and uneasy, and are looking anxiously toward Kansas a palce for future residence. Gene says that most of the places he visited will this year have to feed Kansas corn or go without.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Mr. G. E. Vance, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, a brother of our Jim Vance, came in Monday and will spend a few weeks visiting here. He is accompanied by Mr. Boyd, a friend from Pittsburgh. They are both conductors on the Pennsylvania Central railroad. A duck hunt was improvised for their benefit Wednesday, and the boys will try to make it pleasant for them during their stay.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The next meeting of the South Kansas Medical Society will be held in Wichita, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1883. By a change in the Constitution, it becomes necessary to hold another meeting this year. After this but two meetings will be held. This is an important one and a full attendance is desired. Election of officers and other business. T. J. Miller, M. D., Secretary.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

A small fire occurred at Charlie Black=s residence Wednesday morning. The family were away and conductor Lockwood was sleeping in the house. He came in after train and built a fire in the parlor stove before retiring. The fire got too hot and set the wall ablaze. The siding had to be torn off and about $25 worth of damage done in putting it out.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Mr. T. S. Green cleared $7,640 net as the result of his farming on his Fairview Township farm in 1882. He will clear about $10,000 net in 1883, by the time he has disposed of his corn and marketed his fatted stock. His experience is a good example of what can be accomplished by an enterprising farmer in Cowley County.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

One of the most noted veterans in attendance upon the reunion was Captain J. P. Stuber, of Richland. The Captain is a verteran of two wars, having served through both the Mexican War and the rebellion. He is a brave veteran and is highly esteemed by his old comrades-in-arms.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

About twenty-five of the young men of our city met on Wednesday evening of last week at the office of A. H. Doane & Co., and formed AThe Happy Hour Club,@ for the enjoyment of the terpsicxhorean art semi-monthly during the winter. The club will have its first hop on Thursday evening, Nov. 9th.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The firm of McDonald, Jarvis & Co., on last Saturday filed in the office of the Register of Deeds the first six percent mortgages ever placed in this county. The firm is doing a rushing business. With money at six percent, most anyone can afford to borrow.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Sam Watt returned last week from a visit to his old home in Illinois. He says lots of his old neighbors are preparing to come to Kansas, some of whom will be on this month. Their crops are poor and they are generally disheartened there.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The new loan broking firm of McDonald, Jarvis & Co., is creating a big stir in the loan market, with their six percent money. The senior member of the firm is J. Wade McDonald.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The Santa Fe freight ran off the track near Mulvane Tuesday evening, delaying the Wednesday mail train two hours. The Santa Fe is having bad luck lately.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Mr. Strahan, of the Red Front, has put in a big stock of notions this fall and is having a booming trade. Read his ads. in the special column.

Ad. 8 x 10 Walnut Frames complete, only 75 cents. Red Front.

Ad. Boys, the price of French Harps is only 15 cents. Red Front.

Ad. Genuine Oil Paintings: only $3.00, cheap at $5.00. Red Front

Ad. One-fourth ream of the best Letter Paper reduced to 50 cents. Red Front.

Ad. Lyon=s celebrated California Buckskin Gloves. Red Building. [?Building?]

Ad. 15 doz. of Men=s Fine Knit Shirts reduced to 50 cents; former price 75 cents.

Red Building [?Building?]

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

BIRTH. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crow was brightened on the 17th by the arrival of a six pound boy. Mother and son both doing well.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The Woman=s Suffrage Association of Winfield will meet in the Kindergarten rooms on Saturday, Nov. 3, 1883. M. R. HALL, Secretary.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Mr. W. L. Mullen has gone into land brokerage business and has his offide one door south of A. H. Green=s old office.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The Rev. H. K. Stimson, D. D., will preach at the Baptist Church on Sunday morning.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Rev. W. R. Kirkwood has gone East after his family, and there will be no preaching in the Presbyterian Church next Sunday.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Deputy Treasurer Wilson left for the East last week to be gone some time.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Notice. For the accommodation of those desiring to register, I will be in my office on Thursday and Saturday evenings until 9 o=clock. G. H. BUCKMAN, City Clerk.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

A COLLISION.

Trying to Pass on the Same Track.

EVIDENT CARELESSNESS.

Monday forenoon a collision occurred near Seeley, eight miles north of Winfield on the Santa Fe between the regular passenger train and the pay train, which narrowley escabed being a very serious one in loss of life. The conductor of the pay car, Mr. Wells, had orders at Arkansas City to run through to Mulvane regardless of time, but to keep out of the way of the passenger. From Winfield he had eleven minutes to make Seeley, eight miles. He was cautioned to wait, but said he had plenty of time, and ordered the engineer to Alet her go.@ After this it seems he stopped on the road to pay some section men. Meanwhile the passenger had arrived at Seeley and it is stated that the conductor, Mr. Bell, was there informed by the operator that the pay car was on the way up from Winfield. However, he was entitled to the track and pulled out. The two trains met on a curbe about half a mile this side of Seeley. The pay car was running thirty or forty miles an hour and the passenger fifteen. The engineer of the passenger, Mr. Johnson, had presence of mind enough to put on the air brakes and reverse his engine. The pay car engine was not reversed. Both engineers and firemen jumped and the engines came together with terrific force. Both engines were nearly demolished, and the baggage car stoved in. Fireman Dorley, of the passenger, had his arm broken, and the cook on the pay car was bruised. The passengers and train men were badly shook up. The collision occurred just over a bridge. The two passenger cars were standing on the bridge, but were not derailed. Engineer Johnson=s presence of mind and courage in sticking to his engine until the air brakes were set and the engine reversed probably saved the lives of many passengers. The main fault is due, as near as we can learn, to the conductor of the pay car. The passenger was entitled to the track and he had no business getting in its way or taking any risk. He claims that after he stopped to pay the section men, he still had two minutes in which to reach Seeley. The idea of his jeopardizing the lives of fifty people on the theory that his watch was right seems preposterous, but he did. Mr. Bell, of the passenger, is also somewhat to blame in the matter. Although he was entitled to the track, he ought never to have pulled out if he thought another train was coming down upon him. Human life is a precious article to handle, and railroad men should never take the deperate chance which both conductors took in this case. An engine was sent down from Newton and the cars brought in by way of Wellington. Arthur Bangs went up and brought the letter mail in. The track was cleared Tuesday morning in time for the regular passenger.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

From a Democratic Standpoint.

A prominent democrat, one of the Aold liners@ and one who leads in his township, said to the writer Monday evening: AI shall not vote for Mr. Gary, for several reasons. The first is, because he is no more a democrat than a vulter is an eagleChe is a republican deserter, a greenback deserter, and will remain a democrat only so long as we keep him in office. His main efforts for twenty years back, as near as I can learn, have been directed toward getting a living, some way orr other, out of the taxpayers, not caring what party he espoused or what principles he advocated so they brought him office. The second is, because he is a failure as an officer, and hasn=t the courage or the grit to run criminals down. The third is because he is a nincompoop, politically, officially, and personally. I would rather vote for a decent republican than such a man. It=s bitter medicine, but it=s better than the dose a lot of you republicans fixed up for us when you helped to get him appointed, thus saddling him onto our party. I believe that the democrats who have stood by the old party through the hours of her adversity, ought to unite in kicking out the roustabouts who are climbing on deck when victory seems ready to crown her banners.@

Our democratic friends is certainly sound on the question from a political standpoing, but is mistaken in crediting Gary=s appointment to Ayou republicans.@ Gary=s appointment was purely a commercial transaction, secured for him by a few republicans and a few democrats, jointly, as a reward for his sudden, and at the time, inexplicable change of front on an important matter while a member of the Council of this city. These gentlemen themselves despise Gary for his action in the matter and announce their intention of voting for McIntire. They evidently feel that they have cancelled their obligation to Mr. Gary and are now free to follow the dictates of their own consciences in casting a ballot.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The Sheriff Out of Court.

One of the most notorious evidences of Mr. Gary=s incompetence or utter disregrd for the duties of his office, has been displayed all through the term of court now in session. The duties of sheriff in the courtroom are second only to those of the judge. Upon him devolves the carrying out of the rules and orders of the court, the maintenance of order and decorum, and the exaction of that proper and due respect for the court and its proceedings which is all important in impartial administration of law. During Mr. Shenneman=s administration he was never absent from the court room while court was in session, except under circumstances which were positively unavoidable. Several times he has remarked to the writer that he could not attend personally to this or that until Aafter court,@ and at all times he was at his post helping to dispatch the business rapidly and correctly. During the present session of court this is all changed. The sheriff is rarely seen about the courtroom, but is constantly upon the streets canvassing voters and maneuvering for re-election, while the important duties of his position are entrusted to this deputy or that deputy as they may happen to be around. The judge has been impatient about this and several times during the term his disgust at the way matters were being allowed to run at Aloose ends@ has exhibited itself in both words and actions. This every lawyer who has been in close attendance upon court knows to be true.

Mr. Gary evidently has a wrong conception of what is necessary to secure the support of the people. If he makes a faithful officer and attends carefully to the duties of his position, it will affect them far more than personal solicitation for their votes. The officer who neglects his duties in order to follow men about the streets supplicating for support, can never win either their respect or their suffrages.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Hessian Fly.

We are informed by Mr. G. L. Gale that the Hessian fly has made its appearance in his neighborhood, and is killing the wheat rapidly. It commenced on the fields of Mr. J. B. Holmes and has destroyed over a hundred acres for him, and is spreading in his and other neighboring fields. It is a fly about the size and appearance of a grain of chess. It deposits its egg on top of the leaf and it or the grub works down inside the stem into the roots and kills the roots. It is said that a heavy frost would arrest their ravages. Mr. R. J. Yeoman informs us that in the states east of here, when this fly appears, the farmers turn all the stock they can get upon the wheat fields and feed them down to the ground, so that the fly has no chance to deposit eggs where they will do hurt, and wait for frost. Mr. T. S. Green thinks that the damage was done before the rains set in and that since then no eggs have been deposited. He also thinks that only wheat sown very early will be affected. [Yeoman? Yoeman?]

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

A Change of Heart.

Of the Democrats in Cowley County who have been most active and loudest in the denunciations of republicans and the republican party, J. B. Lynn has been pre-eminently the leader. He has lost no occasion to indulge in his favorite pastime. Since his nomination he has experienced a wonderful change of heart toward republicans, occasioned, no doubt, by the knowledge that his political salvation must come through them. Republicans are quietly smiling in their sleeves, and only those with strong stomachs and short memories will touch him with a twenty foot pole. Mr. Lynn will have need of a Acave of gloom@ badly.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

THE RE-UNION.

The re-union last week in spite of the inclement weather, was a fair success. About six or seven hundred of the veterans gathered together and enjoyed a general good time. The executive committee of this post of the G. A. R. worked faithfully. Their arrangements were carefully planned and everything in readiness for a grand old-fashioned jubilee, but it commenced raining a week before and continued to drizzle up to the second day of the re-union. It was decided on the first day to postpone it indefinitely, and visiting posts were telegraphed not to come, but the rain clearing up on the second day, it was resolved to go on with it. On Friday there were fully six hundred old soldiers on the grounds and several hundred visitors, including ladies. The exercises were interesting throughout. On Thursday evening Congressmen Perkins delivered a speech in the Opera House, which was the main feature of the occasion. Mr. Perkins is a splendid speaker and Aknows how it was himself.@

Taken altogether the re-union was a pleasant social gathering, and while not the success that it would have been had the weather been favorable, we hope to see it the beginning of regular annual meetings, which will grow in interest until time shall call the old soldiers to another world.

NOTES.

The registration lists show the names of over four hundred old soldiers.

Dr. H. L. Wells, as chairman of the Executive Committee, did good work. He was ably assisted by Messrs. Stone, Arment, Scott, Finch, and Stubblefield.

Dexter Post carried off the beautiful banner offered for the best drilled post. The boys deserve the honor.

Rev. Cairns, post chaplain, made one of the most eloquent and feeling speeches we have ever heard.

During the re-union thirty members were mustered into the Winfield Post G. A. R.

The chicken chase by Tony Agler and S. Cure was one of the most laughable things out, and only eclipsed by the sure enough chicken hunt the night before.

Levi Queer was in his glory and got as much fun out of the re-union as anyone.

[Queer? Quier?]

The address of welcome delivered by T. H. Soward was excellent, and fired the boys with much of the old-time enthusiasm.

The re-union committee has money enough to pay all its bills and a balance in the treasury.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Gas Company.

Last Thursday afternoon the AWinfield Gas Company@ was formed. It will build the Gas Works under the franchises granted by the City to Col. Whiting. The incorporators of the company are J. C. Fuller, Col. Wm. Whiting, J. B. Lynn, Ed. P. Greer, and Frank Barclay. The officers of the Company are J. C. Fuller, President; Wm. Whiting, Vice President; Ed. P. Greer, Secretary; J. B. Lynn, Treasurer. Steps were taken to push the work through as rapidly as the material can be laid on the ground. The works will be first-class in every respect, and will be built on a scale that will supply the city should it grow to four times its proportions. The cost of the Works when completed will be between forty and fifty thousand dollars.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Our Next Commissioner.

Mr. J. A. Irwin, candidate for Commissioner in the Northeast district, was in the city last Friday and made us a pleasant call. Since his residence of several years in the county, this is the second time we have had the pleasure of meeting him. His trips to the county seat heretofore have been purely on business, but with little time for forming new acquaintances. He is a sound, solid, sensible farmer and is held in highest esteem by all who know him. He will make a first-class officer.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

At His Old Tricks.

Mr. Gary said to some gentlemen in Fairview Township recently: AThe worst thing about McIntire is that he won=t carry his own township, and there must be something wrong with a man when he can=t get his nearest neighbors to vote for him.@

Small lies are always mean ones. Mr. Gary seems to have given himself over to a style of campaigning that is contemptible in its littleness. George McIntire will come out of Creswell Township with a hundred and fifty majority, and Bolton will add another fifty to it. Whever George McIntire is known, he is respected as a straightforward, upright man, and one who would not willfully misrepresent an opponent for all the offices in the gift of the people. He is not that kind of an office seeker.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

An Unfortunate Day.

A little son of Mr. J. S. Beswick, living seven miles west of the city, was carried into Dr. Taylor=s office more dead than alive, on last Saturday evening. It seems he was thrown from a horse and as he fell, the horse kicked him in the face and cut a fearful gash close to his nose. A dangerous hemorrhage ensued, and in a deep swoon he was brought from the fair ground uptown, where by the use of styptics and restoratives his life, for the present, was restored. His father says that this is the fourth serious accident the child has met with, and he is now only about eleven years old. He must have been born under an Aunlucky star.@

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

After Election.

AWhere are those blank Republicans who were going to vote for me so blank lively? The blank fools never could be trusted anyway. I ought to have known better than to have thought that a blank lot of thieves who stole the presidency from honest Sammy Tilden would ever do a decent thing! I wonder if there is a political opening in Missouri?

J. B. LYNN, TWO WEEKS HENCE.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

What Will Mrs. Grundy Say?

Rev. Charles Mitchell, of Marion, son of the late distinguished D. P. Mitchell of this state, will deliver his humorous and entertaining lecture upon the above topic on Monday evening, October 29th, in the M. E. Church in this city. Admission: Adults, 20 cents; Children under 12 years, 10 cents. The proceeds to be used to purchase the Youth=s Companion for children of the M. E. Sunday school.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Kansas Picture Book.

This is a beautiful work got up in the highest style of art by _____ Tewksbury, under the auspices of A. S. Johnson, Commissioner of the A., T. & S. F. Land Department. It is the best, truest, and most pleasing advertisement of Kansas that we have seen, and will tend to open the eyes of thousands to the advantages of our beautiful state.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

The Baptists.

The Ministerial Union will meet at the Baptist Church in this city, Nov. 1st, at 2 p.m., when the following exercises will take place, viz:

1st. Exegesis of James 11:24: Rev. J. D. P. Hungate.

2nd. Essay, APastoral Fellowship@: Rev. C. H. Gregory.

3rd. Business of the Union.

4th. Welcome to pastors who have come into the state during the year.

5th. Question Box.

6th. Sermon for criticism: Rev. J. F. Howard; alternate, Rev. Geo. Merriam.

The Baptist State Convention will meet on Friday, November 2nd, at 10 a.m., and will close Sunday evening, November 4. The opening sermon will be preached Friday morning by Rev. J. H. Luke, or his alternate, Rev. J. A. Leavitt.

All the sessions will be open to the public and they are cordially invited to attend.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

Teachers= Examination. An examination of applicants for teachers= certificates will be held at the High School building, Winfield, beginning at 8 o=clock a.m., November 3rd, 1883. Applicants will please appear promptly at that time.

A. H. LIMERICK, County Superintendent.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

HEADQUARTERS, WINFIELD POST, No. G. A. R. Dpt. of Kansas.

October 20th, 1883.

WHEREAS, The Juvenile Band of Winfield, at the recent Re-union of old soldiers and sailors of Southern Kansas, held in this city, voluntarily offered their services and by their music cheered the hearts of the old veterans and assisted in making the Re-union a pleasant success, therefore be it

Resolved, 1st. That we thank these young men with all the warmth of our soldier hearts, and are proud of them as musicians.

Resolved, 2nd. That the old soldiers of Winfield Post and Cowley Co. will on all occasions do all in their power to advance their interest.

Resolved, 3rd. That we extend these young patriots a cordial invitation to accompany us to the next Re-union of the old soldiers of Arkansas Valley.

Resolved, 4th. That these resolutions be published in the Cowley Co. papers, and a copy sent to the leader of the Band.

By order of the Executive Committee, H. L. Wells, Chairman.

Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.

STREAKS OF SUNSHINE. [ADS.]

Wanted. A good furnished room. Will pay a good price for good room. Address M & F, Box 826, Winfield.

Dr. Van Doren took the blue ribbon at the Cowley Co. Fair, both for the best set of teeth, and best display of dental instruments. Moral: Patronize the best.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

BIG AD ON FRONT PAGE. J. B. LYNN

Has just returned from the East with the largest, best selected, and most judiciously bought stock of goods he ever offered to the people of Cowley County. My DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT is simply compelte, and consists of SILKS, SATINS, CASHMERES, VELVETS, BROCADES, etc.

MY NOTION DEPARTMENT is just immense, and the goods in this department were bought with special care. I have made a specialty of Ladies= Hose, Ladies= Underwear, and Ladies= Neckwear. In this department we have almost everything a lady could ask for and at prices that will defy competition. I have a complete line of the celebrated

JACKSONVILLE WOOLEN GOODS,

Cassimeres, Jeans, and Flannels; also a big line of the

ACROWN@ SHIRTS AND COLLARS,

the best fitting garments in the world I have a big line of

CLOAKINGS

that I bought to sell, and I propose to make the prices sell the goods.

J. B. LYNN.

N. B. Wheat, Oats, Corn, and Wood taken in exchange for goods or on account.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

BIG AD.

WM. L. BLAIR, President.

P. H. ALBRIGHT, Vice President.

O. C. EWART, Cashier.

M. H. EWART, Assistant Cashier.

THE FARMERS BANK, WINFIELD, KANSAS,

CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $500,000.

A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED.

PARTNERS:

Wm. L. Blair, President, Nevada Deposit Bank, Nevada, Ohio.

Robert Kerr, President, Farmers Bank, Marion, Ohio.

O. C. Ewart, of Kerr, Blair & Ewart, Bankers, Nevada, Ohio.

James A. Blair, of Commercial Bank, Tiffin, Ohio.

P. H. Albright, of P. H. Albright & Co., Winfield, Kansas.

BURGLAR PROOF CHEST AND SARGENT TIME LOCK.

The partners will be individually liable to the full extent of their private fortunes for the debts of the Bank.

N. Y. Correspondent: First National Bank.

Kansas City Correspondent: Bank of Commerce.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

EDITORIAL [ON FRONT PAGE].

MAKE A SET OFF.

The Burden Enterprise said so many good and true things last week that we have clipped largely from its columns and will excuse it for its flings at the COURIER and its representations that this paper is inimical to the interests of Burden, which is very far from the truth.

[Gather all the following came from Burden paper.]

ON HIS MERITS.

The Telegram calls Gary Aa quiet, unassuming man; the candidate of no ring or clique; a man before you simply on his merits.@ Here is richness for those who have seen him, day after day, on the streets and in the country supplicating for votes and explaining his greatness to the almost total neglect of is duty as sheriff.

A FOSSIL.

We suspect that Judge Tipton is a Alying fossil, whatever that is, for that is what he calls us because we predicted that he and his allies will drop their anti-monopoly candidate for sheriff and trade everything they can for Gary. It must be that we guessed his intentions very closely from the spiteful way in which he answers it: But as Teter is not that kind of a man and stoutly asserts that he will not get off the ticket for anybody, we conclude that no such program will be fully carried out. But we do not yet believe that the irate Judge will vote for either Teter, Walck, or Sandfort.

Burden news continues...

OHIO DEMOCRATS AND PROHIBITION.

We have seen estimates of the number of Ohio Democrats who voted for the prohibitory amendment placed at the two extremes of ten thousand and one hundred thousand. If it were a fact that only those Democrats who were actually in favor of prohibition voted for the amendment we should say that the lower extreme, ten thousand, was not far from the figure; but it is asserted from places all over the state that prohibitionists in large numbers traded their votes on the state ticket to Democrats for their votes for the amendment, and in that way, it is figured by some up to the higher extreme, one hundred thousand Democrats who voted for the amendment. Now we do not believe that anything like 90,000 Democrats traded in that way with prohibitionists who would otherwise have voted the Republican ticket, but we do believe that a large amount of such trading was done and that this, while it did not carry the prohibitory amendment, did defeat the Republican state ticket. There was every reason to believe that Foraker would be elected by about the same plurality which Foster got in 1881, which was near 25,000. Instead of that he is in a minority of over 12,000, a change of 37,000 from what was reasonably expected up to the day of the election and 18,500 votes traded in that way would have accomplished that change of result. We have not a doubt that prohibitonists gained 18,000 to 20,000 votes for the amendment in that way and that Democrats gained from Republicans that many votes for the Democratic ticket by the same trades.

T. H. SOWARD.

We are told that there are many Republicans in Winfield, Arkansas City, and other parts of the county who are ardent supporters of the balance of the ticket, yet will not vote for T. H. Soward on account of his prohibition principles. We do not, cannot believe it. The Republican anti-prohibitionists have not been discriminated against in the convention and the nominations, but such were nominated in the convention by the aid of prohibition votes. No questions were asked as to a candidate=s views on this question. The only questions asked were: AIs he capable? Is he honest? Will he do his duty?@ In the judgment of the convention all the nominees stood these tests. No one has ever questioned Soward=s ability, integrity, or devotion to duty. No one questions his devotion to the Republican party. Almost single handed and alone he has canvassed the county, not for himself but for the whole ticket. He has brought his great powers of oratory and persuasion to this work and has been constantly at it day after day and night after night for three weeks, doing a work that no other candidate was able to do. If McIntire or Nipp is elected, he will owe his election to T. H. Soward more than to all others. Each and every candidate on the ticket and the whole party will owe Soward much more than anyone else for the success of the campaign. Is it possible that any Republican who desires the election of the ticket or a favorite candidate on it, will stab this champion in the back while he is doing such work for that favorite candidate and ticket? It would be killing the goose which lays the Golden egg. It would be worse than ingratitude, it would be treachery. It is not strange that Democrats should dislike Soward for the heavy blows he has given them. It is not strange that they should try to communicate their ill will to Republicans, but it would be strange if any Republican should be weak enough to hear to them, and ungrateful enough to withhold a vote from Soward. Rather it should be the pride and duty of every Republican to work enthusiastically for Soward=s election and give him a rousing majority; such a vote as will show that such services are appreciated.

Prohibitionists in our party have not made any prohibition issue in this county in the nomination and election of county officers, and anti-prohibitionists cannot afford to make such an issue in the Republican party. It would challenge prohibitionists to play at that game. In the Democratic party it is different. It has already tabooed its prohibitionists.

Curiously enough, we find some who do not like to vote for Soward because as a prohibitionist he is not radical and uncompromising enough for them, that he is a Republican more than he is a prohibitionists. We can say to them and to all others that he will do his duty and do it well, but that the office of Register of Deeds does not involve the duty of prosecuting violators of the law or legislating on the question of prohibition. He is a consistent Republican and prohibitionist. He is richly worthy of the best support every Republican can give him. Why should anyone vote for the Democratic nominee? We forget his name. No one seems to know him or that there is such a man. Yet this person or myth will be elcted if Soward is not. Why should anyone vote for Sandfort? There is not the remotest possibility of his election.

More items from Burden paper...

SLANDER AS A POLITICAL ENGINE.

Knowing that James A. Irwin, the Republican candidate for Commissioner of the Third District is too popular and high respected to be defeated by honorable means, his political opponents have resorted to innuendo and slander. Two weeks ago the Grenola Chief, edited by Bob Hicks, uttered the following:

AThe Republicans of eastern Cowley County made a grand mistake when they put in nomination James A. Irwin, as their candidate for commissioner. We fear that the Republicans will regret this step after the election, if not before.@

The Telegram seized upon this as a sweet morsel and added several innuendoes that there must be something bad in his old home record in Lewis County, Missouri.

The hostility of the Telegram to Mr. Irwin is easily explained by the fact that he is a Republican nominee and by its own admission in last week=s issue that it is fighting Irwin for official patronage. Now comes the Burden Enterprise and fully explains the hostility of Bob Hicks in the following language.

AWhen Hicks was under arrest for embezzling post office funds, he went to Mr. Irwin and asked him to go on his bond. Mr. Irwin refused, giving as a reason that he had no confidence in Hicks, and did not care to risk what little property he had in such a manner. Again, at the reunion at Topeka, Hicks went to Irwin and wanted to borrow money from him, which was refused. This made the galled jade wince and if any person will take stock in a dirty personal fight upon a man of Mr. Irwin=s standing, then we are very much mistaken in the intelligence of the citizens of Cowley County.@

The Enterprise also squelched the insinuation that there is something bad in Mr. Irwin=s Lewis County record by publishing the following testimonial from the leading men of that county.

AWe, the undersigned citizens of Lewis County, Missouri, take pleasure in stating that James A. Irwin was a resident of this county for a number of years, and while he lived here was honored and respected as an honest, upright citizen, and fair in his transactions with his fellow man, and acted in such a manner as to command the respect and confidence of the people generally.@

This was signed by B. F. Thompson, Probate Judge, J. A. Bowls, Treasurer; Chas. R. Magee, Clerk, Circuit Court; W. G. Allen, Postmaster, Monticello; W. G. Watson, Clerk County Court; L. W. Samuels, Sheriff; and fifty-six others. . . .

This complete and thorough vindication was not needed among the people who have known Mr. Irwin well for years, in Windsor Township, as an honorable, upright man, of rare intelligence and worth. With these, no slander or innuendoes against him would be believed, but it is well to publish the vindication for the benefit of such voters in that district who have not had the fortune to become personally acquainted with him.

A newspaper and a party which will resort to such means to defeat a candidate are unworthy of support, and all friends of fair dealing of whatever party should rally and give Mr. Irwin such a vote at the polls as will show their disapproval of slander as a political engine.

More from Burden paper...

GEO. H. McINTIRE.

The candidate for sheriff on the republican ticket needs no better recommendation than his record for efficient service in the discharge of his duties as deputy sheriff and U. S. marshal. The opposition is seeking to injure him by publishing his evidence before the coroner=s inquest over the body of Shenneman=s murderer. There is nothing in that to answer. McIntire gave his evidence for the public, and we say let it be published and republished in the papers. The publishers, and the politicians who cause it to be published know that McIntire is a brave man, and that he dodged around with the prisoner, Cobb, day and night for a week to keep him from a mob. Then when he could no longer keep him from the jail, he returned and armed mob took the prisoner from him by force. Where were these friends to Cobb then? Some of them were in the mob that murdered him. Some ignorant or prejudiced persons may talk this thing of Acoward@ or Aaccomplice,@ but it is false. McIntire knows all the routine of the sheriff=s office, and will do it. Gary knows nothing of the duties of sheriff, can never learn it, and would not do anything if he didCtaking his record as evidence. Give McIntire a rousing vote and get a sheriff that knows his duty and will do it.

[THERE WERE MORE BURDEN PAPER ITEMS...WHICH I SKIPPED.]

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

NOTE: THE ENTIRE FRONT PAGE FOR THE MOST PART IS FULL OF ITEMS FROM THE TRAVELER AND BURDEN ENTERPRISE...RE POLITICS.

THE TRAVELER ATTACKED GARY IN THREE SEPARATE ITEMS:

Item No. 1:

AWhy is it that the moment the republican party refuses to vote for a dirty republican and kicks him out of the party the democrats at once take him up and nominate him for an office? S. G. Gary was defeated in Mahaska County, Iowa, for treasurer, on the republican ticket, when that party had 1,200 majority, and then he turns democrat and comes to Kansas.@

Item No. 2:

AMr. Gary, Democratic sheriff of this countty, has made arrangements with one Keiser to insert his (Mr. Gary=s) name on the Republican ticket in place of Mr. McIntire. This instance has reference to the other voting precincts in this county, and too much care cannot be taken by the Republicans to examine their tickets before voting them. Careful attention will frustrate such despicable fraud, and beat the poor fools.@

Item No. 3:

AJudge Torrance last Friday gave our most efficient (?) Democratic sheriff a very forcible hint to look after his business while he held the office. Asking the officers of the court to remain after adjournment, he told them he had become tired of performing the duties of both judge and sheriff in this county, and that hereafter if the sheriff could not find time to attend to his business, he would appoint one that could. At last accounts he had not found that worthy Democratic official.@

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

THE NATIONAL PARK.

A Visit in the National Playground, or the Wonderland of America.

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYOMING TERRITORY,

Yellowstone National Park, October 16th, 1883.

In giving a description of this trip, it will be remembered that only a plain sketch of the leading objectsCsuch only as would attract the notice of the most careful observerCcan be given, while an enthusiast or a lover of the beautiful or the curious would regale himself for weeks upon the thousand and one other objects herein omitted.

A large number of the tourists, or sight-seeing pilgrims, go in wagons provided for that purpose, and at great expense, being entirely at the mercy of the hotel and stage company, who, as might be expected, are here for the money there is in it, and their scruples for charging have developed in like proportions. This mode of traveling not only prevents access to many objects of interest, but shortens the time on account of excessive expense. Others more daring, as well as wiser and more curious, avail themselves with aboriginal methods of traveling in the mountains. If any of you are ever fortunate enough to take a trip of this kind in a country where side-hill grades are only wide enough for a donkey to trail and steep enough to require his ears to be pried back to keep the bridle off, you will never wonder why Indians ride single file, even back in the states where roads are roomy and smooth.

Our party, four in number, Mr. Fish, an Adirondac scout, of Minnesota, Mr. Erret, an ex-army officer, another gentleman, and myself, wtih each a Broncho to ride and another to pack our supplies and camp equipage on, organized at the park headquarters, Mammoth Hot Springs. This place is so named, not from the size of the springs, but from the great number and the mammoth structures built by them.

Coming from the railroad, which is a branch of the North Pacific, built for park purposes, coming from Livingston, Montana, to the park limits on the north, the road is mountainous, at least you would think so had you been in the writer=s place while coming over the same road with a wagon loaded with government supplies, drawn by eight mules in the care of John Hanahan, of Cedar Township, Cowley County, and seen the whole outfit go down over the mountain fully eighty feet, making four revolutions and alighting in the trees below. By a little forethought and a hasty application of leg bail, Mr. Hanahan and myself made a narrow escape by keeping ahead of the racket and going a little farther down.

The first to attract the attention of the tourist when he arrives at the last hill, which is considerered as belonging to the park, is the government headquarters, occupied by the superintendent, Major P. H. Conger, a log building one and a half stories high with shed rooms on three sides and a dome-like fixing of Octagon shape on top, on each side of which is a post-hole, intended for sentinels and self defense in Indian times; on top of this is a flag-pole ornamented with a large brass ball. This building occupies a very imposing site on what is called Capital Hill, and facing the great formation of the springs. A little to the right and still more imposing is a steaming mountain, ever faithful, carrying from the fiery interior of the earth a chalk-like substance, and with it building terrace above terrace in pulpit-like scallops one above the other until now a mountain of almost alabaster whiteness rises to a thousand feet, and defies the world for a similar structure.

The water of these numerous springs are of different temperatures, varying 100 to 175 degrees, and have a very different taste. They hold in solution a great amount of substance and are very transparent. The colors vary according to the substance held in solution, giving to each spring, basin, pool, or bowl, as you may wish to call them, a different color. The springs proper cover a level area of several acres; when viewed from the top of what is called Cleopatra=s bowl, which is fifty feet higher, is feast to the observer=s eye, of every hue and tint, as they blend their shimmering, shining waters, looking like great magnified diamonds in a snowy plain.

Other leading objects of interest are Cupid=s Cave, right under Cleopatra=s bowl, Devil=s Pot, Devil=s Frying Pan, and Sulphur Pit, at the last of which pure, dry sulphur is obtained hot enough to scald the hand by the steam; Bath Lake, used for bathing, and large enough to accommodate five hundred at one time, of swimming depth, and temperature to suit your own idea of comfort or health by approaching or receding from the heating source; Poison Cave, from which the writer has frequently taken dead birds and others that were nearly dead, also deer and other animals are said to have been found dead here; Orange Geyser, that one would readily name himself from its shape and color, is fifteen feet high, twenty feet wide, and has a small jet of hot water on the top, slowly though faithfully building higher and higher; Liberty Cap, a monumental-like rock sixty feet high, fifteen or twenty feet in diameter, evidently the product of a hot spring formed perhaps a thousand years ago, standing out by itself; now comes the Devil=s Thumb and Hell-gate, the ever faithful sentinels at the point where the road begins its ascent to other parts. These names at first seem inappropriate. But should hear the Rocky Mountain oaths and epithets that salute the ears of the overloadded team in trying to ascend at this place, which would surprise those of the Flanders, and can only be coined in the Rocky Mountains, and

If you wish to climb this terrace of snow

And to the top in safety go.

Get all the team you can command

Then, perhaps, you=ll escape the Devil=s Hand;

If halfway up you chance to stop,

Cease your lash and oaths, there=s no hope,

For woe betide your creatures dumb,

You=re fast beneath the Devil=s Thumb.

This is all the reason I can see for naming these objects, and claim no authority for this. But a great deal of work has been done here, and these two last named sentinels receive fewer victims. Equipped as we were, we passed this place with perfect ease, and all went merrily for several hours while we climbed to the mountain top in Indian file. At the first small descent, we were for the first time introduced to the tricks of the Broncho pony, when our pack pony bethought himself of how he kept from doing any service for nearly a year, and he was not long in convincing us that his rehearsal was no failure, by sending his burden in loose parcels in every direction over the side of the mountain, plunging stiff-legged, head-long over rocks and logs, taking with him our faithful scout who was leading him at the time. He had the rope around the neck of his own horse. Cooking utensils, fresh bread, canned fruit, bacon, and blankets well seasoned with baking powder and pepperCso was the pony, scout, and the side of the mountain. We stopped the fat rascal by entangling him in the ropes used for fastening the pack, called lash ropes.

It is now quite late, and when you hear from us again, we will be all straightened out and on our way to the Norris Geyser Basin.

Snowed for the last eight days, and it is now two feet deep in the valleys and four on the mountains, and still snowing. J. W. WEIMER.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

CORN AND WHEAT.

The developments in regard to the new corn crop are such as to confirm all these dispatches have said in regard to this crop since the stand was made in July. Then the crop was at its best. Since that time it has gone steadily down until we open the new crop with prospects of handling one of the poorest crops in quality on record, and a yield that will be disappointing in every state east of the Mississippi. Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin are already importing corn. It is simply a question of time when Iowa will follow suit, and before we grow another crop, Illinois will have to do the same thing, yet in the face of such a condition, the bears, until a vry recent date, flooded the country with reports of enormous crops everywhere. The only state in the Union which can boast of a full crop of corn, matured sound and ready for market early, is the state of Kansas. . . .

Special reports received from about 500 points by a well known commission house here indicate that the general conditions of the winter wheat crop of 1883-4 have decidedly improved within the last fourteen days. It is true that seeding still continues, and that the ground in some areas is not yet plowed, but the crop as a whole shows vigorous growth for the lateness of the season. Kansas is again at the high head of the procession. In some counties it is high enough to Ahide a rabbit.@ The acreage in that state has been largely increased. . . .

These reports, added to the fact of the very large stacks of winter and spring wheat on hand, and the steady increase in the visible supply, give the bulls no encouragement, and they lack confidence, although the bears are not very active. The interior millers have created some demand, but the exports are very light, and prices are not expected to do much better for the present. Strong parties are still buying provisions.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

[EDITORIAL PAGE.]

WEIMER=S LETTER.

We would call attention to the communication from Hon. J. W. Weimer on first page. His many friends in this county will read it with interest.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

GARY=S POLICY.

Awhile after Gary had assumed the office of sheriff, some persons called his attention to some criminals whom Shenneman had traced up and was preparing to swoop down upon, but was prevented by the murderer, and Gary was asked to complete the jobs by making the arrests. Gary answered: AI am not going to set myself up for a target to be shot full of holes. I shall let the criminal business alone and attend to the civil business. There is more money in it and less danger. I am running this office for the money there is in it.@

Our informant is a life Democrat of good standing and undoubted veracity. He says he can swear to the above statement and bring two other witnesses who heard Gary make the statement. That Gary has acted on this policy is prominently apparent. Such was his policy when he kept away from where the horse thieves, Carder and Cooper, were supposed to be while Ed. Nicholson, a brave Dexter farmer went and arrested both and brought them in. Gary did not get any bullet holds in his skin, but he got the money which Nicholson earned in making the arrests and he gets his fees for his civil duties, every cent of them, you bet, while he neglects thosd duties and spends his time soliciting votes. Another Democrat says Gary is so infernal stingy that he will not vote for him. This stingyness is part of the above policy to get all the money there is in it and keep it too.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

SWINDLING TICKET.

We have caught on to a large batch of tickets got up by Gary which purports to be the Republican ticket but leaves the place for sheriff blank evidently for the purpose of inserting Gary=s name. It has neither of the Republican candidates given correctly. Don=t vote any ot these tricky tickets. Look out for them. It would seem that Gary has succeeded in hiring some pretended Republicans to peddel such tickets on election day. We are told he has offered ten dollars apiece for them. He seems to be selling out his Democratic colleagues for votes for himself.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT.

We are informed that a former saloonist in this place returned to this city the other day, and on the way stted to a friend that he brought a large amount of money to be expended in securing votes for Gary and other democratic candidates. Whiskey, beer, and bribery are the weapons which the Republicans will have to contend with. It is time they were stirring around.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

A CARD.

It has been charged by my opponents that I am a gambler, This is absoltuely false. While in the army, I played cards with the boys in common with other soldiers. But I have not gambled for years. And the man who charges the contrary either circulates what he knows to be false, or is repeating what he knows nothing about. J. B. NIPP.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

A MULHATTAN INVENTION.

Capt. Gary furnished the Telegram last week with the following lie, which it endorsed and published for the benefit of the inventor.

ASome time since a horse was stolen at Arkansas City; the thief was arrested by the authorities at Fayetteville, Arkansas. When McIntire received word that his man had been caught, he engaged Mr. Milks, a resident of Arkansas City, to go with him, also engaging Milk=s team to convey the party. On their return trip, McIntire, between Vinita and Big Cabin, Indian Territory, saw some berries growing by the wayside; the sight was too much for this political gourmand, whose appetite for grub seems to keep pace with his appetite for official >pap.= McIntire laid his revolver on the seat and jumped to the ground; no sooner had he struck the earth than the prisoner grasped the pistol and had the crowd covered. The bold, bad man then demanded Mr. McIntire=s shekels, which were handed over with alacrity and haste. His companions were also persuaded to contribute their mite to the missionary=s fund. These financial negotiations having been brought to a successful termination, this fellow, who had wantonly trifled with the feelings and pocket book of a constable of ten years standing and deputy sheriff to boot, coolly unharnessed Mr. Milks= best horse and jumping astride, rode off, bidding Mr. George H. McIntire a long, last, sad farewell as he disappeared. The horse that had been ridden off by the thief was shortly recovered, but died from the effects of the hard usage it had received. For this loss Mr. Milks never received a cent. There was a mortgage of $75 on this team and wagon of old man Milks; the remaining horse and the wagon were sold under this mortgage and after it was satisfied, Mr. Milks had $20 left. This man (a republican, by the way) declares that McIntire never paid Milks one cent for his trouble or loss, which he could illy afford, being an old man 50 years of age, and a cripple besides, caused by wounds received in the Army.@

The Telegram was not smart, but published the lie too soon. It should have waited until the morning of the election when it would be too late to get the facts. Now comes the said Milks referred to therein and exposes the lie as follows.

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS, Oct. 29, 1883.

The Telegram, in its last issue in an article purporting to come from an eye witness, charging G. H. McIntire with employing me to go with my team after a horse thief with him into Arkansas, and that he never paid me for the trip. That is a lie. McIntire never employed me to go with him; he never owed me a cent he did not pay. I was employed by J. Martin to go after his horse with McIntire. We found the man and horse at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and when on our way back near Vinita, the man jumped from the buggy. I was guarding the prisoner at the time. I had McIntire=s revolver under my leg, and the prisoner saw his opportunity and grabbed the revolver and jumped out of the buggy. My horse was being led behind the buggy. I untied him and started to a house to get a gun, and the prisoner, when I was off about fifty yards, started after me and took my horse away from me and rode him off. He never got a cent of money from McIntire and did not seem to want to undertake to unharness the horse that McIntire was holding. I never blamed McIntire for losing my horse, and the man that makes that statement in the Telegram and says he was an eye witness is an unmitigated liar. E. MILKS.

[MILKS= TESTIMONY IS VERY CONFUSING TO ME!???]

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

For Sale or Trade. One breaking attachment to Cassady plow and three shares. Will sell or trade for good walking breaker. Vermilye Bros., Winfield, Kansas.

P. S. Reason: it cramps the hired man=s legs to ride all the time.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

APACHE RAID.

A special from Chihuahua, Mexico, bearing date of Oct. 25th, says:

AThe Apaches, under Jule and Jeranimo, have out-generaled the officers in command of troops at Casa Grande, the maneuvres being most skillfully executed. The Mexican officials endeavored to get both chiefs in camp at once with all their bucks, which would have ended the matter. Parlies had been made for days, yet Jule came into camp one day and Jeranimo another. In the meantime, both knowing that General Guera, commander of the forces in northern Mexico, had left the City of Mexico, planned and carried out the largest raid ever made by the Apaches. At the ranches of Escullias, owned jointly by Governor Terrasons and Henry Miller, the wealthiest citizens of the state, they surprised the herders and got away with seventy horses, well broken and valuable. The job was done by three Apaches. From one of Miller=s ranches, fifteen miles west, they stole a horse and two mules, and got fifteen hours start of their pursuers. Along the foothills of the Sierra Madres, they worked the same desperate game, making for Arizona with 200 horses, including 60 Mexican cavalry horses. They are pursed by Mexican soldiers and citizens. It is hoped United States forces will head them off.@

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

PERSONALS.

Mr. F. P. Mauris, of Maple Township, is putting up a new residence on his farm.

J. S. Mann is making big preparations for his removal.

Mr. Cassius Roseberry is erecting a neat residence on his farm in Creswell Township.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

Mr. J. B. Corson is putting up a large barn and granary on his farm in north Walnut Township.

A late report from A. H. Green annouces that he has recovered and has gone on a visit to his parents.

There will be preaching in the United Brethren Church in this city Sunday, Nov. 4th, 1t 11 a.m., by the pastor.

Mr. J. A. Smith, one of the assistants at G. B. Shaw & Co.=s lumber yard, is erecting a residence on Sixth Avenue.

Geo. W. Wheeler sold his property in the east part of the city last week and will build another residence immediately.

Mrs. Annie Wooden and children left Wednesday morning for a visit to her parents in Shelby County, Missouri. She will be absent some time.

Mr. T. J. Johnson is erecting a house in the northeastern part of the city, for rent. The demand for tenement houses is causing many to be built.

Forest Rowland has purchased his partner=s interest in the lunch room and is now the sole proprietor, and is doing a prosperous business.

If Mr. Gary was as energetic in the pursuit of criminals as he is in the pursuit of office, he would be the best sheriff in the state of Kansas.

The Weakley brothers in Walnut Township are adding some new buildings to their farm this fall. Cowley farmers can afford some style this year.

The Farmers Bank has on exhibition a sweet potato a yard long, raised by Mr. Sumpter two miles northeast of the city.

DIED. Through Johnson & Hill, undertakers, we learn of the death at Udall, on Oct. 24th, of Mrs. E. D. Dale, aged seventy-two years, mother of James Dale of that place.

Mrs. Shepard is putting up three tenement houses in the northeastern part of the city. Mr. E. A. Gilbert is also building some houses for rent in the same part of the city.

A. W. Davis, for some time a resident of this city, is now one of the proprietors of the Occidental Hotel, at Wichita. He has associated with him a Mr. Popenoe of Topeka.

Mr. W. O. Johnson, of G. B. Shaw & Co.=s lumber yard, sold a bill of lumber to a Mr. Manns, of Arkansas City, the other day. He couldn=t make a dicker with the yards down there.

Mr. Geo. Wilson bought a large bill of lumber at G. B. Shaw and Co.=s lumber yard recently and will erect a large barn, a granary, and a number of cattle sheds on his stock ranch near Udall.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

A delegation of Newton officials, consisting of Messrs. N. J. Burdick, Jas. Geary, and W. P. Walters of the city council of Newton, Charles Bucher, city attorney, and W. D. Tourtillott, county commissioner, were in the city Tuesday, their object being to inspect our system of waterworks, with a view to adopting this or a similar system in that city. The waterworks officials took them in hand, showed them the extent of the pressure by attaching the hose to a fire-plug, and gave them facts and figures relative to the cost and success so far of our works. The gentlemen have examined the works at Topeka, Emporia, and other places. They expressed themselves highly pleased with our works, and it is probable that Newton will adopt the same system and have waterworks in the near future.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

George Eaton was elected trustee of Spring Creek Township, not because he was so distressingly popular, but to secure the defeat of a man who persisted in listing cattle held in the Indian Territory by prominent Republicans. These Republicans got tired of paying lawyers to undo the work of one crank, and out of spite they turned in and elected this George Eaton. Since then George Eaton has gone daft. Sudden local prominence hath made him mad, and he essays to ridse on this little ripple across the ocean of Cowley=s politics into the haven afforded by the office of register of deeds. He forgot that T. H. Soward is skimming along on a wave that will bury Eaton and his handfull of votes so far out of sight that he will never be heard of more. Mark this: George Eaton will not carry his own township, and Soward will beat him in the county five hundred votes. This is official.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Col. Alonzo T. Stewart was in town a few days last week visiting his friends and relatives. He was one of the earliest and widest awake citizens of Winfield, but has been in the commission business in Kansas City for years. He is now a member of Chauslor Bros. & Co., No. 522, Delaware street. His name is all that people in this section will want to give full confidence in the firm. Shippers of grin and stock will do well to consign to his firrm, and to call on him when in Kansas City for he is ever ready to help his friends and customers in any way.

[EARLY CITIZEN OF WINFIELD? NOT SURE...CHAUSLOR...COULD BE CHANSLOR...ONE LETTER OBSCURED....CHA?SLOR???]

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Mrs. Ordway has returned and will renew her class in painting in oil, water colors, and on China. One of the large rooms in the town clock building has been secured, and lessons will be given on Tuesday afternoons of each week, at one o=clock, and on Thursday mornings at 9 o=clock; and on Saturday mornings instruction in penciling. Arasene painting will also be taught, and an examination of her work by those interested is solicited. She would also like to state that she will be Aat home@ to her friends on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

We think it was Mr. Matthew who wrote: AIn order to be successful, a man must select an object in life and bend all his energies to its accomplishment.@ The alleged sheriff of this county is a living example of the truth of this saying. His object seems to be office holding, and for twenty years, his energies have been directed mainly to its accomplishment. He manages by hook or crook to get an office, then neglects its duties while striving to secure a new lease of official life. His tenacity is bull-doggish; his methods contemptible.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

The west bridge has been closed by the authorities as dangerous and will remain so until the necessary repairs can be made. The floor of the bridge is rotten and bad and the iron work loose. It will be perhaps two weeks before the plank for flooring can be got there. This will be a great inconvenience to the citizens of Vernon, Beaver, and the northwest, and the proper authorities should lose no time in putting it in shape.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Miss Lucy Cairns, daughter of Rev. J. Cairns of this city, met with a serious accident Tuesday morning. She was starting out for a horseback ride, and after mounting and before she had the reins fairly in hand, the horse stated, running under a clothes line. The line threw her to the ground, breaking her collar bone. The injury will disable her for some time, though we hope not permanently.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Nate Robertson came down from El Dorado Monday and spent a day or two shaking hands with his many old friends here. Nate is doing a big transfer and bus business in El Dorado and is accumulating a goodly amount of this world=s goods. May he and his estimable lady live long to enjoy them is the writer=s hearty wish.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Dr. A. F. Henry arrived last Saturday from Alamo, Indiana, with his family and has located in this city in the practice of his profession. He is a pleasant and intelligent gentleman and his very interesting family will be a pleasant addition to the society of Winfield.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

The general election November 6, 1883, in Walnut Township will be held at Frank Manny=s stone building. Voters will govern themselves accordingly. T. A. Blanchard, Trustee.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Election Returns.

The COURIER office will be open Tuesday night, where the election returns will be received. Citizens are invited to call and get the news.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Mrs. A. Groff, of Wellington, is spending a few days in the city, the guest of Mrs. Chester Collins.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Mr. W. L. Mullen has gone into land brokerage business and has his office one door south of A. H. Green=s old office.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Henry Goldsmith returned from the east Friday, bringing with him his mother and sister, who have been visiting there.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Frank Bessie, who had charge of the creamery here, has gone to Humboldt to run the new creamery just completed there.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Organs! A few second hand Organs (as good as new) are offered at half price at D. F. Best=s Sewing Machine rooms, Winfield.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

E. S. Bedilion was taken sick with malarial fever Monday and had to leave his desk in the courtroom. The records are being cared for by A. B. Taylor.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Like a leading general, Mr. Gary=s headquarters are in the Afield.@ The district court would like to have some citizen locate the sheriff permanently: at least during terms of court.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Mr. R. J. Yoeman brings us samples of beets from his garden. One is twenty-two inches long and would answer for a Zulu war club. It is a vegetable curiosity, and a good one.

[Yeoman?]

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

The Ladies= Library Association has engaged Col. L. F. Copeland to lecture for them during the month of November. The date and place of lecture will be announced in due time.

Secretary.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Sheriff Gary passed through this city Monday en route from Topeka to Arkansas City. He left the county last Friday, since which time the district court, in session here, continued to run itself.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

The Woman=s Suffrage Association of Winfield will meet on Saturday, November 4th, at half past two o=clock in the Kindergarten room. All are earnestly and cordially invited to attend. M. R. HALL, Secretary.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Read have been enjoying a visit from Mrs. Shelly, of Humboldt, Nebraska, and Mrs. Metz, of Rushville, Illinois, both sisters of Mrs. Read. Mrs. Metz is accompanied by her daughter.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

J. S. Mann is doing a land office business in clearing out his Clothing and Men=s Furnishing Goods preparatory to moving into the new Torrance & Fuller building. Now is the time to buy your winter clothing at low prices.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Today (Nov. 1st) is All Saints Day, an important festival in the Episcopal Church. A sermon in reference to it will be preached in the Courthouse next Tuesday morning by Rev. Wm. Brittain, Rector of Grace Church. All are invited.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

The sheriff fight is being reduced to a one-sided affair. Scores of democrats have announced their intention of voting against Gary, hoping to thereby rid the party of an incompetent parasite. The query now is: Where will Gary go after his defeat?

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

We received a pleasant call Monday from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hereford, of Penn Yan, New York. They are relatives of Mrs. Albro, and are highly pleased with our county. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Gristlock of the same place are also visiting with Mrs. Albro.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Col. Whiting exhibits a pair of Texas steer horns, connected by a part of the skull, in natural position. They spread seventy inches from tip to tip and are nineteen inches in circumference at the base. The steer who sported these horns weighed only eight hundred pounds.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Property is selling rapidly in the east part of the city. Judge Torrance purchased a ten acre tract of Mr. Howland for twenty-five hundred dollars. Henry E. Asp has sold his house in the Howland addition, and nine lots have changed hands in the Courier Place, since Monday.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Jacob Nixon has got the best farm team in the county. It is a span of mares, one Clydesdale, four years old, weighs 1720 pounds; the other, a Norman, three years old, weighs 1740 pounds. We count on some deep plowing and heavy crops on the Nixon farm hereafter.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

DIED. Mr. A. B. Arment, the South Main Street undertaker, informs us of the death in Walnut Township, on October 31st, of Mr. J. R. Martine, aged eighty-nine years, father-in-law of Mr. Adam Sipe. He seemed to have no disease, but having finished his journey, passed away as if going to sleep, without pain or suffering of any kind.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Rev. W. E. Penn, the Texas evangelist, with whom George, the son of Rev. J. Cairns, labors, will be in Winfield this week at the convention and will stay and conduct a series of revival meetings in the Baptist Church. During the eight years he has labored as an evangelist nearly twenty thousand have been converted. His labors have been abundant in Texas, California, Tennessee, and Missouri, and for the first time comes to our state.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Some Potatoes.

A. T. Spotswood brought to our office Tuesday a sweet potato which weighs 14-1/2 pounds. It is a handsome, smooth potato, but it is a monster. It was raised by George Heffron on the very highest ground in this part of the county. In the same hill were other potatoes weighing from 6-1/4 to 9-1/4 lbs. Mr. Heffron says if anyone can beat this 14-1/2 pound potato he will open another hill: one which is swelled up to the proportions of a hay rick and cracked open all around. He is tunnelling around a potato which he thinks he will exhume in a few days, and by the use of a derrick he hopes to get it loaded on a rock truck and bring it into town.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Fine Horses.

Messrs. Frank Darst and S. Allison came in from Illinois last week bringing with them a thoroughbred roadster stallion, an imported Norman stallion, an imported Clyde, two three-quarter Norman colts, and a fine Jack. It is by far the finest lot of horses ever brought to the county. Their thoroughbred stallion showed a 2:50 gait as a two-year-old. He is now three, and gives promise of rare speed. Messrs. Darst and Allison will locate here permanently with their horses.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Opera House Meeting.

There will be a political meeting at the opera house on Monday evening, November 5th. T. H. Soward and others will address the meeting. It is expected that Hon. Reuben Booth of Rock Township will speak in answer to Mr. Soward. If so, there will be fun. Turn out and hear whatever fun and argument may be presented.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

United Brethren Appointments.

The following are the appointments for the Winfield district, as made by the session of the Arkansas Valley Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, held in the city of McPherson, October 25th to 29th.

Winfield District: R. W. Parks, Presiding Elder.

Winfield: J. H. Shyder.

Mount Zion: P. B. Lee.

Sheridan: J. L. Miller.

Salt City: A. Yeakle.

Wellington: J. B. Lowry.

Barbour: W. M. Friedly.

Haysville: O. W. Jones.

Mulvane: D. S. Henninger.

Sedgwick: F. P. Smith.

Peabody: T. C. Hahn.

Cottonwood: J. Z. Mann.

Rosalia: E. Hill.

El Dorado: T. W. Williams.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

List of Kansas Soldiers at the Re-union.

H. W. Stubblefield, Reg. 16, Co. H, Capt.

J. H. Finch, Reg. 13, Co. D, Private.

J. W. Sparks, Reg. 2, Co. D, Private.

J. C. Clarey, Reg. 12, Co. K, Private.

T. M. Williams, Reg. 2, Co. I, Private.

Enoch Henorson [?Henderson?], Reg. 5, Co. D, Private.

Wm. Jones, Reg. 15, Co. K, Private.

James Kenzey, Reg. 5, Co. I, Private.

T. W. Tharp, Reg. 2, Co. F, Private.

Amos Walton, Reg. 9, Co. B, Private.

N. W. Dresie, Reg. 8, Co. C, Private.

J. W. Powell, Reg. 12, Co. D, Private.

Joseph Powell, Reg. 6, Co. H, Private.

W. S. Williamson, Reg. 9, Co. C, Private.

Demsey Elliott, Reg. 9, Co. C, Private.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Dexter=s Political Pot.

Dexter has once more taken up the line of march. It makes the citizens of Dexter and vicinity feel good to see the way the busy workmen are rearing up the many substantial buildings that add so much to the appearance of our little village. We welcome the strangers to stay with us and help us to improve and build here in the Grouse Valley, a flourishing town.

Now that the election is drawing near, candidates are becoming numerous. Last Friday and Saturday we were honored with about all the lofty politicians of the day. First came J. B. Lynn, Democratic candidagte for Treasurer, who did his electioneering in a quiet way among his friends. Then on Saturday came the squad of Republican candidatges, arriving early, to hold a Republican rally as per advertisement. Though the weather was very unfavorable, they were not without a splendid audience; for at half past seven o=clock when the ring of the bell and music of our excellent band told the citizens that there was something rich for them at the schoolhouse that night, the masses poured into the house in a short time, would have told a stranger that there was a wide awake set of Republicans there and that some good speeches were anticipated. The meeting being called to order by H. C. McDorman, Chairman T. H. Soward was introduced and spoke for an hour and a half, making an able and eloquent speech, which was alike interesting to all classes and parties.

Our old friend, Booth, from Rock Township, then attempted a reply and in his comical way, give the boys plenty of fun, and during his remarks gave the audience some instructions as to the way the knowing ones in Winfield get their drinks, since prohibition closed the saloons.

The band then struck up one of their favorite national tunes, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and to leave well satisfied with their entertainment. J. B. Nipp and George McIntire each in a short speech asked the votes of the people, and Capt. Siverd followed in a humorous speech making some good points and plenty of fun. In short, everything done seemed the right thing for the occasion, and all the Republicans went home feeling that on the 6tth of November next, Dexter Township would roll up a good round majority for every candidate on the Republican ticket. A. REPUBLICAN.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

New Salem Pencilings.

Mr. Ring and family now occupy the Brooks house.

There was a bussing bee at Mr. Bryant=s last week.

Mr. J. W. Hoyland is at present down in the Cherokee Nation.

Messrs. Bryant and Wolf have returned from their hunt in the Nation.

If a cyclone should come, Dr. Irwin could skip into his new flour chest. It=s a nice, big one.

Mr. Nelson of Indiana is visiting his sister, Mrs. Miller, and is combining business with pleasure.

Doctor Downs devotes himself to his books during his spare moments, so constantly that his eyes objected by getting seriously out of repair. Are better at present.

Who dares to call this drouthy Kansas at present? Corn husking would be the order of the day, but owing to the rainy weather it cannot be worked at regularly.

Mr. Avis and family of Illinois are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Avis at present, and they have come to stay. The father of the Avis Bros. is also a Salemite just now.

BIRTH??? Mrs. Griever has been very ill, but under the treatments of Dr. Irwin, is recovering. A little gentleman that cannot speak the English language has come to board with them.

May the sunshine of love for friends and neighbors shine in our hearts, even if the days seem dark and gloomy. Sunshine and rainbows after storms. We welcome the rain and are thankful for the beautiful and pleasant days when they come.

Mr. Edgar was agreeably surprised when called out late one night, to find two friends from Tennessess: his captain, Mr. Fane, also his Orderly Sergeant, with whome he endured hardships during the Rebellion (in the Federal army). They are highly delighted with the wide prairies of Kansas, and are off sight-seeing in Sumner and Harper accompanied by Mr. Edgar. Mrs. Edgar and son are among the household of Mr. and Mrs. McMillen during the absence of the gentry.

Later. Mr. Edgar has returned from Sumner and Harper highly pleased with the country and thinks of soon going back to take a claim.

C. Hope of Prairie Home wants to know Ahow much territory New Salem includes,@ in his last items. Well, Mr. Hope, it is bounded on all sides by the Salem Post office. All who get their mail there are Salemites. You also ask if AOlivia@ wants to purchase some more territory, and say you will sell, etc. Why, yes, of course I=ll buy: will pay you when I sell my pet pig. But you say you have a large family to provide for. I don=t want to buy any of them, although it must be nice to have so many bright little Hopes. Alas! my hopes all prove delusions and perish one by one, yet if Ait were not for hope, the heart would break.@ Go ahead, Mr. Hope, with your items, we all enjoy them, and if Olivia trespassed, pay her back in her own coin. But here is one of yours you failed to gather: Mr. and Mrs. Marling are off on a visit to Missouri and Mrs. A. Doolittle is keeping house for them. OLIVIA.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Beaver Items.

Mr. Coulter is building a new house.

The Rev. Mr. Brown preached at Beaver Center Sunday evening. Subject: Immortality of the Soul.

Mr. Stimson will organize a singing class at this palce if he gets the right sort of encouragement.

B. A. Wright is building a barn. G. H. Teter is also building a barn. Others are building or repairing. All are busy.

Wheat looks well; no fly here. We think the early wheat should be pastured. Corn is ready to be cribbed. Hands are scarce.

Some of our young bloods took in the Springs last Sunday. When they returned their conduct led us to think they had drunk something besides water. Young men should behave at meeting, and especially those that assume the role of teachers. R. E. PORTER.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

Grand Prairie News.

This part of the AGarden@ is seldome represented in your worthy paper, therefore we come to claim space to let your many readers know of our existence. Grand Prairie is the northwest corner district in Cowley County. Though we are far from Winfield, the great Center, we have many things which should entitle us to the notice of the admiriers of ASunny Kansas.@ We have as rich farms, as deep soil, as large orchards, as fine cattle, as fat hogs, as fast horses, as brave men, as pretty women, as big babies, and as good rabbit dogs as any district in the county. Our school this winter will register fifty (50) pupils. The crops here never were better nor the farmers in better spirits. New buildings are being built and more good men coming among us. If in the future we find space in your newsy columns, we will make you better acquainted with our people, but for this time we stop on accont of our

TIMIDITY.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

DIED. Laura, daughter of J. W. and A. A. Patterson, of this city, died Wednesday, October 31, 1883; aged 18 months.

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

STREAKS OF SUNSHINE [ADS.]

Old fashioned Preserves in 5 lb. pails. Various kinds choice and nice, at Wallis & Wallis.

A barrel of pure Illinois White Clover Honey, only 16-1/2 cents per lb. by the gallon at Wallis & Wallis.

Lost. Between Winfield and Wilmot, a red pocket book containing a $20 bill, a $10 bill, a $5 gold coin, and some silver. The finder is requested to leave it at the COURIER office or with me at Wilmot and will be liberally rewarded. E. M. McPHERSON.

Winfield Courier, November 8, 1883.

V I C T O R Y !

Anguishing Democracy!

Bring =em a ACave of Gloom.@

It=s Badly Needed!

SIX HUNDRED STRONG!

Last Tuesday scored another Grand Victory for the Republican party of Cowley County

Cmore interesting than any one of former years because the democracy, incited by a faint prospect for office, put forth every effort to succeed.

The campaign was an exciting one and created a deep interest in the minds of voters. A very large vote was polled all over the county, resulting in a rousing republican victory. The full returns will be published next week.

[THEY GAVE MAJORITIES ON THREE LEADING CANDIDATES BY TOWN-SHIPS, WHICH I SKIPPED.]

Winfield Courier, November 8, 1883.

WHAT THE TAXES ARE FOR.

In another column will be found the rates of taxation in this country and what for. The state tax levy is 4-1/2 mills. The county tax altogether amounts to 16-1/2 mills, of this 10 milles is for general purposes, 3 mills for sinking fund on old indebtedness of the county not railroads, 1 mill for interest on the same, 1-1/2 mills for county poor farm and only one mill for Railroad bond interest. The total state and county taxes are 21 mills. The heaviest tax is the school district, from 2 up to 33 mills, with five districts not taxed and a general average nearly equal to the total county tax. The township taxes are mostly light, but Creswell has 14 mills, Bolton 11, and Winfield City 7-1/2 to which must be added 6 mills for old Winfield township bonds and 5 mills on real estate for Carpenter judgment. The average total is about 33 mills.

Winfield Courier, November 8, 1883.

POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.

AInstead of abolishing the tax on whiskey and tobacco, let congress reduce the postage on newspapers, or let them go to subscribers free altogether. That will be a real benefit to the people.@ Kansas City Journal.

Under the present law the enormous sum of two cents a pound is charged on newspapers sent outside of the county of publication, 3,000 miles or less, while under the two cent letter postage law now in force, only 6-1/2 cents a pound is the minimum rate for lettes;but as the bulk of these two cent payments are for fractions of a half ounce, the real rate paid for letter postage is at least as much as a dollar a pound. Letter postage is fifty times as much as newspaper postage when sent out of the county from the office of publication. The weight and bulk of these papers considerably exceed that of the letters transported by mail, and itt costs more to transport and handle the newspapers than it does the letters. So everytime a letter is mailed, the writer is taxed at least one cent to go into the pockets of the great monopoly newspapers to pay for transporting their enormous edition.

ARTICLE CONTINUES LIKE THIS...MILLINGTON HAS BROUGHT THIS MATTER UP BEFORE...BELIEVES THE GREAT EASTERN MONOPOLIES HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS.

Winfield Courier, November 8, 1883.

FROM ILLINOIS. EDS. COURIER: AI take my pen in hand,@ thinking a few items from this country might be acceptable. Through the kindness of a sister, we=ve been getting the COURIER all summer, and those reports of crops read like tales of some fairy land, for it has not been so with us. The Fourth of July the corn here was, as my father used to say, about Aknee high to a grasshopper,@ and the grounds kept saturated with cold rains until August, which was dry, but as cool as could be. The eighth and ninth of September we had frosts which covered the ground, and ice was reported in some parts of the county. Oats were very good; we never raise any wheat here, and we had a grand crop of potatoes, but no fruit of any account. I tell you, Mr. Editor, I never appreciated Kansas and prohibition as I have since I came here. Perhaps it will interest some of your readers to hear the result of some foot racing here this summer. The 4th of July there were several prizes offered to Ashton on foot races, and Ed. Smith, formerly of Dexter, Kansas, came up from Leo Center, and thought to help the fun along he=d run. He did so, winning two prizes. So after that he ran several around his home, beating his man every time. When Mendota had her fair they offered $10 for the first one out on 80 rods. He went there and entered with six others, one from Chicago, one from England, two who were attending all the fairs just to run at the races, and he took that $10 in 59 seconds. When Kansas contends, stand back all ye countries, old and new.

Winfield Courier, November 8, 1883.

Prairie Home Items.

Weather pleasant.

Cribbing corn is the order of the day.

The school in District 39 was visited by the Co. Supt., Prof. Limerick, one day last week.

Dr. Rising and wife have returned from their visit to Missouri.

Mr. McKinnon has rented his farm to Messrs. Read and Lewis, and Mc. has moved his family to Winfield.

Dame Rumor says there is to be a wedding in our neighborhood soon. Don=t forget Charity when you pass the wedding cake.

Mrs. Christopher will soon have a quilting partyCso says report, and that, you know, can always be relied upon.

Jack is becoming quite a successful marksman, judging from the game he brings in every day.

J. W. Conrad is putting up a fine residence. As soon as it is completed, we shall expect that good old fashioned quilting and oyster supper which you have so long promised us, Mrs. Conrad.

L. G. Brown has just completed an addition to his house. He is now building a barn for Henry Quier on Timber Creek.

Mr. Alvin Martin, an old acquaintance of Mr. John Shields, has been looking after his interests in Cowley County, but has now returned to his home in Wisconsin.

Mr. T. M. James, of Blackburn, Misssouri, has been spending a week with his sister, Mrs. J. S. Baker, and looking at the country with a view to purchasing a home for himself and family. He thinks of locating near Arkansas City.

W. P. Hackney and Supt. Limerick addressed the people of Tisdale Township at the New Salem schoolhouse Friday evening, November 2nd. Olivia, am I trespassing? (We get our mail at New Salem.)

The Prairie Home Sunday School seems to be laid on the shelf for the present. Cause: lack of interest in S. S. work, or perhaps there are too many church organizations to work harmoniously.

Some of the Prairie Homeites attended church at Tisdale last Sunday and listened to an excellent sermon by Rev. Shleider of Dexter.

Miss Ida Crane had the misfortune to let one of her canaries get away a few weeks ago. He was a young bird and a fine singer. Anyone giving Miss Ida any information in regard to his whereabouts will be liberally rewarded.

Olivia, we are much obliged for information concerning the boundaries of New Salem. We were not aware that the little New Salem P. O. bounded so vast a territory. On the same principle, all who get their mail at Winfield would be Winfieldites, although they might live from five to ten miles from the city, which some do. If that is the case, we will take the pet pig and give you a clear title, but our