ARKANSAS CITY REPUBLICAN.

[From Saturday, February 16, 1884, through April 12, 1884.]

STARTED OUT WITH COOMBS, CLARK & ATKINSON, Proprietors.

[CHANGED TO CLARK & ATKINSON, Proprietors.]

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 16, 1884.

ARKANSAS CITY AND SURROUNDINGS.

Her Facilities for Manufactures and Inducements to Capitalists.

Her Live Businessmen.

Between the confluence of the Walnut and Arkansas Rivers, in the southern part of Cowley County, Kansas, and possessing about three thousand inhabitants, lies Arkansas City, destined at no very future day to be the city of distribtuion for the great southwest. It is no idle saying which causes this to be asserted. Her natural advantages are equaled by no other city in this quarter of the globe. Passing along her southern boundry, from the Arkansas to the Walnut Rivers, is a canal, whose water power capacity is unsurpassed in the entire west. This enterprise was inaugurated in 1881, by the Arkansas City Water Power Company, consisting of A. A. Newman, Jas. Hill, W. M. Sleeth, and S. Matlack.

With a celerity almost marvelous, the Arkansas was spanned with a dam, the channel from the one river to the other completed, and three mills, as if by magic, sprang into existence. These are the flouring mills of V. M. Ayers, W. H. Speers, and The Arkansas City Roller Mills. The volume of water was found to be ample for the purpose of these mills, and the company, by widening and deepening this channel, can furnish sufficient power for three as many more.

A cotton factory, a sugar factory, and a paper mill are among the new enterprises contemplated, and wise will be the man who first secures these bonanzas.

The trade with the Indian Territory is almost incredible. Having secured the payment of their annuity, the Indians come to Arkansas City to revel in the sweets of civilization. Thousands of dollars are thus transferred yearly to the tills of our merchants. Within the radius of two hundred miles are numerous Indian reservations. White men are stationed at these points as traders. These agencies annually purchase from our merchants thousands of dollars worth of goods. In addition to these, Arkansas City is surrounded by a country whose soil is exceedingly fertile. The husbandman, each season, is able to glean from his farm of 160 or 240 acres, one or two thousand of dollars. This agricultural prosperity causes our farmers to rear elegant homes, and affords them all the luxuries they may desire. All these are purchased in Arkansas City, and thus both country and city are growing in wealth. At no distant day, a railroad will be constructed running from Arkansas City to Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Another undoubtedly will be constructed running southwest into Texas and New Mexico. From the cotton and sugar fields of the South will come the material to be woven into cloth, and to be manufactured into a purer article, and both will then seek a market in the surrounding states. Thus will be verified the prediction Athat Arkansas City, at no very distant day, will be the great distributing point of the west and southwest.@

 

THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY.

Through a careful estimate made by the Editors of the Democrat, it has been ascertained that buildings to the amount of nearly $200,000 have been erected. At the present time, February 16, 1884, more than 40 buildings are under erection, and as soon as spring opens--which is usually within 10 days of this time--more than 100 more will be commenced.

WAGES.

Laboring men and legitimate tradesmen of every craft find ready employment. Common laborers command from $1.50 to $2.00 per day; masons receive from $3.00 to $4.50 per day, and are secured with difficulty. Carpenters are employed at from $2.00 to $3.50 per day. Plasterers receive from 17 cents to 30 cents per square yard, according to the number of coats, and the finish.

COST OF LIVING.

The expenses of the household will exceed somewhat the cost in eastern cities, but not so much as might be expected. Meats are reasonable, beef ranges from 6 cents to 12-1/2 cents for best cuts; pork varies from 9 cents for shoulder, to 12-1/2 cents for choice hams; lard is 12-/2 cents per pound, and bacon commands the same price. Flour ranges from $2.75 to $3.00 per cwt.; coffee from 12-1/2 to 15 cents; sugar from 10 to 13 cents; vegetables are cheap, and California canned fruits are sold at reasonable rates. Dry goods are sold at but a slight advance upon Eastern figures, as our merchants sell such large quantities that they can afford to make small profits.

PROPERTY.

Town property is advancing rapidly. Good houses can be purchased for prices ranging from $500 to $2,000. Hess & Tyner=s addition will soon be placed upon the market. Farms can still be purchased at reasonable rates, ranging from $10 to $30 per acre. Now is a good time to invest.

CHURCHES.

There are numerous denominations in Arkansas City. The Presbyterians have a fine structure and a large and constantly increasing congregation. The pastor, Rev. S. B. Fleming, has served his congregation acceptably for years. Much of the church=s prosperity is due to his untiring efforts in her behalf.

The Methodists have a large and commodious building, and a numerous and efficient membership. The minister of the church is Dr. D. W. Phillips, a learned, pious, and zealous gentleman, who well deserves the implicit trust his members have reposed in him.

The United Presbyterian Church is in charge of Rev. J. O. Campbell, a young man of remarkable literary and oratorical powers. Under his potent effort the church has largely increased in numbers.

The Free Methodists are erecting a new church, and the Baptists have secured a fine site for their contemplated edifice, which will be constructed in early spring.

SCHOOLS.

The schools of Arkanss City are of high grade. Latin, book-keeping, physiology, philosophy, algebra, Rhetoric, and German are taught in the High School. The board and superintendent contemplate such a curriculum as will enable its graduates to enter the Freshman Department in the State University. A class of eight or ten pupils will graduate; it already possesses twelve graduates. Bonds have been voted for a new $10,000 building, which will be erected in the spring. An excellent system of common schools prevails.

SOCIETY.

All classes are represented: the fashionable, the staid, the literary, and the aesthetic. Arkansas City was settled by a learned and enlightened people, whose influence has not lost sway.

FARM PRODUCTS.

Nature has clothed the prairies and valleys of Southern Kansas with a verdant covering of green, whose nutritive qualities sustain stock from eight to ten months in the year. For the remainder of the time, excellent hay, cut from prairie grass, is fed to stock. Blue grass does well here, and in time it is believed, clover and timothy will succeed; but so far, the farmers have subsisted their stock on prairie grass and hay. This is an excellent wheat and corn country. Wheat readily produces from 20 to 30 bushels per acre, and corn from 50 to 80 per acre. Oats are grown, but not so well as in a northern clime.

VEGETABLES.

Potatoes, turnips, beets, parsnips, lettuce, radishes, peas; in fact, almost every kind of vegetables can be grown very successfully. Cabbage grows well, but do not seem to keep but for a short time.

STOCK.

Fine stock is in demand. Horses sell for different prices, ranging from $75 to $150 and $200; mules about the same; ponies from $25 to $75. Cattle are high: calves four weeks old command from $8 to $10 according to quality, yearlings from $18 to $22; two years old from $28 to $32; Hogs, fat, are selling at $6 per cwt.; live weight, stock hogs, are correspondingly high. Sheep are from $4.50 to $5.00 according to fineness of wool.

FRUITS.

Peaches, grapes, blackberries, cherries, and plums grow to perfection. Apples and pears, being of tardier growth, have not had time for a thorough test; many farmers have thrifty orchards of these fruits.

MARKETS.

What is remarkable to the stranger is that everything coming from the farm commands a high price. This is not surprising to a permanent resident.

OUR MILLS.

Searing Mead=s, upon the Walnut--and the three already mentioned, purchase all the wheat at the highest prices, for grinding purposes. This is made into flour and furnishes the material for Indian contracts, and the remainder is sent into the surrounding states and territories. Wheat has ranged from 75 cents to $4.00 per bushel, and corn from 30 to 35 cents.

West and southwest, in New Mexico and Colorado, lie innumerable mines. There are thousands of men employed in these. But few products are raised in those sections, and as we are connected directly by rail with these countries, we always have a ready market. Butter, nearly all the year, commands 25 to 30 cents; fruits sell well, and are shipped; eggs range from 15 to 30 cents, bringing pretty uniformly 25 cents per dozen. And right here, let us suggest, that no better place exists in the world than southern Kansas, for the production of poultry and eggs. Should any experienced person see fit to establish a poultry yard, his fortune would soon be secured.

CLIMATE.

The climate is mild; winter seldom commences until Jan. 1st, and rarely lasts longer than February 15. The air has proven very beneficial to persons afflicted with lung diseases. The healthfulness of the country is fully equal to any other new country known.

WATER.

Water is obtained at a depth of 25 to 40 feet, and is soft and cold. No other section can boast water superior to our own.

DISADVANTAGES.

Southern Kansas is not without her disadvantages. The winters are sometimes so mild that it is impossible to obtain ice. As the summers are quite warm, we are compelled to dispense with this luxury, or secure it at higher rates. This season being an exceptionably cold one, our ice houses are full. In the spring the winds are brisk, to say the least, but two or three years residence causes them to cease to be so disagreeable. These are the most serious inconveniences experienced by newcomers. But no portion of earth of fair domain is a paradise. Southern Kansas certainly presents more inducements, and fewer disadvantages than any country in the west.

BUSINESS FIRMS.

Legitimate business is well represented in our city, and yet there is room for more. A live energetic gentleman will soon discover numerous openings in business circles, in any of which he can succeed well. THE REPUBLICAN takes pride in the fact that none but men of honor, business integrity, are allowed to advertise in its columns.

DRY GOODS.

There are three first class dry goods stores: A. A. Newman & Co., W. B. Kirkpatrick, and S. Matlack, proprietors. A. A. Newman is one of the AFathers of the City.@ He came here at an early day, and to his energy and determination, Arkansas City owes much of her success. He is a man of sterling character and splendid ability. The stranger can find no better adviser than this gentleman. Mr. Newman=s partner, Mr. Wyard Gooch, is a gentleman of extreme courtesy and pleasant manners.

W. B. Kirkpatrick has been engaged in business about one year. By his genial disposition, business tact, and fair dealing, he has secured a prominent place among our businessmen, and has a constantly increasing trade.

S. Matlack has a large stock of goods and a flourishing business.

HARDWARE.

Howard Bros., and G. W. Miller & Co., are well prepared to meet all wants in this department. The AHoward Boys,@ as they are familiarly called, carry the largest stock of [CANNOT READ WORD] and at the lowest rates in the southwest. They are noted for low rates and superb articles. All kinds of hardware, iron, nails, horse-shoes, tools, glass, and putty can be found in their establishment. Barbed wire is a specialty with them, and they supply most of the trade for the Territory. They have deservedly attained their present lucrative business by upright and honorable dealing.

G. W. Miller [SEVERAL LINES ILLEGIBLE]. He is a remarkably pleasant gentleman, and is succeeding well.

STOVES AND TINWARE.

C. R. Sipes and Baugh & Son are employed in this line of business.

C. R. Sipes is one of the two merchants who first commenced business in Arkansas City. That was thirteen years ago, and he occupied his present site in a small room 16 x 20, in which he kept stoves, tinware, hardware, and agricultural implements. He now is situated differently, having erected within the past year a magnificent stone storeroom, brick front, two stories, 25 x 85 feet, in which he keeps the finest stock of stoves and tinware in the county. The means invested in tinware alone more than exceeds the funds invested in all four of his branches thirteen years ago. Even this structure is inadequate to meet his wants, and he is compelled to furnish himself with a warehouse in the rear of 40 feet in depth. He has gained success by earning it. His storeroom was built at a cost of $4,200, and is an elegant structure. He is a man upon whom you can rely thoroughly.

Baugh & Son have recently started in business. They do excellent work, and sustain the name of first-class workmen. All work entrusted to their care will be executed promptly.

GROCERIES.

McLaughlin Bros., must be classified among the AFathers of the City.@ Grave in manner, reticent in speech, and honorable in dealing, these men have no accounts disputed, for their word is as good as their bond. They must be well known to be appreciated. They enjoy an excellent trade and the confidence of the community.

Kroenert & Austin. The senior member of this form formerly clerked for James Wilson. He then engaged with Frank C. Wood in the grocery business. He soon purchased his partner=s shares and established business relations with his present partner, who was at the time a traveling salesman for one of the largest wholesale houses on the Missouri River. Mr. Austin relinquished his position January 1st of the present year, and will now devote his entire attention to the ADiamond Front.@ From Mr. Kroenert=s former experience in the retail line and knowledge of the wants of the people in their selection, and from Mr. Austin=s long acquaintance among the jobbers, their facilities for buying cheap and selling low cannot be excelled. We bespeak for them a continuance of the liberal patronage they have so long enjoyed.

J. W. Hutchison & Sons, successors to W. M. Blakeney, have not only secured Mr. Blakeney=s numerous customers, but are constantly gaining new ones. Mr. Hutchinson [FIRST TIME HE HAD HUTCHISON/SECOND TIME HUTCHINSON...???] is one of our most popular real estate men, and his sons are enterprising and energetic young men. Their trade with the Territory is growing in importance. We predict for them brilliant success, for they well deserve it.

 

C. Atwood has recently come among us. His business has so increased as to demand a large addition to his storeroom. He has a flourishing trade.

Ware & Pickering need no eulogy at the hands of anyone. They are the proprietors of the ALittle Brick,@ and are busy uninterruptedly. They are men well known in our community, and highly esteemed.

Kimmel & Moore are mong our most prosperous firms. Genial, whole-souled fellows, they enjoy their full share of the public patronage.

Herman Godehard has the reputation of selling excellent goods at low rates. He is one of our best citizens, and a man whom everyone respects.

HOTELS.

We have three excellent hotels and numerous restaurants, at which the inner wants of mankind may be supplied.

The Perry House bears the name of its proprietor, Mr. H. H. Perry, a whole-souled, generous, [ILLEGIBLE WORD]. This house is new, recently refitted, and has accommodations equal to any house in the whole southwest. Large sample rooms, [?] chambers, superior fare, has caused this house to become favorably known far and near.

Colonel Neff [? NOT SURE OF LAST NAME], a courteous and obliging gentleman, has charge of the well known Leland Hotel. Its conveniences will always cause it to have many guests.

Charles Bryant, with a soul as big as [WHOLE LINE OBSCURED] Central Avenue Hotel. That the rooms are always filled, and his tables [WHOLE LINE OBSCURED] that his efforts to please the traveling [WHOLE LINE OBSCURED].

DRUG STORES.

We have four first-class drug stores, all [?] and well patronized. Kellogg & [REST OF LINE OBSCURED] in pure drugs, paints, oils, wallpaper, and in fct, everything kept in a first-class establishment. They have obtained their superior standinb by energy, perseverance, and a wholesome use of printer=s ink.

Dixon & Co., is a new firm at an old and established place of business. From the character of the new firm, its patrons may rest assured that its superior reputtation will be sustained.

Holloway & Fairclo have fresh drugs, brushes, paints, chemicals, and sundries amid their large stock of goods.

E. D. Eddy has excellent goods of whatever you may wish in the drug business.

CLOTHING AND SUNDRIES.

Wyckoff & Son deal largely in Indian supplies. Stockmen can secure superior bargains from this firm. They sell for cash and can, thereby, equal any other house in figures, upon goods.

J. O. Caldwell deals exclusively in furnishing goods. He has an excellent assortment of ready made clothing, gentlemen and ladies= fine wear, boots, shoes, and dress goods. He is a man of fine ability, and can please the most fastidious. Anything purchased of him, will render satisfaction to the buyer.

 

 

 

GUNS.

Steadman Bros., now deal exclusively in guns. They have a stock from which anyone can be pleased. They are practical gunsmiths, and deal only in first-class goods. When you want firearms of any description, call on Steadman Bros.

JEWELERS.

Ridenour & Thompson, and Prof. Leon Lacosta can supply any want felt for gold or silverware. Their stocks are complete, and can be purchased at lowest rates.

LUMBER YARDS.

All our lumber yards are doing an immense amount of business.

F. C. Leach is manager of the Chicago Lumber Company, and is a popular gentleman. Ed. Grady is the proprietor of the Arkansas City Lumber Company. His genial disposition has secured him hosts of friends and patrons. W. L. Aldridge has charge of the yard recently opened on Summit street. He is a scholarly gentleman, and sells best lumber at low rates.

FOUNDRY.

Samuel Clark is proprietor of the Arkansas City Foundry. Any repairs to machinery can be obtained on shorrt notice at low rates.

BLACKSMITHING.

Mr. A. B. DeBruce has recently removed from the foundry to his new shop on East Summit, where he is prepared to do all kinds of work. He is a first-class workman, and well worthy the patronage of the public.

William G. Miller occupies his new building, near the livery of Fairclo Bros. The ring of his anvil can be heard until late at night. Mr. Miller makes repairs upon farm machinery a specialty, and has acquired an excellent reputation for his skill in this branch of his business. Longfellow probably had Mr. Miller in his mind when he wrote AThe Village Blacksmith.@

CARPENTERS.

R. B. Baird, J. M. Godfrey, and W. E. Wolfe will execute work entrusted to their care with promptness and dispatch. Persons coming to Arkansas City will do well to confer with these gentlemen concerning any structure they may desire to erect.

PLASTERERS.

A. C. Wells will do you a superior job on shortest notice. Strangers will find it to their advantage to secure the services of this gentleman when they desire plastering of excellent finish executed.

PAPER HANGING.

Ed. Furgeson makes a specialty of paper hanging and has no superior in his branch of business. Call on him for that work and you will not regret it.

SIGN PAINTING.

[VERY HARD TO READ...PLAYS UP THOMAS E. BRAGGINS; MR. GEORGE ALLEN, AND I THINK ONE OR TWO OTHERS....JUST CAN=T READ IT!]

REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

N. T. Snyder, Frank J. Hess, and Kellogg & Matlack. The last named firm have recently secured a complete set of abstract books and persons purchasing from them may rely upon titles given.

LAWYERS.

Hon. A. J. Pyburn occupies rooms over Cowley County Bank. He is a gentleman of profound learning, of excellent legal acumen, and unflinching integrity. Mitchell & Swarts have their office in Newman=s basement. They are among the oldest practitioners in this section of the State. O. C. R. Randall has his office on Central Avenue, at which place he will attend to all legal business entrusted to his care.

PHOTOGRAPHERS.

I. H. Bonsall has his gallery on the corner of Central Avenue and Summit Street. Probably no man in the west is so well qualified to perform his work as this gentleman. If you wish an accurate representation of yourself or family, call on Mr. Bonsall.

LIFE INSURANCE.

Capt. H. M. Maidt, represents the People=s Mutual Life Association of Kansas. He is issing many policies. He will gladly point out the advantages of this company, if you will call upon him at Judge Bonsall=s office.

BANKS.

We have two well established banks, AThe Cowley County,@ and the AArkansas City.@ If one have a good character money can be obtained at reasonable rates. Drafts and bills of exchange can be procured for any city in the civilized world.

[WOW! NOT VERY GOOD GRAMMAR BY THESE PEOPLE!]

DAIRY.

J. W. Brown, one of our prominent farmers, supplies our citizens with pure sweet milk. His business has so grown that he has engaged the milk of his numerous neighbors. He will also furnish his customers with sour and butter milk, at lowest rate.

PHYSICIANS.

Probably no town in the west has a more efficient corps of physicians than our own city. Jamison Vawter, a graduate of the Louisville Medical University, has had remarkable success in restoring his patients to health. He makes a specialty of disease of eye, ear, and nose, but is equally successful with malarial troubles.

Dr. H. D. Kellogg would cease from his practice, if his patrons would let him. He has been singularly successful in his treatment of children.

Dr. J. H. Griffith, a practitioner of many years, has an excellent standing in our community. Numerous persons owe their lives to his skill in the treatment of that dreadful disease CANCER. He is equally efficient in the treatment of other diseases.

Shepherd & Westfall is a well known firm. The senior member is a graduate of The St. Louis University of Medicine. He has practiced his profession for 35 years, and many persons, were he to inform them they were ailing, would believe him instantaneously as firm is the belief in his skill. The Dr. is a gentleman of splendid attainments, and is equally at home when discoursing concerning literature, philosophy, or the fine arts. Dr. Westfall is a graduate of The New York College of Physicians, and is well read in the lore of his profession.

 

Drs. Grimes & Son, have their office on Central Avenue. They are rapidly growing in favor.

Drs. Reed and Chapel enjoy excellent reputations in our community.

Want of space precludes any further mention. In our other issues will be given mention of business enterprises and men. Persons abroad wishing information concerning our section, will please address the editor of this paper. Any communication will be answered promptly [REST OF LINE OBSCURED].

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 16, 1884.

EDITORIAL PAGE HAD NOTHING LOCAL...SPOKE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, ETC.

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 16, 1884.

BIG AD. Wall Paper! Wall Paper! Wall Paper!

The most complete stock in the county can be found at

KELLOGG AND MOWRY=S DRUG STORE!

We are prepared to give low prices on PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS.

The best brands of mixed paints always on hand.

Our stock of Drugs, Medicines, Fancy Goods, Etc., is the largest in the valley and you will find it to your interest to buy of us.

We are sole agents for DR. HAAS= CELEBRATED STOCK REMEDIES! Which are having remarkable sale.

THE HOG AND POULTRY REMEDY, insuring you healthy hogs and chickens.

THE HORSE AND CATTLE REMEDIES, are invaluable to all stock men, and many a dollar can be saved by their use.

TRY THEM! SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!

SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATONERY we always keep,

And sell at the LOWEST PRICES!

Please bear in mind we keep the most complete stock in the city and it is to your interest to trade with us.

Respectfully,

KELLOGG & MOWRY.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

[SURPRISE! SURPRISE! THERE ARE NO PERSONAL ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE!]

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

1. ARKANSAS CITY BANK...STOCK AD.

2. COWLEY COUNTY BANK...STOCK AD.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. J. O. CALDWELL Begs leave to inform the citizens of Arkansas City and vicinity that he has opened a large stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, FURNISHING GOODS, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS AND SHOES, in the north store under Highland Hall. He has secured the services of Mr. Wm. Berkey, one of the best known and most popular salesmen in the city, which he trusts will be a sufficient guarantee that customers will be honestly and courteously treated.

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. I. H. BONSALL, PHOTOGRAPHER.

Corner Summit Street and Central Avenue,

Arkansas City, Kansas.

Views made to order. Pictures copies and enlarged, and colored in oil or water colors. Photographs of Indians always on hand.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. FOR SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTING, THOS. E. BRAGGINS.

Orders promptly attended to.

My work shows for itself.

Office over DeBruce=s Blacksmith shop, one door north of Central Avenue Hotel.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. TYNER & MUZZY, HOUSE PAINTING.

Graining, Kalsomining, Paper Hanging, Etc.

Shop over Wyckoff=s Store.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

A. C. WELLS, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.

Having secured the services of the most experienced of workmen, he is prepared to do the best of plastering on the shortest notice.

Materials always on hand.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. W. G. MILLER wishes to say to all of his Old Patrons and as many new ones as wish a first-class job of BLACKSMITHING, that he has secured the services of a SMITH FROM THE EAST, who comes well recommended as a No. 1 workman on all kinds of work, and is a practical HORSE SHOER. We will ever strive to please all who will COME AND GIVE US A TRIAL.

All kinds of REPAIRING -OF- FARM MACHINERY -AND- GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. [Next line or two obscured.]

ALL SHEARS MADE OF THE BEST CANT STEEL.

Horse Shoeing a Specialty.

Woodwork on wagons in connection with the shop.

SHOP NEAR FAIRCLO=S LIVERY STABLE.

W. G. MILLER.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. WARE & PICKERING, Dealers in Groceries, Hardware,

-AND- Stock Men=s Supplies.

FORWARDING AGENTS.

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. STEADMAN BROS., DEALERS IN GUNS, AMMUNITION, FISHING TACKLE, ETC.

Gun Repairing a Specialty. WORK GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION.

WELL! I TAKE IT BACK! PAGE 2 WAS NOT THE USUAL EDITORIAL PAGE. THEY WANTED UNTIL PAGE 4 TO HAVE EDITORIAL PAGE. THE EDITOR HAD A LONG COLUMN RE APRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN.@ HARD TO READ...NOTHING WORTH SAVING IN IT.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

SCHOOL COLUMN.

SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

HORACE C. VAUGHN, EDITOR.

INTRODUCTION.

This column will be devoted to school matters, and to the interests of the Senior class. This column is to be edited by a member of the Senior class; the editor or editors to be chosen by the members of the class, and such editor or editors to choose another member for assistant. This space is to be devoted exclusively to school matters. No topic concerning weather, fashion, or politics will be tolerated. Each successive member of the editorial staff should try to raise our column of the paper higher and higher, with one towering above his predecessor. This column will be expected to give the names of the scholars who have been perfect in deportment, to give the highest grades obtained in examination; together with the names of the scholars obtaining such grades. It shall also be the duty of the editor or editors to give space for the four best compositions composed by the senior class--the best composition to be printed first week; the second best second week; and so forth until the four best are printed.

SCHOOL TERMS.

The school was honored by a visit from Prof. L. D. Davis, principal of the school at Pawnee agency, and was accompanied by his sister-in-law, Miss Woodin, who is teacher at the Otoe agency. Mr. Davis remarked to our teacher that hearing the grammar and Latin classes made him want to go back to school soon. Everyone that visits the school speaks well of our school system. This reflects great credit on our teachers and ourselves.

The school is now crowded; there are more pupils than the seats can accommodate, and more scholars still coming. There are at present twelve members in the senior division.

We had a parsing match two weeks ago last Friday, but we suppose the junior editor will tell all about that. The juniors do parse rather well, but our motto is ATry, try again.@

The good people of Kansas and the United States generally will excuse the scarcity of items, as we have been too busy to devote much of our time to frolic.

The following named pupils of the senior class were perfect in deportment for the last month:

Effie Gilstrap

Minnie McIntire

Jessie Norton

Emma Theaker

Alice Lane

John Kirkpatrick

Alvin Sankey

C. [?] G. McLaughlin

M. [?] C. Vaughn

Dora Pearson

The highest grades obtained in examination are as follows:

Algebra, Emma Theaker, 100; Rhetoric, Effie Gilstrap, 100; Jessie Norton and Emma Theaker, 100 each; Latin, Minnie McIntire, 90.

We submit a copy of the best composition for this month; by Miss Emma Theaker. [NOTE: DID NOT COPY COMPOSITION...VERY HARD TO READ AS PRINT IS SO SMALL.]

JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.

MOUNTFERD J. SCOTT, EDITOR.

By request of the class and permission of the editor, we take pleasure in representing the Arkansas City High School through your columns. If any pupil in this department does not want his toes trod upon he must keep them out of the way. We are representing the school and do not intend to misrepresent it. This column to be for the benefit of the parents in this vicinity, and we will publish evil as well as good report, and if we offend anyone, we are glad of it as we will always wish we had said more. . . . [HARD TO READ REST OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND ONE THAT FOLLOWS.] THEY HAD A LIST OF NAMES: BUTCHERED IN PRINT! THINK THEY WERE:

Mahlan Arnett

Viola Bishop

Frank Harper

Ella Crocker

Sarah Crocker

Mary Dakan

Jacob Endicott

Eddie Marshall

Laura Gould

Elora [or Flora] Gould

Lizzie Gilbert

Richard Hostetler [? NOT SURE OF LAST NAME AT ALL.]

Eddie Garris

Howard Maxwell

Carrie Rice [? AGAIN, NOT SURE OF LAST NAME.]

Mountferd J. Scott

Eva Splawn

Clarence Hutchison [? NOT SURE OF LAST NAME.]

Martin Warren [? NOT SURE OF LAST NAME.]

Constance Woodin

Rosh [?] Morse

[LATER ON.]

Horace Vaughn studies grammar now. New pupils are coming in everyday. We do not know what will be done if very many more apply. The Professor will have to set them on the floor or the rostrum.

Miss Edna Worthly returned to school Monday, after an absence of one month. Her absence was caused by sickness at her home. If Miss Edna was a less studious pupil, we would doubt her catching up, but as it is, she will soon come to the front.

 

The Misses Gould look so much alike, they have to go home every day at noon to find out which one they are.

President M. L. Ward of the Ottawa University honored the school with a call and short address Wednesday morning. Mr. Ward has had a great deal of experience in school interests, and he highly recommended our school. If the scholars take his advice, they will profit by it.

We publish the following names of pupils carrying the highest grades in the different classes: History, Loyd Ruby, 100; Grammar, Eddie Marshall and Eva Splawn, 97 each; Spelling, Eva Splawn and Mollie Duncan, 100; Arithmetic, Frank Armstrong, Jacob Endicott, and Richard Hutchison, 100 each; Geography, Sanimah [? THAT IS WHAT IS IN PRINT ?] Buell, Mollie Duncan, Flora Gould, Lida Whitney, and Joseph Campbell, 100 each.

The senior editor favored us with his photograph St. Valentine=s day.

We introduce the following as a specimen of the essay handed to us for this month: THE SOLDIER, COMPOSED BY MISS ELLA CROCKER.

[DID NOT COPY THE ESSAY.]

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

PAGE 5 HAS ADS FOLLOWED BY LOCALS. THE LOCALS WERE HANDLED BY S. W. DUNCAN, EDITOR.

ADS -- PHYSICIANS.

#1. JAMISON VAWTER, M. D. OFFICE IN MATLACK=S BLOCK.

#2. MILTON B. VAWTER, DENTIST. OFFICE OVER MATLACK=S ROOM.

#3. J. T. GRIMES & SON, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

Chas. W. Grimes, M. D., pays particular attention to diseases of the [GARBLED LINES...FOLLOWED BY -EYE AND EAR.]

OFFICE ON CORNER OF FIFTH AND CENTRAL AVENUE STREETS.

#4. SHEPARD & WESTFALL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

OFFICE OVER CENTRAL DRUGSTORE.

#5. DR. J. H. GRIFFITH, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN.

OFFICE AT [? OVER] EDDY=S DRUG STORE.

#6. L. [?] M. WRIGHT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

OFFICE OVER MATLACKS=S SORE.

#7. E. Y. BAKER, PHYSICIAN. CAN BE FOUND AT THE PERRY HOUSE.

MORE ADS FOR: I. E. BONSALL, PERRY HOUSE [H. H. PERRY, PROPRIETOR]; LELAND HOTEL [COL. ELIAS NEFF, PROPRIETOR]...Buses to and from all trains. Stages leave daily for Geuda Springs and Indian Territory.

MORE ADS FOR: J. M. GODFREY (CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER)...I am always prepared to move buildings on short notice. Satisfaction guaranteed.

ARKANSAS CITY TRANSFER [WARD & CORYELL]...OFFICE IN GODEHARD=S STORE.

S. C. & R. L. COWLES...GENERAL TRANSFER AND JOBBING BUSINESS.

R. B. BAIRD [? OR BEARD ?], CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

BIG AD. ARKANSAS CITY DAIRY.

JOHN W. BROWN, Proprietor.

FRESH SWEET MILK AND BUTTER MILK.

Delivered to all parts of the city every morning and evening. I have made arrangements with the farmers, living in my neighborhood, to furnish me Sour Milk and Buttermilk, and will carry the same with me every morning and evening in connection with the sweet milk. Parties in need of buttermilk, for cooking purposes, can now be accommodated by calling on the undersigned.

JOHN W. BROWN.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. ARKANSAS CITY IRON WORKS,

SAMUEL CLARKE, Mechanical Engineer and Proprietor.

Manufactures Engines, Boilers, Shafting, Pulleys, all kinds of Machine Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing, and Wagon Work. Repairs on Engines, Boilers, Mill Machinery, etc.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Great! Personals get started...half of them illegible because for some reason or other an illustration of a wagon was printed on this sheet...just doesn=t make good sense. WILL TYPE WHAT I CAN READ.

And now the school boy sketch.

Let the parents read the school column.

Al. Beecher is building himself a fine shop near the foundry.

There is talk of an Indiana firm opening a furniture store.

Several new business houses will be built as soon as spring opens.

Cunningtham=s new building is approaching completion rapidly.

Mr. J. W. Florer, of Kaw Agency, paid THE REPUBLICAN an appreciated call.

A. A. Newman & Co. are constantly receiving new goods; drop in and see them.

Esquires Schiffbauer and Kreamer have not yet received their commissions.

Rev. J. O. Campbell has kindly consented to give weekly explanations of the Sabbath school lessons.

An excellent selection, by H. S. Lunday, was recxeived too late for publication. It will appear soon.

The Perry House has every accommodation for the wants of the traveling public.

The REPUBLICAN office had a pleasant call yesterday by the Misses Phillips and Christian.

We issue 2,000 copies of the REPUBLICAN today; they will visit every state in the American Union.

The Hasie Brothers arrived in our city a few days ago. They will engage in the business of wholesale grocers.

Mrs. Davidson of Wellington was the guest of her sister, Mrs.

M. B. Vawter, during the early part of this week.

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Mrs. D. W. Stevens intends making an extended trip east this spring, visiting friends in Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois.

Mr. A. A. Davis is an authorized agent for THE REPUBLICAN to solicit subscription, job work, and advertisements. He will visit you soon.

Mr. David Hollenbeck=s ice house is slowly approaching completion. This gentleman has secured sufficient ice to supply the city until September.

All persons knowing themselves to be indebted in small sums to the firm of Gaskell, Atkinson & Thurston, are respectfully requested to call and settle.

Corn is coming into market in Arkansas City at a lively rate. Plenty of buyers on the street, paying good figures. Yesterday the market price was 34 cents per bushel.

Mr. Adam Means and family of Indiana, have lately arrived in our city. Mr. Means has purchased the Norton farm, in Bolton Township, and will remove there in a short time.

A selection, ABeer a Poison, not a Food,@ by Dr. D. W. Philips, will appear next week. The article is long, and not having space for the whole, we shall omit it this week.

The Arkansas Roller mills will be ready for business on the 26th, of this month; our patrons in New Mexico and Colorado cannot do better than to order their supplies from them.

Persons who have property for sale will find it to their advantage to call on Kellogg & Matlack. These gentlemen have a complete set of abstract books, so necessary for the inspection of strangers.

We are informed that Prof. Ed. E. Farringer=s music class is steadily increasing. At present he has fifteen pupils on piano, organ, violin, and coronet, five of whom entered the class within the last two weeks.

Mr. W. H. McCune left on last Wednesday to pay a visit to his former home near Allerton, Iowa. He hopes to return in a few weeks with his mother, when they will take up their residence on the Love farm just west of [CANNOT READ LAST TWO WORDS.]

Mr. Frank Lorry, last week, bought a span of fine colts in this city [REST GARBLED]...them out to his farm in West Bolton. Thursday, one of them was kicked by the other, breaking its leg, necessitating its being killed. [REST GARBLED.]

Steadman Bros. are contemplating the erection of a new building on their lot, where their present business is conducted, and are closing out their stock at low figures. They intend enlarging the gun department when the new building is completed, and do not expect to carry any other stock; hence the low prices.

On next Monday evening, an entertainment will be given at the opera house, by Mr. and Mrs. Turk Moore. The performance will consist of songs, medleys, stories, local hints, and mind reading. They come highly recommended by the press of other states. Mr. Moore is an old soldier, but is now blind. All soldiers are particularly invited to attend.

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

The Ottawa Wilberforce Concert company will give a literary and musical entertainment at the opera house Tuesday evening, Feb. 26th. This company is worthy the patronage of our people. The performance will be perfectly moral, and is for the benefit of Wilberforce University, an institution founded for the educational benefit of the colored race.

Rev. M. L. Ward, president of Ottawa University, favored us with his presence, last Wednesday. He is traveling in the interests of his school. This seat of learning is under the auspices of the Baptist Church. President Ward is visiting every church of his denomination, in the state, soliciting an endowment fund. He is an earnest worker, and we wish him the best of success in his noble work.

We are under obligations to Major Woodin for an introduction to his son-in-law, Prof. Davis of the Pawnee agency. The Prof. Is well versed in the hidden science of printing, having been connected with the press of his native state. The gentleman has been eminently successful in training the Awild children of the prairie how to shoot,@ and is highly appreciated by both his patrons and employees.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Mr. S. W. Duncan, a promising and gifted attorney of this city expects to leave next Tuesday for Arkansas City, Kansas, to cast his fortune with the growing West. Mr. Duncan came here a stranger to nearly all, but by his upright career, manly and social bearing, and assiduity to business . . . . Litchfield (Kentucky) Sunbeam.

The above highly complimentary notice is clipped from the Liitchfield (Ky.) Sunbeam. Mr. Duncan has been connected with the above paper for the last two years. We are personally well acquainted with Mr. Duncan, and know him to be a young man of cultured mind, earnest and decided principle. He is a staunch Republican--when persons come from Kentucky they are positive quantities--a thorough temperance man and a consistent Christian. We congratulate ourselves on having secured so able an assistant, and the city on having acquired so valuable a citizen. [DUNCAN: LOCAL EDITOR.]

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Mr. William G. Miller, this week, received a letter from his brothe-in-law, Mr. William Carroll, who now resides in Clinton County, Ohio. In this letter Mr. Carroll states that himself, his two sons-in-law, and one of his neighbors, a Mr. Hudson, will leave Cincinnati, on the 18th of this month, for the purpose of purchasing farms in the vicinity of Arkansas City. After having secured farms they will return to Ohio, and move with their families in the spring to this AGarden spot of the World.@ If Mr. Miller be a fair specimen of the family, we shall heartily welcome the newcomers to our midst. Mr. Carroll further states that four or five families will leave Cincinnati about the same time, with the view of obtaining cheap and excellent farms in Southern Kansas. He also writes that the desire to remove to Kansas is unparrell in the history of the county, and that many more familes are preparing to come.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

A sad accident occurred on Grouse Creek, last week. The two little sons, aged four and seven years respectively, of Mr. Drury Warren, went to the creek for the purpose of playing. Mrs. Warren soon missed them and went in search of them. She found them struggling in the water. The distracted mother plunged into the stream, and doubtless, would have been drowned, but for the intervention of her daughter. The little boys were reached by the neighbors, but not until life was extinguished. Mr. Warren was in Kansas City at the time. He was telegraphed and reached home in time to see his dear children interred. Words cannot express the sorrow of the community in this sad bereavement of such an excellent family.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Professor Atkinson, of the Arkansas City Schools, in connection with C. W. Coombs and J. J. Clark, will begin the publication of a paper at that place soon. This will give the city by the canal three papers. We suppose the new one will be a patent outside, following suit with the other two. If the new proprietors are wise, they will put out an all home print, full of live, bright, newsy matter, if it=s only four columns to the page. That city is a good field for such a paper. Another patent wouldn=t live six months. Winfield Courier.

The suggestion of the Courier was acted upon before it was received. THE REPUBLICAN, as can be discerned by an experienced eye, is Aan all home print.@ As for the printed matter, it appears for itself.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Last Saturday, we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Wm. Higgins of Topeka. For years past this gentleman has been prominently connected with the politics of the state and the nation. Since 1875, he has been in the legislature of our state and has recently been elected to the important position of the Sergeant at Arms of the National Republican Committee. He expressed himself as highly pleased with the appearances of THE REPUBLICAN, and as he has edited ably several journals, we feel complimented.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Mr. S. Clarke, our energetic foundry man, informs us that he has sufficient work for months, but still can do urgent work on short notice.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Robbers Arrested.

On the night of January 29th, 1884, a car was broken into at the depot, and a lot of cases of canned goods, tobacco, and other merchandise was stolen. Sheriff McIntire, with his deputy, O. S. Rarick, constable John Breene, and others, have been hard at work ever since trying to find a clue to the parties that committed the robbery. Some goods were found several nights ago, and Pat Franey got on the right clue, and with the assistance of the above named officers, traced the goods up, when O. Ingersoll, railroad agent, ordered out a warrant before I H. Bonsall, J. P., for the arrest of T. S. Marston and McStraight. Mr. Higgins, detective from Topeka, was on hand, and took an important part in ferreting out the rascals. Higgins and Rarick started for the Territory for these men, but got ahead of them. J. J. Breene, in the meantime, got on the right track, and arrested the men. Part of the stolen goods have been recovered.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Attention Company.

The Arkansas Valley Guards will turn out mounted and uniformed, in front of the Star stables, on Friday, Feb. 22nd, 1884, at two o=clock, p.m., for regular monthly muster and drill.

By order,

D. E. PLANK.

1st Lieut., commanding company.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Notice to Teachers. Notice is hereby given to applicants for teachers= certificates, that a meeting of the board will be held at Arkansas City, in the high school room, on Saturday, March 8th, 1884. Applicants are requested to present themselves as early as 8 o=clock, as they will be required to finish the examination in one day.

A. H. LIMERICK, County Superintendent.

C. T. ATKINSON, Examiner.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

The Perry House occupies the two new buildings of Messrs. A. A. Davis and A. A. Newman. This of itself is a sufficient guarantee that the house is first class. Persons may judge of its success, when we state that these two large buildings are insufficient to accommodate its patrons. Mr. Perry has secured McLaughlin=s hall, and will fit this into chambers for sleeping apartments.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Mrs. Anna Hall, of Clinton, Illinois, aunt to the Drs. Vawter, came in on the train Wednesday and will visit with her sister, Mrs. Estis, for two weeks when her husband will arrive with a carload of fine stock. Mr. Hall intends to make Cowley his home.

[NOTE: ARTICLE SAID ESTIS....COULD THIS REALLY BE ESTUS?]

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Kellogg & Matlack will sell farms for you on reasonable terms.

Oranges, lemons, and all kinds of nuts at the St. Louis Restaurant.

Best perfumery and toilet sopa at B. H. Dixon & Co.

The finest lot of Embroidery in the city at Fitch=s & Barron=s.

You will be sure to g et your paper hanging and kalsomining finished on short notice, if you leave your work to Ed. Ferguson. Leave orders at Kellogg=s & Mowry=s and Central drug store.

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

The best line of confectionery and Fruits and Fresh Oysters at Hill & Carter=s.

Go to G. W. Miller & Co., for nails, locks, barb wire, etc., opposite post office.

ADS SUCH AS THESE GO ON AND ON AND ON IN ALOCAL@ COLUMNS.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

Ad. CARPETS! CARPETS.

Just received in all grades, at Green Front. Houghton & Kirkpatrick.

FOR SALE. The fine business corner known as Farmers= Hotel. For particulars inquire of D. W. Stevens, City.

Gate City Butter and Monarch Soda Crackers at St. Louis Restaurant.

If you want the boss saddle, go to T. R. Houghton=s. He has them.

The best Horse Collar in the market is the Patent Spooner Collar. T. R. Houghton keeps them.

 

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Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

BIG AD. H. D. KELLOGG. B. W. MATLACK.

KELLOGG & MATLACK,

Real Estate, Loan and Abstract Office.

FARMS AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE On Reasonable Terms.

We have a complete set of Abstract Books for Cowley county, and are prepared to furnish abstracts of title to any tract of land or town lot.

TAXES PAID FOR NON-RESIDENTS, DEEDS DRAWN AND ACKNOWLEDGED.

OFFICE UNDER COWLEY COUNTY BANK.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. ATTENTION, FARMERS! TO AND SEE

J. W. HUTCHINSON & SONS= STOCK OF GROCERS & QUEENSWARE

BEFORE PURCHASING.

We have come to stay and don=t propose to be beaten in prices. Highest market price paid for all kinds of produce. Don=t forget the place, SOUTH ROOM IN HIGHLAND HALL BUILDING.

J. W. HUTCHINSON & SONS.

[Note: Ad said Hutchinson both times...is it Hutchison instead?]

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. BENEDICT & OWEN, FARM AND SPRING WAGONS.

All kinds of FARM MACHINERY Pumps, Windmills, Etc.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. HOLLAWAY & FAIRCLO, DRUGGISTS.

Toilet Soap, Perfumery, Shoulder Braces, Trusses, and all kinds of DRUGGISTS= SUNDRIES usually kept in a firwt-class drug store.

 

Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find our stock of medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality.

CITY DRUG STORE.

[NOTE: AD HAD AHOLLAWAY@...SOMETIMES I HAVE SEEN HOLLOWAY IN TRAVELER...NEVER SURE WHICH IS CORRECT!]

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. G. W. CUNNINGHAM, ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

FARM MACHINERY, WAGONS, BUGGIES, ETC.

PUMPS AND WINDMILLS!

MOTTO: Prices lower than can be had elsewhere!

 

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Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. ILLUSTRATION OF DIAMOND...

Always to the Front! -With- New Goods! Fresh Goods!

LOW PRICES AND ROCK FIGURES.

WE BUY BUTTER, EGGS, HIDES, FURS, GAME, AND PRODUCE.

WE SELL EVERYTHING IN THE STAPLE OR FANCY GROCERY LINE.

DON=T FORGET THE PLACE, THE DIAMOND FRONT.

Kroenert & Austin.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. DRY GOODS!

A. A. NEWMAN & CO.

A large and complete stock of GENERAL DRY GOODS, Notions, Carpets, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Stock Men=s Supplies, Etc.

AT LOWEST PRICES.

CORNER OF SUMMIT STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE.

 

[NOTE: THERE WERE ARTICLES ON THE LAST TWO PAGES ALONG WITH ADS, BUT NOTHING OF A LOCAL CHARACTER...JUST FILLER ARTICLES.]

 

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Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.

SELECTION BY REV. S. B. FLEMING.

The Lawless Indian.

A recent decision of the supreme court of the United States has been accorded short paragraphs in obscure corners with little thought of its bearing on the welfare of a quarter of a million of people. Two years ago last August the well-known Sioux chief, Spotted Tail, held a council and feast with his people on their reservation in Dakota, and at its close in the afternoon mounted his horse and started home. Coming from the opposite direction, in a wagon, were Crow Dog and his wife. The former got out of his wagon, stooping toward the ground, and as the chief rode along, suddenly rose up and shot him through the breast. Spotted Tail fell from his horse, regained his feet, tried to draw his pistol, reeled and fell back dead. Crow Dog jumped into his wagon and rode at full speed to his camp, nine miles distant. Intense excitement prevailed among the Indians, but no outbreak occurred. It appeared that an old feud had existed between the two men, but that the immediate cause of the assassination was political, Spotted Tail having been put out of the way to make room for an aspirant to his position as head chief. The facts being known, an Indian policeman was instructed to capture Crow Dog. This being done next day, the assassin was turned over to the civil authorities of Dakota, and 20,000 Sioux awaited the results of the Awhite man=s way.@ Upon trial in the district court of the judicial district of Dakota, Crow Dog was found guilty and condemned to death. On appeal the case came before the Supreme Court, the counsel for the prisoner claiming that the district court of Dakota had no jurisdiction in the case, and therefor its finding and sentence were void, and, praying for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus.

The law makers of a nation which boasts of the supremacy of law over the land have allowed to remain on their statute book until the year of our Lord 1884, the following:

Section 2145. The general laws of the United States as to punishment of crimes committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except the district of Columbia, shall except the Indian country.

Section 2146. The preceding section, shall not be construed to extend to crimes committed by one Indian against the person or property of another Indian, or to any Indian committing an offense in the Indian country who has been punished by the local laws of the tribe.

This means that over a territory aggregating 225,000 square miles, and among 250,000 people, United States laws shall be inoperative. Fighting, stealing, gambling, polygamy, murder, and every crime which savage passion may breed, shall go on unchecked save by such restraints as the barbarians themselves may devise, while a Christian government calmly looks on and lets them alone. With such a statute before him, Justice Mathews decided that the Indians have a right to try and punish the criminal after their own laws and customs, without interference from the United States, and that the district court of Dakota had no jurisdiction, and Crow Dog=s imprisonment was illegal. He is, therefore, to be remanded to the Alaws and customs@ of retaliation and revenge, injury and reprisal, and his countrymen will be confirmed in their opinion that the white man=s ways are good only for the white man.

Better than comment is another instance of the practical working of this legal Areservation@ for Indians, to which the Commissioner of Indian affairs refers in his annual report just published.

A year ago last September, an Arapaho half-breed, named Robert Poisal, returning from a trip in the Indian Territory, in which he had just placed his children, was shot dead by Johnson Foster, a Creek Indian, no motive but plunder being assignable. The murderer was arrested by mounted police of the Seminole nation; and to prevent Athe carrying out of tribunal laws and customs,@ in the way of summary vengeance, he was turned over for safekeeping to the military authorities at Fort Reno. On request of the Interior Department, the attorney general ordered the trial of the prisoner before the United States court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, but on further consideration and correspondence, he decided that there was too much doubt as to jurisiction of the United States in the matter to justify incurring the expense of removing the prisoner and trying the case.

The war department wearied of the custody of Foster and asked to be relieved; the Interior department urged that a dismissal [?] should be made, and reluctantly the attorney general consented. Meantime since it had appeared that complaints of horse stealing and other offenses were pending against Foster in the United States court at Fort Smith, the United States deputy marshal, with a strong guard of troops, undertook to remove him from Fort Reno thither. Within the first fifteen miles, a party of Arapahoes nearly succeeded in capturing him, and before half the journey was completed, Foster had murdered the Marshal=s assistant and made his escape. He is now at large. Now that he has murdered a white man, the majesty of the law can be manifested provided he is recaptured.

How much longer will congress turn a deaf ear to the entreaties of government officials, teachers, missionaries, and other philanthropists, religious societies, and institutions, even the Aguards@ themselves, that Indians be made amenable to law? Apparently hopeless of adequate legislation in his day, Commissioner Price suggests a partial remedy for the evil, which, like Captain Seller=s window sash Awill keep out the coarsest of cold.@ He recommends that, when new states are admitted into the union, their constitutions shall extend over Indian reservations the jurisdiction of territorial courts. This is a wise suggestion, which should be borne in mind by legislators who can spend days on revision of rules, but cannot give an hour to the erasure of one blot from our statutes. The following indignant protest, made by Bishop Hare in 1866, has added weight and force each year.

ACivilization has loosened in some places, broken the bonds which regulate and hold together Indian society in its wild state, and has failed to give the people laws and officers of justice in their place. This evil still continues unabated. Women are brutally beaten and outraged; men are murdered in cold blood; the Indians who are friendly to schools and churches are intimidated and preyed upon by the evil disposed; children are molested on their way to school, and schools are dispersed by bands of vagabonds; but there is no redress. This accursed condition of things is an outrage upon the One Lawgiver. It is a disgrace to our land. It should make every man who sits in the national halls of legislators blush. And wish well to the Indians as we may, and do for them what we will, the efforts of civil agents, teachers, and missionaries are like the struggles of drowning men weighed with lead, as long as, by the absence of law, Indian society is left without a base. Independent.@

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

SKIPPED A LONG ARTICLE RE THE SABBATH SCHOOL BY REV. J. O. CAMPBELL.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. McDonald, Jarvis & Co., WINFIELD KANSAS,

Negotiators of Real Estate Loans.

The only 6 percent money in Cowley County.

Privilege granted borrowers of paying loss after one year without bonds, and privilege written in the mortgage.

Interest can be paid at our office and loan can vbe paid in installments.

All business transacted with distpacth.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. Leavenworth Store!

C. R. SIPES, The Only Exclusive Store and Tin Shop in Cowley County. I keep the largest stock of stoves and the greatest variety.

In their season Gasoline and Coal Oil Stoves.

Also, Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron, and Graniteware, Cistern pumps, Bird Cages, and everything usually found in a Stove and Tin store. I employ more tinners than any similar institution in the county, and am prepared to do any and ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK.

Special attention given COUNTRY WORK, such as Guttering, etc.

Please call if you have any work to do.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. BAUGH & ROBERTSON, DEALERS IN STOVES AND TINWARE.

Job Work of all kinds will receive prompt attention.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. MERCHANT TAILOR, FRANK DRESSER.

Rooms over Cowley Co. Bank.

Satisfaction Guaranteed.

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. ARKANSAS CITY ROLLER MILLS.

Capacity, 250 Barrels per Day.

LANDES, BEALL & CO.

The finest brands of flour constantly on hand in car lots for shipment. Also corn meal, bran, and chop.

THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR WHEAT AND CORN.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. McLaughlin Brothers,

Wholesale and Retail GROCERS!

North Summit Street, Arkansas City, Kansas.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. The Boom Still Continues,

-AND- Fitch & Barron Have concluded to make a

Grand Clearance Sale

In order to make room for spring goods.

Dry Goods, Yarns, Heavy Woolen Goods, Hats, Caps.

And many other things to numerous to mention, at cost and less than cost. Come early and don=t forget the place.

FITCH & BARRON.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. HOUGHTON & KIRKPATRICK, at the GREEN FRONT.

Dealers in DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Carpets, Boots, Shoes, Groceries and Notions. Our spring stock is now arriving. You will always find goods just as represented, and prices the very lowest.

Please call and examine our stock before purchasing.

O. P. HOUGHTON. W. P. KIRKPATRICK.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. HOWARD BROS., dealers in HARDWARE STOVES, ETC.

A fine stock of BARB WIRE always on hand.

We sell the NATIONAL IRON FORCE PUMP. Call and see it.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.

AD. FARMERS, READ THIS.

Having secured the agency for the best windmill in the market, I am now prepared to put in PUMPS, AND WINDMILLS, with the guarantee of

No Work. No Pay.

Geared Mills for feed grinding and shelling a specialty.

JOSHUA MOORE.

WITH BENEDICT AND OWEN.

 

[NOTE: LOOKS LIKE TWO MORE ADS ON THIS PAGE, BUT REALLY CANNOT READ THEM...ONE APPEARS TO BE FOR CENTRAL DRUG STORE; THE OTHER ONE APPEARS TO PLAY UP WALL PAPER, AND FIRM IS B. H. DIXON & CO.]

[THIS CONCLUDES THE FIRST ISSUE...8 PAGES.]

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 23, 1884.

Ad. City Restaurant, G. W. Childers, Proprietor.

Warm meals at all hours. Special orders filled at all hours.

A full line of Cigars, Tobacco, and Confectioneries, and

Choice Groceries, Sewing Machines, and Organs Furnished on order.

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 23, 1884.

Ad. W. W. BROWN. H. L. LOCKWOOD.

Brown & Lockwood

Has the largest and Finest Stock of Leather in the city, and has reduced the price of SEWED BOOTS from $12 to $11.

All kinds of repairing done and work guaranteed satisfactory. Call and see us, one door north of Houghton=s Harness Shop.

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 23, 1884.

Ad. ASTAR@ MEAT MARKET, J. P. HARPOLE, Proprietor.

Finest Fresh Meats of every description Always On Hand.

Game and Fish in their season.

The highest cash price paid for Green and Dry Hides.

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 23, 1884.

Ad. A. B. DeBRUCE. WARREN NEAL.

DeBruce & Neal

wish to inform the public that they are prepared to do Blacksmithing of every description in the BEST STYLE at SHORT NOTICE and REASONABLE PRICES.

[COULD NOT READ CONCLUDING STATEMENT OF SIX LINES.]

APPEARS STORE WAS NORTH OF CENTRAL AVENUE HOTEL.

 

PAGE 2: REPETITION OF PAGE 1, FEBRUARY 23, 1884, ISSUE.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

SCHOOL COLUMN.

SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

HORACE G. VAUGHN, EDITOR.

The school is progressing finely. We had another parsing match last Friday with the usual result. One week from next Monday night we have a spelling match. Now we are sorry that matters have turned out unfavorably for us, but, the juniors will remember that, ATalent differs all is well and wisely but,@ if we cannot teach them how to parse, we will teach them how to spell. After school the juniors remain and spell from four to six.

[SORRY! DO NOT UNDERSTAND QUOTATION!]

The Jr. Ed. received his photo on St. Valentine=s day, and now he says the photo is ours, don=t repudiate your own picture, Mountford.

RUMOR SAYS:

That Alice L. Lane is the best grammarian in school. That Emma Theaker is the best mathematician. That Jr. Editor is cultivating a mustache. That Mountford Scott can make more noise than a brass band, a locomotive, a span of mules, and a saw mill. Jrs. are very much elated but Apride goeth before a fall.@

Composed by H. G. Vaughn.

[SKIPPED HIS ARTICLE ENTITLED APROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.@]

VARIOUS:

The School House to the front; the saloon to the rear.

Miss Laura Holloway returned to school Monday, after an absence of one week.

[SKIPPED SOME OF THE ITEMS...NOT OF INTEREST!]

JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.

MOUNTFERD J. SCOTT, EDITOR.

[MOST CONFUSING! FIRST PART CALLED HIM AMOUNTFORD@...HEADER ON THIS PORTION CALLS HIM AMOUNTFERD@...???]

Senior editor=s likeness still on hands. Every scholar thinks it favors him.

We suppose the seniors will not say anymore about parsing matches, Aseeing they were so easily beaten@ last Friday. They have now challenged us to a spelling match which will take place one week from next Monday evening. It is generally supposed that they will best us spelling, but they will not do it as easily as they anticipate, and they would feel bad if they should get beaten again.

 

Joseph Campbell and Loyd Ruby are the best historians in the class.

The singing class is the most interesting class in the school, and it is wonderful how the pupils are learning; some are a little bashful yet, but they will soon get over that. We will take up drawing in a couple of weeks, and that will be an interesting branch of the school.

Mrs. Worthley paid the school an appreciation visit last Friday afternoon; she was very much pleased with the way the parsing match was conducted. Now a word to parents, you should take Mrs. Worthley as a criterion and visit the school yourself. It would show that you were interested in the welfare of your pupils, and teacher. During this term there has been but twenty visitors, that is what you would call visitors. It=s something to think about and act upon. If you had as many swine some place, you would go to see them at least once a week, and surely you could spare time enough to visit the school once in nine months. AWell,@ says one, Athere is a teacher at school to attend to the children.@ So there is but that is not it, do you know for yourself how your pupil is getting along? Do you suppose if your pupil is at the foot of his class, he will tell you as quickly as he would if he was head unless you ask him? Come and see the position of each pupil in his or her classes and you will know how to talk to them, and what advice to give, or how to compliment your children.

Our teacher ridiculed us a little last Friday, the senior thinks. He made the remark that the juniors had slept with two grammars and a dictionary all last week. We do not deny it, but we accomplished our end if we did, and it makes no difference how heavy the scales are just so they balance, you know. The juniors will soon be through Meredith=s geography; we have had a thorough course this winter and there will be about twenty-five to graduate next year.

The seniors are losing no time; every spare moment they have they are studying Patterson=s spellers and analizer.

THERE WAS MORE...WHICH I SKIPPED...FUNNY THING! AT THE END THIS LONG ARTICLE WAS SIGNED BY AEVA SPLAWN.@

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

LOCALS. S. W. DUNCAN, EDITOR.

The wheat looks well.

Mr. Al. Beecher=s new carpenter shop is completed.

J. H. Sherburne paid us a pleasant call while in town.

Mr. G. W. Newman, of Emporia, spent last Sabbath in our city.

There are about sixty buildings under erection at the present time.

Contractors will please read the advertisement of the commercial association.

A farm department will be added soon to the columns of THE REPUBLICAN.

The rain of last Sabbath night was of great benefit to the wheat crops of our section.

At no former season were the prospects for excellent crops better than at present writing.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

Mr. A. E. Kirkpatrick has commenced the erection of a new dwelling adjacent to Mr. Gould=s.

The Arkansas City Guards were on parade yesterday. We are all proud of our handsome boys.

We are under obligations to Dr. Jamison Vawter for valuable services rendered in the office last Saturday.

Mr. J. Twiliger has commenced the erection of a handsome and commodious residence, adjoining Dr. Griffith=s.

Through the generosity of the school board, the teachers and pupils of the city schools enjoyed a holiday yesterday.

Mechanics were forced to cease from their labors during the first part of the past week on account of the severity of the weater.

Arkansas City Post, No. 158, G. A. R., of this city, was awarded second place at the recent session of the department encampment.

The first issue of THE REPUBLICAN visited every state in the American union. Copies were also sent to Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Joshua Moore and Jen. Clark never retired last Friday night; the boys stood as manfully at the press as did the little boy upon the burning deck.

The many friends of Mrs. Noah Kimmel will be pleased to learn that this estimable lady is slowly recovering from her two weeks severe sickness.

The water was turned on at the Arkansas City Roller mills, last Wednesday, and the machinery was found to work to a charm. The mill will commence work next Monday.

Mr. David Litson, of Appleton City, Missouri, is visiting his brother-in-law, C. W. Roseberry, of Beaver Township. Mr. Litson thinks he will soon change his residence to Cowley County.

Quite an episode happened at the Perry House the other night. Ward=s coon had the nightmare. We are informed that it has entirely recovered; >tis as cute and cunning as ever.

The Presbytery, of Emporia, will hold its regular spring meeting in the Presbyterian Church of this city, the 3rd day of April. From fifty to sixty delegates are expected to be present.

We had the pleasure yesterday, of meeting Mr. E. M. Ford, manager of the Wyeth Cattle Company. He is a friend of Hasie brothers, and will likely make Arkansas City his headquarters.

Esquires Schiffbauer and Kreamer have received their commissions. Mr. Kreamer, for the present, will hold his court at Judge Bonsall=s office, and Mr. Schiffbauer has not determined his official residence.

MARRIED. At the residence of the bride=s mother, in this city, on Thursday evening, Feb. 14, Mr. Wm. P. Trout, of South Haven, Sumner county, and Miss Eva Anderson, Rev. S. B. Fleming officiating.

We highly enjoyed a pleasant call by Mr. Llewellen Woodin, Jr., this week. This gentleman is chief manager of government affairs, at Otoe Agency, and is one of the most trusted of Uncle Sam=s employees.

 

 

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

Mr. J. W. White, a relative of our five stone masons, the Kreager Brothers, arrived in our city about two weeks ago. Mr. White has purchased a farm in Sumner County, in which he will remove in a few days.

We had a pleasant call from Mr. W. N. Knapp, agent for F. M. Friend, of Winfield. Mr. Knapp deals in musical instruments and sewing machines. He will have to be first indeed, if he distances our men, Fitch & Barron.

Our genial, jovial county attorney, F. C. Jennings, paid us a pleasant call last Monday.

Last week we noticed the arrest of P. S. Marston. He had his examination before Judge Bonsall last Wednesday and Thursday; he was bound over to appear at the next term of court. Seven butts of tobacco were found in Adams= corn crib.

The leap year birthday surprise party, given in compliment to Miss Belle Taylor, on Feb. 19, was a success. All enjoyed themselves splendidly. The gentlemen furnished an excellent supper. Miss Belle received many valuable presents. A GUEST.

The Hasie Bros., as soon as the weather will permit, will commence the erection of their new building. It will be situated nearly opposite Holloway & Fairclo=s drug store, and will have a frontage of 50 feet, a depth of 132 feet, and be a heighth of three stories.

On the evening of March 3rd, a match-spelling, between the members of the senior and junior classes of the Arkansas City schools, will take place at the High School room. The admission fee will be 10 cents, and the proceeds will be for the benefit of the school library.

Communion services will be held in the Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning--Rev. Dr. Kirkwood of Winfield will assist Rev. Fleming--preaching this evening, and also in both services tomorrow. Dr. Kirkwood is Mr. Platter=s successor and is an able and eloquent preacher.

Rev. J. O. Campbell left Friday for Anthony. He will preach at that place on Sabbath day, and return home Monday. There will be no services at the United Presbyterian Church, next Sabbath. There will be services the following Sabbath, both morning and evening.

Mr. Hasie has purchased lots on the corner opposite the residence now occupied by Mr. A. D. Ayres. [HERE WE GO AGAIN...AYERS??] He will commence, immediately, the erection of his residence. Ourr enterprising young grocer, John Kroenert, will also build a residence in the same block, south of Mr. Hasie=s.

Mr. Miller informs us that since the 9th of last September, he has driven 250 pounds of horse shoe nails, and 22,000 pounds of horse shoes. This shows the immense amount of work performed in Arkansas City, in one single line of business. If anyone doubts these figures, call on Mr. Miller, and he will show you the bills.

The advertising space in THE REPUBLICAN will be confined to eighteen columns. When the space desired by our patrons exceeds this, we shall issue a supplement. A new departure will be taken in March.

 

Two or three thousand copies will be issued. Persons wishing the advantages of our paper will please notify us soon.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

It will be good news to our fashionable ladies as well as to all others to know that a millinery and dressmaking house of the highest style of the art, is to be opened this spring in our city. The old Cowley County Bank building has been secured for this purpose, and is being refitted to receive a most elegant variety of goods in that line from New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. The business is to be presided ovr by an accomplished lady--late of Chicago--assisted by an accomplished French artist, as trimmer.@

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

MARRIED. At Winfield, Feb. 14, 1884, Mr. Albion Goff and Miss Lydia Gillis were united in the holy bonds of marriage, by Judge Gans. In the evening, they returned to the residence of the bride=s father, the venerable A. Gillis, and partook of a splendid supper.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

We were honored last week by the presence of Mr. White, one of the excellent editors of the Geuda Springs Herald. Press of business rendered our time for entertainment scant. As the local editor arrived last Wednesday, if Bro. White will call again, we trust to be able to show him the courtesy so becoming toward so distinguished a guest.

Arkansa City Republican, February 23, 1884.

We are sorry to record that the firm of Duncan & McGill have decided to relinquish business for awhile. They have sold their entire stock to Mr. A. E. Kirkpatrick, and will give possession next Wednesday. We are satisfied that the excellent reputation of this grocery will be maintained, and gladly welcome Mr. Kirkpatrick to our business ranks.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

In another column will be found the notice of a public sale, at the residence of Mr. A. E. Kirkpatrick, one-half mile south from the Dunkard mill, and six miles northeast of Arkansas City. The sale will be held on Feb. 26, 1884. A great variety of articles are advertised. Our farmer friends will do well to attend as they will doubtless secure bargains.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

Two gentlemen of Villisca, Iowa, friends of A. G. Lowe, called on THE REPUBLICAN Friday, C. D. Thurman, Jr., editor of Villisca Review, and Warren Eaves. They are very much impressed with Arkansas City and its surroundings, and talk of investing quite extensively in real estate, and expect soon to make this their permanent residence. Glad to see you, gentlemen. We welcome you among us. Call again.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

The Cowley County Banking Company, have located their old banking house on the opposite side of the street, and are fitting it up in elegant style, in which a Chicago lady is going to open up a first class Millinery and Dressmaking establishment. A most choice line of goods, we understand, have been ordered from New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. This speaks volumes for our growing city.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

The residence of Mr. C. W. Burt was, last week, the scene of a disastrous conflagration. His elegant, new house, including all his household goods, went up in the flames. The cause of the fire was a defective flue. While the loss is serious, and to most men extremely discouraging, yet from what we know of the energy of this sterling gentleman, we are warranted in saying that his former commodious edifice will soon be replaced with another building equally elegant.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

DIED. On last Monday, our citizens were apprised of the sad occurrence of the suicide of Mr. Wood. The gentleman was the father of Mr. Wood, of the firm of Bliss & Wood, of Winfield, Kansas. The facts are as follows. For some time Mr. Wood has been suffering with temporary insanity. He accomplished the terrible deed by hanging. He passed a rope over the cellar door, between the door and sill. He tightened the rope by closing the door. Standing upon a coal oil can, he adjusted the rope around his neck. Kicking the can from beneath his feet, he quickly strangled. The door was opened by a person on the opposite side, and Mr. Wood fell upon the cellar floor.

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

The Commercial Building Association.

On the 20th of this month, the Commercial Building Association of Arkansas City, Kansas, sprang into existence. Its incorporators:

M. S. And Geo. E. Hasie, A. A. Newman, W. M. Sleeth, H. P. Farrar,

T. H. McLaughlin, T. H. Houghton, and G. W. Cunningham. At the first meeting Geo. E. Hasie was elected president, and H. P. Farrar, secretary and treasurer. The first work of the association will be the erection of a building 75 feet in frontage, 132 feet in depth, and three stories high, between the business houses of the Hasie Bros., and G. W. Cunningham. In connection with the storeroom of the Hasie Bros., this will make the finest building in our city. The two structures--the association=s and the Messrs. Hasie=s--will form one solid building 125 feet in frontage, 132 feet in depth, and three stories high. This enterprise displays the energy of our businessmen and the importance, to capitalists, of our rapidly growing city.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

A Grange of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, was organized at Constant, Monday evening, with C. W. Roseberry, as secretary, consisting of twenty-six members. The grange movement is beginning to revive. Monopolies take notice. GRANGER.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

Notice to Contractors.

Proposals will be received until February 28th, for furnishing and delivering about 400 cords of good building rock; 1,500 yards of coarse clean building sand; and for the excavation of cellar and foundation walls of the Commercial Block, to be built fronting on Summit street. Proposals must be in writing, and can be for any part or the whole of the rock, sand, or the excavating, but a separate proposition must be made for each one. The proposition must be delivered to Geo. W. Cunningham, and those for rock and sand to be accompanied by a sample, showing the quality of that proposed to be delivered.

COMMERCIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given to contractors that bids will be received by the undersigned, for the construction of seventeen (17) miles of wire fence (four strands) on Black Bear, Indian Territory. At the same time also bids will be received for the construction of water tanks, and for the work of cutting hay, in its season. The company reserve the right to reject any or all bids.

McCLELLAN CATTLE COMPANY.

Address all bids to S. W. GABLE [? COULD NOT READ LAST NAME ?]

[LAST NAME COULD HAVE BEEN GARTH OR SOMETHING ELSE!]

Otoe Agency, Indian Territory.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

SPECIALS. AUCTION SALE!

The undersigned will sell at auction, at his farm one-half mile south of Dunkard mill, and six miles northeast of Arkansas City, on

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, >84.

At 10 o=clock, a.m., the following described property.

3 work horses, 2 ponies, 4 fresh milch cows, 1 Jersey heifer, 2 two-year-old steers, 4 yearling calves, 27 head of hogs, 1 new Mitchell wagon, 1 truck wagon, 1 new spring wagon, 1 sulky stirring plow with breaker attached, 2 corn plows, 1 harrow, 1 wheat drill, harness, hay in stack, 1 heating stove and other articles, too numerous to mention.

TERMS: $5 and under, cash in hand; over $5, six months= time with apprroved security.

A. E. KIRKPATRICK.

Austin Bailey, Auctioneer.

 

Arkansas City Republican, February 23, 1884.

Senator Cook, of Texas, declares for a tariff for revenue only.

Caldwell sells the celebrated A. G. Leonard Boots and Shoes.

For general line of furniture, to to J. W. MANSFIELD.

Those who contemplate building will find it to their interest to call on Park & Lewis, carpenters, contractors, and builders. Shop on North Summit street.

NOTE: THERE WERE MORE ONE OR TWO LINE ADS/NOTICES IN THE FEBRUARY 23, 1884, ISSUE OF THE REPUBLICAN THAT I SKIPPED!

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, March 1, 1884.

AD. KELLOGG & MATLACK, AGENTS FOR ANCHOR LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.

Tickets sold to or from any part of Europe.

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, March 1, 1884.

AD. EAGLE MILLS, ARE NOW PREPARED TO DO CUSTOM GRINDING FOR

THE FARMERS. I have the latest improved machinery, and GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. The HIGEST MARKET PRICE paid for WHEAT AND CORN. Give us a trial at the [GARBLED WORDS] the Canal.

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS. W. H. SPEERS.

 

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, March 1, 1884.

AD. S. C. & R. L. COWLES

Desire to inform the people of Arkansas City that they are prepared to do a general TRANSFER AND JOBBING BUSINESS, And solicit the patronage of the public. Kroenert & Austin=s Grocery.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

SCHOOL COLUMN.

SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

HORACE G. VAUGHN, EDITOR.

One week from Monday night we have a spelling match; admission 10 cents. Come out everybody and hear us. Read the soul-stirring, heroic ode found in the junior column last week. The junior editor must have been up late the night before the paper was published. AThe leaders seems to be horribly annoyed about something.@ AOh! Juniors; you should not let such angry passions rise. Your hands were never made to tear out junior=s eyes.@ Considerable logic about that we will admit. Now, we have heard of the mule kicking another mule; we have hears of a young man who went to the fair, spent all his money, came home and whipped himself for being such a fool; but we never before heard of one junior tearing out another junior=s eyes.

Everyone should take the advice given by the junior editor, and visit our schools often. It would be a great encouragement to our teachers and to ourselves. Miss Effie Gilstrap returned to school last Monday; we are always pleased to see seniors coming in, as the call can ill afford to lose any of its members. We need all our members to compete with the juniors, in the branches they are studying. To tell the truth, the junior class is a class of which any school ought to be proud.

We publish the following, as third best essay for this month. Composed by John Kirkpatrick. [CALLED ATHE BOY.@ DID NOT COPY IT.]

VARIOUS:

The school was honored by an appreciated call from Mr. S. W. Duncan and Mr. Geo. E. Hasie. Call again, gentlemen.

 

 

 

JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.

MOUNTFERD J. SCOTT, EDITOR.

There was some mistake in the school column last week; if the good people will excuse us, we will try and do better hereafter.

The seniors take advantage of small mistakes, especially the editor.

Next Monday evening will witness the scene of the spelling match at the Arkansas City high school. Turn out those who want to see the discipline in that department, in that branch of the course; all are expected to spell exceedingly well except the editors.

Miss Lida Whitley stays at the head of the geography class Ain good shape.@

The following is a list of people of Miss Hunt=s department that recewived 100 percent: Ida Lane, Mary Dunn, Cora Taylor, Anna Wagstaff, Mervam Miller, Harry Gilstrap, Jimmie Kirkpatrick, Willie Wilson, Mattie Patterson, Elza Darrough, Sarah Hill, Maggie Ford, Emma Wilson, Wyatt Hutchinson.

Those who were imperfect in the same department are: Larkin Endicott, James Williams, Eddie Endicott, Charley Taylor, Jay Fairclo, Amy Landes, Flora Kraemer, Ella DeBruce, Mary Lewis.

Next week is examination week; most of the pupils stand good examinations.

MORE ITEMS...BUT NO NAMES! I SKIPPED.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

LOCALS. S. W. DUNCAN, EDITOR.

New houses building everywhere.

Wheat is worth 88 cents in this market.

A large crowd at the trial, Thursday.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Benedict & Owen have changed their ad. Be sure and read it.

AD. BENEDIC & OWEN, [ILLUSTRATION OF CALDWELL WAGON.]

Would announce to the Public that they are prepared to MEET ALL COMPETITION FOR FARM MACHINERY, FARM AND SPRING WAGONS, BUGGIES, PUMPS, WINDMILLS, etc.

OUR MOTTO: The best goods, the lowest prices, and a SQUARE DEAL for every man.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

A new agricultural implement firm commences business soon.

Musical convention commences Monday evening. All who sing are invited.

Mr. D. W. Stevens and family are visiting friends in Winfield for a few days.

Mr. G. W. Cunningham has his new building fairly crowded with new implements.

Read the ad. Of W. H. Speers, in this issue; he is prepared to do all kinds of custom work. [ALREADY TYPED AD.]

Charley Parker, of Pawnee agency, was in town last Thursday, and called in to see the boys.

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

The accomplished wife of Mr. C. R. Sipes pleased THE REPUBLICAN under obligations to her, by a very pleasant call.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Robert Baird has purchased the Beecher carpenter shop on North Central Avenue. He guarantees his work. Read his advertisement.

AD. R. B. BAIRD, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

Shop on East Central Avenue. A sufficient number of first-class workmen always employed in order to complete work on short notice. All work guaranteed.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Prof. R. W. Leager will hold a meeting at the opera house next Monday evening for the purpose of organizing a Musical Convention.

The local editor extends thanks to Dr. Jamison Vawter for remembering him at church time, last Sabbath, and for his excellent company to and from church.

M. G. Troup, of Winfield, deputy county attorney, appeared for the state in the prosecution against George Myers and others, before Judge Bonsall Thursday.

The Arkansas Valley Guards will give a grand ball at Geuda Springs, Thursday evening, March 13. All are cordially invited to come and spend a social evening.

As Rev. S. B. Fleming will be absent attending to Presbyterial business, in Sumner County, there will be no services at the white church tomorrow. Sunday school at 12 o=clock.

Will C. Mitchell, a first-class house carpenter and contractor, from Salem, Iowa, has been in the city all this week, the guest of Mr. D. D. Bishop. He will probably locate here.

Rev. J. O. Campbell will preach next Sabbath evening from the text: AEvery man in his own place.@ There will be services each succeeding Sabbath evening until further notice.

WATCH CHARM FOUND. Mr. O. J. Godfrey informs us that he has found a watch chain, which the owner can have be describing, and paying for this notice.

The Chicago Comedy company have canceled their engagement at Winfield for this Saturday evening, and will entertain our citizens again tonight at the opera house. Matinee tomorrow afternoon.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Shelden. He is agent for one of the best insurance companies in the United States, and will take risks at equal rates with other agents.

COULD NOT FIND AD...SKIPPED.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Mr. Furry of the Geuda Springs Herald gave us a friendly call last Saturday. Mr. Furry is a man of terling qualities, and soundest judgment. He is doing much for his town in means of his able paper.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

A petition, asking that a bridge be built across the Walnut at Harmon=s Ford, has received the necessary number of signers to secure an election. This bridge will be of great benefit to both city and country.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

If there be one who doubts the military ability of Major W. M. Sleeth, that one is not the editor of THE REPUBLICAN. With a celerity that would have done credit to a Sheridan, last Monday evening, he swooped down on our sanctum with a force to whom brave old Gen. Sherman would have surrendered unconditionally. Having stationed his forces satisfactorily to himself, he adopted the Joe Johnson method and disappeared from the field. The editor was on the point of hasty capitulation, when Mr. Geo. E. Hasie opportunely descended. Embracing the opportunity, he introduced him to the ladies, Mrs. Sleeth, Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. Kellogg, and Mrs. Alexander. With the grace of a Chesterfield, he acknowledged the compliment, and materially aided us in entertaining our fair visitors. After expressing their loyalty to that section, whence each came, they departed leaving our place of abode more gloomy, by contrast, than before. We trust their visits will not be like those of angels--few and far between.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

We learn that the contract for the excavating for cellar and foundation walls, and furnishing rock and sand for the commercial and Hasie blocks, has been awarded to J. H. Covey, his being the lowest bid offered. The levels will be made at once, and men and teams will be put at work Tuesday, preparing for the walls that will soon be put in course of erection.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

The carpenter work on the Free Methodist Church is rapidly approaching completion. It will be ready for use in a few weeks. It will be a handsome and well constructed building and will add much to the appearance of our city. The members of that society deserve much credit for the manner and rapidity with which the work has been done.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

George Myers, Charles Myers, and Jerome Branson, were tried before Judge Bonsall, last Thursday, on the charge of disturbing the peace of Cyrus Perkins and others, by throwing eggs against the schoolhouse, in district No. 80, East Bolton, and were fined $1 each and costs, amounting to about $33 apiece, we are informed.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

DIED. Miss Hattie Jordan, a pupil of Mrs. Geo. Wright=s department, died last Sunday, of brain fever. The department in which she had attended school was dismissed at 10 o=clock, in order that her mates might attend the funeral services. She was a pleasant pupil and will be sadly missed by both teacher and pupils.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Not long since, Dr. J. H. Griffith showed us some cancers which he had removed from his patients. Probably no man in the whole West is so well skilled in the mysteries of this subtle disease as Dr. Griffith. To all who are afflicted with this terrible disease we would recommend the doctor.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

There will be a meeting Monday evening of the Arkansas Valley Guards, to make preparations for a ball to be given sometime in April. Gov. Glick, and Adjutant General Moonlight are expected to be present. Further mention will be made in future issues.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Messrs. W. M. Carroll and S. M. Hudson, Blanchester, Ohio, and Jacob Lawdes, of Pricetown, in the same state, have been in the county this week looking for farms. They like the appearance of the county, and will probably buy land and move to this county.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Mr. D. D. Lewis, a former citizen of this city, has purchased the Coal Creek Enterprise, of Coal Creek, California. The paper was, before the change in editors, solidly Democratic. It will now, under its new manager, be as solidly Republican.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Prof. Leager, who is to hold the musical convention next week, is widely known as the author of the revision and dramatization of AQueen Ester@ and ABellshazer@ which have been produced before splendid audiences all over the civilized world.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

Mr. I. K. Berry, trader at Sacred Heart Mission, was in town this week. He visited us in our office. While here he fully sustained his widespread reputation for geniality.

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

MARRIED. Thursday evening at 8:30 o=clock, Mr. Geo. E. Wright and Miss Anna L. Norton were united in marriage, at the residence of the bride=s father, Mr. L. C. Norton. The officiating clergyman was Rev. S. B. Fleming. Only a few of the relatives and most intimate friends were present. After the ceremony and hearty congratulations, the company sat down to a supper, fully in keeping with the happy event. Both the contracting parties are favorably known in this community. The bride is held in the highest estimation by a wide circle of friends, and is one of our most beautiful and accomplished ladies.

The groom is one of our most popular businessmen and is held in high regard by all who know him. THE REPUBLICAN wishes them the abundant success such a brilliant couple so well deserve.

 

 

Arkansas City Republican, March 1, 1884.

MARRIED. Mr. R. P. Hutchison, one of Arkansas City=s enterprising young grocers, and Miss Effie Tate were married last Thursday evening, at the residence of Rev. S. B. Fleming. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few relatives, after which about thirty friends met at the residence of Mr. J. W. Hutchison, where an excellent supper was partaken of. The evening was made still more enjoyable by the presence of the band boys, who gave the young couple their congratulations by selections of fine music. Of course, they were invited in and treated quite royally, as no one knows bette