THE WINFIELD COURIER.

[FROM JUNE 29, 1882, THROUGH AUGUST 3, 1882.]

D. A. MILLINGTON, EDITOR.

ED. P. GREER, LOCAL EDITOR.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

RECAP ONLY OF CLERK=S QUARTERLY STATEMENT JUNE 5, 1882.

GENERAL CITY FUND...RECEIPTS TOTAL: $174.54.

CONTRA TOTAL: $175.40.

BALANCE DUE TREASURY: $.86 [EIGHTY-SIX CENTS IN THE HOLE!]

SIDEWALK TAX FUND BALANCE: $179.60

TOTAL NUMBER WARRANTS REMAINING OUTSTANDING & UNPAID: 46.

TOTAL NUMBER WARRANTS UNPAID: $897.36.

CITY CLERK: DAVID C. BEACH.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

W. S. MENDENHALL BECAME ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF L. A. MOORE AND JAMES A. LYTLE...HENRY E. ASP, ATTORNEY, IN PROBATE COURT MAY 5, 1882.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

SERIOUS RIOTS. [EDITORIAL PAGE.]

The latest reports of the riot in Egypt ten days since give the number of Europeans ascertained to have been killed by the enraged Egyptians at 340. Things are becoming alarming in Egypt. Among the new matters bearing on the question is the threat of the British Comptroller at Cairo to resign if Arabia Pasha is made a part of the new Ministry; the growing hostility of the troops at Alexandria against Europeans; the arrival of a Russian man-of-war; the dispatching of two gunboats from England to guard the Suez Canal; and the Sultan=s repeated objection to a conference on the Egyptian question.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The railways running into Denver have reduced the rate from the Missouri River to Denver and return from $38 to $30.

Arrangements have been made for a twenty-five hour train between New York and Chicago over the Central and Lake Shore roads, to commence in July.

The latest discovery in oil wells in Pennsylvania is a bore that yhields one hundred barrels an hour. Nature seems to be bearing the electric light market.

The Jewish refugees from Russia are coming to this country by hundreds. About 1,000 are now en route thither across the Atlantic. Thousands have already arrived at New York.

The United States census report shows that in 1880 there were about 4,000,000 adults in this counttry who could not read or write, and that there are as many white as black ignoramuses.

There are now in the bonded warehouses of the United States about 85,000,000 gallons of whiskey on which the tax amounts to $76,000,000. The time for the payment of a considerable portion of this tax is near at hand.

Fort Leavenworth has been designated as the place for the contest for army prizes in shooting for the present year, the contest to commence on the 16th of October. Gen. Sheridan will be present and deliver the prizes, six in number.

According to the report of the director of the mint, the total product of gold for the year was $34,700,000, and of silver $13,000,000. Colorado takes the first place among the producing states with a yield of more than $20,000,000; California follows with a yield of nearly $19,000,000.

Last April a well was bored in Washington County, Pennsylvania, by the Niagara Oil Company, and the Scientific American considers it to be the greatest Agasser@ of modern drilling days. Contrary to expectation, the sands at first were not found to be regular or of an oil bearing description. Drilling was continued, however, for six months to a depth of 2,200 feet. Then a fissure was struck containing gas of most extraordinary volume and pressure. Tools weighing more than 800 pounds were thrown out of the hole more than fifty feet above the derrick, with a noise which rendered conversation imposible within 300 yards of the works.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

W. B. NORMAN, ADMINISTRATOR HAD NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF A. M. FITZSIMMONS, DECEASED. ATTORNEY FOR ADMINISTRATOR: J. WADE McDONALD.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

PERSONALS.

J. S. Mann has gone east.

Winfield has concluded not to celebrate.

Wellington had a $12,000 fire last Friday night.

Indian war-dance at Arkansas City the Fourth.

G. W. Gully of Kansas City was in the city last week.

Friday at 2 o=clock Guiteau will leave this wicked world.

Joe Harter has been Aunder the weather@ for the past few days.

Rev. Canfield went east Monday and will probably be absent about two weeks.

Charlie Bahntge is again at his post in Read=s Bank after a severe attack of bilious fever.

Justin Porter left for his home in Omaha Monday after a two week=s visit with us.

The Courthouse square has been plowed up preparatory to sowing it down in blue grass.

We are glad to state that Mrs. Dr. Emerson is able to drive out again after her long illness.

Dr. Graham and his son Alvah returned Saturday night from a three week=s visit in the east.

Mrs. A. T. Shenneman is spending this week in Wichita with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Walters.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

Gen. Green returned from a week=s stay at Geuda Springs Sunday. He is much better after the trip.

Mr. Shepard Crabtree, a substantial farmer of the Arkansas bottom, spent a few moments in our office Tuesday.

Rev. J. E. Platter and family are enjoying a visit from Mrs. Hamill and Miss Bessie Platter, of Chillicothe, Ohio.

Miss Kate Millinngton returned from Fort Scott last week. She spent three weeks there which were thoroughly enjoyed.

Hank Paris is now running two sprinklers on the streets and is doing the work of keeping them well sprinkled in prime order.

Capt. L. Stevens, of Floral, an old COURIER subscriber, dropped in Saturday and spent a few moments in pleasant conversation.

Mr. J. W. Curns brought in a sample of oats Friday from Dr. Rothrock=s farm, which was five feet ten inches high, and still growing.

Mrs. A. B. Lemmon and family came down from Newton Saturday. They intend spending the summer here and at Independence, Kansas.

Judge Torrance held court Monday forenoon and granted a divorce in the Ireton case. Mrs. Ireton gets $300 alimony. Court sits again July 5th.

Geuda Springs is booming quite a popular Sunday resort for our pleasure-loving young people. Some eight or ten couples went over last Sunday.

The Cowley County delegation left for Topeka Monday evening on the Santa Fe. They were accompanied by a large delegation of Avisiting statesmen.@

In spite of the heat the church services at the different churches last Sunday were well attended, though it kept those present very busy stirring up the atmosphere with fans, hats, and anything serviceable.

A very pleasant party, members of the Ivanhoe Club, assembled at Riverside Park Thursday afternoon to picnic and have a good time. Quite a number were present.

H. C. McDorman was in from Grouse Saturday and reports his corn to be tasseling. He thinks some of his corn is large enough to carry off the $10 reward of P. H. Albright & Co.

DIED. Frankie Mays, aged three years, died in this city at the residence of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Constant, on the afternoon of the 24th inst., of spinal affection. He had been ill ten weeks.

Mr. J. S. Rothrock, a merchant of Seeley and also postmaster of that place, was in the city Saturday and made the COURIER office a call. He is highly pleased with the outlook for good crops around Seeley.

Mr. Samuel Lowe, of Moroa, Illinois, the gentleman with whom we had an interview on the prohibition subject and which was published in the COURIER on March 6th, has arrived with his family and will hereafter reside among us.

Rev. and Mrs. Cairns are making preparations to start next week for a three month=s visit in Scotland, their native home. It has been thirty years since they left there. We wish them a pleasant and safe journey and an enjoyable visit.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

W. A. Smith came down Monday from Wichita and returned Tuesday. He was accompanied by Miss Agnes Lynch, one of Wichita=s most accomplished young ladies. They took in Geuda Springs in company with Miss Smith and Will Wilson.

The immense harvest now being gathered is causing holders of old wheat to dispose of it, fearing that the prices may go down. With the marketing of the new wheat crop, a greater business will open here than ever before known.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Mrs. Carrie Renick, residing in the eastern part of the city, was brought before Judge Gans Monday and examined as to her sanity. The jury found her insane, and that she should be sent to the asylum. She is about thirty-five years of age, and has a husband and two children. Her insanity was caused by a recent severe illness.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The stone and brick store building of J. E. Conklin, next to the New York store, is almost completed. This is a very commodious building, being 80 feet deep, and having the frame building formerly occupying the front of the lot joined to the main building for a warehouse, making over a hundred feet of storeroom. It will be occupied by Hendricks and Wilson.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

R. B. Pratt=s steam thresher, bought of Brotherton & Silvers, arrived Saturday on the Santa Fe and was taken out by him Monday evening. He passed through the streets with the traction engine in full blast, and it drew much attention. The machine was put to work on Tuesday threshing out of the shock, and R. B. has already engaged all he can possibly thresh this year. This makes three or four steam thresheers that have been turned loose in the county this season.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Abe Steinberger, of the Winfield Courant, and Sam J. Goman, who has for some years past represented a fancy grocery and fruit house at St. Louis, have consummated plans for the establishment of a weekly paper at Kansas City, to be known by the suggestive name of the AGrip,@ the first number of which will make its appearance on the 1st of August.

Abe and Goman would make such a paper hum from the start. We understand that the Courant has been purchased by Mr. Leftwich of Larned, and that the name will be changed to the Telegram and run as a Democratic paper.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

V. M. Ayres, one of the Arkansas City millers, was up Saturday and called on the COURIER. He is a very pleasant, agreeable gentleman, and we hope will never pass us by when visiting Winfield.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Louie Zenor was severely crippled last week by a wagon turning over on his foot. He is now much better and is taking to his crutches nicely.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The editorial force of the COURIER is absent this week attending the Congressional matinee.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Col. Alexander leaves Thursday morning for Royalieu, Florida, where he will make his future home.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Strayed. A young bay sucking colt from my place in Winfield. Any information in regard to the same will be rewarded.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The matrimonial market has been extremely dull during the past week, only two licenses being issued.

MARRIAGE LICENSES: Geo. R. Wagoner to Lilly D. Hopp.

Timothy Hart to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

THE MARKETS. Today (Wednesday) are quiet, with prices as follows: Hogs $6.75 to $7.00. Wheat, new 85; old 80 cents per bushel, corn 65. Potatoes 65 to $$1.00. Chickens $1.75 to $2.40 per dozen, eggs 12-1/2 cents. Butter 12-1/2 cents per pound. Small vegetables in abundance and prices low.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Mr. C. H. Connell took his departure for Topeka, Kansas, on Ttuesday, where he will take up his residence and enter into the practice of law. Mr. Connell will be sincerely missed from our city, both in a social and business way, for his friends are legion, and we congratulate Topeka on receiving so intelligent and moral a young man in their midst.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Mr. J. F. Martin brought us in some very fine samples of ripe tomatoes from his farm in Vernon Township, Tuesday. They are very large indeed for this season of the year, and he has eight thousand vines from which he will begin to market tomatoes next week. Mr. Martin is an experienced gardener, and not a small amount of the splendid vegetables seen in Winfield comes from his farm.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

On last Friday evening Miss Mary Berkey was agreeably surprised by a number of her young friends, who called to spend the evening with her as a sort of recognition of her sixteenth birthday. Miss Mary is a bright, sensible girl, and can entertain company right royally, and the time was passed very pleasantly.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

John Randall and Charlie Doan have embarked in the mercantile business at Floral. They have selected a good little town to start in, for Floral is situated in the center of a very rich agricultural country, and some of Cowley=s best and most substantial farmers reside near it.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

J. T. Stone brought us in a sheaf of Clawson wheat from his farm six miles west, in Vernon Township, Saturday. The Clawson is a new variety for this country and Mr. Stone secured the seed in Michigan. The straw is immense and the grains, resembling very much the California White wheat, are as large and plump as any we ever saw. The sheaf has been on exhibition in our office and many of our best farmers have examined it closely and express the opinion that the variety surpasses in quality and is preferable to any kind now raised in the county.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The ladies of the Woman=s Christian Temperance Union of this city some time ago organized a ABand of Hope@ among the children.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

DIED. Geo. Brown, the Marshal of Caldwell, was shot and instantly killed by a cowboy in that city on Thursday night of last week. Some men had raised a disturbance at a bawdy house and Brown went to arrest them. While attempting to disarm one of the party, he threw a revolver up to Brown=s face and shot him over the left eye, scattering his brains all over the floor. Caldwell is greatly excited, and it is probable that after this latter experience some steps will be taken to prevent the recurrence of such scenes by disarming cowboys as soon as they enter the limits of the city. The guilty party, as usual, escaped to the Territory.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The young ladies of the Broom Brigade, being drilled in the Lecture Room of the M. E. Church by Capt. Gary, are acquiring a great deal of proficiency in handling that homely instrument of household warfare. When fully equipped with the best weapons of the kind, they will no doubt prove combatants not to be despised in the conflicts that housekeeping always engenders. Their future husbands will quail and tremble, after a single experience of their prowess, whenever they hear the ominous words, APresent broomsticks!@ ACharge scrubbing brushes!@ Their entertainment on the evening of the Fourth will be an important feature of the Methodist Exposition.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

In obedience to the order issued from regimental headquarters, Old Veteran regiment, of Cowley County, the following line officers were present.

H. C. McDorman, Captain Dexter company.

A. A. Jackson, Captain company at Seeley.

Wm. White, Captain company F, Rock.

W. H. Bonnewell, First Lieutenant, Vernon company; Daniel Mahar, representing company H; James Kelly, First Lieutenance, company A.

On motion Capt. Wm. White was elected chairman and Lieutenant James Kelly Secretary.

On motion Captain Charley Steuven was elected Colonel, T. H. Soward Lieutenant-Colonel, and Captain James Vanorsdal Mayor.

After a harmonious talk the meeting adjourned to meet at the call of the Colonel commanding.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Mr. T. C. Green brought in a sample of White rye Tuesday, raised on his farm ten miles north of here on the Walnut River, that beats any we ever saw for well filled heads and rankness of growth. The stalks are six feet ten inches high and as large as good sized pipe stems. He says it stands so thick on the ground that it will bear up a man=s hat anywhere in the twenty acre field. The estimated yield is sixty bushels to the acre. It will be ready for the reaper Friday. The field was passtured all winter and until prairie grass afforded good grazing for stock. Mr. Green has one of the best farms in the countty, the greater part being bottom land, and he is a very extensive wheat, corn, and stock raiser. The sample of rye is on exhibition in the COURIER office.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

DIED. In Winfield, Kansas, Monday, June 26, 1882, after two years and a half of severe, but patient suffering, Julia M., wife of Mr. C. A. Bliss.

Mrs. Bliss was born June 3, 1887, in northern Illinois, near Beloit, Wisconsin, where her parents removed while she was but a child. She remained in Beloit until after her marriage with Mr. Bliss, Feb. 7, 1855. In the spring of the following year, 1856, Mr. and Mrs. Bliss were both converted and baptized into the fellowship of the Beloit Baptist Church. The following August they moved to Topeka, Kansas, where they remained for ten years, when they moved to Columbus and remained two years. In 1870 they came to Winfield. They have been very closely identified wth the early history of Kansas, and earnest advocates of all its moral and material progress. In Topeka, Columbus, and Winfield, they were constituent members of the Baptist Churches formed in these cities.

It may be well said of Mrs. Bliss that Ashe did what she could@ in the home circle, in the church, and in the community. Her deep devotion and piety made her heed the Saviour=s injunction to remember the poor, the needy, and the afflicted. How oftgen while she was able was she seen with a loving heart and full hand ministering to their wants.

The whole community sympathize with the bereaved husband, daughter, and his sister, Mrs. Rigby, who has been so closely identified with her so many years. Another sister and two brothers are also left to mourn her loss.

CONTINUES ON AND ON. SIGNED BY AJ. C.@

[KAY...NOTE THAT BLISS & WIFE CAME IN 1870 TO WINFIELD.]

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Wheat Crop in 1882.

First marketed from Cowley County and from Kansas, grown on Prof. Hickok=s farm three miles southeast of Winfield by Beaumont Bros., 3,000 bushels from one hundred acres, and threshed by O. A. Pratt in 3-1/2 days. The first car was loaded last Friday for Bartlett & Co., of this city, for one dollar per bushel. The whole delivered before Wednesday of this week. Lowest test 61 lbs. per bushel. Varieties: 14 acres volunteer, 11 bushels per acre; 30 acres Little May, 19 bushels per acre; and 56 acres Fultz at a little more than 40 bushels per acre. This wheat was heavily pastured all winter and until late in the spring.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

No Celebration at Winfield.

The Executive Committee on 4th of July Celebration, after due consideration, has resolved not to celebrate at Winfield this year, and all preparations are declared off. . . .

By order of the committee.

J. P. SHORT, Secretary.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Resolutions.

We, your committee appointed for the purpose, respectfully submit the following:

WHEREAS, We have heard of the death (after a long and painful illness) of Mrs. Julia Bliss, beloved wife of Comrade C. A. Bliss, and, although we recognize that the dissolution has long been expected, and therefore does not fall with the overwhelming force of a sudden bereavement, we yet concede, in the loss of a wife and counselor an irreparable privation; and, while we extend to our brother our consolation, we trust that his grief may be tempered by the peace and rest which has followed a long and wearied waiting.

Resolved, That we extend to Comrade Bliss our fraternal sympathies and condolence, in token whereof Cowley Legion No. 16, S. K. A. O. U. W., will attend the funeral in a body.

J. F. McMULLEN,

J. WADE McDONALD, COMMITTEE

C. C. GREEN.

Assembly Rooms, Winfield, June 27, 1882.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Soldiers, Attention.

HEAD QUARTERS 1ST REGT., COWLEY CO. VETERANS, June 27th, 1882.

SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2.

H. L. Wells is hereby reappointed Adjutant with rank of Captain. Rev. P. F. Jones is appointed Chaplain with rank of Captain. 1st Lieutenant James Kelly is appointed Quarter Master with rank of 1st Lieut. J. B. Magill is reappointed Sergeant Major, and will be respected and obeyed accordingly.

By order of C. E. STEUVEN, Col. Comd. Regt.

H. L. WELLS, Adjt.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Local Notes from a Busy TownCArkansas City.

A fourth of July picnic is all the rage.

Drr. Shepard has returned from his visit to Canada.

Our AOpera House@ is loomingCat least Atalk@ is.

Johnny Walker has sold out to O. G. Godfry.

MARRIED. Dr. Vawter and Miss Alma Dixon were married last Wednesday evening.

We think some of the young men who have been seen with questionable characters the past week would do well to remember their obligations to the church.

Chas. Chapel will teach the Ainfant class@ the coming fallCat least he is taking Alessons.@

Mr. and Mrs. Matlack, W. D. Mowry, Miss Pennie Peed, and others visited Geuda Springs Sunday.

Mr. Harry Hill has returned from Baldwin University, where he has been attending school.

Is Blakley to be married or not? Will he board at the City Hotel? Somebody please answer. [??? Blakely?? Blakely???]

Our Y. M. C. A. has almost expired. We want Carmes to come back. [???]

The Methodist folks are building an addition to their church.

We are informed that Mr. Guto Cooms will start soon for the east, where he will remain the coming winter and give his interesting lecture on AElocution.@ He has the voice, but we think he would do better to join his cause to Susan B. Anthony AOn Woman=s rights.@ Ask Miss P. her opinion on the subject. JUNIUS.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The water was allowed to run through the canal with both floodgates open last Sunday in order to wash out the mud deposited in the bottom. It did the business effectually. No fears are now entertained of the filling of the canal with debris. Traveler.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

New Salem.

AAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.@ I think if that saying is true, there will be plenty of dull men and women in Salem, for hard work seems to be the order of the day.

Mr. G. D. Vance is running his self binder almost crazy. Runs it all day and part of the night, but changes horses so they will not get too tired.

Mr. George Burdette gave out while harvesting and was very ill for two days, but is all right at present. You may think I am not a work when writing items, but today I have been chief cook for a whole grist of harvest hands, and having a few moments leisure I will spend it in telling you some of the Salem doings.

Master Frank Pixley celebrated his birthday one day last week by having a few friends to tea, and although Olivia failed to be there, it was a very pleasant affair, and Frank=s mamma knows how to make the beest of birthday cakes, and I presume he knows this better than I. Many returns of days and cake is my wish.

Mr. Bovee is the possessor of a nice new buggy.

Mr. C. C. Chapell is going to be a festive agent for washing machines. Thinks of going away to Arkansas. Don=t you fforget to wash your face, Chris, when you go to see the ARackensack gals.@

Mr. Gledhill has sold his good farm to Mr. Nelson Peters. Mr. Gledhill will shortly bid adieu to his Salem neighbors and try his fortune elsewhere. May she not prove a fickle goddess, and may happiness come and make her home in the heart of the lonely wanderer. Mr. Peters will soon be a happy farmer if many acres can bring joy to his heart. Over seven hundred acres we believe are his Salem possessions.

Miss Amy Buck was almost wild with pain from concentrated lye in her eye. Sweet oil, we think, is as good as anything to stop the burning.

Mr. Dalgarn and quite a number of the Salemites are losing their chickens with cholera. Sulphate of soda put in water for them to drink is an excellent preventative and remedy.

Mr. J. Hoyland has had ripe peaches since the 15tth, but as they are scarce he will not have them long. Peas, beans, beets, etc., are now served in different styles and dished up to the hungry harvester.

Mr. and Mrs. Causey finish off, we hear, on raspberry short cake. They have nice berries now ready for market, and large quantities of vegetables from their garden goes to ColoradoCor somewhere besides Salem.

Mrs. Root, of Winfield, was the guest of Mrs. Brooking last week.

Mr. Watsonburger had a very sick horse a few days ago, supposed to be sun-struck. It is better and bids fair to get well.

Mrs. Shields is decidedly betterChas almost regained her usual health.

Messrs. Wells, Peters, and Bextel have bought a new threshing machine and want to thresh almost everybody. Will begin next week.

There is much talk of a new schoolhouse near the station. It will be a very nice addition to our neighborhood if it is built as commodious and imposing as the committees are planning for. We only hope that it may be built ere long and the Salemites who are away attending school come back and learn all that is necessary in the home school.

Rev. Graham spent one day last week in delivering babies, ordered for the young people mostly.

Farmers are in excellent spirits, for the wheat will yield a bountiful supply. Oats are very good and corn is trying to grow in double quick to make up for lost time. It is certainly doing finely. Perhaps I can get more items next time. Everyone is too busy now to be communicative. May you all be happy if you can find out the way.

June 24th, 1882. OLIVIA.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Orchard Cottage.

EDS. COURIER: Ed., couched in terse and pointed words (we notice in the local column), is your sorrow over our late illness. But having faith in your great sympathetic heart, we can but believe you will in kindness view our infirmities, e=en though it be with a critic=s eye. Really, Ed., we hardly know why we used those big words. Perhaps the big wheat crop threw our mental machinery out of balance. For instance, if you were to commence cutting around a thirty acre field of wheat that would yield forty bushels to the acre, and when you arrived at the center of the field, the grain all being shocked, you should find the shocks so tall and close you could not get the reaper and team out of the field, don=t you think that the first local you wrote would contain some big words? Or perhaps luxuriating on fruit of late has caused softening of the brain. But more likely still, the use of those big words, or superfluous words, was the effect of reading so many St. Jacobs Oil advertisements in the columns of the COURIER, for we have heard some terrible words used and anathemas pronounced against the COURIER for their insertion in news and editorial columns. Some have accused me of having political aspirations. Politically my highest aspiration is to be a good law-abiding citizen. Object in writing for the COURIER: Intellectual improvement. But to the disease, Acon amore,@ Italian, with love; earnestly. AAut vincere, aut mori,@ Latin, either to conquer or die. Con amore, aut vincere, aut mori.@ In all life, as well as in the capacity of a COURIER correspondent. Our ambition. With love; earnestly, either to conquer or to die. (Trying) The remedy, a homeopathic dose of editorial ipecac.

I perused with much interest the editorial on third parties, the body and substance of which I heartily indorse. AIn union there is strength.@ Let the temperance people of all parties vote for St. John and not act the fool and get defeated by voting temperance in three different parties. Temperance today is vastly more important to Kansas than anti-monopoly and greenbacks. But I have faith in Kansas and wisdom. Mr. Editors, I have no sympathy with persons or parties that are constantly proclaiming the corruption of others. A guilty boy is ever ready to accuse some other boy. We need a national prohibition law as well as anti-monopoly laws, but for the present, states must do what the government does no do. We need a more adequate currency. The National banking system, the best this government ever had, is not perfect. A perfect system might soon liquidate the national debt.

June 24. Another week of grand harvest weather. Ten days more such weather and Vernon=s 130,000 bushels of wheat will be harvested. Day by day the keen blades are pressed to the golden grain. Every manner of implement is being used, from the cradle to the header, and all are doing good execution, too. The luxuriant blades of the maize are furled to the breeze, and the farmer rejoiceth accordingly. M. LEWIS.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Otter Township Items.

Eds. Courier: I will send you a few items from this vicinity. On Sunday night a week, the livery stable of Cedarvale burned to the ground. Valued at $750 and insured for $450. Two more will go up in its stead.

Quite an excitement was caused in the Vale Friday by a man by the name of Walters breaking away from the constable and knocking a man over the head with a club. It seems that Walters had been arrested by Spears, accused with abducting Spear=s daughter, and after being fined by the justice, he was running over the town pretending to be trying to raise the money, when he struck Spears and almost killed him. He then broke for his horse and left town. Up to the present writing he has not been captured, but it is stated that they have him and one of his confederates surrounded in a bunch of timber near Grant Creek. The result will be given next week.

N. Belreal has sold his farm to a Mr. Denning, of Winfield, where Mr. Belreal has moved.

Myles and McCanley are in the Territory looking up a cattle ranch.

A young man with a duck-bill hat was around last week correcting a map of Cowley and taking subscriptions for the same. They are a good thing, but rather expensive.

OTTERILE.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Public Sale. There will be a public sale of farming implements, household goods, and stock by B. F. Gledhill, of Richland Township, four miles north of New Salem Station, Wednesday, July 12th, at 10 o=clock.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

The Winfield post office will be open on the 4th of July from 8 to 9 A. M., and 12:30 P.M. D. A. MILLINGTON, P. M.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

Star Valley.

EDS. COURIER: Mr. James Walker has bought a new buggy which cost him $150. Now, girls, watch your chance for a buggy ride.

Miss Rena Wilson met with quite a serious accident the other day. Her mother told her to go and chop some wood, but instead of chopping the wood she chopped her foot. She was, however, able to get out to Sunday school Sunday.

Charlie Burton and Mr. Richards gave out in the harvest field last Saturday afternoon.

Mr. R. L. McGuire talks of putting a new house on his place this fall. I wonder what it means.

MARRIED. Miss Minnie Walker and Mr. J. C. Martindale were united in the holy bonds of matrimony last Saturday at Winfield. Miss Walker is one of the brightest and prettiest little ladies it has been my lot to meet, and Jack secures a prize. May they live long and enjoy all the pleasures that this world can afford.

Albert Baxter says he is going to get a new buggy.

Our Sunday school is progressing finely under the superintendency of Mrs. Acres.

Mr. Geo. Walker has returned from the east, where he has been visiting for sometime past.

Some of the young men of this neighborhood intend going after apples this fall.

SUE.

Winfield Courier, June 29, 1882.

FINE SHEEP. 600 sheep for sale. Inquire of S. W. Chase, five miles southeast of Winfield.

NOTE: FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER...COURIER INDEED HAS ADS INFINITUM FOR ST. JACOB=S OIL...I JUST IGNORE THEM...PRINTED ONE OR TWO SOME TIME AGO AND FELT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Senator Teller has returned from Carlisle much pleased with the evidence of progress among the young Indians. He says the boys are dsoing well at farm work, and learning the practical part of agriculture. They need more land, and he will ask for means from Congress to purchase about 200 acres more, which can be worked prrofitably. Some twenty-nine or thirty of the boys and girls are placed with the farmers of the neighborhood during the summer vacation because there is not enough for them to do on the school farm.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Omnia Township.

EDS. COURIER: Your paper is a welcome visitor to our homes each week.

Politics are at a fever heat in this part of the county. There was a meeting of the Anti-monopoly party at Baltimore last Saturday night, but not being there, I cannot tell what was done. I think their object was to get up a grand rally and picnic. I read with much interest your speech on paper. Of course, we could not judge with what power and eloquence it was delivered, but will say that there were some good ideas advance. The people are largely to blame for the condition that they are in at the present time. They have surrendered their power to the hands of moneyed men, manufacturing companies, and monopolies. You and I can recollect when every farmer had his bunch of sheep and would shear, work, and carry his wool to the carding machine; then the women had their wheels and looms and would manufacture their own wear, and people would live on what they raised, and a great many of the farmers would have their sack of gold and silver and would hang it up in an old reticule against the wall or throw it up on an old cupboard. But how is it now? The people shear their wool, roll it in the dirt and grease, send it a thousand miles for someone to wash, and give the railroad something to freight, then pay a commission agent so much per pound for handling dirt and grease, all of which they could have saved by a little labor. The producers will sell their pork on foot at 5 cents and then buy their bacon back at 15 cents; sell all their wheat and buy all their flourCthen curse the monopolies. And that isn=t all. I said tht money used to lay around in old sacks. How is it now? If a man has a few dollars he goes straight to the bank, deposits it, then the banker turns around and loans the people=s money at 25 percent, and get rich off of it. Then they will curse the banks for extortion. Why don=t they loan this money to one another and thus help each other? No sir! If one neighbor goes to another to borrow a few dollars, he has to secure the loan by chattel, and it appears that people have lost confidence, and while they are in that condition will not befriend one another.

Mr. Editors, to return to the political situation, the people are largely to blame. Some will say, AI won=t go to the caucus or the election.@ This is just what the schemer wants. A few dollars in each township can be more serviceable than a convention. Then these stay-at-homes will howl and swear when their interests are not looked after.

There is another class that will think what they want, but not loud enough for their next neighbor to hear. We want to tell what we want and tell wherein we have been wronged and we need not go out of the party to be heard. If the party then fails to hear and heed, after we have done our duty thoroughly, I for one will step down and out. And here goes to tell what we want of our representatives, and what they must do or stay at home.

We, the Republicans of this part of the county, have agreed that there are certain measures that must be carried into effect by our representativesCan equal distribution of the railroad tax in the school district according to assessed value or number of pupils.

Some of the reasons why we exact this, the remote parts from the road helped build the road. While the road helped to advance the price of land near it, it did not affect that which was 8 to 20 miles away. To illustrate: Mr. Jackson, on Silver Creek, sold 160 acres for $4,000 cash. A farm on Timber Creek, seven miles from the road, of 320 acres, much better than Jackson=s, has been in the market and won=t sell for $3,000. The parties living near the road are benefitted in a two-fold sense. Their property has advanced and their taxes lessened. To illustrate this further: the district that Burden is in, the assessed value of the road and road property amounts to over $18,000, while other districts off of road, assessed value amounts to from $5,000 to $$12,000; and such districts have to vote the extent of the law; 1 percent for teachers, and 1/4 of 1 percent, for incidentalsCthen can scarcely support 3 or 4 months, which always demands a poor teacher.

Is this fair and just when we have paid as much for the building of the roads, according to our wealth, as they? Must our children in the remote districts grow up in ignorance, while our neighbors who were fortunate enough to be thrown into a railroad district, can educate their children, and give them a start in life; our=s must grope their way in ignorance. This is giving the strong district the advantage at the expense of the weak district. There are a great many people who borrow money and put it into stock. The assessor comes around and assesses the land, then the stock. Now we are not finding fault with the loaner or borrower, the fault is, the man that borrows pays tax on the land and tax on the stock and interest on the money, threbele; the man that loans the money records his mortgage, sends it east, and sits back and draws his usury, pays no tax, and wonders why everybody isn=t smart. Now what we want is this, that every mortgage shall be assessed from the recorder=s office at their face value, and taxes paid where the mortgage is recorded that will help to pay this three-fold tax on the borrower; there is a law, I think, that persons living in other states holding property in this must pay tax where the property is held, but does not refer to mortgages.

We want our representative to look after the above and further another enactment. All property given in mortgage shall be the security and only security. I will not argue the reasons of this last clause for fear of being too lengthy. I want the people of every township to set forward resolving in every primary what they want and what they must have, and make the aspirants pledge to carry out their wishes or elect them to stay at home.

Now, Mr. Editors, comes the grandest problem to solve of all the balance. Take this county for illustration. Winfield will probably send Bryan to the legislature. Arkansas City claims the right for the man in her district, Mitchell. Burden claims the man in this district, E. A. Henthorn; and probably the towns throughout the state will send 4 to 5 to the legislature, and four-fifths will be interested in letting the railroad tax stay where it is, and probably two-thirds are interested in real estate. Then where are our hopes? We heartily believe that the three men are honest and honorable. It is hard for a man to work against his own financial interest.

GLEANER.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

RECAP OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ON EDITORIAL PAGE.

A. J. Werden, Vernon Township, candidate for Supt. Of Public Instruction.

Hiram T. Albert, Cambridge, candidate for County Superintendent.

E. S. Bedilion, candidate for re-election, Clerk of the District Court.

Alexander H. Limerick, Rock Township, candidate for Supt. Of Public Instruction.

L. A. Millspaugh, Vernon Township, candidate, Clerk of the District Court.

Rev. P. B. Lee, Vernon Township, candidate for Probate Judge.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

FROM NEWTON.

The nomination of Judge S. R. Peters as congressman at large gives great satisfaction in this part of the state. On his return he was tendered a hearty reception, participated in by several of our citizens and many representatives of adjoining counties, among the number Senators Hackney, of Winfield, and Sluss, of Wichita, and Hon. John Folks, of Sumner County.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Dr. Cairns.

Rev. James Cairns, the pastor of the Baptist Church in this place, leaves today for a summer vacation among the Abanks and braes,@ the lochs and mountains of Bonny Scotland, his native land. He is one of the ablest, noblest, and most earnest specimens of a Christian minister. His heart is always in the right place and he has the courage and energy which does stalwart work in whatever he undertakes. His church has flourished under his ministrations and the grand church building bilt here during his pastorate, the finest in the state, is largely due to his energetic work. . . .

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS.

Charity Begins at Home.

It has been the policy of the Republicans of Cowley County to work together and to help our neighboring counties of the 13th judicial district whenever we could, instead of going further with ourr favors and assistance. The Republicans of Elk and Chautauqua counties have apparently adopted the same principle. They stood by us two years ago in the nomination of Judge Torrrance and would no doubt have stood by Hackney in the late congressional convention, had Mr. Hackney remained on the track. They have never yet put forward a candidate for a district or State nomination, but when they do, they can depend upon Cowley County to be with them. . . .

In the late contest for Congress at large, Hackney did not announce himself as a candidate until after Redden [BUTLER COUNTY] had assured him that he (Redden) would not be a candidate under any circumstances and would give Hackney a clear field for the Butler delegation, and it was not until it became apparent that Butler would support Hackney that Redden was induced to become a candidate in the interest of Peters. . . .

[MILLINGTON TRIED TO PROVE THAT REDDEN WAS A SKUNK! THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO KEEP HIS WORD TO HACKNEY OR PETERS. WANTED THE POSITION HIMSELF!]

MILLINGTON ENDS UP SAYING: AOur district failed because it would not unite, and will continue to fail until harmony prevails.@

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

ILLEGAL ASSESSMENTS.

Why do the state officers of Kansas assess the railroad property of the state at but a small fraction of its value? They put this kind of property at about one-sixth what the companies call it worth in their published exhibits, and the great state paper cannot muster courage to enger a protest or utter a word of censure. Just as long as this violation of law by the board of railroad assessors continues, local assessors will endeavor to protect the interests of their constituents by keeping assessments down. Newton Republican.

As we understand it the state board of assessors is willing to assess railroad property at its actual value just as soon as the counties make up their minds to obey the law and compel township assessors to list all property at its actual value. It would be a manifest injustice to assess railroad property at its full value when all other property is put on the rolls at one-third or one-fourth its true value. Commonwealth.

[Millington.] The law requires that all property shall be assessed at its real value and is right. The only trouble is that assessors after taking the oath to assess according to law, deliberately violate the law and their oaths. Now we must remedy this by making the violation of the law by assessing property for less than its real value a crime punishable by heavy fines and imprisonment and making it the duty of the Commissioners, County Attorney, and Sheriff to examine their returns and proceed against the assessors on probable cause.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

A FINE COW.

Kansas is bound to lead in remarkable productions. Our exchanges from that State abound in flattering comments on the AKansas Queen,@ a four-year-old cow bred by Capt. Stevens, of Cowley County, and weighing 3,000 pounds. This wonderful cow, which is now the property of Col. W. L. Mullen, of Winfield, Kansas, is being exhibited at the principal towns along the Hannibal road, and is described by a reliable correspondent as pure white, with a symmetrical form, rich creamy skin, erect head, medium sized waxy horns, mild, intelligent eye, clean limbs, fine upper and lower lines, and well-developed beefy quarters. She is 17 hands high, 10 feet around the girth, and 16 feet in length. Her grandsire was an imported Booth short-horn, and her dam a high grade short-horn.. She has a well-rounded form and other marked traits of the Booth family, and in the opinion of the correspondent, will tip the beam at 4,000 pounds before she is six years. Col. Mullen, who has a standing offer of $3,000 for the AQueen,@ will visit the principal towns on the Burlington route between Quincy and Chicago, affording many readers of the Argo an opportunity to see the best formed cow of her size and unquestionably the largest cow of her age in the world.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

PERSONALS.

James Lorton took in Geuda Springs Tuesday.

Phil. Stout is at work again in the old shop. He couldn=t stay away.

The Board of County Commissioners met Monday morning with the full Board present.

Green Wooden had his hack running between Arkansas City and the grounds Tuesday.

Mrs. F. V. Rowland is spending this week with her Acountry cousins@ in Richland Township.

Senator Hackney has had a large gilt sign put up over his office on the post office building.

Mrs. Frank Williams came down Tuesday and will spend several days visiting friends here.

DIED. Mrs. P. J. Jones, wife of the painter Jones, was taken suddenly ill at Neodosha and died last Friday.

During the three month=s absence of Rev. Cairns in Europe, the Baptist pulpit will be filled by Prof. Trimble.

Louie Zenor is out on the streets again, but still on crutches. He is getting on much better than he expected.

The Ladies= Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will hold an open meeting Sabbath evening. All are invited.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

Joe Bourdette and Billy Impson had a stand on the grounds at Arkansas City on the Fourth and did a thriving business.

Mr. J. C. Fuller left with his family Thursday morning for St. Paul, Minnesota, and will spend the summer among the northern lakes.

Billy Impson=s splendid soda fountain arrived Monday and he is now prepared to dish that beverage up to the thirsty citizen in the liveliest style.

W. A. Lee has invented and patented an attachment to sulky plows which is likely to make the gentleman some money and save horse flesh.

The watermelon season will soon be upon us, and the small boy, the printer, and the doctor will prepare to mingle their happiness and chills together.

Father Kelly is arranging for a picnic to the members of his church on the twenty-seventh of this month. It will be a very pleasant day for his people.

The County Normal Institute opened Wednesday with between twenty and thirty teachers in attendance. We will give a full list of those present next week.

Mrs. McLean, of Michigan, who has been visiting the families of Rev. P. B. Lee, Rev. Snyder, and Prof. Marsh has gone to Oregon to complete her visiting trip.

Capt. Nipp will be at Winfield Saturday with a lot of saddle, buggy, and driving horses for sale. The Captain has a fine lot of horses and is selling them very cheap.

Dr. Schofield has just completed one of the finest offices in the city (attached to his residence) and has added to and greatly improved the property he purchased of J. P. Baden.

Mr. Cessna has a rifle made for his grandfather, Jonathan Cessna, in 1811. It is one of the old style flint locks, silver mounted, and was his grandfather=s constant companion.

Charley Fuller sold last week two steam-ship tickets from New York to Liverpool, by the Anchor line, to Rev. J. Cairns and wife. They will sail July 15th on the steamer Bolivia.

Phil. Stout has retruned from Cottonwood Falls and taken his old shop, where he will hereafter be found. Phil. thinks Winfield and Cowley County beat the balance of the state bad.

Oll Pratt lost one of his oxen last Friday evening. He was driving the span in front of the traction engine when one of the oxen got overheated, fell in the road, and died the next day.

There is but one county paper taken in District No. 3, this county, Grand Prairie Schoolhouse. Mr. Daugherty takes the COURIER. A school district with only one county paper in Kansas is certainly a rarity.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Joseph E. Powell, the boy who stole a horse in Richland Township, plead guilty, at an adjourned term of the District Court held Wednesday, and was sentenced to the state reform school until discharged by due process of law.

Miss Lena Bartlett started Tuesday morning for Fort Scott, to spend a few weeks with her sister. Miss Bartlett has been for a few years one of the best teachers in Cowley County. Her many friends wish her prosperity in her new field.

The Exposition and Fair at the M. E. Church will continue all the week. Dinners and suppers are furnished for twenty-five cents. Admission to the church free, and twenty-five cents gives admission to the church and Art gallery.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

We were pleased yesterday with a social call from Mr. S. J. Rice from the very southwest corner of this county, in Bolton Township. Mr. Rice is a substantial farmer, a staunch Republican, a warm St. John man, and a man of ideas and of progress.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Dr. and Mrs. Black and their son, George, returned from New Mexico Tuesday and will hereafter be content to make their home in Cowley. Apache Indians, mining camps, and kindred inconveniences are not relished as an every-day dose by many of our people.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Mr. H. W. Hall and her daughter, Edith Hall, of Burlington, Iowa, are visiting Mrs.

M. L. Robinson, who is a sister of Mrs. Hall. Major H. W. Hall is Inspector of the P. O. D. Free Delivery system, and was business manager of the Hawkeye under Frank Hatton.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Constable Siverd arrested Andrew Shaw, the colored man who attacked Sam Burger, Tuesday, on a State Warrant charging him with assault and battery. Andrew will probably get six months in the bastille in which to ponder over the foolishness of trying to bull-doze a man into paying him something that he never earned.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

The show of the Methodist Church commenced in good shape on the evening of the third of July, and an examination on our part showed a degree of completeness that under the circumstances was surprising. It is but a little over three weeks since active work commenced, and the material that has been gathered together in that time and put in proper shape, strikes one with astonishment. The main room of the church presents a novel appearance. The place where the pulpit once stood is now occupied by a Chinese Pagoda, reaching well nigh to the ceiling; flanking it is the Persian and India booths, arrayed in appropriate style. The middle of the church is occupied by the American and North American Indian departments. This embraces a fair of itself, and most of the articles on exhibition are for sale. The reasonable prices of the goods sold make this a successful feature. Opposite these stands are the musical and the eating and drinking stands. The most important feature is the Museum and Art gallery. The interest in the museum will increase from day to day. Not a man or woman can go through without being both interested and instructed. It is the feature of the show. An excellent time to visit it is during the day, when more time can be given it. The expenses of gathering so large a collection were necessarily very great, and we bespeak a liberal patronage, so that so commendable an enterprise shall meet with the success it deserves.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

There is a good story afloat at the expense of our honored Commissioner, S. C. Smith, It is said that there was a baby show at Riverside Park on the 4th, and that Capt. Smith was one of the judges. Each baby was taken separately from the stand and after a good view delivered to its mother until the last, which was in the arms of the Captain; but there was no mother or other claimant for the little innocent and the worthy captain seemed to have an elephant on his hands. In his excitement he pulled out a silver dollar and offered it to anyone who would take the baby off his hands. To his great relief he found a taker of both and he left. After this he will never dare to touch another baby.

Capt. Smith tells the story differently. He says he bought the baby square out and paid a dollar for it, and just as he was marching off with his prize, a woman claimed it so vociverously that he was obliged to give it up to prevent a row.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

There is but little danger of the martial spirit dying out in this county when even the girls learn the manual of arms and become proficient in company movements. The Broom Brigade gave an exhibition of their proficiency in the handling of brooms at the Opera House on the evening of the Fourth. There were a good many in attendance, and the girls under the leadership of Miss Leota Gary and Miss Lizzie McDonald went through the army movements in a manner that surprised the Aold vets@ and completely captured the boys. After leaving the hall the Brigade marched to the church, and very soon thereafter you could see their bright and attractive uniforms scattered over the house; but in each case they had a captive in the shape of some handsome young gentleman. The girls will give another exhibition on Friday night at the Hall.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Joe Mack comes to the front this week as one of the boss wheat raisers of Cowley. He brought in three large sheaves of wheat from his farm two and a half miles southeast of this city, last Thursday, that are simply immense. Two sheaves of it are the ABoss@ variety, and the other is Fultz. The straw is five feet high, and the grains are large, plump, and beautiful. Many farmers while in the COURIER office have examined it closely, together with other samples on exhibition, and are of the opinion that it cannot be excelled for quality, yield, or rankness of straw. The samples will be sent to the State Fair. The ABoss@ wheat is a variety that Joe Mack has propagated himself, and he has the only seed in the county. It yields 48 bushels to the acre.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

County Treasurer Harden returned from Florida Tuesday looking much refreshed and invigorated over his trip. He shipped back quite a curiosity in the shape of a live young alligator about eighteen inches long and a year and a half old. The little fellow is frisky and has a good appetite for beef and fish. Mr. Harden also brought back some oranges and grape fruit, and a lot of lemons of various sizes together with lemon blossoms which he found growing on the same tree. He is very much pleased with Florida, its temperature, and its products. He left Fred Hunt at Barton, where he will probably locate permanently.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

A great change is noticed in the kind of vehicles used by our farmers and others for transporting themselves from place to place since the Carriage Factory was established here. Many farmers are now coming to town in neat spring wagons which are a grand improvement on the heavy farm wagons, and are much easier on their animals. The Factory has a large variety to select from, and they are sold at prices which will enable everyone to secure a light vehicle at very reasonable rates, and when you do get one of them, there is no risk taken as to quality of stock.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

The store building of Hudson Bros., is almost completed, and is now ready for the shelving. This building is quite an ornament to Main Street, and much credit is due Hudson Bros., for the neat and substantial way in which they have had it built. They expect to move their stock of jewelry into it about the middle of the month. The large plate glass windows will afford a fine display, and when temptingly arrayed with fine jewelry will draw a trade which will amply reward them for the enterprising spirit they have displayed in erecting so handsome a building.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

A. J. McCollum, of Fairview Township, brings a sample of spring oats which is over six feet tall and the most remarkable crop we have heard of. He has 20 acres of this and is now harvesting it. It will goo at least 50 bushels to the acre, and has been estimated at 65. He sowed last fall 12 bushels of Fulse wheat and now estimates his crop at 35 fold or 420 bushels from 12 bushels of seed. [Fulse? Thought it was Fultz???]

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Mr. Platter has improved the appearance of his hedge fence along Ninth Avenue by having it neatly trimmed. There are a good many others who should follow his example, for hedge fences are very inconvenient and troublesom to pedestrians when they become so large as to overhang the sidewalk, as many of them do in this city.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Mr. and Mrs. Conklin are enjoying a visit from J. C. Ellsberry, wife, and child, of Mason City, Illinois. Mr. Ellsberry clerked for Brown & Son for some previous to his removal to Illinois, over a year ago.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Mr. N. C. Meyers was taken quite ill at his ranche in the Territory last week, supposed to have been caused by the heat. He was brought up to Arkansas City Saturday.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Miss Lutie Newman has been in Cherryvale during the past week visiting her sisters, Mrs. O. F. Carson and Mrs. B. F. Turner.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Mr. H. Chance, of Tisdale, brought us in a bunch of red clover, raised in his yard, last week that measured three feet in height.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LOAN. Short time; personal security. Over P. O.

H. G. FULLER.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

The Commissioners appointed S. J. Mentor trustee of Creswell Township vice Uriah Spray, resigned.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

COWLEY=S CROPS.

Now is the Winter of our Discontent made Glorious Summer by the Grandest Crop of Wheat ever Raised in any Country Under the Sun.

OATS DITTO! CORN DITTO, DITTO!

The past three years have not been years of overabundant success for Cowley=s farmers. Although raising crops that in Illinois, Indiana, or the New England States would be considered good, in this country, where twenty bushels of wheat and fifty bushels of corn to the acre is only rated as Afair to medium,@ the partial failures of 1880 and 1881 were felt by all. As the COURIER predicted last year, the time has come when a man who owns an improved quarter section of Cowley County land has provocation for being the happiest, most independent man in this broad Union. The weary waiting, the toil and privation of ten years of pioneer life is now and henceforth to be remembered only as the Ahistory of the past.@ To the pioneers off 1870-1872 the COURIER more especially extends its congratulations on this Aglorious Fourth,@ 1882. They it were who pushed out into the unbrokenn wilderness of prairie, fought hunger and thirst, drouth and grasshoppers, cut-throat mortgages at sixty percent, and all the attendant ills of Afever >n ague,@ and reclaimed the beautiful farms and homes scattered over the county.

The cause for all this rejoicing this year is the abundance with which our harvests are being blessed. The wheat is being rapidly threshed and we are therefore enabled to put down in black and white the exact extent of this blessing. Here are a few items.

Mr. F. J. Moore, who has been farming Joel Mack=s place, threshed last week. He had thirteen acres of old ground wheat which yield 48 bushels per acre. He had twelve acres of sod wheat on hand which one year ago was in prairie, from which he got 25 bushels per acre. He sold the wheat for 86 cents per bushel, and from the twenty-five acres realized $744.76. The total expense of seed, cultivation, and marketing the crop was about $240.00, leaving a net profit of $500 off of 25 acres.

John Mehan, of Vernon Township, bought forty acres of growing wheat about the 1st of June, for which he paid $270. Last week he cut, threshed, and sold it. There were 1,424 bushels, or 36 bushels per acre, and he sold it at 93 cents per bushel, or $1,324.32. The cost of the wheat and expense of cutting, threshing, and marketing was about $543.00. This leaves him a net profit of $781.32 in one month, and just as good as if he had picked it up in the road. Talk about Colorado mines, but we know of no better diggins than a Cowley County farm this season. . . .

There were several ten foot stalks of corn brought in Saturday to take the P. H. Albright & Co., premium, but several of them did not show up after they found the premium had been taken two days before.

P. H. Albright dined on roasting ears at Ben Clover=s in Windsor Township Tuesday. How does this sound for a Fourth of July local? Our illinois friends who have not yet plowed their corn will hereafter be willing to accord to Kansas that meed of praise which she deserves.

Mr. J. G. Hammond, of Beaver Township, brought in a ten foot stalk of corn Wednesday from his field. Ten foot corn is the rule rather than the exception this week.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

THE PREMIUM CORN.

P. H. Albright & Co.=s $10.00 Premium for the First 10 Foot Corn Stalk Carried Off

By Fairview Township.

The $10 reward of P. H. Albright & Co., was carrried off last Thursday, June 29, by

E. W. Donahue, residing ten miles up the Walnut, in Fairview Township, who produced two stalks of corn that filled the bill, measuring ten feet four inches from base to tip. It was taken from a three acre field on the Walnut bottom, which was planted March 20th, and only cultivated twice. The hill was not nurtured for the purpose nor selected as the largest in the field, for there were many the height desired. The farm on which it was raised joins that of Mr. T. S. Green, the gentleman who brought in the sample of white rye noticed in the last issue of the COURIER. There were a great many farmers looking toward securing this premium, and some of them would have carried it off on Wednesday, June 28th, if they had been able to get to town. Another stalk was brought in Saturday from Liberty Township that measured 10 feet six inches. Messrs. Albright & Co., immediately expressed it to Hartford, Connecticut. They also sent a sample of Col. Loomis= volunteer wheat, which went 20 bushels to the acre.

The Premium stalk of corn is on exhibition at the COURIER office. Messrs. Albright & Co., have also offered a premium of $5 for the first loaf of bread made by a Cowley Countty farmer=s wife, from wheat grown this year.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

A Bad Negro.

Last Saturday a negro named Andrew Shaw attacked S. E. Burger on one of the side streets of this city, without provocation and in a malicious and dangerous manner. Mr. Burger, being physically weak and in poor health, was unable to offer but little resistance and was considerably bruised. The only cause the negro gives for his attack was that he had agreed to work for Mr. Burger for $1.50 per day, that he only worked a half a day for which he demanded a dollar, and Mr. Burger declining to pay him but seventy-five cents, the price agreed upon, he went about the street threatening to Atake it out of his hide,@ and which he finally did. Several gentlemen who must certainly have been misinformed as to the cause, encouraged the negro and talked of raising money to pay his fine. We are glad to learn that these persons have, after learning more of the case, changed their minds and given Shaw the condemnation he deserves. He is a quarrelsome, contemptible fellow, lazy and good-for-nothing. While his wife works hard and earns a good deal of money, he stands around the streets half the time wearing a Abiled@ shirt and eating high-toned meals at the lunch counter, some of which are bought with her money. This community don=t want any such characters around, and the sooner Shaw gets out, or makes up his mind to work, provide for his family, and respect the persons of citizens, the better off he will be.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Attention, Old Soldiers!

The old soldiers of Fairview Township will meet at the Little Dutch Schoolhouse on Wednesday, July 19th, at 3 o=clock p.m. All are urgently requested to be present, as the field officers of the regiment will be in attendance. WILLIAM WHITE, Capt.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Messrs. Yellow Bull, chief of the Nez Perces, and White Eagle, chief of the Poncas, addressed the people at the Arkansas City celebration Tuesday. Yellow Bull made a very good speech, detailing the wrongs which the governmeent had heaped upon his people by removing them from Idaho, where there was good water and good game, for this hot southern country. He is a fine-looking Indian and quite intelligent. White Eagle is a fat, hearty-looking chap, and said he didn=t have any desire to go on the war-path, but would be content with extra rations of beef and dog meat.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

We noticed one very significant thing at the Arkansas City celebration Tuesday. Every exhilarating citizen on the grounds was from Winfield. Arkansas City was on her best behavior, while Winfield seemed to have gone abroad to make a fool of herself.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

RECAP OF PERTINENT INFORMATION RE SEVERAL CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY OFFICES. FIRST THREE UP FOR OFFICE OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

A. J. WERDEN, VERNON TOWNSHIP. EXCELLENT QUALIFICATIONS.

H. T. ALBERT, OF CAMBRIDGE IN WINDSOR TOWNSHIP.

AHe has been a resident of and a successful teacher in this county for the last five years. For twelve years he was principal of the public schools of Maytown, Pennsylvania, and Lazette and Cambridge schools in this county for the last four years. His services have met with the highest commendations and his experience and education place him in the front rank in his vocation. He has always been a staunch Republican, but has been crippled from boyhood so as to unfit him for the physically laborious avocations of life, though not so as to interfere with his efficiency as a teacher or superintendent of schools. There can be no doubt of his faithfulness and efficiency in that position.@

ALEXANDER H. LIMERICK, OF ROCK TOWNSHIP.

AHe is a native of Illinois. In the spring of 1863 he enlisted in Company B. [?H.?], 93rd Ill. Infantry, was one of the heroes in the famous defense of Alatoona Pass, where he was severely wounded and maimed for life, and was taken prisoner and was confined at West Point, Milan, Andersonville, Savannah, and Charleston. He has taught schools in Cowley County for the last five years with eminent success and holds an AA@ grade certificate. He is an amiable, energetic gentleman of retiring deportment and high moral character, and is well qualified for the position he seeks. . . .@

E. S. BEDILION, CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION AS CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.

A. . . held the office for several years and his promptness, accuracy, and gentlemanly deportment have met with the highest commendations from those who have had business with him. The court and attorneys all speak in his praise. His long experience in the position, his efficiency, and pure personal character are worth something to the people of this county. He is not a politician and the duties of his office will prevent his making a personal canvass for the nomination, but none the less will he be happy if he receives it.

L. A. MILLSPAUGH, VERNON TOWNSHIP, CANDIDATE FOR CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.

AHe is a bright, energetic young man of pure moral character, and very popular where he is known. He has a first-class education and fine business qualities. A gentleman by instinct and education, a Republican from intelligent convictions and associations, he is a worker who will make his mark in the annals of the county and state and, though young, we predsict for him a bright future.

P. B. LEE, VERNON TOWNSHIP, candidate for office of PROBATE JUDGE.

AHe is an educated gentleman, of wide reading, clear judgment, and practical ideas. He is a worker and pursues energetically whatever he undertakes. He is very popular and will receive a warm support of a host of friends who have full confidence in his qualifications and that he would make a most faithful and efficient officer.@

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Winfield=s Celebration.

A number of our public spirited citizens concluded that it would not do to let the Fourth pass without the citizens of Winfield and vicinity celebrating in some way, the 100th anniversary of the Nation=s birth, so they got up a picnic at Riverside Park and arranged a program which proved a success, and drew a very large crowd with well-filled baskets from the city and surrounding country. The forenoon was passed in a very agreeable manner with music, singing, and various amusements. At 1 o=clock, after all had feasted sumptuously, the afternoon exercises began with music by a quartette selection from Winfield=s best musical talent, consisting of Messrs. Buckman and Snow and Mrs. Jewell and Swain, with Miss McCoy as instrumentalist, after which was the opening prayer by Rev. Cairns. The Declaration of Independence was read in a very able manner by Mr. Will Robinson. Samuel E. Davis then made his first appearance before the public as a speaker in a very eloquentt and poetical oration. Sam astonished the audience by his pleasing manners and the ability with which he handled the subject of our Country=s Greatness, and it was a production that is not only a credit and an honor to himself, but one of which everyone may feel proud, coming as it did from a young man who has grown up with Cowley County, and whom we all feel is one of Aour boys.@ He was followed by Judges McDonald and Tipton, who delivered very sound and flowery addresses, overflowing with eloquence and true sentiment. These gentlemen are too well known throughout Cowley as able orators to make further comment necessary. After more music came the most interesting feature of the program to the mothersCthe Ababy show.@ Three of our best looking old bachelors had been selected as judges: Messrs. Will Robinson, S. C. Smith, and Henry Goldsmith. They were to award the $3.00 premium to the prettiest cherub, $2.00 to the next, and $1.00 to the third. The boys gave the mothers a Afair and impartial@ chance, and did their duty manfully, though their faces at times resembled a full bloom rose. A decision was finally reached and the following happy mothers received the premiums. Mrs. David Wilson, first premium; Mrs. Rev. Lahr, second; and Mrs. Thorpe, third. There were several foot races, boating, and many sources of amusement afforded those present. Taking the affair as a whole, it was a decided success, and the originators are entitled to much credit for the patriotic spirit shown in getting up the picnic.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

That Big Atlas.

J. P. Edwards has completed the canvass of the county for the material for his Historical Atlas of this county with its townships and cities. We have seen some of the proof sheets and they are very beautiful, full and complete, being got up on a large scale and giving almost every variety of information that can be thought of. While we have admired very highly his works for other counties, we think this will excel any former effort, and we advise all our people to secure each a copy before it is too late. The agent, Mr. A. W. Skinner, will be about taking subscriptions for a few days longer only, for he must soon depart for other fields.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

The Horticultural Society.

Met in COURIER office, Mr. Martin in the chair, S. E. Burger elected Sec. Pro tem.

General discussion as to exhibition of horticultural products at Topeka.

On motion Joseph Taylorr, F. A. Williams, S. Maxwell, R. I. Hogue, and J. Nixon were appointed a committee to collect specimens for the purpose of exhibition at State Fair Sept. 10, 11, and 12.

Mr. Martin exhibited some fine specimens of tomatoes riped June 29.

G. W. Robertson reported his Amsden June ripened June 21, that were 8-1/2 inches in circumference.

F. A. Williams had some fine specimens of perhaps Seedling peaches, 6 inches in circumference, fine flavor and high color. Curculio reported as damaging the peaches.

G. W. Robertson reported he had planted 80 cherry trees along the public road; they were AMorrello@ variety. They are doing finely.

It was recommended that the committee on specimens meet at 2 o=clock Saturday, July 8th.

Moved to adjourn. Carried.

S. E. BURGER, Secretary pro tem.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Some second-hand specimen of humanity cut a pair of pants all to pieces for M. Hahn & Co., Monday evening. They were out on a dummy in front of the store. The man who did it must be a contemptible, insignificant cuss.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

The Fourth.

Winfield had no Fourth beyond the very successful Methodist demonstration and a small gathering in the park. Our people mostly hied themselves to other fields and assisted their neighbors in unffurling the Aglorious banner of the free.@ The larger part went to Arkansas City. An excursion train left at half past twelve consisting of four coaches, two combination cars, and a baggage car, and loaded with about five hundred Winfieldites. A COURIER representative accompanied the train. The celebration was held in a fine grove east of the city, on the banks of the Walnut, which was so jammed full of people that it was almost impossible to get in. St. John=s battery of this city furnished the Aboom@ to the satisfaction of all. We arrived too late to see the procession, which was an immense affair and extended from the city to the groveCnearly a mile. The program at the grove was excellent. The Band discoursed sweet music and speeches were made by Cal Swarts, J. F. McMullen, and others. In the evening a fine display of fireworks kept the 3,000 people entranced until nearly ten o=clock.

The Torrance celebration drew a crowd of 1,500 people. A number of speeches were made and the folks enjoyed themselves as only the Grouse Creek people can.

At Otto quite a pleasant gathering was had and the people enjoyed one of the best social reunions ever held in that vicinity.

At Maple City another neighborhood gathering was held, and the overflowing populace given an opportunity to work off some of their surplus patriotism.

The Burden people also celebrated, and in the evening had a grand ball and supper.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Communicated.

EDS. COURIER: In the accident that occurred at the end of the south bridge July 14, 1882, by which L. F. Wellman lost his life, this county lost one of her most patriotic and devoted veteran soldier citizens, who served in Co. B, 24th Indiana Vet. Volunteers for four years and five months, and afterwards wrote the history of the Regiment in two volumes. The church also lost an earnest soldier of the cross. He enlisted in the sacramental host in 1853, in which service he remained active till death. Himself and his companion were faithful members of the Baptist Church in this city for some time, and he superintended the South Bend Sabbath school. In all the relations of life he was a modest good man; as a husband he was truly devoted to his companion, as a father, loving and affectionate, as a citizen, honest, industrious, and self-sacrificing. He desired to be buried by the Masonic fraternity, of which order he was a faithful member. This desire was overlooked in the overwhelming grief brought upon his dear but sorely bereaved family. He leaves a widow and four childrenCthree daughters and one sonCto mourn his untimely end. They have the sympathy of the whole community.

Can we not get a full record of all the soldiers who die in our county, regiment, company, and state, the length of time each served, when and where they died, and where buried, and have their graves strewn with flowers from year to year?

FRATER.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

A Lady for Superintendent.

EDS. COURIER: As candidates for the office of county superintendent of schools of the male persuasion and numerously circulating around soliciting votes and blowing their own horn, allow me to say a few words in favor of the lady candidate. Everyone acquainted with Mrs. Caton knows that she is pre-eminiently fitted for the office educationally. Women in promoting education are more directly interested than men, as her status in society depends on the literary advance of the masses. In uneducated countries woman is a slave and often treated worse than the domestic animals. But the great lever being used by Mrs. Caton=s opponents and their friends is that she lacks muscle and enduranceCcould not visit the schools in cold weather. Now I would ask the urgers of these objections if they ever went sleigh riding with the girls; if they have, they can easily recall to mind how near they were frozen to death many times, and would have backed out and gone home if it had not been for very shame, as the cheery laugh of the girls told how keen was their enjoyment of the ride. Whoever heard of a woman failing to make a visit on account of the weather? Then women are more reliable than men and have done more to refine, reform, and elevate society. Men had formed Anti-slavery societies, but were making slow progress when women came to the front and Harriet B. Stowe sent Uncle Tom=s Cabin out, which like an irresistible force overwhelmed all the advocates of slavery and made the United States free in deed as well as in name.

This has been repeated in the temperance reform now in progress. Men had charged the ranks of intemperance and fallen back in disorder. Whiskey was triumphant. But hark! A shout comes from Ohio, the women have come to the rescue, and seizing the weapons thrown away by the men on their route have charged home on hosts of iniquity, every fort is taken, every barrier swept, and seen the whole Nation take up the refrain. Kansas like a young giant girds on her armor and sweeps the evil from her territory. Staunch Iowa follows suit. And still the hosts of women keep the field, no faltering or falling back to the rear, no furlough asked for until the flag of intemperance is struck down in every state of the Union. Every soldier of the late war knows what they owe to the noble women of this nation, in furnishing sanitary supplies and acting as nurses in the hospitals. Thousands of soldiers today owe their lives to these angels of mercy who, without any compensation or hope of reward, so nobly attended to the sick and wounded soldier.

None of Mrs. Caton=s opponents charge her with incompetency, and her ladylike deportment whilst visiting schools would have an elevating tendency; on the other hand, her male opponents on entering school would have to get rid of a quid or cigar stump, and on leaving beg leave of the school marm to light a cigar. Think of it, fathers, what a stimulating example for your boys, whom you are trying to keep from using the filthy weed. In conclusion, I would say that though Mrs. Caton never could be Rude, yet she would assert with quiet dignity the rights of her office and with firmer words than a Worden could use. She would make come to Limerick all teachers who failed in their duties in the schoolroom, thus combining all the qualities of the other candidates.

TISDALE.

[WOW! INSTEAD OF HELPING, I BELIEVE TISDALE REALLY MADE THE MEN SWING AGAINST MRS. CATON. NOTE THAT MILLINGTON SAID NOT ONE WORD ABOUT HER...BACKGROUND, ETC.]

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

The markets today (Wednesday) on wheat are a little higher than last week, being quoted at 80 to 84 cents per bushel. Hogs keep way up at $7.25 per hundred. Corn still holds at 70 cents. Butter 12-1/2 cents; eggs 12-1/2 cents. Potatoes 50 cents to 60 cents. Chickens $1.50 to $2.00. Blackberries in active demand at from 10 cents to 12-1/2 cents per quart.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

HEADQUARTERS 1ST REG=T, COWLEY COUNTY VETS.,

Winfield, July 3rd, 1882.

SPECIAL ORDER NO. 4.

All officers of the Regiment are requested to meet at the Courant office on July 10th at 3 p.m., to transact business pertaining to the Reunion. A full attendance is desired.

C. E. STEUVEN, Col. Comd=g.

H. L. WELLS, Adjutant.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

For Sale. A second-hand Randolph Header, in good condition, for sale cheap.

W. J. HODGES.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

CARD. G. E. KNICKERBOCKER, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Udall, Kansas. Office and residence back of P. O.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

We have for sale on our ranch on Otter Creek, six miles southeast of Cambridge, eighty-five head of three and four year old native steers. VERMILYE BROS.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

LOST. A plat of Geuda Springs between the post office and the Santa Fe depot. Return it to the Commercial House and receive a suitable reward. A. W. SKINNER.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

For Sale. One Hapgood Sulky Plow, 14 inches with breaker, and one Garden City Riding Cultivator, both as good as new. Will sell or trade. Call a mile and a half up the Santa Fe track, on SAMUEL MULLEN.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

SORGHUM MILL FOR SALE CHEAP. A No. 4 Victor Canemill, nearly new with evaporators and pans, cooling tank, grates, and smoke stack, all complete. Call at Berkey=s second-hand store, East Ninth Avenue, Winfield, Kansas.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

SHEEP FOR SALE. The undersigned will sell about 100 2 year old wethers and 350 Good Grade Merino Ewes. The sheep can be been on the Osborne place near the Loan Tree schoolhouse, Richland Township, Cowley County, Kansas. S. J. SMOCK.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

BOSTON, KANSAS CITY, AND WINFIELD. The South American Piano and Organ Factories at Boston, Massachusetts, Branch house at Kansas City, Missouri. Special prices and terms will be given for a few days, by the representative of the manufacturers. Call at once at Best=s Music House.

Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.

Sealed prroposals will be received at Room No. 2, McDonald building, until 6 P. M., July 15th, 1882, for the erection and completion of a two story stone dwelling house and stone barn, on the farm of Arthur H. Greene, nine miles south of Winfield. Bids will be received for the house and barn as a whole, or separately. Plans and specifications to be seen at the above stated office. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.

ARTHUR GREENE,

V. B. Agents.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

MANITOBA LETTER.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 3, 1882.

EDS. COURIER: While wandering around away from home I was requested by several of my friends to write and give them some account of my trip, scenery, etc., and as most of them are readers of your valuable paper, I thought I would address them and others through the medium of the same with your consent.

I left the city of Winfield May 29th. Crops looked better in Cowley than they did any place on the road to Kansas City. From this to Louisiana saw some good wheat and a great deal of poor corn, and also between Louisiana and Chicago. After I got a little ways north of the last named place, it was quite a treat to see either corn or wheat to speak of. From Chicago to southeastern Iowa not much better. Hundreds of acres not yet planted and never will be this yearCpeople in these parts very much discouraged.

The Mississippi River was very high; the Illinois River running wild. Could see the wrecks of some houses in the drift. Looked very odd to see houses sticking up out of the water a mile or more from the water=s edge. Could occasionally see the top of a fence post, showing the depth of the water in the fields. I happened to be in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, during the fatal wind storm that visited that place, as well as Grinnel. Mr. Leonard Farr, whom most of the businessmen of Winfield know, suffered its vengeance with the rest, having his nice barn blown to pieces. Was at Vinton during the storm at Independence, Iowa. It was frightful the way it shook things around at Vinton. It=s amusing to see the Iowa people apologize for talking about Kansas being the worst state for tornadoes.

While I was at Burlington, went to hear Gov. St. John deliver one of his famous temperance speeches to a very large audience at the Opera House, answering the many false statements made about the enforcement of the law, etc. The people were elated over his speech (temperance people, I should say).

Arrived at Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 21st, where I met Mr. Neal Dow and wife. He was one of Cowley County=s first settlers, and acted as township clerk for Vernon the first election ever held in the township. He married a Minneapolis lady, who is a model wife. They are blessed with two very pretty children to make home happy.

Was surprised to see such a flourishing city with seventy-five thousand inhabitants (last census). In the year 1881 there were $5,434,233 expended in building improvements alone. They say this year there will be nearly double that amount. The principle charm of Minneapolis to the pleasure and health seekers is found outside of its business centers. In the shaded streets and grounds, the handsome lawns, the variety of unique and tasteful cottages, and the park-like appearance of the residence quarters, there is an attractiveness seldom met with in a western city. Encircling the city is a complete chain off beautiful lakes of various sizes and shapes, yet nearly all attractive and picturesque. Within the county there are said to be ninety-five lakes, ranging in size from the little forty acre gem to the AQueen Lake,@ Minnetonka. A good many of them are surrounded with fine picnic grounds. On Lord=s day they are visited by thousands. Tourists flock in here from all parts of the United States. It would take no small volume to give all the points of interest here due notice, so I will just speak of a few and pass on. Cedar Lake is about two miles southwest of Union depot, covering about 300 acres. Its banks are handsomely shaded with forest trees. Lake Calhoun is next to Minnetonka, the most popular lake, as it is accessible by hourrly trains on the Lyndal narrow gauge road, which passes along its eastern bank. On its banks is the beautiful Lakewood Cemetery, one of the loveliest cities of the dead I ever looked upon. Here in a prominent locality is the tomb of the ALady of the Lake,@ whose pathetic story attracts the sympathy of visitors, of which the most of our readers are probably acquainted with. Of the 200 lakes that surround Minneapolis and St. PaulCthe two pointts are only nine miles apartCLake Minnetonka has no peer as a summer resort on the American continent, or, I would venture to say, in the world. It is situated 15 miles southwest from Minneapolis, reached from the city by two or three railroads. Covers about 16,000 acres, has about 25 bays varying in size from a mile to five in length, and fropm a quarter to three miles in width. Many of its bays are navigable for large steamers which pass from bay to bay through inlets, presenting to the tourist the most pleasing scenery imaginable. This peculiar formation of the lake gives it an undulating coast line of about 300 miles, the greater portions of its banks being covered with fine forest. Last year between the 1st of June and the last of September, the 13 steamers on the lake carried over 85,000 passengers. One steamer, ACity of St. Louis,@ built last year, cost $50,000; 150 feet long, 28 feet wide, carries 800 persons. One being built now is a great deal larger than that one. Took its first trip yesterday; is 280 feet long. In addition to the attractive scenery, Minnehaha Falls is worthy of praise. A descent into the canon and visit under the falls are truly grand. But enough. I must cease detailing accounts of the scenery before I fairly commence.

Started for Manitoba June 27th. The country for 60 or 100 miles northwest of Minneapolis is rough and hilly, covered with scrub timber of pine trees, and dotted over with beautiful lakes. The country known as the Red River belt, in Minnesota, is as pretty a country as was ever createdCwith the exception of being very flat, is a very little sloping. As far as the eye can carryCand that is no small distanceCthere is truly a picturesque prairie scenery. The soil is from 1 to 3 feet thick, dark loam underlayed generally with gravel and sand. No corn raised north of Minneapolis 75 miles, the products being wheat, barley, oats, peas, and potatoes. I think the yield of these are under an average, unless it is wheat and oats. Wheat the the present time is from 3 to 7 inches high and don=t generally look very well. There are new towns along the railroad, numbering about 30 from the head of the Red River to the mouth at Lake Winnipeg; population of the towns numbering from about 30 to 100 inhabitants, excepting Winnipeg.

As you cross the line each way, St. Vincent on the American side, and Emmerson on the Manitoba side, it is quite amusing to see the display of bad temper, accompanied by the usual amount of dreadful oaths at the delay of changing and overhauling of their private wardrobes before the eyes of so many spectators. But having to be done, I think it was done very decently on the part of the inspectors.

As I made my trip to Manitoba to see for myself the country there is so much talk aboutt of late, I will now proceed to give my side of the picture, which in all probability will be quite different from that of the Swede from his cold, mountainous country, or the hardy Mennonite that can live on bread and water and keep warm by prairie hay, or the Canadian who when he asks you the question, AHow do you like our country?@ whose countenance undergoes as many changes as you use ideas in expressing itCfor it is a fact, he can=t see his country spoken of ligghtly without giving vent to his feelings in genuine Ennglish style. Of course, I can speak only of the part I know and what I learned of them. The country from the south part of Manitoba to Winnipeg is very flat. A good share of it looks swampy where you see ducks and other water fowls raising their young. The soil is varied but not so much so as with us; the dryer ground as a rule is a rich black vegetable mold, working very much like clay. Much rain makes it very sticky, sticks to your feet like taffy to a boy=s fingers. The depth of the soil ranges from a quarter of an inch to three feet. The wet land looks like the alkali land in Kansas, only produces a heavy growth of vegetation. The products are about the same as spoken of in the Red River valley. Wheat seems to be the mainstay, sometimes raising as good a crop as the farmers of Cowley. They sow wheat here in May; begin harvest about the 20th of August.

Now I will speak of the ninth wonderCWinnipeg. It claims a population of from thirty to forty thousand. The real population is about 14,000. Its streets are made out winding with the curve in the river. Main Street is about 125 feet wide and pretty near as muddy as it is wide. Not very many substantial buildings in it. The rock they use for foundations would hardly be considered fit to build a stone fence with in Cowley. A building about the same as Harter=s Drug Store rents here for $300 a month. Small rooms like the one first door north of Star Bakery rents for $100 a month. Vacant lots on Main Street have changed hands for $1,500 a foot. A hotel very poor, compared to the Brettun House, is bringing $15,000 a year. Everything else accordingly.

EMMERSON MARTIN.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

SILVER WEDDING.

Quite an agreeable surprise occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. Bovee, at New Salem, on the evening of June 23rd. A company of twenty-one ladies and gentlemen called on them just as they were about to retire for the night and put them in rememberance of the fact that it was the 25th anniversary of their wedding and they had come to help them celebrate it. While Mr. and Mrs. Bovee were receiving and making their guests comfortable, a few of the ladies were in the dining room preparing a wedding feast from their well filled baskets, which they had prepared and brought along for the occasion. By the time the host and hostess had their guests comfortably seated, the dining room door was swung open and Mr. and Mrs. Bovee were invited to supper, and acquainted with the fact that they were expected to be the guests of their friends for the evening. The bride and groom of the occasion were placed at the head of the table, and when the company became seated at the table, Mrs. W. C. Douglass, in a neatly fitting speech, presented them with the following presents. We give the names of the donors.

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Douglass, Mrr. And Mrs. J. S. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher, Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Pixley, and Messrs. W. McEwen and Ed. Christopher were the donors of a beautiful silver cake basket and set of silver napkin rings. Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Thompson, silver sugar spoon; Mr. Frank Pixley, silver mustard spoon; Miss Alice Johnson, silver sugar spoon; Mrs. Wm. Bell and Mrs. M. C. Porter, of Biggsville, Illinois, silver butter knife.

W. C. D.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

NEW SALEM BREVITIES.

When my physical strength gives >oer and I grow weary of booksCand almost of life, I was going to say, but know that is wickedCthen it may help to while away a lonely hour by conversing with you through the medium of my invaluable pencil. Time still goes on regardless of thoughts, hearts, and feelings. And that is all perfectly right, for should he stop to read the hearts of even the Salemites, precious minutes would thus be lost.

Coming and going seems to be on the program lately. Mr. Buck was welcomed to home and friends a few days since, after a short absence.

Mrs. Watt has returned from Cleveland, Ohio, where she lingered for weary days and nights over the suffering form of Mr. John Reif, her son-in-law, until his pains were stilled in the quiet sleep of death. After consigning the lifeless clay to mother earth, the sorrowing mother and bereaved daughter came back to make Kansas their home.

Mr. Doolittle, of Missouri, made a very short visit to his Salem cousins, Mrs. Marling and J. B. Doolittle, recently.

W. B. Hoyland, after a year=s absence, has come home to stay. Friends greet him with the firm clasp of friendship, and he seems to think home is the best place after all. We are always glad to welcome back the wanderers.

Mrs. Miles left us on Monday last for a visit to home and friends in Indiana.

Messrs. Gardener, Shields, Bextel, and Donfman have threshed their wheat. It turns out well and the grain is nice and plump. [Yes, they had ADonfman.@]

Mr. B. F. Gledhill will have a public sale on the 12th inst., to dispose of farming implements, household goods, etc., preparatory to leaving Salem.

Harvesting and stacking are almost work of the past. Messrs. Buck, Hogue, and Sackett had their hands full and could not accommodate all by putting their grain up in beautiful ricks, but worked hard to do as much as possible.

Mr. Kelsoe, of Grenola, visited his cousins Mr. and Mrs. Edgar, last week and they accompanied him home the 6th, remaining several days.

Mr. Rhodes, of Missouri, visited his old friends, the Dalgarn family, this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dalgarn, of Winfield, also visited in Salem this week.

Quite a number of our young people celebrated the Fourth by going to Cherryvale and Parsons, and report an excellent time. Others took in the good time at Torrance, while some got no further than Burden. Some few remained at home and kept busy. I=ll not tell how Olivia celebrated, but I know she could scarcely get off from accompanying the happy party to Cherryvale.

Messrs. C. C. Crow and Bryant will do the carpenter work on Mrs. Watt=s house.

Mr. J. B. Doolittle left Salem for Geuda Springs Saturday. His stay is not definitely fixed.

Messrs. King and Perry have built small additions to their houses.

One of our energetic and intelligent ladies played Ruth part of a day, or, in other words, helped shock wheat.

C. C. C. had a double and twisted Fourth, as he took in the stale part of the Cherryvale goodies.

Chiggers are plenty. Items are not, so to the many dear readers I will bid adie for tonight.

OLIVIA.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

BIG AD. KOOL CLOTHING. All Summer Klothing KUT TO THE KWICK, AND THEY ARE GOING WITH A BOOM! WE ARE DETERMINED TO CARRY OVER NO SUMMER GOODS IF LOW PRICES will sell them, and we find the PRICES MAKE >EM GO. But owing to the lateness of the season, some lines of goods of which I bought very heavily are not moving fast enough to please us, and we have put the knife into them and cut the prices wide open. They only need to be seen to be appreciated.

$3,500 worth of Men=s, Boys=, and Chidren=s Hats marked down to bed-rock. Boots and shoes ditto.

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS IN MEN=S ALL-WOOL CASSIMERES AND WORSTED SUITS!

As it is well known that I carry the largest and most complete stock of Clothing and Men=s Furnishings, it is scarcely necessary to make the statement here. If there be buyers of Clothing, Boots, and Hats, who have not heretofore patronized me, I say come and see.

J. S. MANN,

Outfitter for all Mankind.

Corner Main Street and Tenth Avenue.

AD. W. C. ROOT & CO.

OUR NEW SPRING STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES Is fast arriving and we know that we can please you. We have just received direct from the manufactory in Cincinnati an elegant line of Ladies= Fine Shoes, in French, American, and Curacod Kid, and Pebble Goat, Button, and Side-Lace. These goods are beautiful in style and finish and have never before been offered in this market. Prices as low as the lowest. We are also agents for E. C. Burt=s Fine Shoes. Our stock of GENT=S FINE SHOES is complete. The celebrated Boston Shoes of Lilly, Brockett & Co.=s make cannot be excelled. These goods can always be found at our store. Children=s shoes in immense variety. Be sure and call and see our goods and get our prices.

W. C. ROOT & CO.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

AD. FRESH ARRIVAL READY MIXED PAINTS, LEAD AND OIL. Machine Oil of all grades and Prices at McCOMMON=S DRUG STORE.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

STATEMENT OF THE WINFIELD BANK -AT THE- CLOSE OF BUSINESS, JUNE 30TH, 1882.

RESOURCES.

Loans ...................................... $127,061.36

Bank Building and fixtures .... 10,900.68

Expenses and taxes paid ......... 1,311.25

Cash ........ $28,335.07

Exchange. 29,752.92 58,087.99

TOTAL RESOURCES: $197,861.28

LIABILITIES.

Deposits ................................. $140,811.80

Capital ................................... 50,000.00

Profit ..................................... 6,549.48

TOTAL: $197,861.28

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

AD. MAJOR & VANCE, LIVERY & FEED STABLE.

Ninth Avenue, West of Post Office, Winfield, Kansas.

Carriages and teams furnishe on short notice and reasonable terms.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

[MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR POLITICAL OFFICE GIVEN ON EDITORIAL PAGE...NOT SURE IF SOME ALREADY MENTIONED BEFORE.]

H. D. Gans, re-election to office of Probate Judge.

Chas. E. Steuven, candidate for Clerk of District Court.

T. J. Rude, of Grouse Valley, candidate for Supt. Of Public Instruction.

Mrs. Will B. Caton, candidate for office of Supt. Of Public Instruction.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

ANTI-MONOPOLY. [EDITORIAL PAGE.]

ED. COURIER: You in the last issue of the COURIER seem disposed to notice and discuss the political questions now before the people of this county, and as I am negative to your political policy as expressed by you in your editorial discussing the anti-monopoly movement outside the Republican party, I invite you to a discussion of the political principles involved in the platform of the (late Greenback party) as you call it, now as they are same as you say you will do all you can to discourage. I hope you will be disposed to discuss them. I do not claim to be able to discuss any political question with you by at least ninety percent, but as the anti-monopoly answer your argument I thought I would (unauthorized) try and say a good word for my party hoping by your expressed desire to discuss (to discourage) you will comply with this invitation. I will say that if you decline to do so, I would be thankful for the privilege of answering your editorial and I am ready to negotiate for this privilege. D. B. McCOLLUM.

In answer to Mr. McCollum, we would say that we indorse a considerable part of most of the anti-monopoly platforms we have seen, as good Republican doctrine, but this is like indorsing the multiplication table or the law against larceny which no party antagonizes. Some things in their platform probably are not sound, but whether sound or not, it is evident that they will never be put into force in form of laws until adopted by the Republican party to propagate his or their views, attempt to build a new party from the ground up, we consider it proof positive tht they do not care a cent for the success of their ostensible principles but only care for the same selfish or ulterior end.

In relation to the challenge to a discussion, we answer that we shall publish such communications from others as, in our judgment, state the points of argument clearly, strongly, and briefly in courrteous language; but we shall not throw open our columns to a set discussion with any political antagonist, for that would occupy much space which ought to be occupied by matter of general interest.

It must be remembered that this is essentially a Republican paper, but ever ready to help in all matters which are calculated to advance the interests of our county, state, and nation. In these matters we are open to conviction. Convince us and we are with you.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

ANOTHER STEP.

Judge Campbell has announced himself as a candidate for county attorney of Sedgwick County, and promises if elected to prosecute with vigor all violations of law. Guess our Sedgwick neighbors had better try him, for we have no doubt that Avigorous prosecution@ would quickly wipe out the open saloons of Wichita, which don=t seem to Aput up or shut up@ under the present regime.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1882.

(From Green=s Real Estate News.)

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS,

TOGETHER WITH THE CITY OF WINFIELD, ITS COUNTY SEAT.

LOCATION.

Cowley County is on the south line of the state, one hundred and thirty miles west of the east line. It is bounded on the east by Elk and Chautauqua, on the north by Butler, on the west by Sumner, and on the south by the Indian Territory. It is about 244 miles from Kansas City, and 196 from Topeka, the capitol of the State.