ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER

EAGLE MILLS.

Arkansas City, Kansas.

W. H. SPEERS & BRO., Proprietor.

Have two sets of burrs and are grinding Wheat and Corn night and day. Two experienced millers have been engaged, and the flour made is all Warranted. Custom and Merchant work a Specialty. Toll one-fifth for ten bushels and upwards. Parties coming with grists will not have to wait. Flour, Meal, Shorts, etc., always on hand and for sale.

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Arkansas City Water Mills.

J. P. Woodyard, Proprietor.

Are Running on Full Time.

Custom Grinding a Specialty.

Flour, Bran, and Feed constantly on hand.

Highest cash price paid for wheat, corn, and rye.

Satisfaction guaranteed, and all flour warranted.

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Channell & Haywood's

More goods given away for less money than at any store in Cowley Co. Groceries, Stoneware, and Woodenware, Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Grainite Water. Agricultural implements of every kind! A carload of Studebaker Wagons just received. 150 Gang annd Sulky Plows, and Common Breaking and Stirring Plows, will be in by January 1st, 1876.

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Dry Goods!

A. A. NEWMAN & CO., Arkansas City, Kansas.

Our Fall Purchase of Dry Goods, Clothing, etc., has arrived, and we now offer, at challenging prices, the best line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Carpets, Silks, Hats, Caps, Boots, and Shoes ever put on the market in Southern Kansas.

Our trade is not confined to Arkansas City alone: We are willing to compete with or duplicate the prices of Wichita, Leavenworth, or Kansas City. If you don't believe it, come and see. Our stock of Dry Goods embraces all the latest patterns in prints, and the very best Dress Goods. We have a fine assortment of Farmers, Boys, and Girls Boots, Shoes, and Rubbers. Also, Ladies' and Gents' Sewed Boots and Slippers. In Hats and Caps we have every variety, from the Cheapest to the Finest and Most Fashionable Styles. Buck Gloves, Mittens, Muffs, and Comforts.

White and Colored Shirts and Underwear.

Flannels, Muslins, Sheetings, Jeans, etc.

Prints Seven Cents per Yard!

Every variety of Gents' and Boys' Clothing, with prices to suit any. WE CAN GIVE YOU A FULL SUIT FROM $5 TO $50.

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A New Stock of Harness, Saddles, Collars, Plow Hames, Trace Chains, Halters, Bridles, Whips, Spurs, Brushes, etc.

FOR SALE AT LOWEST CASH PRICES.

WM. NEWTON, Arkansas City, Kansas.

Repairing Done Neatly and Promptly.

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A Rare Chance!

Don't Fail to be Benefited By it!

$10,000.000 worth of Dry Goods at Cost!

For 30 days

From January 20 to February 20, 1876.

For Cash Only!

We have on hand a large stock of fall and winter goods purchased in New York and Boston. This Fall, when Goods were Lower than they have been for fifteen years, and we Are Bound to Sell Them To Make Room For Our Spring Stock! Consequently, we will, as stated above, sell at cost for the time mentioned--namely, 30 days. Come and See for Yourselves! We will sell you more goods for less money than you ever bought before.

Respectfully,

J. H. SHERBURNE & CO.

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COWLEY COUNTY BANK, ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

A. A. NEWMAN, PRESIDENT.

W. M. SLEETH, VICE PRESIDENT.

H. P. FARRAR, CASHIER.

Does a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time Deposits. Domestic and Foreign Exchange Bought and Sold.

School Bonds a Specialty.

Collections promptly attended to.

DIRECTORS: A. A. NEWMAN, WM. M. SLEETH, T. M. McLAUGHLIN, M. O. MEIGS, R. C. HAYWOOD.

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ARKANSAS CITY BANK of Arkansas City.

Does a General Banking Business.

Makes Collections.

Loans Money on Real Estate Security.

Loans for Capitalists A Specialty.

Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, January 26, 1876.

JNO. C. McMULLEN, PRESIDENT.

JAMES A. LOOMIS, CASHIER.

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E. D. EDDY.

Pure Drugs and Chemicals, Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes & Combs.

Choice Perfumery and Fancy Articles, Glass Putty, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, and Dye Stuffs. Tobacco, Snuff, and Cigars.

Letter Paper, pens, ink, confectioneries, coal oil, lamps, shades, chimneys, etc.

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Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, January 26, 1876.

NEW FIRM!

KELLOGG & HOYT (Successors to H. D. Kelloggg & Co.)

DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, FANCY NOTIONS.

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PAGE & GODEHARD'S!

CASH OR WHEAT TAKEN AT PAGE & GORDEHARD'S! FOR ANYTHING IN THEIR LINE OF GROCERIES & QUEENSWARE, of which they keep a full and well-assorted stock. Also, everything in the Bakery & Confectionery Line. We invite our friends to give us a call and see our new stock of Queensware and Stoneware. We shall be glad to see you whether your buy or not.

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HOUGHTON & McLAUGHLIN

Have the largest stock of Dry Goods, Hats, Capts, Boots, Shoes, Clothing! And Notions, in the Walnut Valley, which they will sell for the next Sixty Days! Cheaper than any House in the Valley for Ready Pay. We will trade for Cash, Wheat, Oats, Corn, Furs, and Hides, Cattle, Horses, or Mules. We are going to sell!

Our stock of groceries, as usual, is complete, fresh, and cheap!

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LEWIS WILLIAMS, Proprietor.

W. B. TRISSELL, Agent.

TREES! TREES! TREES!

AND NURSERY STOCK, Till you cannot rest. The undersigned (Agent of Rose Hill Nursery, Chetopa, Kansas) will deliver at Arkansas City, Kansas, on or before the FIRST DAY OF APRIL NEXT, the largest and best Nursery Stock that has ever been exhibited in the Southwest.]

We propose to make E. R. Thompson's lots our delivering grounds. DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU SEE OUR STOCK.

We warrant satisfaction, or no sale. Notice will be given in the Arkansas City TRAVELER of the day of delivery. Call and examine for yourselves. After reading this, hand it to your neighbor. Six months' time given to good parties. I can be found at the City Hotel.

LEWIS WILLIAMS, Prop'r.

W. B. TRISSELL, Agent.

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ALBERT HORN. BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER.

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BLACKSMITH SHOP.

A. O. PORTER, Arkansas City, Kansas.

Having purchased the shop formerly owned by Kendall Smith, on South Central Avenue, I am now prepared to do all kinds of work in my line, on short notice and on the most reasonable terms. Horse shoeing and general repairing, specialties. Mr. Kendall Smith, the former proprietor, is still at work at the old stand, ready to oblige his former customers. All former patrons of this shop cordially invited to continue with me, and new ones to try me. Farming utensils made and repaired.

A. O. PORTER.

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Music.

I take pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Arkansas City and vicinity that I will give instructions on the piano to a limited number of scholars, either boys or girls, at the residence of my parents, one door south of Mr. McMullen's bank.

Terms, $8.00 for 24 lessons for beginners.

GEORGIE CHRISTIAN.

Late of the Conservatory of Music, Lawrence, Kansas.

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CITY LIVERY!

W. H. WALKER has repurchased his livery, and is again ready to accommodate the public, with good Saddle Horses.

Spirited Driving Horses and safe teams. He keeps the best of stock, and sound vehicles.

STABLE IN THE REAR OF THE CITY HOTEL; WITH WATER CONVENIENT.

Hay, Corn, and Feed for Sale, and a good Yard for Cattle.

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Stoves and Tinware.

E. R. SIPES, Arkansas City, Kansas.

St. Louis & Leavenworth Stoves.

Fine stock of pressed Jappaned and Porcerlain Ware.

Iron pumps and lead pipe.

Sewing Machines, Door Locks, and Guns Repaired.

Stencil Plates Cut to Order.

Roofing, Guttering, and all kinds of Job Work done on short notice and warranted.

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JAMES I. MITCHELL, SADDLES, HARNESS.

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SAW AND GRIST MILL.

GOOD LUMBER AT FAIR PRICES!

AT

L. LIPPMAN'S MILL On Grouse Creek.

All bills or orders left at S. P. Channell & Co.'s filled as promptly as the weather will permit, and any kind of good stock taken at market prices.

PRICES OF LUMBER LOWERED TO SUIT THE TIMES!

Soft Lumber, $14.50 [?] per thousand, when taken by the thousand; Oak, $2.25, under fourteen feet; Walnut $.50 to $3.25.

Grists Ground At Any Time.

And good meal insured.

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M. A. FELTON & J. M. RICKEL

Have purchased the carriage and blacksmith shop formerly owned by L. C. Wood, and are now prepared to do all kinds of wood and iron work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds of grain taken as a remuneration. Motto: "Live and let live." Give us a call.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876.

Below we give a few of the many low prices of J. H. Sherburne & Co.'s. Remember, these prices are good only until February 20th.

Nice Blankets, per pair, $2.00 [? $2.50 ?].

Men's White Drawers, per pair, 35 cents.

Men's White Undershirts, each, 35 cents.

Cardigan Jackets, each, $1.10.

Fine Calf Boots, per pair, $2.90.

Nubias, from 70 cents to $1.15.

Men's Wool Shirts, $1.15 to $1.85.

Ladies' Gaiters, 95 cents per pair.

Ladies' waterproof, 85 cents per yard.

And all kinds of fall and winter goods in proportion.

Come while these prices last!

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Farmers, I intend to call upon all of you, soliciting your order for Nursery Stock! Also to give you all information possible on tree culture. You have the soil; if you will only buy the best. The best is what we sell--no other. Should I not call on you all, please come to our delivery ground (notice will be given in the Arkansas City TRAVELER) before purchasing elsewhere. WM. B. TRESSELL, AGENT, ROSE HILL NURSERY.

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For Sale or Trade at a Baragain:

The livery stable, known as the Woolsey barn, on Sixth Avenue. Water at the door. Barn in good repair. Anyone wishing to engage in the livery business cannot find a better location. Inquire of S. P. CHANNELL.

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NOTICE.

Anyone intending to build a good dwelling or business house can be provided with glass and specifications by A. H. HYDE.

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Wall Paper at Kellogg & Hoyt's. New lot just received. Call early.

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Cowley County Bank.

The annual meeting of the Stockholders will be held at the banking rooms on Tuesday, February 8, 1876, at 3 o'clock p.m.

H. P. FARRAR, Secretary.

Arkansas City, January 8, 1876.

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FOR SALE:

221 acres of land 2-1/2 miles southeast of Arkansas City, well watered; twenty acres in wheat. Also 8 good residence lots, fenced, and trees set out, just south of Col. McMullen's brick residence; one house and lot on Sixth street, and my large stock of furniture, which will be sold cheap. Inquire of

L. McLAUGHLIN.

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Money to loan by J. D. Pryor, Inquire of Pryor, Kager & Pryor, at Winfield or Arkansas City.

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Linseed Oil and pure white lead, at bottom prices, at Kellogg & Hoyt's.

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Case School Slates just opened at Kellogg & Hoyt's.

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People's Drug Store, opposite City Hotel.

KELLOGG & HOYT.

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New and Cheap assortment of lamps just recewived at Eddy's, from 35 cents to $1.00 each.

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Narrow Gauge R. R. Lanterns at Eddy's: only $1.00 each.

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The only good quality of writing paper is to be found at Eddy's.

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Fancy Note Paper: go to Eddy's.

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Wheat, corn, wood, butter, etc., taken in exchange for photographs, at Bonsall's.

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Queensware. We have added a full stock of Queensware to our stock. PAGE & GODEHARD.

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Lemons at the City Bakery.

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A large variety of good and cheap teas at the City Bakery.

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Notice: All persons knowing themselves indebted to me for professional services in '73, '74 and '75, are requested to make settlement. Come, friends, pay your obligations, and enable me to discharge mine. NATHAN HUGHES.

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Smokers, Take Notice!

If you want good tobacco, call at Eddy's.

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Blank Books: Call at Eddy's.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876.

Notice.

To whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that, on the 15th day of Feburary, A. D. 1876, at two o'clock p.m., at the harness shop of Jas. I. Mitchell, in the City of Arkansas City, Cowley county, Kansas, I shall sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described property, to-wit: One large sized sewing machine for shop use; one medium sized sewing machine, lock-stitch, and one medium sized, silver-plated sewing machine, chain stitch. All of said machines are of the Grover & Baker make, and are almost as good as new, having been used but little.

Said property has been deposited with me by Robert I. Theaker as security for the payment of a debt owing by Robert I. Theaker and Richard Woodsey to myself.

C. R. MITCHELL, Bailee.

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Notice is hereby given that the farm in the Walnut Valley formerly owned by W. J. Keffer is now, and has been for the past year, the property of E. N. Darling. All persons are strictly forbidden, under the severest penalty of the law, to take from said premises any timber, logs, or rails, either by the consent or otherwise of the said W. J. Keffer, as he has no authority to sell or otherwise dispose of any of the above named materials.

J. C. McMULLEN, Agent.

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ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

ARKANSAS CITY, Jan. 4, 1876.

Dear Standard: The holidays are over and still our delightful weather continues. Our young folks have had, in the sense of the truth, "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Christmas Eve, was ushered in with a festival for the benefit of the M. E. Church, a very enjoyable affair for old as well as young. Christmas night at the Presbyterian Church we had a Christmas tree where all enjoyed themselves finely. During the week we had parties, dinners, a musical conert by our famous "Silver Cornet Band," and a general good time. On Thusdsay night we had a most glorious rain, the heaviest in twelve months, and continued lightly all day on Friday at intervals, the ground is now well soaked, and with the extraordinary weather that we are having, the wheat all over the country is growing beautiful. It is absolutely refreshing to look over the country and see everything looking so green and bright. The streams have risen so that our water mills are running night and day grinding wheat and making flour for home and foreign consumption.

It is the general opinion of all the farmers with whom I have conversed, that never in the history of Southern Kansas has there been such a prospect for an abundant wheat crop as the year of 1876 presents, and I am creditably informed by those who have traveled over the country, that there is at least one third more acres sown this fall than last. If such should be the fact, in the name of God what will we do with it? As it is now, wheat is so abundant in town and country that every nook and corner in dwelling, store, stable, or church, and even boxes along the streets, are filled with wheat. I sometimes think as I walk along our village streets after night, and see piles of sacks of flour laying out of doors on the pavements all night, what a feast some of your Lawrence folks sould have if the same custom prevailed in your city. If the reports in your papers be true, it wouldn't lay round loose in your streets long.

Our climate is so delightfully pleasant that I cannot describe it better than by stating a few facts and let you judge for yourself.

Pitch in gentlemen, the investment is a safe one, in the opinion of a casual

OBSERVER.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

NOTE: FIRST PART OF THIS IS REALLY GARBLED...GATHER SOMEONE FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TOPEKA, CALLING HIMSELF "DON PEDEO" SENT NEWS FROM TOPEKA, JANUARY 17, 1876, CONCERNING A RESOLUTION BEING INTRODUCED BY HACKNEY, THEN A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...COULD "DON PEDEO" POSSIBLY BE HACKNEY?

. . . I forward you a copy of House Concurrent Resolution No. _____, which will be offered by Representative Hackney this afternoon, "memorializing Congress to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to two certain lines of railway."

The resolution reads as follows:

WHEREAS, The material interest of the people of the State of Kansas, annd particularly of those resident in the southwestern part of said State, demands imperatively that two lines of railway be at an early day constructed and put in operation from the southern border of the state in a southerly direction through the Indian Territory, thereby affording to us an outlet for our surplus productions and a cheap and practicable inlet for the lumber and coal of Arkansas and Missouri, and

WHEREAS, Such contemplated lines of railway would bring the people of our State into direct and easy communication with the ports of New Orleans and Galveston, and through them with the great marts of the world. Therefore be it:

Resolved, by the House, the Senate Concurring:

SEC. 1. That Congress is hereby memorialized by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, on behalf of the productive industries of the State and the whole people thereof, to grant by appropriate enactments the right of way through the Indian Territory, and the public (U. S.) lands in the State of Kansas, to any Railroad Company or Companies that will construct within the period of five years next succeeding the date of such grant, a line of rail from the City of Ellsworth, in the State of Kansas, by way of the Cities of Hutchinson, Wichita, Oxford, and Arkansas City to the south line of the State, and thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory to the City of Ft. Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and a line of railroad from Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley, State of Kansas through the Indian Territory, by the most practicable route to the City of Sherman, in the State of Texas.

SEC. 2. That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are hereby requested to use their best endeavors to promote and secure the objects of this memorial.

SEC. 3. That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to forthwith transmit to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, a copy of this resolution.

Senator Ingalls has signified his intention to push the matter with all his ability when it reaches Washington. This enterprise, whether it meets with entire success or not, is certasinly commendable in our legal representatives.

The House adjourned over from last Friday evening to 2 p.m. today. Members living in the vicinity or near a line of road have gone home. They will all return however this evening as Topeka is doing her level best to entertain the "legislature men" in a social point of view. For this week's evenings we have on the boards, a German Masquerade Ball; a traveling Minstrel Troupe; a Social Dance; a Grange Lecture; and the St. Louis "Can Can" in its most aggravated form.

If your correspondent recovers from all these, you may hear again from a member of the family of DON PEDEO.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

(From the Winfield Courier.)

Though one of the newest, it is one of the richest in soil and resources, most prosperous and promising counties of Kansas. The variety of soil consists of light, warm, sandy loam, and heavy, limestone, black loam. A heavy growth of grass from two feet to ten feet in height coves the sod annually and bears evidence of its productive power. All the products of this latitude in the United States do well here. The surface of the country is rolling and in some places along the streams precipitous limestone bluffs appear, from fifty to one hundred feet in height. The bottom and valley lands are considered the best for farming, but all lands where the plow can run are considered good.

WATER.

The streams of the county are as follows: The Arkansas river enters the west line of the county, thirteen miles west of the north line, and winding through the southwest portion of the county, it crosses the south line thirteen miles east of the west line, and enters the Indian Territory. The streams that fall into the Arkansas from the county are Sand creek, Lost creek, Beaver creek, and Evans creek. The Walnut river, which is an elegant mill stream, enters the county from the north seven miles east of the west line and flows south through the county joining the Arkansas river within three miles of the south line. Falling into this stream from the west are the following creeks: Eight mile, Maple, Stewart, Crooked, Squaw creek, Posey, and Camp creeks. The streams that fall in from the east are Muddy, Rock, Dimen [?], Little Dutch, Foos [?], Timber, Black Crook, and Badger.

Grouse creek is a mill stream and rises in the northeast corner of the county, running west of south, and joins the Arkansas river at the south line of the county thirteen miles east of the southwest corner. The streams that fall into Grouse from the west are Canyon, Burden [?], Balimi's [?], Turkey, Horse, and Silver creeks. Those that flow into it from the east are Armstrong, Fall, Cedar, Plumb, and Crab creeks. Otter Spring, South Cedar, Coal, and the two Beavers are creeks that rise in the eastern and southeastern portion of the county and flows either to the Caneys in Chatauqua county or into the Territory. These streams are pure spring water flowing over gravel beds.

The soil is from one to twenty five feet in depth, and in most places is underlayed with beautiful limestone at a depth of from one to twenty feet. This stone is deposited in layers of from one inch to ten feet in thickness and which is easily quarried for building purposes.

THE CLIMATE

of Southwest Kansas, more particularly that which lies within a radius of fifty miles of Winfield, is not too dry for crop raising. A residence of sixteen years in Kansas, six of which have been spent at this place, warrants us in saying that no portion of the State in this longitude is blessed with so large an annual rainfall as the region above described. The causes are local. The Arkansas and Walnut rivers, with their tributaries, are of such importance in volume as to cause more frequent rain showers here than in any locality to the north of west of us. No one contradicts this statement who is familiar with the country. The mean temperature for December 1875 was 66 degrees above zero.

HENCE CROPS

of all kinds do well, not excepting vegetables. But the staple crop is winter wheat. The season of 1864 was called the dry year, but Cowley county alone raised over 200,000 bushels of winter wheat, and the average yield exceeded twenty bushels to the acre of very choice grain. In fact, it was the best grain offered in the St. Louis market.

The winter wheat harvest in this county for the year 1875 exceeded 500,000 bushels, with an average yield of 26-1/2 bushels to the acre. Many fields yielded forty bushels to the acre and one field of seven acres turned out at the threshing machine fifty four bushels to the acre.

The marketable wheat crop this year was sold at Wichita, the nearest railroad point, forty three miles distant from Winfield, at an average price of one dollar and ten cents per bushel. A man with team enough to do the work can break up the prairie of a 160 acre farm during the months of June and July, and can sow the same in September with winter wheat and harvest enough grain therefrom the next June to pay for his land at ten dollars per acre, after having paid all his expenses and allowed himself a reasonable compensation for his own labor.

DURING 1876

A railroad will be constructed into this county; which will add to the market facilities of this region. At present land

IS CHEAP

in this county. It will not be long before a railroad will reach from this valley through the Indian Territory to Texas, and then Galveston, 700 miles distant, will be our seaport market. When this time arrives, land will be worth fifty dollars per acre. It can now be bought for from one dollar and a quarter to ten dollars per acre, according to location, soil, timber, water, improvements, etc.

FRUIT

of all kinds flourishes.

NATIVE GRASS

grows in abundance and can be put into hay for one dollar per ton. The ruling price at present for hay is three dollars and fifty cents per ton.

NO DANGER

need be apprehended from Indians. The county has been settled for six years and not an Indian outrage has been committed in its borders.

THE GRASSHOPPERS,

chinch bugs, and other pests are no more numerous than in any other locality west of the Missouri river. The first named have never visited this locality but once and then they came too late to do much harm. The region of their origin lies hundreds of miles to the northwest, and as they move south, whenever they move at all, they either distribute themselves over the region north of us entirely or arrive so late in this locality as to do no harm. They have moved out of their northwest homes three or four times in the past twenty years and only twice did they get into Southern Kansas.

FARM HANDS

command from fifteen to twenty five dollars per month according to the season. Mechanics wages are not so high as in the cities.

MEN WITH MONEY

can make money very fast here. Persons without money can make money faster than in any locality that we know of in the State east of us. Money brings from twenty to fifty per cent per annnum interest.

PROFESSIONAL MEN

are not particularly needed. There is at present a full supply. Farmers with means are needed; those without means are welcome.

NO FENCES

are required to raise crops. A herd law requires stock owners to take care of their cattle, horses, hogs, and sheep. You will drive miles and miles along the road with fields on either side and no fences.

STOCK

does well here, but every man must take care of his own.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

About seven hundred Pawnee Indians left their reservation in the Territory on Thursday to go on a grand buffalo hunt. They will go about 75 miles west of Camp Supply and be absent about four months.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

A remarkable revival is in progress in Arkansas City. The pastors of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches are conducting a series of union meetings. The house of worship is crowded to its utmost seating capacity. At night the merchants close their stores and attend the meetings. The more prominent business and professional men of the place are taking an active part in the good work. Walnut Valley Times.

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ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER.

C. M. SCOTT, PUBLISHER.

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876.

The residents of Cowley county cordially unite in inviting the citizens of said county to meet in mass meeting at Winfield at 2 p.m., February 5th, to take such action as shall seem advisable, upon consultation, to secure the construction of a railroad into Cowley county. We hope every township will be represented at said meeting.

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ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER - JANUARY 26, 1876.

Mr. Hackney, of Cowley county, has withdrawn the resolution asking for an investigation into the affairs of insurance companies organized under the laws of this State. He probably ascertained ____________ [last two lines are gone, gone, gone!]

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

The Beethoven Society meets next Friday evening.

R. Hoffmaster and some others are going to Arkansas after sheep.

Wheat is $1.22 in Wichita for the best, according to the statments of freighters.

Mr. Maxwell has contracted to put out and cultivate ten acres of hedge plants for Mr. Trissell.

A son of Mr. Buzzi had his ankle put out of joint while playing at school. His foot was caught in a hole and wrenched.

Al. Dean has moved his cattle to Pond Creek near Hopkin's Ranche, on account of the range being burnt off at the mouth of the Shawkaska.

Mr. Newton's saddle and harness stock came in last week, and he is now ready for customers. He is located two doors north of the post office.

S. P. U.'s will meet at Benedict's Hall on Saturday afternoon, February 5th. Applications for membership will be

received.

R. HOFFMASTER, Captain.

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Rev. S. B. Fleming will preach next Sabbath morning on the "Inspiration of the Scriptures." All persons who are in doubt on this subject are especially invited to be present.

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Two deer ran across the townsite last week, closely followed by a hound and some hunters. The small dogs exerted themselves astonishingly, but could not keep in sight of the slim-legged animals.

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The Beethoven Singing Society met at the frame church last Friday evening, and elected the following officers.

President, E. D. Bowen.

Vice President, C. R. Sipes.

Treasurer, Miss Eva Swarts.

Secretary, Mrs. A. A. Newman.

Organist, Mrs. R. C. Haywood.

Director, Prof. E. W. Hulse.

A concert will be given within three weeks.

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As the railroad time in Wichita is being changed so often, and cannot be depended upon, arrangements are being made to have the standard time obtained from there every few days, and kept at E. D. Eddy's, Houghton & McLaughlin's, and elsewhere, in order that all living in the City may have the same time together, instead of so many different ones, as at present.

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The exhibition given by the school pupils and Literary Society last Saturday was largely attended and duly appreciated. The exercises were all performed in a very creditable manner, and to the general enjoyment of everyone present. Through the paper several good hits were made, and many commendable articles read. The net receipts were $8, and will be used to purchase a bell for the school house. In two or three weeks another entertainment will be given, which is promised to be equal to, or even better than this, their first one.

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It was the intention of the young men of this place to organize a Young Men's Christian Association, and elect officers of the same, last evening, but as the copy of the by-laws of other associations, which had been sent for, had not arrived, it was delayed until next week. It is pleasing to see so many young men and ladies turn out to these young people's meetings. At the first meeting, held some three weeks since, over fifty young people attended, and the interest in them seems to be increasing. Let all the young people, however small, turn out every Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m., and make this a powerful organization for good in this place, which is getting such a good reputation abroad.

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WORSE AND WORSE! Houghton & McLaughlin, of the renown "Old Reliable," Green Front store, now come out announcing for the next sixty days they will sell, trade, and almost give away their entire stock of winter clothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes, and notions, for less money than any house in the valley. This is not "talk," but an actual and unprecedented fact, and those who doubt it will do well to come and see. Never before in the history of Cowley county or Southern Kansas, have goods been marked down to the figures they have them at this place, at this day. Carry the news, and let the people have the benefit of it.

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The bell for the Presbyterian Church arrived on Saturday, and was rung for the first time on Sunday morning and evening. It will be placed in the belfry this week, when we can better judge of its tone, how far it can be heard, etc. From appearances at present, it seems to be a very fine one.

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LADIES' EQUESTRIAN CLUB. An organization with the above title has lately been formed by the ladies of this place, and officers elected as follows: One Colonel, one Captain, two Lieutenants, and two Corporals. Great interest is manifested, and the first parade will take place this afternoon. Small boys are requested to keep off the streets, and the Mayor and Council have passed another special ordinance (No. 612) to prevent the use of fire crackers.

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RAILROAD MEETING. In this issue will be seen a call for a railroad meeting, to be held at Winfield, Saturday, February 5th, to take measures to secure the construction of a road. Let every township elect two or more persons to represent them. Tomorrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at Meigs' office, will be time enough for Creswell to make its selection. Let us evince a spirit of enterprise, and try to accomplish something.

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In consequence of conflicting with other appointments, the Beethoven will meet next Friday night, instead of Saturday, as voted. As the Concert is to be given in two weeks, all must be present.

E. D. BOWEN, President.

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Hurrah! for the narrow gauge railroad! Quick transit cigars at Kellog & Hoyt's, only FIVE CENTS. Best in town.

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Considerable excitement was caused in town the other day by the announcement that coal had been struck in the shaft being sunk by the Messrs. McCampbell's. We met Mr. McCampbell in a short time afterward and he showed us a small specimen of very good, indeed, excellent coal, which he said he had taken out, together with a conglomerate of coal and sulphur not so good. We dispatched one of our attaches out to the mine for further particulars, but none were obtained worthy of mention. The character of the material taken from the last blast satisfied us upon examination that Mr. McCampbell has not reached a paying vein of coal, yet. But with the whole county we hope he may ere long reap the reward for his industry, perseverance, and large expenditure of money. The shaft is now 191 feet deep. Wichita Eagle.

GATHER THIS MUS BE TALKING ABOUT A FIRM IN WICHITA!

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

C. R. MITCHELL, Attorney at Law & Notary Public.

Arkansas City, Kansas.

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JAMES CHRISTIAN, Attorney and Counselor, Arkansas City, Kansas.

Formerly of Lawrence, Kansas.

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BUNDY & WILLOUGHBY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

No. 456, Louisiana Ave., Washington, D. C.

U. S. Land and Mining Laws a specialty.

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PRYOR, KAGER & PRYOR.

S. D. PRYOR, Winfield.

E. M. Kager, Arkansas City.

J. D. Pryor, Winfield

Attorneys at Law & Notaries Public, Winfield and Arkansas City.

Will practice in State and Federal Courts.

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D. A. MILLINGTON,

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW & NOTARY PUBLIC.

Winfield, Kansas.

Office in Winfield Bank.

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J. T. SHEPPARD, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Office at his residence, on Summit St., Arkansas City, Kansas.

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NATHAN HUGHES, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Calls answered Night or Day.

Special attention given to the diseases of women.

Office at his residence, Arkansas City, Kansas.

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Dr. J. Alexander, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN.

Office on North Summit Street, opposite Central Avenue House,

Arkansas City, Kansas.

DENTISTRY, in all its branches, by an experienced operator, at Dr. Alexander's rooms.

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Central Avenue.

W. D. MOWRY, Proprietor, Arkansas City, Kansas.

This hotel has been refitted and newly furnished, and now offers the best accommodations to be found in the Southwest. Good stable convenient.

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CITY HOTEL, ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

In one of the best built, finished, and furnished houses in Southern Kansas. Mr. Mantor, Proprietor. Stable convenient.

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LAGONDA HOUSE, T. H. HENDERSON, Proprietor.

Having recently taken possession of this house. I will be glad to see and entertain any of my friends and the traveling public, who may visit Winfield, with accommodations suitable to the most fastidious.

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RICHEY HOUSE. No transfer, no bus fare at the depot. Have refitted, refurnished, and reduced fare to $1.50 per day. Good stable accommodations in connection with the house.

RICHEY BRO'S., Wichita.

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ARKANSAS CITY MILLINERY

J. Goodnight & T. Bowers.

Having purchased the stock formerly belonging to Mrs. Gibby, also a large stock of new and stylish goods, embracing the latest fashions, we are now prepared to sell all kinds of goods in our line at lowest prices. Will do dressmaking and all kinds of plain sewing.

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FARMERS MEAT MARKET.

On the west side of Summit St., one door south of 's.

MORGAN & ALLEN, Proprietors.

Keep all kinds of Fresh Meat, Hams, Bacons, and Lard. Come and see us.

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SOUTHWESTERN BILLIARD HALL

SOUTH SUMMIT ST., ARKANSAS CITY, KS.

L. W. CURRIER, Proprietor.

Is a first-class hall, fitted up in good style. No Liquors or Card Playing.

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GEORGE ALLEN, PAINTER.

All kinds of House Painting, Graining, Marbling, Varnishing, Sign Painting and Paper Hanging. Shop with C. R. Sipes.

Satisfaction warranted.

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BARBER.

HENRY WORK, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER.

Shop under the City Hottel.

Business hours from 7 to 7 p.m. Try me once, try me always.

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CURNS & MANSER, Real Estate Agents & Notaries Public.

Office, corner of Main and Tenth Avenue, WINFIELD, KANSAS.

Have a complete set of Abstract Books of Titles for Cowley County. Titles carefully investigated and taxes paid. Deeds, Mortgages, etc., made and acknowledged.

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BASHAW LIVERY.

J. A. STAFFORD, Proprietor.

Conveniently situated on SUMMIT STREET, BETWEEN MELTON'S BLOCK AND E. D. EDDY'S. Light and Heavy Teams Ready at a moment's notice, and extra good Driving and Saddle Horses always on hand. Good Outfits and Reasonable Terms.

Thanking the public for past favors, wopuld like a continuance of the same. J. A. STAFFORD.

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BENEDICT & BRO.

HARDWARE AND IRON, STOVES, TINWARE, IRON AND WOODEN PUMPS!

LEAD PIPE, LIGHTNING RODS, ETC., ETC.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

We are daily in receipt of letters of inquiry relative to Southern Kansas, Cowley County, and Arkansas City, and give the following condensed items for the purpose of answering general inquiries.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

There are 13,299 Pennsylvanians in Kansas.

The U. S. Army Medical Department furnishes medical supplies for the service at the Osage Agency.

It is rare indeed that in any State there is success in everything grown. Kansas has had success in everything, failure in nothing.

We have been informed from various parties that Col. Coker, the murderer of Isaac Johnnycake, is not dead as was reported last week.

Gen. Chatterson, who has been acting as sub agent at the Pawnee agency, resigned his position last Tuesday and will return to Washington, D. C.

A bill appropriating a sum amounting to a little over $45,000 to the Pottawatomie Indians in this State, for depredations committed on them in 1855-1856 during the overland travel to Utah and points further west has been introduced into Congress.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

RECAP: Albert A. Newman, plaintiff, vs. Edwin L. Chesney and Lewis H. Gardner, defendants. Sum: $1,096.35. Order for the sale of lots one and two and the south half of the northeast quarter of section two in township thirty-four south of range three east, in Cowley County, to satisfy said judgment, attorney's fees, taxes, and costs, according to the three promissory notes and the mortgage given by Edwin L. Chesney to Lewis H. Gardner. E. S. BEDILION, Clerk of the Disttrict Court.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

RECAP: A. W. GRAHAM, PLAINTIFF, VS. AARON N. AND JULIA ANN DEMING, DEFENDANTS. SHERIFF R. L. WALKER. SELLING AT PUBLIC AUCTION NORTHEAST QUARTER SECTION TWENTY-NINE, TOWNSHIP THIRTY-FOUR, SOUTH OF RANGE FOUR EAST, AND THE UNDIVIDED HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY, TOWNSHIP THIRTY-FOUR, SOUTH OF RANGE FOUR EAST, IN COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS.

NOTE: SHERIFF AT THIS TIME WAS R. L. WALKER.

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Grape Vines, Blackberry Plants, Seedling Peach Trees, Flowering Shrubs, etc. A large lot for sale cheap. Will take wheat and corn at market rates.

MAX FAWCETT, Arkansas City, Kansas.

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BONSALL'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY

Arkansas City, Kansas.

I have on hand constantly a large assortment of INDIAN PICTURES, OF THE OSAGE, KAW, KICKAPOO, AND OTHER TRIBES.

VIEWS Of all sizes, from Card de Vista to 11 x 14. Also Sterscopic views of this vicinity on hand, and made to order. Views of Chatanooga, Tennessee, Look Out Mountain and vicinity, made during the war for sale. All kinds of pictures copies and enlarged, plain or colored.

All Work Warranted Good or No Pay.

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W. H. HARRISON

WAGON AND CARRIAGE BUILDER,

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

Repairing done on short notice in workmanlike manner and on reasonable terms.

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

We learn that last Saturday orders were received from Washington to "stop all work on the Pawnee reservation except the issuing of rations."

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TRAVELER, JANUARY 26, 1876.

TO THE PUBLIC!

The "TRAVELER" and Its Claims!

For five years and more we have been publishing the TRAVELER at Arkansas City, dating from the 25th of August, 1870. The building in which the first papers were printed was, like the old "Arkansas Traveler," without windows or roof; and when it rained, the only dry spot was UNDER the BED.

The Arkansas, Walnut, Grouse, and Shawkaska Rivers were the favorite camping places of the Indians, and abode of wild animals. Sumner county was almost uninhabited, and Harper and Barbour almost unknown. A few settlers had "stopped" on Cedar and Grouse and many more were coming in to see. This was the beginning of Cowley county. Since then we have weekly chronicled the advancement of the new

GREAT SOUTHWEST.

By our frequent rambles through the county in search of news and new subscribers, every portion of it has become as familiar to us as the old home county "back East." From the flint range on the head of Grouse creek to the deep steep banks of Bluff creek, in Sumner county; and from the head to the mouth of the Walnut, the scenery is as well known as the picture on the wall. The early settlement of Cowley county is as a pleasant remembrance, and such as we yet expect to witness and enjoy, as it is yet

IN ITS INFANCY.

Think of it! Five years ago the first election of officers was held and the organization of the county completed. Now it has a population of 5,995 souls, 1,990 families, 26,648 acres of wheat, 40,355 acres of corn, 2,116 acres of orchards, and a total taxable property of $1,635,451. And this, too, in spite of drouth, grasshoppers and

INDIAN SCARES.

What a future there is before us!

But we are wandering from our purpose. The object of this article is to present to all readers our claims to consideration, and to induce, if possible, every resident of the county to read, compare, and then subscribe for the paper. The foundation of a newspaper is in its circulation, and we want every man, woman, and child to be familiar with the TRAVELER. The terms are two dollars per year, one dollar for six months, fifty cents for three months, postage paid and mailed to your address. For every one year's subscription we give the companion pictures,

"THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER"

and

"THE TURN OF THE TUNE,"

Or one of each to every six month's subscriber. The "TRAVELER" is the

Oldest Paper in the Arkansas Valley,

In Kansas. It is strictly a Home Paper, devoting its space to communications from all parts of the county, and from residents temporarily absent in other States. It contains the

News of the Territory,

And of Indian Matters. Has the latest weekly Market Reports, Official County Proceedings, and everything of general interest to the reader. Among its correspondence, Lazette, Red Bud, Otto, Maple City, Silverdale, Dexter, Winfield, Nennescah, Oxford, Salt City, Guelph, South Haven, Caldwell, Kaw Agency, and several Ranches in the Territory, are represented. Every man should read his own county paper, and no family should be without one or more. The terms are reasonable, and within the reach of all--not costing one-half the price of your tobacco, extracts, and "other necessaries."

Call on or address,

C. M. SCOTT, Publisher,

Remitttances can be made at any Post Office in the county.

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ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER - VOLUME 6. NO. 22.

FEBRUARY 2, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

We would not advise persons with young and dependent families to come west without some means to start them on a farm, nor could we advise young men to come who are entirely dependent upon clerical employment, without a fair prospect of a situation on their arrival. There is generally a fair demand for manual labor, and the man who can and will work, can usually find employment with good wages.

Emigrants coming west should not bring heavy or bulky material with them. Farming implements and household goods can be purchased here as cheaply as in the eastern and middle states, after adding the cost of transportation; and if brought long distances, the cost here is less. Cattle and horses should not be brought, unless of superior quality, as ordinary breeds can be purchased for less than they could be landed here.

The greatest drawback to Kansas is that her inviting soil, climate, and resources have induced many people to come here and attempt to open a farm, without a cent in their purse. It is a great mistake to think that because the Government will give a homestead virtually for nothing, or that a farm can be obtained from a railway company at a merely figure that a fortune has been begun. Without capital, either in cash or chattels, the land is worthless.

To begin with a reasonable hope of success, it requires at least five hundred dollars. A little cabin has to be built (a "dug out," if you please), horses or oxen are necessary, and shelter for them, a plow, barrow, wagon, and harness are needed, also seed and enough provisions to sustain life until crops have been raised.

The best time to come is in early fall, and during the winter, preparations can be made for putting in an early crop. The prairie should be broken up so that the soil will rot during the winter. The time when new land is easiest broken is during the spring rains. The work should not be neglected, but preparations made for planting winter wheat which should be in the ground about the first of September.

Early in the spring is a good time to come, say middle of February. Ground can be broken up and "sod corn" planted in April or May, and preparations made for winter wheat. With means to start on and a due observation of the proper seed time and harvest, coupled with industry and economy, prosperity is certain, and a change for the older states or countries to Kansas must result in an increase of this world's goods.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

Absurd rumors are in circulation throughout Cowley county to the effect that Mr. Sampson, the grange agent at Wichita, had absconded with $150,000 belonging to the members in the Southwest. Mr. Sampson, we believe, has not been absent from this county since the rumors began and has been in the city almost every week. He and the active managers of this agency owe it to their own characters, and to the patrons throughout the various counties connected with it, to make a truthful showing of the transactions of the grange agency. This is a public institution, and open to public criticism, and if these damaging charges are groundless there should be a stop put to them by an honest statement. This should be made in such a manner that no one can question the facts set forth. We must say, however, that the absence of any public explanation, and the continued delay, furnish grounds for very grave suspicions. We have no desire however to injure Mr. Sampson or misrepresent him in the least particular, but earnestly hope he may be able to sustain his claims of being an honest man. We will freely give him the use of our columns to vindicate himself from these charges of dishonor and corrupt dealings, if he can. Beacon.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

McEARLY'S RANCH, TEXAS, December 29, 1875.

Night before last we had a call from an unwelcome visitor. Old Boreas came screaming, shrieking down from the North, causing all our teeth to chatter and our bones to shake. These Northers usually last from one to two days, and as they are about all there is of winter, they are a terror to the natives, but to one accustomed to a more rigorous climate, they amount to very little. Up to this time we have had only two frosts, and no weather cold enough to form ice. I am told that snow is almost unknown here.

During three days of October, your old neighbors, the grasshoppers, passed over our country in immense numbers, going south. They came down in places as thickly as they were ever seen in Kansas, but remained only a few days, when they passed on. They must have spread over much of Mexico or the Gulf.

If your readers will look on a map of Texas at the region of country lying between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, they will be impressed with the almost entire absence of towns or villages. The bone of contention during the Mexican War, it has remained since that time a kind of dividing line between the United States and Mexico, its sparse population being made up of Americans and Mexicans in about equal numbers. The former are nearly all engaged in cattle and sheep raising; the latter, a thieving, trifling, treacherous people, like their Indian cousins, seem to be good for nothing but sheep herding, which is their chief occupation. They have the Indian liking for dogs, and dislike for anything good or noble. There are a few of the better class, of some wealth, who have settled on the American side, to escape the broils of Mexico, the land of revolutions. Everybody makes a living easily, the necessaries of life being cheap and easily obtained. The luxuries are unknown.

This is essentially a grazing country, its dryness of climate rendering it unfit for agriculture. It is rarely visited by sightseers, hence is but little known outside of its own limits. It is the principal sheep raising district in the State. Game is plenty. There are turkey, deer, antelope, peccaries, or musk hogs, wolves, bears, panthers, and leopards, while the "jack rabbit" attains a size and length of ear rarely equaled elsewhere. The leopard is a beautiful but fierce and powerful animal, and it is said to crush the skull of an ox with the same apparent ease that a cat does a mouse.

Twenty years ago wild horses roamed over this country in numbers as immense as the buffalo did lately over the plains west of your city. Their old trails are still to be seen, but the animals that made them, like the buffalo, are gradually disappearing--no one knows why nor how. They are now rarely seen in droves of more than a dozen or twenty. No animal is wilder or more difficult to approach, though the colts are sometimes captured, and make tough, serviceable horses, but are apt to retain the wild, restless nature of the mustang.

From time immemorial, Texas has been regarded as the home of outlaws and desperadoes. It is measureably true of this particular region. There are not many such, but these few, in connection with occasional inroads of marauding Mexicans and Indians from beyond the Rio Grande, render life and property somewhat unsafe.

Scott, tally one for Kansas. The soldier, when writing home to his girl, vowed that the further he got away from her, the better he liked her. I feel even so toward Kansas.

A. K. M.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

We need a silversmith.

Marriages are frequent.

Cabbage, 5 and 10 cents.

The Indians gather pecans.

John Smith don't live here.

Plowing is going on briskly.

Strawberry vines are blossoming.

Corn continues to pour in steadily.

The prairie grass is growing finely.

Mild weather throughout the State.

Several real estate transfers this week.

Hunters are still having good success.

The skate trade has been extremely dull.

Mr. W. B. Skinner wants to locate in town.

The general health of the town and county is good.

The justices are anxiously waiting for something to turn up.

The protracted meetings have been discontinued in Winfield.

A firm in Elk Falls wants to purchase five hundred red birds.

Near Cedar Vale, in this county, is a settlement of free lovers.

The clothing merchants are anxious for a few weeks of cold weather.

A great many railroads are beginning to advertise for the Centennial trade.

It has been successfuly demonstrated that the billiard hall cannot be plowed up.

A man living near Coffeyville has a turkey, which recently hatched four young ones.

Remember the railroad meeting at Winfield next Saturday, and endeavor to be present.

A tanner, a tailor, and broom maker would find a good business opening at Arkansas City.

Messrs. Leach and Eldridge, of Coffeyville, have sent a supply of cattle to the Pawnee Indians.

DIED. On Sunday, January 23rd, a son of Mr. Lewellen, aged six years. Spasms was the cause of death.

MARRIED. Chauncy Robinson married widow Woods on Grouse creek, last week. He gave the boys a supper.

CROWELL & CO., of Coffeyville, shipped to the Osages, two loads, and to the Pawnees, twelve loads of merchandise.

Judge McDonald, of Wellington, gave us a call of a few minutes last week.

In order to make sure of them, many farmers have already engaged their harvest hands. Five hundred laborers could find employment during harvest in this county.

The bell brought one man to town last Sunday. He heard the constant ringing, and thought the town was on fire. From what he was heard to remark, a little church going would have improved him.

The Beethoven Society meets tonight to practice for the concern to be given next week. It is porposed to donate all or a part of the proceeds to the school bell fund.

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Bill McDowell, a famous tramp, who has been everywhere, has recently taken an editorial position on the West Columbia, West Virginia, Monitor, and is making a lively paper of it.

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TWO WIVES. A man by the name of Myers, living six miles from Maple City, on the State line, has two wives and twenty children, so we have been informed. He has a small house nerby, which he uses for a school house, and employs a teacher for his children alone. He is regarded by his neighbors as a thoroughly reliable man, and is generally respected. What he wants with more than one wife is a query, unless it requires two to look after the offspring.

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We spoke of a hunchback running a race in Winfield, lately, and Walton took it that we referred to him, and went for us accordingly. It is a little strange he should think we meant him, and yet how natural for him to think so. Well, go for us on the Post Office, Amos, or originate another yarn. Anything for "revenge," you know, as you had it on the matrimonial occasion.

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MIXED. Mr. Henderson of the "Lagonda," was in town Monday.

Mr. Newman and J. L. Stubbs returned from the Pawnee Agency, last Monday, well pleased with their visit.

Mr. Vincent Furguson and Mr. Shurts, of Coshocton County, Ohio, have bought farms west of the Arkansas.

Orville Smith left for Vermont yesterday.

Little cold today.

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Rev. S. B. Fleming will preach a sermon next Sabbath morning on "Objections to the Inspirations of the Scriptures." In the evening he will discuss the "Philosophical and Speculative Aspect of the Doctrine of Universal Salvation."

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So, Joseph Troutman, of South Haven, that is you! We vouched for your grub at the City, and quinine at Eddy's, under promise you'd be in next week. Next week hasn't come yet, and it was a month ago. If we could kick you by mail, we'd feel like trying it.

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Wheatly Gooch is now a perambulator for the Singer sewing machine, roosting at Wichita. He will make a good one, for he "can work while he sings, and sing while he works, because his machine is a Singer." Be careful, Wheatly, and don't let the "needle fly up and back stitch your nose."

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THIEF CAUGHT. Constable Meadows and A. C. Maisler, of South Haven, returned Monday evening, with a young man who calls himself Joseph Bethel, who stole Maister's pony last week. They followed him nearly to Independence before overhauling him.

[FIRST TIME MAISLER/SECOND TIME MAISTER.]

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A proposition is on foot to have several lectures delivered at the school house by home professional men, on topics of their own choosing, principally for the benefit of the students. If the proposition meets with success, the proceeds will go into the school bell fund.

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AGENTS. Mr. I. H. Bonsall and S. E. Maxwell are agents for the Rose Hill Nursery. Mr. Hoffmaster, Wm. Anderson, E. Bowen, G. W. Harmon, D. Hunt, and S. P. Berryman will handle trees for the same firm.

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ARKANSAS CITY offers ten lots and $300 to any responsible parties who will erect a $1,500 tannery and conduct it. Hides are shipped in great quantities to be tanned, when the work could be successfully done here at much less cost.

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DANCE. On Monday evening, February 14th, the band boys will give a dance at the Central Avenue hotel. It is expected all will attire themselves in calico, or something else, and take part in having a good time.

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A Union Social will be given by Mrs. Newman and Mrs. C. R. Mitchell at Pearson's Hall, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 9. A cordial invitation is extended to all, and a good time will doubtless be had.

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About 3,000 bushels of wheat has been sent from Arkansas City to Wichita within the last three days: equivalent to seven carloads, and still we haven't a railroad.

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GEORGE ALLEN has performed a master-piece of workmanship on Wm. Benedict's doors and windows.

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M. E. Hudson, Master of the State Grange, will address the Patrons in Winfield, Saturday, Feb. 12th, at 10 o'clock a.m.; also at Arkansas City, at 7 p.m. of same day. A full attendance is desired.

A. S. WILLIAMS,

Master District Grange.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

POND CREEK, I. T., Jan. 26, 1876.

I thought I would drop you a few lines and give you some of the news from this locality. A number of the Osage Indians have been camped here all winter, and have sent out hunting parties to the plains. The parties met with little success hunting buffalo, having to go 50 miles beyond Camp Supply. On their return, when about twenty miles east of Supply, they commenced killing cattle, thereby getting the soldiers after them. On or about the 22nd, the soldiers struck a camp of the Indians, killed one of the Big Hills, and took one girl, one woman, and a small boy prisoners, with about forty head of stolen ponies and mules. They struck one old woman on the head with a revolver, and left her for dead; but the old lady has come in, and is in a fair way to recover. I will write again. W. J. KEFFER.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

The court house came near being destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Mr. Tell Walton had taken up the ashes in a nail keg, which he placed in a corner of one of the offices, and then left the room. Returning some time after, he discovered the keg to be all ablaze, and the flames already making rapid progress upon the wooden structure of the building. The alarm was given, water procured, and in a few minutes the would-be conflagration was extinguished. This little accident should serve as a lesson to all who are in the habit of taking up ashes in wooden vessels and not emptying the same immediately. Ashes often contain fire when it is supposed they are entirely free from it, and our advice to one and all is, never habituate yourself to leaving ashes setting in vessels of any kind inside of any building. Wellington Press.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

50 bu. Early Rose potatoes for sale by D. H. Clough.

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Found. A black bow, resembling a necktie. It is not a necktie, but is something worn on the back of a lady's dress, just around the waist. It will be found in the post office, where the boys have tacked it up.

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A Card. The party who removed the lumber from the Perdue place is well known, and will save trouble by returning the same or equivalent. J. T. SHEPPARD.

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For Sale. Five acres of land within one-half mile of the northwest corner of the town site. Location good and in excellent view of town. Price $90. Inquire at this office.

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For Sale or Trade. A second hand spring wagon. Will trade for corn. W. H. WALKER.

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The man who stole an iron beam, Canton Clipper stirring plow from Channell & Haywood's store last Monday night had better return it, and save trouble.

Arkansas City Traveler, February 2, 1876.

People's Drug Store, opposite City Hotel. KELLOGG & HOYT.

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FOR SALE. 221 acres of land 2-1/2 miles southeast of Arkansas City, well watered; twenty acres in wheat. Also 8 good residence lots, fenced and trees set out, just south of Col. McMullen's brick residence; one house and lot on main street, and my large stock of furniture, which will be sold cheap. Inauire of L. McLAUGHLIN.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

Today is ground-hog day.

Hon. Wm. P. Hackney has gained the admiration of the people of Cowley by his energy and ability in representing them.

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An Osage Killed.

On Tuesday, January 25th, twenty Osage Indians, of the Bill Hill band, camped at the mouth of the Shawkaska. Two of them went to Wilcox's herd of cattle, killed a beef, and were carrying it off, when one of the men with the herd saw them, and shot a load of buckshot into one of them. He fell from his horse, and is supposed to have been killed. They had killed nineteen cattle altogether and would proably have taken more if rash measures had not been resorted to. Fifteen men were sent for to come down and help the herders.

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The Rev. Mr. Fleming, of Arkansas City, has accepted the call tendered him by the First Presbyterian church of Junction City to become its pastor, provided he can have until February 1 to complete an engagement with the Home Mission. Board.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

A BAND OF THIEVING OSAGES JUSTLY DEALT WITH.

(Special to Leavenworth Times.)

CAMP SUPPLY, I. T., Jan. 27.

As the settlers on the border between Kansas and Indian Territory are periodically troubled by thieving bands of Osage Indians, it may interest your readers to know that at least one of their raids has ended in disaster to the noble savage.

On the night of the 19th inst., a messenger arrived at this post with news that a party of Osages had stolen about fifty head of cattle from the camp of Lee & Reynolds, about thirty-five miles south of this place. The herders had followed the trail for about fifteen miles, but being unable to overtake the Indians, one of them was sent into this place to procure aid.

Major Gordon, of the Fifth Cavalry, commanding this post, immediately ordered pursuit. Lieut. Bishop, of the Fifth Cavalry, with fifteen men, started the same night at 12 o'clock, with orders "to punish the Indians should the latter be overtaken; if neccesary, to pursue them to their agency and demand the surrender of the thieves and stolen stock." Scout Amos Chapman accompanied the command as guide.

Lieut. Bishop arrived at the scene of the robbery, and started at once upon the trail.

The detachment returned today, bring as prisoners, three squaws, one boy, and thirty-five Indian ponies.

I learn that at about noon on the 25th inst., Lieut. Bishop arrived near the Indian camp, located in high grass, their ponies grazing on a neighboring hill. Dismounting his men, and favored by a heavy atmosphere, the Indians were taken by surprise.

The latter, being dismounted, were unable to escape; and rather than surrender, made a determined fight. Three Indians were killed, several wounded, who escaped, and the whole band dispersed.

With one exception, all the lodges were burned. One old squaw declared she would rather be killed than go as a prisoner. She was left, the sole occupant of the camp that a few hours before contained so many thieving Indians. The stolen cattle had been slaughtered before the Indians had been overtaken. The prisoners acknowledged the guilt of their band.

The loss they have received will serve as a check to future raids, and the punishment upon them has been richly deserved, for their depredations for some years in this section.

Lieutenant Bishop is deserving of great praise for the prompt manner in which he executes orders and Osages at the same time. C. M. L.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

The first salt made by the Arkansas Valley Salt Company is at Gillett & Foote's, at Hutchinson. The company have furnaces with capacity for thirty barrels of salt per day. Wichita Beacon.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

RECAP: SAMUEL HOYT, PLAINTIFF, SUED ISAAC L. FETTERMAN AND MINNIE FETTERMAN...$500...NOTE AND MORTGAGE.

RECAP: GEORGE O. SWEET AND ANN F. SWEET WERE SUED BY LYMAN C. NORTON...$500...FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE...L. B. KELLOGG, ATTORNEY FOR LYMAN C. NORTON, PLAINTIFF.

RECAP: SARAH BROWN SUED PETER PIXLER, ELIZA PIXLER, AND ALFRED B. WOOLSEY...$726...MORTGAGED PROPERTY...L. B. KELLOGG AND C. R. MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF, SARAH BROWN.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

ARKANSAS CITY, February 8, 1876.

In company with A. A. Newman, we recently paid a visit to the Pawnee Agency, and at your request, will give you a few items.

We left Arkansas City on Thursday. Owing to the rains of late, and the heavy freights that have passed over the road, it was very much cut up; but it is a natural route, and with a few days' work, would make the best road in this section. Would it not be a wise move for the citizens of this place to take measures to have some improvements made on it?

We arrived at the Agency Friday afternoon; found Agent Burgess and family comfortably located in their new quarters, and to whom we are under obligations for their hospitality, and for much information relative to the progress of the Indians, their management, etc.

Indian labor is employed as far as practicable, and they manifest considerable of skill in the use of tools, etc. Quite a number of full blood Indians are serving apprenticeships at the different trades, and we were informed by those over them that they take quite an interest in their work, and seem anxious to learn.

A day school is in progress, conducted by Miss Burgess and Mrs. Longshore, with an average attendance of 90 scholars, an equal number of boys and girls--something unusual for Indians, as they are almost universally opposed to the education of their girls, and their prejudices can only be overcome by time and an unlimited amount of patience. It being Saturday, we did not have an opportunity of visiting the school, but were informed that they are easily governed, and learn quite readily, several of them being able to read quite intelligently, having only been in school a little over a year.

A portion of their tribe are on their annual hunt, but meeting with poor success. They draw an annuity of $30,000, $15,000 of which they receive in annuity goods. The balance is paid them in cash, semi-annually.

We were shown Indians, who, two years ago, were the wildest of their tribe, but who are now wearing citizens' clothes, and are evidently anxious to settle down to farming pursuits and follow the "white man's road."

The health of the tribe is not so good as on their old Reservation, owing probably to the change of climate. Their sanitary interests are cared for by Dr. Lamb, a very pleasant gentleman and a thorough practitioner.

Agent Burgess has had charge of the tribe for three years, and under his efficient management it is evident the Indians are making rapid strides toward civilization, which is nothing more than a just recompense for his efforts, as he is heartily engaged in his work, and certainly has a very rational method of dealing with his "children," and if permitted to continue his administration a few years, we may expect to see them become self-sustaining. J. L. S.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, Jan. 19, 1876.

DEAR OLD FRIEND: I have been waiting for Saturday to come, that I might have leisure to write to you without hurry and pressure. . . .

We are very comfortable and happy here, having pleasanter quarters than for several years, and better prospects also. I have, to my own great surprise, emerged into a field of work that more than satisfies me. My effort in the pulpit and on the lecture stand are received in such a way as makes me wonder. In the line of scientific illustrated lectures, I seem to have no competitor on this coast, and calls come from all sides, of which I can answer very few indeed. I am very well, busy, and happy; and thankful for the good Providence which has led me from the Cimarron to this beautiful city. I feel "in my sphere" here rather than there.

This is a city of churches. We are members of the Congregational Church, presided over by a thoroughly cultured Bostonian. My wife is happier and more hopeful than for years--seeming, however, somewhat dissatisfied with the sparse population of California. Our little people are very well indeed, and are progressing in their studies. My boy now plays all easy music at sight, and seems to be gradually outgrowing Kansas malaria.

The landscape outside looks queer enough: The mountains are piled deeply with snow, but the orange trees are full of ripe fruit on the footslopes, and the valley is an Eden-like as grass and flowers can make it.

From our window we look out upon such a panorama--more than a hundred miles of snowy mountains, both verges being covered, and rising abruptly to the east and west, more than 4,000 feet; while in the adjoining yards superb callas and perpetual bud and blossom. We have much rain, but only upon one day has a snowflake come down to the valley, and then the snow melted as it fell.

Fuel is the one costly item on this coast: good coal, $16 to $20 per ton, and wood $10 to $12. However, we live on manna: Water and gas come in pipes; milk, during the night, miraculously appears in a can placed on a veranda; dirty clothing is carried off by a Celenial being in wooden shoes and a long pigtail, and returns in a fluted and enameled condition fit for the New Jerusalem; bread, the daily paper, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, wine--all are delivered at our door by similar angels, more or less in disguise; though I must admit that our Providence presents weekly or monthly bills, as that of the Hebrews did not.

MORE TO LETTER...BUT I STOPPED HERE.

H. B. NORTON.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

The Texas Border.

The Commission on Texas Border Troubles called on Secretary Belknap today to ask for cavalry regiments and a sufficient number of infantry to guard posts on the river. He said he would take the matter into consideration and give them a reply in a few days.

INDIAN TERRITORY.

The House Committee on Territories agreed today to have a special meeting to consider the bill of Mr. Franklin to establish a Territory to be known as Oklahoma. They did this because it was urged that there are 20,000 citizens of the United States in that country among the Indians, with no law to protect them; 8,000 freedmen, former slaves of the Indians, and 40,000 civilized Indians; that there is no punishment for crime, and that disorder reigns. Charges of enormous expenditures at the United States Court at Fort Smith are made--said to be as high as $400,000 a year--and the committee proposes a thorough investigation of the subject.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 29. Major J. J. Upham, U. S. A., in charge of the Union Indian Agency here formally accepted the Government buildings just completed at this post, from the contractors Proctor & Maxwell, under instructions from the department of the interior. Bills and vouchers were forwarded to Washington for inspection and payment.

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Omah, Neb., January 29. A large number of citizens have left here for the Black Hills during the past week. Many persons are arriving daily from the eastern route for the gold region. Much trouble is anticipated from Indians in that section this summer. The Arapahoes, who have been south this winter, say they are all determined on a war for the possession of the Black Hills country, and are prepared for it. It is not thought that the Government will interpose to keep the miners out, but it may leave them to protect themselves.

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Railroad Meeting.

The largest and most enthusiastic railroad meeting ever held in the county was held at Winfield last Saturday, and resolutions passed endorsing the repeal of the present bond law, so as to place ourselves in a situation to aid a road and have some means of disposing of our surplus grain and produce. The question of gauge was not brought up, but the general feeling is we must and will have a road of some kind. Farmers who have been hauling wheat to Wichita, and have a surplus of corn, pork, and vegetables, demand some way of disposing of them. If they are obliged to keep all they raise, they will have to stop raising. It is no ojbect to hold corn from one year to another and get no more for it, than when it was first cribbed. We want a market, and the only way to get it is to get a road and make the demand. We publish the proceedings in another column which all should read and reflect on.

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We want a railroad, and can't get it until we offer a bonus. How much will you give? If you will give the difference in the price of grain and produce, in this county and Wichita, for two years, you pay for the road. Thus, wheat is worth 90 cents per bushel here; in Wichita, $1.10. It will cost you the difference (20 cents) to haul it to market. If you will give that difference for two years, you will pay for the road, without any real outlay or expense to yourself, and then the road will have to help pay your taxes.

There is not a man in the county who would not make money by paying $20 per year for a railroad, and yet if he was to vote $150,000 towards building it, he would not have to give half of it to pay his tax. This is based on the basis that all men are worth an equal amount. The tax requires the rich man to pay more than the poor man. Everyone according to his wealth.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.

A number of individuals attended the Railroad Meeting at Winfield, from this place, last Saturday. The procession was headed by the Silver Cornet Band, and great enthusiasm manifested. Members of the City Council and other prominent citizens mingled with the multitude, showing that the interest was general.

We were taken over the road in such a manner reminding us of "Tom O'Shanter's" wild ride, behind one of the liveliest steppers in this section, driven by a prominent merchant of this place. A general command was made, after locating at Uncle Tommy's commodious abode, to "wash your face," which was unanimously obeyed.

Sauntering around town we met Prof. Lemmon, fat and hearty, who was pleased to inform us he pulled up the beam at 200 pounds. We expressed our appreciation of his strength and afterward silently admired his ability. Passing Gallotti & Boyer's new Clothing House, we were seized upon and endeavored to be persuaded to buy a coat "vhat fit us, choost like paper on a vall. One dat vas made for de President's son, und de President's son he died, and dat is vy ve have de coat."

We went to the room where the Democratic organization was to be made and found only three persons present. Charley Black had elected himself Chairman so as to head off Amos Walton, who it was understood was to officiate.

Everywhere on the street we met patriotic railroad men, all with dirty faces.

In spite of wind and weather, the Band Boys did the fair thing, and received the thanks of the meeting. When they struck up with No. 17, the Granger's (who had just adjourned from the courtroom), could not hold their number thirteens on the floor quietly. The "Rackensock Traveler" sould have set them crazy, and for that reason Joe held it back.

Another meeting should be held at Arkansas City; then Tisdale, Dexter, Lazette, and all through the county, and work up an interest that will accomplish something.

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Railroad Meeting.

A MEETING of the citizens of this place was held at H. O. Meigs' office, on last Wednesday evening, to elect delegates to the Railroad Convention to be held at Topeka Monday, February 7th, and canvass matters concerning railroads generally.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.

ELLSWORTH, ELLSWORTH CO., KAS., Feb. 4, 1876.

SIR: As one of the committee of correspondence in relation to railroads centering at this place, I write you hoping to ascertain what has been done for the Arkansas Valley R. R. Our people feel much interest in a road to the southeast--one tht will open the way to a southern market for our surplus produce; and when we reflect that only ten miles from this place we reach the head waters of the Little Arkansas River, and there commences a descent that continues without interruption in a southeastern direction five or six hundred miles, until it disembarks into the great Valley of the Mississippi, the idea naturally presents itself that the natural advantages of an easy grade, without a hill, through the richest valley, presents a route for a railroad which sooner or later must be built; sooner, if the people are enterprising, and have the courage to undertake an enterprise so fraught with importance to the dense population that soon will be settled all along this line of road. Have the steps been taken to organize a company to build a road as indicated? And has anything been done to forward the work?

Hoping to receive some news of this important enterprise at an early day, that I may lay the same before our people at a meeting which is to be held sometime in the near future, I am, most truly,

Z. JACKSON,

Com. on Correspondence.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.

WINFIELD, February 5, 1876.

On motion of C. M. Scott, Mr. D. A. Millington, of Winfield, was eleced Chairman. On motion of A. N. Deming, C. R. Mitchell, of Arkansas City, was elected Secretary. On motion of Prof. A. B. Lemmon, the following committee of thirteen was appointed to draft resolutions to express the feelings of this meeting.

A. B. Lemmon, of Winfield.

C. M. Scott, of Arkansas City.

Mr. Harbaugh, Pleasant Valley.

W. R. Wilkins, of Liberty.

H. L. Barker, of Richland.

R. P. Goodrich, of Spring Creek.

Enos Henthorn, of Omnia.

S. S. Moore, of Tisdale.

S. M. Fall, of Windsor.

T. W. Morris, of Beaver.

Amos Walton, of Winfield.

J. B. Holmes, of Rock.

S. B. Fleming, of Creswell.

C. R. Mitchell, being absent, on motion of A. B. Lemmon, Mr. I. H. Bonsall of Arkansas City was elected Secretary in his place. On motion of Mr. Fleming, the Arkansas City Silver Cornet Band was requested to give the meeting some music while the committee was absent drafting resolutions. After listening to some very good music by the band, Judge Ross, of Rock township, was called on for a speech, and responded with an effective and pointed speech in favor of railroads, and convinced the convention that he was, as he said in commencing his speech, covered all over with the railroad fever, and must have convinced the most skeptical of the need of a railroad outlet for our crops.

J. B. Evans, of Vernon, responded to a call with a lukewarm speech favoring a road on conditions, but did not want to commit himself at the present time. Judge Christian of Arkansas City responded to a call with a few pointed remarks in favor of a railroad, when the Committee on Resolutions came in, ready to report, and Prof. A. B. Lemmon, Chairman of the Committee, read the following resolutions.

WHEREAS, We, the people and producers of Cowley county, unless we have a railroad in our county, will expend within the coming year, in time, labor, and money, half a million of dollars for transporting grain, lumber, and merchandise to and from the nearest railroad stations, and in losses by being compelled to sell in a distant town on a marekt temporarily unfavorable, thus leaving the producers utterly without any profits on their labor, which sum, if saved to the county, would yield to the producers an enormous profit; and

WHEREAS, The present financial condition of the country, and particularly of our and adjoining counties, and the history of railroad building in the West, proves that it impossible to get a railroad here without the aid of reasonably liberal county or other municipal franchises, which it is impossible to give under our present laws; and

WHEREAS, Though our county would probably vote such aid by a two thirds majority, as the law now requires, yet a failure by any other county along the line to give such majority would be fatal to the road; therefore, it is by the people of Cowley county, Kansas, in mass convention assembled,

Resolved, That we earnestly appeal to the Legislature of Kansas, now in session, to enact a law enabling counties and other municipalities to vote aid in bonds or cash sufficient to induce the construction of railroads where they are needed.

Resolved, That such law should allow such aid to be given by a majority vote.

Resolved, That our railroad law should be amended so as to allow the voting of a reasonable amount of bonds as aid in the construction of a railroad within our county.

Resolved, That such law should provide that all taxes collected from such railroads within any county or municipality shall, to the extent of the amount of principal and interest of the aid given, be paid pro rata to the counties and municipalities giving such aid, and applied to the payment of such interest and principal.

Resolved, That our Representatives and Senator at Topeka are hereby earnestly requested and instructed to labor to procure the enactment of such a law as is herein contemplated.

A. B. LEMMON,

S. B. FLEMING,

C. M. SCOTT,

A. WALTON,

E. H. HENTHORN,

J. B. HOLMES,

S. M. FALL.

On motion the report was accepted, and committee discharged. Moved and seconded that the report be accepted as a whole. Moved by Mr. Allison that the motion be amended so that the report be considered by sections; amendment accepted and carried; motion as amended carried. On motion that the preamble be adopted, moved by Allison to amend by striking out the words, "WHEREAS. Though our county would probably vote such and by a two thirds majority, as the law now requires, yet a failure by any other county along the line to give such majority would be fatal to the road; therefore, it is by the people of Cowley county, Kansas, in mass convention assembled." Motion to strike out lost. On motion, the preamble was adopted.

On motion, the first resolution was adopted.

Moved to reject the second resolution by Mr. Allison; motion seconded; motion to amend by adopting the resolution as read, by Prof. A. B. Lemmon, and previous question called; amendment withdrawn; motion of Mr. Allison to reject lost; moved to adopt the resolution as read; carried.

On motion, the third resolution was adopted without opposition. On motion, the fourth resolution was adopted unanimously. On motion, the fifth resolution was adopted.

Rev. Mr. Platter read a letter from Peabody, asking for delegates to be appointed to attend a meeting there on the 23rd or 27th. A motion of Rev. Platter that the chair appoint delegates was carried, and Rev. J. E. Platter, of Winfield, C. M. Scott, Arkansas City, and Judge Ross, of Rock township, were appointed delegates.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Allison.

Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention tht Cowley county should not vote aid to a narrow gauge road until there is no probability of there being a standard gauge road constructed through the county.

Moved to lay it on the table; carried.

Moved by A. N. Demining that a vote of thanks be given to the Arkansas City Silver Cornet Band. Carried unanimously, and responded to by music from the band.

Moved and seconded that the convention do not adjourn.

D. A. MILLINGTON, Chairman.

I. H. BONSALL, Secretary.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.

Washington, Feb. 1. The House committee on Indian affairs today took final action on the question whether or not they should recommend appropriations to satisfy any claim for losses sustained by Indian depredations. The committee decided to report adversely on all such bills and petitions referred to them, taking the ground that the government is not liable to pay for Indian depredations, either out of the general treasury or Indian trust fund annuities.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.

The Senate bill which passed day before yesterday changes the time of holding court in Butler county to the second Monday of February and August; county of Elk, first Monday of March and September; county of Chautauqua, second Monday of March and September; county of Cowley, first Monday of April and October, and the county of Sedgwick, first Monday of May and November.

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TRAVELER, FEBRUARY 9, 1876.

Union Social at Pearson's Hall, tonight.

Dr. Hughes did not sell his place, as reported.

Rev. Turner (United Presbyterian) arrived last week.

Rev. Smith, of Dexter, took dinner with us last week at the City Hotel.

BORN: January 28, 1876, an eight pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Baker.

S. P. , Mayor of this city, is at Topeka, looking after our railroad interests.

We publish on the first page an interesting letter from Prof. Norton to Col. J. C. McMullen.

S. M. Fall, one of Lazette's prominent citizens, called on us last week, accompanied by a substantial Indiana farmer.

The driver from Wichita to El Paso, a distance of thirteen miles, made the drive in fifty-five minutes last Friday.

PATRONS. Master Hudson of the State Grange will address you at Benedict's Hall, on Saturday, February 12, at 7 p.m. Turn out.

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BORN. On yesterday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Wintin, a son. Weight: standard. Mr. Wintin is in Colorado, and will have a surprise when he returns.

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Dr. Houston, of Leavenworth, called on us last Monday. He is the father of John Houston, formerly at this place, and an old-time resident of Leavenworth.

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Tickets for the Beethoven Concert on Saturday evening at the school house can be purchased at Kellogg & Hoyt's, Sherburne & Stubbs, E. D. Eddy's, and the Post Office. Admission 25 cents. Children 15 cents.

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BIRTHDAY PRESENT. A number of the friends of Miss Georgie Sherburne gathered at her place of residence last Wednesday evening for the purpose of presenting tokens of appreciation, when to the surprise and gratification of all, a fine, seven and one-fourth octave piano, worth $700 (A. M. McPhall, Boston, Mass., manufacturer) was brought in as a present from her

brother, Joseph. The surprise was a complete success, and the presents gorgeous.

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DIED. On Thursday, February 4th, of pneumonia, Charles W. Windell, Aged 36 years. Mr. Windell was a resident of this county, living near Salt City. He leaves a wife and four children; the oldest eight years and the youngest three months. The funeral procession to this place consisted of three solitary individuals, besides the widow and babe, and was a sorrowful sight. The order of Mason's took charge of the corpse, and buried it under the Masonic rule.

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GROUSE CREEK ITEMS. The protracted meeting that was being conducted at Coburn's schoolhouse, by the Rev. Mr. Nance (Presbyterian), closed on Wednesday evening last.

The Grouse Creek Spiritualists have again commenced their mysterious works. They need another exposition.

Mr. J. G. Titus speaks of bringing two thousand sheep into Cowley county. A. E. L.

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CONCERT. The first Beethoven concert of the year will be given at the school house on Saturday evening of this week. The Society have new books, and for some time have been studying a higher class of music than they have rendered at any previous concert. The element of fun will not be wanting, and the collection of songs, duets, trios, and comic pieces is supposed to be better than that of any previous concert of the Society. All are invited to attend. A portion of the proceeds will be given to the school bell fund. It is the aim of the Society to make every concert better in all respects than any former one. Admission 25 cents; children, 10 cents. Concert to commence at half past 7 o'clock.

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ANOTHER CONCERT. In an issue of the TRAVELER of two or three months ago the choir of the First Presbyterian Church announced that they would give a concert. For unavoidable reasons they had to defer it, but since that time they have been preparing, and now have their programme nearly completed. They propose to give a "Centennnial Concert" in costume, introducing many of the stirring old songs and choruses that were sung a century ago. With the proceeds of the concert it is proposed to enlarge the choir platform, surround it with wainscotting, and provide new and comfortable seats for the members of the choir. The concert will be given during the first week in March. Look out for further notice. E. W. H.

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REV. A. H. LACKEY, of Peabody, will preach in the First Presbyterian Church next Sabbath, morning and evening. The series of meetings which were discontinued in January will be resumed at that time. Rev. Lackey expects to remain and preach during all of next week; services every night except Saturday. All Christians are earnestly request to pray and labor for a yet greater outpouring of the Spirit of God in our midst, and all (irrespective of denominational preferences) are cordially invited to be present at these meetings. F.

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EXPRESSION OF THANKS. I wish to express my feelings to the friends who so kindly remembered me on the evening of February 2, 1876, by giving them my warmest thanks for the beautiful gift presented to me on that occasion. To those present when the gift was bestowed, and those absent who were participants in it, I would say I feel certainly highly honored by your kind remembrance, and shall look back to that evening as one of the happiest of my life. You all have my best wishes. May much happiness be yours.

G. B. SHERBURNE.

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J. A. STAFFORD and family leave this week for the W