The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

DIED. Just as we go to press we learn by a telegram from Independence to A. B. Lemmon, who is here on his way there, that his brother, Ed. R. Lemmon, died this (Wednesday) morning. Ed. was a bright, energetic and talented young man, and was for a time one of the COURIER force. His disease was pulmonary consumption and aggravated by over-exertion. His death is a sad bereavement to his mother, sisters, and brothers, and will be deeply felt in a wide circle of warm friends.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

New Salem.

EDS. COURIER: Again I will drop you a few lines from this, "the garden spot of Cowley." We have as good soil, as well posted farmers, as big babies, and the "reddest" headed women of any place in the county, and we are proud of all these. Farmers are all busy, and by the way, if this fine weather lasts much longer, you will hear of early planting of crops around New Salem.

Our school is a success this winter under the above management of Mr. Hall.

Dan Read has sold his interest in the grocery business at New Salem to John Cox. The firm now is Cox & Chrisman.

Sam Allen has opened a coal office on Main street.

Dr. Irwin has stocked up with drugs again.

The carpenter work on the depot is done and our town is so attractive that "Dick" Chase was over to see it.

DIED. Mrs. B. F. Gledhill, living east of old Salem, died last Thursday and was taken to Illinois for interment. Mr. Gledhill has the sympathy of the entire community.

I feel sorry for that "fellow" that Olivia scored on last week and he says if Olivia was to fall into that imaginary chasm, it would not be necessary to jump in after her, as he would blow ashore. Olivia read my article wrong if she thought I appointed myself critic for the Salem items, or to think I used vulgar language, and what she said about that other fellow does not interest me. I did take exception to Olivia calling our station an imaginary station, and cited her to where she could find the imaginary station and also where could be found a real station. The people of New Salem are too much interested in the welfare of our town to keep still when it is criticized, but enough of this.

New Year is here, but we can hardly realize such to be the fact, as the weather is more like spring this mid winter.

May the many readers of the COURIER be blest with health and prosperity through the year is the wish of JOE K. LITTLE.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Maple City.

Christmas is past, and the New Year is fast approaching. Enjoy yourselves, young friends, is the motto of your humble servant. Christmas comes but once a year and why not enjoy it while it is here. The Christmas tree at Maple City was a success, the tree was loaded with presents and almost everyone was made happy with some remembrance, however small.

Mrs. Gilkey has been suffering very much with neuralgia in her face. I for one know how to sympathize with her, having suffered with it myself.

Mr. R. P. Goodrich was very sick all last week.

Dr. E. Holland was here looking out a situation this week. I do not know whether he has decided to settle here or not.

A party of young people made a raid on Mr. S. B. Clayton last Monday evening; they were received with great hospitality. The worst part of the joke was they got into the cupboard and ate everything they could, among other things, a large plate of Doughnuts, which vanished down those same awful throats.

Thursday evening the young folks gathered at Mr. Mathews, one mile east of town, and there kept time to music made by Mr. Enos Goodrich and Mr. Lo Anthes.

Mr. L. D. Hasty has returned to his home on a visit.

Mr. Eugene Thomas is here on a visit from Sumner County. He thinks of staying.

Miss Venia Wilson is here on a visit from Arkansas City.

No more for this time; from an old friend. OLA.

December 23, 1881.

[NEWS FROM OTHER EXCHANGES.]

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Judgments for about $30,000 have been obtained against ninety settlers on the Osage lands, for fees for securing their land, by certain lawyers.

Capt. Dave Payne and a few of his followers entered the land of Oklahoma from the south some weeks since. Gen. Pope's idea of letting them alone was adopted. Consequently, they came up through Caldwell last week going home.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882. From Seeley.

EDS. COURIER: As J. P. has decided to retire from journalistic effort, I will take the vacant post, that is if you will accept me.

Christmas at Seeley was celebrated by a Christmas tree, or trees, well filled with choice and elegant gifts. All seemed to enjoy themselves hugely. The music and recitations were good, comic song also, and of all the vast assembly but few were forgotten, and their disappointment was forgotten in the joys of others. Many were the jokes indulged in, but all were of a nature that none were offended.

Church and Sabbath school every Sabbath, at the Seeley schoolhouse at 10 p.m., all are invited to attend.

Messrs. Hall and James have opened a store at Seeley, where they will be pleased to see their many friends.

The scholars of district No. 27 have had a holiday for the week just past, but today have returned to books.

During the past week the M. E. Brethren have been holding a revival at Ninnescah schoolhouse with great success.

Many have said that though 1881 was spent in sin, 1882 shall be spent in the service of the Lord.

The watch meeting here was largely attended on New Year's eve. New Year's night the house was packed, scarcely standing room for many.

I wish to compliment you on your success in securing so spicy a correspondent in Western Ninnescah as Lady Madge; long may she live and often may she wield her pen for the edification of your many readers.

I agree with you that envy, malice, tattling, hypocrisy, and all mischief making should not only be avoided, but should be rooted out of the heart, and the only way this can be done is by the help of God, who is ever ready to help us poor, weak mortals to come off more than conqueror over sin. MINNIE MENTOR.

JANUARY 1ST, 1882.

[Note: Many of the earlier newspapers referred to "Seely" rather than "Seeley."]

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Once more, kind friends, after a long silence, I shall endeavor to renew my weekly chats with you.

Christmas passed off in a charming manner. Sheridan dispensed with the old-time tree and, in its stead, constructed a noble ship, which was heavy laden with many beautiful presents.

I do not think any Sunday school would have done a better work than ours. The committee had but seventeen dollars, yet every child in the Sunday school received a handsome book, a sack of candy, apples, etc. Norman Hall made a jolly and interesting Santa Claus. The "Christmas Anthem" by the choir was splendid. Everyone seemed to enjoy them- selves, unless it was poor "Santa." His coat was so short that he had to hold onto it to keep it from going over his head. He will have to get a "Mrs. Santa" to piece it for him before next Christmas.

MARRIED. Jerry Partridge returned to the old home, in Michigan, some three weeks ago, and shortly after his arrival there, he was united in marriage with one of the State's fairest daughters. It is not know when he will return, but his Sheridan friends will be prepared to give Jerry and his bride a cordial welcome.

The McClellan Brothers and families have moved to Chautauqua County.

"X." is mistaken about Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard going to open meeting in Sheridan. They have concluded that we are going on in the right way and they are needed more in other places. Reap assured "X." if they had come, they would have been courteously received and well entertained.

The social people of this place talk of having a festival ere long; the proceeds to be used for purchasing books for the circulating library.

The Sheridan farmers are delighted over the thought of having scales they can trust, and not be afraid of being cheated out of half their honest dues.

The people of Cowley should praise their Heavenly Father this winter, if never before, for the mild weather we have had so far. If the winter had been so severe this year as it was last, we fear many poor families would have suffered, as wood is so scarce, and coal so far away from most of them.

I heard a gentleman remark the other day that he longed for the arrival of the COURIER as eagerly as he did for a letter from his old home. As for me, the next best thing to getting a letter from my girl is to go to the post office and have the postmaster hand out to me the boss paper of Cowley County, which is said by all to be a choice combination of wit, useful instruction, and general news.

I shall close now, wishing, kind Editors, that you and your excellent paper will have a prosperous and happy New Year. P. A. & P. I.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The following is the report of the standing of scholars of Seeley School, District 31, for the month of December.

In the "A" class: Fred Lehmann stood 100 in three branches; Bert Capple 100 in four branches; Reuben Crick 100 in five branches; Lillie Perrin, 100 in two branches; Lola Whitman and Benton Cunningham 100 in one branch.

In the "B" class: Bert Crick and Louise Lehmann stood 100 in one branch; Isaac Senseney, Florence Barnes, and Leona Cunningham stood ninety in one branch.

The number of pupils enrolled during the month of December, 41; averaged daily attendance 36; No. Of visits from patrons of school 9. L. C. TURNER, Teacher.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

W. E. Graham was arrested today on the charge of murdering his uncle, Phil. Ogley, in this county on December 28. He confessed having committed the murder, and about 9 o'clock tonight a party of about 300 men gathered at the jail, overpowered the sheriff and his guards, took Graham from his cell, and hung him to a telegraph pole in front of the courthouse. Great excitement prevails. It is thought that Rose, the murderer of the Weirs and his son, who is now in jail, will be hung before morning. [LOCATION NOT GIVEN.]

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. CHAS. H. PAYSON -WILL DELIVER A- LECTURE -ON- "CRIMES AND CRIMINALS" -AT THE- OPERA HOUSE, -ON- MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9.

ADMISSION 50 CENTS.

No extra charge for Reserved seats, which can be secured at Goldsmith's.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. SMITH BROS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOTS AND SHOES, are offering great inducements this fall from their immense stock of unrivaled prices, many things being Retailed at Wholesale Prices. It will pay you to come, and see us, as we will offer such inducements in stock and prices as you cannot find other places. SMITH BROS.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. TAKE THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON -AND- QUINCY RAILROAD FOR ALL POINTS EAST AND WEST. No other line runs Three Through Passenger Trains daily.

-FROM- OMAHA, ST. JOSEPH, ATCHISON, TOPEKA, OR KANSAS CITY TO CHI- CAGO, Where direct connections are made with THROUGH SLEEPING CAR LINES -TO- NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, AND ALL EASTERN CITIES.

THE SHORT LINE.

VIA PEORIA FOR INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE, And all points to the SOUTHEAST!

The shortest, speediest, and most comfortable route to ROCK + ILARD -AND- NORTH.

The unequaled inducements offered by this line to Travelers and Tourists, are as follows: The celebrated Pullman (19-wheel) Palace sleeping cars, run only on this Line, C. B. & Q. Palace Drawing room cars, with Horton's Reclining chairs. No extra charge for seats in Reclining chairs. The famous C. B. & Q. Palace Dining cars. Gorgeous Smoking cars fitted with elegant High-Backed Rattan Revolving chairs for the exclusive use of first class passengers.

Steel Track and Superior Equipment, combined with their great through car arrangement makes this, above all others, the favorite Route of the South and Southwest, and the Far West.

Try it and you will find traveling a luxury instead of a discomfort.

Through tickets via the Celebrated Line, for sale at all offices in the United States and Canada.

All informations about Rates of Fare, Sleeping car accommodations, time tables, etc., will be cheerfully given by applying to

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. GOOD INVESTMENT. HOWLAND'S ADDITION TO WINFIELD. NOW ON SALE. ALSO, LOTS IN CITIZENS' ADDITION. PRYOR & KINNE.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. GROUSE CREEK WATER MILLS, DEXTER, KANSAS.

BULLINGTON & ELLIOTT, Proprietors.

This mill makes custom work a specialty and is prepared to attend to customers from a distance on call.

It grinds for toll or exchanges flour for wheat to suit the customer.

Retail rates for flour and mill products as low or lower than can be had elsewhere in the county. Liberal discount on job lots.

Highest market price paid for wheat.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. THE OLD RELIABLE "HOOSIER" GROCERY.

Opens the New Year in better shape than ever before.

BIGGER STOCK, better prices, and livelier sales will be our motto for the coming year. We do not intend to be outdone in the GROCERY BUSINESS by anyone. In other words, we "will never take a back seat." We want Produce, Chickens! Butter & Eggs, FOR CASH OR TRADE.

Our stock of Coffees, Teas, Canned Goods and Tobaccos have been selected with special care and can't be beat in either quality or prices.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. DR. H. W. JONES. DENTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted from one to an entire set. Gold and Plastic filling. All work guaranteed. Office corner Main Street and 10th Avenue, Winfield, Kansas.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

RECAP: PROBATE COURT, COWLEY COUNTY, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES I. COTTINGHAM, DECEASED, NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO SELL REAL ESTATE. MENTIONS ADIE COTTINGHAM, WIDOW, AND WILLIAM W. COTTINGHAM, CHILD AND HEIR AT LAW OF JAMES I. COTTINGHAM, DECEASED. LAND TO BE SOLD: SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 25 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 31, SOUTH OF RANGE FOUR EAST.

JOHN W. COTTINGHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES I. COTTINGHAM, DECEASED. WINFIELD, DEC. 27, 1881. M. G. TSOSIE [?], ATTORNEY FOR ADMINISTRATOR.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. SHERIFF'S SALE...WINFIELD BANK, PLAINTIFF; L. C. HARTER & BENJAMIN F. TONEY, DEFENDANTS. SHERIFF A. T. SHENNEMAN.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. PUBLICATION NOTICE, DISTRICT COURT. ELIGA, WELLS, PLAINTIFF VS. NANCY J. WELLS, DEFENDANT. DIVORCE PETITION. A. J. PYBURN, ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. INSURE Your Dwellings, Barns, Churches, Schoolhouses, Crops, and Stock against loss or damage by Tornadoes, Wind Storms, Fire, and Lightning, in First-Class Companies, represented by GILBERT & FULLER, WINFIELD, KANSAS.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Ad. ELI YOUNGHEIM...DID NOT TYPE UP AD...CLOTHING STORE.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. DISSOLUTION -OF- CO-PARTNERSHIP (BY LIMITATION) OF THE FIRM OF LYNN & LOOSE. Will take place on the 6th day of March, 1882. Our doors will be closed for inventory about February 1st. Preparatory therein, we will offer our

ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS -AT- COST FOR CASH ONLY! . . . .

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

AD. BUY YOUR BOOTS AND SHOES -OF THE OLD RELIABLE- BOOT & SHOE HOUSE -OF- W. C. ROOT & CO. [THERE WAS MORE...BUT COULD NOT READ!]

[PERSONALS.]

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

G. N. Fowler has teams for sale.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

City Scales. Brotherton & Silver.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Will White, of Fairview, came down Thursday.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mrs. M. L. Jewell is visiting friends at Emporia.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Rev. D. Thomas made us a pleasant call Friday.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Judge McDonald is home again for a few days.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Levi W. Miller is the new postmaster at Otto in Cedar Township.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

F. W. Watkins came home from Colorado to spend the holidays.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Hank Clay has been visiting D. O. McCray at Lees Summit, Mo.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Van Doren & Gunn, Surgeon Dentists, door west of post office.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Dressed hogs wanted at Whiting Bros., Meat Market, at 6-1/2 cents.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Sam Jarvis came down Monday and will spend a few days with us.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Don't forget to go to McGuire Bros., and get a lb. of tobacco. Only 50 cents.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

BIRTH. Born to Mrs. And Rev. J. A. Rupp of Beaver Township, a daughter.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

MARRIED. Mr. F. P. Meyers, of Spring Creek Township, was married a few weeks ago.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

160 cords of wood for sale. Call on or address John B. Walker, Arkansas City, Kansas.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

G. E. Rusher of Ninnescah was in town last week and secured his literature for 1882.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mrs. Judge Boyer has returned and will spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Root.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The Sabbath school at Baltimore is in a flourishing condition and will run all winter.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Ike Phenis was over from Grouse Creek Monday on business before the Commissioners.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Judge Gans preached at the Christian Church Sunday evening.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mr. D. P. Marshall, of Creswell, was up Sunday. He is teaching at Pawnee Agency at present.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mr. W. R. [? H.?] Stolp, of Omnia, came down to the metropolis Thursday.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

F. M. Cooper, M. D., Winfield, Kansas. Chronic diseases a specialty. Office South Main street.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mr. Amos Becker, trustee of Pleasant Valley, was at the Township officers' meeting at the courthouse Friday.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Money on easy terms from the time the loan is made till it is paid off if you borrow of Jarvis, Conklin & Co.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

A Baptist church of fourteen members was organized in Harvey Township last month. Rev. Firestone is pastor.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

FOR SALE. A bull calf, from a fine milch cow and a thoroughbred Jersey bull. Call at Whiting's meat market.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The high school supper was a success and soon the school will have their apparatus. The net proceeds were about $40.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Hallet E. Mathews has been appointed postmaster at Box, in this county. It is on the Grouse, north of Cambridge.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

J. W. Hodges brought in his flock of 2,000 graded Colorado sheep, last week, and will feed them on Jap Cochran's place.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Through tickets at Kansas City cut rates to all points in the East for sale at the A. T. & S. F. Depot. W. J. Kennedy, Agent.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

A birthday party was given Saturday evening in honor of the sixth birthday of Nellie Harden, the little daughter of our county treasurer.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Dr. Cooper wishes to inform the public that he is now prepared to vaccinate all who may desire. His vaccine matter is pure bovine matter.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The I. H. Phenis county road was ordered opened Tuesday and following damages given:

N. H. Skees, $80; J. M. Jackson, $80; Charles Ballou, $80.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

If Goldsmith's prize doll is not called for by the holder of the lucky ticket in thirty days, it will go to number 828. Bertie Freeland holds this number.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The Secretary of the Building and Loan Association has hung out a handsome gold leaf sign. The first business meeting will be held Friday evening.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mrs. Leland J. Webb is very sick at her home in Topeka, with typhoid fever. A few days ago her case was considered critical, but she is now improving.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mr. Wm. Summerville, of Tisdale, is thinking of removing to Winfield and engaging in the grocery business. Mr. Summerville is one of Tisdale's best citizens.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Prof. and Mrs. Trimble and Miss Chiute returned from the meeting of the State teachers association Monday. They returned with State teachers certificates.

[NOT SURE OF CHIUTE...COULD BE CHLUTE...VERY HARD TO READ!]

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Miss Ida McDonald, who is one of Cowley County's most cultured and agreeable young ladies, is stopping in the city as the guest of Rev. Kelly. Wichita Times.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Is there not enterprise enough in Winfield to secure a telephone exchange? Or must we come tailing up after Arkansas City, Wellington, and New Salem have succeeded?

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The erring girls, who were confined in the jail last week, were discharged Friday. One of them paid her fine and the other was sick and was discharged for mercy's sake.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

FOUND. A memorandum book containing two notes was picked up Saturday in front of Spotswood's. The owner can get it by calling this office and paying for this notice.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mr. P. H. Albright, formerly of Sedan, has located in Winfield and will go into the loan business. He is a pleasant gentleman and will be quite an acquisition to Winfield society.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The prize cake put up at Valley View last Thursday evening to be voted to the hand- somest lady was carried off by Miss Weimer, after a spirited contest. The cake brought twelve dollars.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Quincy Robertson has retired from the publication of the Hunnewell Independent. The paper was owned by Mr. Gridley of this city, and was sold last week to Mr. Bowers, of Hunnewell.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

What has become of "Kennedy's Grove" in Beaver Township? In early days it was the grand rendezvous for picnics and Sunday school gatherings. It would be a pity to let this old grove die out.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Messrs. D. M. Patten and N. W. Dressie, of Cedar Township, called us Thursday. They were up looking after a teacher and school fixtures, and are anxious to get the school running as soon as possible.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The Commissioners allowed the S. J. Sparkman road as petitioned for. Mr. Sparkman gets $175 damages. The viewers fixed the amount at $200, but the commissioners got it down twenty-five dollars.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882. [Author unknown.]

These bright moonlight nights remind us forcibly of the old days when we used to live in Pleasant Valley Township and took some other fellow's girl to a neck-tie festival at Odessa Schoolhouse, or a spelling school at Hollands, or (in 1874) a meeting to "pray for rain" at Excelsior. As we look back over those years and think of the many friends of our boyhood days who have gone: some to Colorado, some "back east," and some to "that bourne from whence no `traveler returns,'" we begin to feel as if we were growing as antiquated as Mother Hubbard. But few of the old landmarks of 1873 and 1874 remain even the spring down by Bosley's is dried up, and the old schoolhouse where we used to chew gum and study arithmetic is as devoid of paint as if it had been built by the patriarch, Moses. Nine years isn't very long, but works a mighty change in a new country.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

W. M. Allison was over Monday. He has another libel suit on hand, and is happy. Allison never could be happy without a libel suit. Wilsie, county attorney of Sumner County, is the ferocious being who has thus sought to squelch the meek and gentle William. Other men have done the same thing, but it is a matter of history that William still lives and we doubt not that he will wield the faber long after his tormentors have been relegated to the shades of private life. Wilsie has attached the office and even enjoined the payment of the monthly advertising accounts. He seems to be working on the old theory of "damaging the fountain and the stream will run dry," but it won't work on Allison. As long as there is a hat-full of type and a lead pencil in town, he will come out with his little piece, giving full details well padded with cockle-burs.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The masquerade ball last Friday evening proved to be, as the boys said it would be, the biggest affair of the season. About a hundred maskers were on the floor and many unique and tasty costumes were worn. The hall was crowded with spectators. Judge Bard and J. L. Horning as floor managers kept everything running in splendid shape. Their task was a hazardous one, for if there is any place where four fellows want to occupy the same spot, it is at a masked ball; but Messrs. Bard and Horning knew just exactly how to fix it, and trotted King Henry or the Spanish Count around to their places without a murmur. Mrs. Horning and Mrs. Kretzinger took care of the ladies' dressing-room, and ministered to the wants of the ladies as only they can. The company was perhaps the most select that has ever gathered together in Winfield.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The officers of the different townships interested in the old Winfield scrip business met at the Courthouse last Friday and apportioned the expenses of fighting the cases as follows: Vernon $15, Pleasant Valley $15, Walnut $30, Fairview $9, Winfield City $186. The valuation of the property of old Winfield Township is $437,854, and is divided as follows: Vernon $21,428; Fairview $12,914; Walnut $115,312; Pleasant Valley $21,613; Winfield City $266,559. [FIGURES DO NOT MATCH WITH TOTAL OF $437,854...AS USUAL, PAPER GOOFED IN GIVING FIGURES!]

The cost of fighting the cases to be $300. Senator Sluss, of Sedgwick, looked the matter up thoroughly and gives a very strong opinion that the scrip was legally issued. Trustees, Becker, of Pleasant Valley; Weimer, of Fairview; Roberts, of Walnut; and clerk Beach, of Winfield, were present and assisted in making the apportionment.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Dr. Mendenhall is in a pickle. A party by the name of Mendenhall got a divorce at the last term of court and the COURIER published a numerous sketch of the proceedings. A number of our readers mistook the party to be Dr. Mendenhall, and every once in a while someone offers sympathy to the Doctor, telling him how lonely it is to be alone, etc. The other day a lady called at his house and with tears in her eyes offered tears of sympathy to Mrs. Mendenhall and roundly abused the Doctor, "who must be such a frivolous, heartless, good-for-nothing sort of a man." Mrs. Mendenhall was somewhat astonished until she learned the mistake under which the lady was laboring. The person referred to was another Mendenhall; no kith or kin of the Doctor's.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Jake Keffer and Mr. Hostetter, of Pleasant Valley, brought in the five horses the Caldwell rowdies rode away into Caldwell last Sunday. Jake says he saw the horses tied to a bush, crept up in the middle of the night, and stole them away. Another man came in and said that Talbott turned the horses over to Jake at Siber's ranch and instructed him to take them to Caldwell, saying that they had promised to send them back in six days and they proposed to do it. Jake did not get any reward for bringing in the horses. He and Mr. Hostetter had lost three horses and were looking for them when they met the outlaws, and they have not found their own horses yet.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Mr. H. P. Snow, of Sheridan Township, is another of Cowley's farmers who has made farming and stock raising pay this year. He has turned off since last September over sixteen hundred dollars worth of hogs and has all his stockers left; has grain and other produce on hand that will net him as much more, and is in excellent condition to begin another year. The harvest for our people is at hand and before another Christmas we will "gather in the sheaves" in a way that will make our Indiana and Illinois relatives, who couldn't stand "drouthy Kansas," feel sick.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Our correspondent, "Occasional," produced last week her finest article, one which is excellent beyond comparison, but she did not send it to the COURIER as usual with her productions, but has it elegantly bound in cloth and will keep it for a household ornament. We congratulate her on this little angel miniature of herself, and hope her new duties will not long interrupt the "Occasionals" for the COURIER.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

A nice four foot stone walk has been put down from the north door of the courthouse to Ninth Avenue. One has long been needed here as nine-tenths of the travel goes that way. The good judgment of our County Commissioners is shown in the thorough and substantial manner in which the Courthouse square is being improved. When the work is finished, it will stand there forever.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

The proceeds of the festival at Valley View last Thursday evening were about twenty- five dollars. The money, together with funds already in the treasury, will be used in the purchase of an organ for the Sunday school. Messrs. Martin, Schwantes, and Blanchard were in Saturday making arrangements to purchase the instrument.

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Two hundred and thirteen dollars in a single day is the way the COURIER office takes in the "sponduluca" on subscription. Last Saturday was the last day of the old year and the yeomanry of grand old Cowley were in town in unusual force and paid their respects to this office in a way that is "beautiful to behold."

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We have received information, which seems to confirm the report published last week of Lippmann and Chatterson being sent to the penitentiary for twenty years for stealing government timber. The report also comes that two of Lippmann's children got into a fight and one killed the other with a knife.

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Mr. John Coffee, of New Salem, dropped in Monday. John put in his best licks to get the depot and is happy over the result.

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Dr. Jones, our new dentist, called Monday. The Dr. is an entertaining gentleman and has an excellent professional reputation.

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Will Hyden came down Monday from Newton, but returned on the afternoon train. He looks better than we have ever seen him.

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We want a lot of dressed hogs weighing two hundred pounds and upwards, and will pay 6-½ cents per pound for them. WHITING BROS.

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Episcopal Church Services in the Courthouse on Sunday at 11 a.m., and 7 evening. Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. All are welcome.

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Mr. L. M. Brown, of Harvey, made us a pleasant call New Year's day. He came down to attend the commissioners meeting in a road matter.

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Mr. H. P. Snow, of Sheridan, sold $1,697.65 worth of hogs the other day. He has sold over sixteen hundred dollars worth since last September.

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J. B. Lynn is home again after a short sojourn in old Missouri. It will take him some time to re-accustom himself to our prohibitory ways.

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F. H. Friend is now located in the Page building with his millinery stock. Mr. Friend now has plenty of room and will proceed to make things lively in his line of business.

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Prof. Farringer's regular monthly concert came off Monday evening at his hall opposite the Brettun. The Professor is making these entertainments quite a feature in musical circles.

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Silverine for nothing. Get it from George A. Schroeter, the only practical and experienced Jeweler in this city. It brightens Silver and plated goods splendidly, and even George will smile.

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DIED. Mrs. Gledhill, wife of Benjamin F. Gledhill, of Tisdale Township, died Wednes- day morning last week. Mrs. Gledhill came to Cowley at an early day and is mourned by a large circle of friends.

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Charlie Roseberry, of Beaver, was in town Monday and called on the COURIER. Charlie spent a month of this winter in Indiana, and says the folks there are not in near as good a shape as Cowley's people.

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The Ladies' Christian Temperance Union will meet in the lecture room of the Methodist Church the second Saturday in each month, at 3 o'clock p.m. Teachers and ladies from the country are cordially invited to attend.

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W. A. Lee is getting around where he needs a twenty acre field in which to store his implements. He has the greater part of four lots filled up now and a carload yet on the way. He is rushing things this year and no mistake.

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The folks of District 123 were before the commissioners Monday. Mr. Harmon has Rock Creek between him and the schoolhouse and he wants to be cut off into another district. The commissioners took the matter under advisement.

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Wilber Dever and Miss Carrie Garvey came down from Topeka and spent a few days of last week in the city. They returned Saturday, accompanied by Mr. Will Garvey and Miss Jennie Hane, who will visit with Mrs. Garvey for a time.

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The Machine shops have been removed from North Main street to the building next to the Santa Fe depot and will hereafter be known as the Winfield Machine Works. Jas. Jordon now owns the building formerly occupied by the works.

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A rumor was floating around town last Saturday that Jim Hill was shot and killed at Robinson. It proved to be a canard. One Charles Hill, a miner, was killed; but Jim is still in the land of the living and not likely to be taken off in that way.

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The property of the Sherman mining company begins to show very favorably. Several of their lodes assay paying ore and the development of the mines has hardly begun. It wouldn't be a surprise if Winfield's gold seekers would strike it rich yet.

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The annual meeting of the Vestry of Grace Church was held yesterday at the office of Judge McDonald. The report of the treasurer was heard and showed all things to be in a healthy condition. A building committee was appointed for the new church, to be erected, D. V., this coming year.

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Episcopal Church. Next Sunday, being the first Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord to the Gentile world, will be kept in honor of that event. Music appropriate to the day by the choir. Services in the Courthouse at 11 a.m., 7 evening. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. All are invited to worship with us.

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Commissioner Harbaugh has over thirty-five acres plowed and ready for spring seeding. He proposes to get his crops in early when the season will permit. It is needless to say that Mr. Harbaugh always obtains the highest results from his farming operations.

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Attorney-at-law Reed, of Wellington, spent an hour with us Monday. Reed is one of the jolliest fellows we have known, and an hour with him means "a feast of reason and a flow of wit." He is gaining an enviable reputation as a lawyer in these parts and he deserves all that fame and fortune have to spare.

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Wm. I. McClellen writes to have his paper changed. As he does not state where the paper has been going, we cannot make the change. It would take us two hours' time to run over the list and find it. Always give post office to which paper has been going as well as office to which you want it sent.

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We received a very pleasant call from Dr. Bailey Monday. Dr. Bailey is a physician of long practice, a graduate of the University of the City of New York, and has practiced in Bellville hospital. He is from Portland, Maine, and is an old acquaintance and class-mate of Dr. Hawkins, of Dexter. We are glad to have the Doctor locate among us.

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Donovan's Tennesseeans will be here January 11th. This is one of the finest concert organizations in the country and such of our citizens as have heard them, say they are the purest jubilee singers that have ever appeared on an American stage. They will be greeted by a large audience from among our best citizens.

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We met a real live capitalist Monday evening in the person of Mr. Jas. B. Moore, of Hartford, Connecticut. He is here looking after the interests of a large insurance company which he represents, and which holds mortgages on a great deal of farm property in this country. He looks like a western farmer and is a very pleasant gentleman.

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This is the season of Prof. Story's itinerary. He will visit the schools in the east part of the county next week and keep on around until the winter schools close. Mr. Story is a most indefatigable worker and to him much of our success in educational matters is due. His work is effective and he infuses new life into the schools wherever he goes.

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Rev. Lee has just returned from a tour among the U. B. Churches in the western part of his district. He spent a Sunday in Medicine Lodge and one in Harper. He was pleasantly surprised to find Medicine Lodge a live and thrifty town. He says there is plenty of stock and money and good hospitable people in Barbour County, but not much religion. From this we should infer that Mr. Lee did not meet the McNeill boys.

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Mr. George Bloomhart, a man about 35 years old and who has been residing in Vernon, was brought before Judge Gans Tuesday and adjudged insane. He has been demented for two years, but has recently become violent. He and his wife parted several years ago. Finally troubles, the loss of property, and other misfortunes were the cause of his mind being upset. He is in charge of the sheriff until he can be admitted to the asylum.

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A novel debate has been going on at Upper Timber Creek Schoolhouse in Harvey Township between Revs. Firestone and Younger. The subject under discussion was "the final perseverance of the saints in the true doctrine of the Bible." Rev. Firestone upheld the affirmative and Rev. Younger the negative. The debate began on Tuesday and lasted till Saturday. They also discussed the question of infant baptism. There was a very large attendance. Rev. Firestone carried off the honors.

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As we were going to press Wednesday a rumor came around that Geo. McIntire had been shot and killed by a hotel keeper at Arkansas City. A reporter was dispatched to the telegraph office and it was found that the rumor was false.

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With this issue the COURIER enters its tenth year. As we take down the old, time-worn files and look back over the nine years of the COURIER's existence, memories of "the days that used to be" come crowding thick upon us. Then the paper was a little, old-fashioned concern, six columns to the page and six in large type. That was in the days when our nearest railroad station was Emporia, then the western terminus of the Santa Fe road, from where all our flour and meat and lumber and other supplies had to be brought in wagons. Winfield at that time consisted of eighty or ninety houses built in the prairie grass alongside a road where Main street now runs. Arkansas City was the great objective point to which all immigrants were traveling. Everybody knew of Arkansas City, and seemed surprised when, after crossing Timber Creek, they were stopped in the road and offered a corner lot and a block adjacent if they would locate in Winfield and put up a shanty. But after a time they began to stop, and those that stopped took the COURIER, and soon the paper had a hundred and fifty subscribers and was enlarged to seven columns. In that form it kept manfully pegging away in the interests of Winfield and Cowley County and continued to grow with the growth of the county until in 1875 it had five hundred subscribers, and a liberal advertising patronage. Up to this time it had never paid a cent and had really been a positive loss to its publishers. Then Col. Manning took the helm and continued the publication of the paper two years, during which time the profits were from ten to twenty-five dollars a month, which was all Manning got for his work. The writer remembers well the day that Col. Manning assumed control. He came into the office and asked if we had a cut of a railroad train. One was found and put at the head of the editorial column and the Colonel, as we gathered around him for instructions, said he had taken the paper and proposed to run it until Winfield had a railroad, and he wanted every printer in the office who wasn't in favor of railroads to walk up to the cashier's desk and get his money and walking papers. From that day on there was a unity of purpose on the railroad question between employers and employees that was beautiful to behold. The Colonel did run the paper till a railroad was secured and the cut he put up remained at the head of the editorial columns until our recent change in make-up, two months ago. Mr. Manning was succeeded by the present editor and Mr. Lemmon, who took the paper with a subscription list of six hundred, and enlarged it to eight columns. During the first year Mr. Lemmon retired. About this time we were enjoying a healthy boom and the list ran up rapidly until in the fall of 1878 we were printing seventy-six quiresan enormous list for a seven-year-old paper in an eight-year-old county. It was found impossible to longer print a paper on a hand press; and a twelve hundred dollar Campbell Cylinder press was put in, the paper enlarged to its present size, and a complete new outfit of type purchased. The expenses of publication had increased as rapidly as the paper had grown and it was yet impossible to make "both ends meet," the publishers got nothing for their work and were putting into the paper more than they took out. After this it was better sailing, prosperity began to hover around, the subscription list kept growing steadily, and the advertising patronage doubled until now, as the COURIER steps into its tenth year, it finds the fondest expectations of its youth realized, and starts the new year with over twenty-seven hundred on its list and a support and patronage second to no county paper in the state, for all of which its publishers are duly thankful.

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Club Rates.

The people of this county are a reading people and while they will have their local paper to keep posted in the home news and proceedings in the county in preference to anything else, yet many of them want in addition, one of the great weeklies published in some of the large cities of the state or nation. Many have made inquiries of us for clubbing rates for some of these and, while it adds to our labor and cares, we wish to aid them as far as practical, so we have secured a small list as follows. For cash in advance for one year's subscription, we will give the COURIER and Leavenworth Times for $2.00; the COURIER and Topeka Capital for $2.00; the COURIER and Topeka Commonwealth for $2.00; the COURIER and Kansas City Journal for $2.25.

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On the evening of Dec. 31, in order to bid adieu to the old year, a small party of the people of northern Rock assembled at the residence of Mr. G. L. Gale to "ring out the old and ring in the new." Wit, wisdom, and wealth were in profusion. Jet Williams, and that prince of good fellows, G. H. Williams, drew the bows across the fiddle strings and oh! How they did "mill `em around and square `em up." It was glorious to look upon. When supper was served all retired feeling it was "good to be there." May Mr. Gale and his noble lady live long and enjoy life.

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A sad case came up before Judge Gans last Friday. Henry Long, a young man 19 years old, whose mother lives up north on the Walnut, was brought in and adjudged insane. He was very violent, and had to be held to prevent him from tearing his clothes off. He was sane up to a week ago when he began to complain of a severe pain in the head and soon became violently insane. He was taken home by his folks and will be kept by them until he can be admitted to the asylum. He is a brother-in-law of Johnny Stewart.

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Chas. H. Payson is here and will deliver his lecture on "Crime and Criminals" next Monday evening; and we predict to the largest audience that has ever assembled in Winfield. Whatever be Payson's faults, he still has friends in this community who cling to him, and we believe and hope that past experiences will serve as a guide for future actions, and that Charlie will yet live to be a respected and useful citizen. He has our best wishes for the future, but none other than himself can frame it.

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In another column will be found a card from the new Loan brokers, P. M. Albright & Co. Mr. James B. Moore, of Hartford, Connecticut, is a member of the firm. He is a son of Geo. W. Moore, one of the heaviest capitalists in New England, and the new firm will take charge of all of Mr. Moore's western loans. This will make Winfield the headquarters of Geo. W. Moore & Co.'s interests, and when it is known they have placed about fifty millions in western mortgages, it isn't a very small thing.

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P. H. ALBRIGHT & CO., have opened a loan & Real Estate office in this city. They will do a general loaning business throughout the Southern portion of this State. They get their money from first hands and can close loans at once, giving the lowest rates of interest. All interest on loans negotiated through Gilbert & Jarvis or Jarvis, Conklin & Co., for Geo W. Moore & Co., or the Traveler's Insurance Company, is now made payable at this office. They have $50,000 that must be invested by Feb. 1st, 1882, and desire that amount of good applications.

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City Scales.

We have been appointed by the city council as the official weighmaster in the city. Our scales have been tested by the county clerk and our bond is filed. Our weights are now official and farmers will have no further cause for complaint by weighing off our scales.

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The following are the names of pupils in the Vernon school, district No. 68, whose average term examination grade was above 90. Laura Skinner, Grace Steinhour, Nevada Steinhour, Maud Corson, Estelle Corson, Villa Corson, Nettie Case, Clara Case, Flora Painter, Willie Painter, Ferdie Painter, Effie Painter, Parker Martin, Mary Werden, Sadie Medus [? LAST NAME ALMOST COMPLETELY OBLITERATED.]

ANNA HARMONS [?], Teacher.

[LAST NAME OF TEACHER ALSO ALMOST OBLITERATED BY BLACK SPLOTCHES ON PAPER.]

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The first quarterly meeting of the Winfield city charge, church of the United Brethren in Christ, will be held at the Victor schoolhouse January 14th and 15th, 1882. Rev. P. B. Lee, the presiding elder, will be present and conduct the services. A cordial invitation is extended to all. J. H. SNYDER, Pastor.

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The case against S. L. Gilbert came off today and Mr. Gilbert was held over to the sum of $100 to appear before the U. S. District court at Topeka.

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Messrs. James McDermott and D. A. Millington were appointed by the Board to assist the Probate Judge in counting the funds in the treasury.

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The attachment on Allison's office and [TWO WORDS???] was dissolved today by Judge Torrance in the petition being insufficient.

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Wanted. A servant girl to do general housework. Inquire of Mrs. J. F. McMullen southeast corner of 9th Avenue and Steward [?] street.

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A Card of Thanks.

EDS. COURIER: Quite a surprise took place at district No. Twelve on New Year's day. I went to Sunday school and taught my class as usual, with the exception of telling them some of my resolutions in regard to the New Year upon which we have now entered. That I had resolved to be kinder in word and act, and would try to be more like our great teacher and learn all the golden rules for this year, and several of the class promised to do the same. I also told them that I intended to pray more for them and ask God's blessing upon my instruction that they might resolve the truth as it is in Jesus. After singing, Miss Lizzie Thompson turned toward me and addressed me in the following manner.

Dear Teacher: I address you as a representative of our Sabbath School class. We have long listened to your loving instruction and we trust it may not be in vain, but that we may look back in coming years with the pleasure of knowing that we have been blessed by it in many ways. In talking over the interest of our class it occurred to us that one of the best ways of improving it would be to encourage our teacher. With this desire I hold in my hand a small token of our regard for you as our teacher. It but feebly expresses our thanks to you for your labor of love, but please accept it as coming from your class and as time passes on may we not hope that scholars and teacher together will hold it most dearly. Divine truth is given in the Bible.

I was so surprised and my feelings so wrought upon that I could not refrain from tears, so I concluded the best way to thank them all was to do so through the columns of this paper.

Dear scholars, I sincerely thank you for your token of friendship and no matter where on earth I roam I will not forget your loving act of kindness, presented at Valley View, and I also especially thank the four who placed their photos in its leaves. May the time soon come when all my class, fifteen in number, will favor me with theirs also. I will tell you of one gift my dear scholars which will make me happier and my cup of joy fuller. Give your hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ now in your youth. Would that my faith was strong enough in God to say that I believe they will do it e're another year dawns upon us is the prayer of your humble teacher. MRS. D. S. SMITH.

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The high school desire to thank the many kind friends who assisted so materially in making their entertainment a success. They desire, especially, to thank the school board for the unanimity with which they stayed away and the encouragement this action gave the class.

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The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Winfield Bank was held at the bank building on Tuesday evening. J. C. McMullen, J. C. Fuller, J. Jay Buck, W. J. Wilson, and D. A. Millington were elected directors for the ensuing year. The financial condition of the bank was examined and approved. An order was passed restricting the allowance of overdrafts. The directors elected held a meeting and chose J. C. McMullen, president; J. C. Fuller, cashier; and D. A. Millington, secretary.

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Crab Creek.

EDS. COURIER: Wheat looks well. Corn is still selling at fifty cents per bushel. Poultry is down at present.

Christmas passed merrily away. Some turkies suffered.

Mr. Vanorner christened his new house with a turkey roast.

Mr. Hole, the Harris boys, and some others have new houses.

Berney Goodwin was visiting on the Creek during the holidays.

Mr. Fuller has settled on his farm. We are glad to welcome a good neighbor.

Mr. Boracodan has rented and moved on the Harris boys farm.

The weather is like spring. G. B. R.

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PRAIRIE GROVE, KANSAS, Dec. 30, 1881.

EDS. COURIER: Please announce there will be a grand circle wolf hunt in this locality Thursday, Jan. 12, 1882. Everybody and their dogs are invited to meet at 9 o'clock at the following places: South division will meet at Fair View Schoolhouse, near Limbocker's, under command of Capt. George Stalter. West division will meet at the Walnut Valley Center Schoolhouse, commanded by Uncle Jimmie Hanlin. North Division will meet at Green Valley Schoolhouse, commanded by Capt. John Stalter. East division, by James O. Vanorsdal, will meet at the McHendricks place. Each commander will march promptly at 10 o'clock and endeavor to arrive at the center about 12 o'clock. Prairie Grove Schoolhouse is designated as the center and place of forming a complete ring. No parties will be allowed to break the ring or fire any gun or revolver in the ring. Let the dogs finish the work.

By order of J. O. VANORSDAL, Major Com.

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The Enterprise Says That

Burden has two livery and feed stables in running order now.

Frank Jennnings and Henry Asp, of Winfield, made a raid on this office last Monday.

Some of our merchants should remove the dead fowl from the rear of their stores.

Our readers must not lose sight of the fact that we have a first-class furniture store in Burden.

MARRIED. Mr. Ben Gee and Miss Ballou, of Torrance, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, at the residence of the bride's parents, in Torrance, on Thursday evening of last week.

MARRIED. Dr. Daniels and Miss Belle Whitelock were united in wedlock by Rev. Cogswell, at the residence of the bride's parents on Monday, December 19th. All of Omnia Township.

At the trial held in Burden on last Monday, at Esq. Smith's office, State vs. Basswater, the defendant was placed under bonds of $500, for his appearance at the next term of the District Court.

Our friend, Elsie Burden, returned from Business College, at Kansas City, to his home last Saturday night, and was met at the train by all the young folks of Burden, and a grand shaking of hands followed. [ELSIE...REFERRED TO AS A MALE???]

We learn of a serious accident that happened to Luther McDaniels, of Cambridge, the other day, while endeavoring to board a freight train at Grenola. His hand was injured so that the thumb had to be amputated.

School has been in session three months and two weeks, and will continue five months and two weeks longer. The school is in excellent condition, the pupils in both grades learning very rapidly. Mr. Millard and Miss West deserve great credit for the excellent management of our schools.

Some trouble about the locating of a road caused a controversy between Captain Jenkins and Robert Ward, last Monday, which terminated in blows. Ward used a knife, and struck Jenkins several blows, lacerating his clothing, but fortunately doing no harm to his body. It is a lamentable affair, as we understand they are both good citizens. Jenkins made complaint, Tuesday, before Esq. Smith and charged Ward with assault with intent to kill. A State's warrant was issued, and he was arrested Tuesday.

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TO ALL PARTIES SO DISPOSED: I shall be thankful to you if you will leave your harvesters and reapers out in the field to rot when you cut your last wheat. My family is increasing and the acreage of wheat seen is less each year; consequently, my only show to make a living out of the implement business is for all machinery to be left standing in the field to rot down. W. A. LEE, Implement Dealer.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Dressed Hogs Wanted!

At Holmes Packing House. We will pay 6-1/2 cents per pound for well fatted hogs weighing 100 pounds and upward. Bring them in and get honest weights. HOLMES & SON.

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The Markets. Wheat holds at $1.00 to $1.20. There was a little flurry on hogs Tuesday and $5.95 was paid on a few choice lots, but the prices today have dropped to $5.00. Butter is down to 20 cents for choice and eggs are being bought at 15 cents. Turkeys 5 cents per pound gross, chickens $1.25 per dozen.

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The firm of Gilbert & Jarvis has been dissolved by mutual consent.

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Mr. S. M. Jarvis left for El Dorado yesterday evening.

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Rexwood Hagard was in town Tuesday.

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Valley View.

Last Thursday evening, in company with County Attorney Jennings, we attended an entertainment given by the Sabbath school at Valley View Schoolhouse in Vernon Township. Mr. Jennings was invited to deliver an address, and we went along as a kind of an "amanuensis" to do the editing. The drive out through the bright moonlight with the crisp, cool air blowing in our faces was delightful. Arriving at the schoolhouse, we found it crowded with the best and happiest lot of people it has ever been our good fortune to meet. We have often heard of the generous hospitality of the folks up there, but are now ready to affirm that the half of it has never been told. Everybody seemed to have brought enough for themselves and five others, and as Jennings and I were the only ones who had not brought anything, the prospects for a bountiful feast were most flattering. There was pound cake and ten-pound cake embellished with frosting and confectionery, chickens and turkeys, fried and roasted, in about the ratio of one chicken and half a turkey for every person present, and pies and other edibles enough to have fed St. John's battery. The exercises were opened with an organ solo, "St. Paul's March," by Miss E. Martin, followed by a song, "Young Pilgrims, by the school. Master Robert Craig declaimed "Our Country's Flag," and rendered it nicely for such a little boy. Master Lee Snyder recited "Mother Eve," a beautiful selection, in a very creditable manner. Pearl Martin told about "Dropping Corn," and drew from it many moral and social precepts that we would all be better by following. Next came a song, "Holy Trinity," by the school, and then Miss Emma Martin read "A Noble Revenge," and sang a beautiful and touching piece, "Home is Sad Without a Mother," in a way that brought tears to the eyes of many. The sentiment contained in this song is very fine and was admirably brought out by Miss Martin. After the song T. A. Blanchard, master of ceremonies, introduced Mr. Jennings, who delivered a ten minute address. Just when we were beginning to console ourself with the idea that Jennings was about through and we would soon be able to assist in the destruction of the fowl and cake so temptingly displayed, he made the startling announcement that he did not intend to make a speech, but that "his friend, Mr. Greer, was fully prepared and he felt sure would do justice to the occasion." In about a minute we discovered that we were being "led like a lamb to the slaughter," and when Tom Blanchard got up with a smile all over his face and announced that "they would now listen to an address by the Hon., etc." we felt that Mother Shipton's prophecy couldn't be fulfilled any too soon. We spokeand we'll give $2.50 for a comprehensive report of the speech. The tempting visions of fried chicken and frosted cake vanished away into thin air and our oratorical powers went with them. The audience discovered this at the same time we did, and we sat down amid impressive silence. We have charged Tom Blanchard and Frank Jennnings with this conspiracy and some day we'll get a chance to get even. Elder Snyder then delivered a short address, congratulating the Sunday school on its success and cheering them up to renewed work and greater exertion. Mr. Snyder is putting his whole soul into the work and is meeting with abundant success. Messrs. Geo. Conner, C. F. Martin, and W. Millspaugh sang a laughable piece entitled "All the World's a Barber Shop," the last verse of which told about lawyers shaving their clients and giving them "the meanest shave of all." It was our laugh then.

The feature of the evening, of course, was the supper and the kind ladies who served the plates filled them up till each one looked like the apex of Pikes Peak. It was an absolute shame the way Jennings ate, and were it not that his voracity on that occasion is likely to reflect upon the fair name and fame of our city, we would let it go unnoticed. The fact is he thought he was expected to eat all that was set before him, but if anybody should tell us that "the wish was father to the thought," we wouldn't try to refute it. After supper an hour was spent in greeting friends and just as we were about to depart, the house was called to order and the chairman, in behalf of the Sunday school, presented Mr. Jennings and the writer with two beautiful cakes. To say we were surprised would not express it. In behalf of Mr. Jennings and on our own account, we wish to extend to the school our hearty thanks for this kind token of their esteem. The generous, home-like hospitality of the people; the kindnesses showered upon us from every side; the many new acquaintances formed and old ones renewed; all tend toward making this one of the pleasantest evenings we have ever spent.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

A Card.

The proprietors of the Dollar Store would take the opportunity to thank the thousands of patrons who visited us during the week and hope to see them many times during the coming year. We will soon have our stock replenished with new goods and hope to be able to sustain the reputation of our Dollar Store as being the cheapest place in the county to buy goods. Wishing you all a happy New Year, we respectfully ask you to come and see us.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Cowley County Horticultural Society.

This society will hold its annual meeting for the election of officers, on Saturday, January 7th, at 2 o'clock p.m., at the courthouse. Other important business is to be attended to; also hearing a report of the doings of the late State Horticultural Society from our delegate; also the valuable reports of the same society will be distributed at the meeting.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

SKIPPED "LIST OF LETTERS" AT POST OFFICE...D. A. MILLINGTON, P. M.

SKIPPED A COLUMN OF ADS, ETC. CALLED "HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE" except for a few items...

Red Hot candy at Joe Bourdettes.

Sliced hams, very fine, at Whiting Bros.

Bottom farms to rent by R. H. Waite.

Stereoscopic views of Winfield at Beck's Gallery.

Eight pounds of coffee for $1.00 at Wallis & Wallis.

New French Prunes only 12-1/2 cents per pound at Wallis & Wallis.

Remember the removal of the Star Bakery to Tenth Avenue.

Money at 10 percent annual or semi-annual interest net; no commission. Curns & Manser.

Money at 7 percent annual or semi-annual interest. Curns & Manser.

Money at 8 percent annual interest. Curns & Manser.

To Rent. A foundry and machine shop. Call on or address James Jordan, Winfield, Kansas.

For Sale. Two run of old quarry French Buhrs, and an old Plantation sorghum mill. Henry E. Asp.

W. A. Lee has a neat half platform spring wagon in front of his office for sale with "Gipsy" top complete.

When you want picture-frames, go to Johnston & Hill's, they are the only practical picture-frame makers in Winfield.

School seats for sale, 8 school seats of the best manufacture for sale at a bargain. Apply to or address John Mentch, Winfield, Kansas.

Teams for Sale: I have for sale three span of good, heavy work horses. Inquire of me at Winfield or at my farm at Little Dutch P. O. G. N. Fowler.

Try our new coal office, on South Main Street at the Champion Furniture Store, where we keep wood and coal ready for delivery at all times. G. B. Shaw & Co.

Messrs. G. B. Shaw & Co., have opened a coal office on South Main Street at the Champion Furniture House. They keep both wood and coal, and deliver twenty hundred for a ton.

Look Here. If you want any piece or part of a sewing machine, whether the machine is an ancient or modern one, you can get it at D. F. Bests. Same is the case regarding musical instruments.

Notice. Mr. Dan Miller has joined the firm of Mater & Kibbie [? Kibble?] and will hereafter be found at the stone blacksmith shop on Main street. The firm is now a strong one and farmers can get their work done promptly and in good shape. They start the new year with a new plank in their platform and will hereafter work for money and not glory.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Orchard Cottage.

EDS. COURIER: If space is too valuable in your paper to admit of my occasional and perhaps uninteresting scribbling, just toss them into the wastebasket and all will be well. I realize that space in a paper whose circulation reaches the magnitude of the COURIER is valuable (and the forebearings and long sufferings of its Editors must frequently be sorely taxed with so numerous local correspondents.

On last Tuesday morning I mounted my horse and turning his head northward, found the bracing breezes till I landed in the vicinity of Udall. Nearing a country schoolhouse, I stopped to warm my tingling fingers. In answer to my rap, rap, the door opened and I found "Fritz" teaching the young ideas how to shoot. (But there! Fritz, I did not mean to "preach.") He thinks he is getting along nicely, only he thinks he will try and teach in Vernon next winter, where there are lots of weddings, sociables, etc. Where the boys blow up shot-guns charivariing, and have lively times. Come along, Fritz, we need good teachers, have good schools, and lots of saucy maidens with as sparkling eyes as your own.

The site for the Christian meeting house has been located on the cross roads, on the northeast corner of Henry Hawkins' farm, one mile south of our cemetery. A place altogether lovely and admirably situated. One of which in time we think all interested will feel proud.

The subscription list is looming up handsomely. The people of Vernon Center enjoyed a pleasant evening witnessing the display and distribution of presents from the Christmas tree. For so short a preparation, the tree was a decided success, and much honor is due to Mrs. Jennie Paterson for her neat and unremitting efforts to make it an enjoyable affair. There was also a tree at the United Brethren Church. I was not present, but am just as confident it was a success, as they do not do anything of that by the halves at Mt. Vernon. What a lovely Christmas, and a winter to be remembered for its supposing mildness. With farmers plowing and busy as bees, and the smiles of a kind Providence, it is hoped that 1882 will be long remembered for its bountiful crops. And now Messrs Editors of the COURIER, for the good you have done and will do for the people of Cowley County in the future, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Very respectfully. MORE ANON.

December 25th, 1881.

The Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.

Little Dutch.

EDS. COURIER: Perhaps a few items from our part of the county will be of some interest to some of the many readers of the COURIER. Preparations are being made for a series of meetings to be held at the Walnut Valley Church, beginning on New Year's day. If the Winfield revivalist would come out, there would be an opportunity for her to continue her good work.

Farmers are in good spirits over the promising appearance of the early sown wheat. Many are at work plowing for spring crops during the fine weather we are enjoying.

The teachers of the Northwestern Association district will meet at Valley Center Schoolhouse January 7th. Come out teachers, we expect to have a good meeting.

The children of the Little Dutch public school are taking a rest this week for the purpose of enjoyable holidays. The pupils of the school who are making the best markings in their deportment and recitations, and as a consequence, are reaping the best rewards, are Kate Weimer, Clem Schock, and Mary Taylor of the fifth grade. Louie Fletcher and Vergir [?] Taylor of the third grade. The above named pupils have made an average standing of 90 percent and upwards. L. E. DUTCH.

December 28, 1881.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882. Front Page.

Skipped long article by "Linden," a correspondent from Winfield for Courier re Topeka carrying on the illegal and offensive trade pertaining to sale of intoxicating drinks. MAW

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

GEORGE L. GALE.

Mr. Gale retires from the chairmanship and board of the County Commissioners, with honor and the approval and best wishes of his constituents. He is a man of strict integrity, sound judgment, clear thought, and wide information; and all these qualities he has exercised in an eminent degree in the service of his county. He is one of the best farmers in the county and has done much to make the county what it is. Long may he wave.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

It is alleged by a prominent lawyer that a grand jury will soon be summoned to sit in this city. It will be the first in eight or nine years, and will consider the saloon question, principally. Champion.

If the commissioners of Atchison County have the nerve to call a grand jury and the county attorney does his duty in connection with it, Atchison will redeem herself from the stigma of open and wholesale violations of law.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

LATE FROM LIPPMANN.

Dr. Wagner has handed us a note just received from Leon Lippmann, of whom we have noticed reports from two sources and which we are glad to learn have no foundation in fact. In this letter Mr. Lippmann says: "I find myself compelled to write you at once, for my wife has received a letter from yours inquiring about my reported imprisonment. I am not in prison, am not in danger of getting in, and have done nothing to merit it." He gives a detailed account of his saw mill and lumber business, which are prospering, and of all his children, mentioning them by name, and showing that they are all well, lively, and learning rapidly. He mentions that Mathew Coleman got killed sometime go, that his widow recently married again to a good man, and that Mr. Chatterson lost a child last August. He writes from his present home, Russell, Arkansas.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We have an excellent board of County Commissioners consisting of Henry Harbaugh, chairman, from second district; L. B. Bullington, from third district; and S. C. Smith, first district. The people will rest easy in full confidence that their business will be attended to in their interests under such a board.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Danford has sued several citizens of Caldwell for $90,000 damages for carrying him by force to Caldwell, keeping him in durance and torture there for several days in which his life was threatened. We suppose he has a good case in law and will probably recover some damages.

[PERSONALS.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Draper's Mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin, performs at the Opera House Friday evening.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Harry Farrar and Chas. Schiffbauer, with their ladies, stopped at the Brettun Friday evening.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. J. W. Browning, of Beaver, was perambulating the streets Saturday night and dropped in on the COURIER.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

T. L. Hargrove is running a mercantile business in Cloverdale, and doing a clean and successful business.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

A. B. Lemmon and family, having closed up their holiday visit, have returned to their house in Newton.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Justus Fisher was in town Saturday. He wears a cap and a full suit of whiskers, until we didn't know him.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

BIRTH. Phillip Sipe is the father of a new boy, born Friday morning. This occurrence will not affect the price of grain.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. George J. Arnold, one of the old settlers of this county, and a stand-by subscriber to the COURIER, called last week.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Captain Scott came up to see the show Friday and squandered nearly the worth of a sheep but then Scott will have amusement.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Ivanhoe Club met again with Mrs. Charlie Bahntge on last Tuesday evening. Her house is always open to entertain her friends.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. Frank Osborn of Howard, one of the brightest young businessmen in the southwest, put in a day looking over our city last week.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

This is the tenth year for the firm of Hackney & McDonald, which is something unusual for a law firm. Law firms generally die young.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Rev. J. B. Ives and Mr. J. E. Soule of the Douglass Index called on us Monday. They are both gentlemen of enterprise and ability and are making the Index boom.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

T. G. Ticer has returned from Las Vegas, New Mexico. The climate did not agree with him and he has returned to try our Kansas climate, which we hope will do him good.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. Dan Read, of Floral, made an assignment last Wednesday to Judge Gans in favor of his creditors. The list of liabilities foots up over $4,000, and the assets are about $1,500.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. J. W. Feagans called last week. He has bought a farm in Bolton Township and will make that his home. We predict that he will have something worth showing there in due time.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

J. Ex. Saint has engaged himself with Ridenour & Baker, of Kansas City, for another year for three thousand dollars and his expenses, and will return to his field in New Mexico with his family.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

M. L. Robinson and Dr. G. Black left Tuesday afternoon for Robinson, New Mexico. Mrs. Robinson accompanied them as far as Newton, on her way to Kansas City. Mrs. Robinson will also visit Iowa before her return.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

TO BE MARRIED. We have received cards for the wedding of Minnie Bacon and George A. Clark, at Topeka, January 19th. Miss Minnie was long one of Winfield's bright social lights, and has many friends here who wish her much joy.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. John Croco called at the COURIER office Monday. He is one of the men of capital, character, and intelligence who moved from Ohio last year with a large family and settled in Cowley, the banner county, because of the prohibitory laws.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We dropped into Dr. C. C. Green's new office Friday. He has the front room in the McDougal building. It is large, light, and airy, and the Doctor has furnished it in splendid style. He can now boast of having the finest office in the city.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Stanley, of the Traveler, has ruined his chances for Congress by allowing the barber to lop off the upper covering of his lip. No man with such a mug as that will ever be allowed to set in Legislative halls. Why, he looks like a "blarsted Englishman."

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Michael Maher, a brother of Dan Maher, had a tumor removed from his neck last Wednesday. He wouldn't take chloroform and he never winced while the operation was being performed by Dr. Green. He returned next day to his school at St. Mary's.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. John R. Cochran has sold his ranch on Deer Creek in the Territory to Dr. Belmont. John had gathered together quite a bunch of cattle and was fast becoming a bloated landholder. He does not intend to rest, but will re-invest his means in the cattle business.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Messrs. Lynn & Loose are putting their goods down to cost, wishing to reduce their stock preparatory to the dissolution of partnership, which takes place February 1st. Their price list, published in another column, shows just what bargains they propose to give.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

An entertainment was held at the schoolhouse in district 50 Friday evening, December 30th, to raise funds with which to buy reference books for the school. The people took hold of it in a way that made the teacher, Mr. T. J. Rude, and other promoters of the scheme feel good and made the effort a towering success. The net proceeds were $50.10, and the school will hereafter draw knowledge from a Webster's unabridged and a first-class Encyclopedia. The exercises were also somewhat abridged so as to give everyone an opportunity to have a grand old timeand they had it. It was one of the most enjoyable occasions that has visited District 50 for many a day, and the generosity of those who attended will long be remembered by the school. Much credit is due Mr. Rude for this successful effort to benefit his pupils. He is one of the most energetic young teachers in the county on general principles.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Courant says J. L. Horning has a rosebush in bloom in his front yard. We generally credit the statements of our contemporary, but this rose bud business taxes our credulity to the utmost. Might it not be that you have made some mistake, Fred? May-be you saw a tomato can on the stump in Mr. Horning's front yard and thought it was a rosebush in bloomor perhaps the hired girl had hung a parti-colored stocking on the veranda railing and you were hurriedly passing by and took it for the first blush of an opening rosebud. And to think of its being in the front yard. Now in fact, didn't you catch the inspiration while streaking it down the alley and locate it in the front yard just for appearance's sake?

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The report that Lippmann was in the penitentiary proves to be a canard. J. E. Allen has received a communication from a lawyer at Cercy, Arkansas, stating that Lippmann and Chatterson are there and doing well and are in greater danger of going to Congress than the penitentiary. We are glad to hear this and to be able to report it to their many friends in the county. We suppose that the story about Lippmann's boys getting into a quarrel in which one was killed has about the same foundation. This sounds to us more like truth than the former report.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Quite a party of Arkansas City folks came up Friday evening to see the Kendall troupe play "Hazel Kick." Among them were Harry Farrar and lady, Chas. Schiffbauer and lady, C. D. Marshall and lady, O. Ingersoll and lady, E. O. Stevenson and lady, C. W. France, Charlie Holloway, G. H. McIntire, S. Matlack, W. D. Bishop, H. H. Stanley, and G. O. Hazard. The train was held till after the show, and we suppose Conductor Miller delivered them "right side up with care" at their homes sometime that night.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We received a very pleasant call from Mrs. C. C. Pierce and her daughter, Ella, and Mrs.

W. H. Nelson, and friends of Pleasant Valley Township today. They came in to see how newspapers are made and to examine into the mysteries of the all preservative. Mrs. Nelson and her husband are up from Nez Perces Agency, where they are now located, and spent last week visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Pierce. They were among the earliest settlers on Posey Creek. We have not enjoyed a visit more for many a day.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The directors' meeting of the Building and Loan Association was held Monday evening at the secretary's office. Much business of importance was transacted. Subscriptions to the first series of stock is being made rapidly and the series will be closed February 1st. Many mechanics and laboring men are taking stock. The Board will commence letting money at the February meeting.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Charles McLain, a fast young man from Arkansas City, was brought before Justice Buckman Thursday evening, charged with purloining a lot of goods from S. Matlack, for whom he had been clerking. His trunk was searched and many articles bearing the cost mark of Mr. Matlack were found. The thief had been on a three days spree here. He was bound over and is now in jail.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Hooker & Phelps report that sales, December 24th, were $150, and that the December sales for 1881 were $250, more than for the same month in 1880, and the best month's business since opening their store in Burden. Who says we are not booming?

Burden Enterprise.

Messrs. Hooker & Phelps did some heavy and effective advertising last December.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The clerks have worked such a transformation in the appearance of the Bee Hive store that old customers who call in think they have got the wrong place. The goods have been rearranged, the wood-work treated to a new coat of paint, and the general appearance of it much improved. M. Hahn & Co., won't have anything but the best.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

On the fourth page will be found a carefully prepared directory of all the teachers in the County, where they are teaching, and the salaries per month which they receive. Some of them are most wretchedly low. Let school officers read this and then go and see if something cannot be done to better the condition of Cowley's teachers.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We are always happy to receive a call from Mrs. Philo Winter, of Tisdale Township, who calls each Wednesday quite regularly for her paper. Mrs. Winter is one of the best women in the county, one who has suffered much from ill health, but is always a cheerful and sensible, carrying sunshine where she goes.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The physicians filed into the Clerk's office Monday and filed several distinct and separate bids for the position of County physician. Distinct and sensible though they were, there was a feeling of uneasiness as to price. We have never known physicians to charge unanimously before.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

S. E. Berger was appointed keeper of the poor for another year by the Board Tuesday. The prices allowed him are $3.00 per week for the first five, and $1.50 per week for all above that. He gets $4.00 per week for the two insane persons now in charge of the County.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Dr. G. P. Wagner of Dexter called on us Tuesday and left his card, which will be found in another place. The Doctor is not only a talented and popular physician and surgeon, but a genial gentleman.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Miss Carrie McQuillion left on Tuesday morning for Kankakee, Illinois, for a visit to her parents. She has been here for the past two years and has won many friends by her pleasant manners.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The young fellow who stole Matlack's goods at Arkansas City was tried before Judge Torrance Monday at an adjourned term. He plead guilty and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The memorandum book advertised last week was called for by Mr. Adam Sipe, of Fairview Township. It contained some valuable notes and the owner was fortunate in recovering it.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Henry E. Asp has removed his office to Ninth Avenue, in Hackney & McDonald's building, and has furnished the rooms nicely. Judge Seward holds forth in the old location.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Dr. Emerson was appointed County physician Tuesday. There were seven or eight bids in, but they were all the same, so it became a mere matter of selection.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Commissioners fixed the bond of the incoming county treasurer at $200,000. It would take a printer sleepless nights and tiresome days to make good a bond.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Board found the poor house in excellent shape, or in as good condition as could be expected. Sam Berger takes good care of his wards.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The first touch of "Beautiful Snow" struck us Tuesday. It was slight, but had much of the appearance of winter.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Miss Ida McDonald is home again after having spent a week in Wichita.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

During the year 1881 the COURIER office printed nearly two tons of paper.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. Hugh McKibben, of Tisdale, called Saturday and spent a pleasant hour with us.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

R. A. O'Neil, who has been confined to his room on account of a severe illness, is on the street again.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The sheriff has attached the store of Bradt & Gibson for the indebtedness of the firm and it is now closed.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

W. B. Caton has removed his marble works, house and all, to Ninth Avenue, opposite J. F. McMullen's law office.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. Kennedy, of the Santa Fe, has been shakin' with the old-fashioned ague. He has downed it and is out again.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mr. T. A. Venable, of Richland, got away with the hog buyers Saturday. He brought in his hogs and sold them in a lump. They brought him about seven cents.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Miss Berta Morford, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Bahntge, for the past two months, has returned to her home in Joplin, Missouri, this week. She is always a welcome visitor.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We stated last week that Gilbert & Jarvis had dissolved partnership. The item was truetwo years ago. We intended to say: "Gilbert & Fuller have dissolved partnership by mutual consent."

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

M. Hahn has purchased the W. M. Boyer residence for $1,200, through Ness S. Curns & Manser. Will Mr. Hahn please relieve the apprehension under which his friends will labor with an announcement.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We were both surprised and pleased to learn from an original editorial in the daily Courant of last Friday that Speaker Keifer "started life in this city about 1858 and that he is "about the proudest man in this burg."

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Is it because Abe has heard that close "attention to little things make the successful men," that he takes such tender care of that delicate mustache? He had it waxed Monday for the fourth time this season.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Persons who have contributed to the Garfield monument fund will please call at the Winfield Bank and get their certificates. These are beautifully executed and will be worth preserving as heirlooms to later generations.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We have secured an extension of our clubbing arrangement with the Capital, Commonwealth, Times, and Kansas City Journal, and will continue to furnish the COURIER and other of the first three named for $2.60 per year in advance, or the COURIER and Kansas City Journal for $2.25.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Ivanhoe Club at their regular meeting Tuesday evening elected the following officers for the ensuing year: W. C. Robinson, President; Chas. F. Bahntge, Vice President; Miss Florence Beeny, Secretary; Miss Amy Scothorn, Treasurer. The next meeting will be held at the residences of Mrs. Beeny.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

During one day the Money Orders paid at the Post Office amounted to over one thousand dollars, and two thousand in three days. The delay in the payment of some of the money orders presented from the 3rd to the 6th of this month was occasioned by this circumstance. It is not likely to happen again soon

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

At the entertainment at District 50 the boys had a mammoth stick of candy, about three feet long and eight inches around. It was put up and voted to the handsomest lady present. The competition was lively and the candy brought $25.50. Miss Anna Stone, one of the brightest pupils of the school, carried off the honors and the confection.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

H. H. Tammen & Co., of Denver, Colorado, have our thanks for the most beautiful Christmas present we ever saw. It is an inkstand made up of 50 Colorado mineral specimens, each neatly numbered and catalogued by name. Persons wishing for Colorado curiosities and specimens will be satisfactorily served by addressing the above named firm.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Commissioners met Monday and Mr. H. Harbaugh was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board for the coming year. Mr. Harbaugh is the senior member and is one of the most careful and painstaking commissioners that has ever sat on the board, and his election to the chairmanship is a most deserving recognition of his worth in the management of county affairs.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

There was a great run on the money order clerk at the post office, Saturday, the last day of the year, but she did not suspend. Miss Kate paid out $984.30 for money orders, using up all the funds of every description in the office and drawing on the New York postmaster for the entire amount placed there to the credit on this office and on the pocket of the postmaster for the balance.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Suit was begun by the County Attorney Tuesday in the District Court against Mr. McRosey and George Osterhout, of the Adams Express Company, for violation of the prohibitory law. The information charges that they sold liquor in their office. This will be an interesting case as it will likely raise the question of the right of express companies to bring in liquors C. O. D., and collect the pay for the same here.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

In our notice of the Valley View entertainment last week, we neglected to mention the presentation of an elegant cake to Mr. J. F. Martin by the school as a recognition of his valuable services to the Sabbath school and the general esteem to which he is held by the people of Valley View. Mr. Martin's energy and the hearty manner in which he takes hold of anything of public interest makes him a most valued citizen.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The business meeting of the Baptist Church was held Saturday evening. The church is in a most healthy condition. The membership is 192 and thirty new members have been admitted during the year. The following officers were elected for the next year.

Clerk: J. C. Rowland.

Treasurer: James McDermott.

Trustees: C. A. Bliss, A. P. Johnson, J. B. Mann, B. F. Wood, and A. B. Arment.

Organist: Miss Celina Bliss.

Chorister: H. E. Silliman.

Officers of the Sunday School.

Superintendent: James McDermott.

Assistant Superintendent: B. F. Wood.

Secretary: J. C. Rowland.

Treasurer: J. S. Mann.

Organist: Miss Lola Silliman.

Chorister: George Cairns.

Their elegant new church building is fast nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy in a few weeks.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Still the cry for just weights and a fair show for the farmers keep coming in. We present this week a resolution from the Tisdale Farmers' Alliance, directed to our City Council on the subject. The matter is resolving itself to the point: Shall Winfield make an effort to protect the farmers who have made her, from evils that everyone knows exists, or will she pay no attention to their interests, and go in the idea of every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost? We do not think that Winfield can afford to take the latter course.

Winfield Courier.

If the Tisdale farmers above referred to will do their trading at Burden, we guarantee them fair treatment and honest weights. Enterprise.

Never mind, gentlemen. Winfield has come to the conclusion that it is best to protect the farmers, and fraudulent weights are now only the result of the farmer's imagination. Everyone is satisfied with the City scales and there are no more complaints by those who use them.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Last Saturday evening a large number of the businessmen of Winfield met at the Brettun House and organized an association that will be of more practical benefit to businessmen and the trading public generally then anything that has yet been proposed. The matter has been talked of for some time, but recent events brought it to a focus, of which the "Merchants" and Business Men's Protective Association" is the outcome. The following gentlemen were present and assisted in the organization.

A. H. Doane, R. E. Wallis, J. A. McGuire, Will Hudson, A. E. Baird, W. J. Hodges, H. Brotherton, J. M. Dever, J. P. Baden, J. L. Hodges, R. E. Sydall, Lou Harter, Ed. P. Greer, J. B. Lynn, A. B. Steinberger, C. A. Bliss, D. L. Kretsinger, A. T. Spotswood, S. W. Hughes, J. S. Mann, W. B. Pixley, W. R. McDonald, A. D. Hendricks, Col. Wm. Whiting, J. G. Shrieves, J. W. Bacheldor, J. L. Horning, T. R. Timme, J. L. Rinker, J. P. Short, B. F. Wood, J. A. Cooper.

A committee consisting of the officers and a committee of eight or ten members were appointed to draft constitution and by-laws to be presented at the next meeting to be held at A. H. Doane & Co.'s office Thursday evening. The object of the organization is for mutual protection against the class of men who obtain credit at one place as long as possible, then change to another, and so on around, and for heading off dead-beats of every kind. A list of all those who are in arrears at the different stores will be made out by each merchant and filed with the secretary, who will furnish each member with a complete list of all who obtain credit and the amount. Then, when a person desires to buy goods on time, the merchant can go to his list, find out how many other firms in town he owes, and how long the account has been running. If he finds that the person desiring credit owes every other merchant in town, he can safely make up his mind that he is a D. B. On the other hand, if he finds that the person asking for credit has paid his bill and is reckoned good by the other merchants in establishing his credit, he will find no trouble in getting all the advances he desires. It will weed out the dishonest fellows and protect those who pay their debts and show a disposition to deal honestly.

The above, as near as we can state it, is the object of the association. Here alone, good, honest, straightforward men all over the county have failed to get credit because there was no way to establish their standing while others who were no good have run annual bills all over town and never make an effort to pay. This will stop all that business and place them in a very unenviable light until their bills are paid.

After the adjournment of the meeting all repaired to the dining room of the Brettun and ate oysters and celery, drank coffee and cream, told vigorous stories of dead-beats and bill- jumpers, and treated each other to little bits of business experience that furnished points for future action. The supper was nicely served and thirty-nine sat down to the long table and took two or more dishes of "Oysters-loonystyle," with fruit and lighter refreshments thrown in. One of the most unfortunate features of the supper was that there were no toasts. Nothing is so delightful after a nice supper as to sit back in your chair and note the writhings of the poor mortal who has been selected to tell about "The great American eagle, who laves his bill in the Atlantic and dips his tail in the Pacific," and to see him squirm when he finds that he has forgotten the piece and got the proud bird's tail in the wrong pond. We were very anxious to see this duty performed and had about concluded to call out J. L. Horning or A. T. Spotswood, with W. J. Hodges and R. E. Wallis as possible substitutes, when the thought struck us that it might prove a boomerang and our desire for toasts immediately expired.

Among the ladies who graced the occasion were Mrs. W. R. McDonald, Mrs. J. L. Rinker, Mrs. J. B. Lynn, Miss Sadie French, Mrs. W. J. Hodges, Mrs. S. W. Hughes, Mrs. J. A. Cooper, and Mrs. W. B. Pixley.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882. Cowley's Insane.

Geo. Bloomhart has been admitted to the Topeka asylum.

Fanny Ray, who was sent to Ossawatomie about a year ago, died there recently. Hers was a kind of melancholy mania.

Wm. Marcus, an idiot, is also one of Sam Berger's wards. He formerly lived in Richland Township, but has been under the care of the county for four years.

Cowley had five people in the asylum, and from the number of fellows who were sliding around after county jobs Tuesday, we should judge there are several who are not in the asylum.

Scott Biggs, who formerly lived on Grouse Creek, is also at the poor farm. He was in the asylum two years, pronounced insane, and returned to the care of the county. He is becoming very violent.

Mary Noalla, the German woman who is being kept by the county, having been refused admission to the asylum, is doing well on the poor farm. She has the "religious mania," and prays and preaches all the time. Once in a while she runs away and scares the neighborhood.

Mrs. James, who was sent to the Topeka asylum some months ago from Beaver Township and who was so very violent, has been cured and discharged.

The young lady who was recently sent to the asylum, whose home was at Cambridge, this county, has been entirely cured. We have forgotten her name but the first part of it was Lizzie.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Money Loaning Business.

After years of various speculation, it seems now to be a settled fact that the West, and especially this section of the West, will need Eastern capital for many years to come. Several heavy Connecticut capitalists and corporations who have been casting about for a locality to invest their capital have selected Southern Kansas as being a safe place to invest in, and as the railroads make Winfield a very convenient point, have chosen this city for a center of operations.

Messrs. P. H. Albright & Co., two Connecticut youths, will have the management of the funds. They will pay that money down as soon as papers are signed and there need be no delay in obtaining money from them.

Mr. James B. Moore, of the firm of Geo. W. Moore & Co., of Hartford, Connecticut, will make his headquarters at this office for the winter. These people have already over one million dollars invested in this section of the State and are certainly in a position to furnish money with as little expense to the farmers as any in the business. During the past week Mr. James B. Moore has approved and paid to the farmers over $17,000.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

County Printing.

The Commissioners last Tuesday unanimously awarded the County printing to the COURIER for the coming year at the rates prescribed by law, which continues this paper as the Official paper of Cowley County. All matters relating to the collection and disbursement of county funds, proceedings of the Board, Road Notices, and everything relating to County affairs are put before the people through this medium. It is the duty of every taxpayer to watch carefully these publications and keep thoroughly posted as to the condition of the public finances.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The compositor who set up our statement last week of the opinion delivered by Senator Sluss on the township scrip business had been out New Year's calling. We said the opinion was that the scrip was not legally issued. The printer left out the "not" and made us say it was legally issued. As this happened during the week of prayer, we do not know whether to excuse the printer on the ground of preoccupation or attribute it to the New Year's business.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We notice going the rounds of the papers a statement that a law was passed last winter prohibiting divorced persons from marrying again until six months after the divorce was granted. Such a law was passed, but a proviso was attached saying that unless notice of appeal was given within three days after the divorce was granted, the law remained inoperative. So if any of our readers contemplate swapping wives, they can do it in four days, provided no appeal is taken, and there is nothing in the "statoots" to harm or make them afraid.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The proud and happy holder of ticket No. 387 which drew the prize doll turned up Saturday evening. He is not a newly married man as we predicted, nor was bashfulness the cause of his not coming forward. The simple fact is he had not taken the newspapers and wouldn't have known he had a baby if someone hadn't told him about it. His name is W. E. Gilbert, of Salt City. The "sweet thing" was turned over to him at half past four o'clock, and at thirty-one minutes past four he had swapped it off to Jake Goldsmith for $10.00. What on earth Jake wants with it remains to be seen. If we had it, we'd send it to boarding school.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Governor is Coming.

Governor J. P. St. John in answer to inquiries and solicitations writes that he cannot visit Winfield before the 15th to the 22nd day of February, when he will try to be here and address the people on prohibition. He will fix the precise time as soon as practicable, and we predict that the Opera House will be jammed full at the time. We will give the time in the COURIER in due season.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Payson's Lecture.

Notwithstanding the real and unfortunate illness of Mr. Payson last Monday night, he delivered the principal part of it to a very large audience. His physical condition prevented him from using his wonted vim and force in delivery, but he is a natural center and his effort was a pleasant success. The subject matter had been studied carefully and arranged gracefully, making the performance exceedingly interesting. Besides it contained a large amount of interesting information and true sentiment. A large number of citizens have requested him to repeat the lecture, which he has promised to do sometime next week.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Through tickets at Kansas City cut rates to all points in the East for sale at the A. T. & S. F. Depot. W. J. Kennedy, Agent.

[MARKETS.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

The Markets this Wednesday morning are active and stock and produce coming in rapidly. Hogs are up, and buyers paying $5.75 for choice lots. This is true partly to competition among local buyers and partly to the local packing demand. Kansas City markets do not justify more than $5.70 in Winfield market. Wheat is firm at 80 cents to $1.20. Kansas City quotations on Tuesday were 88 cents to $1.25. How buyers here can pay within five cents a bushel of Kansas City quotations is more than we can tell, but they seem to be doing it. Corn is brining 42 cents to 50 cents. Kansas City quotations for Tuesday are 59 cents to 63 cents. The comparison of Winfield markets Wednesday with Kansas City markets of Tuesday show a difference on hogs in favor of Kansas City of 27 cents per hundred, on wheat 5 cents per bushel, and on corn 18-1/2 cents per bushel. Butter brings 18 cents to 20 cents and eggs 15 cents. Turkeys and chickens are the same as last week.

[ROUGHS: SHERIDAN SCHOOLHOUSE.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

A party of roughs amused themselves Sunday night at Sheridan Schoolhouse during religious services by stealing the collars from horses, taking bolts from buggies, crossing lines, cutting harnesses, and such like deviltry. Hereafter they will be watched as they are not unknown.

[PERSONALS.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Mrs. Gen. A. H. Green returned from Texas Friday night. She was called to the bedside of her dying mother, who died a few days after her daughter's arrival.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Charles Geiser, one of our best Beaver Township farmers, pleased us with a call yesterday.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

You'd better pay your blacksmith bill at Mater's. Trouble is coming if you don't. See particulars in another column.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Dr. H. L. Wells has removed his office to the room over the post office.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

EDS. COURIER: I take pleasure in saying I have heard the Tennesseeans, and was never more highly entertained. Their plantation songs are inimitable, and their classical music would please the most fastidious ear. I consider them the very best troupe I have ever heard.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Van Doren & Gunn, Surgeon Dentists, door west of post office.

[CITY SCALES.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

We have been appointed by the city council as the official weighmasters of the city. Our scales have been tested by the county clerk and our bond is filed. Our weights are now official and farmers will have no further cause for complaint by weighing on our scales.

[COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS APPEARED IN THIS ISSUE...BUT IT IS VERY TINY, VERY DARK, AND ABOUT 93% IMPOSSIBLE TO READ...I SKIPPED.

[TEACHERS DIRECTORY: 1881-1882.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

Teachers Directory: 1881-82. WINFIELD. MONTHLY SALARY.

Prof. E. T. Trimble, city schools: $90.00

Sarah J. Clute, city schools: $40.00

Mattie Gibson, city schools: $40.00

Allie Klingman, city schools: $40.00

E. L. Crippen, city schools: $40.00

Alice E. Dickle, city schools: $40.00

Alpha Hardin, city schools: $40.00

Lena Bartlett, city schools: $40.00

Mary Hamill, city schools: $40.00

Mary Bryant, city schools: $40.00

Mrs. W. B. Caton, city schools, $40.00

Celina Bliss, District 9: $40.00

Anna Harden, District 68: $35.00

Finnie Harden, District 116: $30.00

Mattie E. Minihan, District 1: $30.00

Ella Freeland, District 12: $30.00

Lillie M. Gregory, District 127: $30.00

Nettie O. Wanner, District 41: $35.00

Anna F. Cuppage, District 82: $30.00

Jennie R. Lowry, District 37: $30.00

Finnie E. Pontious, District 168: $25.00

E. L. Merriam, District 52: $34.00

Prof. E. P. Hickok, District 43: $40.00

C. W. Armstrong, District 30: $40.00

R. S. White, District 21: $40.00

J. A. Hilsabeck, District 10: $40.00

F. H. Burton, District 106: $50.00

M. H. Marckum, District 75: $40.00

D. J. Brothers, District 45: $35.00

Frank Akers, District 99: $35.00

J. S. Baker, District 48: $40.00

John Bower, District 65: $40.00

A. D. Stuber, District 31: $35.00

W. M. Coe, District 77: $35.00

T. J. Rude, District 50: $40.00

A. Gridley, Sr., District 57: $36.50

Teachers Directory 1881-82. ARKANSAS CITY. MONTHLY SALARY.

Prof. C. T. Atkinson, city schools: $75.00

Jennie Peterson, city schools: $35.00

Mary Theaker, city schools: $30.00

Susie Hunt, city schools: $30.00

Alice D. Herbert, District 35: $30.00

Nate Bebeductum, District 32: $25.00

Linda Christian, District 33: $30.00

Sadie E. Pickering, District 34: $30.00

Jessie Sankey, District 51: $35.00

Rose L. Sample, District 80: $30.00

F. M. Goodwin, District 93: $30.00

E. W. Coulson, District 44: $33.33

L. C. Brown, District 53: $40.00

W. M. Henderson, District 89: $35.00

G. W. Crawford, District 96: $40.00

C. F. Cunningham, District 69: $37.00

J. B. Curry, District 36: $40.00

N. J. Waterbury, District 79: $35.00

C. G. Furry, District 6: $36.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. BURDEN. MONTHLY SALARY.

E. A. Millard, District 78: $35.00

Mattie L. West, District 28: $28.00

Nannie A. Crum, District 90: $30.00

Thirza E. Dobyns, District 19: $40.00

R. O. Stearns, District 76: $40.00

Emma Burden, District 113: $35.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. DEXTER. MONTHLY SALARY.

Nellie A. Aldrich, District 5: $45.00

Etta B. Robinson, District 5: $30.00

Emma Elliott, District 49: $30.00

Ollie L. Keyes, District 70: $30.00

Elda Thayer, District 111: $28.00

Anna L. Hunt, District 56: $30.00

A. P. Cochran, District 40: $32.00

Kate L. Ward, District 88: $30.00

Luther Nellis, District 38: $27.50

Hattie Taplin, District 54: $22.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. ROCK. MONTHLY SALARY.

A. H. Limerick, District 24: $40.00

R. B. Hunter, District 29: $40.00

Albert Brookshire, District 26: $33.00

J. C. Martindale, District 73: $32.00

Alice G. Limerick, District 122: $30.00

Maggie Stansbury, District 23: $32.50

Teacher Directory 1881-82. TORRANCE. MONTHLY SALARY.

Laura Elliott, District 97: $35.00

Arvilla Elliott, District 14: $30.00

T. A. Mercer, District 7: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. CAMBRIDGE. MONTHLY SALARY.

Howard F. Albert, District 16: $34.00

D. W. Ramage, District 117: $33.33

Maud Leedy, District 15: $30.00

H. T. Albert, District 15: $_____

Teacher Directory 1881-82. TISDALE. MONTHLY SALARY.

Jennie Davy, District 119: $27.50

S. A. Smith, District 46: $40.00

Wm. H. Funk, District 47: $31.66

Teacher Directory 1881-82. POLO. MONTHLY SALARY.

Mrs. S. Hollingsworth, District 60: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. MULVANE. MONTHLY SALARY.

R. A. Hall, District 92: $37.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. RED BUD. MONTHLY SALARY.

Villa M. Combs, District 114: $25.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. WILMOT. MONTHLY SALARY.

Mary A. Tucker, District 22: $32.50

Lizzie Palmer, District 105: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. OXFORD. MONTHLY SALARY.

William Wycoff, District 8: $40.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. NEW SALEM. MONTHLY SALARY.

Ettie Johnson, District 97: $25.00

E. L. Cook, District 30: $35.00

E. J. Hall, District 55: $45.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. BALTIMORE. MONTHLY SALARY.

Maggie C. Seabridge, District 109: $27.00

E. W. Woolsey, District 103: $35.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. MAPLE CITY. MONTHLY SALARY.

Ada Overman, District 28: $30.00

S. F. Overman, District 102: $33.33

A. H. Havens, District 86: $35.00

W. E. Ketcham, District 85: $36.00

R. H. Overman, District 58: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. TANNEHILL. MONTHLY SALARY.

L. P. King, District 4: $33.33

Teacher Directory 1881-82. BOX. MONTHLY SALARY.

S. P. Firestone, District 94: $40.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. UDALL. MONTHLY SALARY.

Jennie E. Hicks, District 11: $36.75

George Wright, District 81: $40.00

Mrs. Minnie Bleakmore, District 71: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. SEELEY. MONTHLY SALARY.

Mrs. Lizzie Turner, District 13: $37.50

L. McKinley, District 91: $37.50

Nannie McKinley, District 25: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. LITTLE DUTCH. MONTHLY SALARY.

R. B. Corson, District 125: $42.50

Porter Wilson, District 26: $40.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. CONSTANT. MONTHLY SALARY.

J. E. Grimes, District 115: $35.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. GLEN GROUSE. MONTHLY SALARY.

Emma Brills, District 17: $30.00

Teacher Directory 1881-82. CEDARVALE. MONTHLY SALARY.

G. W. Bartgis, District 63: $30.00

J. R. Marsh, District 66: $35.00

[AD.]

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

BIG AD. REAL ESTATE BULLETIN. BRYAN & HARRIS, REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENTS. WINFIELD, KANSAS. [SKIPPED AS ITEMS TOO DURNED HARD TO READ...GIVING JUST A FEW.]

7. 168 acres, 65 acres in cultivation, good frame house 14 x 20, small stable, good water, 5 miles from Winfield; price $1,300.

9. 169 acres, cultivated 140, frame house 16 x 24, 1-1/2 story with addition 16 x 16, smoke house, granary, stable, shed, corn cribs, wind-mill pump, two miles of hedge fence, good bearing orchard, all kinds fruit, grove of 1,000 forest trees, schoolhouse on corner of land, 7 miles from Winfield; price $4,200.

CITY PROPERTY.

5. 1 house and lot near Main street; 4 rooms in house, good well, some fruit trees and good sidewalk in front; well located; price, $1,000.

6. 2 lots with nice brick house and good basement; well with iron pump; finished up in good style; price; $1,200.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

The Winfield Courier, January 19, 1882.

Now that the holidays are past, everyone has settled down to the business of 1882. The continued open weather is being improved by almost all our farmers, their plows are turning the corn ground over, and indeed everything looks like spring. We can truthfully boast of a sunny clime this winter.

There is not much neighborhood news. The young folks that in the regular order of things should have been married this winter; seem to have postponed matters indefinitely.

The report that Frank M's girl has gone back on him is a base slander.

A number of our boys are talking of trying Colorado in the spring if they can get their ma's consent.

I understand that Wm. Sommerville has rented his farm with a view of getting into the grocery business at Winfield (a want long felt in your town). Mr. Sommerville is a first rate man and has energy enough to succeed anywhere. He and his good wife would be a valuable acquisition to any community. Trust he will make his mark among you.

We are all glad to see the great number of sheep that are being brought to this part of the county. Cowley is about ready for a woolen factory. Who would not be proud to wear cloth- ing made at home from wool grown in Cowley County?

Our Literary has became an institution, and we think anyone can spend an evening with both pleasure and profit listening to embryo statesmen on the various subjects that are now agitating the public mind. We have a Farmers' Alliance, also, that meets every two weeks on Friday night. It is attended by all our best farmers, and will in time be a power in the land against oppressive monopolies. They elected officers last Friday: O. P. West, president; Dave Sellers, treasurer; N. B. Gould, secretary.

We are all waiting for the termination of the Guiteau trial, and trust that he will be hung higher than Haman of old. Yours, X.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

"Peal, peal, thou silver bells, What depth of joy your music tells!"

MARRIED. Your reporter was correct when he surmised that ere long the joyous peals of wedding bells would ring out upon the air, and send a thrill of joy to the heart of John Boylan and his fair young bride, nee Miss Scott. They were married on Thursday of this week.

Another old (?) Bachelor passed from a life of single "cussedness" to a life of double "blessedness!" We bachelors hate to lose John, but as the old maid said, "It's what we must all come to some day." May peace and prosperity attend them as they travel along the matrimonial road, and may their path be strewn with roses, and no "jars" ever throw a shadow over their pathway.

Santa Claus left many little tokens of affection here and there which have gladdened many hearts, while to others he brought nothing but cold, comfortless homes, hunger and want, and to many, broken hearts and blighted prospects.

MARRIED. Mr. H. S. Buckner is making some improvements in the way of a house and stable on the northeast corner of his farm. It was a mystery to the neighborhood what Mr. Buckner wanted with two houses, but it is all plain now since the wedding.

Corn is nearly all in the crib. Wheat looks well.

Mr. Robert Mercer's fine residence is nearing completion.

A very affecting incident occurred at our school a few days ago. There was scarcely a dry eye in the roomcause, a smoky stove. The directors should see that the stove is put in proper condition for use, as its present condition renders it very unpleasant for the school.

We are glad to see the smiling phiz of Arthur Furman again in our midst. Arthur proved too much of a "tenderfoot" to endure the hospitable (?) Treatment which life in the "far west" afforded, and of course returned to his first love.

Mr. McMillen has purchased the Hill farm, to which he will remove in a few days.

J. A. B. would like to know who put that sweet little doll on the Christmas tree, in dishabille. CAESAR.

The Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.

MY DEAR FRIENDS: Having a few moments l