THE
WINFIELD COURIER.
WINFIELD,
COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1886.
SIX
PAGES.
Professional
Cards.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
ATTORNEYS.
SAMUEL DALTON. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office corner
of Ninth avenue and Loomis street.
J. F. McMULLEN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Winfield,
Kansas. Ninth Avenue. Practices in all courts.
HACKNEY & ASP. ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Winfield, Kansas. Office in Hackney Building, opposite the Court House.
WILL T. MADDEN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in
all courts. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to him. Office
over J. J. Carson’s store.
J. E. SNOW. LAWYER. Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public. All business entrusted to me will be promptly attended to.
Office 213 E. 9th avenue, Winfield, Kas.
W. H. TURNER. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Winfield,
Kansas. Loans money on real estate on short notice. Money loaned on chattel
mortgage security and notes bought on reasonable discount. Office in Fuller
& Torrance Block.
PHYSICIANS.
R. F. HOYT PILCHER. Is permanently located for
the practice of Medicine and Surgery, at New Salem, Kansas.
DR. C. M. RILEY. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office over Curns & Manser’s, where he can be found day and night.
DR. S. J. GUY. Office in McDougal building
over Baden’s, where he can be found day and night when not professionally
engaged.
DR. C. C. GREEN. Office in McDougal Building.
Residence fourth house west of Spotswood’s Store, north side of street.
J. W. ARNOLD. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Winfield, Kansas. Office and residence 508 east 6th. Calls attended
to day and night.
DR. F. M. PICKENS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended day and night. Office over Carson’s clothing store, N.
Main. Residence 3rd Ward.
EMERSON & TANDY. [GEO. EMERSON. T. B.
TANDY.] PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Office over Harter’s drug store, South Main,
Winfield, Kansas.
H. L. WELLS, M. D. ECLECTIC. Office over
Express office back of Goldsmith’s; residence 1809 Lowry street, Winfield,
Kansas. Sole control of the Brinkerhoff system.
S. B. PARK. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Winfield,
Kansas. Office over Hudson Bro.’s Jewelry. Residence 902 east 8th
avenue. Telephone Exchange.
M. T. BALSLEY. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office
in Torrance-Fuller block. Office hours, 8 to 11 a.m., 2 to 5, and 7 to 9 p.m.
Night calls promptly answered.
H. J. DOWNEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Winfield, Kansas. Office in Torrance-Fuller block over Friend’s music store.
Calls attended promptly day or night from the office, unless absent on
professional business.
WRIGHT & PUGH. [W. T. WRIGHT. C. E.
PUGH.] PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Winfield, Ks. Especial attention given chronic
and surgical diseases. Office in Torrance-Fuller block, upstairs.
THOS. H. ELDER. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Winfield, Kansas. Office over Curns & Manser’s real estate office.
Residence corner 11th avenue and Loomis Street. Special attention
given to Diseases of Women and Children. Calls promptly attended.
S. R. MARSH, M. D. Offers his professional
services to the citizens of Winfield and vicinity in the practice of medicine
and surgery. Office on 10th avenue, west of McDonald’s store, where
he may be found at all hours day or night when not professionally engaged.
DENTISTS.
F. H. BULL, DENTIST. 910 Main Street. Teeth
extracted without pain.
T. S. BROWN, DENTIST. Graduate of the Ohio
College of Dental Surgery. Office corner 10th and Main streets, over
Baden’s.
DR. J. O. HOUX, DENTIST. Office in
Torrance-Fuller block. Teeth extracted without pain by the use of nitrous-oxide
gas—perfectly harmless.
DR. VAN DOREN, DENTIST. Office on Main Street
over Curns & Manser’s. Teeth Xtracted without pain. References: His
numerous patrons in and about Winfield.
DR. H. C. BAILY, SURGEON DENTIST. Office 2
doors west of post office. Nitrous Oxide Gas. Teeth examined free of charge.
All work warranted. Having secured the exclusive right to use Dr. Baldwin’s
Preparation for the painless extraction of teeth, for this city, I am prepared
to apply it to any person that has teeth requiring extraction.
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. A. COOK, ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
Correspondence solicited. Office in McDougall building.
S. H. CRAWFORD. CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. Job
work of all kinds and charges reasonable. The Manufacturer and Dealer in the
Four Pig Washer. Orders from a distance solicited and promptly filled. Shop on
Ninth Avenue, east of Main street, Winfield, Kansas.
M. D. COVELL, WELLINGTON, KANSAS. Percheron
Stud Farm. For 15 years a breeder and importer of Percherons. RECORDED
STUD-BOOK and HIGH-GRADE, acclimated animals of all ages and both sexes for
sale. For reference, inquire of Jennings Brothers.
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Any one wishing to
obtain a copy of the Scriptures, who is unable to pay for it, can have the same
by applying at the Depository, Brown & Son’s Drug Store.
MOTHER
GRUNDY’S NEWS-BUDGET.
Her
Chronicle of the Comings, Goings, and Doings of Persons at Home and Abroad.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
G. F. Lee, of Cherryvale, is in the city.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Hon. J. C. Long went to Wellington Friday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
W. P. Hackney is having his yard filled up.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Ab. Holmes, Wilmot’s merchant, was down
Thursday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Lewis M. Dalgarn was down Saturday from New
Salem.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Miss Hulda Goldsmith is visiting friends in
Newton.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
M. G. Trout is off for Ashland, for a few
days, on business.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Charley Grant, Atlanta’s livery man, was down
Thursday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Ed. P. Greer and wife were up at Latham
Wednesday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. F. McMullen went to Wellington Thursday on
legal biz.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Landlord Weitzel is out after a severe
struggle with a sore throat.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Jack Barnthouse is out again after a severe
sickness of several days.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
N. T. Snyder, Arkansas City’s live real
estate man, was in the city Saturday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Laben Moore went to Harper last Friday to put
in some sidewalks.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
O. F. Hall, Detroit, Michigan; and R. C. Mighill,
Plano, Illinois, are at the St. James.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mrs. Musgrove, a sister of Dr. Graham, went
home Friday to South Haven.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. B. Stannard, the architect, has moved his
office into Randall’s new building.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Ed Donnell is back from a four weeks trip to
Clark County, and reports a good time.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. Van De Water is putting up an addition to
Ed. Jarvis’ home in the Third Ward.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Judge Beck is now out of danger, after a
terrible struggle with ulceration of the stomach.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mayor Graham proclaims the necessity of
observing Arbor Day, April 1st, in Winfield.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. E. Fuselman, of Indiana, an old friend and
school mate of Grant Stafford, is in the city.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
C. D. Austin has a unique paint sign at his shop,
of several barrels one on top of the other.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
L. D. Russell, traveling passenger and
freight agent of the Frisco, was at the Brettun Thursday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Capt. Myers is putting in some hitching posts
in front of George Liermann’s business house.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mrs. Halyard, Mrs. C. E. Fuller’s mother, is
back from the west and will probably remain.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Prof. R. B. Moore, principal of the Burden
schools, was sailing around the Metropolis Saturday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mrs. D. C. Stevens, who lived one mile south
of Wilmot, died Friday. She weighed 335 pounds.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
F. E. Gilleland has returned from a western
trip and reports everything looking well out there.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
N. B. Sandner is putting in some fine
sidewalk for P. C. Croco and G. C. Wallace at their new houses.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. B. Stannard, the architect and builder,
has taken rooms in I. W. Randall’s new building, South Main.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Judge Gans went down to Hackney Thursday eve
to join in wedlock Oliver M. Akers and Estella Anderson.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Dick Walker and A. W. Jones, of Wichita, have
been granted a franchise to put in a gas plant at Wellington.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
A. B. Wilkinson, of the Udall Record, was
in the hub Saturday, going to Cambridge for his Sunday devotionals.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Sam Strong is down from Rock, and says work
has commenced on the extension of the Santa Fe from Douglass.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Thomas Burdge and family arrived Friday from
Montezuma, Ohio. They have come to stay and are delighted with our city.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
George Jackman has gone to Argonia to go into
business. George is a hard and good worker and we wish him success.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
C. C. Harris, after a tour of the western
counties, is home again. He will open a loan office with O. C. Ewart at
Ashland.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
B. F. Duncan, agent of the Frisco at Mound
Valley, is visiting his friend F. W. Stockton, operator at the Frisco depot
here.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Miss Maggie Jones, after a very pleasant
visit with the family of D. E. Douglass, left for her home in Wichita, last
Friday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Wm. G. Dickinson, of Topeka, right of way and
town site man of the Santa Fe, was in the city Friday, a guest at the Brettun.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Ida Goodrich, little daughter of Mr.
Goodrich, of Bliss & Wood’s mill, cut her tongue quite severely while
playing at school.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Landlord McKibben’s little boys, of Central,
picked up a check Thursday calling for $850, given by Bliss & Wood to A. R.
Downs.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. W. Howrey, Fairland, Indiana; J. F. Sawyer
and F. H. McDearmon, Kansas City; and D. S. Miller, Garden City, were at the
Brettun Friday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Frank L. Crampton, well known here, has
entered the newspaper field at Scott City, Scott County, as one of the owners
of the News.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
H. A. Mann, head man of the “Little Nuggett”
company, fell in on THE COURIER Thursday. His show is billed for Winfield on
April 2nd.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Elder H. T. Wilson, the eloquent Kentucky
evangelist, is still giving soul-stirring sermons at the Christian Church. He
will continue all week.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mr. Joe Anderson, of Floral, was in the city
Friday. He says the farmers are all done sowing oats and are busy getting the
ground ready for wheat.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
A. L. Millspaugh, the jolly St. Joe man of
leather, and one of “our boys,” came in Saturday and went up the country to
see—well, we promised not to.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
M. L. Robinson is largely interested in the
new county of Wichita, and is giving considerable attention, with his varied
other matters, to its development.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mrs. A. B. Sykes and children left last
Friday to join her husband at Coronado. This is a sure go, and the third time
THE DAILY has sent them off.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Ledru Guthrie, Wellington, was over Thursday
eve, to visit Dr. Mendenhall, his brother-in-law. Mr. Guthrie is city attorney
of his city, and a bustling young lawyer.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Read Robinson, the corpulent and jolly
representative of Cohn’s clothing, Kansas City, is in the city for a few days
visit with his brothers of the First National. His wife accompanied him.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mrs. G. L. Gray, wife of the Telegram’s handsome
foreman, left Thursday on the S. K. for two months with her mother, at David
City, Nebraska. George went along as far as Kansas City.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
J. T. Hackney thinks of going to Illinois on
a visit in a couple of weeks. His sister, from Portland, Oregon, is to be
there, whom he has not seen for thirty-four years, as well as a family reunion.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Al Linscott, the diseased criminal, has been
removed from the jail to the jury room in the court house and put in charge of
John Gill. The boy’s flesh is swelling and it looks like he wouldn’t be here
long.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
O. F. Hall, banker and large capitalist of
Detroit, Michigan, is a guest at the St. James. He is viewing Winfield with an
eye to investments and location. He is a friend of H. B. Schuler of the
Winfield National.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Not even the old Methodist Church of years
ago, on east Ninth avenue, is exempt. It, too, must go into a business house.
E. C. Seward is now building a front on to it and will completely spoil its old
memory.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
W. W. Cone, traveling agent for the Topeka
Capital, was in town today and called at THE COURIER office. He represents
one of the largest, liveliest, and best daily and weekly newspaper
establishments in this state or any other. The Capital has become the
great Kansas paper and its energy, brightness, popularity, and worth are known
and recognized throughout the State.
THE
DEXTER HOMICIDE.
More
Points Gleaned Here and There.—The Body Buried.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Many seem to think that time will prove that
Chastain and Alma Elliott were married while they were in Arkansas, though the
girl stoutly denies it.
Coroner Wells and Attorney Webb got home
Wednesday from the inquest which, as THE COURIER stated, resulted in a verdict
that Chastain came to his death from a shotgun charge in the hands of Elliott
with the intent to kill.
Since Chastain’s return from Arkansas, his
trunk full of clothes have been in Winfield. They were sent out Thursday and
the body was buried in the Dexter cemetery this morning. There was no
funeral—only a few of his more intimate friends attending to the interment.
Elliott was brought before Judge Buckman
Thursday, in hopes of getting bail and waiving preliminary examination. We
press too early for the result. If the Judge refuses bail until the evidence is
presented, the examination will likely be set for the first of next week.
Just before arriving at Dexter the last time,
Chastain wrote to J. W. Ward, asking him to do the kindness of getting three
good citizens to go to Elliott and ask him to settle the difficulty and let
Chastain have the girl. He believed the thing could be compromised. Ward didn’t
do this. Chastain got there the same day this letter did.
Lee Richardson, the first man on the ground
after Chastain was shot, swore at the inquest that the Smith & Wesson
pistol was lying near Chastain’s shoulder. The body was forty feet from where
it was shot, dragged by his foot in the stirrup, indicating that the revolver
had fallen out of the left side pocket from the dragging jolt. From this it
would appear that Chastain hadn’t drawn his revolver.
It now turns out that Chastain and Alma
Elliott had a scheme fixed up, not long before the Arkansas trip, to get
married. The girl was to get a rig, pick Chastain up somewhere, and together
they would come to Winfield and wed. This was spoiled by the fact, learned
afterwards, that no license could be procured without the parent’s consent, the
girl being under age.
County Attorneys Webb & Swarts drew the
complaint against A. B. Elliott today, charging him with murder in the first
degree. The warrant was served Thursday, and Elliott, who has been under the
freedom of the outer Sheriff’s office in waiting for the complaint, was placed
in the jail proper. After the preliminary, if the case is made bailable, there
will be dozens of good men ready to go on his bond.
It now turns out that the eleven hundred
dollar deposit check, on the First National Bank of Winfield, had been drawn on
to the full amount. Chastain’s property, sold just before he left for Arkansas,
brought seventeen hundred dollars in money and notes. The notes were shaved for
cash here in Winfield, and it is thought that, after paying some debts at
Dexter, he took the rest away with him. As far as can be ascertained, the $113
found on his person was all he had left, after his expensive meanders after the
girl. His father is said to be wealthy.
J. D. Ward, who was as well acquainted with
Chastain as any one at Dexter, telegraphed Tuesday to Chastain’s father, at
Elgay, Georgia. It was found today that the telegram, through some mistake in
sending, hadn’t been delivered, the addressed living out of Elgay some
distance. It was delivered today. Mr. Ward recently bought a seven hundred
dollar farm from Chastain, taking the deed without the signature of a wife,
believing Chastain’s story that the woman was only an unlawful mistress. Ward,
however, being a real estate man and assisting in the sale of the house and lot
to Hines, registered the papers to Doc’s father to get the wife’s signature.
They came back signed all right, “Mary E. Chastain.” Mr. Ward said he had seen
several of Alma’s letters to Chastain and they were nicely composed and
overflowing with unquenchable love.
ANOTHER
CHARMING EVENT.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Doane opened their
agreeable home Thursday to one of the gayest gatherings of young folks.
Receptions by this popular and very social couple are always marked by the
freest and most acceptable enjoyment. Their graceful entertainment admits no
restraint—all go in for a genuine good time, and they always have it. Those experiencing
the free-hearted hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Doane on this occasion were Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Horning, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Kretsinger, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Doane; Mrs. E. H. Nixon,
Mrs. B. H. Riddell; Misses Nettie and Anna McCoy, Margie Wallis, Nellie
McMullen, Ida Ritchie, Leota Gary, Jennie Hane, Sadie French, Anna Hunt, Jennie
Bangs, Ida Johnston, Hattie Stolp, Eva Dodds, Lena Oliver, Nellie and Kate
Rodgers, Nellie Cole; Messrs. W. C. Robinson, Chas. F. and Harry Bahntge, Lacey
Tomlin, James Lorton, W. A. and Walter Ritchie, Tom J. Eaton, Ed J. McMullen,
Byron R. Rudolph, C. E. Vosbourgh, Addison Brown, Harry Sickafoose, Frank F.
Leland, Wm. D. Carey, Ivan A. Robinson, Will E. Hodges, and Frank H. Greer.
Indulging in the ever popular whist and other amusements, with the jolliest
social converse, until after the serving of the choice luncheon, the music
began and the Terpsichorean toe turned itself loose. The evening throughout was
one of much delight, and all bid adieu fully realizing that Mr. and Mrs. Doane
are foremost among the most admirable entertainers of social Winfield.
ANOTHER
CAVALRY CHARGE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
A large and jolly crowd was out last Thursday
for a horseback ride. The move of the column was like a cavalry charge, and the
sound of the hoofs of the high-stepping chargers resounded on the evening air
in a way that attracted everybody, and made lots of fun and invigorating
exercise for the participants, who were Misses Ida Ritchie, Nellie and Kate
Rodgers, Jennie Bangs, Mary Berkey, Ida Johnston, Mattie Reider, Nellie
McMullen, Margie Wallis, Messrs. Addison Brown, Lacey Tomlin, F. F. Leland,
Will E. Hodges, Chas. F. Bahntge, Ward Day, Ed. J. McMullen, and Tom J. Eaton.
The party raised the wind, which began to hurl clouds of dust, as the evening
advanced, being the only alloy to the event’s pleasure. Winfield has some fine
riders, especially among the ladies, who are rapidly acquainting themselves
with the fact that no more healthful or enjoyable pastime has ever been
inaugurated.
THE
CHICKEN THIEVES.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Friday came up before Judge Snow the great
case of the age—one that involves judicial problems worth the thoughts of the
most profound brains. It charges C. C. Sullivan and George McCurry with “then
and there, unlawfully and feloniously, steal, take, and carry away one chicken
of the goods, chattels, and personal property of Joseph Bucher, of the value of
25 cents.” A jury was empaneled and at this time the court is grinding away on
the case, with a dozen or two witnesses. Rock township, where the depredation
was committed, is down in full force to see the thing through. The supposition
is that these fellows are responsible for a large amount of petty thievery that
has been going on in their neighborhood. The only thing that could be surely
placed at their door was the stealing of this old hen. The boys are said to
have been caught in this act and it is taken as a basis for proof of others.
MAP
OF WESTERN KANSAS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
We have received from the publishers, Bennett
& Smith, of Wa-Keeney, Kansas, a very fine sectional map of Western Kansas,
showing the exact location of all the new towns, all the streams, railroads,
rivers, and each section of land. This map is printed on fine plate paper, with
48 pages of reading matter, containing a full description of the country, and
the most perfect synopsis of the public land laws it has ever been our pleasure
to read. This map, with full description of the country and synopsis of land
laws, is sent postage paid for 25 cents.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Walter G. Seaver, the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat representative here, has a request for the pedigrees, manner
of gaining their opulence, with their standing on the silver dollar. The
smallest capitalist in the list obtained shows $75,000, and several run over
$200,000. The Democrat is compiling the silver dollar states among
Kansas capitalists.
THE
COLLEGE TRUSTEES.
A
Most Harmonious and Important Meeting Here Yesterday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
The Board of Trustees of the Methodist
College of the Southwest Kansas Conference met in Winfield Thursday, in the
lecture room of the M. E. Church. All were present except Rev. Hodgson, of
Wichita, who is in New Orleans. Those here were: Dr. D. W. Phillips, of El
Dorado; Rev. W. H. Cline, of Arkansas City; Rev. J. D. Botkin, of Wichita; Rev.
H. Waite, of McPherson; H. H. McAdams, of Newton; Rev. B. Kelly and W. C.
Robinson, of Winfield. The Board organized by electing as permanent officers:
Dr. D. W. Phillips, president; Rev. J. D. Botkin, secretary; M. L. Read,
treasurer. The Building Committee are: B. Kelly, M. L. Gates, T. B. Myers, and
N. S. Buckner, of Winfield; and W. H. Cline, of Arkansas City. N. S. Buckner,
formerly M. E. pastor at Arkansas City, was elected Financial Agent of the
College and directed to proceed at once to raise endowment and other funds for
the college and take charge of its entire financial business. Rev. Buckner will
move to Winfield at once, occupying at present the Laycock residence on east
Tenth and building later in College Hill, where he owns lots. Architect Ritchie
was instructed to advertise for bids at once for the completion of the College
building. The Board resolved to open correspondence with a view of selecting a
first-class College man to take charge as president, who will probably be
elected at the Board’s April meeting. The Board also resolved to be satisfied
with none but the best material and to make this college second to none in the
west. The Board, as well as the entire conference, are a unit in the
determination to spare no effort to make this college a grand success. No
Methodist college in the Union ever started out with more flattering prospects
than the Southwest Kansas M. E. College. It is a plant that means great things
for Winfield. The trustees are gentlemen of the highest integrity, energy, and
ability, and will manage the affairs of the college in a manner eliciting the
greatest pride and satisfaction of the conference and the people of Winfield.
The building, beyond a doubt, will be done in time to open the various
departments, a full-fledged college, in September. The Board adjourned to meet
April 20th, when the contract for the remaining construction will be
let. There is not a voice in this conference that objects to location of this
institution to Winfield, and all are enthusiastic in the desire to make it an
honor to its founders and the whole State of Kansas. The trustees examined the
basement and first story, now almost completed by contractor J. Q. Ashton, and
found the work to be exceptionally well done.
THAT
MIGHTY CASE AGAIN.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
With the court room crowded with anxious
spectators, Judge Snow called, yesterday afternoon, the case of the Great State
of Kansas vs. C. C. Sullivan and George McCurry, charging them with stealing
one chicken of the value of 25 cents, from the henery of Joseph Bucher, in Rock
township. The jury men were: W. B. Little, W. E. Augerman, G. D. Headrick,
Bennett Pugh, S. Allison, H. C. Buford, Jno. Bobbitt, Wm. Hudson, C. McClung,
Jno. Gill, Jas. Williams, and T. J. Harris. County Attorneys, Webb &
Swarts, were there for the prosecution, and Judge McDonald and O. Seward for
the defense. Judge McDonald, with becoming dignity, demurred to the charge; it
was not specific enough—it didn’t state whether the chicken was a rooster, a
hen, or a maiden pullet. His objection was overruled and Mr. Bucher took the
stand and swore positively that he saw McCurry make a fowl attack on his hen
roost under the bright rays of the beautiful moon, that he saw him walk off
with a chicken, age, color, or sex unknown, under his left arm, and said
chicken did squawk and make diverse other noises, and that the said C. C.
Sullivan kept watch while the thievery was going on. Then the court took a rest
to this morning, when the case went on. A dozen or two witnesses were examined
on both sides, among them three or four women.
Just before noon today the case went to the
jury, which discharged the prisoners, on the ground that there was no evidence
proving that the chicken was carried off the place; nobody saw this part of the
thievery. The main object of the whole suit was to stop numerous petit thieving
that has been going on in that neighborhood and laid pretty surely at the door
of these boys, who live in a dugout on the banks of the Walnut. This case will
make a memorable record.
NORMAL
SCHOOL NOTES.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
The Webster Literary Society held its regular
meeting at Normal Hall last night. The question for discussion was: “Resolved,
That the statesman deserves more honor than the soldier.” Decided in favor of
the negative.
The question for next Thursday night is:
“Resolved, That foreign emigration to the United States should be prohibited.”
This is one of the most interesting debating
societies we have ever had the pleasure to attend, and will surely be of great
benefit to all the members.
On Monday morning last there were five new
pupils enrolled at the Normal; C. J. Herrin, F. A. Limbocker, of this city;
Miss Brilla Read, of Floral, and Misses Alice and Estella Harbaugh, of Hackney.
BE
ORNAMENTAL.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Winfield, in the older portion, is really a
forest city. But in the newly improved portion, in the many additions that have
filled up like magic, there is plenty of room for trees. Winfield is now the
handsomest town in the state. But the universal planting of trees, careful
grading, and generally esthetic improvements can make it much more beautiful
yet. The streets are wide and handsome. There is just natural variety enough in
the lay of the land to form, with nice residences and trees, a most pleasing
landscape. It ought to be the aim and ambition of every citizen to add
something in this direction each year, and it can be done in this way gradually
and with small expense and labor.
AN
HEIR.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
The editor has received the following letter
from Westboro, Massachusetts.
“Can you locate the man that was in Winfield
and went by the name of J. W. Sanborn or J. M. Sanborn? He is the man that
buried his wife May 18, 1882. If you can tell me where to find him, I wish you
would do so as he has fallen heir to a large estate in this town and it is
impossible to settle said estate until it is ascertained whether he is dead, or
alive.”
Anyone of our readers who knows the whereabouts
of Mr. Sanborn, please inform Mr. Fitch by postal card.
NOTICE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Notice is hereby given to the public that the
legal city scales of the city of Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, is situated
at 614 Main Street, nearly opposite Brettun House, and that Van Vleet &
Sage are the duly appointed weighmasters of the same.
Signed,
W. G. Graham, Mayor. Dated March 18, 1886.
IN
A BAD FIX.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
Augusta appears to have a citizen in a bad
fix. He writes a letter to “Eny Hardwear or Tin Man, Winfield, Kansas,” as
follows: “I am in nead of a job and if eny of you can give me a job I can give
you a good recmend have had 25 years experance in Tin Bisnis or on gass fit or
eny Kind of job work.”
MISCELLANEOUS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
One of our citizens stepped into a hardware store this morning and inquired for a steak-pounder. The pleasant clerk brought forth a fifteen pound sledgehammer, to the dismay of the customer. No doubt this would tender the toughest steak, and probably that clerk had been devouring only tough steak for some time, and had thought the matter over