ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER

TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

The Black Hills.

CASTLE CITY, WYOMING TERRITORY, May 31, 1876.

MY FAMILY: I write, this beautiful Sunday morn, to inform you of our safe arrival in the gold hills. Joe is up again from the measles, which makes us all well, hoping this may find you the same. There is no humbug about there being gold here, but what we find is fine, and on what is termed bars; all old miners say if we can strike bed rock, we can make our fortune.

Castle creek is nearly as large as Grouse, and runs swifter, having a fall of 55 feet to the mile. It is about 25 feet to the bed rock, and in order to go down we will have to get pumps sufficient to keep the water out. I am inclined to the belief that there is a fortune here, but it will take time and money to get it. We met 200 men going back, calling the whole thing a humbug, but the most were scared out at Indian reports. We have not seen any, only at and near Red Cloud Agency; they are in the Hills, but will attack only small parties. The most of the returning miners never turned a shovel of dirt, and a good many turned back before reaching Buffalo Gap. We saw the bones of one man, who had been killed in the Gap by Indians. He smelled so badly when first discovered that he could not be buried, so they piled rocks upon him. It was a hard sight; but such is life.

Will. has just come in with a fine specimen of quartz, which is rich and will some day make someone rich. If a man had money to live upon for one year, and set down on some of those places, his fortune would be made, but such is not the disposition of most men: they want to go forward, and those who follow will make the money. I would advise all to stay at home for awhile unless they come heeled with one year's provisions or money. Flour is worth $16 per hundred, bacon 35 cents per pound, corn meal 15 cents per pound, corn 13 cents per pound, etc.

One of the boys just killed a black tailed deer, which are plenty; also plenty of those black or brown bears, which are very large. I would like to give you a description of the Hills--it seems as though they were blown up by some terrible volcano, leaving deep gulches running in all directions, and having the finest streams of the coldest water. The mountains are covered with pitch pine and fir, with some poplar or quaking asp, which make the scenery the finest.

I have had but one letter from you, dated April 22. It costs twenty-five cents to get a letter from Cheyenne here, so when you write, write good long letters. We will probably look around before going to work. Gold is here, all over, and of the finest kind; sells for $21 per ounce.

We are going to work this morning, and will give you all particulars in a few days. Some of our men got ten cents at one pan yesterday. I was up in the mountain yesterday, and got so cold I had to come down. Plenty of snow and ice in the mountains. It is about such weather here as it is in March there, and the gooseberries are just leafing out. Direct letters to Custer City.

W. M. BERKEY.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, June 12, 1876.

The hail and wind storm of a few days ago did considerable damage in a few instances.

There are several vacant claims in this vicinity, though they are being rapidly settled upon. There were eight vacant houses within sight of my place, last March, but they are all occupied, and new ones have gone up. Breaking and harvesting are being pushed forth rapidly. Wheat is very fine, as is also the corn.

Religious meetings held once a week, either at Grouse creek or at Newland's school house. J. A. B.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

HUTCHINSON, KS., June 12, 1876.

Had a severe hail and wind storm six miles south of this place, last Saturday, which did considerable damage; about twenty buildings destroyed; no lives lost, so far as I have heard; quite a number of persons more or less injured; crops probably injured to some extent along the track of the storm.

Harvest to commence about the middle of this week. Wheat good, and other crops looking very well indeed. Health here excellent. Immigration pouring in lively.

B. C. SWARTS.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

Corn in Sumner county is reported growing slowly on account of cold weather.

Rev. Mr. Platter, one of the Winfield city farmers, put his own header into his hundred acre field of fall wheat on the 12th instant.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

Osages are first class horse traders.

A few Osages who have been out on a hunt recently, represent buffalo as being scarce.

The printer failed to find the copy of Gov. "Joe's" speech which was promised our readers this week.

The Osages are now more nearly united than has ever been the case since their removal to this Territory.

Agent Beede is getting material ready to repair the damage to the roof of his house, by the late hail storm.

The majority of the full blood Cherokees enlisted in the service of United States during the late war, while the majority of the mixed bloods joined the Confederate forces.

As will be seen at the head of our paper, the name of Osage Agency gives place to Pawhuska, which has been the name of the head chief of the Osage tribe for generations, and means white hair.

Seven of our Pawnee neighbors have recently visited Chetopa, the Chief Counselor of the Osage Nation, smoked the pipe of peace, and received from our distinguished incumbent a pony each in token of future friendship. Pawnees and Osages converse with each other by signs only.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

The following extract is from a letter received by Judge Christian, last week, from an old acquaintance in Ireland. It was written three-fourths of a mile from the famous Giant's Causeway, on the northern coast of Antrim county, and explains itself. It shows the ingenuity of the university Yankee mind in getting up humbugs to secure an honest penny. The letter is dated Ballymoy, Antrim county, Ireland, May 31, 1876.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

Wichita Eagle: A little girl, living near Eureka, while playing in a harvest field, was bitten on the ankle by a prairie rattlesnake. A young Swede, who was working in the field at the time, got some milk from a cow standing nearby, and inserted a small straw in each of the holes made by the fangs of the snake, and poured some milk into the straws, which counteracted the poison; and within an hour the child was playing around as usual. This occurrence was related to us by an eye witness.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

[Special to the Leavenworth Times.]

KANSAS CITY, MO., June 23. The railroad bridge crossing the Missouri river at this place, caught fire this morning at eleven o'clock. Before the fire department could reach the spot, the seventh span on the north side fell with a loud crash. There were several hundred persons on the bridge at the time, and they scattered like sheep. No one was seriously hurt. The fire caught on the sixth span of the north end, from a spark, dropped by a passing engine. It appears as if the watchmen neglected their duty. The bridge cost one million and a quarter dollars, and is damaged to the extent of from twelve to twenty thousand dollars. Repairs have already been commenced, and trains will be run in two weeks, but it will take several weeks to repair the wood-work. Passengers and freight will be transferred by the ferry, and some roads will transfer freight by the Leavenworth bridge. Cattle will be shipped to Chicago via St. Louis.

H. W. Cook is insane from the excitement of the political contest. He is violent; and is watched at his home by four men.

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FROM THE FRONTIER.

CHEYENNE, June 23. As intimated in the last dispatch, Gen. Crook's command left camp on the morning of the 16th instant, with four days' rations. They struck the right hand branch of the Yellowstone, into Montana, following down this creek. The next morning, when about five miles down, the Snake and Crow scouts brought in word from the front that the Sioux were in force in the hills; and by half past eight o'clock the command was in position, and an extensive firing was inaugurated along the north of the creek; the enemy, who had begun the attack, showing thereby their confidence in their ability to whip the command, retiring as the soldiers and allies advanced. The Sioux were all well mounted, well armed, and at times were prodigal in the use of ammunition. The fight lasted four hours when the enemy retired out of sight at every point.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 8 35 5E 120 J. C. McMULLEN

NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 11 35 5E 80 JOHN B. SOUTHARD

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LAND OFFICE, WICHITA, KANSAS, June 21, 1876.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

On the Trail.

[Special Correspondence of the Price Current.]

RED FORK, INDIAN TERRITORY, June 16, 1876.

The following herds have passed since my last.

June 5. R. R. Savage, 950 mixed, for Ellis.

June 6. Houston & Dismuke, 1,950 mixed, for Ellis. Kingsbery & Holmsley, 1,400 mixed, for Bluff Creek.

June 7. Burk & Smith, 3,400 mixed, for Ellis.

June 8. D. H. Snyder, 1,800 mixed, for Ellis.

June 9. W. C. Osburn, 1,200 mixed, for Ellis. Capt. Kennedy (two herds), 8,000 mixed, for Ellis.

June 10. Oge & Woodard, 2,900 mixed, for Bluff Creek.

June 12. Halstein & Murry, 1,400 mixed, for Colorado.

June 13. L. M. T. Pope, 800 mixed, for Medicine Creek.

June 14. L. M. T. Pope, 1,460 mixed, for Medicine Creek.

June 15. W. B. Grimes, 2,000 mixed, for Bluff Creek.

A. CONKLE.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1876.

The 4th of July comes on Tuesday.

JOHN P. WOODYARD returned last week from Wichita.

MR. HINKLEY of Grouse Creek had a horse stolen lately.

It has been decided not to have any picnic at this place on the 4th, as talked of.

A boy on Grouse creek picked the lock of a bureau and ran off with a small sum of money.

MR. BIRD has apples seven inches in circumference. S. P. Channell also has some apples on his trees.

PROF. KELLOGG is to deliver the oration at the 4th of July Celebration at Emporia. They appreciate a man up there.

TIMOTHY. Capt. Chenoweth showed us a head of timothy measuring 10-3/4 inches. It was sown during the dry weather two years ago.

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The Oxford applicant for the school at this place acted wisely. After seeing the result of one of our quiet gatherings, he withdrew his application and started for home, congratulating himself that his scalp remained.

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RUNAWAY. A little more than a week ago, Will Howe, formerly of Maple City, borrowed his father-in-law's team (Mr. Adams) and went to Labette county and did not return. An officer was finally sent, and brought the team back.

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS meet Monday, July 34d. It is a regular meeting, and will probably last several days, as they will have considerable to attend to. The Commissioners are R. F. Burden, near Lazette; Robert White, of Rock Creek; and William Sleeth, of Arkansas City.

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A man across the Walnut saw the box of a header machine, near the Arkansas river, and thinking it was a steamboat, left his plow and ran a hundred yards toward it, when he thought there was no smoke, and taking a closer view saw his mistake. He is a Granger too.

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In this delightful country, flowing with milk and honey (the milk in jars and the honey in cans) it costs $2 per acre to cut and stack wheat from a header; when cut by a Marsh harvester, $2.25; by a dropper, $2.25 to $2.50. A header will cut on good ground thirty acres per day; a Marsh harvester, about ten acres; a dropper nearly the same. The threshing costs five cents per bushel for wheat; and three cents for oats. The prices paid harvest hands will average about $2 per day; some have paid $2.50. A steam thresher can thresh 1,000 bushels per day; an ordinary thresher, of ten horse power, about 600 bushels. About eight men go with the thresher.

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The following agricultural implements have been sold at this place during the year 1876.

30 Harvesters.

24 Headers.

4 Threshing Machines.

1 Steam Thresher.

9 Combined Reapers and Mowers.

1 Self-Binder.

87 Breakers.

52 Cultivators.

16 Gang and Sulky Plows.

53 Stirring Plows.

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You're right. If C. R. Mitchell had not positively and continually declined, he would have been spending his winters in Topeka, in behalf of Cowley county.

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At a school meeting held at Winfield, last Wednesday, it was unanimously decided to employ Prof. Hulse to teach the public school at that place for $810 per year. We congratulate Prof. Hulse on his success, and the people of our sister town on securing one of the best educators in the Southwest.

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SUICIDED. Geo. Easton, a young man of about 23 years of age, of Douglass, Butler Co., yesterday morning, shot himself while in bed, just below the heart. All the reason he gave was that he was tired of life. The affair created considerable excitement in Douglass.

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WALTER A. VANDORN, a former resident of this place, dropped in suddennly and unexpectedly, yesterday. He hails from Daytona, Florida, where he is engaged in farming and gardening. He was an early resident of this place and will be remembered by many.

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JOHN ALLEN, of this city, is spoken of as the possible nominee on the Republican ticket for County Attorney. We know of but one man who would make a stronger candidate for the party, and that man is C. R. Mitchell, of Arkansas City. Telegram.

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NOTE: SCOTT COVER THE ABOVE TWO ITEMS EARLIER...BUT HE LEFT

OUT SOME PORTIONS...IGNORE FIRST ENTRIES!

TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

WM. FOWLER, we learn is making a trip to Little Rock, Ark., in a canoe. He started this week.

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WANTED. A No. 1 Miller, and a man with team to haul logs, at Steam Flouring Mill, Arknsas City. W. H. SPEERS.

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I will be absent until August 15. In the meantime, Pryorr, Kager & Pryor, at Winfield, or T. McIntire, Arkansas City, will attend to my business. E. B. KAGER.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

A Business Corner.

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TRAVELER, JUNE 28, 1876.

A bill has been introduced in Congress by Hon. John R. Boodin, to so change the boundry between Missouri and Kansas as to place Kansas City on our side of the line.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

Kansas Constructs Own Building at Centennial.

Kansas, failing to command sufficient space in any of the main buildings to group her collections together, decided to erect a building of her own, which furnishes ample space for the exhibition of her varied products, and does credit to the State. The building is in the shape of a Creek cross; the center with the four wings is devoted to the exhibition. In the center, beneath the dome, is suspended a curious and ingeniously constructed bell, made by Professor Henry Worrall. It consists of grains in the stock, grasses and broom corn brush woven together in the shape of the old bell that rang out on Independence day.

The tongue is composed of one of our elongated club gourds with a common bell shaped gourd attached as hammer. It is just the size of the old revolutionary bell, being eight feet nine inches across the bottom and eight feet six inches high.

There is a break made in the material, to represent the crack in the old bell, and it bears the same inscription: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land and to all the inhabitants thereof. By Order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania for the Statehouse in Philadelphia." Colorado, not demanding the space of an entire building for her exhibit, occupies the west wing of our building. She makes a very fine showing of her vast mineral wealth, and presents a most picturesque group of stuffed animals, from the buffalo and bear to the wild cat and prairie dog. The balance of the building, except a very small portion occupied by the A., T. & S. F. R. R. for the exhibition of products along their line of road, is occupied by Kansas.

A short extract is taken from the copy of the Harper Weekly of June 17, 1876, which has an excellent description of the contents.

"There are forty-two flag staffs on the building, the flags for forty-one of which have been generously contributed by the Ladies of Leavenworth. They consist of the national colors of the United States and those of each of the foreign governments exhibiting, the same to be added at the close of the exhibition to the Centennial collection, and returned to the State House at Topeka for preservation in the museum of the State Board of Agriculture--there to remain a sourvenir of the kindly cooperation of the Ladies of Leavenworth. At the north end, twenty-four feet from the floor is a transparence--'The Great Seal of the State of Kansas'--from which rays of golden grain radiate, alternated with a background of cotton: an important staple in Southern Kansas. Immediately under this there is an attractive collection of vegetable casts resting on a projection; suspended from this projection is a well drawn map, in colors, 24 x 13 feet. From the floor to the map is a receding grain stand with ten shelves, supporting over 1,000 sample glass grain jars, which contain an exhaustive display of wheat, rye, corn, barley, oats, buckwheat, sorghum, castor beans, and the oil manufactured from the same; tobacco, the seed of hemp, flax, broom corn, millet, Hungarian, timothy, and red clover; hazel, pecan, and peanuts; soils, fire clay, yellow and red ochre, mineral paints, plaster of Paris, potter's clay, hydraulic cement, salt, etc. Labels on these jars give name of contents, where and by whom grown and collected. By reference to the large map, the locality is easily determined. A space of about fourteen feet on either side of the map, and between it and the two sides, is devoted to a forest of corn of wonderful growth. The stalks are from 15 to 18 feet in height, containing from one to three ears of corn from ten to fourteen inches long.

"Upon the walls on either side, and in glass cases, is an attractive and interesting display of wild and cultivated grasses and grains in the stalk; wheat from four feet to five feet six inches high, from fields yielding from 40 to 64 bushels per acre; corn from 40 to 100; oats from 50 to 75, timothy, 2-1/2 tons to the acre; clover and millet, 4 tons; blue grass, from two feet to three feet four inches high; fourteen varieties of wild grasses, ranging in height from six to ten feet.

"One case contains a display of silk ribbons and silk cocoons, the latter showing the size of the cocoons raised from eggs imported from Japan, and the noticeable increase in size of succeeding generations raised in Kansas. Silk culture in this young State of diversied industries is no longer problematical. "The rest of the display consists of a formidable array of valuable building stones from nearly every county in the State; between 40 and 50 different kinds of timer; a collection of stuffed birds of about 300 species; a large entomological collection, including the veritable Rocky Mountain locust; an extensive collection of fossils; lead, ore; coal, etc."

This description by Harper is so correct that I take the liberty of giving it in his words, as I could not improve it, and would have written substantially the same. On the whole, Kansas has done her part nobly, and we feel proud that we have such a representation at the Centennial. S. B. F.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

STEAMBOAT! The steamboat, "Gen. Wiles," passed Cincinnati on the 23rd ult., making seventy miles per day. Everything is in working order, and progress will be made without further delay if no accidents occur.

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The earnest and successful working of Hon. W. R. Brown, Representative in Congress for the Third District of Kansas, in behalf of the settlers on the Cherokee Strip Lands, should commend him to the hearts of every resident of the county. There are probably one thousand people on the Strip, who have taken claims, built small houses, and already made considerable improvement on the land selected as their future homes, who are anxiously looking forward to a definite settlement of their titles.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

By the following letter from Hon. W. R. Brown, it will be seen that the Cherokee Strip Lands are to be brought into market to actual settlers, at the same price and under the same ruling as before.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27, 1876.

We have today passed through the House the Cherokee Strip bill. I will see Senator Ingalls today, and request him to attend to it in the Senate. I shall urge his attention, and as he is on the Indian Committee, he can put it through.

W. R. BROWN.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

Washington, June 25. The failure of the Committee of Conference to agree on the controverted amendments to the Legislature, Judicial, and Executive, the Consular and Diplomatic, and the Post Office Appropriation bills, will, it is supposed prevent Congress from adjourning as soon as was anticipated, namely, about the 10th of July.

Two or three only of the general appropriation bills have become laws, and much other business remains to be transacted. It is not at all probable that the Tariff bill will be again

considered.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

MARE. Taken up by Mark K. Hull, Dexter Township, on the 22nd of May, 1876, one bay mare colt about two years old, branded J. C. on right side of neck under the mane. Valued at $20.

Also, one sorrel mare colt, with a white face and three white feet, about one year old, no brands. Valued at $10.

SOW. Taken up by Branard Goff, Creswell Township, one black and white spotted sow and seven pigs. Valued at $31.00.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

A. N. and W. P. Johnston returned from the Black Hills last Wednesday. These gentlemen, together with Harry Flood, M. Curry, and Chas. Tarry left this place on the 7th of last Frebruary, with one wagon. They arrived in Custer City on the 2nd of March, and on the 8th of last May started from that place with sixty others on their return from the land of gold. They were in the Hills upwards of two months, were so far north as Deadwood, eight miles from Custer, and prospecting in various directions around the latter place. They report but ten claims in the Hills that are paying wages and these, only when provisions are low. Outside of these, nothing has been discovered so far that will yield living wages. They are convinced of this from their own observations of numbers of old miners from Colorado, Nevada, and California, who, after prospecting so far as they could with safety, left the country.

From seven to ten thousand adventurers have gone into the Hills up to date, every man of whom, except the merchants and speculators, who could get back, has left; cursing his own folly, and the men and newspapers, who, by misrepresentations and wholesale lying, have led so many to destruction.

When the Messrs. Johnstons left, the population of Custer City numbered seven to eight hundred people, including thirty to forty families of women and children, and with few exceptions, all were in a destitute condition; and unless quickly relieved, would be in a starving condition. On the day of their departure, there were but four sacks of flour in the town, and this was held at sixty dollars a sack.

Town property is utterly worthless; houses that cost from seventy-five dollars to one hundred and seventy-five dollars, together with the corner lots, were traded for two or three meals of victuals, to keep their owners from starving to death.

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WOW! WHAT IN THE WORLD GOES ON? THIS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE CORRESPONDENCE EDITOR SCOTT, TRAVELER, HAS BEEN RECEIVING! I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF CHANGING "Custar" to CUSTER...SOONER OR LATER I MAY FIND OUT WHICH IS CORRECT: CUSTAR OR CUSTER!

TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

Captain Smith's freight train, from Fort Reno, Cheyenne Agency, arrived in Wichita last Friday week. There were fifteen wagons, five of which were loaded with hides and ten with buffalo robes of Arapahoe and Cheyenne tanning.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1876.

We ate new corn last Saturday.

REMEMBER the blackberry festival next week.

The Band Boys left for Wellington Monday.

School closed last Friday until next September.

THREE barrels of lemonade were sold by one stand at Winfield yesterday.

The late heavy rains have done great damage to the wheat crop of Cowley.

Col. McMullen and Prof. Hulse, accompanied by their wives, left for the North and East this week.

If Prof. Hulse had given to each pupil a lock of his hair who asked for one, he would have been bald-headed.

DIED. Elizabeth, wife of Solomon Smith, of Silver Creek, on June 27th; aged 50 years. Cause: scrofula.

DIED. At Salt City, Monday morning, June 3rd, of whooping cough, Mary, daughter of Dr. Paxton, aged one year.

The County Commissioners met last Monday, and after disposing of two or three road petitions, adjourned to meet next Tuesday.

BORN. To Mr. and Mrs. Porter Wilson, of Maple township, on the 13th inst., a son. Also, to Captain Siverd and lady, on the 20th inst., a son.

R. J. POND, formerly a sharer of corn bread and molasses in an early day here, is now engaged in a picture and fancy store at Coruna, Michigan.

FOOT RACE. Thos. Parvin and Jasper Coryell ran a foot race of 55 yards, last Saturday, for the fun of the thing. Both parties ran well, but Parvin was too slow to win.

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W. T. KIRTLY lost one off his horses last week, and is now without a team, which to a farmer in this county is next thing to being destitute. His friends will buy one for him soon.

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A blackberry festival will be given by the ladies of the Presbyterian Society at the Central Avenue Hotel on Wednesday night, the 12th, one week from tonight. Admission: 15 cents; blackberries, including cake, 10 cents.

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HORSES STOLEN. Thursday, June 22nd, Mr. Ela hired a boy by the name of Willett, whose parents live on Little Dutch, and set him to work in a cornfield. When night came the boy did not come in, and as Mr. Ela was absent from home, nothing was thought of it. On coming home, Mr. Ela started in search of the boy, and at Winfield found his team in the livery stable, but the boy was gone. He is sixteen years of age, and has not been living at home for sometime.

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DIED. On Friday, the 16th inst., at her residence in Maple township, this county, of catarrhal fever, Mrs. Jeannette Butler, aged 41 years, wife of Sumner Butler, formerly of Steele county, Minnesota. She has left a large family to mourn her loss.

Also, on the 26th inst., suddenly, cause unknown, Mrs. David Lloyd, formerly of Doniphan, died. She leaves five children to mourn her loss.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1870.

One of the most startling occurrences that ever took place in this city was made known last Saturday.

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TAKEN IN. A few of the sports went from this place to Winfield last Friday and inveigled the boys into betting on a foot race between Frank Speers and William Koons, of Mattoon, Illinois. Someone recognized Koons as being the renowned "California Plow Boy," and the stakes were generally on him, although Frank Speers had many friends. After getting bets to the amount of about $50, the race was prepared for; both parties stripped, and a run of 55 yards made, Speers gaining the race by about two feet. The Arkansas City boys knew which party to bet on, and came home happy, with about $30 ahead. One man in Winfield did the main betting, and is now consoling himself by declaring he will "never bet on another foot race." Koons is the man that got away with the youth of Cedar Vale, about two years ago, and has a practice of getting away with everything he runs across, while Frank Speers has a reputation for beating everything that comes along.

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The closing exercises of the Arkansas City public school took place last Friday, when the pupils bid their teacher goodbye, and as a token of their gratitude and respected, presented him with a beautiful book of poems, entitled "Farm Legends." The number of students attending the last term was 155, twenty-two of whom were paying a tuition of about $2 each. The enrollment for the spring term was 72. Several of the students passed creditable examinations during the last week of the term, and received teachers' certificates. There has always existed the most friendly feeling between the students and Principal.

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Many farmers could have had their wheat in the shock if they had not gone to work in the corn fields.

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NOBLE WINTIN returned from Colorado, last week, where he has been for about three months.

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TRAVELER, JULY 5, 1876.

STRAYED. A dark bay mare pony, four years old, no brand, from C. Glenn, Arkansas City.

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STRAYED. A small pony mare, dark brown color, no brand, from Frank Lorry.

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ARKANSAS CITY CHEESE.

Mr. C. Mummert, proprietor, has always on hand a good supply of old and new cheese. Will take wheat, corn, eggs, and butter in exchange.

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FOR RENT. About 100 acres to put in wheat. For particulars enquire of J. H. Mettler, 3-1/2 miles southwest of Salt City, Sumner County, Kansas.

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40 Head of two-year-old cattle for sale by Houghton & McLaughlin.

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150,000 No. 1 brick for sale on reasonable terms. Enquire at the brick yard.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

[The following sketch of Cowley county, is taken from the Carlisle, Nicholas county, Kentucky, Mercury, and will be found of interest both to readers at home and abroad. ED.]

ARKANSAS CITY, June 10, 1876.

As an old resident of Carlisle at a period long anterior to the advance of the Mercury, I still feel a deep interest in the welfare of your people, and read with such pleasure in the Mercury of the sayings and doings of that locality. In your paper of the 1st inst., I read a faithful description of Coffey county, in this State, by your correspondent, J. H. Hughes; who I suppose is one of the Nicholas Co. Hughes of the days of yore, and I was forcibly struck by his comparison of that section of Kansas as compared with the Arkansas Valley as Fleming to Bourbon. I can corrobate the statement in full; his picture is not overdrawn. This is certainly the best and richest body of land in America.

Much has been said and written of the great Arkansas Valley, and yet no one has overstated the truth. Cowley county, from where I am now writing, is on the Arkansas river. The last twenty seven miles of this river, before it enters the Indian country, runs through this county in a south-easterly direction, meeting the waters of the Walnut river, that runs south through the county at this (Arkansas) City. The Grouse, another large stream, comes in from the north-east. All three meet near this place, thence united, enter the Indian nation, making this the best-watered, best-timbered, and most highly favored county on the river in the great Arkansas Valley.

As indicated, we are on the south line of the State, on the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude near the line that divides Kentuck and Tennessee, considerably south of Carlisle.

A visit to this county at this time would convince the most skeptical that no picture of the fruitfulness of this county can be overdrawn. We are now in the midst of the wheat and barley harvest. This week and last has been a busy time with the farmers, and next week will be busier still. Between twenty-five and thirty harvesters and headers have been sold in this town the past week, to be used in this and Bolton townships.

There are twenty-two townships in this county, and to give you an idea of the extent of wheat and other crops raised in this county, I will give the result of this (Creswell) township, which is about an average of the others. There are in this township 30,000 acres of land, 6,000 of these are in cultivation--one-fifth of all; 3,000 of these are in wheat--one-half of all. There are 740 inhabitants in this township, 624 head of cattle; 311 of which are milch cows; 397 horses; 57 mules; 509 hogs; 29,000 fruit trees set out and growing but not yet fruiting; 13,550 pounds of butter made in the family last year.

How does this look for a five year old county. Six years ago this country was an "Indian reserve," a howling wilderness; now it is a home of plenty. There are thousands of acres of Government land in this county yet which can be bought at the entrance price, $200 for 160 acres; but will be sold to none but pre-emptors, to keep out speculators. We have a herd law in this county, so that there is no fencing required. Of the 6,000 acres in cultivation, not 100 acres are enclosed. Whole quarter sections are in wheat without a sign of a fence. Our wheat this year will average over twenty-five bushels to the acre.

JAS. CHRISTIAN.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

Flood at Kaw Agency--Fourth of July With the Indians.

KAW AGENCY, July 4, 1876.

I came home from your city on the afternoon of the 28th of June, through a terrific rain, which continued in unceasing torrents until noon the next day. Beaver creek was at high water mark at sunrise on the morning of the 29th, and by noon it was ten feet above anything ever known, sweeping fences, pig styes, chicken houses, and crops; corn five and six feet high entirely submerged. Indians and half breeds had to flee their tents and houses, the water being four feet deep on the first floors. The engine at the mill was entirely submerged, and a pig was found lodged in the forks of a tree, some ten or twelve feet from the ground, the next day after the waters had subsided, and rescued, still alive, by an Indian.

We have made no estimate of the loss to the Mission and Agency farms, nor to the loss of our Indians; neither do I suppose that your readers would be interested in such an estimate--knowing, as they generally do, the Indian's capability of making up by traffic and begging any loss he may suffer. Furthermore, it is not my object to give you a doleful picture of the damage done by the flood, so much as to inform you of the great Centennial celebration held at this place today.

In order to revive the drooping spirits of our red brethren, occasioned by their recent losses, the managers of affairs decided that we would give an issue of beef, flour, sugar, and coffee, and have a grand barbecue and feast. Accordingly, we sent out word yesterday for all to come in and celebrate the Centennial anniversary of American independence, and they came en masse--Indians, squaws, papooses, dogs, and cats--with the stars and stripes fluttering in the breeze. Now I do not pretend to say that it was altogether an outburst of patriotism, on the part of our red brethren, to thus assemble with such enthusiasm, for it may possible be that longing appetite for roast beef had something to do with it. Be that as it may, they barbecued, roasted their beef, fried their cakes in the tallow thereof, made their coffee in a fifteen-gallon kettle, and ate to their heart's content, smoked, and ate again. Of course, ice cream, lemonade, and Epicurean delicacies, were not in the bill, but the real substantials of life were in abundance. Doubtless the citizens of Philadelphia and other great cities of the States enjoyed themselves on this day, but none more so than did the Kaw

Indians.

Orations were delivered by Superintendent Spray and the writer of this article, and the Kaws went home happy and contented. They were so favorably impressed with the importance of Centennial celebrations they would be perfectly willing to sacrifice whatever time and labor it might cost them to hold one every week, provided two or three good beeves, etc., could be furnished.

WM. HUNT.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1876.

EXPLANATORY. During our absence the paper will be left in charge of Hon. C. R. Mitchell, with the assistance of others, who will be responsible for its course during the next five weeks. Any matter pertaining to work in the office will be attended to by Ed. G. Gray, who will also have control of the local columns. While in Philadelphia and elsewhere, we shall occasionally send an item. C. M. SCOTT.

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L. J. WEBB, Past Master of Adelphi Lodge at Winfield, delivered the Anniversary address on St. John the Baptist, at Wellington, on the 24th of June, to a large audience. A few years ago public addresses by Masons was almost unknown, and the workings of the Order rarely alluded to outside the Lodge; but this is an age of progress, and the desire for more light is increasing wonderfully.

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NOTE: SOURCE OF ABOVE ITEM NOT GIVEN BY TRAVELER!

FINALLY: WE GET THE FIRST STORY ON CUSTER MASSACRE!

TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1876.

The Indian Battle on the Little Horn River.

The special correspondent of the Helena, Montana, Herald, writing from Stillwater, Montana, July 2, says: Custer found a camp of about 2,000 lodges on the Little Horn, and immediately attacked it. Custer took five companies and charged the thickest portion of the camp. Nothing is known of the operation of this detachment, only as traced by the dead. Major Reno commanded the other seven companies, and attacked the lower portion of the camp. The Indians poured in a murderous fire from all directions, beside the greater portion fought on horseback. Custer, his two brothers, nephew, and brother-in-law, were all killed, and not one of his detachment escaped. Two hundred and seven men were buried in one place, and the killed were estimated at 300, with only thirty-one wounded. The Indians surrounded Reno's command and held them one day in the hills, cut off from water, until Gibbons' command came in sight, when they broke camp in the night and left. The Seventh fought like tigers and were overcome by mere brute force. The Indian loss cannot be estimated, as they bore off and sacked most of their killed. The remnant of the Seventh Cavalry and Gibbons' command are turning to the mouth of Little Horn, where a steamboat lies. The Indians got all the arms of the killed soldiers. There were seventeen commissioned officers killed. The whole Custer family died at the head of their column. The exact loss cannot be known, as both adjutants and sergeants majors were killed. The Indian camp was from three to four miles long, and was twenty miles up the Little Horn from its mouth. The Indians actually pulled the men off their horses in some instances."

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CONFIRMATION OF THE REPORTED BATTLE.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

The Bounty Bill.

The new bounty bill has passed both Houses and become a law. It allows all enlisted men, soldiers, sailors, and mariners, including slaves and Indians, $8.25 per month, for their services between the 12th day of April 1861, and the 9th day of May 1865, deducting from the amount all bounties received either from the State or United States. This law will greatly relieve the Kansas soldiers.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

HENRY WORK is in Colorado.

And now come the cucumbers.

A number of children have the whooping cough.

RUST is spoiling the oat crop in some sections of this county.

GRAPES are rotting considerably from the effects of wet weather.

MISS GUSSIE SLOCUM delivered the centennial poem at Emporia, last week.

The Arkansas is 26 feet high at Little Rock, and full to the top of the bank here.

The County Commissioners are in regular session today, and probably will be until Saturday.

The ladies of the M. E. Society will meet at the residence of Mrs. Grimes on Thursday afternoon.

REV. FLEMING preached his sermon on the political history of our country during the past century to a full house last Sunday.

MR. JENNINGS, a young lawyer lately located at Winfield, and J. D. Pryor of the firm of Pryor, Kager & Pryor, made us a short call yesterday.

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BLACKBERRIES are healthy fruit to eat. You'd have thought so to have seen a gallon disappear from the sight of our office boys, the other day, when Sherb. Hunt treated.

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CENTENNIAL. The editor remained long enough to do most of the writing for this week's paper, and yesterday morning hied himself away to the Philadelphia show, with his pockets full of TRAVELERS, circulars of Arkansas City and Cowley county, toothpicks, etc. Before returning he will vist Lower Canada, Niagara Falls, and see his dad and mam.

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We learn that the band boys gave entire satisfaction at Wellington, and that more than 8,000 people were assembled. If it had not been in the midst of harvest, tthey would have had fully one-half more in attendance. The boys say they were entertained in the very best manner, and came home feeling that the people of Wellington were among the best they ever met.

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MARRIED. At Winfield, July 4th, by Judge Gans. Mr. T. N. Parker and Miss Ella Herbert, both of this county. That was a grand way to celebrate the Fourth on this Centennial year. Instead of remaining at Winfield to see the fireworks, they went home.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

Mr. S. Tarrant has returned from the Centennial.

We hear of quite a number of deaths from the flux, which occurred during the last two weeks.

Several children have died, in this county, during the past three months with the whooping cough. Mr. Sam. Eckles lost two.

When the fireworks of the Fourth arrive, the people will be notifed of the evening on which they will be burned--so that all may come in and see them.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

Married. On Sunday, July 2nd, 1876, by Rev. N. L. Rigby, at his residence in Winfield, Mr. Wm. Jasper Cochran and Miss Isabel Stark, both of this city.

Married. On Tuesday, July 4th, 1876, at the residence of E. R. Weitzell, in Beaver township, by W. V. Sitton, J. P., Mr. Job. Froggath, of Sumner county, and Miss Mahilda Hugals, of this county.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

Washington, July 5. The President signed the bill to extend the time for filing claims for additional bounty under the act of July 28th, 1866, which expired by limitation on January 30, 1875, until July 1, 1880.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

Animated by that spirit of independence which characterized our patriot sires of old, a small party of Arkansas City Fourth of July-ers turned their backs upon the great show at Winfield, and started for the Territory; where upon the broad prairies, by the sparkling waters of the Shilocco, we might have room to "spread" ourselves, and liberty to partake of the Legislature's forbidden fruit for which we all had an "orful hankerin'." Our objective point was the spring--everybody knows where that is. We left town at 8:30, with banners flying, and at 9:15 passed the State line and beyond the limits of the game law. And right here I would like to call the attention of the authorities to a system of lawlessness that exists along the border, which if persisted in will disgrace us as a community, and cause great annoyance to the Government.

I allude to the disgraceful conduct of Polk Stevens et al., in cutting up the State line and using the pieces for well ropes, lariats, etc.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

The following, from the Cowley County Telegram, gives an unbiased expression and feeling of gratitude in behalf of the farmers, and general progress of all.

STEAMBOAT.

It gives us pleasure from time to time, to give all the information in regard to the Arkansas City steamboat that we can glean from the "TRAVELER." We look upon this experiment as one in which the whole of Cowley county is deeply interested--and for the success of which each and everyone of her citizens should pray. The successful navigation of the Arkansas river as far north as Cowley county is the next best thing to a railroad--in fact, we believe that it would be much better for the county as it would present a much cheaper outlet for surplus produce than we could possibly get through the medium of any road. And the arrival of the boat now coming should be the signal for a general rejoicing throughout the entire county. We suggest that when our neighbors can have the exact day of its arrival that they notify the county so that the farmers may be there en masse to send up a shout of joy when the smoke stack first rises in view, and send up cheer after cheer in answers to the tones of its whistle and peal of its bell. What say you, Scott? Can't you make that a "big day" for the little city?

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

FOUND. On Sunday last, a child's sack coat. Inquire here.

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FOR SALE. Two spans of mules, two sets of work harness, and two lumber wagons. Enquire at the Arkansas City Bank.

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The sod disk or rolling cutter harrow, for preparing newly broken ground for wheat, for sale by BENEDICT & BRO.

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WANTED. A girl to do house work at El Paso; enquire of William Marshall, the stage driver, or James Christian, at the Express office, Arkansas City.

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STRAYED. A dark bay mare pony, four years old, no brand, from C. Glenn, Arkansas City.

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STRAYED. A small pony mare, dark brown color, no brand, from Frank Lorry.

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TRAVELER, JULY 12, 1876.

The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, speaking of the bill to transfer the Indian Bureau to the war department, says:

There was quite a heated passage between Senator Ingalls, who is the chief advocate of the transfer, and Mr. Morrill, of Maine, who, at the time he spoke, had not been confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Ingalls insisted that the War Department is not a slaughter house and the officers are not all butchers; that the continued tirade against the bad faith of the Anglo-Saxon with the Indians is unjustifiable, and that the American continent is not designed for the exclusive use of a few millions of savages. The Black Hills war, he said, is exclu-sively brought about by a peace policy, and the Indian never had been and never would be civilized; when he becomes so, he is no longer an Indian. Mr. Ingalls said that sentiment is a simple thing for those who have no Indians in their States.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

Omaha, Neb., July 13. Recent dispatches from the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies state that the affairs are very uncertain. Owing to the recent news of Custer's defeat, the Interior Department are issuing nothing but corn and flour, having failed on beef entirely.

Scouting parties have been withdrawn from the Agency at the bridge on the Sidney route. There is still one company of troops at the bridge.

It is not probable that the Indians will make trouble at the agencies, as they are their only refuge in case they are overpowered.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

[From the Chicago Tribune.]

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

HAY harvest has commenced.

T. H. HENDERSON was in town last week.

SEE the card of Dr. H. D. Kellogg in this issue.

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AD: H. D. KELLOGG, M.D., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,

Arkansas City, Kansas.

Offfice at the Drug Store.

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WILL MOWRY is agent for the Loring & Blakely organs.

HOUGHTON & McLAUGHLIN intend putting 335 acres in wheat this fall.

O. P. HOUGHTON is building a granary, 20 x 30 feet, with a capacity for over 3,000 bushels of wheat.

MR. ROBINSON, of Illinois, was in town last Friday. We understand he was one of the applicants for the school at this place.

FRANK RANDALL, ex-fiend of the TRAVELER office, has left the ars artium omnium conservatix, and is now spreading himself on a tinner's stoll in Colorado.

JOHN NICHOLS' team made a sickly attempt to run off, last Saturday, but only succeeded in straddling H. & Mc.'s Fairbanks and breaking the neck-yoke.

FRANK GALLOTTI, of the firm of Boyer & Gallotti, of Winfield, called upon us Friday last. Frank is one of the old-time b'hoys, and a jolly good fellow.

WYARD GOOCH and brothers are said to have the best wheat stacks in the surrounding country.

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We would call attention to Judge Christian's call to the farmers, and hope they will respond liberally, as it is for the general good of our county that this grain is to be forwarded. Bring in your samples.

NOTICE:

To the farmers of Creswell and adjoining townships.

GENTLEMEN: I want to get a few samples of this year's crop of wheat threshed from the stack--say about a pound each--to be sent to New York, at the request of a prominent gentleman of that city, for inspection. Please send me your name, the number of acres raised, the quarter section, township, and range where raised, and greatly oblige yours,

JAMES CHRISTIAN,

At the Express Office, Arkansas City.

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THE COWLEY COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOL is postponed until August 21, in consequence of the failure to secure accommodations for teachers. Prof. Lemmon is doing his utmost to make it comfortable for the teachers during the term.

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We regret to announce the death of Bob Sheather, at his home in New York, July 4, of typhoid fever. He was for some time Deputy Treasurer of this county under E. B. Kager, and will be remembered by many of this place and Winfield.

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A. N. DEMING, of Wichita, and Mr. Stedman, of Potsdam, N. Y., dropped in on us last Thursday evening. Mr. Deming is at present engaged in buying grain with H. O. Meigs, they shipping it east and west from Wichita. Mr. Stedman is looking at the country with a view to finding a desirable location for his brother, and thinks Cowley county and the Walnut valley are just a little ahead of anything he ever saw.

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WIRT W. WALTON, of the Winfield Courier, will be a candidate for Chief Clerk of the next House of Representatives. He will make an excellent Chief Clerk. Sumner Co. Press. There is one thing against Wirt--he allowed a woman to wallow him in the snow last winter. Topeka Blade.

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The handsomest piece of mechanism we ever saw is a chronometer safe lock, shown us last Sunday by Mr. Brolley, the company's agent. It is complicated, complete, and most effectual in securing safes against burglars--so effectual, in fact, the cashier himself cannot open it before the hour set, when it will open of its own accord.

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DR. HOUSTON and "his son John" are worse than Arabs. They took up their tents, packed off to Leavenworth, stayed two weeks--and all done so silently no one knew anything about it until the doctor waltzed up to Eddy's drug store, last week, and told it.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, July 13, 1876.

Arrived here this noon after an uncomfortably warm ride of two days and a half. The stage arrived at Wichita about seven in the evening, and I had time enough to see the monopoly town of the Southwest and retire at a reasonable hour.

At 4:45 the train left for the north. We breakfasted at Newton for 75 cents each, took dinner at Topeka, and supper at Cameron Junction, and arrived at Quincy, Illinois, by 2 a.m.; and where we waited until 4:45 to take the Toledo and Wabash to this place.

At Cameron, I met and had a long conversation with Dr. Gray, formerly of Arkansas City. He is conductor of the Pullman sleeping car from St. Joseph to Cleveland, Ohio, and makes his home at Peoria, Illinois, where his wife and family are.

Crops along the entire line were good, except the corn in Illinois, where it is on low land and has been drowned out. The Mississippi was at one time seven miles wide this spring, at Quincy, and much of the country is yet under water. Residents tell me it has been raining for nearly a month, and as I write, it continues. Wheat is standing in the shock. Oats are not ripe yet.

Green apples, ten cents per dozen, were the first luxuries we encountered. Travel on the road is good, and about one third of the travelers are bound for Philadelphia.

C. M.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

BLACK HILLS.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

Washington, July 15. Upon voting a pension to the widow of Gen. Custer, Mr. Williams, of Michigan, asked leave also to introduce a bill granting a pension of $80.00 per month to the father and mother of Generals Custer, Rusk, and Ainsworth. Objected to on the ground of its irregular way of coming before the house.

Mr. Cannon suggested that the committee on invalid pensions should at an early day report a bill granting pensions to the children of the men who fell under the lead of Custer.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

New York, July 15. Gen. Custer had a life insurance policy for $5,000; Capt. Yates, $5,000; Keogh, $10,000; Lieut. Calhoun, $5,000; Crittenden, $10,000; Porter, $5,000.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

Hermann Godehard's new Locals.

Just received:

Mason's Self-Sealing Fruit Jars,

Air-Tight Jelly Glasses--A New Patent.

Common, Old Style Jelly Glasses.

A new lot of Queensware and Glassware.

--Ripe Apples Just in!--

Groceries of all kinds constantly on hand,

and of the best quality.

Economy Baking Power--The Best in Use.

Coffee a Specialty.

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FOR SALE. My entire billiard outfit, consisting of four billiard tables, cue racks, pool boards, etc.; over 25 ivory and composition billiard balls. My outfit is complete for running all branches of the business. For sale cheap for cash, or will trade for young cattle.

L. W. CURRIER.

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FOR RENT. 100 acres of wheat land; seed and drill furnished. J. W. BROWN, 2 miles west of Arkansas City.

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ALL PERSONS knowing themselves indebted to the old firm of Page & Godehard will please call and make settlement.

H. GODEHARD.

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Taken up, on the 15th of July, a red cow; on the left ear she has an under-bit; on the right ear a nick; good domestic stock. Owner can have the same by calling on P. B. Andrews, and paying charges.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

Mrs. Elizabeth J. Smith, consort of Solomon Smith, died on June 27, 1876, at 2:40 a.m., at the residence of her husband on Silvercreek, ten miles east of Winfield and two miles east of Tisdale, in Sheridan township, Cowley county, Kansas; aged 49 years, 11 months, and 28 days.

The subject of this notice was born in Washington county, Kentucky, July 9, 1826. She joined with the church at the early age of fifteen, and through the remainder of her life was a consistent, thorough, and useful Christian. She is mourned by a large circle of friends.

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TRAVELER, JULY 19, 1876.

[This letter was received last week too late for publication. ED.]

PLEASANT VALLEY, July 10, 1876.

Our farmers, having been engaged during the past month in reaping the golden grain of a bountiful harvest, are now rejoiced to say that they are well "heeled" for one year's grub. As the wheat harvest is just over, and the farmers anxious to market their grains, several of them have already threshed. The average yield so far as heard from, is about 25 bushels per acre.

Mr. Harbaugh and Mr. Klingman have threshed and sold to Mr. Bartlet one car load of wheat. Bartlet paid them 75 cents per bushel at the machine.

A. C. Holland and H. Holtby tested the merits of their new Vibrator on the 2nd inst., by threshing West Holland's wheat. The machine gives entire satisfaction, and threshes at the rate of 400 bushels per day. Messrs. Frederick, Lewis, and Retherford are also running a threshing machine in this vicinity, which does good work.

Mr. Will. Timmerman, of Adams county, Iowa, arrived and settled among us last week. He has a mother and some brothers-in-law who have been here some time.

Master A. W. Holland, of Beaver township, contemplates going to Chicago to attend a course of medical lectures during the coming winter. Having been engaged in the study of physiology and anatomy, Alex. will make a successful pill peddler.

Rev. Annis, of Sumner county, delivered a short but interesting sermon at the Holland school house last Sabbath, which caused many of our worldly church goers to bow their heads in deep and solemn reflection.

There will be a Sabbath school picnic held in the grove near the mouth of Posey creek, on the 29th of this month.

C. C. H.

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TRAVELER, JULY 26, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

KAW AGENCY, July 17, 1876.

It was on the occasion of the Kaw pensioners receiving their pay at Hiatt's store, a few days since, that a young squaw pensioner and her husband were at the counter, trading out her pension money. Two other squaws, the wives of another Indian (we will designate them as No. 1 and No. 2), claimed that pensioner owed them, and demanded their pay, which was disregarded. Thereupon squaw No. 1 picked up a brass kettle that pensioner had bought, and walked away with it, saying she would take that for her pay; but the husband of pensioner followed, and taking hold of the kettle, a tussel ensued, during which he wrenched it from her, and she set up a yell. This created an excitement, as there were several Indians in the room, and pensioner and husband started out, she following close behind him. As he stepped out the door, squaw No. 1, with a wild scream, assaulted pensioner, catching her by the hair, and throwing her down, her head striking a block of wood. At the same time squaw No. 2 kicked her in the face. The husband turned around, and helping his wife on her feet, told her to go for them, which she did with a vengeance, grasping a stick of stove wood and at the second or third blow felling No. 1 to the floor.

By this time the excitement and confusion had become so great, and the cries and blows so general, the bystanders could not give further particulars; but Mr. Gilbert, the clerk, who had been spell bound from some cause or other, regained his self-possession, and ordered the Marshal to take them out. It may be well to add that No. 1 got the worst of the affray, as she had to be carried home in a wagon, and have her wounds dressed. For a short time fears were entertained that she would not recover, and summary punishment was theatened pensioner and her husband, by the friends of No. 1, in case she should die; but fortunately her wounds proved not fatal, and she is convalescing. Peace and good will are now restored between the families, and pensioner sits and nurses her assailant.

WM. HUNT.

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TRAVELER, JULY 16, 1876.

Cherokee Strip.

WASHINGTON, July 18th.

I this day called on Representative Wm. Brown, at the capitol, for the purpose of having the Cherokee Land Bill, pushed through the Senate. I found Mr. Brown very much interested in the matter, and in company with him called on Senators Ingalls and Harvey, who both promised to do what they could. Mr. Ingalls stated that everything was in an uproar with the Committees, and but little could be done, yet before leaving he expressed himself favorable to the bill and said he would do all he could. He gave me the assurance that the settlers could go on with their improvements wihout the least fear of the land being sold to any corporation or private company. The bill has already passed the House of Congress and was referred to the Senate Committee on Indian Lands. If the latter report favorably, the bill will pass the Senate without trouble, as the Indian delegation is decidedly in favor of it. The manner in which Judge Brown has worked for the bill is very commendable. All of the Kansas representatives I have called on treated me very cordially and pleasantly. I send a copy of the bill.

AN ACT

WHEREAS, Certain lands in the State of Kansas, known as the Cherokee Strip, being a strip of land on the southern boundary of Kansas, some two or three miles wide, detached from the lands patented to the Cherokee Nation by the act known as the Kansas-Nebraska bill, in defining the boundries thereof, said lands still being, so far as unsold, the property of the Cherokee Nation; and

WHEREAS, An act was passed by the Forty-second Congress, which became a law on its acceptance by the Cherokee national authorities, and which fixed the price of the lands east of Arkansas River at two dollars per acre, and west of said river at one dollar and fifty cents per acre; and

WHEREAS, Portions of the same have been sold under said law, and portions remain unsold, the price being too high: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary shall offer for sale to settlers all of said tracts remaining unsold at the passage of this act, at the local land offices in the districts in which it is situated, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and all of said lands remaining unsold after one year from the date at which they are so offered for sale at the local land offices shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior for cash, in quantities or tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, at not less than one dollar per acre.

SEC. 2. That the proceeds of said lands shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and placed to the credit of the Cherokee Nation, and shall be paid to the treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, on the order of the legislative council of the Cherokee Nation, or a delegation thereof duly authorized.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from the date of its acceptance by the legislature of the Cherokee Nation, or of a delegation thereof duly authorized, who shall file certificate of such acceptance.

Passed the House of Representatives June 27, 1876.

Attest: GEO. M. ADAMS, Clerk.

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TRAVELER, JULY 26, 1876.

G. L. KENNEDY says he will pay one dollar each for four or five young mocking birds.

W. H. HARRISON left yesterday for Wellington, there to engage in the wagonmaking business.

WILL. LEONARD, Oxford's typo, and C. M. McIntire, of Winfield, visited our city last Saturday and Sunday.

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READ Charley Parker's announcement this week, and trot your equines up to his shop to have them shod.

AD: C. L. PARKER, BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP.

On south end of Summit Street. The first building on

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DAN. JONES, writing from the Territory, gives the usual reports of high waters and intense heat at Ranch Red Fork.

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DIED. On Saturday morning, July 22, of consumption, Mr. Charles Coffey. The deceased was a step-son of Mr. Pruit, and was buried the following day.

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ALLEN MOWRY was welcomed back to the bosom of his family last week. We wouldn't mind going back home if we could be twisted and hugged the way Al. was.

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MISS SKINNER met with a sad accident, a few days ago, while milking a cow. The animal became enraged from some cause or other, and kicking the girl in the side, fractured one of her ribs.

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A WINFIELD man brushed around the country four days in search of a stray horse, and finally had to call on a Rackensack man to get his animal. It's no use talking: when Patterson straddles old "Leviticus," and starts for a horse or horse thief, he trots in with his game as sure as fate.

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We noticed a horse trying to play leap frog over the hitching bar in front of the post office, last Sunday. The front half of him was a success, but his hind quarters didn't go over worth a cent, and he was gently helped backward and tied to a post not quite so favorable for acrobatic feats.

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Last Saturday morning witnessed the departure of one of our most respected citizens. By stage Coony Sherburne and his son, Joe, left for their far-away home in the East. Joe is to be shipped back in the course of a few weeks, which will in a measure reconcile us to the loss of Coony.

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TRAVELER, JULY 26, 1876.

AT LAST! The Arkansas City Water Mills are now prepared to do custom grinding. All work done in short order, and satisfaction guaranteed. Bring in your grists.

A. A. NEWMAN.

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FARMERS. I have secured the services of a first-class shoer, and am now prepared to do work in that line.

CHAS. PARKER.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 2, 1876.

OSAGE AGENCY, INDIAN TERRITORY, July 24, 1876.

While it is not my purpose to worry the readers of your columns, yet knowing that the antipathy which has so long and unjustly existed between this place and yours has been overcome by the new administration of affairs here; and that we are now ready to lay aside the "scalping knife," "bury the hatchet," and "shake hands across the bloody chasm"--I though perhaps a few items might not prove void of interest to some of them.

Affairs here are in an unsettled condition, owing to the fact of Congress having failed to make any appropriation so far, and no final action having been taken on the bill providing for the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department. This bill will no doubt be defeated--a fate which it justly deserves, and but a fitting rebuke to its originators. However, just in itself the measure may be, having once been defeated by a square vote would have satisfied anybody save an honorable (?) Democratic House of numbskulls, who in defiance of this, an established law of Congress, attached it as an amendment on the general appropriation bill--and that just on the eve of adjournment; when there are not funds on hand to meet the necessary expenses of the Government, hoping thereby to force its passage. This, however, is only characteristic of their action throughout; and if such "tomfoolery" (I do not call it legislation) is to be tolerated much longer, it would be policy to declare their seats vacant and substitute therefor full-blooded Osages, who would certainly do as much good and perhaps less harm.

Fearful hot! is the universal cry, and there is a general stampede among the inhabitants in search of a cool place, but without success, and everyone is wondering whether it is so hot elsewhere; but we think not, as we are down in the region of "china," where a breeze to reach us must come from above, a thing unheard of since the day of Pentecost. We had a good rain last night, however, and there is quite a change in the atmosphere today--cool enough to make one think of overcoats and fires. It is a timely visit to the crops, as they were suffering for want of it, and would have been cut short had it not come soon.

The flood did much damage to the Osage crops, besides sweeping away fences, etc. They would have had nearly wheat enough to have breaded them, could it have been saved, but as it is, supplies will have to be shipped in for their support, which will furnish a good market for the surplus grain not exported by the Arkansas River Navigation Company.

The past week or so has been a gala time with the Osages. They are having their medicine dance, but a scalp is an essential article in order to arouse the necessary enthusiasm on such occasions; yet it being impossible to obtain a genuine one, a lock of hair minus the scalp was obtained from a Pawnee as a substitute, for the insignificant sum of a pony. Around this the young "bucks," void of all the necessary clothing such as blankets, leggings, and shirts, and bedaubed with mud, tar, wagon grease, etc., gave vent to their war whoop and performed their apeish feats.

Agent Beede has been quite sick, but is improving rapidly, and we hope a few more days will see him on our streets again.

More anon,

J. L. S.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1876.

SATURDAY was another "scorcher."

Some farmers were obliged to suspend work last Saturday, owing to the intense heat.

JIM HILL and W. L. MULLEN, of Winfield, were down to the City last week. Jim is the fellow that caters to the wants of the inner man at the St. Nicholas.

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C. R. WILLIAMSON left for Kansas City last Monday, with four car loads of two- and three-year old steers, owned by himself and W. L. Mullen, of Winfield. Charley intends going to his old home in Virginia before returning, by which time he will have seen the side show at Philadelphia.

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GEORGE ALLEN has secured the services of a first class grainer, and we would advise all desiring work in that line to call on him. We have been in George's room a number of times, and always found him hard at work, which is the best evidence of a man's ability and success. The graining on his shop door puts to shame all the doors in town.

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IN EGYPT. During our peregrinations last Sunday we had the pleasure of visiting, for the first time, that section of land lying in the bend of the Arkansas river, which by its large production of all kinds of grain has been known for some time past as "Egypt." Whether there is anything in the name, we cannot say, but this we know: that a better country, or better looking crops we never wish to set eyes on.

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ARRIVAL at the Central Avenue House during the past week.

W. T. Estaus, East Cowley.

J. B. Splown, East Cowley.

S. Allison, East Cowley.

C. H. North, Emporia.

Henry Young, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Alex Otzhausen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

F. B. Kenner, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

W. A. Rhoudis, Augusta.

W. L. Mullen, Winfield.

Jim Hill, Winfield.

Capt. J. C. Evans, Beaver.

H. B. Pruden, Salt City.

H. S. Cowen, Lawrence.

J. C. Hopkins, Pond Creek, Indian Territory.

A. Drumm, Medicine Lodge.

R. H. Blair, Mt. Sterling, Illinois.

J. N. Miller, Mt. Sterling, Illinois.

L. Hartman, Kentucky.

J. F. Bradley, Lees Summit, Missouri.

J. C. Bennett, Emporia.

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Last Wednesday evening the mail brought us a copy of the San Jose (Cal.) Daily Mercury. As the paper is a stranger at this office, we commenced looking for marked paragraphs for an explanation of this visit, when the following burst upon our vision in all its glory:

[NOTE: EDITOR SCOTT REFERRED TO HIM AS PROF. NORTON.]

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In Southern Kansas one can see a better illustration of the fecundity of nature than in any other portion of the country. It is conceded by all that the rank growth of weeds, and vegetation of all descriptions, exceed anything ever witnessed. Everybody knows this, but few are aware of the fact that our hunters daily bring in "mocking birds" the size of young prairie chickens. It is thought the "mocking birds" will continue to grow to this immense size until the 15th of August, when, the game law expiring, our hunters will be at liberty to hunt prairie chickens.

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MR. FIELDEN KEY, living on the Arkansas river, has caught twenty-seven catfish during the last three months, the smallest of which was three and one-half feet in length, and weighed about forty pounds.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 2, 1876.

TO RENT. 20 acres of No. 1 wheat land; seed furnished if desired; inquire of J. R. Harmon.

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FOR RENT. Peter Pearson's storeroom and basement; inquire of James A. Loomis.

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BOOK ABOUT CUSTER - BLACK HILLS ...

"NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN WARS"

AUTHOR: RICHARD H. DILLON.

SOURCE: ARKANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

[Starting with Page 203...]

In 1873 Sitting Bull, Sioux master politician and war chief,

blocked surveys of a Yellowstone River route for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Twice, Lieutenant Colonel George Custer had to fight off Sioux assailants in tenacious encounters.

The next year, 1874, Custer explored the Black Hills, a sacred area to the Sioux. The hills had been ceded to them in 1868 as their land "forever," part of the Great Sioux Reservation. But some of Custer's men found gold in the Black Hills and miners began to prospect its streams by the summer of 1875. The Army removed the pioneer party of miners from Gordon's Stockade, near modern Custer, but others only followed. So many men slipped past patrols that a gold rush occurred as public pressure to open the hills to legal white settlement increased. The Army was soon swept aside and, to the anger of the Sioux, Custer City and Deadwood became boomtowns reminiscent of California's Mother Lode of 1849.

That same year, George Custer's brash young brother, Tom, captured a rising Hunkpapa, Rain in The Face. The warrior later made his escape, swearing that he would eat Tom Custer's heart.

The Government offered to pay the Sioux six million dollars for their holy mountains. Some Indian leaders were amenable to selling the Black Hills, in any case lost to them already, but they wanted five times that paltry sum. Others would not hear of selling the sacred place for any price. So, between the railroad building and the Black Hills gold rush, the Sioux drifted back onto the warpath, ignoring the Government's orders to return to the reservation.

By the time that the proud Centennial Year of 1876 rolled around, to be celebrated with a great world's fair in Philadelphia, the Sioux and Cheyennes were preparing a celebration of their own. It would show their independence of the Great White Father in the East and his Long Knives on the Western Frontier. By 1876, 50,000 Indians were in rebellion. Only 15,000 were bona fide warriors, and probably no more than 4,000 took the field against the bluecoats.

The War Department sent its very best man, Crook, to put down the Sioux and their Northern Cheyenne allies. The Sioux natural military genius, Crazy Horse, married to a Cheyenne, helped to make the ties strong between Sioux and Cheyenns as war approached.

General Crook had ten companies of cavalry and two of infantry. His field commanders were polar opposites: the reckless Custer and the timid Alfred H. Terry. Crook was supposedly only an observer in the field, but usurped command from his nominal expedition head, Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds. He did not want to be slowed down, so he left his 80-odd wagons behind (also his pack-mule train) as he hurried out of Fort Fetterman, located in the east central part of Wyoming Territory not far removed from Deadwood and Custer City, in Dakota Territory--now part of South Dakota. Crook departed from Fort Fetterman on a clear day, March 1, 1876. The Bighorn Expedition on the Bozeman Trail met with a more formidable foe than even the Sioux: a series of northers which roared down the trail, freezing the troopers although they were bundled up in long underwear, blanket-lined overcoats, fur caps, and buffalo robes.

Reynolds, on the point of Crook's column, halted his advance when his scouts reported a Cheyenne and Sioux encampment in a cottonwood grove under the bluffs of Powder River. The Colonel's squadrons drove into the village only to meet a punishing rifle fire. Reynolds dismounted his men in the village and had them dig in as the advantage shifted to the attacked. The Colonel had the Indians' food supplies and pony herd, but warriors on the bluffs pinned down the soldiers with a steady fire. Reynolds lost his nerve and ordered a retreat back to the main force. He let the Indians retake their ponies and he moved his men out so fast that he left behind either two dead men or one dead trooper and one wounded man--the latter to be tortured to death by the Sioux. His total losses were two dead and six wounded.

Crook, furious with Reynolds, abandoned the advance in order to return to base and prefer charges against Reynolds. Crook's Crow scouts reported that the humiliation of Reynolds on Powder River had greatly increased the recruiting of warriors by Crazy Horse. Unknown to the Army, it would face in the Rosebud-Bighorn country the greatest concentration of warriors in the entire history of America's Indian wars.

After refitting, Crook left Fort Fetterman again at the end of May, 1876, with more than 1,000 cavalrymen and infantrymen and almost 50 officers. He had many teamsters and packers, too, and he carefully armed them as auxiliaries. In the field, he added Crow and Shoshone scouts, 262 off them. His column was one of three comprising Sheridan's pincers movvement in imitation of the successful Red River campaign of 1874 and 1875. The General wanted to split the rumored large force of Indians into several smaller bands, then deal with them separately. So he had Colonel John Gibbon move eastward from Montana to make contact with General Alfred Terry (and Colonel Custer), moving westward from Fort Abraham Lincoln.

As the columns converged, Crook, moving northward, planned to roll back the Sioux on the Terry-Custer column. Crook leapfrogged his strung-out column along the dusty Bozeman Trail, sending his infantry ahead, but soon to be passed by the horse soldiers. Both reached bivouacs ahead of the supply train and rearguard. When he entered hostile territory in mid-June, Crook halted his wagon train under a strong guard of 100 infantrymen, then made 200 of their companions into mounted infantry or quasi-cavalry, to take along.

Crook was surprised while his troops were having a coffee break on the morning of June 17, 1876, on the Rosebud by the Sioux. Only the splendid fighting of his Shoshones and Crows prevented a disaster. Crook sent Captain Anson Mills to seize Crazy Horse's village, which he mistakenly thought lay just to the north, but called it off when hismain force was battered; Mills swung around behind the hostiles and forced them to abandon the battlefield. Crook admitted he had 10 dead and 21 wounded; but Chief Scout Frank Grouard gave a casualty count of 28 killed and 56 wounded. The neutralizing of Crook by Crazy Horse, who lost no less than 36 dead and 63 wounded in the fray, guaranteed Custer's utter defeat at Little Bighorn. Gibbon and Terry would eventually meet, but it would be too late to save Custer's 7th

Cavalry, the heart of Terry's force.

Custer's 7th Regiment had officers who were real fighters: Captains Frederick Benteen, Myles Keough, and Tom Custer. A brother of Col. George Custer, Tom Custer had won not one but two Medals of Honor in the Civil War. However, Col. Custer's second-in-command, Major Marcus A. Reno, though a Civil War veteran, was untried in Indian warfare.

While Gibbon camped on the Yellowstone at the mouth of the Reosebud, Reno scouted the Powder and Tongue River valleys. Terry's base was the mouth of Powder River. A pow-wow in the cabin of the steamer, Far West, was called by Terry on June 21, 1876, to outline his strategy to Gibbon and Custer. Terry was worried that he could not catch the enemy in order to defeat him. He wanted Custer to time his cavalry attack so that Gibbon's slow-moving infantrymen would be in position in the north to block any flight of the Sioux. Terry issued written orders so that there would be no misunderstanding of his plan, which was to bottle up the hostiles in the Little Bighorn Valley between Custer and Gibbon.

Custer, in buckskins, led between 600 and 700 horse soldiers. His Arikara scouts did not know the country, so he borrowed six of Gibbon's Crows. But he declined Terry's offer of four troops of the Second Cavalry and a Gatling gun platoon. He did not want to be slowed down by the horse-drawn artillery and he certainly did not want his beloved 7th Cavalry to share victory honors with the Second Regiment.

Custer knew that the Indians had spotted him and were, probably, aware of his strength. For his part, he was completely unaware of the fact that he was outnumbered five to one. He had not even been able to see the Indian village from a high point he called Crow's Nest. (Actually, the Indians occupied a series of populous villages in the valley of the Greasy Grass.) But, once more, ego and ambition overruled prudence, even common sense.

If Custer ever considered a withdrawal, which is unlikely, it was probably too late to effect it now, in any case. He decided to smash straight through the enemy, but this time, incredibly, he guaranteed disaster for himself by fragmenting his regiment. Leaving one troop (company) to guard the pack train, he kept only five for himself. Suicidally, he split off three troops under Benteen in a scout to the south and three more with Reno.

Reno was to chase a party of 40 Sioux into the upper end of the village. Custer promised to support the Major with "the whole outfit." Custer, however, hesitated after his promise to Reno, then apparently changed his mind. Rather than riding to Reno's support, Custer veered off to the north to strike the lower end of the village.

Reno's withdrawal, sane enough, was held against him in the later court-martial in which he was used as a scape-goat for Custer's disaster. He had lost only a couple of men, so far, and may have panicked. Some say that he led the retreat instead of covering it from the rear. Worse, some of his troopers were left behind, trapped in the cottonwoods. A lieutenant wanted to go back for them, but Reno forbade it, as Indians counted coup by dragging soldiers from their mounts as they splaced through the shallow Little Bighorn. Quickly the toll began to rise. In just 45 minutes on June 25, 1876, Reno lost half of his command in dead, wounded, and missing.

The shock waves of the Custer calamity rippled across the entire country from the grassy plains of Montana and Dakota to New York, New Orelans, San Francisco.

The Army looked for a live scapegoat since the real blunderer, Custer, was now a dead man and martyr. Reno seemed to be a good bet because of his vacillating. He was censured and a court of inquiry found that he had done less for the safety of his men than certain subordinates. This was true enough. But the decision of the court was that there was nothing in his conduct, otherwise, deserving reproach. Nevertheless, a humiliated Reno took to drinking, was court-martialed in 1880, and dishonorably discharged.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, AUGHST 9, 1876.

GRAPES? Just "snakes" of 'em.

WALKER's new buggy and bay team are just "tip-top."

HOFFMASTER did a slashing trade Saturday. Every team was hired.

SHERB. HUNT will please accept our thanks for a goodly quantity of delicious grapes last Saturday: the first of the season.

C. M. McINTIRE has been down home for the past week, suffering from the effects of a heavy cold which settled on his lungs.

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REV. FLEMING baptized Miss Skinner, last Sunday evening, in the Walnut. Quite a large crowd gathered on the banks to witness the ceremony.

DIED. On Monday morning, at the residence of her parents six miles east of town, of valvular disease of the heart: Miss Cannie Baldwin, aged eighteen years. She will be buried next Friday.

We ate an apple measuring 11-1/2 inches in circumference and 3-1/2 in diameter, last Monday, raised on our "ma's" place. This is the first season of bearing, and the fruit is finer than any we have seen shipped to this place.

OLD MR. CHAPIN met with a serious accident, a few days since, while trying to lead a heifer. The animal became unmanageable, and Mr. Chapin was entangled in the rope in such a manner as to break one of his limbs.

C. M. SCOTT, editor of the Arkansas TRAVELER (Kansas) gave us a pleasant call last Saturday. He is on his way home from the Centennial, and stopped over a few days to see "the folks at home." Success to Cyrus. Cadiz Sentinel.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 9, 1876.

Last Friday night, just as Dr. Kellogg was closing his drug store, a courier arrived from Salt City, about eight miles from this city, with the report that Frank Jones (formerly of this place) had shot a man while under the influence of liquor, and requested the doctor to lose no time in repairing to the scene, as he was sent for him. The doctor left immediately, and from him we obtained the following particulars.

It seems that Frank Jones and Dr. Paxton were sitting in the upper room of the latter's drug store at that place, when the former carelessly picked up a gun lying near, under the supposition that it was unloaded. The doctor advised him to lay it down--saying that a gun was a dangerous thing with neither lock, stock, nor barrel, and that he would prefer the weapon was not so handled while he was in the room. Frank then swung the gun around, carelessly remarking that he would "snap it out of the window," and suiting his action to his words, pulled the trigger with the muzzle pointing outward and downward. The the surprise of both parties in the room, the gun proved to be loaded, and as the fatal bullet sped on its course, it struck a young boy of some sixteen years standing outside--entering just below a left rib, and passing entirely through his body and right lung, also injuring his left lung. The unfortunate lad was sell cared for, but he was past human aid, and at 7 o'clock Sunday morning his spirit took its flight to that "bourne from whence no traveler e'er returns."

Frank remained by the victim of his carelessness from the time of the shooting until life was extinct. The affair is generally regarded as purely accidental, so far as we can learn, and we are further informed that the report of Jones being intoxicated was erroneous. The rumor that the shooting was the result of a drunken row caused some little excitement on our streets for awhile, as Jones' former career at this place is well known; but all are now glad that it was the result of carelessness and not of drunkenness.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 9, 1876.

ARRIVALS at the Central Avenue Hotel during the week ending Tuesday, August 8, 1876.

E. J. Moore, St. Louis.

F. C. Thompson and H. F. Mummey, McConnolsville, Ohio.

W. C. Niclous, Evansville, Indiana.

O. H. Kuechler, Illinois.

Dr. Edwin Bishop, London, England.

E. H. Renisch, St. Louis.

A. W. Stevens, Atchison.

L. D. Wilson, Maple City.

T. J. Gilbert, Kaw Agency, Indian Territory.

P. Nichols, Sumner County.

J. W. Harkins, Bolton.

J. C. Franklin, G. S. Manser, and E. A. Baird, Winfield.

W. A. Davis, J. Henry, and Andy J. Perry, Kansas City.

Stan-I-Slaw and Nip-I-Sink, Osage Agency, Indian Territory.

J. Pritches, Wichita.

J. R. Musgrove and T. H. Taylor, South Haven.

G. L. Hopkins, Pond Creek, Indian Territory.

Frank Cheeney, Chicago.

Jacob Beal, Otter Creek.

Minstrel company of fifteen, Wichita.

Geo. B. Homes, Parsons, Kansas.

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[GATHER THEY WERE REFERRING TO INDIANS NOTED ON THE HOTEL REGISTER: STAN-I-SLAW AND NIP-I-SINK.]

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DIED. On Monday evening, August 7, of typho-malaria, Mr. Martin A. Tesh. Mr. Tesh has been a respected citizen of this place for some years, and his demise is regretted by a large circle of acquaintances.

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Our city was honored last Tuesday evening with a visit from Dr. Edwin Bishop, all the way from "Lunnun town," England. The city dads surrendered to him the keys of the city, thus granting him the privilege of wending his way through our crowded thoroughfares unmolested. He was much pleased with our public buildings, drives, parks, business houses, etc., and was of the opinion that if "Lunnun" only had a railroad, with equal facilities for commercial transactions, her businessmen might in time hope to successfully compete with our merchant princes.

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REV. PYE, Rev. Buckner's successor, has arrived in the district and commenced his labors. Wichita Eagle.

Elder Pye baptized two persons in the Walnut at this place last Thursday, and in the evening administered the rite of baptism to children--also preaching an exceedingly interesting discourse to a very large audience. The Elder is a talented and polished gentleman, and is becoming very popular and a general favorite as Presiding Elder of this district, vice Buckner, resigned.

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CHARLES SUMNER's efforts in behalf of the Civil Rights bill and the negro race have been the means of a revolution of public feeling in the West. Two or three niggers of Wichita hire some twelve members of the Caucasian race, and travel over the country as professional minstrels. They showed here last Saturday evening, and now it is a difficult matter to find anybody that will confess to having attended. Sold again!

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We received a letter from "Scoot" last Friday evening, dated Cadiz, Ohio, July 31, stating that he had "done" the Centennial, and was of the opinion that it was "some pumpkins" of a show. Scott met Rev. Platter, J. C. Fuller, and Mr. Hitchcock, of Winfield, in Philadelphia, and saw Col. J. C. McMullen, of this place, in a street car. He also reported the weather cool and delightful.

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A Courier office divan was occupied a few moments yesterday by Will. D. Mowry, the genial proprietor of the Central Avenue House of Arkansas City. He came in to enquire about certain prospective investments in Benton Harbor, Michigan, which he is about to enter into. Courier.

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A son of Mr. Maxwell was kicked in the temple by a horse, a few days since, his skull being fractured by the blow. Drs. Kellogg and Alexander attended him and extracted a piece of the skull one inch by an inch and a quarter in size. The boy will recover.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 9, 1876.

No. 1 White Fish and Mackerel just received; also dried beef, breakfast bacon, and sugar cured hams. H. GODEHARD.

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WAGON. A good second hand wagon for sale, or will trade for a good work pony. W. S. HUNT.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 16, 1876.

Four companies of the Fourth Artillery at San Francisco have been ordered to Cheyenne.

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TRAVELER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1876.

JAS. L. HUEY and lady were down from Winfield last week.

REMEMBER the concert next Friday night at Pearson's Hall.

The game law let up on us yesterday, and the prairie chickens are hunting their holes.

LAST Monday morning was ushered in by one of the heaviest thunder storms we have had for many months. The rain was needed badly.

MRS. WILLIAMS was so unfortunate as to fall down stairs last Friday, breaking her arms, fracturing two ribs, and otherwise badly bruising herself.

THE CENTRAL AVENUE HOUSE has undergone a seige of renovation, being newly papered and painted, which vastly improves its appearance.

WELL! Who'd 'a' thunk? S. P. CHANNELL, our City Pap, returned from the Centennial last Saturday, bringing his large and interesting family with him, much improved by the trip.

D. J. BRIGHT, who sold his farm to Dr. Houston and started Centennialward, returned about a week ago. He didn't get any further than Indiana, however, when he shifted and struck down into Arkansas.

OWING to some unknown cause, the plethorric appearance of the post office cat has vanished, and by certain mysterious sounds which emanate from a box in the corner of the roo, we are led to believe--don't it? There are four of 'em.

A CONCERT of vocal and instrumental music, conducted by

J. J. Wingar, will be given at Pearson's Hall next Friday evening. Admission, twenty-five cents. Proceeds, after payment of expenses, to be applied to the M. E. Church building fund. A rich treat is in store for all who attend.

JOHN WILLIAM HOWE, of Maple City, desires to inform the public that he didn't steal J. Q. Adams' team, as was reported in this paper some two months ago. We are glad to make the correction, but cannot publish such a lengthy and personal communication as he sends us. The difficulty originated in a domestic

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MR. HAWKINS met with a serious accident last Friday, while gathering firewood down in the timber, with Messrs. Bird and Hyskell. Mr. Hawkins was standing on the load and driving through the weeds, when he perceived a log lying in front of the wagon, but drove over it. As the back wheels struck the log, the shock threw Mr. Hawkins forward on the single trees, which frightened the horses considerably, and caused quite a commotion for a time. Though no bones were broken, Mr. Hawkins was badly bruised about the limbs and thighs and suffered severe contusion of the head. He was carried home, and at last accounts, was doing as well as could be expected.

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A PICNIC is to be held in Mr. Fleharty's grove on Silver Creek, next Saturday, to which a cordial invitation is extended to all. Some five Sunday schools are expected to join in the festivities, and many good speakers (among whom is Rev. Wingar of this place) are to deliver addresses.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 16, 1876.

Washington.

WASHINGTON, August 11, 1876.

The following is General Sheridan's letter to General Sherman, transmitted by the President to Congress, today, with his message, asking for more cavalry or volunteers.

CHICAGO, August 5, 1876.

I have not yet been able to reinforce the garrison at Red Cloud, at Spotted Tail, or at Standing Rock, strong enough to count Indians or to arrest and disarm those coming in. I beg you to see the Military Committee of the House, and to urge upon it the necessity of increasing the cavalry regiments to one hundred men more to each company.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 16, 1876.

RECAP: On July 13, 1875, an ordinance for the construction of sidewalks on the west side of Summit Street, from 6th avenue to 7th avenue, except in front of lot 1 in block 79, and numbered Ordinance 38 on page 102 of the Journal of Council Proceedings, and on page 90 of the book of Ordinances for the City of Arkansas City, was passed by the Mayor and Councilmen.

COST WAS 70 CENTS PER FRONT FT. FOR THE FOLLOWING:

BLOCK 69, lOT 3, 25 FT. FRONT, $17.50

BLOCK 69, LOT 2, 18 FT. FRONT, $12.60

BLOCK 69, LOT 5, 25 FT. FRONT, $17.50

BLOCK 69, LOT 6, 25 FT. FRONT, $17.50

BLOCK 68, LOT 11, 25 FT. FRONT, $17.50

COST WAS 90 CENTS PER FRONT FT. FOR THE FOLLOWING:

BLOCK 79, LOT 2, 25 FT. FRONT, $22.50

SAME COST FIGURES, AMOUNTS ALSO APPLIED TO:

BLOCK 79, LOTS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, AND 14...ALL BEING 25 FT. FRONT, EACH $22.50.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 16, 1876.

MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF ARKANSAS CITY IMPOSED A TAX OF EIGHT MILLS ON THE DOLLAR FOR GENERAL REVENUE PURPOSES TO BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED FOR THE YEAR 1876 ON ALL THE REAL, MIXED, AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 16, 1876.

GRAPES. Nice ripe Concord's 10 cents per pound or 12 lbs. for one dollar. At Max Fawcett's old vineyard.

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WANTED. Teams to plow 30 or 40 acres of ground. Inquire at farm 2-1/2 miles southeast of town. J. C. TOPLIFF.

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ALL persons knowing themselves indebted to H. Franklin for blacksmithing will please call and settle.

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FOR RENT. Peter Pearson's storeroom and basement; inquire of James A. Loomis.

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TRAVELER, AUGUST 23, 1876 - FRONT PAGE.

LAND OF GOLD.

[From the Sioux City Journal.]

Judge H. N. Maguire, of the Black Hills Pioneer, Custer City, arrived here yesterday, on his way to the East. A Journal reporter called upon him at his hotel, for the purpose of gathering something of a connected statement concerning the development of the several districts of the Black Hills. The Judge is an old resident of mining countries, a writer upon mining topics, and a gentleman of most conservative and careful character.

He started the middle of last June with pick and pan for a systematic investigation of the various prominent sections, which he kept up until about three weeks ago, personally visiting and examining them all. Below we give some of the descriptions and accounts of the regions.

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The Bolt.

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At the Republican Convention held at Topeka, Wednesday the 16th day of August, Professor A. B. Lemmon, of Winfield, this county, was made the unanimous choice of that honorable body as Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the State of Kansas.

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An Order for Recruits.

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CONCERT Saturday night--don't fail to go.

MORE RAIN Saturday and Sunday evening last.

MAKING hay and putting in wheat keeps the farmers busy now.

SHERB HUNT left us a grape vine measuring five feet long, that contains forty-seven bunches of Delaware grapes.

THERE will be a pound social of the M. E. Society at the residence of Judge Christian this evening. All are cordially invited.

A picnic was held at Darnell's, on Grouse creek, last week, by the Sunday school scholars of that vicinity.

DIED, at New Lancaster, Marion Co., Kansas, Aug. 12th, of diarrhea, Bennett E. Fleharty, father of John Fleharty of this county. Age 68 years.

We met R. C. Haywood and H. P. Farrar at Wichita last week, on their way East. Mr. Haywood goes to Maine and Mr. Farrar as far as Illinois.

TOWN full of teams last Monday, many of them on their way to Wichita with wheat, which they expect to sell at from forty to seventy cents per bushel.

DURING the absence of the Mayor, the city entertained a variety show, failed on advance, "pounded" a minister's cow, and sold beer at several different stables in town.

THE PARTIES AT SALT SPRINGS intend to resume boring for coal on the 15th of September, and bore until they strike it this time. Their energy is commendable, and we believe will succeed.

DO NOT FAIL to attend the concert next Saturday evening at Pearson's Hall. The admission fee is only twenty-five cents, which places the enjoyment within the means of all. Concert to commence at 7 o'clock.

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MR. B. MELLINGER, from Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, purchased two tracts of land near Nenescah, last week of Mr. Freeman, and expects to locate soon. Mr. Mellinger is the patentee and manufacturer of the Mellinger Horse Hay Rake, and has some intentions of manufacturing the implements at Arkanssas City.

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FRANK GALLOTTI, of the firm of Boyer and Gallotti, Winfield, called on us last week. Frank enjoys the reputtion of being one of the jolliest and best fellows in Southern Kansas, and as the same can be said of Mr. Boyer, it is safe to infer that they are doing a thriving business the clothing trade.

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RUNAWAY. Monday afternoon O. P. Houghton, E. D. Eddy, and Revs. Fleming and Croco, went out in search of what they might annihilate, and found a flock of chickens. Mr. Eddy fired, whereupon the horses took fright, jumped up and down, straddled the pole of the wagon, broke it off, and started to run. Eugene, thinking mother earth a more desirable stopping place than soaring in the air, landed safely. Rev. Croco endeavored to, and partially succeeded. Rev. Fleming, with his usual tenacity, held off until the vehicle crossed a rut, when he got out suddenly.

O. P. Houghton held on until the team was checked, when he expressed himself gratified that he had not ended the career of one deacon and two ministers.

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EDITOR TRAVELER: In your issue of August 9, you speak of the death of Miss Cannie Baldwin. At the request of friends, I wish to correct a mistake made in regard to her age. At the time of her death, August 7, 1876, she was fifteen years, ten months, and twenty-one days old, and was the only child of her bereaved parents. Her loss is deeply mourned by her friends, who are many, and the afflicted parents have the sympathy of all. H. G.

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THE CONCERT, which was to have been given last Friday evening, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Choir, has been postponed until next Saturday evening, owing to the sudden illness of the leading lady, whose place could not be supplied on short notice. It was a serious disappointment to all concerned, though the delay has doubtless enabled them to attain a greater degree of perfection in the programme. We are happy to say Mrs. Mitchell has recovered, and that Rev. Wingar and his co-workers are using their best endeavors to make the entertainment a complete success.

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REV. CROCO delivered his farewell sermon last Sunday evening, in Rev. S. B. Fleming's pulpit, the latter gentleman preaching at Winfield. Mr. Croco will preach next Sunday in Rev. Platter's pulpit at Winfield, after which he will take his departure for his home in the East.

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NOTICE the advertisement for the Arkansas City Schools, beginning September 4, 1876. A. M. BACON, a graduate of Amherst college, is the Principal, and comes well recommended. During the last two years this school has gained an excellent reputation, and we can guarantee a continuance.

AD: ARKANSAS CITY SCHOOLS.

First term begins Sept. 4th; continues sixteen weeks, and closes Dec. 24. Second term begins Jan. 7, 1877; continues twelve weeks and closes March 23. Third term begins April 2; continues twelve weeks, and closes June 22, 1877.

TUITION FEES FOR PERSONS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT:

$1.00 per month, in advance, unless other arrangements are made with the Board.

Rooms can be procured for those wishing to board themselves. Board can be had at reasonable prices.

For admission, apply to

H. M. BACON, Principal.

By order of the Board.

T. H. McLAUGHLIN, District Clerk.

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SILVERDALE, Aug. 20, 1876.

Our farmers are busily engaged in plowing for wheat; a number of them being nearly through. Messrs. Longshore, Herbert, Fleharty, and Strickland are largely increasing their wheat acreage. The corn is good, and the coming crop will be worth probably about five cents per bushel, on account of there being no sale for it, nor stock to which we can feed it. It would be well for some of our sister States to send in a few car loads of hogs to be fed on shares.

The hard rains while the wheat was in full bloom have injured that crop materially, the largest average yield being that of Mr. Fleharty--eighteen bushels per acre.

Yesterday, the 19th, our country was all on wheels, rolling into neighbor Fleharty's grove to celebrate the Centennial year with a Sabbath school jollification. The Centennial, Liberty, and Pleasant Grove schools were present, and more were expected, but failed to come. They very best of music was rendered by all the above named schools. All did justice to a most excellent dinner. Our speakers were all present, and their addressed were appreciated by everybody. Fully three hundred people were present.

I. O. F.

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PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES

and transportation for the Indian service.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

2,645,000 Pounds Corn,

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FALL BARLEY. Some choice fall barley for sale at Houghton & McLaughlin's and S. P. Channell & Co.'s. Call early and secure it at once.

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STRAYED. Two bay mares, 15 hands high; 5 and 8 years old.

PAT SOMERS.

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FOUND. A leather belt with plated buckle. Apply at this office.

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Sealing wax for fruit cans at Sipes.

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Sipes keeps Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Remington, Grover & Baker machine needles; also machine oil.

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