[Beginning October 11, 1876.]

[BLOODSHED IN THE CHEROKEE NATION.]

[MISCELLANY.]

The troops are still pushing the Indians further into the mountains.

The Indian Commissioners held their first council with Red Cloud on the 8th instant.

On a little mud island, where the fresh water of the Mississippi River and the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico meet and mix, stands a brick fort, built by the Spaniards more than one hundred years ago, when they traded with the Great and Little Osage Indians. As the long years have flown to the past, this ancient structure has been gradually sinking into the sea, but the portions yet above water are intact, and was no doubt well remembered by Bigheart and Strike Ax of this once powerful tribe. They yet have Spanish manuscripts upon parchment, one hundred and forty years old, which they have carefully preserved and passed from father to son. Indian Herald.

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]

[PERSONALS.]

A NEW LIVERY STABLE. It is with pleasure that we call the attention of our readers to the fact that Messrs. Finney Brothers & Hopkins, formerly of Osage Agency, Indian Territory, are conducting the "City" livery stable. They are live, energetic young businessmen, will make the interests of Arkansas City their interests, and are in every way worthy of a liberal patronage. In addition to the well-kept stock purchased of Mr. Hoffmaster, we understand they have several spirited driving teams and excellent saddle horses. They took possession last Wednesday morning, and are ready for business. Their advertisement appears on our first page.

AD: CITY LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE!

WEST CENTRAL AVENUE, ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

FINNEY BROS & HOPKINS, Proprietors.

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[LOCALS.]

JOE HOYT is back, and the boys are organizing the brass band for the fall campaign.

The Pawnee Indians who left the Agency several weeks ago have arrived at the Sioux country.

MONTGOMERY MOORE, of Cana, has the contract to carry the Pawnee Agency mail from Independence.

ISH-TAH-WAU CUN-I-U-GA, the Indian name for "white man doctor" called on last week. In short, it was Dr. Hunt.

I. D. FOX & CO. sold to the Kaw Agency Indian school, Indian Territory, one of their fine ten-stop Geo. Wood & Co. organs.

MR. NEWMAN has purchased an immense stock of goods this fall, that he expects to trade for wheat. He says he has a suit of clothes for every man in town.

FORT SILL. J. M. JORDON stated for Fort Sill last Friday with a load of flour to deliver on Newman's contract. Silas Ward went with him. He expects to remain in the Territory to work.

The Finney boys, A. T. Gay, and J. L. Stubbs, all of "White Hair" town, were here last week. The Finney brothers have leased Mr. R. Hoffmaster's livery, and will devote their time to accommodating the traveling public. J. L. Stubbs came home to prove up on the Arkansas, and Mr. Gay as company for the crew. Rudolph will go into the blacksmith shop with Henry Franklin, and assist in the work.

Come boys, Sumner County is as much interested in the navigation of the Arkansas River as Arkansas City; if she is not, she should be. It requires no bonds for a steamboat.

[EDITORIAL: "MANNING TAKES PHYSIC."]

The balderdash he puts forth to explain that we publish only portions of any act of his life, is too foolish. We made our charges of what he has done, and if he can explain them satisfactorily, why doesn't he do it?

His continual whining and declaring himself a pure, persecuted man avails nothing with those who have time and again had their trust betrayed by him. He is a smooth, oily talker, and to one unacquainted generally gains sympathy. There was a time when most people of this county trusted Mr. Manning, but owing to his repeated trickery, he has breached the confidence and lost the faith of three fourths of all who know him.

Mr. Manning said in a speech at this place that he did try to borrow money at Topeka. That he tried to borrow of political aspirants, and "would try it again," without asking anyone whether he should or not. That is just what we are afraid of, and just what we want to prevent. We don't want our representatives to be "borrowing" money. We have explained this "borrowing" business, and don't want it repeated. If Mr. Manning is hard up again, we don't want to trust him at Topeka. And again, in the last issue of the Courier, he says:

"I 'stole' that 125,000 acres of land to build a railroad for my constituents in Marshall county. The company that built the road received the land, or the proceeds thereof, and my constituents got the railroad--neither was I a member of the company that built the road. And I might as well say right here that thee are about 12,000 acres of land left as the property of the State of Kansas, and if I am elected to the Senate again, I will, if opportunity offers, 'steal' it to build a railroad into Cowley county."

Now he frankly says he did steal 125,000 acres of land to build a railroad, and openly declares he will, if opportunity offers, steal 12,000 acres for Cowley. My God, what more confessions do the people want. A man going to the capitol of the State of Kansas, to represent Cowley county, by "borrowing" money and stealing land. Supposing the representatives of every county in the State goes there for the same purpose, and what will become of us.

If "Scott takes Water," the Colonel should take something stronger that will cleanse his system and restore his reason, if he has any.

[COWLEY COUNTY POLITICS: E. C. MANNING - SCOTT FIGHT.]

A Sample Republican Leader.

They raised a perfect hurricane, but the great borrower was too many for the honest masses, he finally succeeded, and is now on the track in defiance of Scott, of the TRAVELER, who preferred ten charges against him.

This aroused the ire of the gentleman, so he determined to brass it through, and posted handbills all around town that he would answer Mr. Scott on last evening.

Well, he came, he fought, but he did not conquer. He consumed nearly two hours with a general denial, but no proof except a letter from Hon. Sid. Clark, dated in last month, stating in substance that he, the Hon. Sid, and the Hon. Dan., the man who pays "my checks," had sworn to a willful, malicious lie before the Senatorial investigating committee in Washington in the Caldwell case, that Manning never offered to sell his vote to him. This called for a reply from Scott, who literally used up Manning, so that he could scarcely utter a word in reply.

Several of our citizens were called on to prove the truth of Scott's charges. Mayor S. P. Channell and Judge Christian, formerly of your city, both testified to the point. Judge Christian objected to being called on in a family quarrel. He did not come there to speak, but to see the fun, as he knew the old adage, "When rogues fall out, honest people generally find their dues." He stated what he knew of Manning's conduct at a certain railroad convention; but of his general character he knew much, as he had known both Clark and Manning for many years as public characters. While he did not remember of ever hearing that either of them had committed felony, they were both considered tricky.

Judge Christian knew that Manning up around Lawrence and Topeka was considered an unmitigated shyster. He knew nothing of how he had acquired the title, but it was a maxim, that where there was much smoke, there was some fire. Nothing occurs without a cause. No man or woman ever acquired a bad character without some cause to justify it.

Poor Manning went home this morning without saying good bye to anyone, and the worst whipped man I ever saw, completely gone to grass.

[PERSONALS.]

THE SIDEWALK is completed on Summit street as far down as Mr. Fitch's.

NEWMAN has blocked the sidewalks and half the streets with his new goods.

HOUGHTON & MC. have goods, trunks, groceries, and everything piled sky high in and about their store.

M. S. FARIS is expecting a large stock of clothing and general dry goods, which have been unaccountably detained.

COL. McMULLEN had an adventure with a fractious colt this week. No damage, however, except the buggy pole was broken.

FREIGHTING. NEWMAN, McLAUGHLIN, and HAYWOOD have fifty teams freighting between this place and the Indian Agencies in the Terrtitory. Two or three trips pays for a new Kansas wagon.

The Sheriff in charge of C. B. Howertson, arrested at Winfield under the muzzle of a pistol, went gaily on his way to Knox County, Missouri, with the prisoner and his brother, unshackled, unguarded, and uncared for. It seems Howertson was on his way home at the time of his arrest, and had written to that effect. The murder of Hine never fled from the county.

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[CORRESPONDENCE FROM "R." - CALDWELL.]

[THE SIOUX INDIANS.]

[INDIAN COMMISSIONERS: NEZ PERCES INDIANS.]

[BLACK HILLS.]

Cheyenne, Oct. 13. Gen. Merritt left Custer City with five hundred men on a scout today. Their destination is not positively known, but it is surmised to be the Belle Fourche fork of the Cheyenne river. The remainder of the command is still at Custer.

The party of Indians who killed Monroe near Fort Laramie, a few days since, also raided the ranch of Nick Jones, on the old Redford road, stealing twenty-five horses. Monroe's body was pierced by eight balls.

[PERSONALS.]

TOM CONCANNON, formerly of Winfield, is down at Pawhuska, taking Indian photographs.

S. P. CHANNELL sold his interest in the hardware store to

R. C. Haywood last Monday.

We notice another new house has sprung up on the northwest corner of the town site. It belongs to C. R. Mitchell.

O. P. HOUGHTON started to Cheyenne Agency, Monday morning, in a light wagon. Rev. Fleming accompanied him.

PERSONS with teams, wanting employment, can find it by calling on Newman, Haywood & McLaughlin at this place.

A PRAIRIE FIRE was started near the State line on Monday, near Mr. Sample's, and would have done great damage if it had not been checked.

REMOVED. The barber shop of Thomas Baker's has been removed to one door south of the City Bakery. A restaurant will also be kept in the same building.

HISTORICAL. The first money order ever issued in Arkansas City, was on July 17, 1872, to A. D. Keith, and the first one received for payment was from Hon. W. R. Brown to L. B. Kellogg. Since then, there have been 3,182 orders issued.

The crowd at Newman's store is astonishing. They have worn a hole through the floor where they go in and out, and it is so crowded that goods have to be handed out to customers.

The largest sale of merchandise ever made in this place was on last Saturday. Newman, and Houghton & McLaughlin retailed $500 worth each, and in the evening Mr. Newman sold $1,000 worth at wholesale.

BIG AD FOR NEW STORE: M. S. FARIS & CO.]

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[ITEMS FROM THE INDIAN HERALD.]

The return of Agent Beede to Osages would gladden many hearts.

From the number of Pawhuskans who seek homes in Arkansas City, Kansas, we judge that place to be the first of future greatness.

The Osages are without money and have but little to eat, though they are quiet and have confidence in Agent Beede, believing that by the aid of his friends, he will better their condition.

Wah shah-sha-wah ti an kah, a leading Osage, who has remained at home for two years and advised his people to abandon the chase, now says that in the absence of help from the Government he is forced to abandon his little home and, with his people, hunt buffalo. He regrets the necessity to do this, but says that he will hunt before he will starve.

In the southeast corner of Osage Reservation, and about fifty miles distant from Pawhuska, there lives four Cherokee families--Cockram, Lookback, Bull, and Skytooke--who do not invite the attention of, or mingle, with anybody save themselves. They are well armed, and are said to be outlaws or refugees from justice, depending upon the products of a corn patch, and the use of a rifle for support.

[ITEMS FROM THE INDIAN HERALD.]

Whites bring wheat from Kansas to the Pawhuska mills.

Cah-he kah wah ti an kah is sowing a 40 acre field of wheat. He is a full blood Indian and wears a blanket.

Gen. Merritt is said to be after the Indians who murdered a man by the name of Monroe, near Fort Laramie.

The Indian Bureau will soon send a special Committee to treat with the Nez Perces Indians in the vicinity of Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Ticoga, a son of Chochise, an Apache chief, died in Washington, on the 27th ultimo, and was buried in the Congressional burying ground. His home was in Arizona.

[ACCIDENT AT PAWHUSKA: INDIAN BOY BADLY INJURED.]

On Tuesday last, an Osage boy of about twelve years, went into the second story of the Agency flouring mill at this place, and threw his arms around an upright shaft while the mill was running under a full head of steam. His blanket was caught and instantly rolled, and when the boy realized his inability to help himself, he frightened, went blind, and sank near enough to the floor to be hurled against the sacks of flour sitting around the shaft, with a force sufficient to knock them over and away. The Indians gave the signal of distress, and J. P. Soderstrom, the miller, rang the bell, but the engineer not being at his post, the machinery continued to run, carrying the boy rapidly around, until the miller ran to the engine room and shut off the steam.

He then went to the boy's rescue amid the cries of terrified Indians. Dr. Dongan, the Agency physician, was summoned, and found an oblique fracture of the shaft of the femur bones of the right thigh, and a compound fracture of the upper third of the humerus bone of the left arm.

In the absence of other physicians or surgeons, the doctor called in N. P. Delarue and E. W. Hopkins as assistants, and dressed the wounds, and at this writing the boy is doing well, though his physician thinks the bone of the arm was so badly crushed, and so near the neck, that it cannot be kept straight. The Government has no hospital accommodations at this place; consequently, the practice of medicine and surgery, in many instances, must be attended with more or less dissatisfaction both to patient and practitioner. Indian Herald.

[SIOUX EN ROUTE TO INDIAN TERRITORY.]

The Lawrence Journal reports 100 Sioux at Omaha, en route to the Indian Territory, where the tribe will doubtless locate. These 100 spyers out of the land will be in attendance on the Indian Fair, at Muskogee, where it is hoped they will gather some useful information. Dr. Nicholson, superintendent of Indian affairs, is with the United States Commissioners at Omaha.

[EDITORIAL: ABOUT MANNING.]

MR. MANNING has said to his friends and some of his opponents at Winfield, that he is ruined if he fails to be elected. Now it will cost him just as much if he is elected; then from his own words, he will be a ruined man either way unless he expects to "borrow" a $1,000 of some candidate for United States Senate.

[EDITORIAL COLUMN: MANNING.]

We believe it to be the duty of the press to frequently comment on the acts of officers, and carefully guard against and point out public misdemeanors and corruption in office of official aspirants; but as a rule, not to assail any man without sufficient reason. In the performance of that duty it is expected the publisher must meet with and bear the hate and malice of those arraigned.

The situation in this county is thus: A man comes before the people in our own party, and gains the nomination by the votes of innocent delegates who at the time thought him to be a suitable person--the votes of which party he now claims because he is the nominee.

Knowing the character and general reputation of the man, we made every effort to have him displaced and a better person placed in his stead, which we believed then, and now, to be the wish of the majority of the Republicans. By two votes in the Convention, we were defeated.

We then made known his character, that all might know fully who they cast their votes for, which has resulted in a personal and libelous attack on ourself through the journal of the nominee and the person that does his bidding.

Had it not been that the malignant charges would go abroad to those who are strangers to us, we should pay no attention to them; but as our character is there at stake, it behooves us to prove that they are wholly untrue, and point out the aim and character of the accuser.

The charges we made against Mr. Manning have never been answered, nor can they be so as to redeem the man who is guilty of their committal. Knowing this, he has attempted to drag down our character and thereby lessen the force of our statements. But however great he may vilify us, he never can build himself up on our downfall.

"Gratuitous violence in an argument betrays a conscious weakness of the cause, and is usually a signal of despair."

The attack we refer to is in the issue of the Courier of October 26, accusing us of "stealing goods from the clothing store of Topliff & French," of Emporia, in 1870, for proof of which they publish a letter from one Will Nixon, of Wellington. The writer does not state what the goods were, but the figurehead of the Courier explains it as being a suit of clothes and an overcoat.

To begin with, this William Nixon is a low, drunken gambler, who would scarcely be believed under oath, and who, by his own statements, is guilty of and accountable for the death of his own brother. In the second place, Topliff & French never had a clothing store in Emporia, and the following statement, from the very authority to whom they refer, proves the charge wholly false, and an unmitigated and scandalous lie.

ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS, October 28, 1876.

Friend Scott: On my arrival in town this morning, my attention was called to a letter, signed by one Will Nixon, of Wellington, Kansas, accusing you of stealing goods from the store of Topliff & French in Emporia, in 1870, and that I had you settle to avoid arrest. Also, several insinuations in different parts of the Winfield Courier, "about your stealing clothes and an overcoat."

Was it not by the urgent request of friends, I would take no notice of the affair, coming from the source it does. I have known you for about seven years. Part of the time in Emporia, and the balance from the first settlement of this place, and I can truly say that I have never seen the time when I doubted your honesty in the least, and have always held you in the highest esteem, and think more of you today than ever, especially when those that call themselves men, stoop to such mean, low, dirty tricks, to make party capital by assailing you.

Rest assured, that you have not lost any friends by any of these charges, have gained many, and the accusers will find that they have barked up the wrong tree. In the first place, I never kept clothing of any kind, while in Emporia, so you could not have had the chance to steal any, were you so disposed. Then again, I never had any grounds or intention of making an arrest.

The old saying is, "those that live in glass houses must not throw stones." This will apply to Mr. Nixon. He must cast the beam out of how own eye first. Those that know both him and yourself can judge whose character will stand best before the public.

I knew him and some of those he was associated with in Emporia, and believe he would do most anything to damage your character. I twould take no further notice of his accusations.

Your friend, JAMES C. TOPLIFF,

Late of Topliff & French, Emporia, Kansas.

Yet the letter of Mr. Nixon is sufficient to answer the purposes of Mr. Manning, who is always in accord with just such rascals, and has many of them for his tools and backers.

In further proof of the reputation and standing of Mr. Nixon, we append the statement of Mr. J. W. Hamilton, formerly one of the Commissioners of Sumner county, and at present a resident, who is a gentleman recognized for truth and veracity.

ARKANSAS CITY, October 28th, 1876.

Mr. C. M. Scott: At your request for me to make a statement of the character and standing of Mr. Wm. Nixon, I have to say that while I do not wish the personal enmity of the man, I believe him to be dishonest, a pirate, and common gambler, in no manner responsible and not entitled to the respect of good, respectable people.

Yours etc., J. W. HAMILTON.

The above evidence, we think, will be deemed sufficient, and we only refrain from publishing statements from a host of others because it is unnecessary.

The intimations made about our giving a $150 gold watch and chain to a servant for cleaning our room one month, we consider beneath our notice. We never had a $150 gold watch and chain; never had a room cleaned or attended to by a woman in Arkansas City, and no servant in this vicinity has, or ever had, a $150 watch and chain, that anybody knows of. And if the Courier will cite its authority, we will bring him or her before the courts to prove it, if the party is worth anything.

Yet the statements have gone abroad, and with many people (strangers to us) we cannot have the chance of denial. We furnished Col. Manning a list of the subscribers from our mail book, in order that his denials could reach all our readers, and loaned him the paper on which his issue was printed. Now, as a matter of fairness, we publicly ask him to furnish us a list of all who take the Courier, that we may have a chance to send our denial and proof thereof, so that we may correct the statements with those whom we can never reach in any other way. Will you?

And now, we have to say to the people of Cowley county, that the man who as attempted our ruin would scarcely stop short of anything to secure his election, and before the time of voting you may expect to see flaming handbills proclaiming some new discovery, statements not heretofore revealed, and all kinds of petty dodges to deceive the public. Such is the reputation and character of the man who has been to you endeavoring to extort a pledge that you will vote for him.

His whole record is steeped in chicanery. Before the people, in his own town, in his own home, and in the private circles of his social gatherings, it is the same.

Before a jury of twelve men, he was awarded one cent for his character after being accused of twice and thrice what we have heretofore spoken of in our charges.

He never can be elected. The good sense of the people and desire for right surely cannot be overcome by his frantic efforts. Already indignation meetings are being called, and at last Republicans see and feel it is no use to try to countenance his election.

Over different parts of the State, it is already heralded with disgust that E. C. Manning is likely to be returned to the House of Representatives of Kansas as Senator from Cowley county, and even Republican papers abroad are denouncing it. It is not a sectional or personal fight we make. The cry comes up from every section of the county against such actions by Republicants.

At his own home the opposition is most bitter. The party is at stake, and the reputation of the county in danger. Better vote for an honest Democrat than be disgraced by a Republican. By his own words he is ruined if not elected. Then how does he expect to gain anything if elected, when the office is not a paying one? Republicans of Cowley county, we cannot take such risks, or be held responsible for such actions.

[MORE EDITORIALS: RE E. C. MANNING.]

When we begin to pull down the strongholds of error, the batteries we level against them, though strong, and victorious at last, are received with violence and scoffs, from the besieged partizans, it the more forcibly impresses us we are in the work of reformation and renovation and must encounter various difficulties--the hate, spleen, and venom of the men who are the associates and abettors of the party attacked. We have lain before our readers charges most corrupt and damaging to the whole community, and asked the people, in all candor, without prejudice or malice, to clearly view them in the beam of light, and then give in the verdict of the ballot, whether the party asking their suffrage as State Senator is a character deserving their

endorsement.

"I don't think you should oppose Mr. Manning, even though you don't vote for him. I don't expect to vote for him myself, but I won't fight him," was the remark of a friend the other day. That is just the difference between us. You feel and know the party has made a grave error, and from fear of condemning the party to which you belong, you will quietly slip around and vote against him, in order to redeem yourself. Come out with it. If you believe he is a "man against whom the breath of suspicion has never blown," vote for him. If not, don't take the risk. One man we know is honest, the other we know politically, is not. Make your choice.

We have not made a personal fight against Mr. Manning, and while he is arraigning us through his paper, we would be justified in saying even more in reference to that scandalous marriage affair, but we have refrained.

[SILVERDALE TOWNSHIP: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS.]

[WICHITA AGENCY, INDIAN TERRITORY.]

Mr. Williams relieved Agent Richards last winter. He has under his care about 1,220 Indians, made of the following tribes: Wichita, Wacos, Tawakanies, Caddoes, Delawares, and 168 Comanches. To care for these semi-savages, there are employed an agent, a clerk, a physician, miller, wagon maker, blacksmith, commissary clerk, farmer, one laborer, and one teamster.

Mr. Williams has under his charge a boarding school with over 100 pupils enrolled. This school employees two teachers, one matron, seamstress, laundress, cook, baker, and industrial teacher. He employs eighteen head of work horses and has nine cows. The agency receives an appropriation of $9,360 a year, within which, he is confined in the expenditures. Beacon.

[CORRESPONDENCE FROM "OMNIA" ABOUT MANNING - BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP.]

EDITOR TRAVELER: The canvass goes bravely on, and your friend Manning catches it on all sides. I noticed an article in the Republican Daily Journal, published at Lawrence by T. D. Thatcher (one of the most radical Republican editors in the State, and a conscientious, honest, reliable man), headed "Some Curious Revelations," in which he gives our Republican candidate for the Senate some hard licks, but not a lick amiss. Unless we purge the party of all such characters, ruin and defeat stare us in the face. The article is too long to copy in full, and as much of it has been in print, before, I will omit such and select a few sentences of Thatcher's comments, to show how our Sena-torial candidate is viewed abroad, where he is best known.

"It seems that E. C. Manning, who figured somewhat notoriously in the Caldwell Senatorial election, is again a candidate for the Legislature from Cowley county, and is having a rather rough time of it."

After giving the substance of a letter written from your city, and the sworn testimony of Sid. Clarke and Dan Adams, with the examination of Manning himself, he winds up with these truthful words.

"It is a little singular that Manning is running for the Senate in Cowley county, Dan Adams for the Lower House as an independent candidate in one of the Shawnee county districts, while Clarke is running John Speer for the Senate in Douglass county. We think that the people have had enough of this crowd. They doubtless swore to the truth about each other before the Investigating Committee. If they did not, they committed perjury. In either case, they are a bad lot for this 'reform' year."

The Democratic candidates, Pyburn and Christian, spoke at our school house a few nights ago, and made a good impression on their friends, but did not convince many Republicans that the election of Tilden and Hendricks would save the country from Rebel rule and the payment of Rebel claims. Still, both of these men will get a number of Republican votes in this and Silver Creek townships on purely personal grounds.

The Republicans in this section of the county will not support Manning or any man that upholds him. Our people are determined to support an honest Democrat in preference to a dishonest Republican. OMNIA.

[PERSONALS.]

POKE STEVENS has a set of chairs in his house formerly owned by Jeff. Davis.

The eastern part of this Republican District will give Hon. C. E. Mitchell almost a solid vote.

The new Millinery Store on the corner, of Mrs. Hartsock's, is to have its opening day one week from next Monday.

It is an easy matter to give the news when there is any to give. This week we have murder, scandal, and revenge.

One hundred and ten teams, mostly loaded with wheat, were counted between Wichita and Nenescah, last Wednesday.

The skeleton of a small child was found partially buried in a cigar box, near the cemetery, by one of our citizens, who kindly placed it beneath the sod.

DR. KELLOGG ran a needle in his foot last week, and has been disabled for several days. The needle broke off in his foot and made a dangerous wound.

The members of the Arkansas City Cornet Band are requested to meet at Baird's Shop tomorrow evening, November 2nd. Business of importance to transact.

PERHAPS the figure-head of the Courier can enlighten the public in reference to making away with established Government corner-stones, in different parts of this county?

MR. HYDE was called before Esquire Bonsall, last Monday, to answer the charge of feloniously purloining and carrying away three tons of hay, when the gentleman proved the hay was his own.

A township meeting to elect officers as follows, is called for next Saturday, at Kager's office, at four o'clock p.m.

One Trustee, one Treasurer, one Clerk, two Constables, and one Road Overseer for each Road District.

CAPT. McDERMOTT made us a call last Monday. He spoke at Bland's school house in the evening to a good audience. Capt. McDermott is regarded as one of the leading lawyers of the county, and is acknowledged as one of the best speakers. When you see his name on the Republican ticket as a candidate for County Attorney, remember him.

[A FOUL MURDER: STRANGER FOUND DEAD NEAR SALT CITY IN CREEK.]

A Man Found Dead, With Two Bullet Holes in His Head!

[FIGHT WITH A WILD CAT: MRS. E. P. WRIGHT.]

[GROUSE CREEK HEARD FROM: MOLASSES VERSUS RELIGION.]

The following incident occurred at a trial before Esquire Bonsall, Justice of the Peace, last Saturday. Mr. Kager, as attorney, called Andy Show to the stand, when the following ensued.

Attorney to a Witness. When you told the plaintiff you wanted to buy his molasses, did you intend to do so?

Witness. No sir.

Attorney. Then you lied, did not not?

Witness. Yes, sir, I suppose I did.

Attorney. Why did you do so?

Witness. Because I was afraid he would be too sharp for me if I didn't.

Attorney. Did you know that it is wrong to lie?

Witness. I do now, but didn't think so then.

Attorney. Are you sorry for it now?

Witness. Yes, sir, I am.

Attorney. I am glad to hear that, and hope you will never do so again.

Witness. I will try not to, and will try to lead a better life hereafter.

Attorney. That is right, you may go now. The next witness may come forward.

If lawyers would practice the advice they give, what a reformation would take place.

[A JOKE: SKINNER VERSUS MANNING.]

A JOKE. When the candidate for State Senator was at this place begging votes, he met W. B. Skinner, a staunch Democrat, and while coaxing him to say he would vote for him, Mr. Skinner said: "But I hear some grave charges made against you." Which, of course, the little man denied, but by his own words left the impression on Mr. Skinner that they were true; so he finally said: "Mr. Manning, if you will just come out and say the charges are true, as your statements surely show to me that they are, I will vote for you as a fit representative of the Republican party of Cowley county." Whether Col. Manning acknowledged the charges or not we do not know; but it is understood that Skinner is down on Manning's slate, as one of his men.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

A yoke of oxen were driven in town last Saturday and offered for sale. As the owner was leading them along, E. B. Kager asked S. P. Channell: "What will you give for those oxeen?" "Sivty-five dollars." Kager stepped over to where they were and bought them for $60.00; and then turned them over to Mr. Channell, making $5.00 on the sale. Mr. Channell then traded them to Al Woolsey for a mule team, giving some boot, and Woolsey sold them to Mr. Logan for $70.00. The trades all took place in a few hours. Beesnees.

PRAIRIE FIRE. On last Monday a fire got out in west Bolton township, and for awhile swept everything before it, taking in its mad course a quantity of wheat, belonging to George Hager, and $500 worth of wheat, a Marsh Harvester, and other property belonging to Samuel Wood. A subscription was raised for Mr. Wood, who was left destitute. Many other suffered great loss.

BULL WHACKERS. Ox teams leave this place every day now for the different Agencies, generally attended by a man on horse back, carrying a monstrous whip, which not unfrequently cuts the hide open when it strikes. We noticed one that measured sixteen feet, and was one and one-half inches thick at the butt end.

GREY EAGLE. Mr. Caldwell shot a large grey eagle near the Arkansas bridge last Saturday, and left it with us. It measured eight feet from one tip of the wing to the other, and three from the beak to the tip of the tail. Its talons were fully one inch in length.

[PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED: CHANNELL & HAYWOOD.]

The firm of Channell & Haywood is this day dissolved by mutual consent. R. C. Haywood will in the future conduct the hardware business, and collect all accounts and pay all indebtedness of the late firm.

S. P. CHANNELL,

R. C. HAYWOOD.

Arkansas City, November 1, 1876.

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[INDIAN HERALD: A CROSS BEAR.]

In many of the eastern States "bear" is a word so rarely spoken or read that the animal of which this word is the name, together with the annoyances that grow out of its presence in the neighborhood of white settlers, are not even imagined. While the eastern farmer slumbers in security from bruin's depredations upon his premises, the pioneer of the west suffers frequent losses in stock, and in his efforts to make proper provision for his wife and little ones, finds that his life is somewhat jeopardized.

On the 1sth inst., as Harry Broome was carrying the mail from the Sac & Fox Agency to this place, and when within about 18 miles of the Cimmaron River and near Beaver Lake, he came in contact with a large black bear.

[INDIANS: GENERAL TERRY IN PURSUIT.]

Advices have been received at the War Department that General Terry will immediately leave Fort Abraham Lincoln in pursuit of hostile savages.

[ITEMS FROM THE INDIAN HERALD.]

Agent Beede is in Lawrence, Kansas.

Freight for the Pawnees pass every day.

About 45 children are in the Kaw school.

The Sioux were not in attendance at the Fair.

Osages are becoming clamorous for their annuity.

Since the rain, Osages have sown considerable wheat.

The Government will feed the Pawnees on "hard tack."

More whites than Indians attended the late Fair at Muskogee.

The Quapaws had an abundance of whiskey last week, and gave enough to Osages to make some of them drunk.

From the movements of General Sturgis and Ferry, [DO THEY MEAN TERRY?] with cavalry, artillery, and infantry, on the Sioux country, they would have the world believe just now that they have struck something leading to the extermination of the Indians and the glory of American arms.

[FIGHT BETWEEN GEN. MILES AND SIOUX INDIANS.]

St. Paul, Oct. 31. The Pioneer Press has a special from Bismarck which says that Gen. Miles had a successful fight, after an unsuccessful council, with Sitting Bull, on the 21st and 22nd, on Cedar creek, killing a number of Indians and wounding many, his own loss being two wounded. He chased the Indians about sixty miles, when they divided, one portion going toward the agency and Sitting Bull toward Fort Peck, Gen. Miles following.

Gen. Hazen has gone to Fort Peck with four companies of infantry and rations for Gen. Miles.

Sitting Bull crossed the river below Peck on the 24th, and had sent word to the agent that he was coming in and would be friendly, but wanted ammunition.

[NEW TERRITORY: TO BE CALLED PEMBINA.]

The new territory, which it is proposed to make out of the northern portion of Dakota Territory, and call Pembina, will encompass 73,000 square miles, about one-third more area than the State of Illinois, and start out with a population of some 12,000 inhabitants.

The Missouri, Yellowstone, and Red rivers will contribute to its commerce, furnishing 2,000 miles of navigable waters to its resources. Pembina will be an extremely Northern Territory, but promises to become a useful sister in the Union galaxy, as a wheat growing and stock raising district.

[ANOTHER ITEM FROM INDIAN HERALD.]

Mother Baltimore, a leading Quapaw, is cutting down the pecan trees on the Osage Reservation, and we predict for her trouble, if she does not quit it at once. Osages will not stand oppression from whites and Indians at the same time.

[EDITORIAL COLUMNS: TRAVELER.]

The Courier did not send its last week's issue to our subscribers, so they could see its defense of the charges made against us. Neither has it furnished us a list of its subscribers as promised by the proprietor.

The County Surveyor Accepts $5 for Surveying Lands Fraudulently.

Charges sufficient to disqualify our present County Surveyor have been brought to our notice within the past ten days. While surveying a road from Wintin's, up Silver Creek, he dined at the house of J. G. Titus, and was asked in reference to moving established Government corners, when he said:

"In my official capacity, it would not be advisable for me to advise anyone to move the Government corner stones, but I frequently tell them that if their lines do not suit them, if they would hide the Government stones, I would set one to suit." J. G. Titus and John Brannon are witnesses to the fact.

Then Mr. Charles Seward testified that for five dollars, Mr. Walton moved a corner stone himself, on Squaw creek, three miles below Winfield, so as to make a farm "take in water." There are a number of other complaints afloat in reference to the gentleman's actions that should be looked into and the perpetrator held accountable for "in his official capacity."

[MANNING IS DEFEATED.]

The Republican Party of Cowley County, by its Own Vote, Shows to the World that They Do Not, and Will Not, Countenance Corrupt Men, Even Though They Have to Seek Outside of the Party for Honest Men!

The returns from Cresswell township this morning give Pyburn a majority of 220.

From East Bolton ................... 14

From West Bolton ................... 51

From Pleasant Valley ............... 26

From Rock .......................... 29

From Tisdale ....................... 33

From Windsor ....................... 20

Total: 393

In Maple township Manning has a majority of 13.

In Richland ........................ 31

In Sheridan ........................ 15

In Vernon .......................... 69

In Beaver .......................... 23

In Winfield ........................ 40

In Silverdale ...................... 1

Total: 192

At present writing, Pyburn has a majority of 201, and most of the townships casting large votes have been heard from. Dexter, Nenescah, and some other townships will ggive Manning a majority, but not enough to elect him by at lest fifty votes. The votes on Senator are here given:

MANNING PYBURN

MAPLE TOWNSHIP 47 34

PLEASANT VALLEY 27 53

ROCK 60 89

SHERIDAN 42 27

TISDALE 28 61

CRESSWELL 22 242

EAST BOLTON 10 24

WEST BOLTON 14 65

___ ___

TOTAL: 250 595

Richland, Manning's majority .......... 31

Vernon, Manning's majority ............ 69

Beaver, Manning's majority ............ 23

Silverdale, Manning's majority ........ 1

Winfield, Manning's majority .......... 40

Windsor, Pyburn's majority ............ 20

[INDIAN NEWS.]

Gen. Crook captured 480 lodges of the Red Cloud and Red Leaf bands, and made Spotted Tail chief of the Sioux in place of Red Cloud.

[AGED INDIAN CHIEF, "WHITE LOON,' DIES AT ROANOKE, INDIANA.]

[TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.]

[BLACK HILLS: INDIANS FOUGHT BY GEN. MILES.]

St. Paul, Nov. 4. A Pioneer Press special, dated Camp in the Field, on the Yellowstone, Oct. 27, via Bismarck, Dakota, Nov. 4, says: Gen. Miles, commanding the troops on the Yellowstone, after fighting, defeating, and pursuing Sitting Bull and the confederated tribes under him, this day accepted the surrender of four hundred lodges of Indians belonging at the Cheyenne agency, these tribes surrendering five of their principal chiefs as hostages and guarantee of their faithful compliance with the terms of surrender. These bands are to go at once to the agency, where, upon their arrival, they will submit to the requirements of the Government. The Indians held as hostages left this evening for St. Paul under the charge of a strong guard.

[PARTICULARS OF INQUEST OF MURDER NEAR SALT CITY.]

[PERSONALS.]

The first oppossum ever seen in this county was caught a few evenings since.

OSAGES. Little Chief and several members of the Osage tribe were in town last week.

MEAT SHOP. Henry Endicott has a meat shop in with R. A. Houghton & Co.'s grocery.

The Indians are making sad havoc on the pecan trees in the Territory. They cut the trees to get the nuts.

MR. FARRAR, of Phillips, Maine, father of H. P. Farrar, intends spending the winter here to escape the cold, chilly winds of December, of his native State.

FROM FT. SILL. Rev. Fleming and O. P. Houghton returned from Fort Sill last Saturday, after a journey of two weeks. The trip paid them for the time spent.

A. A. NEWMAN bought 1,700 bushels of wheat last Friday, and paid the cash for it. 1,500 bushels he purchased of J. G. Titus, who is to haul it from Winfield.

TURKEY HUNTERS. The hunters who returned from the Territory last week report deer and turkeys plentiful, but hard to get on account of the grass being burned off.

A PARTY of ladies and gentlemen who are with Chaplain McCabe are highly pleased with this part of Kansas. The chaplain is so greatly pleased that he has expressed his determination to try and become the owner of 1,000 acres of Cowley county land.

LAND SALES. Within the past few weeks, the following sales of real estate have been made.

E. B. Kager to Mathew Chambers, 160 acres in Bolton township; consideration, $500.

M. A. Felton to E. B. Kager, 80 acres in Nenescah township, $300.

Depuw to L. C. Wood, 160 acres in Bolton township, $700.

L. C. Wood to M. A. Felton, 80 acres in Bolton township, $300.

N. Goatley to C. S. Weatherholt, 160 acres in Bolton township, $300.

Evan Lewis to W. B. Skinner, 160 acres in Bolton township.

Robert H. Cox to Mathew Chambers, 130 acres in Bolton township, $2,200.

Depuw to L. C. Wood, 160 acres in Creswell township, $600.

H. P. Farrar to Wm. Cowgill, house and lot in Arkansas City.

Many others have occurred of which we failed to learn particulars.

ORDER. While Wm. Allison, of the Telegram, was speaking at Thomasville one evening this week, one man persisted in interrupting him, and we are informed, made some threats. Mr. Allison asked the Chairman to preserve order and not have the assembly as well as himself disturbed by the unruly one; but the Chairman's voice was very weak, and the man continued to interrupt the speaker, until he said: "I guess we'll have order here, and I will appoint that rowdy a committee of one to keep it." As Mr. Allison said this, he deliberately stepped to his overcoat and took therefrom "a friend," which he placed on the table beside him, and order was preserved.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 8, 1876.]

NAUGHTY. We have received a letter from John Hinkle, of Belmont county, Ohio, asking the whereabouts of his son, Samuel, who has been writing home that the Indians have him a prisoner, and he receives and sends mail through a friend who steals into the camp. Now, Sammy, this is very romantic, and no doubt amusing to you, but your poor old father is nearly distracted, and you better own up you were "playing it" on him. Come, now, don't be bad anymore.

"CULLED 'LECTIONEEER." The darkey barber that came down from Winfield to electioneer for Manning in West Bolton Township distinguished himself considerably at the polls. In fact, he made a good stump spech, something after the following style: "Ise been a slabe sixteen years. I knows de Democrats. De whites set me free, and Ise goin' to stan by um. If the Pybun man is elected, he will try to put me back in slavery. Vote for de Republican. He's honest. He won't steal."

The judge then asked him if he had been naturalized, but he didn't comprehend. He then asked him if he was a citizen of the United States.

"I don't know anything bout de naturalizing de United States. I was born in Alabama. Where is dese United States."

It was disgusting to some of the better elements of the Democratic party in Bolton, and they did not hesitate to say so. One of them said, "I had a notion to knock him over." "Well, why didn't you?" "I would have, but there were four other big niggers standing by." The barber evidently made some votes for his man, for word came over in the evening that Wilkinson and the other niggers would carry the Township.

[CRESWELL TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.]

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 8, 1876.]

POLE DOWN. Yesterday morning, to the surprise of everyone, the Democratic pole on Benedict's corner was laying across the street, having been bored through with an auger and pulled down. The act has called forth the indignation of almost everyone, who condemn the shysters who did the work. If he was a Republican, he had but little judgment, and much less sense, to pull down a party pole on the morning of election.

TEN TEAMS left this place this week for Chetopa, to bring fruit trees from Rose Hill nursery, and will return on the 20th. Give them a call. Patronize home industry. W. B. Trissell is the agent: a perfect gentleman in every respect.

LEWIS WILLIAMS, CHETOPA,

S. E. MAXWELL, ARKANSAS CITY,

PROPRIETORS.

A gentleman asked A. A. Newman what he would take for his house the other day. He said $800. "Make out your deed," he remarked. "Well, but, ah, are you in a hurry?" "Yes." "I guess I don't want to sell."

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.]

Deadwood City, Black Hills, has one editor and twenty saloons. After the editor had visited all the saloons to glean the news, his paper is so intoxicated that it doesn't come out, and the Deadwooders don't miss it until they want paper for gun wadding.

Tom Gilbert, of the Kaw Agency, went to Dexter, Kansas, last Saturday, and at night accompanied some young folks to a party. Tom had no acquaintances in the burg, and when he went to settle his hotel bill next morning, he missed his pocket book; and not until the girls whose acquaintance he had courted so earnestly the night before told the landlord that they would see the bill paid, could he get back into the nation. Indian Herald.

[EDITORIAL COLUMNS.]

COWLEY COUNTY CAST 2,625 VOTES, AND NOW RANKS AS THE TENTH COUNTY IN THE STATE, IN POPULATION.

Of the votes cast:

Hayes received 1,670, Tilden 955; Anthony 1,401, Martin 1,174; Campbell 1,638, Harris 980. Manning 1,140, Pyburn 1,318.

Hayes received a majority of ........ 725

Anthony received a majority of ...... 227

Campbell received a majority of ..... 658

Pyburn received a majority of ....... 178

EXPLANATION:

NATIONAL TICKET:

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES OF OHIO, REPUBLICAN, FOR PRESIDENT.

STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET:

GEORGE T. ANTHONY OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY FOR GOVERNOR.

STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET:

WILLIAM P. CAMPBELL FOR DISTRICT JUDGE.

STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET:

PYBURN WAS THE NOMINEE FOR STATE SENATOR....

MANNING WAS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR STATE SENATOR.

[MORE ITEMS IN EDITORIAL COLUMNS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 15, 1876.]

The Courier says "the falsehoods of his personal enemies and the hate of Arkansas City did the work" that resulted in the defeat of E. C. Manning. That's the same old cry of local issue we hear every time they endeavor to force a man on the party. If every Republican voter in Cresswell Township had cast his ballot for Mr. Manning, it would not have saved him from defeat. And when he speaks of the "sink of iniquity," he should remember there are several "sinks" in the county, and that it only lacked 40 [? 48 ?] out of 432 votes of making the gentleman's home a "sink," as he calls it. If the "vagabonds" have such remarkable memories, they will do well to remember there are 1,318 people who have said they will not have the Courier's editor as a Representative in the State Senate. Please remember that.

The vote of Nov. 7th on the aspirants for State Senator shows conclusively that with everything in his favor, Col. Manning has been discarded by the true Republicans of Cowley county, and it remains to be seen whether the action was a wise one or not. We need not go back to the manner in which he gained his nomination, or repeat the effort made by nearly half the representatives of the different Townships to have him withdraw or force him from the field, in order to put forward a better man, suffice to say that it had to be settled by the people. With the advantage of this being a Presidential campaign, having a number of men at work for him, and the support of many of the State candidates and officers, he has failed. Failed with everything in his favor, except the support of honest voters. So mote it be. In peace let him forever rest.

A Little Evidence to Substantiate a Charge.

Mr. Walton, in last week's Courier, denies the charge of fraudulent surveys, and says: "We defy any man, friend or foe, to substantiate a single charge reflecting upon our honor or integrity in our official capacity." Now we do not desire a personal wrangle with the man, but since he openly defies anyone to "substantiate a single charge," we gave place to the following, which can be verified by several others.

EDITOR TRAVELER: In the Courier of the 9th inst., I noticed an editorial making charges against you, and denying any charges made against Wirt W. Walton as County Surveyor.

In 1874 I employed him to survey a quarter section of land. On the east line, or near the line, there was a very valuable spring. I had my doubts about the spring being on my land, and so told Walton. I also told him that if, on surveying the land, he found the spring to be east of the line, I would like to have the corner so placed as to take in the spring, which would give me a chance to buy the land east of me. This he has sworn to in court in this town. He commenced the survey at a quarter section corner, and ran east 40 chains. This let the spring about ten rods off from me. The chainmen, O. C. Skinner and John Wooley, then stopped, when Walton shouted to them to go on, that he was running to the river. They then surveyed to the river, which was about thirty rods further east. From the river he ran back so as to give me the spring by two rods, and there placed a corner. He then changed the quarter section corner (which he stated he believed to be a Government corner) eleven rods, to correspond with the distance called for by the Government field notes. When the survey was over, he stated to A. H. Acton, of Salt Springs, in substance, that if trouble should follow, the corner he had removed would have to be put back.

I was not satisfied with the removal of the Government corner, and urged him to re-establish it. This he refused to do, stating as a reason that he had made other surveys to correspond with the removal, and it would be too bare-faced to do so. I then employed Mr. Kager to make arrangements to have him come down and re-establish the corner, or I would have him indicted in the United States Court at Topeka. He told Mr. Kager that as soon as the Legislature adjourned, he would come down and make the survey, so that I could establish or identify the corner in the future, as there would probably be litigation about it, and so mark it as a Government corner on the records. I do not say I paid Mr. Walton for making a corner to give me the spring, but I do say that to oblige me, as he thought, he changed a Government corner, or at least a corner that he swore in court had every appearance of a Government corner, and a corner that no one disputed. And if he so desires, a few facts not here stated, that can be sustained, might be given that will put an end to his acting as County Surveyor.

WM. B. SKINNER.

["SPOTTED TAIL" AND THE U. S. AGENTS AT ARKANSAS CITY.]

Last Friday afternoon sixteen wagons, loaded with ninety-six Sioux Indians, including about one dozen squaws, passed through this place and camped on the Walnut. They were under charge of Col. A. G. Boone, Major E. A. Howard, and Dr. J. W. Daniels, who accompanied them to the Territory to select a location.

Col. Boone has been fifty years in the Indian service, and was the party who extinguished so many Indian titles in Kansas. Dr. Daniels was acting commissioner for the United States. Major Howard, their former Agent, is disbursing agent.

The Indians were not pleased with the country between here and Wichita on account of the scarcity of timber and the flatness of the prairie lands, and expressed themselves in favor of a hilly or mountainous place for their future home.

In the evening, accompaned with Messrs. Haywood and McLaughlin, Indian contractors, the Mayor, Mr. Brown, and our worthy Representative of the Legislature, we paid the camp a visit, and were cordially received. In the officer's tent we were introduced to the famous chief, "Spotted Tail," and in the camp met "Red Dog," "Young Man Afraid of his Horses," "American Horses," and others, among them two Cheyennes and four Arrapahoes.

They were all large, powerful men, and wore a look that one would not like to meet alone on the prairie.

From Dr. Daniels, we learned that "Spotted Tail" is only a nickname, and that the great chief's real name was "Bear Legs." "Red Dog," derived his name from his coming into camp on all fours, being so badly wounded and covered with blood that he resembled a red dog. "Young Man etc.," explains itself. He was the owner of a number of horses, and was always so uneasy for fear they would be stolen, that he was given that name.

The Sioux expressed their desire to see the Osages, and an effort will be made to meet them on the trail as they go to Cheyenne Agency. The Agents did not want them to see the Pawnees, as they are deadly enemies, and the sight of them would be apt to make them discontented.

"Spotted Tail" is said to be an intelligent, shrewd man, and one of the most remarkable full blood Indians living. He seldom says much and depends solely on his own judgment. On his person he wears several medals from President Grant and other distinguished men. We noticed small boys with them that wore hair piping, costing from $50 to $300, and some ornaments of no meagre value.

The company went from this place to the old Kickapoo Agency, thence to the Cheyenne Agency, and from there to the Sac and Fox Agency, then to Muscogee, and then home by the way of the

M. K. and T. Railway.

We have not learned what has been decided on, but think they will be located not a great distance from the State line.

There are about 25,000 of them in all, and it is expected from 10,000 to 15,000 would be brought down in case they are satisfied. In that event, a post of not less than five companies of soldiers would have to be stationed along the line, which would give consumers sufficient to raise the price of wheat, oats, and corn equal to that at Wichita or any railway town, and would be the next best thing to a railroad, and that, too, without any tax on the people.

[C. R. MITCHELL.]

[MANNING: HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN WINFIELD.]

C. M. SCOTT: MANNING IS DEAD, BUT IN DYING HE KICKED AS MEAN AS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. Last night we had the band out, and built bonfires in jollification of the great event. Pyburn was cheered enthusiastically, and he appeared to thank, in a genteel manner, the Democrats and Republicans who voted for him. Several others were called out, and made their appearances to say a few words on the occasion, but Col. E. C. Manning acknowledged his defeat in the most bitter language against everybody that opposed him, and protested that had it not been for the "traitors and renegade Republicans, and that sink of infamy, Arkansas City, he would have been the next Senator from Cowley County." Glory to God that he is not!

What impression his speech made, not only among the Renegade Republicans who did not support him, but also among many of his best supporters, I let you imagine.

Yours, Truly,

A RENEGADE REPUBLICAN.

[INDIANS: SURRENDER OF FOUR HUNDRED LODGES TO GEN. MILES.]

A Pioneer Press special, dated camp in the field, on the Yellowstone, Oct. 27th, Bismarck, Dakota, Nov. 4th, says:

Gen. Miles, on the Yellowstone, after fighting, defeating, and pursuing Sitting Bull and the confederate tribes under him, this day accepted the surrender of four hundred lodges of Indians belonging to the Cheyenne agency, these tribes surrendering five of their principal chiefs as hostages and guarantee of their faithful compliance with the terms of surrender. These bands are to go at once to the agency, where upon their arrival, they will submit to the requirements of the Government. The Indians held as hostages left this evening for St. Paul under the charge of a strong guard.

[MANNING DEFEATED: COMMENTS BY TELEGRAM.]

The friends of the man who "only wanted a chance to go before the people to vindicate himself," wince terribly when you flaunt the people's verdict in their faces, and sing out, Oh! Well, if we had the Republican majority in that "sink hole of infamy, Arkansas City," we would have beaten you.

That is thin. Take the Republican majority in Cresswell from Mr. Pyburn's majority, and add it to Mr. Manning's and it makes no change in the general result, only lessens the majority.

[WINFIELD WILD WITH JOY: GRAND OVATION FOR PYBURN.]

A Grand Ovation to the Successful Senatorial Candidate--Bonfires, Music and Speeches!

One of the grandest ovations ever tendered any man in Southwestern Kansas was upon Wednesday night of this week, given the Hon. A. J. Pyburn. Hundreds of citizens proceeded en masse to the office of Mr. Pyburn on the corner of Main Street and Ninth Avenue, and headed by the silver cornet band, serenaded Mr. Pyburn. Bonfires were kindled and the city was wild with enthusiasm over the result of the Senatorial contest.

When Mr. Pyburn appeared upon the balcony in acknowledgment of the serenading party, he was greeted with prolonged cheers, and it was many minutes before the crowd could be quieted so as to hear him. He made a few remarks acknowledging the "honor conferred upon him," and thanking the citizens for their support in the contest, and "promising a faithful representation of the interests of the county." After him Judge McDonald was called for and made a neat little speech which was received with wild enthusiasm, especially when mention was made of the favorite candidate for Senator.

Seeing the enthusiasm which prevailed and being so com-pletely filled with bitterness that he could not hold himself, Manning sneaked across the street; and having had it arranged before hand with "backers" to call him, he passed half way up the stairs and there stopped, exclaiming that "he thought it was about time the Republican flag was run up at half-mast" and gave vent to his feelings in a bitter denunciation of his political opponents, denouncing those Republicans who voted against him as "Renegades," and declaring that if it had not been for that "sink hole of Infamy, Arkansas City" that he would have received a majority of the votes cast," which was utterly false, for with every Republican vote cast in Cresswell township, there would still have been a clear majority against him.

After considerable more blubbering of the same sort in which he showed his deep chagrin at his defeat, he attacked Hon. W. P. Hackney, and then he subsided; and the crowd called on Mr. Hackney, who in a few minutes speech completely upset everything that Manning had said, and again filled the crowd with enthusiasm for Pyburn and reform.

Manning and his friends, still wishing to turn the meeting into his favor, called for several of his backers--Walker, Kelly, Webb, and McDermott--who in turn pronounced a requiem over the corps [? corpse ?] of Manning, which brought tears to the eyes of their hearers--tears of joy that the county had been saved the disgrace of electing such a man as Manning to the State Senate.

Taking all in all there was on that evening a greater display of wild enthusiasm than we have ever before witnessed in the State, and a greater display of petty spite, malice, and chagrin by the friends of Manning, than we have ever dared think they could be guilty of. A display of good feeling on one side and a display of despair and hopelessness on the other, which prompted them to make complete asses of themselves, thereby losing the respect of the honorable minded citizens who were present at the demonstration.

[ANOTHER TELEGRAM ITEM RE MANNING - SCOTT.]

[W. J. HOBSON ESCORTED SIOUX THROUGH INDIAN TERRITORY.]

[PERSONALS.]

"TELL" WALTON is surveying the Woodyard road today.

MANNING has grown two feet taller, but it is all in his face.

C. R. MITCHELL resides in his new house, in the suburbs.

ARKANSAS CITY has a cheese manufactory. Charles Mummert manages it.

THE INDIAN TERRITORY contains 71,200 Indians, consisting of over forty different tribes.

THE OSAGES received an appropriation of $255,000 last year, to advance them in civilization.

RESTAURANT. The bell of the Delmonico Restaurant peals forth three times a day. Thos. Baker is proprietory.

Now it comes to light that some of the men who had promised to work for the "Republican" Senator, did not vote for him.

"WILL NIXON," who made the statements for the Courier villifying us, has left Wellington and gone to parts unknown.

An extensive prairie fire swept over East Bolton township last Friday, burning a quantity of hay, and causing considerable damage.

The following statement shows the increase in townships, from when the vote was taken in 1875, one year ago.

Townships. Vote in 1875. Vote in 1876. Increase.

Beaver 54 107 53

Bolton--East 37 42 5

Bolton--West 47 87 40

Creswell 187 271 84

Cedar 20 45 25

Dexter 82 144 62

Harvey 23 61 38

Liberty 58 90 32

Maple 38 84 46

Nenescah 24 65 41

Omnia 32 42 10

Otter, 1st precinct 48 32 --

Otter, 2nd precinct 12 60 48

Pleasant Valley 56 85 29

Richland (Barker's) 41 74 33

Richland (Groom's) 29 63 34

Rock 100 164 54

Silver Creek 28 76 48

Silverdale 59 105 46

Sheridan 41 70 29

Spring Creek -- 76 --

Tisdale 55 94 39

Vernon 55 138 83

Windsor 66 131 65

Winfield 280 431 151

_____ _____ _____

TOTAL: 1,472 2,637 1,095

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 15, 1876.]

LON BUTTERFIELD, of Silverdale township, visited one of the stores in Arkansas City last week, and the proprietor said to him, "A man that would vote for E. C. Manning ought to have his throat cut." Mr. Butterfield climbed down from the counter and started for him, when he immediately "took it back," apologizing, by saying he was "only in fun." There are "vagabonds" in Silverdale that would fight for their principles.

The above is another of the Courier's unmitigated and slanderous lies, as every citizen cognizant of the fact knows, and, as we believe the writer knew, when he wrote it.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 15, 1876.]

THAT "OLD WHEEL-HORSE OF NENESCAH TOWNSHIP," who stood out so boldly for Manning in the County Convention, is now indicted for stealing a wagon box from S. H. Myton, and stands a good chance of being sent to the Penitentiary. He was recognized mostly as a "tar barrel" on the day of the Convention, from the amount of grease he carried with him.

THE SIOUX INDIANS AND COMMISSIONERS will have a rough time of it in the Territory during the storm. The freighters, too, will fare hard, as many of them were not prepared for exposures.

The man found dead in the creek, near Salt Springs, is supposed to be a man by the name of Kellar, of Missouri, who had come out to see a Mr. Sprague, of Sumner county.

JOHN FLORER, one of the licensed Indian Traders at

Paw-hus-ka, paid this place a visit this week, and made us a pleasant call. Come again.

[OUR INDIAN NEIGHBORS.]

When we think how little the whites of the border care or think about their dusky brethren whose home is only across the line, and beyond the stone mounds Uncle Sam has placed along the southern portion of the State, as a warning to whites not to trespass, it is surprising that natural curiosity does not tempt them to make further inquiry. But then, when we remember that we lived "next door" to them for two long years, we are impressed that our curiosity was exhausted, burdened, and disgusted.

Few have any idea now of the number in the "Nation," and what they are doing. From the "Superintendents and Agents Report," furnished us through the courtesy of some of the new Agents, we find complete statistics of the number and their progress.

The following are the tribes and numbers.

Quapaws, Peorias, Miamis, Ottawas, Wyandottes, Shawnees, Senecas, and Modocs, under H. W. Jones, as Agent, at Quapaws Agency, 1,300.

Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles, at Union Agency, under S. W. Marston, number 54,000.

The Great and Little Osages under Mr. Cyrus Beede, number 2,700. The Kaws, who speak the same language as the Osages, are also in his charge, although they have a separate Agency. They number 500 souls.

The Pawnees located 60 miles southeast of this place, under charge of Wm. Burgess, number 2,000.

The Sac and Foxes of Mississippi, Absentee Shawnees, Mexican Kickapoos, Southern Cheyennes, Southern Arrapahoes, and Apachees are controlled by John D. Miles. They number 4,000.

The Wichita, Caddoes, and affiliated Bands, at the Wichita Agency, are under Agent A. C. Williams, formerly special Agent of the Kickapoos, near this place. They number 1,200.

The Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches, are under J. M. Haworth, and number 3,000.

In all, there are 71,200 Indians in the Territory.

Among the Osages there are 1,397 males, 1,282 females.

Among the Kaws, 229 males, and 214 females.

Among the Pawnees, 866 males, and 1,160 females. The Pawnees usually half support themselves by labor.

174 Osages live in houses, and they sold $5,000 worth of robes last year.

The Kaws and Pawnees sold $590 worth each.

The Osages own 12,000 ponies, 100 mules, 600 head of cattle, and 1,500 head of hogs.

The Kaws own 300 ponies, 8 mules, 15 cattle, and 125 hogs.

The Pawnees have 600 ponies, 12 mules, and 15 head of cattle.

Some have been making rapid progress in education, and others farming, but the ratio is very small. Out of the 2,679 Osages, only 25 of them labor in civilized pursuits, 25 live by hunting, 244 wear citizen's clothes, 50 adults and 100 youths can read, and 15 of those have learned this year, during the nine months school. The school this year was maintained solely by their own funds, at a cost of $7,000 and a donation from Orthodox churches and private parties to the amount of $300. Where the children come to school, they are clothed and fed.

During the past year the Kaws have sawed 10,000 feet of lumber at their new mill, and 40 of them are now living in houses. 59 Kaws wear citizen's dress, and most all of them labor. They have cultivated 600 acres of land this year, and have 350 acres fenced. They raised 10,000 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of wheat, 150 bushels of beans, 800 bushels of potatoes, and put up 160 tons of hay. They employ one teacher almost constantly, and 20 adults and 24 youths can read; 18 have learned this year during the ten months school.

Of the Pawnees, 12 of them live in houses: three of which they built themselves, and nine that the Government built for them. 264 Pawnees wear citizen's dress, and one-half of them labor. During the last year they have cultivated 150 acres of land themselves, broke 20 additional acres, and fenced 280 acres. They raised 1,600 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of beans, 150 bushels of potatoes, and put up 100 tons of hay. 25 of the adults and 115 youths can read, and 15 learned during the last nine months of school.

Considering the lack of funds, and embarrassments they have had to undergo, the progress they have made is very commendable.

While we have but little hope and less faith, of the Agents being able to accomplish much in the way of civilization, yet we believe they are making strong and earnest efforts.

To any who have the time to spare, a trip to the Territory will not only be a rare treat, but a very profitable one, educationally considered.

[APACHES ATTACK EAGLE SPRINGS STATION, TEXAS.]

[ODD STORY ABOUT JESSE JAMES: MISCELLANEOUS.]

[EDITORIAL COLUMS.]

[COMMUNICATION FROM "C. C. H." - BOLTON TOWNSHIP.]

Mr. L. E. Norton has given up his abode to a family of seven cats, which are having a general jubilee with the vermin of the ranch.

[CORRESPONDENCE FROM "JOHN McLAY" - COLORADO MINER.]

I am foreman of the great Mountain Lion gold mine, and have been since the first of last August. This is supposed to be the richest kind of gold in the world. It is called the sylvanite of gold, or Tuleride gold mines, and in value it ranges all the way from $100 to $40,000 per ton. The mine that I have charge of is down two hundred feet, and is turning out from five to ten thousand dollars per month, furnishing employment to thirty or forty miners. The mine adjoining this one also has widespread reputation. It is called the Key Stone, and works about twenty-five men. I would like to send you some specimens, but I understand you are going to visit Colorado soon, and if you are, you must be sure and give me a call, when I will give you some fine specimens of our Colorado productions. If you are not coming out here soon, I will contrive to send you one of our best burnt specimens. JOHN McLAY.

[SOME ADS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 22, 1876.]

[NOTICE: PAUPERS.]

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, will, at their regular session, commencing on the first Monday of January, 1877, receive sealed proposals for the board and care of the paupers of said county. Said bids to set forth the price per week at which said paupers will be kept, exclusive of clothing and medical treatment. The successful bidder to have exclusive control of the keeping of said county paupers, and to be a resident of said county of Cowley. Bids to be filed with the County Clerk on or before January 1, 1877. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Done by order of the Board of Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas.

M. G. TROUP,

Clerk of said Board.

[PERSONALS.]

BRICK for the new M. E. Church is being hauled.

The choppers on the Walnut had beaver tail soup for dinner yesterday.

The crossing at Newman's mill is very bad, and should be made better.

A wood yard is spoken of, for the accommodation of the public, at $4 per cord.

From the top of Newman's building, some of the finest scenery in the west can be viewed. Go up and take a look.

Mrs. Foss, of Portland, Maine, mother of Mrs. Farrar, arrived by stage Monday night. She will spend part of the winter here.

Last Saturday night's stage and mail did not arrive until Sunday noon. Bad roads and heavy loads was the cause of failure.

SOLD OUT. "CHET." WARD has purchased M. A. Felton's interest in the blacksmith's shop on Central Avenue, and is working there.

It is a fact worth mentioning that, while deaths have occurred in every locality about us, Arkansas City has had but few. We attribute it to our healthy location and skill of our physicians.

BURGLARS ABOUT. Last Thursday morning at about two o'clock someone came to the door of Dr. Alexander's house, and endeavored to get in by trying to unlock the back door. A key was on the inside, and prevented the door from being unlocked. The Doctor heard the noise, and supposed it was his son, Will, but soon heard him call out, "What do you want?" The man on the outside ran away. In the morning the tracks in the snow showed it to be someone wearing a number ten boot. We can't imagine what the thief was after unless it was quinine.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 22, 1876.]

On the day following, by the hand of Mr. John Pruitt, father of the bride, the TRAVELER received a handsome assortment of delicious cake, for which the "boys" all unite in returning thanks.

ONE OF THE NEATEST MILLINERY STORES to be seen in the Southwest is that of Mrs. D. B. Hartsock, on the corner of Summit street and Central Avenue. The location is good, and the room and goods neatly displayed. Call in and see the new stock.

THE BAND BOYS are estimating the practicability of a social dance in Newman's new building as soon as the floor is laid. Anything for a little amusement is the general exclamation among the young folks.

[PROGRESS OF SIOUX THROUGH INDIAN TERRITORY.]

"Getting on well. Have not taken a second pull, or broken a ham string since we left Wichita. Teams look well, with plenty of hay and corn. Everybody feeling good. Splendid weather and roads in excellent condition. All we ask is a continuance of the same. They are still voting for Spotted Tail down in these parts. We passed two hundred wagons loaded with wheat for Wichita between here and your place. Arkansas City is a nice little place with very clever people and the promise of a good future." Wichita Eagle.

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[PRAIRIE FIRES: DAMAGE DONE BETWEEN GROUSE AND CANA.]

Cowley County Telegram: The whole face of the country between the Grouse and Cana, four miles up and down, was burnt over last week. Much hay, grain, and a number of horses and barns fell victim to the "demon of the prairie." Mr. Ratcliff, living on Plumb Creek, lost everything but his house and horses; Mr. Williams, of Dexter, is minus some two hundred dollars' worth of fine broom corn. These are the only losses of which we have received any certain information, but are, of course, only two of many.

[LETTER FROM "RENEGADE" TO TELEGRAM EDITOR.]

The Indians with the spotted narrative passed through this "sink hole of Infamy" the other day en route for the Territory, hunting claims. Here we take a more hopeful view of the case than that expressed in the Telegram--If, still we have no railroad, Ingines are the next best thing." 'Rah for Pyburn!

[EDITORIAL COLUMNS.]

WIRT WALTON wants to be Chief Clerk of the House this winter. Well, Wirt is ambitious, and with Pyburn in the Senate and Mitchell in the House, he ought to get two votes, by some turn or another, but it is doubtful.

[WIRT W. WALTON: SKINNER -MORE FACTS FOR OUR COUNTY SURVEYOR.]

A Few More Facts for Our County Surveyor.

[COMMUNICATION FROM "J. RUSSELL" - ELM SPRINGS, INDIAN TERRITORY]

Fight at Elm Springs, Indian Territory, Between Charley Lyons, of This Place, and Three Robbers, in which Lyons Kills Them All.

[TWO MEN REPORTED KILLED IN THE TERRITORY.]

Our community has undergone an Indian scare once, and we can't afford to have it repeated.

[PERSONALS.]

HOUSES rent from $2 to $10 per month, and are very hard to get.

The Band serenaded Mr. and Mrs. Breene, Saturday evening.

WIRT has no more challenges to make for charges since Mr. Skinner's statement came out.

FRANK SPEERS is building a house in town, and the query is what does Frank want with a house.

JUDGE T. McINTIRE has resigned the office of Justice of the Peace in this Township in favor of W. Sherb. Hunt.

CAPT. HUNT and others who have just returned from the place where the two men were reported killed, say there is nothing to it.

CAPT. HUNT and a party from Winfield and Vernon Township, passed by last week, on their way to the Territory, to hunt and fish.

THERE ARE NEARLY 100 pupils in attendance at the public school of this place. Sixty in Miss Christian's department, and forty with Prof. Bacon.

CHARLEY McINTIRE and WILL LEONARD are at Little Rock. The rubber stamp business was not a success, and they have gone to work at their trades.

DR. KELLOGG, S. P. CHANNELL, and T. H. McLAUGHLIN are the School Board of District No. 2. The first is Director. The second is Treasurer. The last is Clerk.

LAND AND PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION. In another column will be seen the advertisement of W. D. Clark and A. S. Williams, Grand Sale of Real Estate and Personal Property, to take place January 1st, 1877. The men are well known in this county and have the reputation of being straightforward, honorable men. The property can be seen at the residences of the owners. I. H. Bonsall and Geo. McInttire are Agents for this locality. Price of tickets $1 each.

AD: GRAND SALE -OF- REAL ESTATE! -AND- PERSONAL PROPERTY!

his ticket.

Arkansas City, Kansas.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, NOVEMBER 29, 1876.]

One week from last Monday the boiler in Service & Dart's mill cracked, but no accident resulted to the employees. Mr. Graham, the village blacksmith repaired it, and the mill is running again, and doing a good trade.

It is proposed to put up a wind mill, and the matter is being worked up.

In another column will be found an interesting communication from Mr. J. Russell, of Russell's Ranch, at Elm Springs, in the Territory, relating the killing of three men by Charley Lyons, formerly of this place and Salt City. While a resident of this county, Mr. Lyons was a quiet citizen, residing on a farm. We have heard but one side of the story, by which it seems Mr. Lyons committed the murder of the three men in self defense.

The attack the Courier makes on our fellow-townsman, W. B. Skinner, does not answer the charges of fraudulent surveys, but is only an attempt to get around them. Mr. Skinner's statements can be substantiated by some of the best citizens in the county. And the charge he makes of the TRAVELER skinning him, all of the readers of the paper know to be entirely false.

SHOOTING MATCH. HANK ENDICOTT will have an old-time Indiana shooting match at Harmon's ford tomorrow morning. He has forty-four turkeys, which will be offered to the best shooters, regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude. Terms and conditions will be agreed upon on the grounds, where all fun-lovers are expected to meet by 10 a.m.

There were two law suits last Thursday. One before Judge McIntire, between Capt. Chenoweth and A. H. Acton, in reference to some taxes, and the other before Esquire Bonsall. The latter was brought by J. M. Felton against McCracken, of Lazette, for taking a watering pail. The defendant plead his own case, and was discharged, free of costs.

WITH WOOD AT $4 AND $4.50 A CORD, it is going to cost something to keep warm this winter. Why don't the freighters coming from Pawnee Agency bring back a load of coal on their return? It is said there is plenty of it within eight miles of the Agency, and the Pawnees will be glad to open a bank.

The man who run his face for $52 at H. & Mc's. under the promise to do freighting, sold all the property he could and started for Texas last week. Wm. Burkey started soon after and succeeded in having the proper papers served that will hold him until he pays the debt.

THEY INDEED HAD "RUN HIS FACE"...NEW EXPRESSION TO ME!

The defeat of Mr. Manning as the Republican candidate for Senator is an unfortunate blow to the best interest of Cowley county. The method of his defeat has created a bitterness in the county that will last for years. Courier.

The only "bitterness" is on the part of the Courier's editor.

There are enough laboring men here to supply all demands. We are constantly in receipt of letters asking if this is a good country for a poor man with a large family, and make the above statement that all may know.

We have never received a list of the Courier's subscribers, as promised, so that we could send our vindication to their patrons. We furnished the Courier a list of ours, and paper to print their statement.

The Indian contractors have all the teams they want at present for freighting. Some parties came a distance of forty miles last week, to secure work, and were disappointed.

BUFFALO MEAT, with no bone, was sold on the streets last week at ten cents per pound. It was brought from the plains 200 miles west, where buffalo are reported numerous.

ANOTHER SURVEYOR has "gone and done it." It is Charley Bratt, this time, who used to perambulate on this sand hill.

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

[GREAT HERDS OF BUFFALO SEEN.]

Great herds of buffalo have been seen within eighty miles of the Red river, after ten years total absence. From all accounts the herds are immigrating eastward. The Sioux Indians residing at Devils Lake, in Dakota, have already been on a great hunt, and have returned to their homes with an abundance of buffalo meat and numbers of robes. Travelers from the Northwest, who have lately come into Winnipeg, report very large numbers of buffalo very much further east than heretofore.

[COMMENT ABOUT E. C. MANNING.]

[CORRESPONDENCE FROM "RED BUD" - MAPLE TOWNSHIP.]

[EDITORIAL COLUMNS.]

Only the Gentle Sioux, Homeward Bound.

St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 2. Spotted Tail, now chief of the Sioux nation, and the 96 Sioux braves sent to examine the Indian Territory, with a view to the removal of the Sioux nation there, passed through the city this p.m., homeward bound, in charge of Col. A. G. Boone and Dr. J. W. Daniels, a Sioux commission and disbursing agent, and Maj. Howard. They have been five weeks from home.

A St. Joe Herald's interview says the delegation took wagons at Wichita, 424 miles through the Territory to Muscogee, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road, driving twenty-five days.

At Ockmulgee, two chiefs of the Creek nation made speeches, and Spotted Tail replied. The Indians say nothing, being under bonds to those at home to say nothing until the return of the commissioners. They say they see that the Indians are placed with the country, and think if the right men are sent to treat with them, the whole of Spotted Tail and Red Cloud agencies, 12,000 in number, will move to the Territory without any trouble in the spring. The Indians liked their trip.

[PERSONALS.]

MRS. FITCH has rented the building south of Benedict's, and will remove her millinery store thereto.

A wholesale liquor store has been talked of lately. No less than a pint of liquor can be sold at wholesale.

FISHERMEN have built cabins on the Walnut, and will supply the people with fresh fish during the winter.

OLD CHAIRS. Geo. Allen has just repainted some chairs for Mrs. McCoy, that she has had in use in her house for forty years.

MR. ESTUS, of the Colorado San Juan mining country, will spend the winter on Grouse creek, and return to his claim in the spring.

DR. HUNT, of Kaw Agency, and J. L. Stubbs, of Pawhuska, were in town last week for a short time.

ANOTHER BEAVER was killed near the mouth of the Walnut last week, and its tail sent to this office. Some people are very fond of tail.

The report of the two men being killed by Indians near Pawnee crossing last week proves to be erroneous, and the price of freighting remains the same.

WHY is the boy who rode a bareback horse from Newman's mill to town in ten minutes like the locomotive on a fast mail train? If you can't guess it, ask our devil.

WHEN the boys set their traps on the Walnut, they never can tell what they will get. One trap has caught three skunks, two rabbits, one coon, and finally a wild cat.

WOLF HUNT. The residents of West Bolton are to have a grand wolf hunt when the first snow falls. The howling animals are becoming very numerous and annoying.

It cost $1,096 to run Creswell township last year, and over $500 of that was expended on the Arkansas river bridge, leaving only $400 to pay for the draining east of Dr. Hughes', the saving of the Walnut river bridge timbers, and current expenses of the township.

NEW BUILDING. L. H. GARDNER has purchased the lot next to Benedict's store of P. J. Davis, and intends to erect a two-story frame building thereon, to be used as a store room. He sold his house and ten acres north of town to Mr. Cox.

BRICK $6 per thousand; sand can be had for the hauling; lime 13 cents per bushel, and stone $5.00 per cord. Where is there a town in Kansas or the West with better facilities for building substantial houses?

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, is the day set to determine whether this township will give $2,000 for replacing the bridge across the Walnut. A meeting should be called, and the project talked over.

[CHARLEY LYONS HEARD FROM.]

Yours Respectfully,

JOHN A. BLAIR.

[PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING FENCE: OSAGE AGENCY.]

OSAGE AGENCY, INDIAN TERRITORY, November 27, 1876.

[COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS: SCOTT ANSWERS QUERY.]

Answer to Questions.

1. There are excellent mill and dam sites along the Walnut, that can be leased or purchased very reasonably.

2. We have two mills at this place. One a water power saw and grist; the other a steam saw and grist mill. Both are doing a good trade.

3. There are two grist mills at Winfield, one at Dexter, one a Lazette, and one for corn grinding at Silverdale. All in this county.

4. The nearest Railway station is Wichita, and is fifty miles distant. There is a daily stage and mail between Wichita and this place, traveling via El Paso, Nenescah, and Winfield to Arkansas City.

5. The Railway prospects of Cowley county are as good, if not better, than any county in Kansas; and we expect to have a road built and in running order before the next two years.

6. The "nearest mill" from the places we have mentioned, are but a few feet from the center of the towns. Enterprise in the West doesn't permit the hauling of grain twenty miles to a mill, as it used to in the East.

7. Immigrants are coming in every day, and the country is rapidly settling with an intelligent and industrious class of people, from almost every State in the Union.

8. There are good school houses in almost every School District, and there are nearly 150 Districts in the county.

9. Land can be purchased at from $3 to $20 per acre, according to location and improvements. Timber land at $15 and $25 per acre.

10. Our only fuel is wood, the market price of which is $4 per cord, delivered to your door.

11. Arkansas City has a population of about 500 when the last census was taken.

12. The Arkansas River at this place affords one of the best water powers we have seen in the State. There is a low tract of land between it and the Walnut River, that can be cut through at a comparatively small expense, for one mile, that would unite the two streams and give a fall of fifteen feet.

13. The Arkansas River is navigable as far as Ft. Gibson, and the recent exploration by Capt. Barnes, and his party, proved it could be navigated as far north as this county. A test is being made at the present writing.

14. The farms raise enough wheat for their own flour and frequently have from 500 to 2,000 bushels to sell.

15. This is a good corn country. It sells for fifteen cents per bushel.

16. Government land can be pre-empted at $1.25 per acre. There are hundreds of vacant tracts of good upland prairie to be had at the Government price.

17. There is no Homestead land in Southern Kansas, and Land Warrants are not received in payment for land.

18. Money loans readily at the enormous rate of 25 percent, per annum, on the best of security. The legal rate of the State is 12 percent.

19. Town lots vary from $5 to $300 each.

20. The Arkansas is bridged at this place. At Oxford,

El Paso, and Wichita.

21. Coal has been discovered in the eastern part of the county, and in the Indian Territory south of us.

22. It is four miles from this place to the Territory line.

23. You will find the people of Cowley county a sociable, industrious, and educated class, that will be glad to receive any and all of the same kind that may determine to make their new home with them.

[RECAP: LETTER FROM FORMER ARKANSAS CITY RESIDENT...A. D. KEITH]

[COURT AMONG INDIANS AT FT. SMITH.]

About two hundred and twenty-five miles from Pawhuska, in a southeastern direction, is Ft. Smith, located on the Arkansas River, near the southeast corner of the Cherokee, and the northwest corner of the Choctaw Nations, but in the State of Arkansas.

To this place the inhabitants of this Territory go to attend the United States District Court. The Cherokees, Choctaws, Seminoles, Chickasawa, Creeks, Shawnees, Delawares, Osages, Kaws, Pawnees, Comanches, Arapahoes, Kiowas, Cheyennes, and others, educated or undeducated, are compelled to attend court at this place, unknown and uncared for by those who are able to help them, and submit to trial by a class of whites who, in some instances no doubt, are too much prejudiced against the interests of their neighbors of the Territory to be able to do them

justice.

The law-making power of the United States should establish a court in this Territory at which the Indian inhabitants could feel at home and with friends. When this provision shall have been made, even though there is no perceptible difference in the enforcement and execution of the law, its effect upon the minds of an uneducated people will be much more satisfactory, and the feeling of distrust that now exists will rapidly disappear.

[COMMUNICATION FROM "E. M. GODFREY" - BEAVER TOWNSHIP.]

[COMMUNICATION FROM "D. W. JONES" - UNKNOWN MAN MURDERED.]

[COMMUNICATION FROM "C. C. H." - BOLTON TOWNSHIP.]

W. H. Dickinson, the earliest resident of Bolton, is adding greatly to the appearance of his farm. Mr. Dickinson has the best selection of fruit and forest trees, grape vines, and evergreens in the county. Take it all in all, "Dixie" is the most desirable place in the Southwest.

Bolton has six schools, consisting of 186 students. Five of the schools have female teachers, and one is male. Our township is better supplied with zealous, energetic teachers than ever before.

Mr. L. C. Norton's house is now occupied by a family from Minnesota, who have moved in this district in order to be benefited by the school.

Polk Stevens sold his farm to S. P. Channell for $800. Polk contemplates moving into the Indian Territory and starting a ranch.

Father Hollenbeck has made his assertion good, and left the country to take up his abode with the Indians at Cheyenne Agency.

[COMMITTEE FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND FESTIVAL.]

[PERSONALS.]

WINFIELD has a fire extinguisher on wheels.

MORGAN & COWGILL are making sausage by the tub full.

J. K. STEVENS traded his farm of 150 acres to S. P. Channell for about $1,800.

The annual payment of the Kaw Indians was made at their Agency last week.

The money will be refuned in case the Real Estate Distribution does not come off.

A gentleman was in town yesterday to rent a building for the purpose of opening a $4,000 grocery store.

10,000 bushels of wheat left this place yesterday morning for Wichita. Henry Pruden had 70 on his wagon.

SATURDAY, December 23rd, the election to determine the erection of the Walnut River bridge is to be decided upon.

TAXES. Curns and Manser, at Winfield, will pay taxes for anyone sending a description of their land and 50 cents.

GOOD HARD WOOD brings $6 per cord in Sumner county. It will be $10 when the cutting of timber in the Territory is stopped.

MR. NEWMAN started for Cheyenne Agency and Fort Sill this morning, in a carriage. He will be absent about two weeks.

The average market price of wheat at this place is from 55 to 75 cents per bushel, Newman, Haywood, and McLaughlin are buying.

MR. HENRY TISDALE, of Lawrence (proprietor of the Southwestern Stage Line), was in town Thursday evening and Friday morning, of last week.

RUDOLPH HOFFMASTER has reopened his blacksmith shop on Central Avenue, and has employed a good blacksmith to help him. Both are good workmen.

A meeting will be held at Parker's School House, on Thursday evening, Dec. 21st, to complete the purchase of the burial ground known as Prairie View Cemetery.

JOSEPH DISSER has arranged a new shoe shop one door south of J. I. Mitchell's, where he will be glad to have his old customers call, and new ones come in to try him.

A gentleman writing from Salt Lake, asks the editor of the Indian Herald, published at Osage Agency, whether the paper is edited by half- or full-blood Indians. That's tough on Doc. Dougan.

MR. REYNOLDS, the gentleman who came from Ohio and stopped in town for a short time, has purchased a farm one mile south of Salt City, and is building one of the finest residences in that section.

[DWYER OF GROUSE CREEK SHOT BY HERNAMAN.]

MAN SHOT. The freighters returning from Wichita bring the statement that a man was shot on "Four-Mile Creek," last Friday morning, by a man giving his name as Hernaman, who lives on Rock creek, north of Winfield. The night before, it is said, he who did the shooting stole ten sacks of wheat from Dwyer, while they were encamped on Bitter Creek. Dwyer missed the wheat in the morning, and started in pursuit of the man, overtaking him at the creek, four miles from Wichita, where he endeavored to stop him, and after a few words, the thief got his shot gun and shot the man in the face. He then unhitched his horses and fled. An account of the affair was carried to Wichita, and the Sheriff of Sedgwick county is in pursuit of the murderer. The man shot is not seriously wounded.

LATER. Hernaman, the man who shot Dwyer, of Grouse creek, was caught by Deputy Marshal Jones, near Douglass, and taken to Wichita to stand trial. Many of our readers will remember him as the storekeeper on Rock Creek during the early settling of this county. It seems he stole ten sacks of wheat from Dwyer, and three sacks from A. W. Patterson, and was trying to get to Wichita with them when Dwyer overtook him and asked him if he did not have some of his wheat. Hernaman said: "Well, what are you going to do about it?" Dwyer replied, "When we get to Wichita, I'll have you arrested." Just then, Hernaman took up his shot gun and fired on Dwyer, the charge grazing his face. Dwyer then fled and Hernaman followed him some distance, trying to get another shot at him. Thinking there would be trouble, he left his wagon and ran away with the horses. The load of wheat was taken to a house near by, and guarded, and the same night Hernaman came back and was in the act of hitching his team on when Jones, the Marshal, halted him. He then ran away, leaving his horses, gun, and hat. The horses were put in the stable, but during the night the thief came back and stole them, and started toward Douglass, where he was afterwards caught.

[FREE FIGHT FOR ALL: SINGERS IN BOLTON TOWNSHIP.]

FREE FIGHT FOR ALL. The singers in Bolton Township met Monday evening at Lorry's School House, for the purpose of instructing themselves in music and general improvement.

While everything was serene, J. M. Jordon struck one of John Dean's boys, and then went to the door of the school house, declaring he could lick any man in the house.

Bob. Wood happened to come, not with any intentions of fighting, however, when Jordon laid him out.

Chet. Ward came soon after and endeavored to have all noise and trouble cease, when he got a lick from the same man. Chet. didn't want to fight; but when he had such a pressing invitation, he let loose the arm he swings the sledge with and Jordon fell down, but scrambled up again in time to get another blow from the same sledge arm that had got up a kind of perpetual motion. Jordon jumped up and down eight times, our informant says, before he was satisfied that he had tackled the wrong kind of an infernal machine.

Some of the bystanders endeavored to interfere, and came near having a general row.

Bolton Township is not a place for quarrels, generally, but something must have been in the air for once. We give the statements just as we received them, and do not know if they are entirely correct.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, DECEMBER 13, 1876.]

SUNDAY SCHOOL. There is one noticeable feature in Arkansas City every Sunday, and that is all the boys are off of the streets except when they are going to or from Sunday school. This speaks well for the parents of the children as well as for the boys. No young person can afford to grow up outside of the Sunday school. Every parent and guardian should make an effort to secure the advantages of the Sunday school for those under them. It is there the young mind is instilled with the principles of truth and religion never to be forgotten when the trials and changes of life demand the attention. Boys, take advantage of the opportunities offered.

A SQUABBLE. Two of our townsmen had an animated political discussion yesterday morning, when one said something about Grant should be assassinated. The other called him a coward, and the party of the first part called him a liar. The party of the second part then ordered him out of his office, and the first party refused to go. The second party then tried to put him out and a tough scuffle ensued before the parties were separated.

Moral: If you will talk politics, don't get mad.

BRICK OR STONE WORK. MR. M. E. WELCH, of this place, desires to contract for any church, house, or barn that may be built in Cowley or Sumner counties. Mr. Welch is a thoroughly reliable and expert workman, and can do as good work in his line, for as little money, as any man we know of. He is now engaged in building the new church at Winfield. Try him.

KEFFER says he did not set the fire out in South Bend last Saturday, but found the man who did, and made him pay $5 for damages. The fire destroyed considerable property, burning Mr. Hydes' 40 bushels of oats, 20 bushels of corn, hay, and stable, Shuster's hay, and some hay of Tucker's was burned. Mr. Lewis lost his stable, hay, and corn.

That portion of Beaver township lying west of the Arkansas river, composed of about twenty quarter sections of land, boasts of raising the best corn in Southern Kansas. They also have over 1,300 acres of wheat sown, have a fine school house, and the general appearance of the farmers indicates that they are in a prosperous condition.

HON. WM. P. HACKNEY, one of the most noted lawyers in the Southwest, and the most efficient Legislator Cowley County ever had, paid us a flying visit Monday morning. It was Hackney's speech that did the work in Rock Township, at the late election.

CHARLEY LYONS, the man who was reported wounded at Elm Springs ranch, turned up all right last Thursday at Salt City. He did not know that he had been wounded until he saw an account of the affair in the papers. It was another Lyons.

An attempt is being made to organize a Dancing Class for home amusement and improvement, this winter. Professors

E. J. Hoyt and Ide will conduct it. The gentlemen will be required to learn first and the ladies afterwards.

The people in Bolton and the neighborhood of Slate creek have raised a subscription to bridge Slate creek where the Wichita road crosses. This will give Bolton a good road to Wichita, on the west side of the river.

The other side of the Bolton fight is that some boys were trying to break up the school, when Jordon punished them. Both sides agree Chet. Ward was not to blame, and did not fight until after he had been struck.

A cheap jewelry man "took in" some of the residents of this vicinity last Saturday by selling goods and giving their money back, and then by selling more and "lighting out," without giving the money back.

[BUSINESS NOTICES.]

M. E. WELCH, Arkansas City, Kansas, desires to inform the people of Cowley and Sumner counties that he is prepared to contract for and build Churches, Houses, and Barns of any description. Best of references given.

[INQUIRY TO INDIAN HERALD FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.]

ANSWERS:

1st. By whites.

2nd. About 80 miles.

3rd. We have no Territorial government, but the several tribes

or Nations make their own laws for local governments.

4th. There are Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Friends,

and Baptists here, and there is nothing, either in the

government or disposition of the people, to preclude any

religious order the full enjoyment of its rights and

privileges.

5th. By the people of the five civilized tribes of the east,

and by the Government of the blanket Indians of the west.

6th. Five.

The Advocate by the Cherokees at Tahlequah.

The Vindicator by Doctor J. H. Moore, of the Choctaws,

at Atoka.

The Indian Herald, of Pawhuska.

7th. The civilized tribes of the east are self-supporting and

advancing in the arts and sciences, while the blanket

Indians of the west have to be partially supported.

8th. Yes; but not enough of it.

[ITEMS FROM THE INDIAN HERALD.]

There is a similarity in the languages of the Sioux and Osages; and the Sioux think the Osages belong to their tribe.