MRS. CRAMER has opened a boarding house in A. A. Davis' building.

It must be gratifying for a man to read his own puffs in his own paper, as the editor of the Courier does.

They have a band in Winfield tht dub themselves "Sitting Bull's Band." They are warring against the white's.

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[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.

[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.

[PERS0NALS.]

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.

PERSONALS.]

The Courier writes its own communications from Sheridan and Beaver townships denouncing W. P. Hackney.

ANOTHER GROCERY is to be opened in Pearson's building soon after R. A. Houghton & Co. move to their new quarters.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, JANUARY 3, 1877.]

O. P. JOHNSON, AN INDIAN SCOUT OF CONSIDERABLE RENOWN, dropped down from the Centennial last week. He expects to join McKenzie's command, and go north after Sitting Bull. O. P. has seen considerable service as a scout, and is recognized as one of the best in this section. At one time he was with Custer during the trouble in the Territory, and later acted with Gen. Miles.

[PERSONALS.]

NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS PAST, NANCY McGUIRE, GRANDMOTHER OF MRS. BAKER, has been living at this place, and caused no particular notice. She is a native of Ireland and came to this country about one year ago. From her childhood she has enjoyed good health, and is now as strong and spry as most women are at fifty years of age.

She was born in August, 1777, and is now over 99 years of age. At the age of fifty, she frequently walked eight miles to market and back in one day, carrying a pail of butter. She now does her own washing and housework, and bids fair to live to be a centenarian. Her habits are very regular and if she can have bread, buttermilk, and potatoes, she has all she desires.

[PERSONALS.]

REV. RIGBY, of Winfield, has invented a patent safely lamp burner. [LOOKS LIKE SAFELY...???]

February 14, 1877.

We have a Mrs. Partington in Arkansas City, who, when told that one of our musicians had a catarrh in the head, sententiously remarked, "That must be where he gets all his music." Fact.

[A JOURNEY TO THE INDIAN COUNTRY: BY C. M. SCOTT.]

[SHOOTING AFFAIR AT CALDWELL: CHARLEY LYONS AND HIRAM JONES.]

SHOOTING AFFAIR. One week from yesterday a slight quarrel ensued between Charley Lyons and Hiram Jones in a saloon at Caldwell, finally resulting in the shooting of Lyons. The circumstances as near as we could obtain them were as follows.

Hiram Jones had left a pistol and belt with the saloon keeper, and Lyons had taken them. Hiram asked Charley for them, and was refused. He then watched his opportunity, and as Charley was walking down the street, Hiram stepped up behind him and grabbed the pistol, presented it to the face of Lyons, remarking, "Now, give me the belt." Lyons refused to give it up, and no more was said until Jones got Lyons' coat. Both agreed then that each should go to the saloon and leave the property of the other, which was done; but as Hiram reached for the belt, Charley grabbed the pistol, and during the scuffle it went off, the ball striking Lyons on the cap of the knee and causing him to fall. Hiram, becoming frightened, fled, but was soon brought back under arrest, and tried for the offense. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, which seemed to be the sentiment of most those who were acquainted with the facts. Lyons was taken to Wellington and his leg amputated, but his recovery is pronounced doubtful. Both parties are well known in this vicinity.

LATER. Charles Lyons died from his pistol wound in his knee, at Wellington, last Friday. His career has been a varied and excited one.

[MORE PERSONALS.]

[EDITORIAL COLUMNS.]

The effect of the bill, if it passes the Senate and becomes a law, will be to compel the extension of the railroad to Arkansas City, or Caldwell, or some other point on the line of the Indian Territory, to which the cattle can come without let or hindrance, for the Santa Fe folks will not surrender the cattle trade to the Kansas Pacific rather than build sixty miles of road through a level county.

WE neglected to state yesterday that the House passed the bill removing the Texas cattle dead line ninety miles west of where it is now.

The Senate yesterday adopted a resolution calling on the proper authorities to tell what they know about Sam Lappin and his securities. It passed, on third reading, several bills; one enfranchising some fifty persons, and one giving the rights of majority to some minors, which could have been done by the courts.

The bill to amend the herd law so that counties that wish to repeal it was lost.

The bill to repeal the law for funding the Territorial debt was carried.

The concurrent resolution providing for the opening of the Indian Territory and its apportionment among the different tribes, was adopted by a vote of 63 to 21. In the afternoon Speaker Wood entered a protest against the passage of the above resolution, on the ground that it would be the means of depleting the population of Kansas.

BORN. On Friday, February 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. Mussleman, a son. Weight eight poinds. It is two pounds below the average, but it is a bright, sparkling boy. This makes nine for Mr. Mussleman.

[PERSONALS.]

ED. FINNEY and JOE SHERBURNE have returned from Osage Agency.

A CHASE. Sunday evening of last week a man riding a jaded horse supposed to be stolen, stopped at the City Livery. After he had left the next morning, a Colt's improved revolver was missing. The constable and Ed. Finney went in pursuit, following up the Arkansas to Oxford, thence to Nenescah, where they learned their game had passed during the afternoon.

Near Winfield, at about 10 o'clock at night, they found the house he stopped at, and riding up to the door, shouted, "Hello." Presently the man of the house came to the door and inquired what they wanted. He was told, and requested to tell the stranger to come out. The stranger declined, asking the boys to "come in." The boys insisted that he should come out, and he finally did so, when they told him what had been found missing. He simply remarked, "You've barked up the wrong tree this time, gentlemen. It won't take two minutes to go through my baggage." They examined him and found nothing stolen, and soon came back, as they had no authority to detain him for the supposed stolen horse.

[PERSONALS.]

[MORE PERSONALS.]

We are sorry to learn that Ed. Finney is soon to return to Osage Agency, to take his former place in Florer & Rankin's store. His older brother will take his place in the Livery here. Ed. has a host of acquaintances and warm friends at this place, as he deserves to have.

[INDIAN HERALD ITEMS.]

[MORE PERSONALS.]

WAGA-res-sa-gab-ha, (Ed. Finney), is visiting Osage Agency this week. The above is his Indian name, and means "make write," or the man that writes.

[PERSONALS.]

J. L. STUBBS and Miss GERTRUDE FINNEY are to be married by Rev. Fleming, at Osage Agency tomorrow. We have not the pleasure of the acquaintance of the lady of Lindsey's choice, but know she is of one of the best families of Lawrence. What we could say in behalf of our friend could not add more to his credit, as he is, and always has been recognized as one of the most gentlemanly young men that ever graced the Kansas border. May peace, prosperity, and long life attend them.

IN THE AIR. A marriage contagion surely pervades the atmosphere at Osage Agency. Tomorrow J. L. Stubbs is to be married. Next week Ed. Finney will do likewise, and the week following Mr. Furguson, of the same place, will unite himself. Bachelors from Kaw and the neighboring Agencies fear to remain long while on business at Pawhuska's fair capitol on account of the prevalence. The trader from Kaw made a visit there last week and nearly killed a horse getting home, so great was his fright.

[PERSONALS.]

Mr. Newman has wheat that has headed.

Jeffers has a boy, and Hawthorne a girl.

A child of Mr. Garris was buried yesterday.

Mr. Estus is building a good frame building.

Chet Ward sold his blacksmith shop to Felton & Wood.

Haywood sold three mowing machines to the Osage Agent this week.

Old Mr. Sweet is living with his son George at Alleghany, Pennsylvania.

Rev. Wingar expects to be absent three or four weeks on a tour to recuperate.

E. C. Hawkins has his cane mill ready for work waiting for the time to come.

Salt City was represented last Saturday by Wm. Berkey and H. B. Pruden.

Ladies always meet a cordial reception and prompt attention at Wilson's Central Store.

Rev. David Thompson supplied the pulpit of the First Church last Sunday evening.

Will Mowry was learning city life in Wichita this week. He returned Monday evening.

Charley Hawkins, Rev. Blevins, and old Mr. Terry were married last week. All widowers.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, MAY 16, 1877.]

We are pleased to announce the location among us of Doctors W. W. and W. A. McCormick, of Fredonia, Kansas. Both are medical men of no small reputation, and are bound to make friends.

The bridge across the Walnut is to be completed by June 2nd. Work on the piers has began and the material for the iron span is at Wichita. Mr. Bullene, of Leavenworth, has the contract.

MARRIED. On Thursday evening, May 3rd, at Osage Agency, Indian Territory, by Rev. Fleming, Mr. J. L. Stubbs and Miss Gertrude Finney, both of that place. Further notice will be given next week.

[NEWSPAPERS: KANSAS.]

Kansas has more newspapers in proportion to population than any other State in the Union: One hundred and seventy-two.

[FLEMING REPORTS ON STUBBS/FINNEY WEDDING AT OSAGE AGENCY.]

It was our privilege to meet the good people of Osage Agency at the nuptial ceremonies of Mr. Stubbs and Miss Finney, on Thursday evening, May 3rd, and seldom have we seen a more social and joyous group of individuals. We were surprised to meet there ladies and gentlemen who had graced the best society in the land, and others whose presence would adorn any reputable society.

Our host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Florer, spared no pains to make everything pleasant for their guests, and how admirably they succeeded, the good feeling and hearty enjoyment of all present may testify.

We congratulate our friend, Stubbs, in his success in marrying into one of the most reputable families of the State of Ohio. Rev. Mr. Finney and his noble wife, the parents of Mrs. Stubbs, and "the boys," known to all, were missionaries of the Presbyterian church in the State of Ohio, and their sterling character and earnest piety contributed in no small degree to the high position which that State takes today in all questions of morals and religion. Though now in heaven, yet the impress of their lives and character is reflected in their children.

We extend our congratulations also to Mr. Ed. Finney and his estimable wife in their recent and happy union, and take this occasion to assure both of these recently married couples that the best wishes of their many friends in this community accompany them to their new homes.

S. B. FLEMING.

[PERSONALS.]

[AREA/NATIONAL NEWS.]

Harry Brown, a mail carrier, reports two horse thieves shot and killed near the Sac and Fox Agency, last week. The thieves were caught with horses stolen from the Indians, and after a desperate fight, they were riddled with bullets by the Indians.

[FROM OSAGE AGENCY.]

OSAGE AGENCY, INDIAN TERRITORY, Oct. 20, 1877.

The Osages are coming in from all quarters for enrollment and are camping all around the Agency. The beat of the drum--which must be heard to be appreciated--can be heard in all quarters, and at night their singing and whooping while gathered round the camp fire playing mocasin, or in the still wilder sport, dancing, adds to the general confusion.

A band of Ponca, six by six in number, have been swapping ponies with the Osages for the last week. We did not recognize among them any member of the delegation which accompanied Inspector Kemble through here, and left him unceremoniously at Arkansas City. They say they will go west from here to Cheyenne Agency, to visit one of the present chiefs of that tribe. They claim that several years ago the Northern Cheyennes made a successful raid into their camps, and among their captives was a boy, that had not heard of him, and had given him up as dead, until their arrival in the Territory, since which they have heard of his presence among the Cheyennes and his position of honor.

Seventeen hundred head of beef cattle are being held about ten miles from here for the Osages; also 500 head of stock cattle will be issued after the Indians are enrolled. More anon.

Wah pemole [? pemore ?]. T. M. FINNEY.

[PERSONALS.]

MR. MARICLE, of Bolton township, has 800 acres of wheat that is looking exceedingly well.

The barber shop has been removed to Mr. Baker's house, nearly opposite Finney's livery stable.

[PERSONALS.]

The war continues in Europe, and our farmers have more wheat in the ground than ever before. Russia, to whom England looks for her grain, will have none to spare. We predict wheat will be worth $2 per bushel at least.

[PERSONALS.]

CHANNELL's new house goes up this week.

THE TRAVELER is erecting a fine stable in the rear of the office.

MR. CHANNELL has the lumber on the ground for his new house.

MR. GIBBY sold his house and lot to Mr. Frank Schiffhauer for $600.

MR. RANDALL returned from Arkansas last week with a load of apples.

The eastern approach to the Walnut river bridge is nearly completed.

The sound of the hammer and saw is heard in every direction this week.

DAVID FINNEY is reshingling a part of his stable, and intends making an addition to it.

[RATHER AN ODD AD: TRAVELER, DECEMBER 12, 1877.]

ANOTHER SHOW. Glenn's tin-pan opticon illustrated centen-nial exhibition; an amusing and instructive entertainment, for small boys, projected upon an illuminated screen and magnified fifteen hundred feet in circumference, by a pair of Scopticans, with acromatic magnifing lenses, calcium lights, dissolving saleratus, and foreign appliances, will be here tonight, if the horse don't give out, and exhibit his mystical and incomprehensible crow-mo-types to the awe-stricken and benighted inhabitants of the romantic Arkansas Valley.

Admission: Full grown adults

occupying reserve seats, 50 cents.

Half grown adults, 25 cents.

Children from 4 to 12 years, 15 cents.

Children from 2 to 4 years, 10 cents.

Children from 1 to 2-1/2 years, 5 cents.

[NOTICE: RELATIVE TO REPAIRING BRIDGE ACROSS ARKANSAS RIVER.]

Your officers having refused to pay for the lumber used in repairing your bridge across the Arkansas river, we have purchased lot No. 1, in section No. 1, upon which the South end of your bridge rests, and there never having been any road laid out across said lot No. 1, to your bridge, we have closed up our land at the end of the bridge, and, after next Monday, no person will be allowed to cross said land; and all persons crossing said land will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, unless the said lumber, and all expenses, shall be fully paid us in the meantime.

Respectfully,

HACKNEY & McDONALD.

June 3rd, 1879.

["PLAIN TALK" WRITES RE LUMBER ACTION TAKEN ON ARKANSAS BRIDGE.]

I notice that the action that was brought against Cresswell township by the Attorney for the Chicago lumber company to recover the value of the pine lumber in the Arkansas Bridge has been abruptly dismissed.

Lawyers, who have no interest in the question, place the responsibility of the debt upon the trustee. Mr. Hackney, himself, stated in the hotel in this town that he would bring an action against the former trustee for the value of the lumber; but he was satisfied the defendant would shove his property into the hands of his wife and beat the plaintiff out of his judgment. Now, Mr. Editor, with these events passing before our eyes, is it justice, is it fairness, is it decency to undertake to shove this debt upon the people of Cresswell? I answer No. Not so long as law can arrest it. Place the responsibility where it belongs--upon him who created it.

PLAIN TALK.

[MANUSCRIPTS RECEIVED BY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.]

[KANSAS NEWS.]

A herd of two thousand buffalo is reported as being in Cheyenne county, near the Colorado line.

James Bridger, of Kansas, the old scout and companion of Fremont, after whom Fort Bridger is named, and the first white man to follow the Santa Fe trail across the plains, is dead, aged 76 years.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, AUGUST 24, 1881.]

Chief Joseph and Yellow Bull, Nez Perce Indian Chiefs, were in town yesterday, accompanied by several members of the tribe.

Geo. Cunningham has removed his residence, and now occupies the stone house, recently vacated by A. C. Williams, in the west part of town.

Miss Annie Norton returned to her home last week from St. Louis, where she has been for several months visiting her sister, Mrs. G. L. Kennedy.

The Daniel boys have fixed up their store building and will, if nothing unforeseen occurs, be ready for business about the first of September next.

Mr. W. S. Voris, of West Bolton, called upon us last week.

Mrs. F. C. Wood paid our city a visit last week, to settle business matters preparatory to returning to Wichita, where she intends to spend the winter.

C. W. Drennan returned from Colorado last Wednesday. He reports as having made fair wages while away, but still prefers the old stamping ground in Cowley.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, JANUARY 11, 1882.]

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GOLD QUARTZ. We have a specimen of gold bearing quartz now in the office from the farm of U. Spray, east of the Walnut river. Old miners inform us it is the genuine article, and Mr. Spray says it is very abundant on the place. We hope it may prove a veritable bonanza for all concerned.

Emmet Fox and Chas. Brantley, with Ed. Hewins' greyhounds, "Black Jack" and "Blue," caught a grey eagle on Fire Creek, Monday, after a chse of three miles. The dogs jumped the eagle in the prairie and creowded him so close that he couldn't rise much above the ground. The bird measured nine feet from tip to tip of his wings. Hunnewell Independent.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, JANUARY 11, 1882.]

The above, clipped from the Courant, is sound advice, and if followed, would be one of the surest defenses against the raids of tramps, etc.

[KANSAS NEWS.]

Winfield has a mutual protective association.

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Robert McFarland, who died recently, at Lawrence, might have been called the oldest settler. In 1853 he removed from Pennsylvania to Kansas City, to await the opening of the Indian country across the border, and the hour he heard of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, he hitched up his teams and started. He located near where Lawrence now is, and was a free state man.

[ABOUT KANSAS.]

Some Remarkable Facts and Figures From the

Auditor of State.

[Topeka Capital, January 29.]

Twenty-nine years ago, this day, Kansas became a state by its admission into the union. Many of her citizens of that date are yet upon the "stage of action" and remember with what joy that event was hailed. For years the people of the territory had been elated and depressed, victorious and defeated, and when, after years of struggle, destitution, and bloodshed, victory crowned their efforts, and Kansas was admitted as a free state, they were as happy as the Israelites when they reached the land of Canaan.

But it is not of this we propose to write, but to give some figures showing the growth and development of the material and other interests of the state, from the date of her admission to this, her twenty-first birthday.

POPULATION.

By the census of 1860, just preceding the admission of the state, the population numbered 107,206.

By the next census, June, 1870, the people numbered 364,399 a gain of 173 percent in the decade.

We may safely estimate at this date, one a half years since the last census, that the state has a population of 1,100,000.

TAXABLE WEALTH.

The taxable property of the state, as returned for the year 1861, was fixed at $24,737,000; for the year 1871 at $108,753,000 an increase of 310 percent in ten years.

For the year 1881 the taxable property was returned at

$170,813,000 an increase in the last ten years of 57 percent.

Putting the taxable value at one-half the true value, we have for true value:

In 1861: $ 49,474,000

In 1871: 217,506,000

In 1881: 341,626,000

Equal to $310.57 of wealth per capita.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, MARCH 8, 1882.]

The Southwestern Stage and Mail Company, of which Mr. H. A. Todd is manager, was awarded the contract for carrying the mails on the Caldwell and Ft. Sill, Caldwell and Cantonement, Supply and Mobeetie, and Harper and Medicine Lodge routes, and several others we do not know the names of. The contracts run from July 1st, 1882, four years. Some of the routes were taken at surprisingly low rates, while others were away up yonder. Caldwell Post.

[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, APRIL 12, 1882.]

Great guns, old man, wake up. Read something. Look at the map of Cowley county, with railroads running east and west, north and south, through the entire length of the county. See the towns marked out every few miles, with schoolhouses dotted all over the prairies. Hunt up the statistics published in our agricultural reports of our million bushels of wheat and two million bushels of corn raised yearly to say nothing of our fruits, sheep, cattle, hogs, etc., and then ask yourself if you are not a fool.

You are just ten years behind the age, if I have to inform you of these facts; you will be asking me next, what is a telephone, or is President Garfield dead? Do try and brush up a little. If you can't read a newspaper, get someone to read one for you, or if you are deaf, why--go and drown yourself, but don't come to Kansas--there's no room for you here!

[ORDINANCE NO. 102: CONSTRUCTION OF STONE SIDEWALKS.]

Entitled an ordinance providing for the constructing of sidewalks, and condemning certain wooden sidewalks, herein named, and replacing said sidewalks with stone.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Arkansas City. Etc…..