THE WINFIELD COURIER, FROM JUNE 7, 1883, THROUGH JUNE 28, 1883 (2024)

[SANTA FE: PROMOTION OF A. A. ROBINSON.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

All familiar with the management of the Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe railroad know of the very competent chief engineer, Mr. A. A. Robinson,and those personally acquainted with him will be much gratified to learnof his promotion to assistant general superintendent. As the official circularstates, "he will have entire charge of the operations of this railroadand leased lines, also of the Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame and Leavenworth,Topeka & South- western railways, and the New Mexico & Arizona railroad,with headquarters at Topeka, Kansas. Heads of departments and division superintendentswill report to and be governed by his order from date named. Mr. Robinsonstill retains the title and will continue to perform the duties of chiefengineer."

To avoid misunderstanding we will state that Mr. Allen, recently promotedto assistant general superintendent, remains such, in charge specially ofthe financial interests of the road. Capital.

[MEMORIAL DAY. OLD SOLDIERS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Memorial Day.

The closing services of "Memorial Day," held in the hall, wereobserved by a large concourse of people. They consisted of the appropriateand beautiful ritual of the G. A. R., songs by the choir, and an orationby Judge T. H. Soward. . . .

Comrades, our time is short; a few years more and the men who foughtfor our country and our flag will be no more.

I want to call your attention to a speech recently made by Commissionerof Pensions,

W. W. Dudley, in Washington. He says there were 3,063,391 men who servedin the Union Army, of which number 601,360 are now dead, leaving at thepresent time, scattered over the world, 1,450,031. The average age of theUnion Soldier at the time of enlistment was 26 yearsour average age nowis 43 [?45?] years.

By mortality based on an average for that age, we have the followingfacts. In 1890 there will remain of the Old Guard 1,200,000; in 1895, 1,100,000;in 1900, there will be 900,000; in 1905, only 758,000. You have but to goon for a few years and our course will be ended.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

New Salem.

Last Friday night we had the biggest blow of the season.

The new store will soon be completed.

Work commenced on the schoolhouse last Monday.

An ice cream supper will be given by the people of old Salem next Fridaynight. Everybody is invited.

Our station agent has started a menagerie. She has two horned toads,a crawfish, and a lizard, and she says if she can catch a certain fellowyet, she will charge admittance.

Our road master is demolishing the hill north of town. He says he neverworked as fine a set of men as he did last Thursday and Friday. Elrod takesthe cake on road working.

Douglass Cooley has shown his genial countenance once more. He has beenprospecting through the country for the last week. Better look after yourhome affairs, Dug. A pretty face and winning ways are great inducementsin New Salem.

J. J. Johnson has been making an improvement to his residence in theshape of a bay window. Mr. Johnson has some fair specimens of the bloomingkingdom, and if I were a man I would solicit, if not too late in the season,one flower to decorate my own home.

On Tuesday evening last the young folks were very cordially entertainedat the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bovee's. We had a good supper which weall enjoyed. Miss Julia, the anni- versary of whose birthday it proved tobe, was happily surprised. Some nice presents were given by mother and friends.The evening passed off very pleasantly, and at a late hour each one, witha satisfied air, wended his way homeward.

Some of our country folks chartered a car last week for a pleasure trip.Mr. Kemmur attached himself as a locomotive. Mr. Shoults was conductor,and I. E. Johnson, brakeman. They had no engineer, and with such a headof steam, they couldn't keep the track, so they ran aground. The last wesaw of the conductor he was a mile down the track toward Winfield with ared handkerchief to his coat tail. The brakeman had some very urgent businessup toward Old Salem. The engine crawled into the car and cooled down. Theyare all agreed to quit railroading.

I am no politician, but I am like all good RepublicansI will talk. Iam convinced that many of the orthodox and designing members of our party,who stood so high in their own estimation, are beginning to realize theirimperfections and are now ready to drop self interests and work for thegood of the party. We must work together. When we see that it is uselessfor us to try to get an office, let us give way to someone who can be elected.If I wanted to represent the people, I would go and see every man in thecounty. When we vote for a man, we want to see him and feel of him. Youneed not be good looking or have blue blood to represent the people of CowleyCounty. We want brains; and the man of small calibre cannot hold our offices.ALLEGRO.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Akron Pencilings.

The corn is growing fast.

We had a splendid rain Friday night.

The health is unusually good at present.

Mr. Snow's parents from Michigan are visiting him at present.

Edward Shook, of Mulvane, is visiting his friends here at present.

David Huston wears a smile as long as your arm since his mother's return.

The hill above Mr. Metzgar's is in a very bad condition. The road overseerwill please take notice.

The Sabbath school is in a flourishing condition under the managementof A. Limerick and C. F. Baxter.

Great preparations are being made for the concert on the 24th, and ifnothing happens, it will be a very enjoyable affair.

Mrs. Sarah and Miss Mary Huston's bright faces are among us again. Theyhave been enjoying a visit in the east and returned last week.

The Akron store has changed hands lately. N. E. Darling has bought theentire store, and will take charge of the post office about June 20th.

An ice cream supper was given at the Walnut Valley Church on Wednesdayevening the 6th inst. The proceeds will go toward purchasing an organ forthe church.

W. F. M. Lacey wishes to inform the public that he has bought a new clockand he can't make it run. Any person who will put his clock in running orderwill be paid accordingly.

BIRTH. Prof. Hittle is the happy dad of a nine pound girl, and now hecan teach music at home as well as abroad. Mr. Hittle is slowly recoveringand it is hoped by everyone that he will be able to work again by Monday.

Mrs. Covert has been a faithful postmaster and storekeeper for eightyears, and will retire to a more private life, while Mr. Darling and hiswife will attend to the wants of the people hereafter. We wish them muchsuccess.

Last Thursday Miss Emma Darling gave a quilting to her lady friends.In the evening the young men were invited in and spent a good time withvarious amusem*nts, eating, ice cream, etc. Everyone enjoyed the occasionimmensely, and it will cause many pleasant recollections in the future.

In spite of short nights and hard work, the young folks of this communityare bound to enjoy themselves. Last Thursday night a party of young folksassembled at the residence of Mr. Pember, in honor of Mrs. Pember's birthday.About 9 o'clock it set in raining and continued till morning. Rain or norain, every person was determined to have a good time, and under the kindhospitality of Mrs. Pember and Miss Lyons, they passed the night very enjoyably,being unable to get home until morning on account of the rain. Indeed, thestreams were all so terribly swollen that not half of the party got homeuntil afternoon. But the best joke was on Mr. Norman Hanlin. His girl'splace of abode was across Dutch Creek, and he had to ride four miles upstreamto get over. He delivered her safe and sound, but in going back he forgotall about high water and took the nearest road home. Not having any sleepfor 30 hours, he was soon in the land of the dreamer with his darling onhis bosom as of yore. When the horses came to Dutch Creek, which was likea river, they plunged in and were soon swimming downstream with the current.Norman was awakened out of his peace- ful slumber by being submerged incold water. The horses swam around in the water about an hour before theygot to shore and came out. After all was over, Norman was permitted, witha little neighborly assistance, to go on his way rejoicing, with no damagebut a bridle rein out. AUDUBON.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Arkansas City Correspondence.

Several herds of Texas horses are held for sale near this place at pricesranging from $25 to $40.

Captain Payne is trying the virtues of Geuda Springs. He is sufferingfrom rheumatism.

Cattle are passing through town at an average of about three droves perday; all going to the Territory, where the range is already crowded.

One Mr. Evans, formerly of Logan County, Illinois, crowded 75 head ofcattle on the Arkansas River Bridge last Thursday, which were met at thesouth end by two wagons, causing a blockade. The cattle rushed back so violentlythat the south span of the new bridge fell, precipitating 30 head into theriver and killing five of them. The township assessor attached his stockfor damages, and the matter was compromised by his paying $400. It willbe ten days before the bridge will be repaired.

[OLD SETTLERS' REUNION.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The Old Settlers' Association of Vernon Township was called to orderby the President, J. W. Millspaugh. Minutes of the last meeting read bythe Secretary, H. H. Martin, and approved.

On motion of J. H. Werden, the Association of Old Settlers of VernonTownship was dissolved, and an association of the Old Settlers of CowleyCounty organized.

Election of officers for the ensuing year are as follows.

E. S. Torrance, president.

J. W. Millspaugh, vice-president.

Jacob Nixon, secretary and treasurer.

Motion prevailed that the president appoint an executive committee ofone from each township. The president appointed as such committee the following.

Beaver: Lucius Walton.

Cedar: D. M. Patton.

Creswell: I. H. Bonsall.

Dexter: Jesse Hines.

Fairview: Wm. White.

Harvey: Robt. Strother.

Liberty: Justus Fisher.

Maple: Adam Walck.

Ninnescah: A. A. Jackson.

Omnia: W. H. Gilliard.

Otter: Daniel Kantz.

Pleasant Valley: A. H. Broadwell.

Richland: N. J. Larkin.

Rock: Reuben Booth.

Sheridan: E. Shriver.

Silver Creek: Harvey Smith.

Silver Dale: W. H. H. Maris.

Spring Creek: J. B. Callison.

Tisdale: E. P. Young.

Vernon: J. E. Dunn.

Walnut: H. C. Loomis.

Windsor: Mc D. Stapleton.

Winfield City: J. P. Short.

Motion by Mr. H. H. Martin that all residents that came to this countyprior to June 1st, 1875, be eligible to membership in the organization,carried. President instructed to appoint a committee of three on programfor next meeting.

President appointed as such committee: Wm. P. Hackney, C. M. Scott, andS. M. Fall.

On motion, the 1st Tuesday in September next was appointed as the firstregular meeting.

Interesting personal reminiscences of early times in the county weregiven by Messrs. Millspaugh, Murphy, Hawkins, Bonnewell, Kinney, Werden,Schwantes, and the president.

Adjourned to meet at 10 a.m., 1st Tuesday in September next.

[ADS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

W. A. LEE. I have a large stock of Farm Implements on hand; keep a fullsupply and deal exclusively in Implements; make the Implement Business aconstant study; have one aim and that is to sell the best to be had. Asproof of my success in getting the best, my competitors are constantly tryingto undermine and get the goods I handle. One man went so far as to offercash for car lots of three or four of the different lines of goods I handleMy stock is comprised of the following goods.

Plano Harvester and Binder. Light running.

Wood's Harvester and Binder. Sure tyer.

Wood's Enclosed-Gear Mower. Hitch to cutter bar.

Excelsior Mower and Reaper. None better.

Excelsior Mower. Plated guardslasts fourteen years.

Standard Mower. Enclosed geara fine machine.

Thompson Mower. Enclosed gear, shear cut, short stroke.

Thompson Sulky Hay Rake. Axle large and trussed.

Daisy Hay Rake. Plain and simple and is a Daisy.

Jackson Wagon. A thorn in the flesh of other dealers.

Newton Wagon. "Old Reliable"no cheat.

CHAMPION GRAIN DRILL. Sure seeder.

SUCKER STATE DRILL. Light and sure.

BLUNT'S PRESS DRILL. The coming Drill.

DRILL TO SOW IN CORN. Just the thingsee it.

MASSILON THRESHING MACHINE. You know it.

HAPGOOD SULKY PLOW. Saves your poor team.

HAPGOOD STIRRING PLOWS. Light, fine plows.

Hapgood Cultivator. Is coming to the front.

Grand Detour Stirring Plow. Fine plow.

Grand Detour Cultivator. None better.

Grand Detour Harrow. Is cheap and good.

Barley Bro. Smoothing Harrow. Something no farmer can do without.

Standard Riding Cultivator. Speaks for itself.

The Thompson Walking Cultivator. 90 sold in 1882.

The Gorham Riding Cultivator. Ask Illinois people.

Gaar-Scott Traction Engine and Separator. Best machines in the world.

C. G. Cooper; ditto.

We have Revolving Hayrakes, Walking and Breaking Plows, Double Shovels,in fact, a full line of Farm Implements. W. A. LEE.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

BOOTS AND SHOES AT COST. M. HAHN & CO., A POSITIVE SALE WITHOUT RESERVE.Having decided to discontinue keeping Boots and Shoes, we offer our entirestock for sale at a SACRIFICE TO OURSELVES -AND- SURE GAIN TO OUR CUSTOMERS.Every Pair marked down in plain figures at PRICES WHICH TALK for THEMSELVES.

Be sure and do not miss this opportunity, and you will find that anythingwe publish is fully sustained. We also cordially invite you to come andsee

Our immense stock of Dry Goods,

Our elegant stock of Clothing.

Our select stock of Furnishing Goods,

Our big line of Carpets and low prices.

Come Early and Attend our Boot and Shoe Sale.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

JUST OPENED! I HAVE THIS WEEK FINISHED OPENING UP MY IMMENSE STOCK -OF-SPRING CLOTHING FOR MEN, BOYS, AND CHILDREN!

In my Spring stock of Fine Clothing I have this season outdone all formerefforts, and show an assortment of fabrics in SACK AND FROCK SUITS, COATS,VESTS, AND SINGLE PARTS IN ALL SHADES, From which the most FASTIDIOUS DRESSERCan make a choice, of which they may well feel proud.

SPRING HATS NOW OPEN IN ALL THE NEW STYLES.

A very large and elegant variety of PLAIN & FANCY SHIRTS AND FURNISHINGGOODS. Most complete line of BOOTS AND SHOES IN THE CITY.

Returning thanks to the citizens of Cowley County for the large shareof patronage bestowed on me in the past and soliciting a continuance ofthe same, I remain, very truly,

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

O'MEARA AND RANDOLPH.

One-Price Boot and Shoe House, Are offering big drives in BOOTS AND SHOES.

Ladies' Toe Slippers: $1.00.

Ladies' Vassar Tie: $1.25.

Misses' Vassar Tie: $1.00.

A Ladies' Newport Goat Button for: $1.00.

The best grain Newport Tie ever brought to the city for: $1.00.

Men's Low Cut Button Shoes for: $2.00.

And a Calf Boot for: $3.00.

Just come and get prices and be convinced for yourself.

Remember the place: 3 doors north of Post Office. O'MEARA & RANDOLPH.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Skipped big Ad showing that S. H. BARRETT & CO.'S new United MonsterRailroad shows (the Mighty Mammoth Monarch and Gigantic Colossus of allamusem*nt organizations) would be appearing at Winfield, Wednesday, June20, 1883.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

New Firm. Cairns & Reynolds. Carry a full stock of All Kinds of Pumps.They also run a pump wagon in the country and will put in new pumps or repairold ones on short notice.

Office with Brotherton & Silver, Main St., Winfield, Kansas.

Also handle the Enterprise Wind Mills.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Miss Edith Kennedy was in the city last week.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Miscellaneous and standard books at Goldsmith's.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Loans on the installment plan at Albright & Co.'s.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

A full stock of belting at Horning & Whitney's.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mrs. Zook left Tuesday morning to visit friends in Illinois.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Miss Mattie Gibson left for Ohio last week to spend the summer.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mrs. Geo. Cooper has gone to Illinois on a visit for a few weeks.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

R. B. Waite has farms to rent. Will give possession July 10th.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mrs. A. J. Lundy left Tuesday morning for a visit to Iowa.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Remember the musical concert at the Opera House Saturday evening.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

P. H. Albright left Tuesday for Hartford, Connecticut, on a businesstrip.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Rev. L. B. Lacy delivered the sermon at the Methodist Church Sunday evening.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Rev. C. P. Graham, of Rock, filled the Presbyterian pulpit again on Sundayevening.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Prof. Farringer's concert at the Opera House on Friday evening. Admission25 cents.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Misses Julia Miller and Fanny Forrester, of Arkansas City, are visitingwith Zaide Barclay.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Curns & Manser will give you better terms on real estate loans thanany firm in this county.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The Baptist Sunday school will hold a picnic at Riverside Park on Tthursday,June 14th. All are invited.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mrs. Martin Wright of Cuba, Illinois, has been visiting Dr. W. T. Wrightand other friends in Winfield.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Father Kelly spent several days in Independence last week on mattersconnected with the Catholic Church.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Persons who have children to educate should not fail to attend Prof.Farringer's concert Friday evening.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The Presbyterian Sunday school has changed its time of meeting from 3in the afternoon to 9:30 in the morning.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

MARRIED. Married at the residence of 'Squire Harvey Smith, at Burden,May 26, Mr. Ridley Maybee to Miss Emma Collins.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mrs. Jewell, Arion Quartette, vocal music, instrumental music, a wellselected program, Opera House, Saturday evening.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

R. B. Rudolph, manager for the Chicago Lumber Co., at this place, leftMonday for a visit to his old home in Wisconsin.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

A pleasant party was given the young folks at D. A. Millington's residenceWednesday evening in honor of Miss Nora Roland.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Rev. J. E. Platter was taken quite ill while in Ohio. He was broughthome and now lies very sick at his home. The attack is bilious fever.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The new three cent a mile rate is now in force and a ticket over theK. C., L. & S. to Kansas City costs just $7.38, or to any other pointat the same rate.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Will Hudson returned from Florida last week. He seems to be the onlyone of our Florida tourists who has improved upon his health and personalappearance.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

President Martin of the Horticultural Society exhibited the biggest headof lettuce yet; being about a foot in diameter. We believe it was of thecurled silesia variety.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

A fine herd of cattle belonging to Col. McMullen passed through townSaturday en route for his stock farm in Richland Township. The cattle wereall fine blooded.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The Christians are progressing rapidly with their church building, andere long Winfield will have another addition to her beautiful and convenientplaces of worship.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mr. Kirk's corn meal and feed mill seems to be "filling a long feltwant," by the way farmers are crowding in their corn. When ground,the corn will feed twice as far.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

BIRTHS. Our worthy county Treasurer, L. B. Stone, was presented witha bran new baby one day last week. Mr. Hall, at Spotswood's, received asimilar present during the same week.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Rev. J. Cairns left Monday morning to attend the annual commencementexercises of the Ottawa University, a Baptist institution of which Mr. Cairnsis one of the directors.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mr. Zook's boy swallowed a piece of glass about an inch square severaldays ago. The parents are very uneasy as to the probable result. No troublesomesymptoms have yet appeared.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

We received a very pleasant call from Mr. Rawson, General Superintendentof the Arkansas Valley Fair Monday. He was accompanied by his father andon his first visit to Cowley.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Baden shipped thirty thousand pounds of butter last week. His immensebutter cellar is filled with tiers of butter buckets and it takes six menconstantly employed to take care of it.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The telephone line to Arkansas City is completed and running and Tuesdaymorning we had a chat over the wire with a gentleman at that end. The talkingwas if anything more distinct than here in town.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Eight of the teachers of the public schools have been appointed, as follows:Misses Klingman, Dickey, Bryant, Hamill, Crippen, Gibson, Aldrich, Barnes,and Mrs. Caton. There still remain four places to be filled.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mr. J. C. Dolan, a member of the city government of Peoria, Illinois,with his wife, is visiting H. E. Silliman and other friends in this county.They came on the excursion as guests of the Neosho Valley Press Association.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mr. Walter Jacobus was down from Maple Township Monday. It will be rememberedthat it was at his house where Mr. Shenneman was shot. He reports everythingquiet in Maple, they having had their share of sensations.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Judge Christian walks pretty well for a blind man. Every morning he canbe seen on the porch of his house with his hand on a stretched rope pacingforward and back for an hour or more. He walks sixty yards a minute, or500 yards in sixteen and two-thirds minutes, 3,600 yards per hour, and inthe course of a year would walk 766 miles. His new home affords him morepleasure than the small room he occupied on Summit street, and he has improvedit so that it is one of the most attractive places in town. He enjoys goodhealth, has a pleasant home with his family about him, and tries to makethe best of life under his affliction. Now that he is in prosperity, soto speak, he has not forgotten the friends that aided him, and always speaksin the kindest terms of Senator Hackney, Hon. Thos. Ryan, Senator Plumb,and others who placed him in the circ*mstances he is today, where we earnestlyhope, by the will of the Almighty, he may live and die in peace. Traveler.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

We have received a copy of the Chihuahua Mail, published at thatplace, in Mexico. We haven't the time to give the Mail the extendednotice it deserves, but can't let the opportunity pass to reproduce whatit has to say regarding the capers of the junior editor of the WinfieldCOURIER, while at that place on the late editorial excursion. We knewEd. was capable of such tricks, but that he should have so far forgottenhimself as to be guilty of what is charged in the Mail is somewhatastonishing. But here it is: "Salon a la monda. El mas elegate salonen Chihuahua. Los mejores licores y vinos, villares y casino adjunto."Wellingtonian.

Had Mr. Allison read farther on down the column, he would have doubtlessnever have alluded to the above. It breaks our heart to reproduce it, andfor the credit of the party we ought not to, but in self-defense we must.Here it is:

"Senor Billum Allisonsonem, los mejores villaros y adjunto, drungernanowien salon a la monda, el mas Elegate salon en Chihuahua."

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The "Pink Tea" social at the Methodist Church on Tuesday evening,given by the young ladies of the church, passed off very pleasantly, thoughthe attendance was somewhat inter- fered with by the threatening weather.Ice cream, strawberries, and pretty ladies were the principal attractions.The "Pink Tea" part of the programme was a neat little "catch,"and consisted of a letter "T" of pink material displayed uponthe walls of the room, and coquettishly arranged on the costumes of theyoung ladies.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

We noticed that on Tuesday before the rain somebody plowed up that partof 10th Avenue lying in the lowest ground in front of the courthouse square.What the object of doing it was, no sane man could find out. Evidently somecrank is at large in our city. All that is needed in that place is fillingup the street, about three feet, and rounding it off, making the propergutters at the sides and much better culverts across it.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The Directors of the Fair Association, at their meeting Saturday evening,made arrangements to fence the grounds at once. The fence will probablybe a nine wire, with a board and posts painted white. The track is alreadygetting in good shape and the trimming of the grove is almost completed.Everyone who looks through the grove pronounces it fully equal to anythingon the river.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The strawberry and ice cream social given by the Presbyterian ladiesin the church on last Thursday evening was one of the largest and most pleasantsocial gatherings of the season. Everyone seemed to have embraced that beautifulevening to get out and have a good time. The ladies netted about seventydollars.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Prof. Anson Gridley, Jr., is elected superintendent of the Winfield Cityschools for the ensuing year, an appointment eminently fit to be made. Mr.Gridley is fully equipped in every respect for the position and ranks highamong the practical educators of the state.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mr. John Mentch brought in to the Horticultural meeting last Saturdaysample boxes of three kinds of strawberries of his own production, viz:the Sharpless, Downing, and Crescent. They were the largest we have seenthis year, and very excellent in every way.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

A span of the Arkansas City Bridge was broken down by a herd of cattleThursday. An attachment was got out and the owner of the cattle made topay for the breakage. The law business was done from the county attorney'soffice at this place by telephone.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The old frame buildings on Main Street next to Geo. Miller's Meat Shopare being removed to make room for a new brick block two stories high. Oneby one the old rookeries are fading away and in their places spring up finenew brick and stone buildings.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

George Martin brought us in a potato vine Friday on which were four potatoeslarger than a man's fist. They were of the "early Ohio" varietyand were planted March 9th, without mulching. George dug three pecks fromabout fifty feet of one row.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roberts entertained a number of friends at their beautifulhome southeast of the city Monday evening. It was a very pleasant socialgatheringsuch a one as always occurs under the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs.Roberts.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Dr. H. F. Hornaday, late from Indiana, has recently located at Rock inthe practice of his profession. He is a successful physician of the regularschool and a gentleman. He made us a pleasant call last Saturday in companywith Mr. H. P. Strong.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The statistics of the city of Winfield show totals of $265,503 personalproperty, $16,470 railroad property, $298,931 real estate. The first wardhas 1852 population and the second ward 1432, making a total of 3284, again of 624 during the year.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

John Culbertson, publisher of the Advertiser, Delevan, Illinois,one of the excursionists on the N. V. Editorial excursion last week, gaveus a pleasant call on his return. He is an old friend of G. H. Buckman andA. Herpich of this place.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Wanted. Propositions to break the "Courier Place," in the eastpart of town. Breaking must be first-class and done at once. Call at thisoffice. There are three blocks, or about seven acres and a half, exclusiveof the streets, in the tract.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

We were highly pleased last Saturday with a call from Mr. Evan James,of Cambridge, accompanied by his bright little nine year old daughter, Pearl,who was delighted with the workings of the press and interested us verymuch.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

A. T. Spotswood's horse ran away Tuesday afternoon, smashing the buggyall to pieces. He became frightened at the cars and, although two men wereholding him by the bits, broke away.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Fred Hunt and wife are on the road to Winfield, Fred having sold outhis orange grove. They will be here in a few days.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Curns & Manser will loan you money on long or short time, at annualor semi-annual interest.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

W. H. Colgate was taken to the penitentiary by Sheriff Gary Tuesday.

[MARKETS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The Markets. Wheat is worth today 88 cents, corn 32 cents. Butter, eggs,and produce same as last week. Wool is low and runs from 15 to 18 cents.Hogs from $6.25 to $6.50.

[TREE PLANTING.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

A Tree Planting Scheme.

The proprietors of the "Courier Place," in the east part ofthe city, include a stipulation in each transfer that the purchaser putout and maintain two rows of Maple trees, one outside and one inside ofthe walks on each street. They will have the whole piece broken out at onceand next spring will set out the trees on their own account on such of thelots as are not disposed of. Under this arrangement, in five years everystreet along and through the tract will be lined with beautiful shade trees,and all the walks will run through arbors. The ground will be broken upat once, in blocks fifteen feet into the street, so as to be in good shapefor spring planting. The trees being of one kind and set out at the sametime, will insure uniformity in looks and growth.

[ALBUQUERQUE.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883. [Editorial by Greer.]

Albuquerque comprises two townsthe old and new. The new town is one ofthe prodigies of western growth. A little over two years ago it was a barrenwaste of mesa and sage brush. Today it is a fine city of five thousand population,with wide streets, lined with magnificent brick blocks, has three dailypapers, water works, gas, and street cars. It is the best town on the SantaFe road from Topeka to Chihuahua, and displays more hustle, life, and businessactivity than all the towns we passed through in New Mexico put together.We account for its remarkable growth and prosperity by the fact that itis a "Kansas town," settled and largely populated by "formerlyof Kansas" men. They hold the offices and do the business, and it ispopularly supposed that the Justices of the Peace have to take an oath tosupport the Constitution of the State of Kansas.

It was a good deal like getting home when the train rolled into the depotand found a hundred carriages manned by two hundred Kansas fellows waitingto meet the excursionists. Everyone had friends there and in a few minuteswere whirled away, leaving the Pullman coaches deserted, for the first timeduring the trip. We had hardly touched the platform before we were seizedby Ex-Saint, taken to a carriage, and, together with W. M. Allison and wife,conveyed to his residence, where a splendid dinner was awaiting us. Aftereight days out, part of the time subsisting on the Mexican diet of red pepperand olive oil, it was like dropping into paradise as we feasted on strawberriesand cream and all the delicacies provided. And last, but not least, werebright little golden haired Irene and Louise, the former questioning sorrowfully,"Why didn't 'ou bwing my gwanpa?" Our short stay with Mr. andMrs. Saint was one of the pleasantest events of the trip.

After dinner we were conducted through the wholesale and retail establishmentof J. E. Saint & Co. It is a big institution and the firm does businesson a scale that would lay most of our brag Kansas stores way in the shade.In the hour we were there, the senior member of the firm purchased two carloads of goods from a St. Louis drummer, loaded a lot of truck for shipmentto Arizona, took in two car loads of potatoes, and had ten men buying andselling when we left. It takes life, energy, and business ability to keepat the head of the procession in Albuquerque, and Ex seems to have a surplusof all.

In the evening a grand ball and banquet was given in honor of the visitors,and here the youth and beauty of the city congregated. It was a delightfulparty and settled the question in our mind that Albuquerque, socially, isdistinctively Kansas.

At no place in New Mexico is the contrast between the old and the newso noticeable as at Albuquerque. The new town is distinctively new, theold town distinctively old. The two are a mile apart and connected by astreet car line. Here one can go from a two year old to a two hundred yearold in ten minutes. The new town is all bustle and activitythe old is quiet,crooked, and lies low along the bank of the Rio Grande. Here as in all Mexicantowns, the "cathedral" is the center around which everything seemsto revolve. The oldest building is always a church, and the old churchesare filled with the most hideous wooden images, supposed to represent thesuffering of Christ on the cross. They are painfully distorted, these images,and we could hardly keep from turning away from them with a shudder. Inone of the old churches at Santa Fe, in a niche in the wall, was a glasscase, in which was enclosed a wax figure draped in burial robes. It washorribly real, and how these people can find consolation for the soul inlooking at such things is more than we can tell.

When a person has seen one adobe town, he has seen them all. They lookold when they go up, and grow no older in appearance after two or threecenturies. Old Albuquerque has more of the pillared porches than Santa Fe,and the town looks cleaner. In one of these build- ings, the United StatesCourt was in session. There was a mixed jury of Mexicans and whites, butthe lawyers were all Americans. No Mexican can compete with the averageKansas lawyer, unless he has a jaw like a swordfish and a head like a Chihuahuagourd.

One of the most interesting features of the old town is the Indian school.Here are gathered together a hundred little Indian boys and girls, mostof them Pueblos, but a few Apaches. The school is nominally under the controlof the Presbyterian Board of Missions, but is also a Government boardingschool for young Indians; the Government of the United States paying $125per annum toward the maintenance and education of each pupil. They are taughtArithmetic, writing, and spelling, and are apt pupils. They sing well andrendered the chorus of "Sweet Bye and Bye," with a good deal offorce. They are swaddled up in breeches and petticoats and don't resembleour youthful picture of the "little injun" running wild any morethan a postage stamp resembles the moon. We had rather see them chasingdogs in their native garb of flour sacks than chasing ideas in a second-handcoat and a pair of "galluses." The young lady teachers seem totake great interest in the work and in exhibiting their little copper-coloredcharges.

Water is a powerful factor in old Albuquerque. The brick-dust lookingsoil, when properly irrigated, produces luxuriantly, and so we find theascequas running all over and around the town, carrying the muddy-lookingwater, taken from the Rio Grande miles above, and spreading it over thefields and vineyards at the owner's will. In this country every farmer carriesthe rain in the hollow of his hand and floods his garden any time. All heneeds is a hoe. The ascequas have a permanent and undisputed rightof way. They will disappear under the wall of a house, reappear on the otherside, and go flowing smoothly on to the next field.

We found so much that was strange and interesting in the old town thatthe afternoon and most of the evening passed by unheeded until the shrillwhistle of a locomotive reminded us that it was the evening set for ourdeparture, so we hurried back, and without time to hunt up the friends andbid them good-bye, were whirled away into the night toward home.

[ST. JOHNS BATTERY.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

After the ceremonies in the hall on Decoration day were concluded, JudgeSoward called the officers and members of St. Johns Battery forward, and,after having them form on the stage, brought out a beautiful banner, madeof lemon yellow silk, with costly fringe and tassels, and inscribed "St.Johns Battery, 1st Kansas Light Artillery" on either side, sur- roundingtwo cannon. In a neat and appropriate speech, Mr. Soward informed the boysthat the splendid flag was a gift from Ex-Governor John P. St. John. Thewhole matter was a great surprise to the boys, and especially to Capt. Haight,who responded to the Judge's remarks with considerable feeling, assuringGov. St. John, through him, that "its bright folds should never bestained by any act of theirs." The Battery then filed out, formed aroundthe flag in the street, and gave three cheers for the donor, after whicha general inspection of the flag by citizens took place.

[THE COLGATE CASE.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

After a two weeks' trial, the Colgate case was submitted to the juryat 10 o'clock last Thursday. After being out two days and a night, a verdictof guilty was returned. On Monday a motion for new trial was argued withoutavail and Monday evening Judge Torrance pronounced the sentence, which wasthat he be confined in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term of threeyears. Both the prosecution and defense were conducted with a care and vigorrarely displayed, and every inch of ground hotly contested.

[FOURTH OF JULY.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

The citizen committees on 4th of July celebration have most all reportedand the program is being made up. A large amount of money has been raisedto defray the expenses of music, fireworks, speakers, etc. Special trainswill be run from as far east as Cherryvale, and every indication is thatWinfield will see the largest crowd on that day ever congregated withinher limits. The speaking and celebration will be held in Riverside Park,and the races and games on the new Fair Grounds adjoining. A committee isnow in the Territory arranging for an Indian war dance in which severalnoted chiefs will participate. One of the features will be a glass ballshoot for a purse of $100.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Miss Amy Scothorn is visiting with Misses Kate and Jessie Millington.

[COWLEY COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Minutes of last meeting, March 3rd, read and accepted. Majority of committeeon conference with Co. Agricultural Society reported adverse to the Societypurchasing interest of Fair grounds, but would advise the individual membersto cooperate in said Society. Reported offer of room from Mr. Johnson. Reportaccepted, and committee continued to report at next meeting. Vote of thanksunanimously given COURIER Co. for the use of their editorial rooms duringthe past year. Report of committee on charter reported. Report adopted.

Messrs. Hogue and Mentch exhibited splendid box of Sharpless strawberries,½ box of Chas. Downing, and ½ box Crescent. Have sold $40worth from 6 sq. rods of bed. Crescent beats anything for bearinglittlecare, mulch last fall, mulch left on. President Martin has been busy settingout strawberriesset out at once from a vessel, keep roots moist, plant nowand they will set fruit buds for next year's crop. Mr. Geo. Martin in citypresented splendid cluster of new potatoes.

Members present signed articles of incorporation to procure charter.Application for charter signed by J. F. Martin, J. Nixon, R. D. Thursk,G. M. Robertson, F. A. A. Williams, James Cairns, Jno. Mentch, F. H. Brown;prepared by Elder Cairns. Vote of thanks given him by Society.

Motion prevailed that the president of this Society prepare an essayon "the mutuality of the Cowley County Horticultural Society and theCowley County Agricultural Society, in the county in the advancement ofthe material interests of the county." Mr. Williams appointed to readessay on grasses at next meeting. Adjourned. J. F. MARTIN, President.

J. NIXON, Secretary.

[CONCERT.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

At the Opera House Saturday evening June 9th, all the prominent musicaltalent in the city, both vocal and instrumental, will take part, includingthe famous ARION QUAR- TETTE. The program will be varied with a great varietyof pieces, and this is intended as the musical treat of the season.

[ST. JOHNS BATTERY.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

HEADQUARTERS, ST. JOHNS BATTERY K. S. M., WINFIELD, Kas. May 30, 1883.

The following resolutions were reported by the committee.

Resolved, That the members of St. John's Battery, K. S. M., herebytender to Ex-Gov. John P. St. John, their most cordial and earnest thanksfor the present of a most beautiful, magnificent and costly flag to be borneat the head of this organization.

Resolved, That when we look upon this splendid banner, it willever keep in lively remembrance, the noble friend with princely heart whohas presented it.

Adopted unanimously. N. A. HAIGHT, Captain. C. S. WRIGHT, O. S.

[NOTE: RESOLUTION SHOWS "St. John's Battery..." COURIER EVIDENTLYIS THE ONE GUILTY OF ALWAYS SAYING "St. Johns Battery."]

[AD.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Stationery and blank books at Goldsmith's.

[ASSESSORS' RETURNS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Total valuation of personal property in Cowley County on March 1st, 1883,as shown by the assessment rolls: $1,087,751.

Gain in valuation since March 1st, 1882: $252,408.

Valuation of K. C., L. & S. K. R. R., March 1st, 1883: $244,996.05.

Valuation of Wichita & Southwestern R. R., March 1st, 1883: $225,967.43.

[They gave gain of Personal Property and Population since March 1, 1882,by Townships, leaving Gains/Losses out for Cedar, Arkansas City, Omnia.

Total gain of Personal Property: $252,408.

Beaver 780, Bolton 1,184, Cedar 677, Arkansas City 1,882, Creswell 763,Dexter 924, Fairview 512, Harvey 788, Liberty 716, Maple 636, Ninnescah700, Omnia 347, Otter 463, Pleasant Valley 800, Richland 923, Rock 706,Sheridan 622, Silver Creek 928, Spring Creek 449, Silverdale 744, Tisdale870, Vernon 930, Walnut 896, Windsor 900, Winfield City 3,284. TOTAL POPULATION:22,516.

Beaver 51, Bolton 221, Arkansas City 526, Creswell 92, Dexter 27, Harvey171, Liberty 121, Maple 88, Ninnescah 53, Pleasant Valley 29, Rock 33, Sheridan6, Silver Creek 131, Spring Creek 65, Silverdale 104, Tisdale 54, Windsor14, Winfield City 624 [?].

Total Gain in Population of above townships: 2,410.

Cedar 51, Fairview 9, Omnia 77, Richland 86, Vernon 79, Walnut 143.

Total Loss in Population of above townships: 445.

While the increase of personal property and population in the countyis very satisfactory, the improvement in the assessors' returns for 1883seem to have kept pace with the general improvement of the county. Not abad return this year; some with slight mistakes, thirteen correct, and altogether,without doubt, much the most correct returns that have been made since theorganization of the county. Below I give the names of the trustees whosereturns needed and received no corrections in this office.

S. D. Jones, Beaver; P. A. Lorry, Bolton; J. B. Nipp, Creswell; E. Haynes,Harvey; Jos. Gorham, Maple; T. H. Aley, Otter; Ludolphus Holcomb, PleasantValley; H. J. Sandfort, Richland, S. D. Williams, Rock, Geo. Eaton, SpringCreek; Hugh McKibben, Tisdale; J. H. Irwin, Windsor, J. P. Short, WinfieldCity. J. S. HUNT, County Clerk.

[PAINT SHOP: J. R. SCOTT & CO.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

J. R. Scott & Co., have located their paint shop at Austin's oldstand on Ninth Avenue, where orders may be left at any time for paintingor paper hanging.

[DISTRICT COURT HONORS SHENNEMAN.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

WHEREAS, A. T. Shenneman, Esq., late sheriff of Cowley County, Kansas,and as such an officer of this court, died in this county on the 25 dayof January, A. D. 1883, being stricken down by the hand of an outlaw, whilein the act of arresting him, and

WHEREAS, The said A. T. Shenneman fell at his post while in the nobleand faithful discharge of his duty as an officer of this court,

Now therefore, be it resolved by the court and all the members of thebar thereof, that in the death of the said A. T. Shenneman we have sufferedthe loss of an honorable, faithful, and efficient officer of this court,and one whom we have ever found faithful to his trust, whether as an officeror as a private citizen; and

Be it further resolved, That the clerk of this court be instructed tospread these resolutions upon the journal of this court, and furnish a copythereof to the widow of said A. T. Shenneman under the seal of the court.

Attest: E. S. BEDILION, Clerk. May 28, 1883. [SEAL.]

[STREAKS OF SUNSHINE.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Hahn & Co. have received Butterwick's Delineators and patterns forthe month of June. Call and get a Fashion Sheet free of charge.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Capt. John Lowry has erected and furnished a neat and pleasant ice creamparlor at the entrance of the Riverside Park, and will keep on hand a supplyof ice cream every day of the week for the pleasure of persons visitingthe park.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Notice to Contractors. Bids are desired on a stone schoolhouse two storieshigh, to be built at Torrance. The plans and specifications can be seenat D. Elliott's, in Winfield, until June 9th. The contract will be let toone person. The board retains the right to reject any and all bids. By orderof Board school district 14.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the CowleyCounty Fair and Driving Park Association have caused the books to be openedfor receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said Association atthe office of the Secretary thereof, in the city of Win- field, Cowley County,Kansas, which books will be kept open until the whole amount of capitalstock is subscribed. By order of the Board of Directors. E. P. GREER, Secretary.

Newton, Kansas, May 31, 1883.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

W. A. Lee. Plano Binder won the victory in field trial yesterday at Hillsboro.

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

3,000 Sheep For Sale. On Tuesday, June 19th, 1883, I will sell at publicauction at my farm to the highest bidder, about 3,000 sheep, in lots tosuit purchasers or all together. The herd consists of 1200 ewes, Coloradograde, 1000 lambs, and 800 yearlings, Colorado and Merino cross, also 85Merino bucks. I will also sell at the same time and place 12 head of cattle,3 horses, and some hogs. Terms of sale: All sums under $50, cash, on allsums over $50., one year's time will be given on approved secutiry at 10percent per annum. Place of sale, 7 miles southwest of Arkansas City, inBolton Township, on State line.

P.S. I will also dispose of my range in the Territory.

[GLEANINGS: FROM NATIONAL PAPERS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

Everyone has his special tastes. Mr. Vanderbilt has cultivated a lovefor fast horses because they give him pleasure and health. I, too, likea good horse, but I do not carry the liking to extremes. I find pleasurein other ways. I try to enjoy my business. I enjoy my home and my familythe best of anything in the world. I think I have my share of the pleasantthings in this world. I receive a great many kicks and cuffs, but they makethe sweets the sweeter. Jay Gould.

Mr. Bennet, the owner of the New York Herald, once offered a largesum for Crow Island, in Currituck Sound, on the North Carolina coast, buthis offer was refused. Now Mrs. Hatfield, the proprietor, has sold the islandfor $25,000, but to whom report does not state. Mrs. Hatfield is the widowof Commodore Vanderbilt's chum, Captain John C. Hatfield, who discoveredthe place while peddling Yankee notions with the Commodore. Many years ago,Captain Hatfield bought the island, which is noted for its game, and builtthere a fine mansion.

[EDITORIAL NOTES.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Wellington entertained the Hoosier and Buckeye editors in fine style.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

A commercial traveler who knows the country says it is always safer tolisten than to talk at Dodge City.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The woods are full of chaps wanting ranges on the Cherokee strip, nowthat it is settled that the Stock Association have secured a lease.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The plans for the new insane asylum to be erected at Topeka are aboutcompleted, and it is expected that the contracts will be let early in June.The plans include a large brick structure to be used entirely for incurables,which in connection with the other work will cost about $190,000.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mrs. A. T. Stewart has donated four millions of dollars for the erectionand support, in New York City, of the largest college in the United States.It will furnish free tuition, and be strictly non-sectarian. The building,work upon which is to be begun immediately, will be the largest and finestcollegiate edifice on this side of the Atlantic, if not in the world.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The board of directors of the live stock association met at Caldwellon Tuesday, and decided to have the leased strip from the Cherokee nationsurveyed and made into three divisions. The board of arbitration of thisstrip will meet at Caldwell on the twelfth to settle difference betweenmembers of the association. The board will receive $5 per day and all necessarytraveling expenses for the time necessarily occupied by them, to be paidby the parties arbitrating.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Winfield. From the Chanute Times. The people opened their housesliberally for the entertainment of guests, and a large number were accommodatedat private houses, and many at the hotels. The Brettun House is the leadingand largest hotel in the city, the proprietor doing his utmost to furnishroom for the guests not otherwise provided for . . . an address by NobleL. Prentis, filled with good points with which his writings are noted; withwit, sentiment, and solid sense. His address drew rounds of applause andappreciative listeners. An appropriate paper on newspapers, especially inconnection with our Historical Society, was read by the President of theSociety, F. G. Adams. It was a valuable epitome of the history of newspapers.. . .

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

From the Winchester Argus. The citizens of Winfield did what they couldto make the editors happy. Carriages were at their disposal and they tookin the city. In the evening a grand ball was given. Winfield is a numberone city; she has handsome residences, beautiful women, stirring businessmenand No. 1 papers.

Skipped the rest: Wyandotte Herald, Chautauqua Journal, Anthony Journal,Phillipsburgh Herald, Paola Republican, Oswego Times, Emporia News.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Business in building and farming is so brisk among us this spring thatno one appears to have time to work up a sensation.

It appears that the old school catalogue of COURIER correspondents hasabout run to seed. They appear to be "drapping" off. Why is thisthus?

The boys have organized a kind of a Modoc serenading party, and whenthe girl claps her hands because the boys quit, they take it for applauseand begin again and make the air hideous from 9 o'clock till daylight.

Miss Nora Roland, one of Sedan's most attractive young ladies, returnedto Winfield last Monday with Miss Jessie Millington, who was visiting atMr. Roland's. We hope she will get vigorously homesick before much longer.

The young men of our city have recently instituted a permanent organizationknown as the "Sedan Oratorical Club," which bids fair to be aneminent success and attraction to our community. They propose to play "TenNights in the Bar Room," soon.

Billy Neal, who is under bond for appearance in the case of State vs.Neal, was in town Monday. The sentiment of the community has never changedcomplexion since the fatal night when Brown thought to place another namein the catalogue of his victims, and his arrow recoiled upon himself.

Major Carpenter is building a stone hotel, just east of the Occidental.M. C. Webb is replacing his store building with a fine two story stone block.The Boyd building is nearly completed, and these together with several finestone residences constructed this spring, are causing Sedan to boom in away that astonishes the natives.

Decoration day was a grand success. The occasion was attended by an immensecrowd, and the proclamation of the Mayor appropriately observed. The SedanCornet Band did its nicest, which is nice enough for anybody, and everyonewent home feeling that a beautiful trubute had ben grandly paid to the memoryof the boys who have led the vanguard to eternity. JASPER.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

School is out Friday.

Our preacher"fooled" us Sunday.

We will soon have a new organ in our Sunday schools.

Tannehill has a wide awake doctor. He is always "on the go."

Mr. Watt has sent for an organ. It would pay a first class music teacherto come here. There are quite a number of scholars around here.

A load of young folks went from here to the Victor schoolhouse last Sundayevening. Another load went to town, and another to the Randall schoolhouse.

The sermon preached by Rev. Lee Sunday afternoon was of a very interestingtype. He preached from the text, "What shall it profit a man if hegain the whole world and lose his own soul." JULIANNA.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The war department recently advertised for proposals to furnish the armywith 8,000 scrubbing brushes. An army armed with scrubbing brushes wouldcertainly send a thrill of terror through the enemy. Our army, it is suspected,contemplates "scouring the plains" and having a brush with theIndians. Norristown Herald.

[OBITUARY:REV. PLATTER.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

DIED. It is with unspeakable sorrow that we announce the death of Rev.James E. Platter, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this city, whichoccurred at his home in Winfield, on Tuesday, June 12th, 1883, at 1:40 o'clockp.m., of malarial typhoid fever, aged 36 years, 8 months, and 24 days.

On the 8th day of May, in apparently sound health but overworked, withhis mother, Mrs. Emily Houston, he left home to transact some business ofhers in Cincinnati, Ohio. On their arrival at that city, he was attackedwith what was called malarial fever, but we presume it was typhoid, andwas confined to his bed for about two weeks. Improving considerably he wasable to get out, transact his business, and return home to this city, wherehe arrived on the evening of May 30th. The next day he suffered anotherand more violent attack of the fever, which increased in virulence untilthe evening of June 11th, when his delirium became a violent and most alarmingparoxysm, which after two or three hours was succeeded by another paroxysm,less violent because of exhaustion, after which he gradually sank for aboutten hours, when he expired.

He leaves a very interesting family consisting of a wife, two boys, Houstonand Robert, aged 12 and 3 years, respectively, and two girls, Belle andMaggie, aged 10 and 8.

JAMES EDWARD PLATTER was born in Ross County, Ohio, near Chillicothe,September 19, 1846. He is the son of Christey and Emily Platter. His fatherwas a substantial and intelligent farmer of that county, but died when JamesE. was three years old. His mother is living in the person of Mrs. EmilyHouston, and is well known to our citizens for her many kind and noble actswhile she has been a resident of Winfield.

In 1855, when the subject of this sketch was nine years old, the familymoved to Xenia, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. From infancyhe was dedicated by his mother to the ministry, and his education was orderedin that direction. In due time he entered the Delaware College in Ohio,completed the course of studies, and graduated in 1867. He then took a coursein theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey under the cele-brated Charles Hodge, D. D., and graduated in 1870. He was a studious andbright scholar and always stood high in his class.

In 1870, after leaving Princeton, he married Miss Nannie McCommon, whonow survives him. The same year he accepted his first charge at Sandy Hill,New York, where he preached until the spring of 1873. His wife had thenbecome so weak and delicate in health that he frequently carried her upstairsin his arms, and it was believed she could not survive another winter unlessa change of climate to some dryer and more salubrious atmosphere shouldbe resorted to. He promptly gave up his charge, where he was much belovedand admired, and to which he had become much attached, and alone startedwest to look up a suitable location. His first intention was to visit theColorado mountains, but on arriving at Kansas City, he met a man who hadsettled at Winfield and who induced him to visit this place. He arrivedhere in May 1873, became satisfied that this climate was the one he wanted,found the field open for his services as a clergyman, and decided to locatehere.

It was then that we first met him. Though 26 years old he was boyishlooking, handsome, compact; bright black eyes and hair, very interestingin appearance, though in no way remarkable as a preacher. But he had energy,ambition, and true impulses, and we were very favorably impressed with himfrom the first. He brought his family here in July of that year and settleddown to his work. Small as that work then looked, it was a large one, infact, no less than the founding and building up of a Presbyterian Churchin the wilderness, and to make it the large, wealthy, and flourishing churchit now is, and help build up a highly civilized, wealthy, and prosperouscommunity around him. We do not know whether he then dreamed of all he wassubsequently to achieve, but we do know that he went to work with vigor,sagacity, and perseverance. We remember that he started off by preachingto a small congregation of a dozen or two, in any building he could findpartly enclosed or temporarily vacant, acting as his own janitor, sometimesborrowing seats for service and returning them next morning. Soon his churchwas organized and began to grow. He was always doing the heavy work andinspiring others by his example.

In 1874, the grasshopper year, when disasters were discouraging others,he had unbounded faith in the future of this county, and was investing thousandsin building the magnificent residence which has since been his home, andin farm and other improvements, while some were laughing at him for thussquandering his money. He even then planned the costly, beautiful, and grandPresbyterian Church building which adorns our city, and which was erectedin the following two years, his mother and himself being the heaviest subscribersto the fund. As illustrating his unselfish devotion, we mention the generaldistress that followed this disastrous year of 1874, in which he was thechairman of the relief committee, and devoted his time and energies formonths to the arduous work of receiving and distributing relief supplies,a work the magnitude of which is too little known to be fully appreciated.

But we will not enumerate further. Suffice it to say that he has beenprominent or foremost in all the schemes and plans for public improvementand the advancement of the social, moral, educational, religious, and materialinterests of this city and county. Great as has been the growth of thiscountry, his growth has been even greater and more rapid. In ten short yearshe has become one of the most influential preachers in the State, with aninfluence that is felt far beyond the limits of his State. Though not consideredspecially brilliant as a pulpit orator, he has become really a great preacher,and some of his sermons one of which, delivered to the Kansas Synod in 1881,in partiularare pronounced equal to the best that have been produced, andall are singularly marked by sound judgment and clear cut, practical sense,put in such a way as to command attention and do the most good. He has grownin every way, but most in the respect, admiration, and affection of thepeople who have known him.

He has always taken a decided stand for the right and battled againstthe wrong, and it is a singular fact that while he has mingled in all theseconflicts which have arisen and has dealt heavy blows, yet they have beendelivered with such care and judgment as to secure the most good, and yetpreserved the respect and good will of all. He had the happy faculty ofalways saying and doing the right thing at the right time. In social gatheringsand on special occasions he was always in demand. Many are the hearts thathave blessed him for the healing balm of words fitly spoken, giving consolation,or pleasure, or courage, or hope. He was brave and true, strong and ambitious,gentle and affectionate, grave, yet bubbling with humor. There was no pretenseabout him, he was just what he appeared to be; a loving husband and father,a noble and generous friend, a most valuable citizena great man in all theelements of true greatness. His affection for this people and devotion tothis work was such that, while he has never asked or hoped to receive morethan a mere nominal sum as his salary as pastor of this church, he has oftendeclined flattering offers to accept charges in more opulent cities, andwithin the last few months has declined an almost princely salary to acceptthe pastorate of a church in one of the large eastern cities. Secure inthe affections of this people, he felt that here was his home and fieldof labor, where he could be most useful.

If he had a fault, it was in doing too much work and overtaxing his faculties.This we think, whatever his disease may be called, was the prime cause ofhis untimely death. He had for a long time been doing the work of threemen. Besides his regular pastoral and church work; besides his labors inbehalf of the Nez Perce Indians and other oppressed people, he had maturedan elaborate plan to remedy the evils of having a great number of vacantchurches all over the country waiting to find someone to call, and a greatnumber of preach- ers, without charges, in other parts waiting to be calledor traveling about hunting for situations, growing out of the Presbyterianpolicy of letting each church elect its pastor. This plan embraced the appointmentof a Presbyterial committee which should have charge of all the churchesof a whole presbytery, supplying preachers to vacant churches, and situationsfor preachers without charges. This was a bold and daring innovation topresent to so conser- vative a church as the Presbyterian, yet he presentedhis scheme to the Synod of the State with such clearness and power thatthe old shell began to crumble and the policy of the whole church is likelyto be completely revolutionized. The Emporia Presbytery adopted the planand made its author its chief executive, that is: made Mr. Platter Chairmanof the Committee of Home Missions of the Emporia Presbytery. This had entailedupon him a vast amount of work outside of his city and county. Even thecorrespondence connected with this work was more than one man ought to havedone.

For the last nine years he has been our nearest neighbor, and we havelearned to admire, honor, respect, and love him, how much we cannot tell,nor can we express the poignant grief in which we write: Dear friend! Nobleheart! Great teacher! Sweet spirit! Farewell!

We cannot forbear to mention our wonder and admiration of the heroicfortitude with which the stricken and bereaved wife of the deceased hasborne up beneath this crushing blow. Delicate and gentle as she is, onemight well have feared the result of this trying ordeal. Mrs. Garfield isnot the only gentle and heroic woman.

[GENERAL CROOK.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

From semi-official sources it is learned that General Crook was in theSeahnariba district in the southeastern part of Sonora, on May 27, and upto that time he had had no general engagement with the hostiles. This informationcomes through Mexican officers, who commanded a small detachment of Sonorastate troops engaged in scouting through Seahnariba. The point where Crookwas met was about 250 miles southeast of the boundary line. A large Mexicanranche is located there and a detail of American troops were engaged inlaying in a large stock of provisions. The hostiles have scattered but werebeing pursued by Crook's San Carlos scouts. Crook was confident that hisforces would overtake and overcome them in the heart of the mountains. Themarch from Bavispe south the general states, had been a severe one, butthe troops were in good condition. He was aware of the disposition of theMexican troops of Irona and Chihuahua, and expressed satisfaction at thearrangement for cooperation. On May 20, Crook entered the Sierra Madresagain and pushed south. Circ*mstances were communicated to General Bandotte,commander of the Sonora state troops; also to General Torres at Hermosillo.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

LATER FROM CROOK.

"Sorgum" Smith arrived from Chiracuhua June 11, bringing theinformation "Epitaph" that Crook had returned from his expedition,and was camped on Silver Creek in the south end of Chiracuhua, six milessoutheast of Tombstone, Arizona Territory.

Twenty-three hostiles had surrendered and were brought in by Crook, whor*crossed last Saturday. Among the prisoners were seventy five bucks, oldand sick. The balance were women and children. It is believed Crook willreturn and endeavor to capture the warriors. His command is in good fightingtrim, the casualities so far being nothing.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

CROOK ALL RIGHT.

A Tombstone special by a courier from Mexico relates that Crook is encampedthirty miles northeast of Vacari, from which point he is sending scoutsin all directions, but up to the time of the departure of the courier, hehad been unsuccessful in discovering any signs of the Indians. Captain Casoma'scompany of Mexican regulars have left Oposeura, in Sonora, to join Crook.They number 150 men. If Crook accomplishes anything it must be by July 20,as the rainy season will have then set in. The streams in the mountainswill be so swollen as to prevent the passage of troops.

[FAVORABLE COMMENTS ABOUT GREER.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Ed. Greer, of the Winfield COURIER, prepared the most readable"write up" we have seen of the editorial excursion to Mexico.He traveled with open eyes and told his readers what he saw in a mannerthat is most entertaining. We read his letters with much interest.

Newton Republican.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Miss Nora Roland leaves for home today.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Henry E. Asp now sports a fine new Columbus buggy. It is a beauty.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The K. C., L. & S., pay car went down Monday and made the boys happy.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Frank Robinson and Will Hodges are home from the State University duringvacation.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

County Attorney Jennings made a business trip to Chanute and Baxter Springslast week.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

There have been nearly one hundred thousand dollars collected on taxesthis year by the county treasurer.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The directors of the Fair Association meet at A. H. Doane & Co.'soffice Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The ground has been cleared for a new business block on Main street.It will go up at once.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

S. T. Shepherd, of Vernon Township, brings in a nice lot of ripe, largeearly potatoes named Beauty of Hebron.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Misses Kate and Jessie Millington went over to Independence Tuesday andwill visit several days with Mrs. C. A. Hull.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

An exchange of tea parties seems to be the order of the day. Severalhave been given by the bon ton during the last two weeks.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

We are certainly blessed with abundant rains this year. It has been mostone continual rain during the past week, and the crops are booming.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Public Sale. I will offer at public auction, Saturday, June 16, on 9thAvenue, Winfield, seven fresh milch cows. A. Rueb. M. M. Scott, Auctioneer.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. Dan Eastman picked a tassel from his corn field as he drove throughit Saturday, which found its way to our table. Corn in tassel in June ispretty good.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. Stephen Marsh returned from Cincinnati last week, where he has beenattending medical college. He is now about prepared to attach "M. D."to his name.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

They have a Riverside Park at Wichita. It is the equal of our park onlyin name. Their cottonwood trees do not equal our stately elms, set in acarpet of blue grass.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Last Friday Mr. M. H. Markcum brought in to the COURIER office some stalksof corn seven feet high. On the same day Mr. P. Kent brought in wheat overfive feet high.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Dr. Wright has had telephones put in his office and residence and hecan now "hello" all over town without leaving his house or office.The telephone is a grand invention for physicians.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mrs. J. W. Johnston and her daughter, Ida, leave for Canada today tobe gone all summer. Miss Ida will probably lengthen her stay through thewinter and attend school at Toronto.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Little Tommy Wilson, son of Councilman Wilson, was seriously injuredMonday. He climbed a tree in Mr. Plank's yard, when the limb broke and hefell, breaking an arm and cutting his head severely.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The building committee of the Christian Church desire to remind the subscribersto the church fund that they are greatly in need of the money. All personsdesiring to pay their subscriptions should call on Judge Gans, chairmanof the committee.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

After raining a week, winding up with a full day's work on Saturday,the roads were dry and nice on Monday. The wonderful capacity of our soilfor standing either excessive rain or drouth is one of its best features.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Miss Amy Scothorn left for Fort Scott after a two week's visit with MissesKate and Jessie Millington. The ladies accompanied her as far as Independence.Miss Scothorn leaves Fort Scott for Montana on the 18th.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Master Frank Curns brought us a bouquet of twenty different kinds ofpinks. Almost everything in the Dianthus family was represented in the veryrichest profusion of colors.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mrs. J. W. Curns has the gayest pink bed in the city or country.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Miss Ella Kelly returned from Wichita last week after having taught thegrammar department of the schools successfully during the winter. She wasre-elected to the position but refused to accept it again for the salaryand will probably not return.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

W. B. Norman was down from Udall Monday. He is making a stir in realesate in the northwestern part of the county. The man who purchases throughW. B. Norman will always be satisfied with his bargain, and will never bethe victim of misrepresentations.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. Davis, one of our market gardeners, brought in specimens of his productsSaturday, consisting of early Colorado onions as large as a tea cup, andthree or four varieties of pota- toes, some of them nine inches in circumference.One variety was of his own propagation, and he left samples from which hedesires the Horticultural Society to name it.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Col. Loomis sold a block of ground to Mr. John Eddy, from Beardstown,Illinois, last Monday. Mr. Eddy is a gentleman of wealth and will probablyput heavy improvements on the property. He is an old friend of M. L. Read.The block purchased lies just south of Mr. Hickok's on Millington Street.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

We spent half an hour at the carriage factory Monday. They work aboutthirty men and now occupy, in addition to the Alexander block, the two stonebuildings on the opposite side of the street. The display room containssome twenty finished buggies, carriages, and spring wagons, while the sidewalksand paint rooms are crowded with gearing and a great variety of work inthe "knock-down" state. In the blacksmithing and wood-work roomsa large force of men are employed making buggy and phaeton boxes and ironingup new work. In the repair department of the work a force of half a dozenmen are employed repairing second hand vehicles brought in from the countryround about. The firm has a large sale of buggies and carriages in all thesurrounding countries and during the past year has done a business of overfifty thousand dollars, which they expect to double. The erection of a newfactory, three stories high, is contemplated as the business is fast outgrowingits present quarters. We are glad to note the prosperity of this our firstmanufacturing enterprise.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. W. T. Curtis, general agent of the Temperance Mutual Benefit Unionof Kansas, has been canvassing in this city and vicinity for that institution,and the plan takes like wild fire as soon as it is understood. He has alreadytaken about sixty life policies here and will stay a few days and take more.Now is your time. It takes the same way in every town and is safe, as thereis nothing to pay after the issue of policy except the assessment for deathlosses on temperance men, which are very light. It is strictly on the mutualplan. The central office is Topeka. The officers are J. P. St. John, honorarypresident; A. B. Jetmore, president; J. A. Troutman, vice-president; D.S. Skinner, treasurer; W. T. Curtis, state agent; Judge G. W. Carey, legaladvisor; R. M. Mitchell, M. D., medical advisor; C. E. Wheeler, secretary.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Prof. C. Farringer gave another of his interesting concerts on last Fridayevening to a crowded house. The performances, both vocal and instrumental,were highly creditable, and each deserving of special mention, but whereall did their parts so well it would seem invid- ious to particularize.The Professor gives these concerts for the purpose of exhibiting the progressof his pupils and the thoroughness of his instructions. This one more fullythan ever demonstrated the success of his method and the superior capabilitiesof himself and family as musical instructors.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Col. J. C. McMullen received a present through the express office Saturdayfrom an unknown friend that eclipses anything of the kind we have seen.It is a cane, on which is carved in bold relief all the emblems of Odd Fellowshipcoffin,skull, and cross-bones and all. The carving covers all the cane except thehandle. It is a unique and beautiful present and the Colonel has considerablecuriosity to know who sent it. It was expressed from Eureka Springs. Itis a clear case of anonymous caning by express.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The ferry across the Arkansas River at Salt City broke loose from thecables while crossing the stream last Saturday morning. There were threepersons on at the time. Two of them succeeded in getting out, while thethird was struck by a floating log and sank. Up to this time the body hasnot been recovered. The River was very high at the time, and on severaloccasions the day before the boat came near going under.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Gene Wilber and John Holmes were down Monday to market their wool clip.We saw a sample and judge it was wool because it had fizz on it like anold sock; it was good wool because Gene said so, and he wouldn't lie. Theclip will average about ten pounds. The next time those gentlemen assertwe don't know a sheep from a hedgehog, there will be wailing over deceasedamong relatives in Rock Township. [Wilber? Wilbur?]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

During the past few weeks S. G. Gary seems to have become an aspirantfor election to the office of Sheriff. He daily approaches citizens withthe burthen of his ambition; without regard to race, color, or politics.About the best way Mr. Gary can auctioneer just at present is to infusea little life into his office. It is the only really dead thing in CowleyCounty.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The committee on grounds for the Fourth of July decided to sell eightprivileges for refreshment stands at $25 each, first come, first served,also two circle swings at $10 each. Persons who want stands had better applyto Capt. Smith, chairman of committee, at once, or they may get left, asonly eight will be admitted.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Thomas Clover, a nineteen-year-old son of B. H. Clover, was arrestedMonday for assaulting R. F. Burden with a stone "from his right handslung, at the person of the said R. F. Burden, he being then and there present."The hearing will be had before his Honor, Justice Buckman, today (Wednesday).

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Wanted. One thousand old soldiers and citizens to volunteer to take partin the sham battle on the fourth of July at Winfield. Also one thousandmuskets and shot guns for the occasion, to report immediately to committeeon military parade. By order of the committee,

H. L. Wells, chairman.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Sunday was "Children's Day" at the Methodist Sunday school.The church was beauti- fully decorated with flowers, and bird cages in thewindows and around the room. It was a very pleasant ceremony and captivatedthe children. The attendance was over four hundred.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. Carr brought us in a radish Tuesday morning just twenty-two inchesin circum- ference. With radishes two feet around, wheat heads seven incheslong, and new potatoes as large as tea cups, it ought not to be difficultfor people to dig a pretty good living out of Cowley County soil.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

J. P. Short has sold his residence property on Manning Street to D. Berkeyfor two thousand dollars. He will give possession in October, and will thenremove to his Walnut Township farm. Walnut is rapidly catching the creamof our population.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

J. H. Finch dug up a piece of post from an old post hole in the westpart of town Tuesday which was thoroughly petrified. It must have gone throughthis process within the past eight years, as no posts were set in that partof town before that time.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The Indian business on the Fourth promises to be the biggest thing yetbrought out in that line. The committee which visited the Territory stirredthe Indians up wonderfully, and the chiefs have already applied to agentsfor leave of absence.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. J. J. Stevens, of New Salem, brought in lettuce heads with crispleaves a foot long, onions three inches in diameter grown this year fromthe seed, and radishes three inches in diameter and long, the soundest andbest we ever saw.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Zack Whitson marketed his hog crop Thursday. There were ten loads, forty-ninehead, and weighed two hundred and eighty-nine pounds each. He sold themfor six dollars per hundred, and they brought him $830.70. Pretty good forone crop.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

MARRIED. Married by Rev. E. P. Hickok, of Winfield, June 6th, 1883, atthe residence of the bride's parents, James C. McClelland and Miss JuliaBovee of New Salem.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Robt. Hudson has enlarged his bath house back of the Lindell, purchaseda large boiler, and otherwise added to the convenience of the place.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The picnic of the Baptist Sunday school appointed for Thursday the 14this postponed until Thursday the 21st, last.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

DIED. The young man drowned at Salt City was named Wynant. Mr. Corbyand Mr. Goss also had a very close call.

[BUSINESS MEN'S MEETING.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The business men and clerks of the city met at the COURIER office Wednesdayevening and organized by electing Col. Whiting chairman and Ed. P. GreerSecretary. Mr. Brooking stated the object of the meeting to be to effecta mutual arrangement to close the stores at eight o'clock in the evening.Mr. Spotswood spoke in favor of the proposition, and was desirous that anarrangement be made by which both clerks and proprietors could get a littletime for rest and social enjoyment. Mr. Mann accorded heartily with Mr.Spotswood in the matter, as also did Mr. Cooper. Mr. Webb desired to knowhow long the arrangement would hold, and after general discussion it wasdecided to make it between the 11th day of June and first of October. Onmotion of Mr. Hall a committee consisting of Messrs. Shields, Copeland,Hendricks, and Fleming were appointed to draw up an agreement to be presentedall mer- chants in the city for their signatures. They reported the following.

We, the undersigned, hereby agree to close our respective places of businessat 8 o'clock p.m., of each evening in the week, except Saturday, commencingJune 11th, and continuing until October First, 1883. The time of closingto be indicated by the ringing of the city bell. This agreement made onthe express conditions that all persons carrying conflicting lines of goodsjoin in the arrangement.

On motion of Mr. O'Meara, duly carried, the chair appointed the followingcommittee to wait on merchants not present with the agreement: Messrs. O'Meara,Cooper, Hendricks, Baird, and Fleming. On motion of Mr. Goodrich, Col. Whitingwas added to the committee in behalf of the clerks. After discussion regardingthe formation of a permanent organization, the meeting adjourned. It isto be hoped that the objects sought by the gathering will be accomplished,which can only be done by all uniting. It is understood that about everymerchant in town with two exceptions, is in favor of closing. If there isany set of men in town who need rest and out-door exercise during the hotsummer months, it is the over- worked clerks and merchants. In no otheroccupation is a man compelled to put in sixteen to eighteen hours per dayeveryminute of his time when awake. It is a matter of simple justice and humanitythat everyone should recognize.

[SCHWANTES-MARTIN WEDDING.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

MARRIED. A wedding to which the people of Vernon Township have been lookingwith great interest was held at the residence of the bride's father, Thursdayevening, June 7th, at 9 o'clock. The contracting parties were Mr. WilliamSchwantes, son of Mr. Fred W. Schwantes, and Miss Emma Martin, daughterof James F. Martin. The ritual ceremony was performed by the Rev. JamesCairns, of Winfield, on the lawn under a group of trees decorated with Chineselanterns. The wedding march rendered by Mr. Alberts made the scene veryimpressive. The bride looked lovely in a steel colored silk trimmed withblack Spanish lace. Her hair was dressed with beautiful flowers a labretzel. The groom wore the conventional black and looked proud andhappy. The friends of the bride and groom remem- bered them, as the followinglist of presents will testify.

From the bride's parents, we noticed an organ, bible, and table linen.

Parlor lamp and fruit dish by Mr. Charles Martin.

Culinary service, Misses Pearl and Nellie Martin.

From the groom's parents, set of plates, butter stand, and toweling.

Set of napkins, Miss Kate Schwantes.

Wash bowl and pitcher, Mr. Dan Schwantes.

Cream pitcher, Miss Carrie Schwantes.

One set glass dessert dishes, Miss Coffman.

Silver pickle castor from the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Mundell, of Cincinnati.

Glass tea set, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Short.

Set of French glass goblets, Miss Lizzie Perry.

Set of silver spoons, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Perin.

Glass water pitcher, Mr. Floyd Thompson and his sister, Miss Lizzie.

Glass bread plate, Mr. George Conner.

Damask tablecloth, Mr. Will Smith.

Tidy by Miss Bertha Stebbins.

The groom and bride have sensibly gone to housekeeping, and that uninterruptedjoy and success may attend them is the wish of their many friends. The COURIERoffice was remembered with a bountiful supply of delicious cake.

[NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Last Thursday afternoon about two o'clock, Mr. W. R. Owen, a gentlemanrecently from Ohio, accompanied by a young lady, attempted to cross GrouseCreek at the Gilstrap ford, where he had crossed in the forenoon, but notbeing acquainted with the ford did not notice the rapid rise in a few hours.When about one-fourth across, the horses began to swim and the bed to risefrom the wagon; the rapid current carried all downstream. Mr. Owen heldon to the lines and was dragged from the wagon bed and twice under waterwhen he let go and after a short struggle succeeded in catching hold ofthe roots of a large tree growing near an almost perpendicular bank, wherehe gained a landing. The young lady in the meantime had floated downstreamin the wagon bed, which overturned with her, but fortunately, just at themoment of its overturning, she grasped a grapevine hanging to a tree topoverreaching the stream, and bravely held on with only her head above wateruntil Mr. Owen climbed the tree and rescued her by lifting her into thetop. Shouts brought to their assistance Walter Limbocker, who by swimminghis horse landed each, not on dry land, but wet, for all can testify therehas been some rain of late. The horses, a valuable span, became detachedfrom the wagon and swam ashore on the side from which they started in. Thelady's trunk, the wagon bed, and all parts of the wagon, were recovereddifferent distances down the stream.

[FOURTH OF JULY.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

In answer to the conundrum presented on the bills for the IndependenceCelebration as to who is meant by "the silver-tongued orator of Kansas,"we will mention that the committee on speakers have secured the servicesof Dr. T. B. Taylor, who will be better known here after the 4th. He isknown elsewhere as an orator of rare powers and we anticipate one of thebest and most finished addresses we have ever heard.

[M. E. CHURCH. MEETING IN GROVE.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The 2nd quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church will be held by PresidingElder Rev. Thomas Audas of Wichita, at Torrance, next Saturday and Sunday,June 16 and 17. Preach- ing at 2 p.m., Saturday, after which quarterly conference;also preaching Saturday evening at 8 p.m. Services Sabbath 11 a.m., afterwhich communion. It is expected to hold services in the grove on Grouse,if weather is favorable. J. H. Shidler, pastor.

[CLERKS IN WINFIELD PASS RESOLUTION FOR SHORTER HOURS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The clerks of the city, to the number of twenty-five or thirty, met atthe COURIER office Monday evening after closing hours and unanimously adoptedthe following resolutions.

WHEREAS, It is the earnest desire of the clerks of this city to shortenthe hours of business, and

WHEREAS, We think the interests of employers will be better benefittedby granting employees more time for rest and recreation than heretofore,therefore be it

Resolved, That we will use all honest endeavors to procure theclosing of all places of business at 8 p.m., every evening except Saturdaysduring the months of June, July, August, and September, 1883.

[M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The children of the M. E. Sunday school will give a concert on Tuesdayevening, June 19th. Exercises will commence at 7-1/2 p.m. sharp. An admissionof five cents for children and ten cents for adults will be charged. Themoney is to be used to buy papers and books. An old fashioned spelling schoolwill be a part of the program. We expect a delightful time. Everybody isinvited.

[ICE CREAM FESTIVAL. WALNUT VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

An ice cream festival will be held at the Walnut Valley PresbyterianChurch ten miles north of Winfield, on Friday evening, June 15th. The proceedswill go to purchase an organ for the church. Everybody is invited to attend.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Notice. The clerks of Winfield, one and all, are earnestly requestedto meet at the COURIER editorial rooms at eight o'clock p.m., this (Thursday)evening to transact business of importance. Murdock, Brooking, Hyden, Committee.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Date of Fair. The date for the Fair has been fixed for the last weekin Septemberthe 25th to the 29th inclusive.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

One of the horses stolen at Arkansas City Monday evening belonged toRev. W. H. Harris. It was a very fine animal and he is rejoiced at its recovery.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The funeral of Rev. J. E. Platter will be held at the Presbyterian Churchthis Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

It is understood that all the business houses in the city will be closedduring the funeral services.

The services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Hill of Kansas City.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The Mrs. Jewell benefit concert has been adjourned to next Tuesday eveningthe 19th, when it will take place at the opera. It will be the best of theseason, embracing all the local musical talent of the city, both vocal andinstrumental.

[MARKETS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

The Markets. Wheat brings today (Wednesday) 90 cents on the street. Hogsfrom $5.25 to $5.40. Corn, for shipping, is worth 30 cents. Wool sells atfrom 14 to 17 cents. Butcher steers are worth $3.00 per cwt.

[HORSES STOLEN.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Tuesday the authorities at Arkansas City telephoned Sheriff Gary thattwo horses had been stolen there the night before, with their description.Ed. Nicholson happened to be in town and saw the description and on theway home came upon the thieves on Badger Creek. He borrowed an old rustyshot gun, and in company with Tom Wright and several of the neighbors, surroundedthe thieves in a thicket, where Ed. brought them up at the muzzle of hisancient gun. They were brought to town and gave their names as Cooper andCarter, residents of Arkansas City. One of them claims to be a brother ofF. M. Cooper, formerly of this place. He is about thirty years old. Theytell several stories in explanation of how they came into possession ofthe horses, but deny having stolen them.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

About four months ago Bob White sold his farm in Pleasant Valley Townshipfor what was then considered a fabulous price, and removed to Missouri.Before leaving he came into our office to have the paper sent to his addressand we bantered him about leaving and made the prediction that he wouldreturn inside of a year, and then and there made a bargain that should henot return to Cowley within a year, we would send him the COURIER free,and if he did return, we were to receive double price, or three dollarsfor the year. Last Monday Bob came smiling into the office and depositedthe three dollars on our desk. He says, "I hear I can buy the old farmback; think I will go out and see about it." Further comment is unnecessary.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Several of the merchants having declined to close up at eight o'clockin the evening, the whole business is "busted," and the tiredand weary clerks will still be compelled to put in eighteen hours a dayduring the hot summer months. Some of the merchants are exasperated at thefailure of the movement, of which J. B. Lynn is one as will be seen by readinghis nine o'clock proclamation in another column.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

A young fellow was placed in the cooler last week for beating his wife,by the Arkansas City authorities. The woman has been up several times sinceto feed and take care of him. Her eyes look like the last remains of a prizefight. She ought to be organizing a vigilance committee to hang him ratherthan feeding him on cake and raisins.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mr. Spicer, foreman of the telephone works, got into a little difficultywith one of his men last Saturday at the Central Avenue Hotel and gave hima thumping. Before the Marshal put in an appearance, Mr. Spicer had a callup the road and took the afternoon train for Winfield. Democrat.

We have been thinking Spicer was considerable of a "hello"fellow.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Drury Warren and J. J. Beach had a set to with carving knives at Hodgesand Stewarts ranch in the Territory Tuesday evening. Drury had his shoulderand part of the muscle of his left arm cut, but not seriously.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

We learn from the Arkansas City Democrat that Henry Beeson, residingin Pleasant Valley Township, was badly gored by a bull last week but notseriously injured.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Mrs. A. Eldred, of Muskegon, Michigan, is visiting with her sister, Mrs.J. L. Horning.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

To the trade of Winfield and Cowley Co.

ATTENTION: I wish to say to the trade that from this date I will keepmy store open until twelve o'clock every night except on Sunday. I willgive a ten percent discount on all Cash Bills sold after nine o'clock p.m.,and will take it as a favor if my City trade will post- pone buying untilafter nine o'clock, thereby securing the discount. I mean just what I say.

June 13th, 1883. J. B. LYNN.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

New SalemAnother Wedding.

MARRIED. The evening of May 6th, 1883, was a scene of pleasure to allwho witnessed the nuptial ceremonies of James McClelland to Miss Julia Bovee,at the residence of the bride's father, Daniel Bovee, near New Salem, Kansas,Rev. Hickok officiating. After the ceremony was concluded, the party wereshown out to the dining room, where had been arranged in a most tastefulmanner, an elegant and sumptuous repast consisting of the delica- cies usualon such occasions, in superabundance; and full justice was done it by themerry party. May the newly married couple live a long life together; may"the roses of happiness ever bloom in the garden of their destiny,and may there be no thorns in their pathway through life, but may it bestrewn with buds and blossoms of unalloyed pleasure." AHAZ.

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

New Salem Pencilings.

Mr. McMillen marketed his hogs in Burden the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Dalgarn, of Winfield, spent the 3rd in Salem.

Mrs. Causey takes vegetables to Winfield market weekly.

Mr. Crow is some better of his rheumatism, but not able for work.

Mr. Scott Dilsaver is laid up for repairsa sprained back the difficulty.

Mrs. Mansfield lost quite a number of little chicks during the late rains.

Miss Amy Buck has made a short visit to friends and relatives in Salem.

Mr. W. C. Douglass has gone to Elk to visit a brother that has recentlymoved there.

Messrs. Irvin, Franklin, Hoyland, and others have had new potatoes oftheir own raising.

Miss Mollie Chapell is learning the art of dress-making from our Salemartist, Mrs. Pixley.

Some of our young men spent a day, or part of one, fishing in TimberCreek, but did not have extra luck.

Miss Hunt, of Winfield, taught one week for Miss Randall, and made quitea number of acquaintances while with us.

Still it rains. J. W. Hoyland has gone to Geuda Springs and is deterredfrom returning by the highness of the Arkansas River.

Another harvest is almost here, and the bountiful rains have lengthenedthe straw until the farmers will not have to resort to the header this season.

Our Salem neighbors at the New Salem, or Pleasant Hill, schoolhouse haveorganized a union Sunday School, with Mr. Bryant as superintendent, Mr.Douglass, assistant, and Miss Gilmore, chorister. I do not know who theother officers are.

I, for one, am glad that someone in the "City of Salem," or,more correctly speaking, at the station, has commenced to write the itemsfrom there, for that is a good place for news, and I seldom hear it untiltoo late to write. Success to you pard, whoever you are.

As the Salemites are mostly enjoying pretty good health, there is notmuch chance for Dr. Downs to become very popular, except at social and croquet,but he is ready for professional calls at any time. Some of the ladies declarethat he is "perfectly immense."

Miss Nannie Jackson has returned to her home in Grenola, and carriedwith her a beautiful bouquet of roses from the old Salem home (now the propertyof the McHenry brothers). She also took the kind wishes of friends, andmay she never find a worse home than she once had in Salem. Come again.

MARRIED. Miss Julia Bovee is no more. On Wednesday, the 6th, Mr. McClellandclaimed her as his fair bride and future housekeeper, and by her presence,and in a thousand countless ways, she will brighten his home and cheer hisheart when he comes in weary with life's battles. They have gone to hishome near Cedarvale. Rev. Hickok tied the knot. May they find life's voyagefair sailing, and when their barque is anchored, may they land on the shorewhere sorrow and disappointment are unknown. Happiness here and hereafteris my wish for them.

Happiness and sorrow alternately mingle

In the cup of our life,

And thus to the end of our earthly journey,

Though life be brief,

We will meet sorrow, grief and pain,

While joy we would fain entertain

Lingers a season, then away

To call perhaps some other day.

DIED. Poor little Guy Martin's pains and sorrows are o'er and he calmlysleeps in the Salem graveyard by the side of his lovely little sister. Hissuffering has been for long, long weeks, and the skill of his kind physiciancould not stay the hand of death. Sleep on, little one, in your quiet tombtill God shall bid you rise, to never suffer anymore.

Although the roads were decidedly muddy and the weather very threateningon Friday evening, most everybody and his girl attended the ice cream social,and the cream and cake disappeared like magic, while forty-five pounds ofcandy and much lemonade went the same way. I understand that something near$14 was cleared. Pretty good for our far out country place, and a bad night.If fun means lots of talking and laughing, then some must have had bushelsof it. So late dissipating and then getting up in the morning feeling badly,does not constitute the funny part of socials. OLIVIA.

[SCHWANTES-MARTIN WEDDING.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

MARRIED. About one hundred guests met at the residence of James F. Martin,President of the Cowley County Horticultural Society, Thursday evening,June 7th. The occasion was the marriage of Mr. William Schwantes to hisdaughter, Miss Emma Martin. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Cairnsof Winfield. It was one of those occasions never to be forgotten. The wholecompany sat down to a supper that would have done credit to "Delmon-ico," to which ample justice was done. All were so happy that we won'tbe surprised if other unions grow out of this. Sweet music was discoursedfrom the organ by Mr. Burt. May the honeymoon never set. FRATER.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

South Fairview Items.

Mr. Arthur Orr's barn has been completed and is a fine piece of "mechanicalart."

Mr. Hezekiah Smith contemplates building 400 rods more of stone fencethis fall and winter.

Mr. Zimmerman and Mr. Ramsy [Ramsey?], of Ohio, are visiting friendsand relatives in this part. They were surprised to see our garden "sass."

Mr. Alonzo Johnson has contracted the building of 400 rods of stone fenceof Mr. David Tomkinson. Lon evidently is not afraid of hard work.

Corn looks equally as well as it did last year at this time, and bidsfair for an average crop although the ground has been so wet it is almostimpossible to cultivate it.

Mr. Josiah Curfman has completed one of the finest cyclone houses weever had the privilege of seeing. It is entirely under the ground and hasan arched roof of stone.

Dr. Daniel Smith, formerly of Howard Co., Indiana, but late of Holt Co.,Missouri, has located here in this part and has a good prospect for a goodpractice. May success crown his efforts.

Mr. Hollingsworth is desirous of a lot of oats. He says his corn in thebin is being almost entirely destroyed by the mice. He killed seventy-sixin loading two loads of corn from his bin.

Crops are looking very flattering, and we are having plenty of raininfact, we could do with less. Harvest is almost here and the busy click ofthe harvester will soon be heard from one field to another, the countryo'er. A great many farmers are purchasing self-binders.

[COUNTERFEITERS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

A counterfeit silver dollar mysteriously talked about by government officers,of the same weight, size, and ring as the genuine, turns out to be the samein all respects. The metal is silver precisely like that used at the mint,is worth eighty-six to eighty-eight cents, and yields such a profit in coiningthat great numbers of the pieces are said to be in circulation.

Springfield Republican.

It is possible that those patriots, the counterfeiters, may confer ablessing upon the country that those patriots, the Congressmen, have nothad the courage to secure. Our government is engaged in the strange businessof making silver into pieces worth eighty-six cents and marking them "onedollar." Both parties are responsible for this legislation and neitherparty has the courage to repeal the national counterfeiting act. Gold coinis hoarded while the debased silver is forced out. The people demanded thisbuzzard coin and the people will be the losers. The laws regulating thevalue of the metals cannot be changed by popular clamor or by votes putinto a ballot box. Our country has not yet resumed specie payments on agold basis but will be compelled some time to do so. The present "dollar"will be gradually discredited and thrown outrefused reception as a dollar.If the counterfeiters are sufficiently numerous, they are blessings in disguise.Hiawatha World.

[STATE NEWS.]

Winfield Courier, June 14, 1883.

Thirty saloon keepers have been arrested in Wichita, and a number ofprosecutions have been commenced in Topeka and Salina. In Salina the countyattorney, John Foster, who is quite vigorously prosecuting the liquor sellers,was elected last fall as an anti-prohibitionist, and is a Democrat. Themost vigorous prosecutions ever made in Lawrence, too, have been made bycounty Attorney Baker, who was, until his election last fall, the attorneyemployed to defend the saloon keepers, and was denounced in the canvas lastyear as an anti- prohibitionist. An honest and capable man, who respectsthe obligations of an official position, can always be relied on to enforcethe law, and will do the work with which he is charged far more efficientlythan a weak and incapable man whose capital stock is principally wind. Champion.

[GENERAL CROOK.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

CROOK AND HIS CAPTIVES.

A courier arrived at Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on June 12th fromCrook's head- quarters at Silver Creek, in that Territory, bringing thefirst official information of Crook's expedition. It left the American sideon the 3rd of May, marching 200 miles southeast from San Bernardino on theboundary line of Chihuahua and Sonora, following the trail of the hostiles.Crook was guided by Apache Nandoski, who was captured near San Carlos justprevious to the expedition leaving, at a point about 200 miles south ofthe line. The com- mand crossed the Sierra Madre range, and advanced fiftymiles over an indescribably rough trail, seven mules being killed by fallingover the precipices, and pressed on without delay. They were rendered nearlybarefoot by the sharp rocks, and after days of hard marching night and day,the Indian camps of Chato and Bonite were discovered in the heart of theSierra Madres in an almost impregnable position.

The Apaches did not dream of an attack, for entrance to the strongholdwas next to impossible, and the warriors were principally on a raid underJu, only thirty-seven bucks being in the camp with the women and children.The San Carlos scouts, under Captain Craw- ford and Lieutenants Atwood andMackey, with A. L. Sebree, McIntosh, and Mackey, the three chiefs of scouts,surrounded the camp before the hostiles were aware of their proximity, andadvanced from different points and were near before they were discovered.The scouts secreted themselves behind the rocks and commenced firing uponthe camp, creating a perfect panic. A number succeeded in escaping, thoughnearly all surrendered. Seven were found dead in the camps.

Five Mexican women and a little girl were captured. They were taken fromCarmen and Chihuahua, and are now with Crook, in good health.

Everything in the camp was burned or carried off by the scouts. Amongthe property captured were one hundred ponies and mules, forty being loadedwith plunder: saddles, girdles, clothes, silver and gold watches, and severalthousand dollars in gold, silver, and greenbacks, showing that they hadbeen very successful in their raids.

After the fight the most of those who escaped came in. Altogether 383prisoners were taken. The chiefs captured were Chato, Bonite, Geronimo,Nachez, Loco, and Nana. The two latter were long reported dead.

The chiefs say an American boy, six years old, captured a month ago inNew Mexico, is with the squaws in the mountains. He is, no doubt, CharlieMcComas. Runners were sent out and he was expected in hourly.

After the fight the command, with the prisoners, marched back to theAmerican side, and the entire command with the prisoners are now encampedon Silver Creek, about sixty miles south of Tombstone. Not one of Crook'scommand was lost during the campaign. The courier states that the reasonwhy Crook remains at Silver Creek is that he is awaiting news from the secretaryof war as to the disposition to be made of the Indians, as Wilcox, the agentat San Carlos, refused to receive them, and that he will go back to theSierra Madres after the rest of the hostiles if they do not come in.

In conversation with the courier, he stated that the hostiles had plentyof money. One old squaw, who was the possessor of three $50 bills, madeinquiry of Colonel Biddles as to the value of her possessions. Upon beinginformed that the notes were for $5 each, she grunted and would not negotiate,and pointed with her skinny fingers to the naught after the five on eachnote. Quite a number of bucks had silver stars and other ornaments beatenout of Mexi- can dollars on their heads, and several of them American doubleeagles made into necklaces. A rough estimate of the amount of wealth amongthem is fully $5,000, and probably more.

The troops and packers of the command state that the place where thecapture occurred is the prettiest spot on the earth, and the road to itrougher than mortal man ever trod. Large numbers of the hostiles seemedpleased with the situation, evidently expecting an immediate return to their"flesh pots" at San Carlos. The only complaint comes from someof the squaws, whose bucks are among those who escaped.

The officers who were with the expedition state that Crook had surroundedthe Indians before they knew of his presence, and that if he had not doneso, it would have taken six months and all the men in Arizona to have gottenthem.

As an illustration of Crook's modesty and total absence of fuss and feathersin his make- up, it may be stated that although the fight and capture occurredon the 17th of last month, he leisurely retraced his steps to Camp Supplyat Silver Creek, not even sending a courier ahead to signalize his movements.The first intimation had of Crook's return was the arrival of a lieutenantat Colonel Biddle's headquarters at 8 a.m., on Sunday the 10th inst., withdispatches for Camp Bowie, the nearest army telegraph station. Upon makinginquiry con- cerning the general, who was supposed to be 100 miles distantin the Sierra Madres, imagine the surprise that awaited the camp when informedthat Crook was only two hours behind with the captured Apaches.

About 10 o'clock the general rode into camp with an escort, and greetedColone Biddle with "Nice morning, Colonel," and straight-way struckout for a wash-basin which he had spied, and was soon engaged in performinghis ablutions, after which he threw himself onto a camp stool and engagedhimself in conversation about his campaign in an off-hand way, as if huntingthe cruelest and fiercest foe on the continent, in the wildest and mostinac- cessible country to be found, was a matter of every-day occurrence.A lieutenant, whose name is unknown, was the only person wounded in Crook'scommand, and he but slightly.

[REV. PLATTER.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

It is with sincere feelings of sadness that we chronicle the death ofRev. Jas. E. Platter, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Winfield, andone of the owners of the Occidental Hotel in this city. Rev. Platter diedat his home in Winfield on June 12, 1883, at noon.

Our readers will remember the deceased as having conducted a series ofmeetings in the Presbyterian Church here and making frequent visits to ourcity in connection with business and friendship.

Mr. Platter had gone to Cincinnati on business, and while there, tookdown with malarial fever. He insisted on coming home when hardly able tosit up, and it is thought that exposure was the cause of his death.

He was a warm friend of Rev. J. D. Hewett, who is now in Scotland. Infact, the two men were bound together with a devotion equal to David andJonathan.

Platter was a gentleman of the highest Christian character and a zealousman in the cause of humanity. His zeal was governed by knowledge. It wasnot the fiery fanatical of the shallow minded bigot, but that cool, calm,and mighty manhood which has the government of self as the basis of allreform. During the prohibition fight in Winfield, Platter conducted himselfwith that chaste and holy spirit which should govern the disciple of Christ.There were no flaming speeches and threatening denunciations. In fact, Rev.Platter was as near the New Testament ideal of a Christian gentleman aswe ever knew on earth.

His own life was the beacon light which shone on all with whom he camein contact. Good health, strong body, well balanced mind, comfortably situatedso far as this life was concerned, and yet prepared for the life beyondthe stars. The feeble, sickly, miserable men who want to die and to whomdeath would be a blessing seem to live on while the strong men fall downand die after a few days of illness. It is strange that death should touchthe men who are best prepared to live. Wichita Times.

[RAILROAD.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

So far in her history, Erie has been unfortunate in having all the railroadsin the country to miss her, but it now seems that Neosho's favorite butmuch slighted town is at last to have not only the advantage of railroadfacilities but of railroad competition also. Since the Girard, Iola &Topeka railroad went into the hands of the Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe company, it is generally understood that the latter company will extendthe line from Walnut to Earlton by that place and there intersect the K.C. L. & S. K. Railroad, also under the management of the A., T. &S. F. Company. Now news reaches us that a consolidation is about to be effectedwith the Kansas Railway Company, who now own the Memphis & Northwesterngrade from Thayer to Fredonia, built in 1871, with other interests, wherebya road can be built from Fort Scott to Winfield by way of Erie to Thayer,and on above mentioned grade to Fredonia and from there to Howard and onto Winfield. It is the intention in a few years to extend this line of roadfrom Winfield to Camp Supply and on Southwestwardly to the coast. The peopleof Erie are perfectly elated over the prospect of either having access tothe Fort Scott, Chicago & St. Louis, or a direct connection in the wayof a southwestern branch from Ft. Scott to Winfield. If built, this willbe one of the most valuable pieces of railroad property in all the southwest.

[COWLEY COUNTY AND WINFIELD.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Wellington is credited with a population of 3660, as reported, and Newtonwith a population of 3934. Quite sizable cities, almost as large as Winfield,which we score at 3984.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

McPherson county stands at the head of the procession this year on winterwheat, with 107,000 acres, but Cowley leads the State on corn, with 127,000acres of the most promising corn that ever grew.

[CATTLE.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The treasury department has issued an important regulation governingthe exportation of cattle from this country. In addition to the quarantinecattle sheds now in use, vessels engaged in transporting cattle will beinspected and disinfected to prevent the germs of contagion from remainingin the apartments in which cattle are shipped. In view of these regulations,it is thought that England will relax her present stringent rules whichseriously embarrass our export of live stock.

[RAILROADS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Our thanks are due to Hon. E. P. McCabe, Auditor of State, for a copyof the report of the Railroad Assessors.

There are in the State of Kansas, 3,870 miles of main line and 444 milesof side track, which is valued at $27,280,516.10, or an average of $7,048.62per mile. This includes the forty-six lines and branches in the State. Theincreased valuation over that of last year is $2,192,064.77. One hundredand sixty-nine miles were constructed during the year.

The Assessors also report a total of 3,871.06 miles of telegraph line(one wire) assessed at $70, making a total value of the various lines $270,274.20.

[GENERAL CROOK.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The secretary of the interior officially informs the secretary of warthat the renegade Apaches captured by General Crook are guilty of "murder,theft, and other crimes," and that "there can be no permanentpeace if these Indians are allowed to murder people, steal their stock,and then surrender themselves and return to their agencies to be supportedby the government." And the stern hearted secretary of the interioradds: "I think the criminals should be held as prisoners and punishedfor their crimes."

Secretary Teller adds a wise suggestion that the children of these renegadeApaches be taken from their devoted fathers and mothers and sent to school,the interior department undertaking to furnish school facilities and supportthem. This plan to depopulate the Apache nurseries of murderers and robbersis a good one, and to hang the "bucks," make the squaws work forall they get at the agency, and send the children off to receive white pupils'education, will dispose of the Apache raid business in good shape.

[REV. PLATTER.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

FOR SOME REASON, MILLINGTON AGAIN PUBLISHED ARTICLE RE DEATH OF PLATTERAS GIVEN IN THE PREVIOUS ISSUE.

In accord with a proclamation issued by the Mayor, all business houseswere closed during the funeral.

At twelve o'clock on Thursday, an hour and a half before the time setfor the services, the Presbyterian Church was crowded with mourning citizens.The pulpit and windows were profusely decorated with flowers and floralemblems, over a background of sombre black. At two o'clock, preceded bythe mournful toiling of the bell, the casket was borne up the aisle to thefoot of the pulpit by the deacons. The funeral address was delivered byRev. Hill of Kansas City, amid most impressive silence. Short words of hopeand condolence were spoken by Revs. Kelly of Wichita, Price of Wellington,Hendry of Emporia, and Cairns of Winfield, and then the members and citizensfiled past the casket and through its plated glass took a last look at thefamiliar features of their dead pastor and honored friend. After the longlines of people reaching down the aisles and out into the street had filedpast, the casket was again taken up, borne to the hearse, and the funeralprocession, over a mile in length, moved out to the north cemetery wherethe hands of many sorrowing friends had strewn flowers, and the grave waslined with green leaves and embanked in nature's choicest offerings. Aftera short and feeling prayer, the casket was lowered, and with hearts boweddown in silent grief the mourning citizens returned to their homes, andthus ended the earthly career of our noblest, best, and kindest friendtheone man in all our acquaintance who was most like the Master he so zealouslyserved, kind, forgiving, earnest, but always firm for the rightwords arefar too weak to express the grief the people feel in such a loss.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

In the last issue of the Telegram, I find the following choicepiece of literature, presumably from the pen of that veteran prohibitionist,Hon. (?) C. C. Black, who, while the question of prohibition was beforethe people for adoption two years ago, championed the measure in the DailyTelegram, and upon the stump as well. Hear him now.

"A business man of this city suggested to us last week the feasibilityof Macadamizing Main and other cross streets where the bulk of travel flowed,and thought it would be a good plan to agitate the subject through the columnsof the Telegram. We are perfectly willing to agitate the subject.That it would be a great advantage to us and a big advertisem*nt, therecan be no doubt. It could be accomplished much cheaper here than elsewhereon account of our abundance of rock. But the cost, how could we meet it?If we had licensed saloons, we could perform this work. But we haven't.We have free whiskey and free beer, thanks to the prohibitionists, and thecity gets nothing, except the privilege, as tax-paying citizens, of goingdown into their pockets and helping to pay immense bills of cost incurredagainst the county in whiskey trials which never end in conviction. Yes,let us macadamize Main street, then marshal together the non-progressive,fanatical, whole-hog-or-none element and start them to some other clime."

Then, his anathemas against the license system were hurled from the rostrumand through his little daily with all the force of his mighty intellect(?), and properly too. He then charged that every dollar paid by the saloonkeeper for his license was that much money wrung from the worse than widowedwives and worse than orphaned children; that it represented the tears, thesighs, and the groans of unfortunate humanitythe victims of the liquor traffic.How eloquently he then sought the pulpit of our churches in which to belaborhis opponent, who doubted the propriety of incorporating into our Constitutiona measure which would tie the hands of our legislators and take from themthe power to regulate the sale of liquor by law. How he appealed then toour farmers to stand solid against a system which paid the taxes for richbankers and merciless shylocks, and forced our farmers to bear the burdensof the prosecutions the result of the liquor traffic. Oh! How eloquently(?) he appealed to our wives and mothers to use their influence with us,so that we should vote for prohibition, and thus close up the saloons ofWinfield, which furnished a loafing place to their husbands and sons whenin town; where they became the associates of the lewd, the vile, and basem*n who found shelter in such places. Ah! The writer remembers only toowell the arguments then used by the editor of that paper in order to securevotes for prohibition. Then, with him, it was anything so we divorced ourselvesfrom the accursed system in vogue, the license system. The arguments thenused were sound, and the people voted as he then talked. It is true thatthis editor was then a candidate for the State Senate in this county. Itis also true that his opponent was what he called and what he denouncedas a whiskeyite. And yet the people trusted the pledges of his opponent,who claimed to have some regard for his official oath, rather than trustthe professions of this editor. And the result has justified their action.

While his opponent has stood like a solid wall favorable to the enforcementof the Constitution of the people, this editor, true to his nature, hasreturned to his wallow and vomit and regales his readers with such nauseatinghogwash as the above.

He, probably more than any other man in Cowley County, is responsiblefor the present condition of things; because, that paper being the mouth-pieceof Democracy, by its tone and management then, moulded Democratic publicopinion favorable to prohibition, and it was carried by an immense majorityin this county. But political convictions rest lightly on Democratic shouldersin this county. The most of them are renegades and traitors from the Republicanparty, driven out as a rule because they were unfit to be trusted with officeor power, and because they will stay with no party unless the hope of officeis held out to them. Hence, when this editor found that prohibition mouthingswould not secure Republican votes; when this editor found that Balaam'sass could not be covered up with the prohibition squawk so as to catch Republicanvotes, than Balaam's ass simply went back where he belonged, and set upthe revolt against prohibition, hoping thereby to strengthen his party bydrawing from the Republicans all those men who would rather every man inCowley County went to Hell so long as they escaped the burdens of city government.

Two years ago it will be remembered that this Democratic sheet, whoseeditor was then soliciting votes, told the people that the license systemwas a fraud upon them; that the city licensed saloons and received the moneywith which to pay its municipal expenses, and that thereby our banks, merchants,and money sharks, who habitually violated God's law by grinding the facesof the poor, escaped taxation. He also told us that 89 percent of all crimewas chargeable to the license system, and that the cities received all thefees therefor, while the whole people of the county had to pay the expensesmade by such cities in thus licensing that which produced the crime andexpense.

Was he honest then in his professions, or was he after votes? Is he honestnow, or is he after votes? The impartial observer will be inclined to thinkhe was after votes then, and that he is after them now; then for himself,and now for his party. But it will be a cold day, I think, before this acrobaticphilosopher will be able to induce the farmers of this county to lend himtheir aid to take city taxation from the shoulders of men who are able andought to bear their own burdens, and place it on their own.

Such twaddle will catch the average Democrat, but Republicans cannotbe caught with that kind of political fodder. He who denounces prohibition,advocates licensed saloons thereby; he who advocates saloon license, wantsadvantages for the taxpayers of the city not enjoyed by the farmers andpeople of the country. License means all of the costs of the liquor trafficto the whole people of the county, with the revenue derived therefrom forthe benefit of the people of the cities.

And the people of the country now sing:

"Once I was blind but, thank God, now I see,

And such specious sophistries can never more deceive me."

[OLD WINFIELD WELL.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

An old land mark in this city is obliterated. The old well in the centerof 9th Avenue, just west of Main, is filled up. This was the first wellever made within the present city limits, dating from the spring of 1870.In that year it was a great institution, supplying everybody on the townsite, and on the Fourth of July it was in constant use, supplying waterfor all the teams in the county.

[STAR ROUTE.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

As will be seen by our dispatches, Dorsey & Co., were acquitted bythe star route jury. This is the second acquittal of the principal actors,and what will now interest a curious public most in the matter is, how shallwe dispose of Mr. Rerdell, who insists that he is guilty. Topeka Capitalist.

That is easy enough. The jury has already decided that his testimonyin the matter is a lie, and of course his evidence against himself cannotbe believed, and he must be acquitted.

[UNITED STATES NEWS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Public sympathy at Washington seems to be with the star route defendants.The crowd cheered the verdict of acquittal, cheered the jury, and wouldno doubt have cheered Dorsey and Brady had those gentlemen taken enoughinterest in the verdict to have been present.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

A big steam yacht is coming to be a necessary luxury with the millionaires.The Cramps of Philadelphia, builders of Jay Gould's Atlanta, have just contractedto build an iron steam yacht 225 feet long for William Astor, and are tobegin next fall on another yacht for James Gordon Bennett.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

John Ambler Smith, on behalf of the colored citizens of the CherokeeNation, has filed a protest with the secretary of the interior against thepayment to Bushyhead and associates of $300,000 for lands ceded to the governmentby the Cherokees. The secretary will give the matter careful consideration.

[NOTICE.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Recap: John P. Strickland, Administrator of the Estate of Dan A. Stricklandfiled a petition for payment of debts owed, etc. Jennings & Troup, Attorneys,H. D. Gans, Probate Judge. June 15, 1883, date of petition.

[AD. WM. B. NORMAN.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

WM. B. NORMAN, REAL ESTATE & LOAN AGENT, UDALL.

Will sell you a better farm for less money than any other man in SouthernKansas. Come and see. No charge made for showing lands. [ABOUT 12 ITEMSLISTED IN AD.]

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Cyrus M. Scott was up from his sheep ranch Monday on business.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Tom Wright's herd of town cows now numbers about three hundred.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The water mains are being laid along Main Street to Twelfth Avenue.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The races on the Fourth will be a very exciting part of the program.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. Albro and Mrs. Shenneman returned from the east Friday.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Anyone going east will find it to their interest to call at the K. C.,L. & S. Depot.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

S. H. Myton will build his brick block right away after harvest. It willbe a mammoth one.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Senator Hackney has put the building taken from Judge Torrance's MainStreet lot on his Ninth Avenue lot.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Young Robert Hudson and company are starting out in business for themselves.They are wide awake and will make a success.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Wm. B. Norman, Udall's live real estate agent, sold the G. M. Napierquarter section to Smith and Hildebrand for $1,100 Friday.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Dr. Mendenhall returned from the East Saturday, where he has been duringthe past three weeks attending the session of the American Medical Society.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The members of the Band and their immediate friends will enjoy a regular"cow camp" dinner at the Park on the Fourth, under the supervisionand management of N. C. Myers.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The W. C. T. U. will meet in the lecture room of the Presbyterian ChurchSaturday next, June 23, at 5 o'clock. All members are earnestly requestedto be present, as business of importance will come before the meeting.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The Fuller and Torrance business block now going up on Main Street isto be one hundred and twenty-five feet deep and two stories high. The planswere executed by Irv. Randall and are beauties in form and finish.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

M. H. Markcum returned last week from Manhattan where he attended thecommence- ment exercises of the Agricultural College. He furnishes us anexcellent synopsis of the pro- ceedings, which we hope soon to have spacefor.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mrs. Vermilye, mother of the Vermilye boys, in Pleasant Valley Township,had the misfortune to fall down a flight of stairs last week, severely injuringherself. She is getting along nicely so far, and we hope may speedily recover.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Messrs. Jas. M. Dever and S. S. Holloway are agents for a new drill attachment,consisting of a lot of rollers which follow each drill and press the grounddown on the wheat. It is said to be a sure cure for winter-killing, andto save seed.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Bob White brought in on Monday a stalk of corn from the field of D. Eastman,which stands seven feet high, and the leaves straightened up reach overeight feet high. It is a large, thick stalk, and Mr. White says there areplenty more of them in the same field.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

J. S. Johnson is the pluckiest man in Kansas. He returned from Texasto defend his rights in a lawsuit and protect his bondsmen, and findingthe Walnut too high to cross, he built a "Texas Clipper," andsailed down the river to Winfield. Douglass Index.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

J. E. Searls appears on our streets again with a milk wagon. He was thefirst, original, and only milkman in our city for years, and it seems muchlike old times to have him back again. He has set up a corral out on theprairies, bought a pump, and has opened out in full blast.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Riverside Park is the most beautiful, cool, and inviting place in SouthernKansas. It will be a delightful place for the celebration, and the arrangementfor putting the teams in the fair grounds will leave the Park entirely freefor the dinner and for people to enjoy themselves in. Police will be furnishedto look after everything.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Alonzo D. Penland, of Udall, has planted 120 bushels of large onionsand seven bushels of sets of the English Multiplier variety and one acreof Weathersfield, the whole occupying seven acres, and they are growingfinely. Mr. Penland expects to harvest 1,500 bushels of large onions and400 bushels of sets if they do fairly well.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Dr. Cooper and wife, formerly of Winfield, but who have been visitingin Florida for the purpose of improving health, have returned and are spendinga few days with the family of S. M. Wilson, living one mile north of thisplace. Mulvane Herald.

The Doctor has been very sick there and will probably not return. Kansasis good enough for him.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

We had, last Saturday, a short call from an old and much prized friendof the writer, Mr. Jacob T. Hackney, of Winfield. Uncle Jake is one in thethousand, met with here and there "adown the hill of time," wholeaves you better, stronger, and more hopeful, for having chatted with him.Mr. and Mrs. Hackney are visiting their sons near Wellington.

Wellingtonian.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mr. Harrison Dailey of the firm of W. H. Smith & Co., proprietorsof the large and extensive nurseries at New Carlisle, Ohio, is new in thiscounty, with a force of canvassers, taking orders for fruit trees and shrubberyto be delivered this fall. Mr. Dailey comes highly recommended as a gentlemanof the strictest integrity, in whose statements the utmost confi- dencecan be placed, and we can assure those who deal with this firm they willreceive from them just what they order.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The Telegram does Mr. Ed. Nicholson an injustice in its accountof his horse-thief cap-ture last week. He was not "sent out" bySheriff Gary. He was on his way home, and took in the thieves on his ownaccount. Instead of being "sent out" by Mr. Gary, he "sentin" for the said Gary post haste, the messenger being Captain Stubblefield,with the information that he had two horse thieves surrounded and desiredthe Sheriff to come out and assist in the capture. The "sheriff"never put in an appearance until the thieves were safe at the jail doorsprobably because he was too busy to go himself and had no one to "send."Our Sheriff evidently prefers "sending someone out" to gettingin the way of trouble himself. His administration reminds us of that ofone of Cowley's early sheriffs who, when fleeing from an irate citizen whowas attempting to caress him with a club, looked back over his shoulderand wailed, "Don't strike! Don't strike!! If you strike, I'll bringthe majesty of the law to bear upon you!" The citizen struck, but onlycaught the tail of a coat as it whipped around the corner.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Col. M. M. Samuel sold his celebrated Spring Brook Farm for a handsomesum and will undoubtedly invest in Cowley County. The Colonel thinks thatsouthwestern Kansas bids fair to become the most desirable place for investmentin the West. We hope this whole-souled gentleman will locate for life withus, as the latch string is always out at his house and no- where in allthis land could one find a more enjoyable place to spend an hour. The Colonel,though an "old war horse," retains all the vigor and vivacityof youth, and we trust that his years will be many yet, to enjoy the goodthings of this world, where he has acted so honorable and worthy a part.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

One of our leading dry goods houses has a very gentlemanly and obligingclerk, but withal a little zealous in representing goods. Some time agotwo ladies called into the store to look over the patterns. He got out hisdress patterns, and after showing up the good quali- ties of this and thatone, finally handed one out with the remark that he knew it was just lovely,as a lady had been in the store the day before wearing one and the fit andstyle was as perfect as he had ever seen. The ladies took the pattern, examinedit, and were horrified to find that it contained the plans and specificationsfor a suit of ladies underwear. The clerk will end his mercantile careeron the Fourth of July.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Rev. Tucker came over from Ottawa Friday with the plans and specificationsof a magnificent new church which they expect to erect at once. He wantsto build it of Cowley County stone, if possible. By the way, these Methodistministers are the most indefatigable church builders in the world. Theyno sooner finish up a new church in one town than they move on to anotherand repeat the operation. They are all church architects as well as faithfulworkers for Christianity and morality. This would be a poor world withoutMethodist ministers.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The grading on the race track at the new fair ground is almost completed.It is raised on the outside and slopes toward the inner edge, making whatis known to horse-men as a "dish- track." The track will costwhen finished, about five hundred dollars, and had it not been for the favorable"lay of the land," two thousand dollars would not have made abetter one. It will be the best in the State, and reflects much credit onSuperintendent Kretsinger. It will be opened to the public for the firsttime on the fourth of July.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Judge Torrance held a short special session of court Monday morning,and a motion in the McCommon assignment case was argued and overruled.

The court also ordered a transcript of the evidence in the Colgate case.

J. Wade McDonald was appointed guardian adlitem of R. F. Mansfieldin the case of Josephine E. Mansfield against Hattie P. Mansfield and others.Another short term will be held on July 12th.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Since our last issue, Judge Gans has issued to the following parties

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

H. B. Lester to Mary Alberding.

Richard Curtis to Ida M. Thorp.

S. A. Chapell to M. D. Rief.

Charles Parker to Louisa Cottingham.

Joseph Anglemyer to Lydia Draper.

A. J. Wood to Cynthia Standiford.

John S. Phillips to Mollie E. Cogswell.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Messrs. Kerr Blair and Ewert of Nevada, Ohio, and Mr. P. H. Albright,of Winfield, will soon open a new bank in this city. The high standing andexcellent business qualifications and wide acquaintance of Mr. Albrightwill insure the new firm a good business from the start.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The benefit concert given Mrs. Jewel Tuesday evening, was a success despitethe many postponements on account of weather. A large audience was presentand the exercises were highly appreciated.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mrs. M. L. Read entertained the young friends of her niece, Miss NellieHammer, on last Monday evening, at her pleasant home. A delightful timeis reported and delightful refresh- ments were provided.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Prof. F. G. Marvin, of the University of Kansas, will be at Winfieldon Wednesday, July 11th, to hold an examination of applicants for admissionto the University. This seems to be a new departure.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

District 119 had a warm fight Monday over changing the site of the schoolhouse.The vote was a tie, and the judges decided to hold a new election. Therewill be blood on the moon until it is over.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

At the rate the corn is growing this week, P. H. Albright & Co.,will have to pay about $20 for the big stalk they have offered $1 a footfor.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

MARRIED. At New Salem, June 14, by Rev. C. P. Graham, Mr. Samuel A. Chapelland Mrs. Maggie D. Rief. All of New Salem.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Dr. Cooper has returned from Florida and now lies quite ill at the residenceof his father- in-law at Mulvane.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Rev. J. N. McClung of Wellington will occupy the Presbyterian pulpitin this city next Sunday.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

On account of sickness the M. E. S. School concert is postponed untilthe first of September next.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Misses Ida and Lizzie McDonald returned last week from the east.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mrs. Fred N. Dickey is at Independence visiting her sister.

[NORMAL INSTITUTE.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Cowley County Normal Institute.

Opens Monday, June 25th, 1883, at the Public School building in Winfield.

Director: Prof. Bud T. Davis, State Normal School.

Assistants: Prof. A. Gridley, Jr., Chanute; Prof. E. T. Trimble, Winfield.

For particulars and course of study, address A. H. Limerick, Winfield,Kansas.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

A New Jewelry Firm. Robert Hudson, Jr., & Co., will start in theJewelry house lately vacated by Farrager, with a large and fresh stock ofgoods. The new business will open up on the first of July.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Baird, the Peanut man, has a new steam peanut roaster which is run bya little engine. It has a whistle and no smoke stack, and attracts considerableattention.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Someone pulled up and burned a fence around a quarter section of landin Windsor Township Saturday night. The fence belonged to Mr. Woods, a friendof R. F. Burden. Two small houses were also burned, together with some furniture.The row is a kind of neighbor- hood affair; and savors somewhat of the oldclaim jumping feuds of early days. Whoever the offenders are, they shouldbe brought to justice speedily. This county has long outgrown such procedure.

[SANTA FE: ARTICLE BY GREER.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

My first impressions of Santa Fe were anything but favorable. Windingaround among sand hills and patches of soap weed, we came upon it suddenly;so suddenly as to almost startle me. Lying at the foot of giant mountainswhose caps are eternal snow, the city in itself looks insignificant.

While the ladies and older persons in the party took carriages, the youngermembers started for town on foot. Here, as elsewhere in this country, theyfound that distances were "mighty deceivin'." It took half anhour to walk a hundred yards.

Apart from its historic interest, Santa Fe is much like other Mexicantowns. Here we met the same patient, ambling little burro, driven by thesame stolid-faced "greaser" that first attracted our attentionin Las Vegas. They seemed to have preceded us across the mountains and broughttheir mud houses and crooked streets along. It is a mystery to us how theypreserve relationships and property interests in New Mexico. Everyone andeverything looks alike, and apparently everyone is named "Jesus Maria."It is the John Smith of the territory.

The San Franciscan chapel was first visited. It is very oldtwo hundredyears or more, they say. It is an old adobe built in the form of a cross.Around it is being built a fine stone cathedral intended, we suppose, toprotect it from the ravages of time. To insure this an adobe should be builtaround the cathedral. There is nothing so very remarkable in this old chapel.The high altars in the three wings of the building are gaudy with gilt andtinsel, against a background of carved figures, very ugly. All around onthe walls were paintings and carvings in wood representing the crucifixion,some of them brought over from Spain hundreds of years ago. Age was theironly virtue. In design and execution they would ruin the reputation of theartist who frescoes the barn yard fence with a bucket of paint and a broom.A niche in the wall was covered with a curtain. Some of the ladies, trueto feminine curiosity, were bound to see what was behind that curtain, butstarted back when it was pulled aside. It contained a glass case in whichwas the wax figure of a man, full size, laid out in burial robes. As theremains were not labeled, we did not learn what saint the effigy was intendedto represent, or why his memory was preserved in such strange form.

The old church of San Miguel is viewed with more interest perhaps thanany other in America. Certain for three hundred years, and no one knowsfor how much longer, this church has stood "the altar of a people'shope." From the outside it looks like a big sod house with pebblesmixed up in the mud. From the inside it is long and narrow. It is supposedto have been built in 1640 and partially destroyed in the revolt of thePueblo Indians in 1680, and rebuilt in 1710 by "The Admiral Don JoseChacon Medina Salazar Villasenor, Knight of the Order of Santiago, Governorand Captain General of this Kingdom of New Mexico, etc. The building issupported by a beam on which is carved the date and several sections ofhis name.

When one starts to enter the old church, he is brought suddenly to therecollection that he is still in the United States by a young Mexican whostands at the door and collects toll at the rate of twenty-five cents perhead. It was a new way of passing the contribution box, which was very successful.

Scrambling up an old ladder, we had a good view of the town from thetop of the old church. The roof is of dirt and has a little belfry at oneend in which hangs an old belltwice as old as the bell which rang out tidingsof the declaration of Independence.

Looking down from the roof just alongside the church, we see the oldestresidence in Americaa house in which human beings were living when thiswas an "undiscovered country." In olden times the entrance wasmade by ladder to the roof, then the ladder was pulled up and let down bya hole in the roof, and the occupants were secure from all intru- sion.Its walls are thick and ceilings low, the upper one being scarcely highenough to stand up straight under. It has little mud fireplaces built inthe corner of each room, mud floors, mud roof, mud walls, mud everything.

The long, low building on the north side of the plaza, painted white,is the "palace." It has been the seat of government here continuouslyfor two hundred years. It has earned its title and is by right a "palace."Here Governor Lionel A. Shelden holds forth, and here are found piles ofrusty old records containing the history of New Mexico through all its changesand vicissitudes. In the times to come they will prove a mine of wealthto the patient his- torian. After all, Santa Fe is a strange and interestingplace, and I would fain have remained a week had circ*mstances permitted.With the railroad has come a change in the people, the customs, and manners,and those who would see Santa Fe as an old, quaint, and curious place, mustsee it soon.

[JULY 4TH PROGRAM.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

At sunrise on the morning of the Fourth, the artillery will inauguratethe festivities of the day by a salute.

The procession will form on Main Street, right resting on Tenth Avenue,at 10 o'clock a.m., in the following order.

Mayor and City officers.

Courier Cornet Band.

Posts of Grand Army of the Republic.

St. John's Battery.

Societies in Regalia.

Citizens in wagons and on horseback.

The procession will enter Riverside Park at the east gate, drive to thecenter, unload, and then drive on to the open ground in the west of thePark, where they can be quartered. Such as desire can drive on through thewest Park gate, across the road into the Fair Ground Park, where teams maybe placed. Persons must carefully avoid damages to trees in either park.

There will be addresses and a basket picnic dinner at the park, whichwill be followed by trotting, pacing, and running races, games, etc., onthe Fair Grounds, as follows.

1st. Mixed pacing and trotting race, free for all county horses, besttwo in three mile heats10 percent entrance. Four to enter, three to start.1st, $45.00; 2nd, $22.50; 3rd, $7.00.

2nd. Running race, free for all, half mile dash10 percent entrance. 1st,$15.00; 2nd, $10.50.

3rd. Slow mule race, free for all, half mile dash, change riders, lastmule out gets $5.00.

4th. Tub race, winner takes $3.00.

5th. Sack race, $2.50 to boss runner.

6th. Base ball Tournament for a premium ball and bat, $5.00.

7th. Potato race, 1st, $3.00; 2nd, $2.00.

8th. Apple string; the one who bites the apple gets $1.00.

9th. Wheelbarrow race, blindfolded; one who wheels closest to stake gets$1.00.

10th. Greased pole; he who climbs it gets the $5 gold piece on top.

11th. Glass ball shoot, $5. Premium. $1.00 entrance feebest shot takes50 percent of premium and entrance money; second best, 25 percent; third15 percent; fourth, 10 percent.

At 4 o'clock the sham battle will take place on the Fair Grounds underthe direction of Col. Whiting, marshal of the day, participated in by the1st Kansas light artillery and several posts of the G. A. R.

The Courier Band will furnish music during the day.

In the evening there will be a grand flambeaux procession of 200 men,bearing Roman candles and accompanied by illuminated balloon ascensions.

[PROHIBITION.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mr. W. T. Curtis, general agent of the Temperance Mutual Benefit Unionof Kansas, has been canvassing in this city and vicinity for that institution,and the plan takes like wild fire as soon as it is understood. He has alreadytaken about sixty life policies here and will stay a few days and take more.Now is your time. It takes the same way in every town and is safe, as thereis nothing to pay after the issue of policy except the assessment for deathlosses on temperance men, which are very light. It is strictly on the mutualplan. The central office is Topeka.

The officers are: J. P. St. John, honorary president; A. B. Jetmore,president; J. A. Troutman, vice-president; D. S. Skinner, treasurer; W.T. Curtis, state agent; Judge G. W. Carey, legal advisor; R. M. Mitchell,M. D., medical advisor; C. E. Wheeler, secretary.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Dr. and Mrs. Mendenhall returned last Saturday from an extended visitto Cleveland, Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, and Kansas City.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

At a regular session of Winfield Lodge No. 20, I. O. G. T., held Fridayevening, June 15th, 1883, the following resolutions were presented by thecommittee `In Memoriam' and unanimously adopted:

"And they buried him in the City of David among the Kings, becausehe had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house."

When a good man passes out from among his fellows to face the realitiesof the life beyond, it is meet and fitting that those left behind shouldpay tribute to his memory, not because of advantage to the dead, but tostimulate the living to an appreciation of those nobler qualities whichgave him whose memory we cherish the high place he occupied in our esteem.

As members of Winfield Lodge No. 20, I. O. G. T., standing reverentlyand with uncovered heads before the memory of our beloved brother, REV.JAMES E. PLATTER, we point to the life of unswerving devotion to the right;of kindly sacrifices for the welfare of his fellow men; of leadership inthe rugged paths of truth and duty, cut off in the very beginning of itsusefulness; and while we drop a tear of affectionate remembrance upon hisgrave, rejoice that we can say to our membership, and the friends that knewhim but to love, emulate his sterling qualities of mind and soul that yourend may be like his, full of honor, but a loss which an entire communitymourns as irreparable.

We mingle our tears with those who mournwith the bereaved wife, children,and mother, and feeling words too feeble to express our sorrow or heal thegaping wounds of their affliction, tenderly commend them to Him who rulethupon the land and upon the sea, and who has promised to be their Friendand Helper in their hour of need.

Resolved, That the Charter of the Lodge be draped in mourning,and a mourning badge be worn upon each regalia for a period of thirty daysnext after the adoption of these resolutions.

Resolved, That an engrossed copy of these resolutions be presentedto the bereaved family, and that copies be furnished the Winfield papersfor publication.

DAVID C. BEACH, FRANK H. GREER, JAMES A. CAIRNS, Committee.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Mrs. Jewett is visiting friends in Topeka.

Singing every Sunday afternoon for the benefit of the Sabbath school.

Health good, town improving, and business lively; but items of interestrather scarce.

The "Royal Templars" have organized a society at Udall andpropose building a hall in the near future.

Mrs. Gray has gone to Berton to visit her parents, and Harry lifts hishat to the ladies and says: "Speak to me! I am a widower, now."

Mrs. Worden, of Vermont, sent Mrs. Martin as handsome a bouquet of roseslast week as has been our good fortune to see this season, consisting oftwenty-seven varieties, including the mammoth rose, which was a beauty.

Have had a little hot spell, we are looking for some glorious weatherbetween now and Independence Day. If there is the least probability of rainwhen you go the Fourth, take an umbrella or you may have to swarm in likedrowning cats with your summer finery ruined.

Not such much rain this week as last, and the farmers are very busy.They have commenced harvesting the golden grain which is long headed andlarge grained, but very short straws. The present estimate is a very goodcrop. Vegetables of all kinds are plentiful. Corn is doing well. UNCLE FRANK.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

John T. Gooch left for Otoe Agency last Wednesday.

We now have telephonic connection with Geuda Springs.

The stone and brick work on Highland Hall is nearing completion.

The bridge across the Arkansas south of town has been repaired and isnow in good shape.

Prof. C. F. Atkinson and family have gone East to spend the summer. TheProfessor has been engaged to take charge of the schools here next winter.

The social at the residence of Dr. Kellogg on Wednesday evening of lastweek was one of the most enjoyable gatherings of the season. The Doctorand Mrs. Kellogg are adepts in the art of entertainment.

Our social circle has been sadly broken into by the departure of MissMaggie Burrows for her home in Iowa last Thursday. During the past yearMiss Burrows has been engaged in our school and has given universal satisfaction.She leaves many friends who sincerely regret her departure.

C. M. Scott is spoken of as candidate for the office of Sunday SchoolSuperintendent. Scott is a rustler, and although he has not had much experiencein that kind of work, never having attended Sunday School until last Sunday,he will, when called upon by the people to assume the responsibilities ofthe office, discharge his duties to the best of his ability.

DIED. On last Wednesday morning Howard, the colored porter at the LelandHotel, died very suddenly, and was buried on the afternoon of the same day.He had not been well for some time, but his disease, pleurisy, was not supposedto be of a nature calculated to cause so sudden a death. It is reportedthat it has been discovered since his death that he had been robbed of somethingover a hundred dollars. This report, taken with the haste with which hewas buried, looks a little strange to some people. Is there anything suspiciousabout it?

June 14th, 1883. JULIA.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

No marriages, deaths, nor births in this locality late.

Some of the farmers find it more profitable to make butter than to sellcream at present prices.

The Mite Society met at Mr. Chance's last Wednesday and was a success.The next meeting is at Mrs. A. T. Gay's.

About 360 acres of land have been put under fence this spring in District46. A little more of that class of improvements will affect the rope market.

Wheat is being put in shock as fast as machines can cut it. Corn is gettingtoo big to plow. Oats will make a good crop. Wheat will average with otheryears.

Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Green, who left here for Indiana a week orso ago, say they are homesick. Things don't look quite so thrifty in theHoosier state as here.

Our farmers have been delayed with their work this spring by the frequentrains, consequently corn fields are full of weeds, harvest at hand, andno help for the corn; yet we are far ahead of eastern states where theyhad not finished planting on the 6th. X.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

BIRTH. Mrs. Perry has a fine boy.

Weather very warm at present. Grain doing finely.

Irwin Dousman has returned from his visit in Labette, and says he hadan excellent time.

Some of our young people attended the social up at the Walnut ValleyChurch on Friday eve.

New potatoes, beets, turnips, etc., are on the farmer's bill of fareat present. Harvest will begin with some this coming week.

Mrs. Joe Baker and Mrs. Hoyland have returned from the Springs very muchbenefitted in health, and oh! so glad to get home again.

Mr. Berkey and Miss Hunt of Winfield made a short but pleasant littlevisit to the Hoyland family and Miss Randall on Friday, and Miss Randallaccompanied them back to the city.

Sunday school quite interesting. Singing at Praire Home last Sabbathconducted by Mr. Thomas. The young people are anxious to secure his servicesas teacher and think they can get up quite a class in vocal music. Hopethey will succeed.

MARRIED. New Salem is not behind hand in the hymeneal way as there isanother wedding to chronicle this week. On Thursday evening at 9:30 in thehome of the bride's mother and brother, there was a quiet wedding, onlythe relatives of the contracting parties and two or three other guests beingpresent. The happy looking bride was Mrs. Maggie Rief (daughter of Mrs.Wolf) and the gay and festive groom was Mr. S. A. Chapell.

The knot was tied by Rev. C. P. Graham, and after the congratulationswere over, the merry party left the cozy parlor and repaired to the diningroom where the table literally groaned 'neath its weight of goodies, whichconsisted of an excellent supper with the delicacies of the season, anda mixed assortment of confectionery. Full justice was done to the many goodthings, and all seemed satisfied that the bride understood the culinaryart, if she ordered the good things spread before them. I will try and givea list of the presents.

Mrs. Chapell, Jr., was the recipient of a handsome necklace from thehusband of her choice, while he received a beautiful solid locket as a watchcharm from his charming bride.

From the bride's mother, to each a beautiful napkin ring, also a setof napkins.

From the bride's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Watsonberger, set ofsilver knives and forks.

From the groom's parents, a handsome table castor.

Mr. Sutton, a beautiful celluloid toilet set, in nice case.

From Mr. Will Sutton, a lovely napkin ring.

From Miss Mollie Chapell, butter knife, sugar spoon, and mustard spoon.

From Mr. W. B. Hoyland and his sister, Tirzah, a large, handsome album.

I think this comprises all the presents.

They were thankfully received, and music helped chase away gloomy thoughts,if there were any. The single guests were provided with some cake to dreamout their destiny by placing it beneath their pillowbut alas! had the cakeno magical power to bring visions of heroes to visit us in dreamland. Tothe partners lately joined, may they sometimes give one thought to the associatesleft in "single blessedness." Peace, happiness, and prosperityattend thee, dear friends. On the following day all were invited to thereception at Mr. Chapell's, and everything there was intended to add tothe happiness of the merry guests. A sumptuous dinner was served, and "allwent merry as a marriage bell." The illness of Mrs. Chapell, Senior,was regretted. At present writing she is much better. OLIVIA.

[REV. PLATTER.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

At a meeting of the session of the 1st Presbyterian church at Winfield,Kansas, held June 18th, 1883, the following resolutions were adopted.

WHEREAS, It has pleased God in his wise yet inscrutable providence toremove from our midst to his heavenly home our Pastor, the Rev. James E.Platter, who has been with us almost from the very origin of this church,and whose care and fidelity more than all other human agencies has beenthe cause of the growth and prosperity of this church, we would record hereour sense of the greatness of our loss and our estimate of his character;we regarded him as an able expounder of the Scriptures, a man who lovedand studied the Word of God with a devout mind and a deep desire to knowthe truth. He was an able preacher; he set forth the doctrines of the Gospelclearly and urged them upon the mind and conscience of his hearers withgreat earnestness and a studious endeavor to convince the understanding,warm the heart, and thus bring all to Christ. He was a good pastor, eminentlylarge hearted, ready in his sympathies, able to comfort the sorrowing, instructthe ignorant, guide the inquiring, and gently yet firmly reprove the erring,ever telling by his instructions the way to heaven and showing by his examplehow to walk in it. He was a good citizen, always interested in all thingspertaining to the welfare of the community, anxious for the develop- mentof all that was good, and ready to assist liberally with his means. We mournhis loss with deep sorrow that is personal to each of us. We record withpleasure the fact that in all our intercourse with him as pastor, he wasever kind, honorable and true, seeking the good of the church and the welfareof us all, Therefore be it

Resolved, That we extend to the widow and the orphaned childrenand the bereaved mother our deepest sympathy. Our prayer is that God maybless them all with the infinite riches of His grace, and that they maybe sustained in this hour of trial and reach the home of heaven when Godshall call.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to thefamily of the deceased as an expression of our appreciation of his Christiancharacter, and of our sympathy with them in their bereavement.

Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the session records,and that a copy be furnished each of the City papers for publication.

By order of session. J. W. CURNS, Clerk. JAMES KIRK, Acting Moderator.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

A Card. To the Citizens of Winfield and Vicinity: DEAR FRIENDS:It will be impossible for us to meet you and thank you personally for thetender sympathy and the kindness you have shown us in our mutual affliction,so we take this opportunity of expressing to you our gratitude. From thefirst of our anxiety and sorrow to the present we have experienced a successionof kindnesses from you all that has allevi-ated the severest pangs of oursorrows and brightened our darkest moments. These expres-sions of your lovefor him who has gone from us, have been to us bright evidences of your appreciationof him as a pastor, friend, and citizen. We have left our beloved one atrest amidst the flowers of your love and the leaves of your sympathy. Inhis own words, "You have refreshed another weary pilgrim on his way."

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

D. D. Kelly is selling lots of farm implements.

We are informed that Smith and Hildebrand have purchased, through ourreal estate agent, Wm. B. Norman, the James Napier quarter of land.

Lewis Fitzsimmons has surveyed and platted his ground north of town,which will hereafter be known as Fitzsimmons' addition to Udall.

The Congregational Church expects to give a call to the Rev. James Brunkerto be their pastor. He is a good worker and they will do well to securehis services.

Udall is still booming. The bonds for a new schoolhouse were voted almostunani- mously. Four new residences are now tending toward completion, viz.:A. J. Werden's, James T. Dale's, James Napier's, and S. D. Randall's. IGUESS.

[STREAKS OF SUNSHINE.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Go to Wallis & Wallis for the Frank Liddles Soap. A washboard mustnot be used, and as the wash water must only be lukewarm, a small kettleanswers for a large wash. Full direc- tions with each bar of soap.

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

Notice. The York Nursery Co., of Fort Scott, well known to the citizensof Cowley County, are now soliciting orders for their fall trade, and theirsalesmen are authorized to make good any loss sustained by their patrons,caused by errors in filling their bills, either in shortage or for stockin any way damaged when received, and we hope by fair dealing to have yourfurther patronage in the future as in the past.

[G. A. R.]

Winfield Courier, June 21, 1883.

The next regular meeting of the Winfield Post No. 85, G. A. R., willoccur on Wednes- day, June 27th, at 8 o'clock p.m., at Odd Fellows Hall.All members are hereby earnestly requested to be present, as business ofimportance will come before the meeting. This notice means come. Regularmeetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.

Attest: J. E. SNOW, Adjutant.

[GEN. CROOK.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

George Crook entered West Point in 1848, so that he is, we judge, about51 years old. He was put out in California as soon as he graduated, andserved at once against the Indians, whom he has now known for thirty years.He was wounded with an arrow twenty-five years ago. The rebellion calledhim away from eight years of Indian encounters to the contest of civilizedforces, and he began in West Virginia, was wounded there, was promoted forgallant service at Antietem, then served in the Western armies at the headof a division of cavalry, was at Chickamauga, broke up the guerrillas, wenton several raids, served under Sheridan, and was taken prisoner by his subsequentbrother-in-law most inhospitably at Cumberland, but very soon released.He was in all Sheridan's great battles, commanded all the cavalry of theArmy of the Potomac for awhile, and was in the big pursuit to Appo- mattox.At the close of the war he was a lieutenant colonel, and from that timeto this has been the eagle of Indian fighters.

When the writer saw him last he was a long, lean man, loosely put together,with a rather shy, strange face, as if he had partly turned into an Indian.He is an Ohio boy. Anything wild seems tame to Crook. He wants no friends,and can do with very little family. During the war he became much interestedin Mary Daily, a young lady of good family living in Western Maryland, butfrom Virginia people living about Moorefield. Her people sympathized withthe South, and she had a brother, a member of McNeil's semi-guerrilla band.This young scapegrace, finding that Gen. Crook and Gen. Kelly stopped athis father's hotel in Cumber- landthe former paying attention to his sisterslippedinto the hotel and captured the two generals in the midst of their troops,forced them out of the lines at the point of the pistol and took them toRichmond. Crook was soon released, probably through the intercession ofhis captor. He afterward married Miss Daily, and she has been with him ina good many strange places in the West. His young captor afterward becamea sutler at his camp, not wholly to Crook's liking, for he was very sensitiveabout connecting his reputation with commercial schemes.

Certainly Crook is all right. He is not a headlong charger like Custer,who took great chances, trusted to courage and good luck to carry him throughsafely; but a calculating, scientific soldier such as Thomas was, and alsoSheridan. He is more like Sheridan in his methods than any other of thegreat generals of the war. In reality Sheridan was a cool, methodical man,but when his plans were all perfected, and he had made abundant provisionfor every contingency, he executed with a terrific vim that carried everythingbefore it; like a cyclone. Crook, it will be found, has taken very few chances.He knew before hand where he was going, and about what he would have toencounter, and he undoubtedly provided amply for both. When he gets throughwith the work he set out to do, it will be like Sheri- dan's campaign inthe Shenandoah, no one will ever have to do over it again.

Topeka Blade.

[STAR ROUTE.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Government Attorney Merrick's closing speech to the star route jury wasnine days long and covers 283 pages of the record. The entire report ofthe trial covers over 6,000 printed pages, and comprises four and one quartermillion of words. It is no wonder the jury returned a verdict of acquittal.

[ADS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

It would seem that the commonest kind of common sense ought to preventa man from buying trash simply because he can get a big pack for 25 cents.Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powder's are strictly pure, and areworth a barrel of such stuff. Sold by Quincy A. Glass, Winfield.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Chester and Hattie Nash have gone into the silk culture. They have over500 silk worms that are doing finely. We shall watch this experiment withmuch interest, and hope that this is but the beginning of an industry thatwill give lucrative employment to many of our people. Douglass Index.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

If any of the readers of this paper are growing deaf, let them get atonce a bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. Rub well behind theears and put a little into the ear with a feather. Sold by Quincy A. Glass,Winfield.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

PULMONARA is a Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry, etc., and for the Speedy Cureof all Throat and Lung diseases cannot be excelled. For Incipient Consumptionit is a certain cure. It also affords great relief to Consumptive patientsin advanced stages of the disease. If you have a Cough or Cold, this remedywill cure you in every instance. It does not dry up the Cough and leavethe Inflammation behind, but loosens the phlegm and relaxes the tissues,enabling nature to assist in effecting a cure. Price 25 and 50 cents. Forsale by Brown & Sons.

[CORRESPONDENTS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

AKRON PENCILINGS.

Frank Lacey is on the war path.

Harvest hands are in great demand.

Mr. Abbott had a two year old colt stray away lately.

Mrs. Metzger has had the first mess of beets of the season.

Quite a number of Winfieldites were at the festival Friday night.

Charlie Mann started back to New Mexico a week ago Monday.

Anthony Lacey and family were down from Douglass Saturday.

Rev. Graham preached a very interesting discourse Sabbath on Bible reading.

Huston Bros. have got a cellar dug ready to build an addition to theirhouse.

Mrs. Pember's uncle and two aunts of Parsons, Kansas, are visiting herat present.

Miss Victoria and Clara Green will start to Illinois on a visit a weekfrom next Thursday.

Everybody come and see the block house built at the church next Sabbathevening at half-past seven o'clock.

Items are very dull this week. Nothing of interest has happened, everybodyis hard at work and minding his own business, and consequently all are happy.

Harvest is upon us and the busy click of the reaper is heard in everydirection. The wheat is not as good as it was last year, but it will makea fair average crop.

The festival on last Friday night was a grand success. The weather wasfavorable and the house was crowded to its utmost capacity. Two organ dealerscame out from Winfield with an organ apiece, accompanied by some excellentsingers, so the music during the evening was perfectly charming. The icecream that disappeared was simply immense, especially to those that hadto make it. Almost $60 was cleared. Dr. Polk by his perseverance succeededin raising over $70 at Winfield, Douglass, and other places, making theamount almost $180. A committee of five was appointed to decide which organto buy. They decided to take the Estey organ sold by Mr. Friend at $102.50.The remaining sum will go toward buying another chandelier and the completionof the tower. The people are famous in getting up anything of the kind anda failure is never known. Many thanks are extended to those from a distancefor their liberal patronage. AUDUBON.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

NEW SALEM DOTTINGS. June 20, 1883.

Corn looks excellent.

Health is on the decline.

Wheat cutting is progressing finely.

Mrs. Miller is having a well drilled.

Our carpenters being indisposed for the last week, the schoolhouse worklingers.

Mrs. Woods has been sick, but was sufficiently convalescent Sunday toenjoy a good dinner.

Dr. Downs and Mr. Lucas were completely eclipsed in a game of croquetlast week by a couple of New Salem loafers.

The majority of the citizens of New Salem partook of a sumptuous dinnerSunday at Mr. Atherton's. We felt slighted.

The young folks met at Mrs. Gilmore's last Sunday evening and enjoyeda very pleasant season singing. They say, come again.

Some gentlemen from Ohio have come to New Salem with the intention ofbuying property. We welcome them, and trust they will not be disappointedif they invest.

We are under obligations to our friend, "Olivia," for her recognitionof the friends at New Salem. If we can but add a few words of interest toher very pleasant notes, we will be content.

I have heard several say: "We must take the COURIER in order tolearn all that is going on at New Salem." You will also learn all aboutCowley County and much from abroad. Take and try it, and I'll assure youit will give satisfaction.

Our Sunday school is growing in interest. The house was full Sunday afternoon.We are sorry that many who promised to come in the afternoon, and whoseassistance is needed, have failed to do so. Don't allow your selfish natureto control your better judgment.

I beg leave to inform "Susan" that if she infers that "Algero"was casting any reflections when speaking of the "flowers," etc.,she is very much mistaken. My pugnacity is not a predominate feature, butyou must not be too sarcastic in your criticisms, or we cannot be friends.

MARRIED. [Miss Cottingham and ______. Name of groom not given.] We aresorry to learn that Mr. Cottingham has been left alone. His daugher, hislast home comfort, has been taken from him. We hope what has been his lossis another's gain. The long looked for nuptials are over, and two more ofour young friends have launched on the sea of matrimony. May your voyagebe a pleasant one, and though it grieves us to part with agreeable companions,we know these youthful ties cannot last forever, and in lieu thereof wecan extend our hand and best wishes hoping that the future will not be ablank, but that there will spring up a new and more lasting friendship,which will not only brighten the pathway of the bride and groom, but mayit be an oasis in our own lives. ALGERO.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

FROM NORTHWEST CRESWELL. June 21, 1883.

Cherries are ripe. The weather is hot. Corn is growing very rapidly.

Wheat is bending before the sickle.

BIRTH. Joe. Disser has a new hat! It's a girl.

Jesse Stansbury had a fine mare to die last week.

Mrs. Leeper starts this week to visit friends in Illinois.

The Baruth brothers are using a new Buckeye self-binder.

Miss Zella Hutchins' school closes next Friday, in order that she mayattend the Normal at Winfield.

The telephone is stretched through our midst to Geuda. It adds much tothe improvement of the country.

J. D. Parkinson is gettng better satisfied with the county since he seeshow corn and wheat grow hereif the wind does blow.

Miss Eliza Taylor is at home from attending school at Arkansas City,but will be gone again as soon as the Winfield Normal opens.

Our Sunday school is progressing finely with Jesse Stansbury as superintendent,John Smalley, assistant, and C. G. Furry, secretary. The school was changedfrom 4 p.m. to 10 a.m.

At the last regular meeting of the R. T. of T., the following officerswere elected for the next six months: C. G. Furry, S. C.; D. J. Bright,V. C.; Mr. Warrensburg, H.; Mr. Coulson, F. S.; Mrs. Stansbury, Chaplain;Mr. V. McCormick, Treasurer. The officers will be publicly installed atthe Lone Star schoolhouse the first Saturday night in July.

[SANTA FE RAILROAD.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

In the United States Circuit Court on June 22nd, Judge McCrary deliveredhis opinion in the celebrated contempt case between the Denver & NewOrleans Railroad Company and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailroadCompany. He reverses the decision of Judge Hallett, decides that the changeof rates made on Denver business was legal and proper, and not in violationof the decree. Judge McCrary's decision has been looked for with interestby all parties concerned. It is an unqualified victory for the Santa Fe.

[PAYNE AND HIS BOOMERS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

It is stated that the Oklahoma boomers, consisting of Dave Payne andhis dupes, are gathered along the line and will make a raid on Oklahomatomorrow or next day. The troops are also on hand and will march the raidersout again with a quick step and Dave will have the money and a good excusefor not succeeding in settling them on the Oklahoma lands. In a few monthsDave will gather together another lot of guys who will pay him to conductthem to the promised land, and will get fired out and left in the same way.Dave gets fined heavily, but he is execution proof, and the law does notprovide for imprisonment as a punishment for such raids. It is certainlytime that congress attended to this matter, and if it fails next winter,it will be a disgrace to the government.

[PROHIBITION.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

"The prohibitory law has raised up a new class of worthless scoundrelswho make a fat living buying whiskey by the gallon and selling it out bythe pint and half pint and drink. It is a much easier way to make a livingthen by physical labor. To these fellows the prohibi- tionist has been abenefactor by doing away with the license system, and allowing any irresponsiblefellow with a capital of a few dollars to go into the whiskey business andspread his poisonous stuff, unchecked and untrammelled.

"Last week the writer sampled some `good' whiskey that was purchasedsomewhere in the city. The instant this damning fluid touched our tongue,it felt more like a red-hot iron than anything else we can compare it to.A respectable, licensed saloon keeper would not sell such vile stuff, yetour boys and young men can get all they want of this soul-destroying element.Let the honest prohibitionists look below the surface and see what prohibitionis doing for us." Telegram.

Then why in thunder do you not inform the prosecuting attorney and nameyour wit- nesses, so that these "worthless scoundrels" can bedealt with. You are a pretty citizen indeed if you know that such "scoundrels"are in this city dealing out such "poisonous, vile stuff," such"damning fluid," and neglect to file a complaint with the properofficers.

The animus of all such stories seems to be that somebody wants to starta saloon and be protected in his business by paying an occasional fine inthe nature of a license, and that somebody else would get the money paidfor such license. There is no doubt that there are some such men here. Wehope you are not one of them, but you are certainly at work for them thebest you know how. They tell you all the lies which their fertile imaginationscan invent to make prohibition unpopular, and you circulate them.

Perhaps you believe them. We do not. When we had licensed saloons weused to see drunken men on the streets almost daily, and regularly everySaturday evening men drove out of town whooping, yelling, and whipping theirhorses, which were running to their greatest speed. Many accidents happenedof persons being thrown from their wagons and injured, while some were killed.Large numbers of men got drunk everytime they came to town and a great manyresidents of the city were frequently seen drunk on our streets. We hadfrequent rows and fights, and families in city and country were sufferingfrom want of the necessaries of life.

Now all this is changed. Not once in six months do we see a drunken manon our streets. The men from the country visit the city and all go homesober. No yelling or fast driving are heard or seen. No accident has happenedto men driving out from the city for three years. Rows are almost a thingof the past. Those formerly distressed families are well fed and clothed,and are accumulating the pleasures and refinements of life.

It was several times remarked to us by strangers from other states, inthis city, last Wednesday when the circus was here and a very large crowdon our streets, that they had never before been in a town on a circus daywithout seeing more or less drunkenness, but that there was not the leastappearance of there being any liquor about Winfield on that day.

Now we do not say that there are no "worthless scoundrels"in Winfield. We fear that there are some such. We sometimes hear of a pettytheft, or horse stealing, or other crime. We do not doubt that men who committhese would buy "vile, poisonous, damning fluid by the gallon and sellit out by the half pint and drink" if they could hope to escape detection,do it secretly as they commit larceny. The "worthless scoundrel"who will do the one will do the other with the same chance to escape detection.It is as much the duty of our neighbor to expose him guilty of the one,as him guilty of the other. What would he think of himself if a man shouldshow him a horse which he knew the possessor had just stolen, if he refusedto inform on him. The fact is, and he knows it too, that this city and countyare ever so much better off than they could be with licensed saloons.

[UNITED STATES POST OFFICE ITEMS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The two cent letter postage is to take effect the first of October.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Postal notes of less than five dollars will be issued on or before Octoberfirst.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Letters and postal cards only can be forwarded from one office to anotherwithout additional postage.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

On all papers, magazines, and packages of every description, postagemust be fully paid at first mailing and again fully paid if forwarded. Ifnot so fully prepaid, they will be returned to the person mailing, if known.If not known, valuable packages will be advertised, and papers will be soldas wastepaper.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Rent of all post office boxes must be paid within ten days after thebeginning of the quarter, or vacated. By a late ruling of the department,all renters of lock boxes must in addition to the regular fee deposit withthe postmaster fifty cents for the safety of the key, which amount willbe refunded upon the return of the key.

[ALBUQUERQUE: ARTICLE BY W. M. ALLISON.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

We have to thank W. M. Allison of the Wellingtonian for the followingkind notice of our "children" at Albuquerque.

"Ninety-four miles run from Socorro brought us to Albuquerque, wherewas found the platform filled with formerly Kansas people, who were lookingfor acquaintances in the party whom they hoped to entertain. It was thelot of the writer and wife along with E. P. Greer, of Winfield, to be takenunder the protecting care of Mr. J. E. Saint, an old Winfield boy, who waswaiting with the carriage ready to convey us to his pleasant little homewhere his wifedaughter of Father Millington of the Winfield Couriergreetedus with hospitality beaming all over her face. Mr. Saint is engaged in thewholesale grocery business and has a large thriving trade. They carry alarge stock and cash every pound of their goods every twenty days. Theyhave been engaged in the business only some nine months and yet their saleshad amounted to something like one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.And all the Kansans reported they were doing an excellent business in thevarious lines in which they are engaged, and we believe them because Albuquerqueshows more `git up and git' than any other town in the territory. It showedmore stir and enterprise and was livelier than any other town we visitedin the territory. Its growth has been marvelous."

[REV. PLATTER.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

REV. J. N. McCLUNG, Presbyterian pastor at Wellington, who occupied thepulpit of the late Rev. Platter of this city last Sunday, called on us Mondaymorning and captured us by an hour of pleasant and instructive conversation.His high appreciation and warm friendship for Mr. Platter had already openedour heart to him, and we find him a highly cultivated, warm hearted gentlemanwho has done much practical thinking and is thoroughly versed in scientificmatters. His theories on climate, meteorology, tree culture, and agricul-ture are based upon close observation of nature and a clear applicationof its laws. We hope at some good time we will hear him elaborate some ofhis views on some of these subjects to a Cowley County audience, which willcertainly be highly pleased, instructed, and profitted thereby.

[HACKNEY.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Kansas City Times says; that since writing that red hot articleto the Capital scoring the Topeka rebels, Senator Hackney would getmobbed if he should go to Topeka. We would inform the Times thatour senator is not one of the kind who gets mobbed. Those who know him wouldprefer to let that job out.

[NATIONAL NEWS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The deed transferring to Lieutenant General Sheridan a house in Washingtonwas recorded last week. The price paid was $42,000.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Gen. Crook has been instructed to hold his adult captives as prisonersof war. The children only will be received at San Carlos.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Denver & Rio Grande, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and Burlingtonand Missouri River railroads have changed their time card so as to meetthe fast time announced a few days ago by the Union Pacific.

[STATE NEWS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The new bridge across the Arkansas River west of this city, in our opinion,will be a failure if the board allow the contractor to build it in the placeselected by him for that purpose. The approaches on both sides of the riverwere completely washed out during the last rise, and will continue to washout every time the river gets on a little high. A dirt fill will not do.If the bridge is constructed at the present location, a good substantialtrussle work will have to be built extending fully a hundred feet from thewaters edge on either side.

A. C. Democrat.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller will return home this week.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

If you have a farm to sell, go to Beach & Denning.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mrs. A. T. Spotswood returned home from the east last week.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Get your Fly Nets at Geo. Liermann's, 2 doors west of Post Office.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Justin Porter came in Saturday and will spend a few days with friendshere.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Beach & Denning sold two farms and a city residence on Friday oflast week.

Beach & Denning's land office is located on 9th Avenue east of McGuire'sstore.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Irv Randall will soon begin the erection of a roomy residence on EastNinth Avenue.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Winfield Post Office will be opened the Fourth of July from 8 to9 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Money on short time, either personal, chattel, or real estate security,at P. H. Albright & Co.'s.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. Randolph, of the firm of O'Meara & Randolph, is expected in thisweek from McComb, Illinois.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

M. G. Troup has commenced the erection of a residence on the Loomis addition,opposite Mr. Manser's.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The boiler for the water works came in Monday evening. It is a mammoththing and covers a railroad car.

Mr. Maxwell, contractor on the Water Works, has gone to Leavenworth toemploy a large force of men to assist in laying the pipes. Most of the MainStreet line is now in and the hydrants set.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. J. M. Householder returned from Ohio Friday. He says he saw verypuny crops until he came west of Cherryvale.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

George Walker came in from his stock ranch in Arizona Monday and willbe here several days. He looks as healthy as Dick.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Harry Foults has sold his house on South Main street and built in theeast part of town. His new house is almost ready for occupation.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ray, of Newton, together with their mother, from McComb,Illinois, were in the city Monday, the guests of Mr. M. J. O'Meara.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The illuminated balloons to be sent up on the evening of the Fourth area new feature of fire works and exceed in beauty anything yet invented inthat line.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The race track presents a lively scene evenings while the horsem*n aretraining their steppers for the Fourth of July races. It promises to bea lively contest.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Ed. Weitzel is opening up his new hotel in fine style, and sets the besttable to be found in the city. He has refitted and refurnished the housethroughout.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

BIRTH. Mr. G. H. Allen approached us surreptitiously on Monday and withmalice aforethought brought forth the cigars. It's a fine boy, and Mr. andMrs. Allen are receiving the congratulations of many friends.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The board of directors of the old Fair Association meet next Saturdayto wind up their business and "close out." The directors of thenew Association meet at nine o'clock Saturday morning at A. H. Doane &Co.'s office.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Ben Cox and his party of tourists returned from Texas and Missouri lastweek and are once more domiciled on Cowley soil. They say Texas is good,but Kansas is better. Had the boys known they were coming, they would havebeen met with a brass band.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The preparations for the Fourth of July are all completed and Winfieldwill witness a celebration on that day never before equalled in the historyof the county. Large numbers of people from other counties will be present.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

I want to buy a fine Milch Cow, one that gives milk of the bestquantity and quality; and I want to sell one that is not worth her feed.And I want a responsible girl to do kitchen workone of tidy habits and whois a good cook. No others need apply. W. P. HACKNEY.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

It was rumored on the streets Monday evening that the body of EngineerFinley had been found under the tender of the buried engine. This reportproves to be false. The engine was taken out Saturday, but the tender hasnot yet been recovered. However, the wreckers have explored sufficientlyto find that he is not beneath the tender.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The new banking firm is to be composed of Messrs. Kerr, Blair, Ewart,and Albright, and will represent a personal responsibility of about a milliondollars. They have leased the Page building, which will be occupied untilsuitable lots for a new building can be secured. The bank will open forbusiness about August first.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Spencer Bliss returned from a business trip through Iowa and NebraskaSaturday, after being detained several days by high water. He says the corncrop in those states will be almost a total failure, owing to the rainsand a vey poor stand. Many farmers are plowing up what they have and tryinga new crop by planting over. Kansas is the favored state again this year.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

It is a fact that cannot be disputed, that Southern Kansas is going aheadof Northern Kansas, in increase of wealth and population. The returns showit. Every person who sees the two sections, will say that Northern Kansasis by far the best country; yet the rapid growth is in Southen Kansas. Takethe towns, for instance. Hiawatha, for the past two years, was said to beenjoying an unprecedent boom; yet, when a census was taken, preparatoryto her being made a city of the second class, it was by the hardest workthat the necessary 2,000 were squeezed out. Seneca, another prosperous town,has but 1,600, and Marysville, another, has less than 2,000. Wellington,away off in Southwestern Kansas, where no boast of a boom has been heard,shows up over 3,000; and Winfield, El Dorado, Independence, and other towns,in the same ratio. Concordia and Beloit cannot hold a candle to Emporia,Wichita, Hutchinson, or Ottawa. The figures are there; but why are theythere? The boomingest towns in Southern Kansas that have not claimed anyboom at all. Troy Chief.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The people at the south end of town are in a state of constant alarmon account of the existence of a powder magazine near the south end of MillingtonStreet containing probably fifty kegs of powder. They have made strenuousefforts to have the magainze removed, have petitioned the City Council,which has passed an order declaring it a nuiance. The owners have promisedto remove it. Yet it remains and the city officers are afraid to tackleit. If our city officers cannot remove such a dangerous nuisance, it isabout time it was more thor- oughly investigated. Every few days we hearof magazine explosions caused by lightning or by some bummer shooting intothem, spreading ruin all about them. We hope our marshal will ascertainat once his duty in the premises, and be able to give the people in thesouth end of town a chance to have a good sleep without such a nightmareas that.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The annual "circus" has come and gone and a good many halfdollars changed hands in consequence thereof. The red lemonade venders dida land office business. The sharpers and frauds were also active and twofarmers were relieved of their surplus wealthone of eighty- five dollarsand another of thirty-eight. Last year Sheriff Shenneman commenced workabout daylight on circus morning and succeeded in trapping seven of thesharps.

They got off with their booty this time without fear or disturbance,while the sheriff was watching the "man with an iron jaw" to seethat he didn't impose on the people with hollow balls.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Courier Cornet Band will give one of their open air concerts on Fridayevening of this week on the public square, commencing at 7 o'clock. Thefollowing is the program.

Overture (Campaign) Keller; waltz (spring time) Crippen; quick-step (KatieDarling); overture (Patnotie) Crippen; quick-step (Lyon) _____; overture(Simplicity) Crippen.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. A. Hurst, one of the prosperous farmers in the south part of thecounty, was up Tuesday looking a little after matters pertaining to thecoming county fair. He was one of the largest stock exhibitors last yearand carried off several premiums. He proposes to make some of our fine cattlebreeders worry this year if they get away with him.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Rev. McClung filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church Sunday, underthe invitation of the Board of Deacons. The deacons have put the matterof supplying the church with a minister in the hands of the Moderator ofthis Presbytery, thus following out the plan advo- cated so strongly byRev. Platter.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

There seems to be almost an epidemic among the ministers this summer.Rev. Cairns is lying very ill and Rev. Jones is reported sick in Ohio, wherehe went recently. The ministers are the hardest worked class of people inthe community and we do not wonder that their health is so often undermined.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. Stafford is the proprietor of a potato patch this year which discountsanything yet brought forth in that line. A number were placed upon our tablethis week. They were almost as large as a quart measure and apparently matured.From such indications our potato crop this year must be enormous.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The telephone is now completed to Geuda Springs and Wednesday morningwe had the pleasure of carrying on a conversation with Hon. C. R. Mitchell,at the Springs, from our office by way of Arkansas City. The tone is clearand distinct, and persons can be recognized by their voices.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Call and see the Mason and Hamlin organ, pronounced the best in the worldby the most reliable authority. For sale for cash, and easy payments, orfor rent. Pianos and organs tuned and repaired. M. J. Stimson, Agent, WestMain Street.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Shenneman stallion died Monday night. In less than two years boththe horse and jack which Mr. Shenneman brought from Kentucky, at a costof over twelve hundred dollars, have died. The horse was one of the bestever brought to the county.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Messrs. W. T. and J. R. Cartwright, grandsons of the celebrated Dr. PeterCartwright, arrived in the city last night, and are under the professionalcare of Dr. T. B. Taylor of this city.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The person who took an overcoat from the scene of the drowning Mondayevening is known. A return of the property to the yard west of the BrettunHouse will settle the matter.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Episcopal Sunday school will give an ice cream social at the Courthousethis Thursday evening. The social is given by the parents for the pupilsand their friends.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. Holloway are both quite ill. Overwork and the hot weatherhave been the cause of their prostration. We hope to soon be able to notetheir complete recovery.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

W. D. Roberts was offered seven thousand five hundred dollars for hiseighty acre home adjoining town, but refused. His place isn't for sale.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The Library Association hold their monthly meeting Tuesday next at 3o'clock p.m. It is earnestly desired that all the members attend.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Finch left Wednesday for Ossawatomie in charge ofMrs. Gribben, from Silverdale Township, an insane lady.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

$39.00 gets you a round trip ticket to Santa Fe, good until August 31st.Consult with R. R. Agent at Santa Fe depot.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

DIED. A young lady, Miss Lyon from Geneseo, Illinois, died at Geuda SpringsWednesday morning, of consumption.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Wanted. A dining room girl and a chambermaid, at the Lindell Hotel. RobertHudson.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Dr. and Mrs. Mendenhall returned last Saturday from an extended visitto Cleveland, Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, and Kansas City.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mrs. Ed. P. Greer left last Thursday for a month's visit to friends inIllinois.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Manwells cheese at Wallis & Wallis. First invoice of the season.

[SHERIFF GARY RAISES POSSE.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Last Friday a young man rode hurriedly in town and reported that he hadbeen robbed at Limbocker's ford on Dutch Creek by two men. On receipt ofthe news, Sheriff Gary became greatly excited. Here, at least, was a chanceto achieve fame and glory, and show the world that he was in truth and infact a valiant and active officer, by starting out at once and bringingin the robbers, alone and single handed. But hold! As he buckles on histrusty revolvers and girds about his loins a fresh belt of cartridges, achange comes over the spirit of his dream. He remembers that robbers arebold, bad men, and he remembers reading in a dime novel in the long yearsago about bandits who laid in ambush for their pursuers and sometimes capturedthem and carried them away into the fastnesses to die of starvation. Ashe thought on these things and wondered what raven would feed the widowand orphans when he was gone, he grew sad, until finally he decided to raisea "posse" to defend him in case the robbers refused to be arrestedpeaceably. No sooner was the decision made than it was carried into effectandright here was brought actively into play our sheriff's wonderful poweras an organizer. In less than two hours he had fourteen men, seven double-barreledshot guns, and twenty-two revolvers on their way to the scene of the robbery,three miles out. The order of march was as follows.

Frank Finch, with hand cuffs and shackles.

Charlie Limbocker, accompanied by a double-barreled shot gun.

Ben Herrod ditto.

F. M. Burge ditto.

A. B. Taylor, deputy sheriff, carrying in addition to his own, part ofthe Sheriff's armory.

Johnny Riley, double-barreled shot gun and two revolvers.

W. J. Hodges and Johnny Hudson, Aids-de-camp to Sheriff and Ex-CaptainS. G. Gary.

Ammunition wagon.

Owing to the limited time and the absence of Capt. Haight, the batterywas not called out, but "held in reserve." Arriving at the sceneof action, the "posse" was halted and Sheriff Gary advanced cautiouslyto the front, where he discovered Constable Siverd with the alleged victim.

Mr. Siverd had been on the ground some time, examined for tracks, foundnone, and concluded that the robbery was a canard. He so informed the doughtysheriff, which seemed to revive his drooping spirits and the "posse"was allowed to disperse while the Sheriff returned to Winfield by way ofNew Salem.

It was an active and valiant struggle to defend the rights of an injuredcitizen, and we take pleasure in commending Sheriff Gary for his energy,and for the rare power of organization he displayed in getting such a largeforce of men, fully equipped and on the road in such a short space of time.We tremble for the result should a bonafide robbery occur withinhis jurisdiction. The expenses of conveying the "posse" were only$12.50, which the county can well afford to pay.

"Because Sheriff Gary performs the duties of his office in an energeticbut quiet and unostentatious manner, Greer becomes disgruntled and wantsthe Sheriff to make more noise and fuss. Capt. Gary is not that kind ofman, Ed." Telegram.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

DIED. Last Monday Floyd Gilbert and Fred Myers, nine year old sons ofS. L. Gilbert and T. B. Myers, were drowned in the river just below thewest Santa Fe railroad bridge. There were no witnesses to the drowning andthe fact of their disappearance was discovered by finding their clotheslying on the bank. In a few minutes after the finding of their clothes,a large number of people were dragging the river for their bodies. Thiswas kept up all the afternoon and through the night, by the light of bonfiresand torches, but without avail.

The boys were both bright, promising lads and the idols of their parents'homes. Neither could swim, and the probability is that while wading in theshallow water under the bridge they were swept down by the swift currentinto the deep pools below. The spot where they were drowned has been a veryfatal place. Here Jerry Evans' little boy was drowned several years ago,and Mr. Austin's boy last year. There were also several drownings therein early days when the ford ran across below the mill. At this writing hundredsof willing hands are still searching for the bodies.

LATER: Both the little boys were found Tuesday morning in a deep poolabout fifty feet below the ford. They were brought up with a seine. Whenfirst found the two boys were locked arms, but the action of the seine releasedthem and it was some time before the second one was recovered. Freddie Myerswas somewhat bruised with a snag or probably while dragging the river, butFloyd Gilbert was untouched. The seine and grappling hooks were worked allnight and many men remained in the water for hours. The workers were relievedfrom time to time by fresh relays of citizens, and the children were recovered.The mothers are nearly distracted with grief at the sudden and awful calamity.They have the heartfelt sympathy of all in this bereavement. Little FreddieMyers was buried at five o'clock Tuesday evening, and Floyd Gilbert on Wednesdaymorning. The funerals were largely attended by all classes of citizens.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

On Monday, June 25th, a considerable company of relatives and friendsassembled at the residence of John W. and Harriet Millspaugh, in VernonTownship, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of their wedding. Therewere a great many beautiful and costly presents given; the tables were spreadfor dinner in a beautiful grove; the guests and the entertainers were inthe highest spirits, and joy and social pleasures reigned supreme. It wasone of the happiest gatherings ever held in this county.

We congratulate our friend, J. W. Millspaugh, on the pleasant and easycirc*mstances with which he has surrounded himself. He came to this countyat an early day and went to work on the raw prairie carving out a farm.He now has one of the finest and best improved farms in the county, ornamentedwith a large, beautiful, and convenient residence, with neat and substantialout buildings; his house surrounded by beautiful groves and lawns well keptand trimmed, flowers and shrubs of the gayest varieties; fine, large orchardsof various kinds of bearing fruit trees; fine hedges; magnificent fieldsof luxuriant wheat, corn, and other crops, promising the richest harvests;a goodly quantity of favored varieties of graded stock, cattle, horses,and swine.

Clear of debt with a round bank account; intelligent and loving children,grandchildren, and warm friends within easy reach; respected and loved byall who know him well; he is about as well fixed for present and futureenjoyment and ease as anyone could ask, and is a good example of what afarmer can accomplish in this county.

Mr. Millspaugh, though about 65 years old, is apprarently much younger,in the strength of manhood and health, and bids fair to long enjoy a lifeof ease amid the comforts he might be said to have created. He has donesomething for his country, having raised a family of ten children. His grandchildrennumber sixteen, but it is early in the season yet, their number may reachfifty or even a hundred in due time.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

A Card. Unable in fitting language to express our feelings to everyoneof the noble multitude that have done so much for us in recovering the bodyof our dear boy, and the tender sympathy so freely extended to us in thisour hour of sore affliction, we can only say that every throb of our poorbroken hearts is in gratitude to you all.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

A Card. We desire, through the COURIER, to thank the many friends who,by their sympathy and kind attentions, have tried so hard to break the fullforce of our bereavement. And most especially are our thanks due to thenoble men who, through the cold and chilly night, risked their lives andhealth while searching for the body of our boy. Our gratitude knows no bounds.S. L. GILBERT, RETTIE A. GILBERT.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Mrs. Shenneman is taking in Geuda Springs this week.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

"Mr. Platter is dead!" These were the words with which my wifegreeted me as I entered my home one day last week and found her with theCOURIER in her lap and the tears streaming down her cheeks. "Oh, L___,isn't it too bad that such a good man has been taken away in the prime oflife and the height of his usefulness?"

Without replying, I sat down and read the account of Mr. Platter's illnessand death.

Could it be possible that he, of all our friends the most beloved andrespected, had gone to his reward? Memory goes back ten years to the springof 1873, when, as I entered the old Lagonda House, and after taking my seatat the table, Rev. Mr. Naylor introduced me to his "young friend, Rev.Mr. Platter," who was to succeed to the pastorate of the PresbyterianChurch. The young preacher was not at all "reverend" in appearance,and his bright, laughing eyes and cheerful countenance were far from indicatinghis holy calling. The aged Mr. Naylor was a fair type of men who, to myuntutored mind, should lead the wayward sinner to repentance, and it waswith difficulty that I could understand that the "young friend"was a minister of the gospel.

I heard his first sermon in Winfield, and the strong, earnest words denouncingwrong and appealing to his hearers to take warning while yet there was time,will long be remembered. It was not long until I, too, began to love andrespect him, and in days of sickness, sorrow, and death, he was truly afriend. When he came and looked tenderly upon the face of the dead child,grasped our hands and spoke such words of comfort, we knew that they camefrom the heart. That great, kind heart, swelling with sympathy, he read,"I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me," and even inthose days of sore affliction came thoughts of that first meeting and howworthily his predecessor had called him a friend. Who that suffered didnot find him such? Ever ready to relieve distress and want; always detestingsin and deception; fearlessly condemning wrong and pointing out the right.Not censuring harshly, but kindly, he recognized all men as his brothers,and his greatest desire was to do good to all. While, with those nearerand dearer to him, we mourn his loss, we know that his work will live longafter him.

I venerate the man whose Heart was warm,

Whose hands were pure, whose doctrine and

Whose Life coincident, exhibited lucid proof

That he was honest in the Sacred Cause.

[MARKETS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

THE MARKETS. The markets today are somewhat dull. Old wheat brings 90cents per bushel and new wheat 75 to 80. Corn is worth 28 cents; hogs $5.00;Potatoes, new, 65 cents; butter, 12-1/2 cents; eggs 12-1/2 cents. The firstcar load of wheat was shipped to Kansas City Monday, by Allen Johnson.

[BANK NOTICE: WINFIELD BANK.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Bank Notice! On and after the first of July, 1883, no stamps are requiredon bank checks and drafts as heretofore. All persons, customers of the undersigned,having unused stamped checks or drafts, can have the same redeemed by deliveringthem to their respective banks.

[ANTI-MONOPOLY CONVENTION.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The convention of Greenbackers and Anti-monopolists of this, the ThirdCongressional District, met in this city today. W. A. Tipton, of CowleyCounty, was elected chairman and James J. McFeely, of Labette County, secretary.All the counties in the district were represented. After the regular orderof business was transacted, the following gentlemen were appointed as membersof the Congressional Committee of the District, to-wit:

1. D. W. Bray, Neosho County, Erie.

2. W. A. Tipton, Cowley County, Winfield.

3. W. H. Anderson, Crawford County, Beulah.

4. G. W. Stone, Montgomery County, Independence.

5. B. L. Brush, Elk County, Howard.

6. R. T. Shinn, Wilson County, New Albany.

7. S. Booth, Chautauqua County, Chautauqua Springs.

8. J. T. Stewart, Cherokee County, Stillson.

9. James J. McFeely, Labette County, Parsons.

After the appointing of the above committee, the following resolutionswere adopted.

1. Resolved, That we view with alarm the rapid strides which corporatepower under protection of the law has made and is now making towards thecomplete subjugation and enslavement of the labor interest of the country,whereby labor is being systematically robbed of a large portion of its earningswithout hindrance or protest from our law-makers. We demand in the nameof the laboring millions of the country that the powers of all corpo- rationsbe restricted and controlled by law so as to fully protect labor from corporategreed and rapacity, so that he who produces wealth by labor shall not beunjustly deprived thereof, but shall enjoy the fruits therefrom.

2. That we oppose the further sale of public lands to speculators, orthe granting of any portion thereof to railroad or other corporations; wedemand that all public lands be held and disposed of to actual settlersonly, and any lands heretofore granted by congress to railroads which havebeen forfeited by failure to comply with the terms of the grant should bereclaimed by the government and declared subject to settlement as otherpublic lands.

3. That all money should be issued directly by the government withoutthe intervention of a national bank or other medium, and should be a fulllegal tender for all debts and obliga- tions, and all banks of issue shouldbe suppressed and their circulation retired, and the place of such circulationsupplied by the money issued directly by the government.

4. That we are opposed to the taxation of all industry for the benefitof favored enter- prises under the garb of a protective tariff, and we believethat no more tariff should be levied on imports than will raise a revenuesufficient for the annual exigencies of the government in a time of peace,and such tariff should be placed on luxuries only; all necessaries of lifeshould be free.

5. We oppose all monopolies and all systems and laws made in the interestof a few and against the many.

6. We are in favor of the election of the president, vice president,and United States senators by a direct vote of the people.

7. We favor the suppression of gambling in the necessaries of life, andof combinations which fix prices against the natural laws of trade.

8. We are in favor of the reduction of fees and salaries in state, county,and national offices, and we favor the reduction of the salary of the presidentof the United States to $25,000 per annum.

9. We favor the payment of the public debt as speedily as possible anddemand that all surplus revenue of the government be applied to the extinctionof the debt as fast as such revenue accumulates.

10. We hereby reaffirm the platform of principles adopted by the NationalLabor Green- back Convention in Chicago on June 9, 1880.

11. We demand the strictest economy in the public service, a generalreduction of taxation, and that all the public servants be held to a strictaccount for the discharge of these duties, and we demand that no guiltyman shall escape.

12. That all who are in sympathy with this convention be requested toforward to the chairman, W. A. Tipton, of Winfield, Cowley County, or tothe secretary, contributions on or before July 1st to help defray the expenseof the delegates to Chicago.

After some discussion it was decided that we elect four delegates fromthis district to attend the Anti-Monopoly Convention in the city of Chicagoon July 4th, 1883, and the following gentlemen were elected as delegatesin the following order.

James S. McFeely, of Labette County, and Geo. Campbell, of Mound Valley,as his alternate.

D. M.Bray, of Neosho, and J. M. Allen, of Neosho, as his alternate.

S. Booth, of Chautauqua, and J. T. Stewart, of Cherokee, as his alternate.

The convention then adjourned and the district organized by electingW. A. Tipton, of Winfield, Cowley Countty, chairman, and James J. McFeely,of Parsons, Labette County, secretary, and further ordered that the proceedingsof the convention be published in the Chicago Express and in allother Anti-Monopoly papers.

Committee then adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman.

[THE NORMAL.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The County Normal Institute opened Monday with about sixty-five teachersin attendance. Prof. Davis, of the State Normal School, acts as Conductor,and Profs. Gridley and Trimble as instructors. The work starts off nicelyand promises a most prosperous session. The following is a list of thosein attendance at present and their grades.

GRADE A.

Alice A. Aldrich, Mattie Berry, Leander C. Brown, Will C. Barnes, FrankA. Chapin, Laura Elliott, Rosa Frederick, Anna L. Hunt, D. W. Ramage, LidaStrong, Mary E. Hamill, Silas Overman, Allie Klingman, Fannie M. McKinlay.

GRADE B.

Anna Barnes, C. B. Bradshaw, May Christopher, Clara Davenport, OliverFuller, Anna Foulks, Leota Gary, Zella Huntchison, Maggie Herpich, BerthaHempy, Ella Kephart, Anna Kuhn, Lewis King, Lizzie Lawson, May Rief, EttaRobinson, Ella Rounds, Maggie Seabridge, Lou Strong, Lizzie Burden, MayCarlisle, Geo. Crawford, Estelle Cronk, Fannie Gramman, Ida Hamilton, JamesHutchinson, Clara Pierce, Chas. Wing, Horace Norton.

GRADE C.

Carrie B. Andress, Hattie E. Andrews, Mary E. Curfman, Emma Darling,Lydia E. Gardner, Meddie Hamilton, Lucy F. Hite, Rose E. B. Hooker, LydaHoward, Ella Kempton, Maggie Kenney, Ida Kuhn, Mary E. Miller, Clara B.Page, Ella Pierce, Laura Phelps, Carrie Plunkett, Caddie Ridgway, ClaudiusRinker, Charlie Roberts, Edly Roberts, Anna Robertson, Nettie Stewart, MinnieStewart, James Stockdale, Minnie Sumpter, Eliza Taylor, Louella Wilson,Lillie Wilson, Kate Wimer, Etta King, Ida Grove, Ora Irvin, Emma McKee,Hannah Gilbert, Lizzie Gilbert, Mary Berkey, C. A. Daughterty, Mary Rief,Elfrida White.

[PERSONALS.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

To elevate his race was his aim. While he rebuked sin with no unsparingearnestness, his great big loving heart bled at, aye! condoned the errorsand faults of poor weak humanity. He was strong physically, intellectually,morally. But above and beyond all that, he was endowed with the strengthvouchsafed to those who implicitly put their trust in God, the source ofall power. His life was pure, spotless. No stain ever attached to his goodname. No discord entered the organization over which he presided. Of, whatseems to us poor mortals, his untimely death, we might moralize, we mightspeculate. It would not be profitable. If upon the theory of a special interventionof Providence, in the affairs of men, his work was done and he was takento his reward, let us accept that. If, upon the other, if unseen and inexplicableto our finite minds, some great law of nature had, at some time, been violated,and in obedience to the inexorable mandate the machine was broken, wrecked,let us accept that. It is enough that in common with the community in whichhe lived and died, we mourn a noble man and shed tears of sorrow at thegrave of a dead friend.

Having been delirious most of the time, just before the end came, heseemed to recover consciousness, and inquiring where he was, he was toldthat he was at home. He sank back seemingly perfectly contented, sayingat home!! at home!! at home!! The last word he uttered was mamma!! Ah! howwhen sickness and death overtakes, the thoughts turn to those we love, andespecially to her who bore us and loved and cherished us in infancy. Hisdeath was peaceful and serene. Wellingtonian.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Notice to Contractors. Bids will be received for the construction ofa two-story stone schoolhouse at Torrance, until the 7th day of July. Thespecifications can be seen at the COURIER office or at the post office inTorrance. Sealed bids must be mailed to I. H. Phenis, Torrance, Kansas.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

The best smoking tobacco is "Little Joker."

[STREAKS OF SUNSHINE.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

For Sale. 50 cows with calves at their sides. Enquire of J. W. Cairnsat Glenwood Farm, or of J. C. McMullen.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Special Stock Sale. I will have a Special Stock Sale at Hoblett's FeedStable on 9th Avenue, Winfield, Kansas, the last Saturday in each month,commencing at 10 o'clock, a.m. Parties wishing to have stock sold can haveit thoroughly advertised, free of charge, by sending in list on or beforethe 15th of each month. M. M. SCOTT, Auctioneer.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

DR. J. W. KERMOTT'S MANDRAKE PILLS have been the means of Restoring morePeople to health and happiness, by giving them a healthy Liver, than anyother known remedy, and are the best Family Pills, having given perfectsatisfaction for 25 years.

TRY THEM, 25 CENTS A BOX.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the CowleyCounty Fair and Driving Park Association have caused the books to be openedfor receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said Association atthe office of the Secretary thereof, in the city of Winfield, Cowley County,Kansas, which books will be kept open until the whole amount of capitalstock is subscribed. By order of the Board of Directors. E. P. GREER, Secretary.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

In view of the fact that certain hardware dealers in Winfield claim tobe handling "Blees & Drake's Improved Patent, Self-heating SmoothingIron," for which we are agents, we copy from a letter addressed tous from the firm:

"We do not sell the nickel-plated irons to the trade, or to anyoneexcept our canvassing agents."

This we hope will effectually settle the question. These irons can bepurchased only from us or our authorized agents in this county. LIMBOCKERBROS.

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

"For Sale Cheap." "Delivered free" 200 cords gooddry stove wood. N. C. MYERS.

[COMMENTS BY SHERMAN: STAR ROUTE VERDICT.]

Winfield Courier, June 28, 1883.

Gen. Sherman, when interviewed at a hotel in New York, regarding thestar route verdict, said:

"Among other things they had a good judge, a jury that both sideshad accepted, and some very smart lawyers. One of them talked nine dayswhichought to have acquitted any man. They were six months hearing evidence,and three weeks listening to speeches, and if that didn't bewilder the jury,nothing would. I think that such proceedings are all nonsense. If a mancan't say what he wants to say in an hour, he ought to quit speaking. Thejury having brought in a verdict of not guilty, that ought to end the matterso far as Brady and Dorsey are concerned.

"I have met them both. Dorsey was a splendid senator, and Gen. Bradyis a hard working, active man. What they did in the matter of the mail routesof which they have been tried, was in the promoting of the population anddevelopment of the West. It is possible that there was some rascality inthe business; there is generally some fire where there is so much smoke,but sharpers down in Wall street who manipulate stocks for a fall, and thenbuy, and then manipulate for a rise, and sell, probably make more moneyin a minute than they got out of all their work.

"I am a believer in the West. I am an old man, but not so very old,and I remember when there was one mail a year to California, and Kit Carsoncarried it on his mule. Now four big car loads go there every day. The establishmentof military posts has helped to build up the country and I have always thoughtthat the war, interior, and post office departments ought to cooperate withthe work.

"You will find the names of Gen. Sheridan, Geo. Miles, Gen. Crook,and Gen. Sherman on nearly all the applications for Western post-routes.We have seen the advantage of them. "It appears to me, however, thattrial by jury has been on trial in this case. This is what the newspapersought to take up. It used to be possible in the old time to get twelve goodmen to give themselves up to a case, and when they agreed, they used tobe pretty correct about the facts. But you can't get twelve men to havethe same opinion now. I think there ought to be a change to a system likethat in courts-martial, so that a majority or two-thirds can find a verdict."