Graham County Lever from Gettysburg, Kansas • 2

iV.jlTJt;.-tj- HaSSi re second, John Baker's little child, which THE GRAHAM CO NT lite juttr. was the first person interred in Whitfield cemetery. CENTRAL Mum division MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD Time Schedult TJtct Car-t Ja.r Tbe Coleman cemetary was the 'first or Published evary 25 per year. THE BEST OF ALU ganrzalion of the kind organized in April, 1879, anil M. N'.

Colmen'e child Thos. II. McGill. H. S.

Hogite. ElHTOM. the first person buried therein. LlWil The first, and only violent death, in the ui.e) tfrom the report tbeu mde to the tve can present some of tbe most forcible -evidences of ourr oik A encumber 14 inches lonr and 13 inches in circumference. Harit shell squash 56 iirches in -circum fare ace and weighing pouudi watermelon weighing 44f pounds (quash 39 inches long cabbage 36 inches io circumference radish 29 iochei leug German millet 4 feet long gourd large enough for a wash-tub, 66 inohes in circumference-; sugar caoe 12 feet iiigh, grown -on eod wine pie plant 32 inches long castor bean bush 7 county waa V.

B. Lobach, in NoTi 1878 FOa A1ID BEAST. GOING WEST. I HU 3 i Ac.c' Express. modattoo.

fa fa got into a quarrel with a neighbor. Gounty of GRAHAM finally scuffle, and from the excitement 'L 0E rn consequent, suddenly died, with apoplexy. For irtnr hun a tijnt crnTarv tl ntxIcMtt 9tlafc V.ialt4-wl)wben known UiiilUru tTr th wot! tto only iwne leiimtM Itt tliO of rviitmta iT! rtin" ItlR Nlic4ae hotv nt prwi-ie 4 tmtt 9t Its t4r Fvt every Mm external jatB tb is supposed. The first trial between Graham county parties was tried before Esquire Adamson, of Rooks county, F. Schuler, plaintiff.

fie dm of Mreefl Karat lrf in -circumis rence a pound water- and 11. M. Wisdom, defendant. Attorneys, LJEABW-lliU Lbuineur t-j at an nal. It yerir ttft ii-i1c to tA ter flm ctnxiau- ra.

Ttc MrtfW Dr. Wilkison, for plff, and -Moore 3pear. melon grown since Jalj 15 and from seed taken from a melon also grown this jear for deft. The case was "squashed" on account of defective writ, no one being able to read it except the person who 4,258 PEOPLE. snake cucumbers 4 feet long.

Tbe account of the fair wound up as follows: And now to sum op: we have no made it out. First marriage, Paris Stereos and Miss Morrison, daughter of Joseph Morrison, rrmfltrr flPfraniwH op nftlTn fliiacwii Pactions of conscience in saying our ti-ffrrnf fe" Tki Iv orafbb.f In rttrf jK'flsv tvery Oar brings nw ot til )rj- writ calt 6r hum subduud, tit" thrratic nuirtjrrtf V-Uel. vr a valamM itor aved by tho rowvr ol this' WUuTIlJ Iftod 1411UI VilU the spring of 1874. Ceremony per irst exhibition of larm products compar- formed by Probate Judge Schurz, ed favorably with any like display we 1m Phillips county. ever saw at the fairs'of the western re- JB 01 Lv.

St. Louis 8.52 a. m.i 9.17 p. m. I Kansas City.

A 9 00 p. raj 9.00 a. m. Leaven 10.25 10.23 Ar. Ui.20 11.15 Lt, i 11.50 4.4tf p.

m. Whiting 1 .20 a. 6.0? 2.52 I 7.40 Waterv ilia 4 3w i 9.27 o.lo Ar. Washington 6.20 ilO.50 Lv. Clifton 2.37 T6.55 Concordia 7.34 1 Ar.Scandia I 9.45 Ly.

it .03 i At. Burr 111.45 Lv. Beloit 8 63 Cawker i 9.4J 5 Dowcs .110.10 Gaylord 11.00 Kirwin ill.40 At. Logan .112 50 p. Bull City 112.25 GOING EAST I Lv.

Ball 1.00 p. Logan 3.00 Kirwin 4.11 Gaylord 4.52 i Downs. 6.05 i 6.21 Beloit 17.12 Burr Oak 3.30 Jamestown I 8,01 Scandia. 1,6.05 I Concordia 8.31 Clyde 9.10 r' Clifton 9.23 Washington 9 20 i 4.10 a. in.

5.15 5.51 .12.58 m.i 7.35 2.29 9.00 Ar. Atchison 4.00 10.25 Lv. I 4,20 i 3.35 p.m. Ar. leaven 5.13 4.35 Kansas 6.0 5.85 St.

5.52 p.m.' 6.37 a.m. Tbe first celebration was lield at De- shou's grove, on Bow creek, July 4th, 874, 73 persons present. H. M. Wisdom A Descriptive View.

was president of the day. The speakers serve iu Ohio or northwest Missouri, called the garden spot of the west. This it saykg much for a country tbat is probacy at this moment being classed by many as one of the uninhabitable regions of the globe, and spoken of as the great American desert, a desolate waste, by eas- Continued on Local page. which eiwiinv chores much ailciebts of tiM HUMAN H.FIt as rthcNmatlim, attff Joint. Cmtrctrd llwrn and Sk-ald.

't. Brulii mmd pralaa, I'clionoim Utlrt aa4 KUal, time, UHrnNt. Old Serve, ftfiu, IVoatblf r. Cktlblata. 0r Ntypl 4a.d Ureaat ami tadad avrry form of aatamal dia aaaa It tecala Host oca r.

For tba Biu.te OatAXiOJ it urr Sprtlni. flwtaar, SUflT Jo lata. NOTICE. U. S.

Land Office, Kirwin, No. 3942. AN HISTORICAL REVIEW- January 28, 1881 GETTYSBURG, KANSAS Natural grasses are buffalo and blue- TTarncaa Korea Hoof Dla- Complaint having been entered at this i Foot Ilot, ttcrow IVonawKeaJt, stem. Buffalo grass is more nutricious uouow ura ocroicoea Office by Zenas P. Turner against Robert W.

Johnson for abandoning his Home rat la. Stiovlw. TbnitU. TUaabon. for all kinds of stock thanany other wild, stead Entry No.

7920, dated Oct. 8th, Old I iUn npoa Uio MaUt aawl owarr tMcr oJlmaat Three hundred wiles wcet vl the or tame grasses either for that matter. 1878, upon the N. V. quarter sec.

29, to wtoat tbo c-pt or otatiXo and fetock Yard or liable. township 6. range 24, in Graham County, Missouri River, tbirtv miles from north I Rlue-stero grows long and is put up for winter buffalo grass is too short for that Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this Office on the lino, aud one hundred miles from the ltJO Ialcan Mnttani; Llnlanrwi alwava euros aad sorer aadtt to, poeUlvely, THE- BEST purpose. Tame grasses aro being pot west line of Kansas, is situated Graham 8th day of April, 1881, at 9 o'clock a. out and their growth here cannot be ex- to respond and furnish testimony concern county, Kansas, composed of 25 con-1 celled.

ing said alleged abandonment. nn T. M. HELM, Register. apressional townships 6 miles square.

Among other natural curiosities are the or 676,900 acres. The surface of the 8ma11 'J without visi 28w5 h. J. BEST. Receiver.

HIS LwJ W. T. S. MAY, Att'y for pl'ff. JOB VJORIC OF EVERY CLASS, ble outlets.

Many of them are found in the western and central portions of the Mail and Expreaa Trams on Main Line run daily Accommodation and all Trains on Branches daily except Sunday. Mail and Express, going West, takes supper at Kansas City, and breakfast at county. These are, supplied with several NOTICE. U. S.

LAND OFFICE, Kirwin, Kaus. February 1st, 1881. Greenleaf. Goinz East, takes supper at varieties of fish. (Further description of natural advant No.

3947. county Is generally rolling, excepting between streams where are small plat-eau. The slopes are very radul toward the larger streams, and no steep bill-aides for farming purposes. The streams are Solomon rirer, which runs from west to east through 'the county, touching at the geographical centre Bow creeJc, iu the north Downs, and breakfast at Kansas City. Mail aud Express going West makes Conuectians with ull lines from St.

Joois and Chicago going Kat, arrives at ages will be found in letters from corres Complaint having been entered at tins pondents). Office by John II. McPeak against C. U. Stewart for abandoning his Homestead -A tcbison iu timet? counect with trains EARLY SETTLEMENT.

xucm is some aiuerence ot opinion as on all lines to Chicago and St. Louis. Accommodation Train leaves Atchison after the arrival of all trains from Chit ajro and St. Louis. Going EaM, connects at Atchison with all afternoon trains for Chi- TlrlE FARMER Evry farmer in Kansas should road tins Kaas ci.Tvr.Ai.

ixn Srm ic HntM'tu's journal, ll.e Kansas Fiiauica. More reliable information on Kansas farming and stock raiting is given in lis pages than can be obtained from an) other part, from west to east through the to whether W. E. Ridgley. or Dr.

A. D. county's entire width Happy IIollow. Wilkison, was the first settler, both living cairo and St. also, with the Atchison Entry No.

8749, dated Nov. 22d, 1878, upon the north east section 30. township rauge 25, iu Graham county, Kansas, with a view to tbe cancellation of said entry tbe 6aid parties are hereby summoned to appear at tbid Office on the 15 day of March, 1881, at 9 o'clock a. to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment. T.

M. HELM, Register. 29-34 L. J. BEST, Receiver.

II. E. MITCHELL, Att'y for pl'ff. 'from northwest to southeast through 00 8t ow creek, but from tho beat ad -the southern portion Spring creek, E. Ridgley, who settled May 18 Topeka 1 Santa Fe Rnilroa-l for Topeka and all points in Southern Aausas, Xsew Mexico aud Colorado also, with Missouri Pacific Dav Exprea for St.

Joseph, Mo A. A. TAEMAOE, F. CHANDLER, (one of the finest valleys in Kansas), 1872, ou tho northeast section of laud in from northwest to southeast, and erupt- tho county, was the first settler. His ies into the South Fork of the Solomon nearest nftighbor was at Logan, 8 miles tnoar the eastTine of the county Brush distant, until the arrival of Dr.

Wilkison Gen: Sup't. O. P. Agent. St.

Louis, Mo. Eiitjts IIP 8 sometimes called Ash), from bout June 16lh 1872 wbo war To frmml on source. The a Fjiruik is the official paper tor publishing tbe etrays of tbe a feature which makes its weekly visits invaluable to every stock owner in tbe state of Kama. Si'ast-airTtox Pkick Postage fail, 1 copy I year, $1-C0. 1 copy months, I copy moLths.

50 cent. Mtt.K OH1M I'BEK 1. 'iHl V'Vfr, Topeka, Kaui. TIME TABLE THIS PAPER southwest to northeast and empties I we8t of Mr. Ridgley.

E. Poole set file at tiro. 1. KoweLt, A Newspaper Advertising Bureau (10 tipruio Into the Solomon near the county's cen-lIe(1 15 miIes west of the east line of tbe Union 1'wijic ltaittcityh'anw fit HEYYORK. fcirecu.wnere aaver-tlsiug contract may bo tuotfo for It In Ire Sand creek, from northwest tolcoanty -'une 20th; 1872 iu July follow- and empties into the Solo- 'iaS cam Schuler, who settled near the onou about one mile west of the coun- east line on Bow creek; during July, (To take effect March II, IPS-.) NOTICE tv's r.

The abovo uamcd are the! l82 M. N. Colmau, John McGeary (now Leave Wa-Keeney goiiijr 2. Atlantic Express 1.0; e. in.

i wst important fetreams. which afford dead), Burris Harper, Robt, and Jos fin rmoti uuuu sent tree to iuoec who g. who p. m. wish to engage in tho most water-power for milling pnr- Morrison, Chas.

Smith, Paris Stevens iposes. Running streams aro found in Fnk Nickel, Pete Young, T. Deshon Thro Freight and Stock air. a.u-. pteasant and profitable busi every part of tho county as will be M- Wisdom, Wm.

Ttomy, and others learnml in ruulinr tha letters frnm nr settled alon Bow creek, east of Mr ness known. Everything new. Capital not required. We will furnish you every thing. $10 a day aud upward, is easily correspondents In the different civd I Pole's.

made without staying awav from home It vorjs over night. No risk whatever. Many new dep. 9.0V a. m.

Leave Wa-lvecncy going West 1. Fast Denver Express 3.Ut a. m. 5. Through Freight.

.8 50 p. m. 7. Express Freight. 40 a.

tu. Paiseugers will not be carried on any freight trains. II. G. Ag't.

Titos. L. in da Gen. Pas. i Ticket Ag't workers wanted at once.

Many are mak- ng fortunes at the business. Ladles make as much as men, and young boys and girls make great pay. one who is willing to work tails to make more money every day than can be made in a week at ordi nary employment. Those wbo engage at STATEMENTS, CARDS, -townships. Springs are innumerable, E.

Poole lived the farthest west on the scattered throughout the county some creek until the arrival of O. G. Nevins correspondents aver that there "are and Hiram Cooper ou April 13tb, 1874. more than a hundred in my vicinity." wao "ettled about one mile further up tbe No better watered county in Kansas, It creek. The first summer of Mr.

Poole's indeed thore is one that will compare sojourn three wild Sioux Iudians, (the witi it. ouly Sioux ever seen on the creek by the General depth of wails from 10 to 30 settlers) walked into his cabin without leot; but few iu the county more than ceremony and began to pick up such AO feet. things as they thought of value. Mr. Everything for building purposes can looI wa8 Iona bachelor then as now) be found here without further expense bul he wa" not to be "cared out of bis ENVELOPES, once will nnd a short road to fortune.

Address H. Hallett 4 Portland, Maine. Yourselves by making money when a golden chance is of- HELP rt fl (f alwavs keeping poverty from IEST in THE WOBLOl than hauling. Native lime answers the property, and wuh a war-w hoop he pro-. PM BLA.NK WOllK, purpose of burnt lime saud can be ceeded immediately to kuock oue of the found at the etreams, auJ aotV white lime ludiana iuto the "happy hunting ground." stone (which can be sawed and planed The Indian fell "iu a heap" and the her IS A THOROUGH REMEDY.

In every oaic of malarial trer frvr at.d ague, while for dkordtrs tf tbe ttoma rpidity of the liver, hu di-turlances of the animal frrr. wbi-h debilitate, it has fivknt and have no substitute. It houll vit bo your door. Those who always take advantage of the good chances for making money that are offered generally become wealthy, while those who do not improve such chances remain in poverty. We waut men, women, boys and gjrlsto work for us right in thoir own localities.

The business will pay more than ten times ordinary wages. We furnish an expensive outfit and all that you need, tree. No one who engages fails to make money very rapidly. You can devote your whole time to the work or only your spare moments. Full information and all that is needed sent free.

Address, Sttneon Con Portland, Maine. into an desired ehapel. is in abuudaoce. two ujled at the spectacle. They left without taking anything.

They were considered by the settlers further dowu tha Stone, sand. and native liuie are all found jalong most of the streams. What more bo asked by those oi the east wbo expect to emigrate west confounded with trituratrd cunpiunds uf i cheap rpirils and essential oiU. ofieu 4 creek, whither tbey journeyed, to be spies from a large gang, and were ordered to under tbe name 6f bitters, tor aaie by druggists, grocery and wine merchants everywhere. SALE return back west, They refused at first BILLS POSTERS The, principal timbered stream is Bow creeki which is fringed with a conliauoue "ea me guns ot uswiMiks settlers line ot oak, ash, box elder, cotton-wood I Bw eek were drawu, they obeyed.

are Bl-Carb Soda 1I or In allabt ly dirty wlktte color. It may unv 1STOTICK. i 1 apoear walte. oxamtnod whll SON and elm timber on either side, for 15 miles rQ Kevins and Hiram Cooper Vna county. Groves are found ou Brush riveJ wbere Houston postofSce now is, as vrrTif eir.

mm conrAU co.s Ann AND iaiTRrn dc THE BF.ST OFFKIt VET Jt. I i aud Cooo creeks. There has beeu Umber I berr6 Uted, April 13th, 1874, aud were HAinncR BXtAND wtU ahovr the dlttereace. 8 that jrowr Baklnr Soda to M7III.AU SUUs1amcS eieed lor food. on twarly all the streams but persous fiiUI farthest west on Bow creek uuiil uly tng contracts at the forts Iu early 1 18a TlieJ wlUed on adjoining laad.

I Fvur or I'rank Isdie I'tthticithtttt One Ytarfvr $2.50. days cut it otT, except probably eome I Iu November, 1876, Mr. Nevins took WHEN 121 XEED OF SUCH WORK, GIVE US A CAL.tt --Mm burned up by tte cattle men to keep set- lua census of tbe county, and the result L. Boyd ATTORNEY AND CQUNCUIOR AT was 75, cot including 5 cattle men. The tiret crops were raised in 1873 tiers out.

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Wisdom place on Bow creek, Mr. small streams. The creoks so turn at places as to leaye a bauk several feet in a semi-circle, which a little slabor judiciously aeded wakes a corral iiat bettor than any other. 9 Frees as Iw as lis Lowest Salisfictioi always GiaraiteeJ Vt itdoai P. Mn the exact, date of which a more mature age.

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ihuleaaudy), and is A for wheat, corn, oats, rye, millet, beuif, flax, castor-beans, 1 i 1878. The first sabbath school waa organized May 10th. 1871, and was held at J. Holliway sec. 11, town range 22; NeU Spaeer, Fred Freyman, Jas.

Freyuiau, 12 were raised oa that day to, buy S. books. The first church society was organized July 30th, 1876, by Rev. J. M.

Brown. sorgata, paoapus (or ckre corn), pea-nuts, aud kius of -eg4ables. Corn wil THE STOCKTON BANK, (JAY J. SMYTH Does a geueral exchange and collection business. Long time notes negotiated.

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Joseph, or deei'sated as tho "Firt Pct.r;.n i Mo. a WJ a IOM Gbarch of Graham." First officers, F. S. Graham, Hiram Cooper and O. G.

L. P. BOYD, MUsisstppi basin. It is a well Loowa fact throughout tb country that central Kansas cauaot be beattlr reference made to the map it will be found coua'yV ralatiye position rvill "trrant the tame aisrti'in far her. A 'r Of t' hrr tr.

I Of ylXaUx I ATS jns ZZZSzt, wxiti far LIST to Nevins, ruling eldern. Membership, .11. Kuutis The tir.t death was that of N. Colman's ninMITllRC fiiin SEWHJfi MlPUturc Tho Boston Iluckboard Address, AJaa $019 UaaiaFtrra er tae celebratad Coaroa Ccaaaaaj or I rH KIT Vsnt KAN Ffk Li V' i i lj lift .7 HEW HAVtN, pNF?.