Shockeyville Eagle from Shockeyville, Kansas • 4

A ntnmvi t-ti'iMlin renter i about engaged in cattle raising in south- Holmes U-U -r 1 II -J IT tVO ICCl UlglKT lUIUl ally UHIWI llll" nv.nv."' DEALERS IS ft I. who is a successful merchant in I mediate surrounding point, and even BY-HERBERT L. GILL, Editor ami Publisher. slopes in every direction. The site is more than tlie beau tiful county in the vicinity on all in, was at one time one of the heaviest coal operators of Jowa.

When such men as the. above undertake such a project there can be no doubt of an enterprise, and this one especially, will prove successful. The building of this road, as can be Ternm of Subscription: fnit tnnp sides, hence a grand view for miles Kix in presented, and what is ol like mi Three months 1 tortus ou udvertisinpcsctvt'ti uiu apiuutitwn. the drainage system is per ed. A Hatearc, Agricultural Implements, We hive just" received the largest stock and best grade of Lumber ever chipped to western Kansas.

We lead; but never follow. Don't fail examine our grade and prices on lumberbefore purchasing. readily preccived on the map, will The place was surveyed, and prop 11 lit rinint eiiy Uiidoii into imsinessanuuweiiiugj iuj.i.c 'i'rv lots bv Harry Nisslev, a citizen of! for the whole to it. being Lakin. skilled as an engineer and re- TUESDAY, MAliL'll li.

I Limited space will not permit us to make a grand and unnecessarily lengthy salutatory. We have pcr-lnanently located at Shockeyville, believing in the substantial growth of the town and have faith in a prosper K. M. Spivey, Cashier. Sam H.

Carr, Asst. Cashier. a splendid draughtsman. I. R.

Holmes, President. Jko. Vice President. eoeni.e. sixteen miles nearer to southern towns than any place on the Santa Fe railroad, and further, the freighters will save over thirty miles of travel and will have no said hills to en- 1 I'he frst improvement at was a dugout by Mr.

Shockey, LAKIM in ditr.ensions, 14x56 feet, which still I' is 011s futurity. The Kagi.R in polities a venerable landmark. As counter. The S. T.

Co. now busy making preliminary ar- town site was considered soon thi will be independent and. fearless in Ul the real rungements for the conslrction of the suci, lots sold rapiuly, rapidlv. hen sentiment. The paper bootn lias just commenced and there road.

CAPITAL. 1 1 vance the interests of Shockeyville, the country, adjacent and' "southwost- is nothing to justify degeneration lor Shockeyville luture is atreaci) as-vcars to come. The country around sured by its natural resources, and Will do a general banking business. is thickly settled, and the necessary mm LOANED 01 APPROVED SECURITY. ern Kansas.

The" country, soil and its chant wants of the settlers actually demand a trading int Shockeyville. The Uiasiion Froola'snation. L.rlcHre hi-drnfranhv and resources 1IT A A to further add to its stability a brief mention of the town company would be sufficient. The officers are: President, Frank P. Lindsay, ol l.akin; secratary, W.

D. II. Shock-ey; treasury, L. T. Shockey; J.

Coran, of Lakin; Win. Holmes, Shockeyville; llomer Les territory to which it is easily accessible is of large area, contains a. class W. S. CREW, Plain and Ornamental will receive attention next week.

Hamilton Countv, be it remembered that on Thurs The Present asi'l rutnr" IttftocytoTuil thrown day, the 25th day of February, 1886, at a called session of the board of special county commissioners of said county of Hamilton, he'd in the town of Kendal, temporary county seat of of enterprising citizens of above the average means and through the wise maneuvers of Mr. Shuckey the fam-! iiies have been located in close prox-! imity to the town, A casual observ-! tr will quickly perceive the ex-! advantaires and lie, Raymore, ilenry Hect-man, Leavenworth, Kan. Other prominent stock holders are Logue the popular land agents said county ot Hamilton, 11I me state Splendid Oppoxtnuicios A Sotl; wsstem Motroi'solSis Rioi Rs eonroes-Two -A Wealthy Tovm Oosupany. of Kansas, the tollowing order was made by said special county commissioners, to wit: It is hereby or Lakin, M. L.

Swift, a wealthy and a cilv noekev acknow.e the greatest commercial importance. prosperous merchant of John IKICS WOSK A BPICIALTI. Work done in all part of the outfv 1 Satisfaction guaranteed. W. I).

II. 'he resources are sufficient to sup- O'Laugnhn, one our caitie Kings 01 In December 4. hork-pv. thf-n a of Cherry- a municipal population of ten dered by the board of special county commissioners of Hamilton county, Kansas, that said county of Hamilton in said state of Kansas be and the same is hereby divided into six townships with the following metes and bounds and names with a voting vale, Kansas, succeeded in toe o-1 thousand cow, yet the transient trade Capt. R.

M. Spivey, of the Lakin bank and a representative of eastern capitalists; 1. R. Homes, mayor ol Carden City; 1. R.

White, a promin- is not to be lost sight ol. from railroad to more southern towns ganization of a town company that city, oppo'nted as one ol' a committee of two to proceed to LIME, HAIR AND PLASTER 0 HAW. Lakin, Has tra vel cannot he'p patronizing Shock-1 ent citizen and great rustier ol Ken orecinct in each ol said townships, cMit1i'fKi-(rn Kansas ior tl ivestem Kansas for the purpose i C)viiL and the pecuniary benefit de- LI .11 1 of selecting a town silo. Prom jan- rivcl from this trade alone is quite uarv sSt'o March 2S of the follvwingj KU Huihiings are, st.j a natural dall; Levi Mitchell, ot nerryvaie, and A. II.

Voorhis, of Indiana. The-remandicr of the shares are in the hands of the Messrs. Shockey, who ure d'sposmg of them at $500 each, and daily the value being The hnom is noon us and before ng constructed, vear t'liis committee If a ersed ths.4 1 dab Also beginning at a ppint where the west line of section township 2 1 range 38 intersects the north of said Hamilton county, thence run-, ning east on said north line to the line nf said Hami'ton county, rapnuy uu designated as follows: beginning at a point where the south line of township number twenty-six intersects range line number 40 east, running thence soiuh on said range line (40) to the south line of Hamilton county, thence east on said county line to the. east line of said county oi Hamilton, thence north on the east line of said Hamilton county to the to follow 'unset aid' region and finally located On -live DissalisHed! the irroitnd tlvre is now City, Morton county. the season is over tnere will be here a city of wonderful growth, with ex with the place and i's future thousand feet ot lumuer, and loadeu Mr.

Shockey withdrew from theconv 1 teams having an ob-pany at once ami went to (larden point art5 on the way. The Citvy subsequently to Lakin, ami town cannot be looked at in the light started out to more 0f other than a babe, but the infant ceptional advantages ami a prosper south line 01 icwusaiu uichlc ou's commercial metropolis ot great on said township line to th thence south along the east line of said Hamilton county to the soyth line of township 26, thence west on said south line to the west line of section 34 township 26 range 38, thence north or said sectional line to place of beginning. The territory -bounded as above shall be known as accessibility. place of beginning. The township 1 bounded as above to be known as stem Kan- is rushing through thoroughlv explore Mout.w arn uus: Grant township, the voting precinct oi i of which township shall be at the sas.

Alter reaching Sullivan's ranch teens. A mass meeting ot the voters Or.ir.t lownshio will be held at Sur several contracts for business houses in the southeastern part of I ami! tor Hartland township, the voting precinct of which shall be at the tojro 1 town ol Surprise City said town ship. Also beginning at the inter 1 1 1. ,1, 1 tv, mv. nrlsp ik-vI Sntnnlav.

March 20, at 2 section ot the south line ot township 26 w.ih range line 40, east, running thence south on said range line 40 to the south line of said Hamilton county, thence west on said county line to the west line of said Hamilton county, ne stee.eu I ally entered Colorado. As yet he saw 0. only a lew v.ee,;s theie V1 is no spot that in his superior Ixvrx- will be here urn ot the largest i on the part ol" the citizens, and extensive experience that most substantial towns in the great and will tend to liarmonize more per-exactly suited him. Turning east- southwest. Besides the bi.il.H.tg.

i l'ectly any warring factions, any ward he renewed his search for the i erected will be several stores, there be. There are three towns 1 i i 1 1 th the count deeply interested of Hartland in said township. We, J. H. Leeman, Lawrence W.

Hardy and Dennis Foley commw-sioners of Hamilton, duly appointed by the Governor of the state pf Kan sas as such, do hereby proclaim afcd make known to the ciualified electom 1 1 1 in the proceedings of this meeting county, thence north on said west line of Hamilton county to the south line of township number 26, thence r-rst on said townshit) line to place UUCnl i-uiini 1 1 'v 1. iv country, from almost all of which he 'p. Shockey, 20x40 feet. A com-could choose. I modions and $2,500 hotel has just Shockeyville, Ulysses and Surprise-each of which will expect proijer reji-resentation.

Shockeyville and its thickly settled vicinity have interests 1 On the oin ol April, 05, a so.itan been como of said county, that an election win be held at the several voting precincts hereinafter specified, on Thursday, the first day of April, 1886, elect the following: Three county commissioners, one county clerk, one county treasurer, one probate judge, one register of and a school house tlie S'. ii'ioi district con- of beginning. The territory bounded as above to be known as Stanton ilu votin" nrcc.inct ofwhich horseman wended his way along the is occupied at stake, and to protect these in: The social tern vast prair vv, 0 i it is necessary that we turn out township shall be at the town of Vet- 1 1 1 i i 1 ahnost unsur- da', I feaoires of the town ac all invce net Naiuntay ami up 1 cran said Stanton township. -Also and toward evening ol the saim when in section 20, and i 0 wants with a swelling vote. 1 n.s 7 passed in this sev )eiTinninsr at tne nortnwesi corner 01 convention is more important to u-: than the election on the 1st, and jt h- wen to that we tro over to south, range 38 west, aliojoehKelt-ei-1 Sabbuth school I've aviong ne possessed him, and he camped d.n- attractions, and a weekly meet-on the spot, jtut before he; jag of the gentlemen and ladies make closely obsened the lay of the land, v.n a literary circle.

Sociables also recognizing the rich and fertile soil J0nd a henn to the town's renowned deeds, one shenll, one couniy attorney, one clerk of the district court, one coroner, one county surveyor, one superintendent of public instruction. Also, the following officers in each of the several townships of said county- fine trutep. one clerk, one treas Surprise on tlie 20th in large body and as a unit. Turn out in force, but running thence east on the north line of said Hamilton county to range line 42 east, running thence v.outh on said range line number 42 to the south line of township number 26, thence west on said south line of township number 26, to west hue of Hamilton county, thence north on the west line of said Hamilton county to the place of beinn- I endeavor not to break the harmony with io-; sociability and -reat hospitality. now existing in our ranks.

upon which he stood, a hocki stivhed 'J'Sie t.ld comes into play ful feelintrs. Mi or the suDtect urer, two justices of the peace, two 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 uvi'le Sliockevville is to be I 1,,. nt tl r.olU on ihe a ro lU l.V 1 y. lU U.K it claim out and then slept The next day. he wetu where' he was joined bv i lie territory bounaeu as to Lakin.

i seen to he appreciated. 1st. If any decision is reached 1:1 brother, i and enterprise comprise Hamilton county the pemunent conn will tie either one 01 mese iwo iv se ot our i.renerous neaneo 1. constables, one roaa overseer. for the permanent location of the county seat of said The ballots for the permanent location of the county seat shaltf have written or printed thereon "Fpr the County Seat," followed by the name of the place voted for.

Each township shall constituted election precinct, and the voting pre towns. cujace in.s ta permit extended debate ontheiuies-tion in these columns, but the tacts in relation thereto are well known. people. The readers ot these lines should come here and he convinced of these facts. Come here, take your above to be known as Coolidge township, the voting precinct of which township shall be at the town of Coondge.

Also beginning at a point where range line 42 east intersects the north line of said Hamilton county, thence running east on the north hue of said Hamilton county to range line 40 east, thence south on the .1 ice of hack lines, taste our pure, L. T. Shockey, 'ami se urine: these gentlemen sought lor the 'section, upon which they made settlement by erecting 'harties. 'Ibis was the first granger settlement in old Grant county, tlie claims conrisi'ng of adjoining pre-emptions. '1 lie brothers proved up their on October Mrs.

1. II. ift water wi.h noa'kahne properties, as the town pump verier: a depth oi fnty-sax ieet. to the agricultural re- cincts in the several townsnips arc as follows: In Syracuse township at Syracuse, in Coolidge township at Coolidge, in Kendal. township, at The people, are aware that, looking the matter square in the face, the race is between Syracuse, and Kendall, and ju iging from the meeting lately held in this city, it is to be righttuils presumud that Syracuse will receive the support of all here but a few, who will vote for Kendall on account of being pecuniarily interes sanl range line 40 to the south line ot township 26, thence west on said south line of township 26 to range line 42 east, thence north on said line xi to place of beginning.

1 Shockev, who carne v.y.oti her iris-; Shocke iile has in prospect band's claim April 22, ill; the one for certain and probably exception of two nights has never The Lakin, Shockeyville been absent trom this prairie, home Trinidad railroad, running from Lak- ted in that place The territory bounded as above to be known as Syracuse township, the voting precinct of which township shall ue at the town of Syracuse. Also beginning at a point where range line 40 east intersects the north fvenuai, in naiuduu wuhjuiji Hartland, inGrant township at Surprise City, in Stanton township at Veteran. The polls shall be opened at 9 a. and closed at 6 p. m.

of said day. Voters of thseveral precincts shall select from among themselves three judges and tifro clerks for the election. Shoclreyvili iiiicad On ater, Vililnr: up to this writing. Afcer pnvinjrup, in to Trinidad via Shockev ville, will upon earnest solicitation the Messrs. give the hi named town superior Shockey were eventually advantages.

A preliminary survey to form a town campany and lay out. lias been made bv Chief Ln- 1 have bored from twenty-five to thirty welis in and around the vicinity of Shockeyville and have found good wa'er in abundance at' lrom thirty-six to filty-eight feet in depth. I can guarantee plenty of water lrom Bear creek to the Cimarron river. W. H.

Holm its. in, and into lots eighty acres of each of their gimeer J.J. Coram, of Lak Given under onr hands at the county clerk's office in Kendal, in line of said Hamilton county, thence running east on said north line to a point where the east line of section 4 in township 21 of range 38 intersects said north line of said Hamilton county, thence running south on said sectional line to the line properties, and in this manner wa said county, this 20m day ot reoru- ary, ieoO. I. H.

Leeman, the road is to Pe bunt the very near future. Lakin and Chicago capital hes keen placed in the enterprise, and one of its most enthusiastic stockholders is J. Wulkes Lord, the Lireat ChicatT) banker and cattleman. the town of Shockeyville instituted. The town of Shockeyville is Ritr.st cd in the southwestern part of Hair, iiton, a county just organized, am northwestern part of old Grant conn ot township 26, thence running west L.

W. Hardy, a IwM turn tfnrv llii' south lino of said township 26 Jk I.I 1 I 1 I 1 NUl-l, I- I 14 rooms and excellently located, at to range line 40 east, thence running SHockevville. Good terms to the "north on said range line 40 to place right man. On the line of consider-; ol beginning. The territory bounded D.

FPLEY, Board of County Commissioner of Hamilton county. f. Go to the Hartland drug store for all kinds of drugs, paints, oils, glaii, etc. as above shall be known as Kendal ty.is twenty-five miles from Lakin am! The president of the company is John nineteen miles from Kendall, two O'Laughiin, the secretary J. M.

Nee-railroad towns. Upon approach it land and treasurer W. D. II. Shock-appears perfectly level, but examina-j ey.

Mr. O'Laughiin is extensively able travel. Address Grant County Hotel I Shockeyville, via Lakin, Kas. tow nship, the voting precinct of which township to be at the town of Ken- 1 Vi.