Coffeyville Star du lieu suivant : Coffeyville, Kansas • 4

TWINKLINGS. Some juvenile imitators of Van-derbilt and Gould succeeded here the other day in exchanging a pewter nickel for three cups of peanuts. It isn't so very easy to lose cattle in the territory as one might imagine. Mr. Steel has iust received a letter At the Council meeting last Thursday night, Mr.

John W. Glass was appointed and confirmed as City Marshal. Mr. Clark, the photographer, has torn down the front end of his gallery building on Union Avenue, and is putting up a two-story residence on the site. The attachment case of Wells Bros.

vs. E. A. Gordon, came up in Esquire Perkins' court last Saturday, from Maine informing him that the judgment being rendered for the writer, who was coming up behind him with another herd last June, picked up a couple of cows that had dropped behind, which are now with the rest of his stock, out near Hunne-well. A stone house near thehead of Clear creek, several miles northwest of here, belonging to a German farmer, was unroofed by the little breeze that came along last Saturday noon.

A threshing party were at dinner at the time, and as one of them started out he caught a chicken by the leg, remarking that if he was to be called upon to make a sudden visit to Hades he would take along something to eat. Cofleyville is the place to get rich. In the few months we have resided here, we have seen a street merchant rise from the small beginnings of a little hand cart which he drew himself, and a mouth organ for which he furnished the wind, to the affluence of a covered chariot drawn by a pair of prancing steads, and a selected assortment of organettes whose cranks are manipulated by relays of Indians and negroes. Industry, energy and economy are sure to be rewarded. On Sunday last Officer Harbourt arrested here Mr.

Joseph Hankins, father of Tuck Hankins of this place, on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Mr. H. resides at Greeley, Anderson county, and about three weeks agof knocked down a young fellow who insulted him, a couple of times, using nothing except his fist, but cutting open the fellow's lip. Since then he has been down in the territory, and on his return he was arrested as stated, taken from here to Independence by Sheriff Shadley, and from there to Garnett.

Last Thursday and Friday can be recorded among the hottest days of the season. Our thermometer stood at 104 and 105 respectively qn the afternoon of those days, the latter figure being the highest point it has yet reached this summer. Since then it has ranged from 100 to 102 as the maximum, though the furious dust storm which came Saturday noon, to mock the hopes of those who expected rain from a very black cloud which bore down upon us from the north, reduced the temperature for that afternoon about ten degrees, at the same time so entirely destroying the last vestiges of our southerly breezes as to make it seem hotter than ever. Another quiet Sunday. The crop of late potatoes will he a failure.

The Stak shines for all at two-dollars a year Two carloads of salt were received here this week. Hon. W. A. Pefler was home again last Sunday.

Can't old Sol be induced to let up on us for a day or two We are waiting to see a day with some harbingers of Autumn. The bricklayers finished their work on Wells block Monday. 31 r. E. X.

Beers and wife, of Independence, were over here Sunday. Mr. W. F. Donnell of Young coun-tv," Texas, arrived here on Monday last, Mr.

W. T. Childrup, a cattle man from Terrell, Texas, arrived here yesterday. Mr. Joseph Jersey City, New Jersey, was among Tuesday's arrivals.

The train was late" here last Saturday night, not getting in until nearly 0 o'clock. Largest stock, lowest prices, best assortment of any house in the county at Wells Bros. Unless you vote to-day you will miss your only chance between April and November. Mr. Joseph McClain, who has been sick for the past ten days, is now improving.

Annual school election to-day. 10113 opens at the school house. Have you voted? Mr. Enoch Cameron has laid down the razor; and started for Indiana Monday morning. Water mellons" is the way some of the philological reformers of our exchanges put it up.

Mr. J. A. Whiteside of Cherokee township, started this morning for Arkansas, to buy sheep. The Southeastern Kansas Hay Company is purchasing all the hay to be got in this neighborhood.

Sugars, Coffees and Teas, don'tyou forget, are sold lower at Wells Bros, than any house in the county. Mr. II. Armstrong and wife, with Miss C. Journeyeake, were up from Lightning Creek last Tuesday.

It isn't best to drink beer immediately before retiring. Such a course sometimes results in bad dreams. Mr. J. G.

Williams, an old resident of this county, who resides a few miles east of here, is seriously ill. Mr. L. L. Burlingham and wife from the Dominion of Canada, were here Tuesday looking for a location.

Mr. J. X. Gibson has bought two lots in block 39 in the east part of the city, and will build a residence there. Barndollar loaded some freight wagons with goods for Mr.

Florer's Store at the Osage Agency yesterday. A very enthusiastic crowd, accompanied by the Cofleyville band, met Gen. Weaver at the depot Tuesday evening. Magnificent moonlight nights again, which are being improved for buggy rides, equestrianism, flirtations, etc. The new belfry at the Episcopal church is progressing rapidly, and will add very much to the appearance of that edifice.

Mr. Geo. S. Ford was in town last Friday and Saturday, with a lot of Delaware for whom he was filing pension claims. Mr.

J. J. Barndollar who has been spending the summer at his old home in Pennsylvania, is expected back again this week. Messrs. H.

M. Drake, of Auburn, New York, and C. H. Weeks of Salem, Ohio, were among the arrivals in this city last night. Our physicians say that there is much less sickness now than about two weeks ago when we were enjoying that cold wave.

The first load of apples we have een this season was in yesterday morning, and proved an irresistible attraction to the bovs. Our local market renort indiritps plaintili. If you want to keep your thermometers in good working order don't strain the tube by exposing them to 'the full force of the sun's rays at noon. They say that one of our Cofleyville young men is losing his appetite since his best girl began to powder her face so plentifully with Bartles-ville xxx flour. Some people suggest that Dr.

Bliss and the rest are overdoing the "laudable pus" business a trifle. How would 44 praiseworthy Kitty" do for a change? If you think any of your friends would like to read the Star as regular subscribers bring it to their notice, or enter their names at this office for specimen copies. Elder Mitchell was prostrated by the heat at Mankato about ten days ago, and has been unable to fill any of his subsequent appointments to address greenback meetings. Prohibition papers are beginning to feel their way towards the position that it is the exodus movement rather than the amendment which has checked immigration to Kansas. Messrs.

Ben. S. Henderson and Geo. W. Stone, of Independence, came over here yesterday to attend the Weaver meeting, and took the General back with them at night.

Commercial travellers have the cheek to come down here with the mercury at 100 or higher, with their sample trunks full of heavy overcoats and other winter goods. Thirteen civil and two criminal cases have been sent to this county for trial, on change of venue, from the Cowley district court." This makes 118 cases docketed for the September term. These heated days, with the thermometer over a hundred for six or seven hours every afternoon, are getting terribly monotonous and today promises to rival the worst of them. A Cherokee here in speaking of his native language, and wishing to convey the idea that it was the original American language, remarked that is the United States language." Mr. Lewis J.

Gillespie, who was engaged in the stock business here last winter, but who has been spending the summer in Wyoming territory, returned to Cofleyville Monday evening. Hon. Joseph Dirteater of Vinita, who has just been elected a member of the Cherokee Xational Council from Delaware District, made us a call last Saturday and subscribed for the Star. Xich. Martin and Arthur McCon-nell have taken the stock in trade of the late Antoine Martin and will continue the.

business at the old stand, under the firm name of Martin McConnell. -In answer toan inquirer we 'will say that through express trains on this railroad do not stop at Kalloch. Wagon trains do, though, to get their horses shod, as there is a blacksmith's shop there. Had burglars known that the late Antoine Martin kept $3,200 in his safe, and that a blacksmith could open it in fifteen minutes, we fear a robbery would have been recorded there some time ago. Mr.

Andrew Hoffman advertises a sale of implements, furniture, etc. at his place in Fawn Creek township, eight miles west of here, on the nation line, to take place Thursday, September 1st. Mr. O. G.

Stebbins of the Bartles-ville Mills, was in town yesterday. He says that notwithstanding the dry weather there is water enough in the Cana to keep the mill running about 14 hours a day. Keep an eye to your winter clothing, if it is not packed away where moths cannot enter. We have heard of several instances lately where these pests had worked sad havoc with valuable habiliments. We should like to hear something more about "The Deleware Blood Bill," mentioned by a correspondent from the territory.

It seems to be arousing a good deal of feeling in the Cherokee nation. 44 Ttiree huudred dollars worth of legal advice have I given away today, and only one thank von to slmw County Clerk Way visited Cof-feyville last Saturday. Dr. F. W.

Harrell of Baltimore, who located at Bartlesville a couple of weeks ago has, we are informed, stepped into a paying practice at the start, and is kept going night and day. The hotter the weather the more urgent the demand for beer. Fourteen cases were received here last Saturday night but then there is no train Sunday, and two days' supplies must be secured at once or somebody go thirsty. Rev. WT.

H. Anderson, a colored clergyman from Terre Haute, Indiana, addressed our people on political topics, at the freight depot last night, demonstrating conclusively that his race were under no obligations to the Republican party. Who is there that hasn't wished during the past month that the pioneers in Cofleyville had planted more shade trees eight or ten years ago. We might have had a city park to be proud of by this time, if it had been laid out and planted then. Mr.

J. W. Donovan, who recently bought Mr Kimball's grocery, hasn't a very exalted opinion of the Spanish citizens of Malaga. Opening a box of raisins lately, he found it literally weighted down with specimens of the native sandstone of that region. Dr.

Wells tells a story of an acquaintance who had been married less than a week, and who, on being asked how he liked wedded life, placed his hand on his shoulder, and very confidentially said 44 It's the most infernally overated thing in the world." The only house in Kansas where you can get 7 lb choice Rio coffee for $1, four papers Dwight's soda 21 four bars all kinds Kirk's soap 25 six bars 1-lb each Standard soap 25 13 bars 1-lb each Standard soap 50 is at Wells Cofleyville, Kansas. When Agent Miles got home he politely intimated to Doctors McCoy and Fay that their presence on the Osage reservation was no longer indispensable to the government, and that the less to be seen of them in that neighborhood hereafter the better for them. We very frequently hear of men looking for houses to rent here and unable to obtain them. Cofleyville might boast a considerable larger population, if some monied man would help himself, at the same time that he helped the town, by putting up of cottages. Messrs.

J. F. Savage and J. M. Housel will represent Parker township on the jury at the September term of the District Court, Hon.

J. P. Rood and W. E. Raymond will appear for Caney, Edwin Anderson for Fawn Creek and George Burghardt for Cherokee.

The amateur minstrels of Saturday night's entertainment made themselves a nuisance by the free exhibition they. gave in front of the El-dredge House, lasting until nearly midnight. Drenching them with slops only seemed to render them more hilarious. Mrs. Mary Minerva Spainhower, mother-in-law of Esq.

Knotts, died last Sunday after a week's illness of bilious fever, which terminated with bloody flux. She was 62 years of age and came to Kansas last February. The funeral took place Monday and was largely attended. A Mrs. Schumaker was in town Monday to consult a physician about the gradual locking of her jaws, as the result' of toothache apparently.

For some weeks she has been unable to take any solid nourishment but she was still unwilling to have her jaws pried open, and went home as she came. Mr. A. R. McKenna, who formerly clerked for Wells and is now in the employ of the Pacific Express Company in Colorado; and Mr.

J. X. Sturr, who was in Barrick-low's store and nov labors for the Denver and Rio Grande Express Company, arrived here from Colorado Tuesday evening. Mr. Samuel Steel with Mr.

A. Beagles of Cana and Xewton George returned from Fort Smith, where they had been interviewing the United States grand jury, on Saturday evening. Capt. Samuel Sixkiller of Muskogee, Chief of the Indian Agent's police for the five nations, and Deputy U. S.

Marshal, came up with them. Mr. John Marshall, of Coody's Bluff, was up here Tuesday, and in seme inexplicable manner managed to secure enough spirituous stimulation for his case to be taken cognizance of by Marshal Glass. Being invited up to Esq. McCreary's office that functionary, in consideration of its being a first offense let him off for a dollar and costs.

Last Saturday the suit of John Bobzien against Crane, Van Dusen and Gray, for $SS damages in the lightning rod business was called in Esquire Perkins' court. Attorney Elliott of Independence, appeared for the defence, and filed an affidavit for a continuance, while Judge Tibbils for the plaintiff, filed an amended complaint. The case was then continued until September oth. Our merchants enjoy the reputation of selling goods cheaper than any other city in the State; and the' deserve it too. Just think of getting two boxes of the most lustrous shoe polish for a nickel.

This reduced the cost of keeping one's understandings presentable to about one-thousandth part of a cent a day during the dry season that has prevailed for some time past. offices; and our Indian neighbors, are to be credited with getting up as much feeling and as vigorous a contest between the 41out6" and the ins," on a small scale, as is often witnessed anywhere. Much Like Hades. Any one who goes back to Central Illinois to rind cool weather will be sadly disappointed. 'People there are enjoying a temperature of 108 and 110 in the shade with an oppressive atmosphere.

It has been so dry also in that section that a comparative failure of the corn crop is apprehended, the stand being very poor to start with. In Iowa Hoods of a few weeks ago ruined the greater part of this crop on the bottom lands, and a shortage of a hundred million bushels is anticipated. Take it all in all, the year 18S1 is keeping up the extraordinary reputation achieved at the start, and will prove one of the most unfavorable for a decade, for the farmers of the great west generally. The Mob's Work at Fredonia. Mr.

Olingerof this place was up at Fredonia last Saturday night when the lynching of the two Ilardins confined in jail for the murder of Charles Conner was attempted. The lynching party came in about 2 o'clock at night, and posted sentinels to prevent any interference with their operations. There were two guards at the jail. One of them, seeing that they were certain to be overpowered, passed his revolver in to the prisoners and told them to defend themselves the other threw the keys as far as he could out into the weeds, and then surrendered. The mob threatened to kill them both unless they delivered up the keys, and a large party were soon down on their knees searching for them.

Strangely enough one of the guards was the first to rind them, and he managed to get away in the darkness, dropping into a cellar partly full of water, and getting an involuntary bath. An attempt was made to break open the inner door of the prison with a crowbar, but the lame Hardin shot at the first- man who approached with the revolver and sent a ball right through his body, about three inches below the navel, which then imbedded itself in the inner door. The victim was a man by the name of Hoffman, and a brother-in-law of the murdered man Conner. Xo one afterward dared approach the door, and after futile attempts for hours to get into the jail in some other way, the mob started for their homes, balked of their intended vengeance. Every law-abiding and law-respectmg citizen ought to rejoice that in a region where the courts can be relied on to do justice without fear or favor, an attempt to anticipate their verdict has been so completely frustrated.

A Talk With Weaver. We had the pleasure Tuesday evening of an extended interview with Gen. Weaver. -He said that the meetings he had addressed throughout the country this summer had been uniformly large, especially in Kansas. At Parsons he estimated his audience at at Columbus there were of whom 2,000 came in the night before and camped on the ground at Fort Scott, at Pleasonton, 3,000 at Paola, 5,000 at BismarL Grove, 4,000.

He considered the question of regulating our transportation monopolies as of the first importance, and favored the organization of anti-monopoly clubs. He thought legislation should not only be enacted to prevent rebates, discriminations, pooling and other like flagrant abuses, but to fix the rates for fare and freight also. Xo one law could be expected to remedy the evils of monopoly but there would have to be changes as experience suggested. He deemed an organization that should include all the elements opposed to the monopolies fostered by the republican party to be essential to its overthrow. Speaking of the campaign last fall he thought the feeling among democrats that they had been defrauded of the President they elected kept the party together and that had Mr.

Tilden been the candidate again he would certainly have been elected. In reply to the question what was likely to be Mr Conkling's political course in the future, the General said that he was very much in the dark. When Roscoe resigned, he supposed he had either determined to break with the Republican party, or that he was fully assured of a re-election. He took the view that Mr Conkling was very little of a statesman, but had won his reputation simply as a 44 Boss." Mr Jones of Xevada, Conkling's most intimate friend in the Senate, he considered a far abler man and the foremost member of that Mr Jones coincided with him in his financial views, and in an argument with Conkling on that subject, which took place about the time of the adjournment of Congress lat March and lasted until 4 o'clock in 'the morning, had induced Mr Conkling to admit that he was wrong. The "counting, out" practiced in the South, the General thought directly attributable to the counting out of Mr Tilden, though if it couldnot be stopped, there was an end to popular government He expected to go down into Mississippi eight or ten.

other Greenback speakers, after the October elections and seemed to anticipate something of a political revolution there, Gen. Chalmers having assured him that if the Lamar or hard money wing, of the democracy should succeed in capturing the organization of the party there, he should go over to the greenbackers. He also expressed the opinion that lJart' had bttn retarded ten years by the wild and visionary utterances of the fool friends who had assumed to speak for it Gaze on This Picture. All the pictures of Guiteau that we have seen represent him as he appeared before his attempt upon the life of the President. It gives us a great deal of gratification to present the engraving below, procured, of course, t4at great expense, exclusively for the Star." Xo other engra ving extant represents Guiteau's pres-J ent appearance.

Undoubtedly the cause of a change in Mr. G's appearance is that since his confinement he has not been allowed to see a newspaper. Any man who don't pay for his local paper and read it, is liable to be affected similarly. The Cherokee Election. We are indebted to our friend John Bullette, of Claremore, for the following figures representing the total number of votes cast for each candidate at the recent election.

It appears that the majority for the Union ticket ranged from 9 on Sheriff, Mr Cochran running very far ahead of the rest of his ticket, to 266, the difference between the vote for F. M. Mus-grove, the leading candidate for the Council on that side, and that for Lewis Daniels, the negro candidate, on the other, who ran a long ways behind, everywhere except in Goose Xeck precinct. The average Union majority in the district was about 121. UJflOX TICKET.

NATIONAL, TICKET. Seriate. C. V. Rogers John 491 William Sunday 423 C.

C. Line ...317 ..372 Council. Wm. C. Tjvrt ---v a m.

V. A I John a markka advance in the prices of Jas. Keys .....318 Dick Duck II. Armstrong jm Lee. 340 Wash White 329 Lewis Daniels 241 Johnson Josiah Henry 437 Jas.

IL Fly .478 Job Parker 447 F. M. oi an Kinds; while very tittle In that line is coming in. A carload of emigrant's goods were received here Saturday for a Mr. Donavan.

who ha purchased a farm -out near Dora in Labette county. Mr. Daniel Weils started on Tuesday intvuuig for Gali-eston. Texas, to look after the family of hU brother, Mr. A.

H. Wlls. who reran die! for it." was the eel. nr.at inn nf rm nf I a ine iratermty nerelast Monday, some District Judge. J.

C. 4S5 John District Clerk. John Frank Sanders 376 Sheriff. Samuel Mays 420 Jesse 417 Solicitor. Bryan 4o7 In the other districts the Union party elected Senators and Council-men enough to give them a majority of sixteen on joint ballot.

Tahlequah and Delaware districts each elected Union- men. As to the distinctive principles which separate the two parties formerly distinguished by the names of their respective leaders, Downing (Union) and Bushyhead, (Xational) the latter of whom still holds the office of Principal -Chief, we have inquired of a good many Cherokees, without getting any light. As sometimes, yes, frequently, between the old parties, in the States, the only thing at issue seems to have been the lime oeiore tne day was done. Mr. J.

E. Finney ana family came up from Bartlesville last Sunday morning. The family went on up to Lawreuee Monday morning to find a more healthful climate, if possible, for in that state. An extra went up the roaj Monday loaded with tattie. There M'e re -eleveu car loads, five shipped by Clay fc Co.

to Chicago, and. six by Wood Bros, to St. Louis. More dust was lifted from the streets arid deposited iu residences and place of busings in about five minutes Ut Saturday noou than will in a vreek Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Barnay of Ciivjryyale, eamedown ireEaturday and remained until Monday visiting theirr thttive. Mrs. Kent, Mrs. Bar-rieklow and Mr. Kent.

iue reiuainaer or tne neateii term. The Montgomery County Horticultural Society will hold a'meeting at the residence of L. A. Walker, Independence ofe'nhip, Thursday, August ISth. A full attendance "is requested, and new membership.