The Sylvia Herald from Sylvia, Kansas • 1

A Kr riiT XI? SYLVIA -f VOLUMEi. SYLVIA, KEXO COUNTYKANSAS, THURSDAY SEPTEMHKR 2tf, 1889., NUMBER 20. iALd) JLJLJJJ ILLINOIS PECK CONVICTED, L. C. Jarvia lias returned from an extended trip to Kingman.

Bek. An Open Letter. Mr. Editor: A few weeks ago an editorial appeared in your paper claiming that Sylvia would make a city in the near future. Now I will work for that end and hope for the best, but I must call attention to a very important item of neglect on the part of your citizens, and that is the condition of roads leading into tho4 city from the north-west.

If Sylvia wants the trade of this section she must interest herself enough to seo that we havo good roads to draw loads over. I know of trade that should go to Sylvia that now goes to Stafford. If the business men of Sylvia do not care to interest themselves in the matter, I shall feel that I have done my duty. W. K.

Noland they must do their business in Stafford. These complaints have been going on for some time and parties in that seciiou have personally, notified the trustee, but to no avail. Can not these roads be put iu condition for marketing corn. Interior Herald: What promised to terminate in a big row was begun by a dispute over the sale of pools at the billiard hall on Main Street, Wednesday night, between Charlie Conklinaud pool-seller. It seems that the city authorities had put on duty as extra policeman a man named Porter, who was instrumental in having some booot-leggers run in and the.

boot-leggers and their friends were in the crowd waiting for a ehanco to "do" him. The policeman was attempting to clear the walk in front of the dive, but had to give it up, and then up went a howl from fellows like "Rilly the Kid," Fatty Oswald and others. It is a noticable fact that where there is a drunken row yon can alwajs find these fellows. There is something rotton in the grain buying business, somewhere. When dealers pretend to pay more for grain than it will net them in Kansas City, Chicago or St.

Louis where it is put on the market, there is crookedness somewhere. We were allowed the privilege of looking over a dealer's privateadvic.es, and found that the prices quoted were lower than was being offered by dealers at other points. The profits must come in some where as no sane man will do business for nothing. Probably it wonldbe a good idea to investigate the weights of grain before selling. Probably this will furnish an explanation to the matter.

Our merchants at this placo are now, and have been paying all that anyone could pay and give honest weights. They have as good if not better facilities for handling grain than any other firms on the road, and if the buyers at any of the smaller towns along the line are paying more for grain, there is something wrong. Fletcher Meridetii, of the Interior Herald, and wife, have just returned from a long pleasure trip to the Pacific coast. Well, some day we hope to mingle in a HOG railroad scheme and stand in with a generous city council ourselves. Faikchild of the Olcott Press seems to be somewhat aroused, and while he sings a hip yi on one foot and a kie yi on the other he sharpens his faber and proceeds to dish up the character of some of the citizens of Olcott and surrounding country in a bare-handed manner.

An mo Who lEngnrdfid l(an(J Ittg a Sn-ious Matlnr. Tho judiciary of Illinois has always been held in high esteem, says the author of 'Forty Years in Illinois Polities." Nowhere Is its history marred with tho charge of corruption, and this has given it the universal respect and conlldenco of the people. A great many anecdotes are related regarding the early courts, but tho following from "Ford's llistory" will servo to umuse tho reader end at the sanio time show the wide contract between the practice of the courts thou and now; 1 "The judges in early times In Illinola were gentlemen of considerable learning, iu genera', they wert, adverse io deciding questions of law. They never gavo Instructions to a jury unless expressly called for, tiud then only on the points of law raised by counsel asking for them. I knew 0110 juugo who, wbon asked for instructions, would rub his head and tho side of his faro with his hand, as if perplexed, and say to tho lawyers 'Why, gentlemen, the jury understand the cane; they need tio Instructions no doubt they will do justice between tho This same judge presided at a court iu which a man named Green was convicted of murder, and it became bin unpleasant duly to pronounce sentence of death upon him.

Me called the prisoner before him and bald to him; 'Mr. Grocn, the jury In their verdict say you are guilty of murder, and the law says you ara to bu hung. Now, I want you and all your friends down on Indian creek to know that It is not I who condemns you, but it is the Jury and the law. Mr. Green, the law allows you time for preparation, and no the court wanta to know what time you would like to bo To this tho prisoner replied: 'May io please the court, turn ready ut auy time; thuuo who kill the oody liava no power to kill tho r.ou! my preparation Is made and lam ready to suffer ut any time tho court niuy Tho judge then said: 'Mr.

Green, you must know that it i a very serious matter to be hnug; it twn not happen to a man inoro than once in hi life, and you had belter ake nil tho time you can get tho court will give you until this day four weeks. Mr. Clerk, look at the almanac and hpo whether thia day four weeks comes on The clerk looked at tho almanac us directed, and reporto4 that that day four weeks eumaon Thursday. Tho judge thou said; 'Mr. Green, the court give you until this day four weoks, at which time you are to be The car was prosccutou by James Turncy, tbo Attorney-General ot tho Btuto, who horn iu-terposed nud said 'May it picaso the court, on sulemn oeca.i,lou like the present, when the life of a human being is to bo sentenced away for crime hynti earthly tribunal, it is usual and proper courts to pronounce a formal sentence, In which the loading feat, uresof the crime shull be brought to the recollection of tho prisoner, a sen so of his guilt impressed upon his conscience, and in which tho prisoner should bo duly exhorted to repentance and wuniod nguinst the judgment in tho world to Te this the judgo replied 'O, Mr.

Turncy, Mr. Grecu understands tho whole mutter a well as if lhad preached to him a month, llo knows ho has got to be hung this day four weeks. You understand it in that way, Mr. Greuu, do yu not said tho prisoner, upon which the judge ordered bim to bu remanded to jail, and the court then ad journed." ADOUT ELECTRICITY. Twenty Questions Answered on ft Subject of Ullrnl inlnrost.

I. IIow strong a current is uscrl to Bend a message over an Atlantic cable! Thirty cells of battery only. Equal to thirty volts. '2. What is the longest distance over which conversation hy telephone is daily maintained? About 750 mitco, from Portland, to Buffalo, X.

Y. 3. What is tho fastest time made by an electric railway! A mile a minute by a Bmall experimental car; twenty tuilea an hour on street railway system. 4. How many miles of submarine cwoio are there in operation! Over 100,000 rn ties, or enough to girdle tho earth four times.

5. What is tho maximum power generated by an electric tor! Hevcnty-flvo horse power. Experiments indicate that 0110 huudrcd-hnrbo power will soon be f. How is break in a submarine cabin located I By measuring the electricity needed to chargo tho remaining unbroken 7. How many miles of telegraph, wire iu'' operation in the United Mlatcs! Over a million, or enough to encircle the globo forty times.

X. How many messages can bo transmitted over a wire at one time! Four by tua quadruple system in daily use. 9. How is telegraphing from a moving train accomplished! Through a circuit from the cur roof inducing a circuit iu tna wire on pales along tho track. 10.

What are the most widely separated jxunts between which it is possible to send telegram! British Columbia and Novf Zealand via America and Hurope. II. IIow many miles of telephone wire iu operation in the LJnited States! More than 170,000, over which 1 ,055,000 messages ure sent daily. 13. What'i the greatest candle power of arc light used in a light-house! Two millions, in light-house at, Houstholm, Denmark.

13. How many persons in the States arc engaged in business dep'juaiag; solely on elect ricity! Estimated, 250,000. 14. How lonff does it ake to transmit a tnesssage from Ban Francisco to Houg Kong! About Bf.een iniuuteti. Via Self Y'ork, Cartso, Penzance, -di Bombay, Madras, Penaug and Singapore.

15. What is the fastest time waJc by an operator sending messages by Morsa system! About forty-two words per minute. 16- IIow many telephones are in usa ia the United, State! Abcrt 303,000, End of a Long and Expensivo Trial-Verdict Found iu an Hour. On October IV, 18S8, Geo. II.

Peck ml ft jnan named Anderson, living near Tartidge, in the southern part of Reno county, were charged by a neighbor, J. C. Hollo way, with ha ving stolen some seventeen head of fat cattle, which were driven to Kingman and shipped thetiee to Kanas City, Mr. lY.llo.vriug tUem and identifying their hides after they had been slaughtered. The gniud jury, in at the time, found indictments against both Peck and Anderson, and the former became a fugitive tra veling in Texas, Louisana, Arkansas and Missouri being arrested finally by sheriff Dan E.

MiMur in April in the last named star.i. They were brought to trial at the April term of court and were duly convicted, but the the verdic was set aside by Judge Uouk on the claim of the newly discovered evidence. The second trial of Peck has occupied the attention of the court all this week up to Wednesday night, County Attorney Lewis and Van-deveer Martin conducting the prosecution, and Taylor, Jones Taylor the defense. The sUuioii agent at Kingman, and several reliable witnesses positively identified Peck as the. man who drove the cattle to town and shipped them to Kansas city.

The defense attempted to prove an alibi, and iv. brcaine a question of the reliability of witnesses and the identity of the man. The case was very ably handled by counsel on both sides, and was given to the jury about (J o'clock on Wednesday evening. They agreed upon a verdict within an hour, and yesterday when court opened delivered it, sealed, to the clerk. It read: "We find the defendant guilty as charged," and Mr.

Peck will have to go over the Road to Lansing in all probability. His sentence has not yet been pronounced. He is a man about r0 years old and does not bear a very good reputation. Xews. Tko Eeno County Fair.

This years' fair was the most successful ever held iu the county. The racing purses were sufficient to induce good horses 4 to compete for them, and the exhibit of all kinds of stock and farm products was excellent. The grand parade of stock proved conclusively that Reno county is second to none when it comes to stock. Hutchinson's manufactured articles were the subject of much favorable comment--prominent a-mong the exhibitors being the packing house, the Ice works, the Hutchinson i'alt Company and the Mountain Sage Medicine Co. The fact that pop? was dispensed from ajugatlOa pop, added considerable merriment and hilarity to the occasion, but while this little circumstance seemed to escape the eye of the very vigilant police force, let it be said to the credit of the association that no gambling or games of chance schemes were permitted on the grounds, except two very minor a flairs.

oith Ci'ic- Mrs. Jarvis is much better. Little (leorge Schweiu was quite sick last Sunday. Mrs. P.urk, of Hutchinson visit-ted her parents last Monday.

Johnson and Wilson hauled melons last Monday. A alliance is to be organized west of town. John U. 3Tay has returned from Oklahoma to visit his family. Mrs.

Ilartupce, of Kentucky, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. William Thompson. General satisfaction is expressed with the management of our city schools under the supervision of Edward Kelley. The harvest excursions are bringing thousands of prospective residents to this state. Land trades are getting numerous and everything looks brighter.

Attention stock-men, I have in connection with my meat market, a feed department where you will always find bran, chop, corn and oats at the lowest cash price. Come and get prices. J. L. Ball.

Raid heads are too many when they may be covered with a luxuriant growth of hair oy using the best of all restorers, Hall's Hair Rencwer. We are informed than Ed. Smith got a damper put on his bids at William son's gale by udge Kaiin who won Id always go him one better. Mr. Post, of North-east Ohio, an old-time friend of our fellow townsman, T.

Ilawley, is visiting him at this place. This is the first time they have met since 'G3. There has not been so many strangers and traveling men in our town for months as in the past week, hnsiness is pnpidly getting better and it seems that Kansas is preparing for another old time boom. Roils, pimples and skin diseases of all kinds speedily disappear when the blood is purified by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It has no equal as a tonic alterative, the results being immediate and satisfactory.

Ask your druggist for it, and take no other. Several of our farmers have sold their broom corn this week and at a good round price. The price for all grades of corn is much better this year than last and the corn is of much better quality. And now the report comes that the talk about John L. Sullivan being a candidate for congress is all bosh and that John L.

has sworn vengeance on the editor of the Sun if he doesn't retract the statement. If such is the case, it is natural to suppose that the editor in question will comply with his wishes. Rheumatism is caused by a poisonous acid in the blood and yields to Ayer's Pills. Many cases which seemed chronic and hopeless, have been completely cured by this medicine. It will cost but little to try what effect the Pills may have iu your case.) We predict success.

In a few days we will publish a list of premiums to be given with the Herald among which are some of the most popular works on politics, labor, religion, etc. "Watch for this list and when it appears! come in and subscribe or pay up and get one of these premiums. A general kick is being raised by farmers living north-west of! town regarding the condition of; roads leading to Sylvia. They claim that the roads are next to impassable and if not repaired Harvest Excursion. The Santa Fe Route will sell, on August (J and 20, September 10 and 21, and October 8, 1880, round-trip excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates about one fare for the round trip from Sylvia to all points in Kansas west of a line drawn through Albert station, (liarton County,) Lamed, (Pawnee County,) Macksville, (Stafford County,) and Springvale, Pratt County,) and to all points iu the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.

Tickets are for thirty days from date of sale, with stopovers allowed at pleasure on return trip. Parties desiring to make a thirty day's trip to any of the western mountain resorts, including Las Vegas, Hot Springs, Colorado Springs. Cascade Canon, Manitou, Green Mountain Falls, can save money by taking advantage of the low rates on the Harvest Excursion dates. For 'cket rates and other information, call on Chas. Cray, Agent A.

T. S. F. R. or address, (JEO.T.

NICHOLSON. (I. P. T. A.

T. H. V. R. Uopeka, Kansas TRAINED BULL-FROGS, How Gentlwuiftn of inure Amu so Tlieui-wlv Diihu Jii Taxarkuua.

A gentleman who has recently returned from Texarkatia, says tho Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat, tells a story about some of the gentlemen of leisure of that city. They board at a placo which liaa a big electric light placed near the wall ou tho outside for the purpose of illuminating tho yard. Of course the light attracts a great many bugs and ot her winged creatures that fly up against tho wall, batter their brains out and then fall to the ground. Borne of the numerous Colonels that board at the place hit upon a novel scheme to furniuh amusement for themselves and their friends during tho dragging hours between supper and bed-time. They captured several nico fat bull-frogs, presumably by putting salt upon their tails.

Under the careful supervision of the leading Colonel tho frogs wero raiucd till they were able to beat Mark Twain's famous jumper. After the peculiar pets had been drilled till they could understand orders issued in either English, Chinese or Hindoo, preparations were made to put them at the task for which they had been captured and specially trained. Underneath the light and at a point where the dead bugs fell in the great.es! profusion a series of pens were marked out. There was one for each of the twenty-four trained frogs. The pets were thoroughly trained and sat up like well-drilled soldiers.

Afte supper the Colonels would take out their pet frogs, place them in their respective pens, and then sit down behind them. As soon as a fly or bug would coma tumbling down one ef the frogs was sure to grab It. If tho bug fell squarely into a certain frog's territory the others sat still, but if there was some uncertainty about the matter a general scramble ensued. When a fly went behind them sometimes two or three of them would turn a flip-fhvp backward, scratch up tho insect and turn over iuto their pens again ready for another bug. Each colonel has bis bullfrog named and it is a common thing to hear r.uch exclamations as "Catch him, Pete;" "That's a good boy;" 'Bill, take them in every time." When the bugs come down fast the sport grows exciting.

It affords no end of amusement for the Colonels and their friends. Occasionally the chief men of the town watch the bull-frogs. Taken altogether the Texarkana Colonels have certainly hit upon a novel schema Willi which to pass away the time. The eloquent Patrick Henry said; We can judge the future by the past. Look at the past.

When Fgjpt went down, three per cent, of her population owned ninety seven per cent, of her wealth. The people were starved to death. When liabylon went down two per cent, of population owned all the wealth. The people were starved io death. When Rome went down, 1 800 men owned all the known world.

For the last twenty years the United States has rapidly followed in the steps of these old nations. Here are the figures: In 1850, capitalists owned thirty seven and a half per cent, of the nation's wealth. In 1870 they owned sixty three per cent..