The Guilford Citizen from Guilford, Kansas • 2

it will Wliat the GUILFORD ADVERTISEMENT. Female Suffrage How lrcss Says of New Papds. "VoL 1, No. 1," of Verdigris "Valley Railroad. t.ui i j.

VJlllZCU. mix THE Wilson county, Kansas, of fewofahei I The are. a so-called The. advocates bfji this complimentary notices us given It is a good looking, well printed iFrom a gentleman just up from Montgomery and Wilson counties we learn that a great interest is felt there in relation toiour north and south road, which Starting from To-peka passes directly south through' great reform have found in the Constitution of thc United. States i tsel our editorial; i with' a liberal amount of Wisconsin under command of Lieutenant Crites, and one company of the 2d.Kansa3 Infantry, (colored), "under command of Lieut.

Cook, who fell a. victim toQuantrell's murderers. eom pa ny. was. loca teil in the where "A'an Epp's log cabin now stands, (which is not lis xter's old --ca bi af Wilde has stated in the Times rf: Conservative's, iSEWv: 1pek.

Iiave received reaaing mailer, ancits euitonai cou- seciioiirwluchX rthejvpi'ofess to be the ffrstand second numbers! of the! tents-fives' evidence of ability and B-Sri 0TOH2ST. S. OII.UOS.E. Saturday, June 4, 1870, lieve goes straight to the point, and Lyndon, Burlington, and the central bcii.FORD Citizkx, a new paper start- taste. We exchange with pleasure.

Fori Scott Jil itr. town3.of3VpodspniWilsou and Laffards complete justification for the 1 eti aGjailford i tsoa-eoB ty Iva n- ilonrgomerv connneTO'the sonth demands thgyare so persistently inak sas, py John Gilmore, who is 'well- known In Emporia and- who lineTbf thdISfate, where it would in- 'NiinPAPFjj-AVe pre in receipt of the first Tiimiber' Of A new" iournal ior lrameuiaie euiniututstisnu inn i 4ersect, sa' at Parker, with the Gal that being about the northwest. corner, of which in area contained about half ah acre. was recently- a compositor veston whrch will be complct- r.rtbune The Citizkx is about Fcjiianism is subsiding. eu to tliat poin the finest specimen-if 'we haye ever seen? thrown out i On' the day prior to the attack" ou our camp "and the we were Olive Looran lecturing in 13 -MOW I JTI) TOWNiCMPAireiio IlAVK RECENTLY LAI OFF'1 sixty acres on the east bank or the' Iiiver, as an addition the townsitc of Wilson county, Kansas, making in all, about lf0 acres of the richest and choiewt i land to le found in Southern Kansas.

"i The best Of" Water is sure'to-biJ I found at a depth of from 20 to 25 without striking ixx-k Tk this' Stated trom. country, printing orbceand reinftircetl by--Company of the 3d -r 1 .....5.,.. .1 county, fit; comes to us brim full of local news, and looking, typographically" os- "pretty, as, a school wish the new j6umal abundant "juiceess, long life and many. Leaven-icorth HuUetOu We have received No. I of the Gun.Foi:r CiTTZKx a sevendhiihn bears unmistakable eyicience.

ot master workmanship in" the the on old closed' i "New' Yo ikf 31st at -T vative. "The editorials are well written and tbtsplay ability on the Wer are assured that' franchises in county bonds can be secured to' 'the amownfbf $600,000 at. least in the counties sduth'o'f Osage. 1 No valley-in the State superior, to the and we, don bt if a more practicable' route for a railroad can be found Jix -i Cob Holl'iday' is the President of the Conipany, and he; As sanguine of success. The Colonel is a.

man of part of the oung editor which gives promise pt success and distinction in The Qhamptpfc elairmi that has Labette county, has. a imiK1icKa1 Kir 7 I i r.llTnrfi tne newspaper wonu lnpqna Tribune "3 at. (iuilford, Wilson Kansas. 1 'fc v-', -i4i 'm It is a' neat, well-filled, well got up Glii.fokd Citizex. This, gis the wn-hniw thnt it: will meet Democratic paper, called the Demo-i of Lieut.

Pond, who took command of the Post. Before there were any demonstrations of an' attack had his forces on every 'side of us. It was just l)eore the boys were all at the springs prior to lifting the camp kettles from the fire and dinner had been called. A daring officer and his men rode between the dinner table and tlie eamp and commenced firing before our boys discovered what was up. They ra through the scattered rebel ca-alry for the camp "and their arms, and some six or eight of the colored boys were thus but none killed.

The firing on. both sides was brisk. i title of a neat seven column weekly, experience andr. of excellent judgment, in such enterprises," and Ldpes not waste time pn projects that most valuable timler; land are in. -1 v- the linmediate vicinity of town, along the valley above and 4 A fine quality of white limestone for igsued at Guilford, Wilson which'; has just reachckl Jt is printed on new type, enters the list as one of the best of our southern Kansas exchanges fWe suspect our friend Til IT.4 'Adair has somethinor'td do '-with its ap pearance.

Success to the enterprise and its publisher, jSiln, ilmore, formerly of Emporia. is indeeil wonderful. I to note thej progress made by the iess in Kansas, and the State owes much 6f her prosperi Tills warranty found in'- the 2d sec-tion of the' 4th article provides that "Citizens of each State, "shall be en: titled to all the privileges and imniu-; nities of; citizens in the several States." i They likewise contend that and immunities'' in- elude elective -Still further. and too, that women. arej citizens, and def clared to be such in the 14th amend-jnent to tjie Constitution.

Anthony -i proposes, in order toj'enr der this Constitutional i3wer -cffec: aid it" by an additional prohibition preventing, n)- State from disfranchising any. of Jts citizens on nccountiof In this case the friends of rieasnrq take: high ground, and if be. well. taken, it would seem to settle the, question in of the fair sufl'ragers. At all- events the question brought.

leforii the 'Snpi-eme Court of the. 'United States, whose construction of the section would become the law of the hind, and there let the rest, unless it should become necessary for Congress to enforce the powerly legislative enactment. Some of the strongest minded feminincs are evidently becoming weary of repeating their arguments at even gathering, and have deterr mined to shift the; burthen to male shoulders, and instead of1 racking The'wife5 of Senator Wilson died at Massachusetts on Satur day, the 28th 'ult, Congress is to adjourn on the loth of July, both (IIouses having adopt: m1 a-resolution to that effect. Alf Burnett writes from Salt Lake City that rBrigham" Young paid him $70 for "family tickets' 'r A 'Paris dispatch says, Prince Pierre Bonaparte has been ordered by the Emperor into two j-ears' exile in America, and will soon leave for New York. with the support which its merits and the enterprise its publisher deserve.

Erie Dispatch. The first number of the GriLFonri Citizex published at Guilford, Wilson county, edited and published by-John S. Gilmore, has just reached us. It is a "neatly printed and ably- edited sheet, and deserves a liberal patronage from the people of Wilson county Central Kansas The Golfoki) Citizex is the name of a new sheet tht comes from Wilson con litty. with John S.

Gilmore'at its It Is attractive in appearance, full of interesting reading matter, and to know that Gilmore runs it, is a sufficient advertisement. Oswego Register. The Glilforo Citizex Guilford, Wilson county, Kansas, John S. Gilmore, editor, and proprietor is one of the finest looking papers that come to our ofiice. From.

the num building -ft purposes, easily cut orrr i broken, is to be found near the turn'" mit of the bluffs in inexhaustible quantities and easy of access. The River is; fordable' at all seasons of the year, with case and perfect safe- ty to untiring cffortsof newspa Several of onr men had their wives in cswnp, a little east of the works -Two of the men were killed and a child was shot through the lungs and a woman through the heel. The main body- of the rebels filed out of the wood on the ridge north of the cam p' from the grove, near where the speakers" stand was erected. We saw them gallop forward as though they would charge us from the north, but they immediately countermarched, and the few forces fighting us per. mem-JJurli-ngtmi "The Gcileoki) Citizex.

Tlie first number of the GuiLFonb Citizex, issued "at. Guilford -Wilson comity ycsteixlay. Johir S. Gilmore, late a compositor in the Tribune' ofiice, is the editor and publisher, and the paper shows that somebody is in charge of the "shop'' who knows his business. The Citizex is a very handsome paper, and.

starts out with a fine advertising patronage. We wish the good looking youngster long life and! prosperity. Topeka liecord. i 1 Grii-F6ni liave at the camp were withdrawn. We could not understand whythey were withdrawn until in about two hours, The model of the equestrian statiie of General Lyon, by James "WV Mc-Donald, of.

New York, has been placed on exhibition at St. Louis," and Is visited by a large number of citizens. are not are heartilv in favor of theA'Third TierL' or Verdigris Railroad. Let, us hear friend Gilmore of the Guilford fit i-zenx Brown of the Burlington Patriots Trask 'Hhe Independence Pioneer, McConnel of the Westralia and the people generally. Presklent llolliday assured us, as.

he did the meeting yesterday, that if the bonds are voted the can and will be built promptly. 3 for the cars when the bell rings!" -Lyndon (OxayeCounty) Siymtl. i The Siyncd isj correctly informed in regard to lie deep interest which is felt in this section, in relation to the Topeka, Burlington Verdigris Valley-Railroad. In regard to franchisee to be secured in the counties south of Osage, it is difficult to say, precisely, what the different counties will do: but we are confident that Wilson will respond to the proposi-; tion liberally, Of course we are a comparative; stranger herp, and donot pretend to speak by the cardr but we know that our citizens are liberal and enterprising, and above, want and' must have railroads and the VerdigrisVallcy, having become known, will have little difficulty in securing one. Our Val-ie: is at least" thjrd in extent and inv portance in the State, and offers facilities in the shape of timber and stone equaled' by few and surpassed by none in Kansas.

We are glad the ber before us, we iudire that. Mr. Gilmore is; determined to advance the interests of Wilson We wih it a full measure of success. Kansas Parmer. We have received the first number of the Citizex published at Guilford, Wilson county-, by John Gil- Vi their brains to nnti cogent reasons.

just received the first number of this paper, issued at Guilford, Th ursday last. It is a se veiv-eol am paper, and the appearance of its first more. jieciiaiiicany- fuiuniaiiv is a success. Suutrhem Kansas The Leavenworth-CwZeMi is in favor of Sol. Miller, of the White Cloud Chief for our "next Governor, provided Harvey is not desirous of -a re-election Go in, Sol, and get even witlj Stotler.

Rev. 31. A. Wixson, who was im'-i prisoned in the county jail at Emporia In January last, on the charge of an attempt so bribe "Judge Watson waspardoned by the Governor and released from custody a few days wliy'thev' should, com per the lords to show cause why they shor.l 1 not, exercise1 the right of franchise. It may prove a more difficult task than many suppose, for the opponents of the reform to adduce well grounded arguments against the abstract right of women to the ballott, except perhaps on the ground of expedien Advance.

.1 AVe have 'received the first few numbers of the Glilfoiid Citizex, published at uilford, Wilson comity. ranks; among the best of the many new papers that haAe been started in Kansas, and is rot up in ty, except at flood time. The ford is undoubtedly- the. best arid the banks of easier grade than "any other on. the Verdigris River, in 'Wilson county.

All the main Roads running south from Lerov, Neo-, sho Falls, Iola and Humtjoldt, centre iv. here, and cross this ford, Wp The lands upon which the' town i 0 located, are now deeded, and the. proprietors are enabled to make to pur- chasers of lots warranty deed and perfect titles. Lots are. of large being 50x140 feet, bounded by street 80, and alleys 20 feet in width.

TUei proprietors offer" to give lots J'rci 6f charge to parties who will bnikl on, 1 r- and improve them, from one to ten, according to the value, and kind of, L. 4 i improvements. They" "will donate valuable building' sites to the differ ent denominations of Christians for. ehurch also for Schools and other religious or literary, insti-, tutionsl Tlie would especially in- vite all kinds of mechanics to come neat style. Girard Press.

cy. For instance-, it is contended by some that very few of the better class of American women will attend the polls for the purpose of voting Signal, is agitating the question, and un(je any but that 1. hope it will We have received the first number of tlie Guilford Citizeo. a neat seven column paper printed at Guilford, Wilson county-, Kansas, by John Gilmore. Work in qmaii 's Journal.

From the Ginird Tress. Tlie Pathway Along- the Border; or, the Past and the Present. 1 lall, or nearly all, the foreign element The Topeka House, at. Topeka, was totally destroyed by. fire on last Sunday, rooming: It was crowded with guests, but -they all escaped.

Other and more valuable buildings would have been burned had it not been' for the untiring-exertions of the Burlinsiton liniiu uiiiieu outL'd ui as tei uumv when Major Ilenning, who was on Blunt' staff, came "into our camp and told us of the terrible massacre upon the, prairie. He and several of our men went in search of General Blunt, with whom they came into camp with about sundown. After the bloody work, Quantrell's men formed a line of battle on the hill where now rests the busy, town of Baxter, We were prepared for a strong defence, which they discovered, and did not make a second attack upon our camp. "'Eight' men, left on tli3 field for deadT crept into camp that evening, terribly up, some having as many as seven wounds, The uext day ninety -three or four of the dead 'were brought 'in for burial, including' Major Curtis, Adjutant General, and Lieut. Farr, of General Blunt's -r Jt was a terrible day-, and the barbarity-, of enemy; bega ri to be realized by ii.

Blunt's command lost everything. We have not space to dwell upon these scenes at this time. The enemy, no doubt, after opening the attack on our camj), discovered Blunt's command at the little creek, over the ridge, north 'of our camji, and withdrew their forces from us for the bloody, affray on the prairie, which saved our little band from certain The band had been drawn. np in front of the column, had their books and instruments in readiness to play into our" camp, every one. of fell before the assassin's They were noble Wisconsin boy-s, taken from our regiment.

HoHv change! tlie sccnel from that time to A great city is now lc-ing -reared near the scene of. this terrible conflict. -r At that day there was not a house on all the Neutral Land south of Cox creek." Baxter's house, was a frame building, was burned before we stationetl there, and issue is the best of any 'paper which hat? lately- come under onr notice. is Republican in politics, and. is; published and' edited by John S.

Gilmore, late a compositor in the Empb'ria Tribune office." '-It' starts with'advertisements. enourh to give it the appearance of an old paper." We extend our hand, brother, Gilmore. Lawrence Tribune. i The GciEFono Citizex. The 5th number of the Guilford (Wilson Co.) Citizex, published and edited by our young friend John S.

Gilmore, is before us, and we arc glad to chronicle that the paper more than meets our expectations. It is not only neatly printed, but it contains a large amount of excellent miscellaneous reading, and a reasonable share of well-written and sensible editorials. The Citizex would die an honor- to many; of us who have been in the editorial harness longer than. 3lr. and who make more" pretentions than' he does.

The "people Guilford, and Wilson must certainl.y feel proud -of. their paper. If they do not give it-the. support it deserves, they will fail to attend to a very'Iiiiportant feature' in their' material survey be made and measures taKen go to the polls as the Way of election to canvass the counties on the fran chise question, in order to give the 1 a he portion of it. Hence, it is argued 11 that the effect will be to add nn- on the subject and be prepared to I mensclv to the strength of tlie vote lnteiiigentiv wnen tne time Democratic party in the country, and enable them to all the The White doad Chief, speaking of a certain aspirant for Con-, grees," says: do.

not, want, a man who has never in his life been guilty of expressing an priginal idea or opinion, antt who Is no more fit for Congressman than a lig rbiill-. Guilford is to be a point on the line and being, in the midst of the Valley- and center of Wilson county, is of course deeply -interested in all that concerns Our citizens large cities and several of the States, their legislatures, and even Congress 1 That '-such' will lie the inev-' itable consequence, of their success, frog is to be Archbishop of Canter- 'fare alive: to the question and will I us hear there can bo no- doubt.1' It will i be found to be trne that ho considerable their i sharp. Let bury. bell? iwrtion 1 of American women will The railroad celebration at Baxter Springs has led us to contemplate the rapid changes aud improvements which Eastern Kansas has undergone durin'g'the past few years, and at the risk of alled egotistical, we will give a short sketch of our.experiencc.iii Kansas', and a few of incidents and changes that have passed before "our; eyes. We think-those who listened to -the grave charges5 hurled at ns by I)an4 ford, of Fort Scott, the next ter.the celebration, will excuse us for mentioning' our' own name in connection with the terrible scenes which- took place at'1-Baxter Springs in -the falls ofjl863 and the, part7 we performed in that bloody-, tragedy.

In the spring of 18G2 our regiment landeU" at Fort' Leavenworth, after a sail' of four "from St. Lbuisi IjcaA-enworth city rwas then a t6wn of jalout eight thousantl inhabitants. In, June a detachment of the 3d Wisconsin Cavalry, was ordered to Fort Scott, in command of Maj. B. We accompanied him as surgeon of the detachment.

At that time Paola was-the largest village on our route, through a conn try-new, and thinly settled. We' arrived at Fort Scott aliout the middle of the month', and 3Iaj. Ilenniug took com ever avail themselves of the 'privilege of voting during the present generation' at least. 51 TMiic; This is the ayoweq sentiment of nearly, al'Lwith Svhom we have" conversed withm the scone of our ac- We are iu rcceiiit of number of the JCaiisaa Educational neatly printed and ably edited, magazine of twenty -six It is the organ of the State'JTcachers and every itnd friend of education should: have it; Terms, $1 50 ir Address the publishers, iKellogg fe y. Norton, Era Tribvte.

i 'i- A We are in: receipt of the initial number of the Guilford Citizex a seven-column just startcjt at Guilford, Wilson bounty-, Kansas' John' plitdisher and proprietor." The Citizex is one of the neatest and sbest ilooking pa perJn. southern Kansas.u -Its typog Kansns St ajre Company. Altliougl the horse," -with his sinews 'of steel and breath of fire is fast making thesrtagecoacli a thing of the 4old? reliable" firm of Terry Cofare still doing an extensive business in The. following. (a list, of routes awarded to his-.

epmpanyT at. a. recent letting: From Humboldt to Salt Springs, 65. miles. 4 -J'rom IIumloldt to Little Walnut, 10S iniles From Humboldt, to Chetopa, G3 raphy and gcupralmakc up ciyi.de nces 3 taste 1 the' proprietor, and the rxria.

Kansas, -j 1 the, cellar only partiahy filled marks the place where it stood. 7 5 pla here and establish themselves -and i their business, on free soil. Lot will be given to those building shops as well as dwellings. i-lJ-jr "ySf AVcli rcguiatd district schools 'ard 'Ui i I tin it established here, having, a public fund stifficient to pay first-class teachers three-fourths of the jrear. Religious 1 meetings' are held 'here regularly on the Sabbath days.

One of the best water powers be found anywhere is situated here, and the same will be immediately quaintance, and iss unquestionabiy true with respect to the great mass of American Let atl Rncfil then, as fear the' ascendency of Ko-man Catholicism and latter-day- Democracy in this country--take warn- neighborhood hews which dwells i ts a Shootixg'Ix 'fJo. A letter1 from' to' thV Lawrence" Trtbuni, 'tiateit May 22d; states that a man named Spragvie, who near- Lawrence, entered the town in company with a friend, inar. From Cliic'ajrbi a'nd' "trot on a spree. The sheriff The extract from following is an tried to ari-est them, but received From Humboldt to Fort Scott, 42 a letter written by Hon. J.

Ward. State Senator from Chicago district, to A- Akin, of this place. The letter. was not intended for publication, but; we areT permitted, to pub -7? Then we marched over the pra'ric, camping on the grass for, our saddle for a pillow and the blue vault of heaven for our covering. It was death to' be caught far from camp or' eolumnJ 'N6w; we.

ride to Baxter in a palatial car drawn by the iron horse; Then; we in loneliness through the grove, this day thronged with the gay and joyous crowd. Then we sat under the shade' of an oak, and, with pencil and paper, told our wife, and little ones of our loneliness and love. Now we lead them by. the hand to that very, spot and tell them the story- of that awful hour of pain and Leavenworth to Baxter what a change since 1 80 Pen can not describe it nor the mind of tnan comprehend it. The task is too great, our space is too small, and we must close these thoughts of oursj which would fill volumes.

local column entitles it to the appela-tion to-j l-Atch ispi Newt The first, intimation we have ever had that there was a' towh'ih Kansas named' Guilford, was a new' paper coming from there, named the Grnx.FbRr CinzExrw it is a line lmking; filled sheet we infer, that Guilford is a town of some size and The town is located in Wilson county, one of the most promising of the newer A'cr We have received the- first number of the? Guilfoki) paper published at Guilford, Wilson tyT" Kansas, by J. S. Gilmore, which" is really a' model of typographical The selections and editorials are refreshing, and the amount of local matter distinguishes the paper'in this -respect-VMr- Gil4 more was long an employe of officei where he learned his trade, and one acquaintance with him leads lish this extract for -the- purpose; of several without, however, get-, ting hit." lie then drew his revolver jmd shot Spraguc. dead. The next, morning two inen 4got, Into a dispute, and commenced firing at each' other.

One was killed, after, being hit four limes)' one' of the balls passin.thrOugh liis head. Our in-j formant did not named of the parties. The citizens ara greatly excited, and talk 'freely of committees. 1 1 '-z I showing: the feeling in Chicago and what we are to expect by way of now that the late retresh-2 ing rains have dispelled all appro-; hensions of a drouth this season: mand '-of the post, -relieving Col. Campbell of the.

Gtlr Kansas Cavalry. There, was little of Fort Scott at that time save, the old government buildings. "We will not stop to notice the changes from that time to the present, as they are apparent to all, and hurry on for JBaxter, though through a circuitous, i-oute. We spent the summer at Fort. Scott, and in September made several marches into Missouri, after-Cooper's band, fce.y and -then with- the army of the frontier, under Blunt marched for Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Ray's 51 ills, and the raid on Va Buren.

We were scouting through Arkansas and Southern 3Iissonri until the spring of we were: ordered ta Rolki, from there across the country to Fort Scott jiga in, where we arrived on the fifth of July. An outpost had been "established! at Baxter's Springs. 'and- we were ordered as the medical attendant at that outpost, near the location of the "I want i some in formation from Fro'm Fort Scott to "Chetopa, 05 v- From Can ville 'to uilford, 30 miles. From Burliugton to Chetopa 8( -xt, From Burlington to Eureka, 43' From Eureka tor. Elk River, 25 i From Falls to Pleasant Grove? 19 miles.

nFrom Council Grove to wKd Falls, 10 miles. From Cottonwood Falls to Tona wanda, 60 From Emporia to miles, vr, From JXeosho Falls to ijFrom. Baxter, Springs to Shells-bnrg, 15 miles. .1 From Baxter Sprinsrs to Neosho. lyou in regard to your of i us.tq believe Hthatt bi.s paper cannot heln beinir success.

Emporia beinir The election in iron tgbmery county on the proposition to vote $200,4 000 in bonds to the ill L. G. Rj K-i has been postpone! to the the-21st instant. r. country-.

Some friends of. mine are to start a large "cattle ranchc in Kansas 'or Arkan sas, or somewhere in that great cattie'grOwi ing region, They want from- three to fivcn.thousaud acres of. grazing land, where cattle can live all winter "without in ueh' feed i You "see what' they 1 waritgrass, waterC shelter and climate; with Ittheap lands. How is it about getting aU these things: in yourr. I going olf to that region sbinewhere improved.

A. flouring' mill is now in processof erection, and wm ba 1 t-t fit- completed in time for the new.har-vest, which bids fair to lie "'an abun- dant one. Other and valuable" ma-chinery will -le erected as soon, a the dam across the river fs finished. Merchants, mechanics ana profes- i sional men arc cordially invited i to come here soon, 'and "avail them-selves of the advantages and frcili- ties now offered to the public at this central point The town site Guilford is exactly one and three-fourth miles dlfrtant from thaeo-graphical center Gibson eounty, as any one can see by reference i to the new, map of Kansas. COME OXEi COME ALL I A jilp Jt r-: ''r VjK 3Ti For any desired Jbaformation, address 'jiKXS 5ee'y Town A eics.

i tNEW Papek. We. have" received tlie first niimber of the at GnilfordA il-fon trouuty. Our old John S. -Gilmore.

is the editor and pronrie- A "For Sale. SPA5" of good work Uvrscav large and will matchx-d. -Apply to 5 X-: 'Tli Guilford, I -V 1 a handsome thrivimr city which we visited, week tor. liie is sheet, well filled with local and gen-! before last with so many of our fel- According census of tbp 'Inj of the United States takeu las year by Commissioner, Parker, theic total -number is -of whom 75,000 are inhabitantsof Alaska, 21 -297rbf Ciliforni. 4,991 of Nct York.

Deducting these items the total population of the Mississipj-pi and theWestern; Plainsi no mxich.morQthan 277tOOa ThUisa jnueh smaller estimate than is pop-iarljinadev5- Of the tribes now more or less 'engaged in 'hostilitie against- us, the Comanches number the -Arfapahoes I ttl58fHhi Ciieyennes the Sioux. and the Aikches making a lot tal of nvhonrprobably one in eight 'is ran able-bodied warrior, giving an available fbrce little more than five thousand' men in alL low citizens of Kansas and "Missouri. 1 for the locattng" or biivt- 29 eral news, and gives evidence of paper kaxsas, WM. L. SHAFFER, 18 now opcnflnlerlaiiinient of the traveling public.

House and accommo dations asood an the country affordi" Although ron'that oocasion" we were surrounded i by thousamt re joicing at the completion off this grand avenue oif' commerce to the State line, we felrthat we were alone as the representative of the irrar times From Carthage to Fort Scott, 56 jj.aJ From Mission to Girard, IS miles. The Lyndon-' a "pier mcjrits: liberal and we doubt not jt will receive 1. -Topeka CoiriiuoiiiceaUh. T. We have received the first number of the Gcii-FOKo Citizex, a hand ing esucii i -1 -caa nna- inem, and I- want reryT mneh to hear jfrora you on the subject, Ileal estate here is held not many have had the finest spring here' I ever" saw," and' all of grain are-very 'forward1 "and 'rivc promise of an abundant WeliOpe yii.

and his friends will out and see onr beautiful country. There- is room' for them the Springs, a nd how centlv started at some sevencolnmn paper, published the flourishing by John Gilmore, at GnilforiVj tp our mind was the cliangein the young town of Lyndon, Osage couiv-tyv us. It" is" published 'TT EM 3IERT McCULLOCir General Eeal 1 Estate Agents', Will make collections, and locate' lands in any. portion of Southern Kansas. "Particular attention paid to bujinss connected urith the United States Laud UJlice.

scene around us, ana. our present. condition with'the past, none could i realize. At this out post was stationed, on our arrival, Company P. of-the 3d WiIsoncoujity the are.

starting up! We never before heard of Gnilford, yet here comes" a' large "licwspaper published thtxe. Whiter Clivd 'Chief. by J. J. "Johnson and its appearance' is not excelled bv anv conntrv ruiper But thy are never concentrated.

in the State..