The Democrat and Watchman from Wellsford, Kansas • 3

1 7" Kiowa county is at last a reality, and the people of what were formerly the two southern tier of townships of Edwards county are correspondingly hap DEMOCRAT WA'ICIIMAN. EVERY BATUltDAY BY DOWELL, BAKEB. B. Editor. TERMS: per year in Advance.

Hi Entered Hf, the uoweii pos; oiijcq us BONDS OR NO BONDS I GEO. W. DAVIS STILL SELLS THE GREAT WESTERN STOVES, HARDWARE TINWARE, IRON, AILS, STEEL AND BUILDERS' MATERIAL, TOOLS AXD AMDNITIOIf OP ALb KCVDi. PJOISr AK TABLE CUTTLERY, AND EVERYTHING USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST CLASS HARDWARE STORE. ALSO T.

II. Huffman has Just returned from Kingman where he spent several days this week. Miss Llda Dowell and Misses Myrtle and Lula Jones, of city, made us a pleasuutcall yesterday. James. Ilarpolo has come among us a-galn, be epent the winter in Mo.

with his parents and taught a term of school. We are indebted to Capt. J. M. Smith's Real Estate Bulletin, published at this ollice, for much valuable reading matter.

Brother Brownlee has opened his heart and sends us two government adds, you will see them another column. Onn of our old pioneers in the perron of Win. Mctzlerleft bore for Canada last Monday, where he expects to Slav several it is: the opinion of this o.Hco that he has ironc after a rib. Henry Curry, a crippled man who proved up a claim about eight miles Ll A Very Full StockOf Furniture, All of wliieli I am welling: at Bottom Prfoew fbr CASH.0 Come and ee me and be Convlneed. WELLSFORD, EDWARDS COUNTY.

11 B. G. HORTON, HEADQUARTERS FOR STAPLE FANCY GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES. --COUNTRY PRODUCE WANTED. Jl WELLSFORD, KANSAS, EAST MAIN STREET, WM.

TIDBALL, M. DEALER IN DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. PURE SPICES, TOILET ARTICLES. FLAVORING EXTRACTS, CHOICE SEGARS TOBACCO. PrcNcriptlons nnd Itecipes Cnref nlly Compounded.

Main Street, 2d door east of Hotel DeEastman, Wellsford. Ks. SOD SHANTY ON THE CLAIM. I'm looking rather seedy now, While holding down my claim; And my victuals are not served the best And the mice play slyly 'round me, As I lay me down to sleep, claim, In my little old sod shanty on the (Chorus.) The hinges are of leather, And the windows have no glass: While the board roof lets the howling blizzards 111, And I hear tho hungry coyote, As he sneaks up through the grass, 'Round my little old sod shanty, on the claim. Yet I rather like the uovclt', Of living in this way, Though my bill of fare is rather tame: But I'm happy ns a clam, On the land of Uncle Sam, claim.

In my little old sod shanty on the Chorus. But when I left my eastern home, So happy and so guy; To try to win my way to wealth and fame, I little thought that I'd come down, To burning twisted hay, claim. Iu the little old sod shanty on the Chorus. Yi 1th dough my clothes are plastered, I ni looking like a fright: room And ev ry thing is scattered round the And I fear if P. T.

Barnum man Should get his eye on me, He would take me from my little cabin home. Chorus. I wish that some kind-hearted Miss, Would, pity on me take; And extricate me from the mess I'm in, Hie Angel, how I bless her, If this her home she make. claim. In lnv IiUIj old sod shanty on the Chorus.

And when we'd made our fortunes, On tho prairies of the west: main, Just us happy as two bed bugs we'd re-And we'd forget our trials, And troubles as we rest, claim. In my little old sod shanty on the Chorus. And if Heaven should smile upon us, ith now and then an heir, To cheer our honest hearts with pride Oh then we be content to fame. I orthe years that we had spent. On mv little old sod shanty on the claim.

Chorus hen time enough has elapsed. And all those little brats, grown: lo manhood and womanhood have It won be half so lonely, When around us we shall look, And see other old sod shanties on the claim. Chorus. W. E.

Dowell has just received a new supply of school books, which will be sold at reduced prices for the next iifteen days: old books will bo taken in exchange for new ones. Some one has figured out that life is like harness because it contains traces of care, "lines of trouble, bits" ot good fortune, 'breeches of good manners and "bridled tongues, and every one has a tug to pull through a severe cold unless they take Chamberlain Couith Remedy. Best buy a bottle of Wm. Tidhaix, before you get strapped. Prove up before J.

M. Smith. We are loaning money for eastern parties, at as low rates of interest as any parties 111 Kannis. Fruit Trees. B.

It. Albertson will furnish standard fruit trees delivered at Wellsford, at the following low prices: Apple, 1st class. 2 years old, dp 121 cts. each; budded peach. 1st class 2 j-cars old, 12 cts.

each: pears and all other small fruit, cheap 111 proportion. Leave 'orders at his house 3 miles west of Wellsford. or you can see hnn at Dowell P. 0. every Tuesday and Saturday.

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I will, by the first of March, have at Wellsford plows, harrows, cultivators, corn-planters and in fact, farming Implements of every description, and will soil them at a very close margin. W. E. Doweia. For sale.

One yoke of work cattle at A. Dowoll's ranche 1 mile east of town. IiOHt. On the road between Kinsley and Wellsford, by way of Greensburg, on 2, Feb. a pocket book; 20,00 reward will be paid at this office for the book and all its contents.

Wm. Metzler W. 1. AVALKKK, M. Phy mlclan unci Hurfreon, 'Office at BRENHAM, KANSAS.

135Blllsduo when service Is rendered. Mrs. S. A. BKOWN, M.

WELLSFORD, KANSAS. Office opposite the Pioneer Drug store where she can be found at all times except while absent professionally THE i 1 if III 11 IP 1 "r- ''ft 'A py. The bill for Its re establishment passed the senate Wednesday with but throe dissenting votes, having met with but little opposition in the honso. Greensburg will no doubt be the county-seat of Kiowa. bile Edwards loses considerable territory through tho op-peration, it would always have been a bone of contention between the two sections of the county and it is probably best that they have been allowed to withdraw in peace.

Kinsley Murcury. hile the largest irt of this portion of Kiowa county has been claimed in the last two years, there are yet large bodies of land that remain unclaimed north of Wellsford. Tho pioneers nil clammonng for land contiguous to the railroad survey made two years ago. his unclaimed land is considered by many, far r.upenor to that which is now deeded, although lying 111 tne so-called sand hills. It is true that there arc many hills lit.

for nothing but grass, but as the old saying is there is "never a hill without a dale. This, land is interspersed with beautiful valleys of from to one thousand acres. Water can be had at a depth of from twenty to thirty-live feet. Hie drouth never affects it: neither does the ram wet it sufficient to detain the plow at any season of the year. The soil in the valleys is a black loam, from three to six feet deep, and in places twenty feet deep.

Kansas History. Kansas was admitted to the 1. 111011 January 20th, The first white man in Kansas was Ooronado. a Spaniard, who discovered the Gila river mid followed it to its source. The part of the stale east of parallel 100 was purchased from Napoleon in the Louisiana purchase 111 IfeOJ.

Tiie lirst American to explore the state was Zcbulon M. Pike, in the summer of 1800. Passing on west from Kansas lie discovered Pike's Peak, which bears his name. Hie ilrst settlement was made at Ft. Leavenworth in 1827.

Kansas was lirst organized as a teivi-I013 V11 20th tit KmsasNc braska bill. Hie lirst paper printed in Kansas was the Leavenworth Herald. The first, issue dated September bitii. lfcM. was pruned under an elm tree on Cherokee itcet.

1' our constitutions were drafted for the admission of Kansas territory a3 a state. The first was the 1 opeka constitution, a free state constitution made in The second was the Leeompt on constitution, known as the "Boe-ii i It was form ed to make Kansas a slave state. Three votes were taken unon it. At first tne free state men did not vote. It there-lore, was adopted.

At the second tne men did not vote and was defeated by 11,300 against and 1,875 for Tins instrument, was made in 1657 and finally defeated in Tne third constitution was made at Leavenworth 111 IhSN. was soon dropped, being unpopular with the free sintn men. Hie fourth constitution was made by the Wyandotte convention which met Tulv nth. 1Sr0. It was ratified by the people Oct.

4th. 18,18, by about 4,000 majority. Kansas under this constitution, was admitted into the 11 ion as a state January 20th, 1801. Among the men who framed our constitution are John A. Martin, secretary of the convention: John J.

Ingalls. to who the phraseology and arrangements were entrusted: Solon O. Thatcher, James G. Blunt. B.

F. Simpson. E. G. I Jobs, and many others who have since become prominent.

Hiawatha orld. Hie Chicago Times gives reports from nearly 500 points as to tho crop of corn and bogs in the northwest and southwest. It appears that the yield of corn has been overestimated and the quality ranked to high. Hog cholera made its appearance in every state in the corn belt, forcing hogs on the mar kct miich.iv.ore rapidly than usual, and probably the receipts at packing points for the remainder of the season will be less than last year. Land Office at Lahnf.d.

Kansas. February 8th. 1880. Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Geo. A.

Baker or R. A. Dowell, Notaries Public, at Wellsford Kan. on March 80th, 1880, viz: Marshall ITowison, for the H. W.

qr. sec. 34, township 27, south of range 10 west. Ho names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of. said land, Fli H.

Town. Henry II. Thorp, Caleb Davis and Georgo B. Brown, all of Dowell Kansas. fa0m27 AV.

R. Brownlee, register. Also, Harvey W. Howison, for the N. E.

qr. sec. 84, township 27, south of range 16 west. He mimes the follow ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, via: EH II. Town, Henry H.

Thorp, Caleb Davis and Georgo B. Brown, nil of Dowell, Kansas. W. R. Brownlee, register, FOR SALE OR TRADE For a Geneva! Stock of MERCHANDISE.

480 Acres of Land In Cowley county, all under fence, 60 acres of which is of stone CO acres under cultivation a comfortable frame house, well plaster od, 16x24; good well In door yard; a stone barn 22x37. A nice stream of water running through the entire tract. Ten acres of Timber. This land lies within 2 miles of tho K. C.

L. 8. R. and 8 miles of a good town. This piece of land will be sold cheap for cash, or will trade for general stock of merchandise.

bucoulI class matter. Kates of Ail verlisins: One mrti oiks week firee weeks tlitve iu.hiUis six months one One quarter column one tUreo waeki three six niontua. one vear. One half colirnn one week thrue weeks. threo months.

six months. vear One column one week turee weeks thre Months six months one year .95.00 I oo S10 00 00 ,.820.00 oj 0 00 $100.00 KTAI1 kinds of Book and printing neativ executed at this ollicc. t3s-)rdinaiy business locals, 10 cents per line. Ilrst insertion, 5 cents per each siibseinient insertion. Business locals will ramnin in tlie paper until ordered out.

unless odierwisc agreed, and charsjed for encn week. Oilico on bouth Oranire. BUSINESS LxH Li. Go to Geo. A.

Baker for insurance Prove ur before (eo. A. Baker. Stock Salt at Dowell at 1 ct pr lb. 1 Get a loan on vour land of Geo A Baker 1 When von readv to file on your claims, call on Dowell Baker it Smoke the Santa free route cigars, at J.

M. Smith's. Ai. Smoke the -Lucky-Hit Kn. cijiar at it Twenty-live farms wanted for sale, to Biipply the demand, by J.

M. bmith. Now is the time to insure your property- Call on Dowell Baker they hav irood companies. There will be a j5rar.1l masquerade ball invited the hall, the 22 111 it. All are If you want to sell your land put it in the hands of .1.

M. Smith, he is doing a rusliini; land business A 15 Cret-nsmmr. Has. Has the finest assortment of holiday confectionery in south west ivansns. When you iro to ureensbur, call at the Indiana Kestaui ant and get a square meal.

1 Smith wants 2.) farms at once, nlace 0:1 his list to supply the pres ent uaunanf. A Barnes has first class cigars. When in Grceiisburg donl fail to call 111 and get one. Now is the timi to insure your prop- call on Geo A uaKer, ue rim companies. Wanted.

Every body who is indebted to ill '-MAN CnuiKsuANK to call and settle either by note or casV We would advise all property ow litis to call 011 Baker Dowell and insure against cyclones If you want to setfyour land leave it with Geo A Baker, he will sell it in short order Lard in bulk at 10 cts. per pound, at G- Hortou's. Subscribe for the Demochat Watchman. Examine that new stock of Pocket Knives at Dowell' s. Twenty-four different styles can get a knife to suit any ones taste.

Notice. All persons knowing themselves indebted to J. K. Stevenson will please call and settle with Kobt. Barr, at the old stand, and by so doing save Call on it.

McGrew, Pratt, Kr.s. for cheap money. If you want to sell your farm, lile on your claim, borrow money, make final proof, or have live stock for sale or trade, call on J. M. Smith, lie does a general laud office business.

ft If you are needing money to prove tip or make improvements 011 your claims, and wish to borrow money at as cheap rates as can be had In Kansas, call on J. M. Smith, Wellsford, Kansas, and get it without delay. He can accommodate you. There will be preaching in Wellsford, at 7 o'clock p.

m. on the second Sunday of February, and on each alternate Sunday thereafter. C. K. Roihksok, Pastor M.

E. Church. Wm. A. Morrison, Druggist and Ex-Mayor of Iowa City, says: "The largest sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is persons who have used it before and know Its curative powers." You nil know Wm.

Tidhaix, the Wellsford Druggist, he sells and recom mends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The best made for coughs, colds, croups or sore throat. Wonted, tit Once, By George A. Baker, a number of Farms for sale to supply our demand Wo advertise extensively In the cast and must have lands for otir customers. Parties wanting to Sell their land should leave it with Dowell Baker, they have a big demand and will sell it quick.

gooil southwest of here, takes this method of I pytendinii thanks the citizens of our 1 town and community, for contributions to enable hir.i to make bis first payment to the government. Silas W. Oamnhell livimr about six miles west, of place sold his farm Thursday last to Mr. "Kemp, and will remove to Montgomery countv thin State. Mr.

Campbell was a. good farmer and an cnercrotie citizen: wo are sorrv to loose him as a citizen. Henrv TTarrel and family moved ti Pratt, last "Wednesday. Will ust sav in connection, that Mr. Harrel was a irood citizen and all are sorrv for his departure.

The boys, it said, hung their lira when they bid farewell to Mr. ITarrel estimable C. T). V. returned from southwestern Texnr.

Inst Wednesday, where he spent the winter. He reports a severe winter for that state, allhousrh the snow was never mere thin 4 inches deep at anytime. lie came through the Oklahoma country, and savs there is not a settler'on the land, and that the soldiers have driven out all the rattle men and their stock. Capt. J.

M. Smith, real estate agent, and editor and proprietor of Smith Bulletin" is happy; he has set 'em up once around and all because b'S wife presented hi in with a girl baby, Friday, the 10th Inst. Last Monday Dr. Douliart of Pratt, assist cl bv Mrs. Dr.

Brown of tins city, nmnutaicd two iocs for Richard Shelby living eleven miles north west of this place who baillv frose his foot duriud the big blizxard. apt. M. Eastman, the proprietor of the Iloiel I)e and Mills Wellsford. left Tuesday for Grant conn ty.

to look after the interests of their homesteads and will return in a few weeks. Ins son Oscar has charge of the Intel un1 nig the ptains absence. Brenbam is a neat little town twc.v? miles west of ellsford: tne ciii.ens are a stirring, energetic class of people. They have a number of good buildings, and some county seat aspirations. Nearly every branch of business is presented that enjoy a liberal share of patronage from lite surrounding country; it is also on the railroad survey.

Grcensburg is the Ir.rgest town in Kiowa county, and near the ireogriiph.c-al center and on the line of survey fitr the W. W. railroad, and will undoubtedly be made tne seat: is is! lifted! miles west of our town, surrounded with beautiful farm 4 and farming lan.w and is bound to niaue a good town in the near mure. you wish to locate 111 the best county in tne state, come to Kiowa, vou will not ilnd it on any of the late maps as it has just been reorganized. Kinsley.

111 Edwards county, thirty nine miles from Wellsford, is the nearest railroad station, that is on the A. T. S. F. railroad north.

Kingman, the present terminus of the Wichita Western railroad is the nearest point cr.st, sixty miles. Medicine Lodge is the nearest point south east, forty-two miles, the county seat of Barber. Come and see us, if you get this far south west. We clip lie following from the Garden City Sentinel, and will add that what is true of the counties west Jof this is also true of this, while we think Hamilton and Finney counties arc good counties, we knov Kiowa is second to none Iu the state. There is a large number of stockang-ck in this section, which cannow.

be bought on favorable terms. The grass in this section is noted for its nutritious qualities, and there is opportunity to secure abundant winter feed. What has been done in the past in this part of the country can be done again. The writerof this is personally acquainted with 41 gentleman and his family who came to this country five years ago from the state of Iowa. Ho drove through with, his team, bringing with him twenty cows.

lie had no ready money. He settled upon his land, and being without ready money, he was obliged to rely upon the butter made from tho milk of his cows. That man never received a dollar from any other source, and two years ago he sold his 100 acres and his cattle, reserving twenty of the best cows, for That was success, but thcrrt aro plenty of men who havo done better on the same capital. This is the country for small owners and It fkotild not be understood that only men of large means can go into the cattle business. A few cows will grow Into a largo herd in a very short time, Those who hayo tho 'pluck to undertake It and use good judgement will succeed.

Cnttle are low now and this Is a good time to commence. The price will be up befoto yon have any steers to turn off. Select a good loca tion, make butler foi the western market and success will come with every month In the year. Those who have large means can simply succeed on a larger scale. Let us repeat, buy a stock farm now while land it cheap.

BAKER DOWELL, WELLSFOKD, EDWARDS OOtUTY, KANSAS. Land, Loan and Insurance Agents. Take Filings, Make Proofs, Buy Sell Real Estate LIVE STOCK COMMISSION, AMD DO A GENERAL LAND OFFICE BUSINESS. J. jVI.

smith, REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE LOAN BROKER, Special Attention Given to Fileing and Final Proofs for Settlers. Desirable Unimproved 4 Improved Farms iu Edwards Adjoining Counties for Sale at low CALL- ON ME FOR CITY LOTS. FAIR DEALING, QUICK SALES AND LOW PRICES, IS OUR MOTTO You can be Accommodated without De I ay, with MONEY, ON LONG OR SHORT TIME AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, ON REM. ESTATE SECURITY. OFFICE SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET SECOND STOttt OF SMITH 6 CLC-.