Clearwater Independent from Clearwater, Kansas • 1

Vol. I. CLEARWATER; SEDGWICK KANSAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1887. NO. 5.

The Independent. holds than W. W. Hays." There are frequently exposed to the public, the actions of prison keepers which on account of their cfuelty, has shocked mankind, but Wm. VV, Hays after having served nearly two years as sheriff and Jailer now stands before his fellow citizens charged by his enemies with EVICTIONS IN IOWA.

Washington (D. 0.) Critic: The news comes from Iowa that a number of settlers iii the northwestern section of the state-about 140 In all have been evicted, or are threatened with eviction from their little properties, by the agents of an English syndicate, which rfrmBtgSlfiiil i MAGI TOM KINS (Successors to Maoill Buss,) HAVE JUST ADDED AN IMMENSE STOCK OF CLOTH I G- i TO TIIEIU Dry Goods, Hats 'and Caps, Boots and Shoes, J. C. MAIBK, PROP. and Queensware! call, first! Hardware Store, of SPCWQERjaJI totrm xanr rmm mmm obbobi AND Choice Groceries Give us a The Old Reliable Dealer In All Kinds of Shelf AND Heavy HARDWARE, Etc.

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DEAM, CANDIDATE 10H EEGISTEIi OF DEEDS. Rogers the photographer, and Steams the engraver; have enabled us to present to our readers the portrait of Robert C. Deam, Republican candidate for register of deeds. "Rob's'! frank, honest face carries with it an expression and argument that he is brainy and munly. His character; like his.

mind, is as bright as a new, dollar, and he stands before the people of this county as an able representative of the progressive element of the Republican party. He is self-made, and a portion of his education and self-making was acquired in the discharge of reponsible duties. As "hired man" in the register's office he) waded through labyrinths of figures, I bent over the desks and books, and through all the exacting trials incident to "the great boom" proved the Bame courteous, correct and accommodating gentleman. i Wicliita and Sedgwick county are now on the eve of an advance movement that will eclipse all previous and this office require the experience and quick perception of Rob Deam. When we consider the importance of the duties to be discharged, it strikes that minor considerations would be: childish and puerile.

The voters will weigh Mr. Beam's fitness, and, in doing the simplest justice to him, will make him register by a handsome majority. The Arrow Levi McLaughlin is the Republican candidate for coroner. He is well and fuborably known' as a man. No one could do better in that office than he.

In tliis age of mysterious deaths, the election of coroner ought to bo a matter of personal concern. Any of us may need the services of such an official. For our part wo would feel that death had been robbed of many of its terrors it we knew this pleasant and upright gentleman was to preside at the in quest. The office is not so pleasant or profitable as positions, but it is important, and we know that Levi Mc Laughlin will do his full duty if elect ed. WILLIAM HATS The Republican candidate for sheriff of Sedgwick county, is a native of Illinois, and came to this county in 1871 and settled on the Cowskin.

He built the second flouring mill ever built in the new southwest. The new settlers fot a great many miles around brought their wheat and corn to Hays' mill In consequence of this ueaily all the old settlers in this and adjoining counties are acquainted with and are warm friends of "Bill Hays." Mr. Hays is Sn.the prime of being forty-seven years of age. He- was two years ago elected to the oCce of sberi3, and since that time baa for Umttit a record of whielt be ucf wea be proud. tie Izzt Czj'L that Sedswltii eounty Lai over hti He was the ctclse of tl Republican is ail" -1 to be BtroE3r Hzj vtf patty.

ous, counties and conciactbts, there are if any, men iivicj bet: qualified for the oftce which he now I i I holds an old railroad title to the lands that these settlers have entered and improved. The railroad title, however, is worthless, for the reason that the grant was never earned; while tha title of the evicted farmers Is direct from the United States, under a ruling of the interior department, declaring the grant forfeited for nonfulfillment of conditons, arid the lands restored to the public domain. It is said that the eviction, in many cases, has been accompanied with violence, and, in all cases, will work irreparable hardship to these victims of an alien landlordism. But is it possible that such things can be done in this country with impunity? Is there no power of prevention or intervention to protect rights that have become vested and property that has been accumulated only by the hardest kind of pioneer labor? Can the great state of Iowa gtand by and see the outrages that are imposed upon the Irish tenantry thus reproduced In all their terrorism upon her own citizens? Can the great government of the United States per mit the validity of its titles to be thus flagrantly and cruelly impugned? It may be that there is no remedy excepting through the slow processes of the courts; but if it be true that the evicted settlers made their entries in good faith, and by authority of a decision of the secretary of the interior, the gener al governmeut is cleary bound to malce ample redress for their losses, if not to eject the foreign trespassers. A journalist of many years' experience, well qualified to discuss matters of a public nature, answers the question given below: "Do you think the condemned anarchists should hang? Briefly, also, give the reason or reasons for your judgment.

This is his answer: "In extreme cases the law should take its course, especially when the highest crime known to society has been committed, and the offenders Imvn had an opportunity to be heard in their defense before a court and jury embarrassed by intimidation from friends of the accused, and notwithstanding this have found them guilty as charged 'beyond a reasonable We regard the action of both court and jury heroic. If the appeal for clemency was based, upon full repentance, with a promise of obedience to law and an expressed desire for the peace of society, we might feel otherwise. But the rumble and roar of the gathering storm of anarchism, the defiant attitude of leaders, and the threats of revenge in case the law is executed, make it dangeious to yield. The peace and order of society are dependent on the enforcement of law." The man who will condemn another man, or system of religion, politics or philosophy, without hearing them, is eitbe a knave, coward or fool. HINDERED LIVES.

There are so many hindered lives in the bonds of cramped conditions that hold them down. Men and women, beneath whose toil-worn dregs are folded the bound and cramped wings of the "might be" that will never expand in the uncongenial air of their present conditions. It is unspeakably sorrowful to note the souls that are struggling in the nets of their own inherited weaknesses as well as the poverty of outward circumstances. I recall one whom I have long known: his native instincts are fine; his feet are on the highway of the king, that leads to all the glory that comes to the loftiest souls. A thirst sweeps over him that becomes his master and leads liim in paths of darkness and shame.

Others have inherited a tendency to terrific outbursts of anger. Again, there are those the power of unscrupulous ambition, of bitter pride, of conscienceless lust, souls so limited that they cannot fly and that thev become thn very prey of the fowler. Again, there are souls bound, whether by marriage or any other tie. to other smiis that drag them down, or hold them DacK rrom their true destinv. Some times the bondaue is onlv one of de pendence, like that of the sister and father of Charles Lamb, on his tireless utough exhausting care.

There is the case of a noted clergyman of the Church of England. All his life was wormwood because the wife by his side was vain and jealous, incapable of understanding him. and unwillins that anv one else should. On the raciflc coast, near the Cliff House, I sat pn a rock and watched the Incoming tide. 1 could but feel the waves were speaking to me of eager and tireless endeavor.

How they raised their white bands, as if in pleading, for some great thing as yet unattaintol How they reached on and up, as if in endless aspiration! Then, as though baffled, and falling buck in temporary failure, tbey break into the unutterable pathos of infinite tears; while prostrate on the sands they seem but an echo of the iponn of hunn endeavor. I mused ani tUl tot that I waa watch-in-Jt atriviaz. fciHinsr. but fcf hnocan pas-T And it! I L.X Jt i I Li Vi C3. i I And Everything usually kept in a Firel-Class Harness Shop.

IfEATLY and PROMPTLY DONE. one offense, that of being too generous to the men committed to his carei lie has erred on the side of humanity. To those who are offended at Sheriff Hays on this account we have only this reply: "We love him for the tnemies he has made." During his twenty-one months service as sheriff, W. W. Hays has locked up In the old shell called the Swdgvyick county jail, Of this number 59 were delivered in the penitentiary, and 22 to the Insane asylum.

In addition to these, Sheriff Hays has captured 30 offenders from other states and handed them over to the proper authorities. Last Saturday there were 48 prisoners in the jail that we presume is Intended to accommodate about fifteen persons. Of the great number sent to jail during Sheriff Hays' term only three have They were committed for petty larceny, and unobserved by the sheriff or his deputies, kicked the floor out of the hall and made their escape. i If a less humane man than "Rill Hays" had been in control of the Sedgwick county jail during the past year-many of the prisoners must have died, oivingto their cowded condition. In this place of apparent death and danger Sheriff Hays has never deserted his post of duty.

He has faced death from disease and on two occasions he has faced a hundred shotguns in the hands of a howling mob. Determined to do his duty or die, Sheriff Hays has stood firm where men of less courage than the most courageous would have deserted. Of such a man there is no need to talk to the people of Sedgwick county. They know him and will say at the polls in November, "Well done, good and faithful servant." Bogle. "We present the above portrait of Mr Christopher Reed, the Republican can didate for distiict judge, that our patrons of all parties may have some idea of the appearance of the man who has been so highly honored by being made the candidate for an office of so great dignity and importance.

A brief biographical sketch of this gentleman appeared in our last week's issue, to which we call your attention again. We may add to what has been said, that Mr. Reed has, as the above picture indicates, the faculty ot applying knowledge, which faculty is wisdom. If electad judge we need not fear that ho will ever become a machine upon which wily lawyers will play to the disgust of spectators and the delight of their clients. If you db not know the man, the full round head ought to convince you; that, older and method are characteristics of the man, and these are essentials in a THE DECLINE OF MANNERS.

Who that has read those most delightful essays of the gentle Elia has not been impressed by the one on "Modern Gallantly," wherein the author gives a pen portrait ot a true gentleman. He was a director in the South Sea Company, and thus Lamb pictures him; "He has not one system of attention to females in the drawing room and another in the shop or at the stall. do not mean that he made no distinction. But be never lost sight of sex or overlooked it in the casualties of a disadvantageous situation. I have seen him stand bareheaded emile.

if yon ploase to a poor servant girl, while she was inquiring of him the way to some street, in such a posture of unforced civility as to neither embarrass her In the acceptance nor himsolf la tee olei of it. He waa no dzrz'zt, ia tornmon acceptance cf tie I'll" but fce 'fit fora la-nV-Ji ii c. I rcr ill t.r- if it jni: 1- ItOSS AVENUE HOTEL. discouraged striving in vain to grasp a high ideal; if, like the sobbing waves, some under-current sleeps you back at what seemed the moment of achievement; if you long for a companionship to match the aspirations of your soul-look up and listen. Sorrow is the great birtli-aeony of immortal powers.

Sorrow is divine: the Crown of all crowns was one thorns. There have been many books that treat of the mystery, but only one that bids us glory in tribulation and count it joy when we fall into affliction, -so that we may associated with the great fellowship of snfferirg, of which the Incarnate One ia the head. God draws a cloud o'er each gleaming wuuia we asu wnyy morn. It is because all noblest things are born In agony-Only upon some cross of pain or woe God's son may lie. Each soul redeemed from sin and self Its Calyary.

must know What tho' we fall and bruised and Our lips in dust; wounded lie, God's arm shall lift us up to yictory, In Ilim we trust. For neither life nor death, nor things Nor tilings above, below, Shall ever sever us that we should go From His great love. C. in Washington, Ioa Gazette. In 1827 there lived in Washington a farmer by the name of McCook, an uncle, says the Pittsburg Times, of the famous General Anson G.

McCook, the present secretary of the United Slates senate. McCook's farm was situated on the old national pike, eight or ten miles out of Brownville. In attempting to dig a well a short distance back of the pike lie struck a large flaw of natural gas. This by accident became ignited, and the flame it gave forth scared the horses on passing on the pike, and many runaways occurred. This went on for some time, until the authorities in that section pussed an or dinance stigmatizing it as a nuisance, and compelling McCook to' suppress it as such, which he did.

Thus whao the citizens of Pittsburg now consider the greatest discovery of the ninetenth century, just half a century ago the citizens of Washington county considered tliegreates nuisance. Ex. The Actress and the Druggist. There is an actress well known in this city who has won distinction by sheer force of merit. About tvvolve years ago the company in which she was the star became stranded in one of our interior towns.

The baggage was seized to satisfy a claim of $90. In their extremity a druggist of the town stepped forward and advanced tho money, and tho star and her company went on their way rejoicing. The druggist was not a public-spirited man; he was not noted for benevolent freaks; ho 4iad never mingled with theatrical people. But he had seen the actress perform, and was pleased with her and with the conscientious manner in which she tried to give satisfaction. He accepted no security for the money which he advanced; it was not refunded to him, and in course of time he forgot all about it.

Last winter the druggist met with a financial disaster, and the sheriff pasted a bill upon his premises. Before the day of sale a lawyer of the place called upon the druggist. "Do you remember," he asked, "advancing money to the actress, bo- causo her baggage had been attached "Yes," replied the druggist; "about twelve years ago." "Well," replied the lawyer, "I was in New York last week and put up at the hotel where she was registered. She did not know me, but the name of. the town recalled some old memories.

She asked the clerk for an interview with me and told me why she had sent for me. She mentioned your name, and asked if you were still alive and in business. She said that she wanted to return that loan, I told her that it would be very acceptable to you, as you were in financial distress. 'It has been careless ia she replied, 'but 1 do not want him to think that I did not Froperly appreciate his kindness tome: have made money and I have saved it. I wish to pay that claim with interest.

Will you take the "I consented, and am here to pay you the money "I'm sure I am thankful for it, replied the druggist. "And yet such a small sum as ninety dollars wiU hardly- "My dear sir, interrupted the lawyer," she gave me not ninety dollars, but nine hundredten dollars interest, almost, for every dollar you advanced." The money satisfied the attachment, and left him XQ with which to begin tha battle of Ue nw.FkZmidptSa CaU. HE ROSS AVENUE HOTEL, Cures alt open sores on Animals from any cause, sore shoulders, cuts, kicks, rope burns, sorebacks. scratches, cuts trom oaro-wire fences, ete. No smell to attract A.

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