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The Western News from Detroit, Kansas • 1

The Western News from Detroit, Kansas • 1

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The Western Newsi
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Detroit, Kansas
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4-': j. '4 SCfri.V 4i 1 kwf 1 iri -4m -v 13 ft. TV -W't "BE JUST BEFORE YOU'R GEMlllOU tQL. 1. EDITOR AND PliOPTOIl DETROIT, KANS.

FEERU A Yil 1 370, A. W. ROBINSON of the" case, ba? you reasoned i Detroit than" fiere ar) at Alileue' THE WESTERN NEWS why. iv-is I have, aud: will That arguw.it 1 totriider et gire you my. 'opinion of lhj nW id, pikUu pat adcaUi bi.iw 10 r.

voil. -jP' e-n. Tiu.f.?t iiipuiW inily, living Hf'raey, a I in auU arountf JJe'fui; withru' and a CORRCPXABLB Df tnovsriii, i ou-'Vj thei'H ar 5VJ had but one policy in vi'-f rt, i and about Official Paper ot the Couffly. his great iintrest, financially' 50 in txm February Uth. 1870.

pieciuct Ju Oculogram hare over eWen majority. Now with 'DICKINSON CO. OFFICERS. speakiug, hxs nunlessly tnoden underfoot everything (fveu tip tie entire Deiaoerfitic party or County) that his own inter est might bo bettei ed. To prove this, I will say, last Fall I en-deafored my utmost to have an ntira Democratic Ticket nomi nated, and among oUir things stuted ''that Dr.

W. H. Austin, ef Detroit, would make a splendid Rspresentatire, her vas to my certain knowledge' one of the soundttst Democrats in the Coanty, -Ate' replied, "Austin is a good democrat, he is true, but is in tb interest of that Detroit Town Company." 1 repiino, cms iutapi' uuu aojut oU mar on Chapman's crek, this if. they unitH with the Republicans fwu a local isetuel of De'roir and Detroit iullu cuch, cau carry any isu ihey please. Now lefus ch) a little raore figuring.

-Datroit ia six miles' from Cbajur.au'a Creek, Abilene' is 13 milt's 'from us. You havej fco raakf iwo trips a yar to the County Seat, total distance 52 miles on a straight line. Now I if you ride this didUiEce, and do I your business iu four you will do welf better ihaa I ca'i. Thia at cmuon Mechanics' aa would amount to $12, aud a 4 li ,1 Prolate Judge C. Kilgobe.

Attorney J'hn 'Mahah. Treasurer C. Hoffmah. Clerk E. S.

Wiley. Reg. Deeds T. Hemhy. SheruTJ.

Crammeu. Clerk Dist. Court Wiley. Surveyor T. N.

Wiley. T. N. "Poolek. Siip't, Pub, Inst C.

Kilgobe, F. FlEDDLEK. Commissioners. J. IT.

Kirby. I S. Richards-. a "well, suppose is, doea that 1 lng a Democratic cDndidate -id'. i 1 I county Sea, Oh, itiet? htii ywr principles, what are i thiukiti itbout.

thaf you will uphold aud eustaiu licO'uoeu 'murder aud LiceucuVfra. Samnir there was thrta of ill fume and twenty-one fait woneu who resided in Abii- out of lour Luus.5 wnd "'s si'- tin-s, there wh saVfUtccu oHiou i-t oiij oi thoae b.tlouiio $fi Caunty Licence, thus the County otnf 2.500. eer. Luct, way Rober, and Whores ruu the to wo, a and tjikt, -dvcent women not watk tLo sa'uots, aud iwn who made the town -dare not appear on her and yec Thoinpsoi an dare lomc mi enliUteneJ poople in tl- facHanif ask their vote. Irib-" Uife-u, Democrats', Rhmn-i' if we woultl i ave strength, h-t wi unite wait rest of ihi' eastern part of eur count v.

Vhat interest have you In Abilene, in the pollution and-fihu a hove 'J-' Deumcra-cy is this your Democratic iu est, forsooth, men what are you li i i g- aba He rsey talks Retrenchment, and wiih sai.n breath he advocates running our County in debt, 'principle and interest about $150,000 for Bridges. Your taxes ure hih now, if Abilene should foiu-i' this enwrmous tax on our Coun ty would be we ite limes mo; than it is now, and if he meant, ihs for truth, whv is it he nothing about i', i'sept at Cfi and Solomon why did he not make this argu meat on Lyons Creek, Turk ev Creek, cud upper Chapman''' Crek. I Mill tell you he meant to humbug you. Redd what I have taker tiina and pains to bring out, ponder well, and if I have lied to. vote againpt yeur interest aud Detroit.

Vote against your' Irish and American friends liv-mg around Detroit, and vote for licenced Roudyism, Lust, Murder and. Robery, Reason lika true be swayed by no party or no man, but vote lor what you know is and savo nf the expense of goiog through thia eleetibn again, for it will come again before one year. Yours, Chapman Cheex. 10 ceata gwiug and. coining amouu'ts to add to this $2 a day for expenses, which miaSiBa $8.

total amount for each individual traveling to.aad from th present County Seal $2-3'20. Now on Chapmau's Creek, from J. II Kirby down 'we have about 50 Tax-payers, this at per had arpounts tha snug little sum of a year, suppose ou allow one half this amount, you would still Proclamatiqn is herebyjmade to all the qualified voters of Dickinson County, that a special election be held as res quired by law on Tuesday, the 15ih day of February, a. d. li970, at the several places ot holding election in said coun ty the removal of ihe County Snt from Abilene to iroi All of which notise is have $630,00, pupnosf, pursuant to J.

CRAMER. SLeiiff Dickinson Coufity. of Chapmaa'i Creek, oa donu i' thia amouriiio puilic improve i f'wn," he replied, -'you can nominate him, but wont get a d--d vote troin Abilene," That disgusted aud I left him with this conclusion "you must, in order to get a Democratic nomination, reside in Abilene, or solomuly pledged to the iuttreat of that placft." That place, forsooth, what claims Iirvh tbfy nu th Democratic Party of this unty Nonwi In tbe place o' nominating a met of sore hear! Radicals, if we had i true Dm'ocrati Tickft, we would ha won in the Fail election. Bill Lamb himself told mio aftek the electiou that Detroit was over three lifths Democratic and if their bar! been a straight ticket Eomhmted we would not have won th lec tion." He was right. Whosij fault is it, Why, it is the fault of llersey, Thompson, Abilene Co.

From this dai uut, Democrats, let us he trut to the iu. terest of Democracy. Let us noninate to aim, and not fur the interests of two or three individuals. Thompson wod Berber came to me tht other da. Communicated trie ts, bow long, tax-payers, would it lu you could build a BtiJge -Tax -payers, weiuh this subject well, tak 'patience and time," aud thiuk rtriously this important mat-tor, and not let Tim Horsey or Ctiarlny Thumpso.) i)ragg' again that they coutrol th Chapman's Creek vote.

For Helvetia sake, Democrats ot Chapman's Crek, have moral courage enoughvjto throw off this tyrauical and vote for your interest. LfHus tase'a few more fignrs and thru we are done, in the Jast thrre years there has been' MURDERED ia Abilene, 17 uieu, seven of these were ruth-icS3'y murdered ibrough th8 in. llueucw of "E-iicy women" and CilAi an's Creeiv Ka. i February 8th. lbi'O.

Mr. UoiJiiNaOX, N.kws: Thro ug.ii the columns ot th 3n if you luvif uri objeoiion i. like to conViSd a litthi ruti legal voters of Ci'iuty. I nav resided in i County tor tbo past a y.i-r. i Lav mixed, and Ur.

in poiiticej. I have hi-jtfred hard to becuro th iwUripL of my party, uad the last interest of'Uia tjouuty. I am a Democrat. I Lavs to the rullingj of the suiocratic nomiBaiiou, always at Abilene aud have r.ched in, ana" worked late and i ifiy; for my glorious old parly, -in! in a majority of cases, have their total route and, almost uferdktrucliun. Can you, Read and said, "Mr.

huar1 you going to vote on th County Seat question, for AbilfOt, of course, there. ia your Democratic interest." I gave them a tongue lashing they will not get over rery soon. My Democrat ic irrt'er'gtj'in Abilene Why," eix wre sloughterd through intemperance and druukea rows, the remaining four were murder ed outright, iu cool hand to hand fiffhts, Think of this voters of Dickinson County. 37 souls natchd frou earth; 17 souls tttkcu in their sins, ushered before their God without a moments Never disuse humble services when large ships un little boats fcay pull them oH'. A little toy out Wat beu' asked, if he kuaw -where went, answea-d, -io 'Ns i'wl'W, Yi'i LOi l.i.

pptla. said ''that ia your interest, not mine, I live duly seven miles from Datroit, anal fifteen miles er, tell me the cause of this, have frm Abilene." Tfcer. aiw morl yud xam.uaa mi taep.rtiealars Democrat true li iris ar vs anting, til of lLUfviou at our;.

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