Daily Standard from Wellington, Kansas • 1

DA LY STANDARD. Boy Tour Goodi FROM LIVE MEN KeproKcnted in our Adver tininir Coaming. Hare Ton Anything To SELL oh TRADE If 7011 have, advertise tt In the 'People'i Column." ojJly newspaper in the city publishing the associate press report. Sguiii WELLINGTON, KANSAS, TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 10, 1888. VOL.

1. NO. 183 THE COWBOY PREACHER. THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CLOAKS. OVERCOATS.

a series of meetings at the Cumberland Presbyterian church Wednesday night, which will, no doubt, be largely attended and as a result much good may be anticipated. Randall Denies, A report has been very widely circulated over the country that Mr. Randall would vote with Republicans to repeal or modify the sugar duty. A personal friend of Mr. Randall, who talked with him yesterday on this matter, was authorized by him to positively contradict this statement.

Mr. Randall says there Hie LARGEST Bo LOWEST races deep, Under this it is feared Beveral are buried. A strong force begun work among the ruins at once, and by one o'clock Mat Mortimer, a pudcller, married, and a resident of Brazil, was found buried under a mass of red hot brick and burned to a crisp. Among the wounded are Win. E.

Williams, puddler, badly scalded; John Kaufman, struck by flying missiles; Jno: Lewis, puddler, scalded; Elias Davis, scalded and crushed; John E. Tobin, puddler, struck by missiles and badly burned; Pete Dolah, puddler, badly scalded. One boiler was hurled, one hundred yards west, exploding at end. Loss on property as well as on life and limb will be great. One of the batteries When in need of a Cloak or an overcoat do not fail to consult your best interests by giving our stock your personal inspection.

We GUARANTEE a saving of 25 per cent, to those who buy of us. For bargains in dry goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps and Trunks visit the LEADERS OF LOW PRICES, J. J. AUGUSTINE CO, 120, 122 and 124, E. Harvey Ave.

READ See what you want, Then come and buy it. CHEAP Dirt, 240 acres of land, all good, 30 acres In culti vation, price 160 acivs four miles from 'Wellington, 120 awes 111 emu viHiuii. iiioice, a.ouu 1G0 acres, two miles from South Haven, 60 acres in cultivation 160 acres four miles from Milan, good tliree- roomra nnuse, gona wen, oarn.so acres in cultivation, living stock water, price $3,200 160 acres three and one-half miles from Wel lington, all choice, 140 acress in cultivation. All undergood hedge. Good house and bams, peach and apple orchard; an extra good bargain $5,500 I also want the sale of Borne good Farms and Bmall tracts near the city.

Correspondence promptly answered. Will send maps and other printed matter upon application. WELLING-TON, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE VPS ATD DOWNS) Of a Well-Known CharacterFrom Poverty to Affluence. From the Little Rock, Gazette. The following brief sketch of the life George W.

Easure, the well-known reformed cowboy and desperado, who is now traveling through the country, preaching the gospel and dealing in stock, and who is now in the city, will be read with interest, especially by those concerned in the cause of religion. He was born in Boone county, in 1847, but his parentB soon moved to Louisville, where ho remained until he was 14 years of age, when he enlisted in the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, Union army. He was a very wild and obstinate boy, killed a man soon after entering the ranks, and was taken out of the army by his parents on account of his early age. He was of a roaming disposition and would not remain at home, and rejoined his regiment at Bardstown, the first opportunity he had. From Bardstown he went to Nashville, where he was made assistant aeon-master, which position he held off and on until 1854.

He then returned home, and enlisted again with bis brother, and re. mained in the army until the close of the war. In 1865 he went with the Powder rivet expedition against the Nez Perces and Bannock Indians, in the Powder river country, and in 1866 was discharged at Leavenworth, Kan. While in the west he became infatuated with the life of the cowboy and the western country, as he had seen it. He went to Louisville to bid his folks good-bye, and returned to' the west to become a roving cowboy.

In fact, he followed the life of a cowboy in Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Arkansas for 'seventeen years; was one of the most reckless, daring and desperate leaders of wild men that ever crossed the plains. He says he never could work in harness, and always wanted to be a leader among desperadoes. Many people in Little Rock will re member when he was here some seven ye irs ago what a bad man he was. He left little Rock in disgrace, having been arrested a number of times for- being drunk and From Little Rock he went to Anna, where he got into' a drunken row and killed a man. After leaving Missouri he returned to Kansas and gained a livelihood for a time by "breaking in" wild horses and handling them, until his robust constitution was broken down and his health destroyed by whisky and exposure, and four years ago last September, after having been on a protracted drunken spree, hb was taken dangerously ill in Wellington, and thought he was going to die.

He was taken to the stable of his brother to die; he had been cast out by his people, and was not worthy to enter the house on account of his desperats character'. The doctor said he could not live, and lying in that stable, the teachings ot his childhood, and the prayers of his sisters and mother came to his mind, and, for the first time in many years he prayed to God to be saved and promised if his appetite for drink was destroyed he would devote his whole life to the service of God. He says his prayers were answered, and he began to get well and he was converted; then they wanted to give him whisky, but he resolved not to drink it, and prayed again for strength to re sist it. They endeavored to "choke it" down him, but did not succeed, and then the doctor pronounced him crazy. So they sent him to an insane, assylum in Topeka.

Dr. Fenny of the asylum wrote to Probate Isaac King of Sumner county, Kansas, stating that he was not insane, but had religion, and if he had any more such patients to send them on and they would receive them. After being confined in the asylum six weeks, he was discharged, and went back Wellington, and worked in his brother's livery stable currying horses 50 cents a day. After working there eight, day's he was taken sick again, Upon his "recovery, he had just $1.50 in money. He paid $1 of it for a thirty-day option on a $25 lot in Wellington.

He sold the lot at a profit of $24 before the expiration of the thirty days, and then he ponies and bought and sold some real estate, and from that time everything prospered with him. He says he resolv ed to take God into all his transactions, and he has in the last four years, accum ulated $700,000 worth of property, and his income is $150 per day. April 13, 1884, he married Miss Johanna Pierson, formerly of Little Rock. He commenced to preach as soon as Tie was released from the asylum in To peka, and has been an exemplary Christian ever since. He will preach in the open air, on the street, in a wagon yard, church, or anywhere else, and has frequently traveled 300 and 400 miles to fill an appointment.

Mr. Rasure contemplates purchasing home in Little Rock, and will commence Report Upon Presidential Nominations. Indians Attack a Prospecting Party. Cherokee Indian Council Organized; vyr Terrible Explosion in Bra- zil, Indiana. Judiciary Committee Work, Washington, D.

C. Jan. 10. At a special meeting of the committee on judiciary this morning, a final vote was taken upon the nomination of Mr. Lamar to be associate justice of the p.

S. supreme court, and Mr. Vilas to be Secretary of the interior. Party lines were drawn on the nomination of Mr. Lamar, and there will be a majority report by all Republicans of the committee against and a minority report signed by Democrats of the committee in favor of confirmation.

Thecommittee will unite in recommending confirmation of Mr. Vilas, and the report will be submitted in secret session this evening if opportunity is offered. Chairman Sawyer of the postoffices and post roads committee is ready to make unanimous report in favor of the confirmation of Postmaster General Dickinson when reports are received from the judiciary committee. In as much as there is no likelihood beiDg made in secret session the conffrmat'on of Messrs. Vilas and Dickinson may follow immediately upon receipt of the report.

Final vote upon Mr. Lamar is not expected under a few days, as prolonged debate is anticipated. Work of Bed Devils. Tombstone, A. Jan.

10. Supt. Russell of the San Pablo mine.in Sonora, arrived here yesterday and says a prospecting party of four men were attacked ninety miles southeast of Vascassaria, on Christmas by Apaches. One of the prospectors named Jacobs was killed. Big Jake Offer was mortally wounded The other men fought the Indians off and then escaped.

The Indians succeeded in getting some burros and provisions from the party. The band, it is thought, is same that escaped fromGen. Miles, near San Bernardino ranch, at the time of Geronimo's surrender, and has since been raiding southern Sonora. Strange Story. Gainesville, Jan.

10. Yesterday gentleman from Towns county gave positive assurance that the hanging of Tillman C. Justice was a sham. That his body was quietly cut down and resuscitated, and that a dozen men in Hiwasee have conversed with him since Nov. 19th, when he was supposed to have been hanged.

Justice was an illicit distiller in Towns county. John Goddard, a retired lawyer, aged seventy two, was suspected of giving revenue officials information concerning moon-ehiners, and for this reason he was shot dead by Justice. The place of execution was remote from civilization, surrounded by Justice's friends, and it was an abv matter for friendly officers to save a friend. The editor of the Datlon Eagle-8ignal is authority lor the statement that Justice was still breathing when he was cut down. CJterokee Council Organized.

TahXtEQUAH, I. T. Jan. 10. The Cher okee National council was organized here yesterday after one month's wrangling.

Investigation of contest tor seats resulted in the seating of two members of the lower house, making the house now stand, Nationals 20; Downings 19. Chief Mayes issued his proclamation for a new election in Coocuski district, where there is a tie and contest. Senate also disposed of wo contests and seated one Downing 4ind one rational member, There is still one vacant seat in the senate over which there has been a wrangle for a week and it is not known to whom it will go. No further trouble is anticipated und the question of allotment of lands and leasing of the Cherokee strip will soon be taken up. Terrible Explosion.

Brazil, Jan. 9. Batteries nine and ten, occupying the entire north end of the rolling mill, exploded at 12:30 to day with terriffic force, demolishing two amoke stacks, tearing down the north nd ot the mill, piling debris Beveral feet is not a word of truth in it. He regards the sugar duty as almost pure revenue, and will oppose all propositions for its repeal or its large reduction HOUSE. Washington, 'D.

Jan. 10 Mr. Burns, of Missouri, from committee on appropriations reported urgent de ficiency bill, and it was referred to com mittee of whole. Call of states, which was uncompleted yesterday was After introduction and reference of a large number of bills, the house a 1:50 p. adjourned.

SENATE. Washington, D. Jan. 10. Mr.

Saw yer, from post office committee, reported with a recommendation of the indefinite postponement of Mr. Butler's resolutions for the appointment of a select commit tee on postal telegraphy. The resolutions were indefinitely postponed. Among the bills introduced and record ed were the following: By Mr. Telle'1, to grant the right of way through the Indian reservaeion to the Rio Grande, Pacific and the Denver and Rio Grande railways.

Mr. Edmunds, to incorporate a maritime ship canal company of Nicaragua. Bill to credit and pay to the several states and territories and District of Colombia, all monies collected under the direct tax act of August, 1861, reported by Mr. Morrill, from the committee on On the 3th of December it was taken from the calendar and considered. Mr.

Berry offered an amendment, directing in cases where the tax was collected from citizens, either directly or by the sale of property, that the amount shall be paid to the governor of the state in trust for such citizens, whether the state be or not be iudebted to the States. After considerable debate the amendment was rejected by a vote of yeas, 14; nays, 38 Mr. Chandler offered a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to inquire into suppression of votes of colored qitizens of Jackson, at the recent municipal election in that city and into alleged participation in such suppression by the U. S. district attorney.

Good For National Banks. Washington, D. Jan. committee on banking and currency today ordered a favorable report on Rep resentative Wilkins' bill to fix circulation ot national bank notes at par value of bonds deposited in the treasury. The Wellington Fnel Agency.

Located at No. 126 E. Lincoln avenue will make a specialty of genuine Pittsburg coal, and the "celebrated Arkansas semi-anthracite, this coal is a fierce heater, free from gas, slate and sulphur, and makes absolutely no soot, bums to a fine ash, thus embracing the qualities most needed for kitchen use, open grates, and fine parlor stoves. Haniani L.S. C.

Kansans C. L. 8. will meet at the residence of Mrs. E.

J. Day, January 11th, 1888. PROGRAMME. Roll Call Quotations from Whittier Recitation "Annable Mrs. W.

C. Glaize Sketch "John G. Miss Maggie Porter Music "Vocal Miss Nellie Davidson Paper Comparison of "Snow Bound" (by Whittier. with '-Cotter's Saturday Night," (by Burns) and "Winter Evening" in "The Task." (by Mrs. M.

M. Carson Reading "An Order for a Picture," (Alice Carey) Miss Lucie Eaton "Mrs. otowe ana her Liter ary Works." Geo. M. Miller Lessons "Fifty Questions on U.

8. History in January Music "Piano Solo" Miss Fanny Young TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS. Abfttraet of To-Day'a Grain and Live stock Markets. Chicago Hogs active and firm; 5c higher. Heavy packing and shipping, $5.50 $5.90.

Cattle steady. Good to choice beeves strong. Common weak. Stackers, $2.15 $3.35. Kansas City Wheat steady, 80c Corn quiet, 42c.

Kansas City Cattle steady Hogs strong; 5c 10c higher. Mixed packers, $5.25 $5.40. Chicago Wheat firm, 979-16e-Cora exploded two years ago. CampbeU-Arbuclcle Verdict. New York, Jan.

10. The jury in the case of Miss Campbell against coffee merchant Arbucklo, returned a verdict in the sum of $45,000 for plaintiff. Itaitroad Wreck. Jan. 9.

Word has just been received that the Wabash west bound passenger train, which left here at 9:30 this morning, ran into a freight train at West Lebanon, thirty miles from here, ditching the entire passenger train and injuring a large number of people. Mayor and Council Sustained. Washington, Jan. 9. A decision was rendered by the Supreme court of the United States to-day in the habeas corpus caseof the jnayor and city council of the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, who now are in custody of the U.

S. marshal there for contempt of an order of the United States circuit court. This court, in a long opinion by Mr. Justice Gray, holds that a United States circuit court sitting as a court of equity has no jurisdiction whatever over criminal cases, or cases involving the appointment or removal of state and municipal. officers.

The proceedings of the federal court in Nebraska, therefore, were from beginning in the nature of a usurpation of functions of a court of law beyond its jurisdiction, and were null and void. Detention of mayor and city council of Lincoln, in custody, is illegal and they are entitled to a discharge. Celebrated Maxwell Case. Washington, D. Jan.

9. A motion was made in the United States court today to dismiss the Maxwell case, from St. Louis, on ground of want of jurisdic tion. Decision was withheld. Secretary Lamar Retires.

Washington, D. C. Jan. 10. Secretary Lamar took informal leave of his assistants at twelve o'clock to-day.

Assistant Secretary Muldrow assumed the duties of office of secretary pending the confirmation of Mr. Vilas. Fatal Quarrel. Chatanooga, Jan. 10.

During a quarrel between Lew Owens and J. D. Barnes, of Boland shoe firm, of Branes Nix, this morning, the former was shot three times by Barns, and latter was cut by Owens. Wounds of Owens are mor tal. Runaway.

This morning about ten o'clock, the team hitched to one of Hackney's milk wagons, standing in front of the Welling ton National bank, scared at an icicle dropping from the roof and started to run. The driver, we understand, was delivering some milk upstairs, at the time. Alter travelling through the eastern part of the city at a rapid gait, they started for home and stopped. A glass broken in the wagon was about the only damage done. Small TTt tu Wichita.

We were shown this afternoon a letter received by a lady in this city from Wichita, in which the writer speaking of mall pox in that city, says that the public schools are closed, that there are numerous cases, and that anyone fear ing small pox had better stay away from Wichita. Sheriff's Dcpatlc. Sheriff Adams has appointed Messrs D. A. Lewis, of city, and W.

E. Thralls, of Chikaskia township, his dep uties. The latter will also be jailer. His family and household goods were moved in from the country last evening, and en tered upon his dnties this morning. Fine The Standard office has long main tained a high reputation for the class of work done in its job department.

No one has ever left an order for printing who has not been fully satisfied when he paid for his work. We can and will do any and all kinds of commercial printing at fair prices, and will guarantee all work to give satisfaction. The time has passed when merchants and business men eould Bend away and get their printing cheaper than at home. Petersburg, Illinois Lump Coal. Wellington Fuel Agency.

The Chicago Grocery Carries a full assortment of Staple and Fancy'Groceries, and everything usnally kept in a First Class Grocery Store. All goods delivered pro-npty. You Can Save Money By trading there. Successor to C. M.

STAUB. WM. RANKIN. THIS DIRT Cheap. 320 acre? five miles from Wellington, all good; 300 acrfs bottom land; 125 acres under cultivation, good house of 4 rooms, good well, price $6,000 I have also a number of 20 and 40 acre tracts and some smaller near the city that are well adapted to fruit culture and garden-iug, ranging in price from 50 to 160 per acre 1G0 acres 12 miles southeast from Wellington 125 acres in cultivation, two small houses, good peach orchard, some apple trees, small fruits.

Mostly bottom laud. Will trade, or sell on easy terms. KANSAS, W. Ska. W.

D. Mutcbkix, 1872 Kansas, 4. H. RjtlTH. B.

HANNIBAL SMITH Real Estate and Insurance Agents, Wellington, Kansas. Office in State National Bank ENCOURAGE HOME ENTERPRISE And buy your CANDY At the BON-TON" BAKERY, where it is manufactured; fresh and sweet. The finest and cheapest 'in the city. A lull line of BREAD, PIES and CAKES. B.

CROMLEY, Proprietor. ESTABLISHED 1872 H. W. ANDREWS t-V TTTTTTA TP TT PRESS BLOCK, TelepkwM He.i Wellington, I firm, 49c..