Solomon Valley Mirror from Minneapolis, Kansas • 3

HOMESTEAD LANDS. tlc Solomon llallni illirror. witnesses ere (fond bre you .1 We can trohsnet all (Jfc bwiiret for you jiisl you wore right here. Write tta a fall descriiM i.li:.. 1 A MONTHLY' LAND JOURNAL.

nuii ui jfuur wimiuiiiiy, wncnj now ana wiierff contracted, nnd rank, commnv utut and we will Bend you the necessary papers t(t Editof and Proprietor C. OLNEY, uk mum; uui, iigui ui jrviir noma. Jon UO' toy- There aro still vacant in this county sixty-four thousand acres of government land, which is subject to homestead and pre-omp-tion, i Of this 22,00 are inside tho railroad llmitsl, that is within 20 miles of the Kansas Pacific Railway, and aro whnt is called "double minimum lands," or $2.00 lnnds. The government granted to the company nil the odd numbered sections, nnd doubled tho price ($1.25) on tho even sections, These lnnds mny be taken, as homesteads ns fbllows Soldiers, their widows, nnd if the mother be dead or mnrricd again, th guardian of the soldier's minor ucirs may take 160 acres, costing $18 when it is taken; and $8 more when it is 1 proved The time the soldier served in the army, or if discharged for wonnds or disability, the wholt term of enlistment will be deduotcd from the five years residence required upon the home' stead, provided, that he must live on it at least ono year, and if he died in the service the whole term of his enlistment will be deducted for tho widow or heirs. Any person is the head of a family and any single pcrsort over twenty-one years of age, if they ate citizens of the United States or have declared Those living 1, o.

outdoor cclhr sometimes have chills, and they ought to, but we find it ns healthy ns western New York. It is admitted that, nlthough tho Pountry is still now, we havo less aguo than they do in Illinois nnd Iowa. Tho atmosphere is diy and bracing, making pulmonary affections almost unknown. Winter docs not generally set in till December, October and NoVomber are generally a long Indian summer. 'j i i It seldom gets beloW zero alld wlieh It dock It continues so but a' few There hat hot boon throe days in succession in thrc(S years that it did Hot that.

We tnor snow thnn usual winter, in all, probably, 18 inches, but one fall would be gono before another camo, Thero is so little, that people make no calculation for doing any sledding'' like drawing wood, logs, As the ground is almost1 nlwnys' open that wheat may be sown in February, 'tis evident that it is; not' a country "Where the winter consumes "all the summer doth i i -For crops we can raise anything from corn to cotton, from 'tutors to tobacco, from pens to pears, or from melons and squashes to peanuts and sweet potatoes. We have wcighr cd the latter, weighing seven pounds npiccei Winter generally docs finelyl their intentions to bceome such, may take eighty acres, which is in all respects' the same as 160 norcs outside the limits. Tho remnming 42,00 acres nre outside the limits where any one entitled''-to homestead ma tnko 160 ncres, costing- $14 when entered, ana wnon proveif wp, v. Any person entitled to homestead as above. may go upon a quarter section of the govern- NATIONAL GRANGER Published Weekly at Louisville, Ky Head- quarters of National Grange, THE LEADING GRANGE PAPER 1 lias the Grange decisions anil 'ofVicial Grange A paper for.

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As ono of th ehief lecturers of the Stato, he has done more1 probably than an other! man to' seenro thsr wonderful success that has attended the Or dor of Patrons in Court er-Journals "Neatly printed nhd full of well arranged, interesting matter." Commercial. "Tho paper is handsomely niado up, and' filled with a good variety of farm and firesido reading." Daily Ledger. per year 4 months on trial for fifty cents. Clubs of not less thnn 4 will be furnished at $1.35 for; ench name. Si' pies free.

Agents wanted. Address NATIONAL GRANGER PUBLISHING CO, Louisville, Ky, ment lanu nnd by living; pon it nnd lmprov- ing it for six months, has tho right at any. the samo nt tho government price of $1.25 or 2.59 as the case mny Cost of filing- I TIMIlHtl'dUtTCRE ENTRIES. Any person entitled, to homestead may take a quarter section, nn eighty or a forty under the timber culture and he enti- tioa to a patent by planting one-fourth of the tract takcnv with timber, (the trees to bo not inore thnn 12 feet npart each within four years, nnd cultivating and protecting OTTAWA COUNTY CHIPS. Scitooi district offioors should supply their districts with ''Webster's Unabridged Diction-aoy." For sale af this office at low figures.

Parties having payments to make on K. P. railway land, will snvo money by corrcs ponding with us before making theiu, i Hotniiooic's Liquid Slating fop blackboards in Quantity to suit, at Oluey's Land Office and a brush for applying sains freo of charge. 1 Don't forget that you will saVC, five dollars on each hundred by making your payments for railroad lands through this Give us notice thirty days before tho payments are duc- 1 A Soldier will prove up on 120 acres for gome other party for $175 freo of oxpenso. This is a good ohanco for somo ono wanting 120 acres of land without homostoading or li ingon it.

Address, C. C. Olney, Kansas. Rememder that $135 dollars win hold 160 acres of good land for three years, giving you your money back, and nil the riso on the land for tho uso of it. It will advance 2.00 per acre, sure, in that time.

Profit, $320.: A word to the wise, In looking for a home in Kansas, be sure to sco whether the county is Bonded or not, 'Tiswell known that a number of counties have had bogus bonds issued, which they will have to pay, and have got nothing for them, Ottawa county has no bonds out at all, When coming from tho oast, gtop at Soloi mon There you can find a stage every morning for this point, or if there is mora than or if you havo a load, go to Roq Hollingsworth's Livery stablo nnd ho will trot you up here in good stylo. See his Adi Vertiscmcntv The State convention of Universalists for Kansas will bo held a't Delphos, in this conn-! ty, May 12th, 13th, and 14th, 1876. Friends from the east are cordially invited to be present. Somo of the first talent in the denom ination is expected, J. W.

Hanson, editor of -the New Covcnnnt, among the An excursion train will leave Cincinnati, Ohio tho 0th by which the fare to Solomon City and return will be only $37. See tho garden spot of Kansas and the State con- Don't forget that every person who. has any idea of emigrating from the cast should have a copy of tho Mutium to show thorn tho beauties of the Send your own copy and call nnd get more; wo always print a large number for this purpose. Write us short notes of what is transpiring in your neighborhood. If not used to writing for tho press, write a regular letter to us, nnd wo will arrange it properly." Help to make the Mirror a power for good in tho county.

TAX PAYERS, ATTENTION Any one owning land in this county, Otta-; wn,) whether non-residents or living here, can havo the paying of their taxes attended to promptly nnd squarely by sending to us. Wo will send statements of the amount of the tax to any ono sending us tho numbers of tho land, and on receipt of tho amount of the tax, will sond the Treasurer's receipt. We have upon our list the name of nearly, every non-resident owning land, in this county, and a discription of his lands, vcrefied from the records of tho Register of Deeds, so that if a man makes an error in giving his. numbers as one is liable to do, wo shall be nblo to sot him right, nnd thug save him nnd the Trcns-urer a deal of trouble, for if you make a mistake Of a Binglo letter or figure in your inscription, unless discovered here, you pay on some ono else's land, nnd yours will be sold for taxes. This will bo avoided by sending to us, ns our books show who owns nearly every quarter section in the county.

Address nil communication C. C. Olnet, Minneapolis. Ottawa county, Kansas. OUR CLUB RATES, We give below our rates for clubbing other papers with thoMiRROU.

Wo wish our readers to have all tho reading matter they can get, nnd so give them tho ndvantage of our publishers' club Send on tho CaA. Papers nil sent to nny address postage prepaid Weekly Inter-Ooocn nnd Minuon 1 yr L40 the same eight years thereafter, the proof of cultivation to be made within thirteen' years Irom tne uato ol If 160 ncres bo taken, 10 acresmust.be broken within ono year. This must be planted and nnothcr 10 acres must be broken within two years this must be planted and 20 acres broken within three years, nnd this 20 acres planted within four years-. Nuts, seeds nnd cuttings may be used, but it must be forest trees, not frijit trees. A' person hav ing homestead by cultivating ono acre of timber for each sixteen of it for two years, before three years' from "the date of entry will bo entitled to prove up, the cultivation of the' timber two -years, being accepted in lieu of the oilier1' two 'years residence trpon said homestead.

Tho fees for a timber entry arc $14 at tne date of entry and $4 more when final proof is made. The feo is the same for any sized tract of bind. THE NEW COVENANT Tot 1876. VOLUME XXIX. pension dnVDountn Dept.

Ko Universal ist family thould It without lis denominational paper at a guidet countelor and friend its regular family guest. It it an cnipc TRANSFERS. i It would be a great convenience to Soldiers' whoso pensions nre payable in other states to have tlicni transferred to Topekn, so. that hey can obtain their checks from 4 to 10 days sooner-, We will attend to this matter foT anj soldier free of charge, Call, or write to us. i t' 1 BENINGTON TOWNSHIP ITEMS.

Crops of all kinds look finely. Especially tho wintor wheat, which fiives promleo of a largo yield. Corn planting is progessing nnd will mostly finished this week. .1 Several new comers who have bought land lately, are buisy putting up their houses and breaking pruiriev There will be more broken this year than any one year since tho county was settled. Mr.

on Sand Creek, is putting out 60 acres of Broom com. Stock of nil kinds aro turned out on the grass which Is now from 3 to 6 inches high. Another soul made happy, it is Denis Corning, this time. Ask him and ho will tell you it's a boy. M.

Arnott, tho agent for the old reliable Marsh Harvester has just received a car load of Harvesters. Call and see him before buying. Our attention has been called to the attractive stock of general merchandize carried by P.i Parker of Bennington. 'His prices are nil the closest that buyers can wish for, indeed in somo linos of goods are marvels of cheapness. We can recommend Bennington as an 'a No.

1' trading place, No. 1 Prints 6 1-4 cents at Excellent Gaiters at Purkcr's only $1.50. Geo. P. Parker, of Bennington, offers to wholcsalo or retail, Lard, Hams, Sides and Shoulders of his own curing.

In lots of 100 pounds or more will sell at St. Louis wholesale prices without adding -i Boots and Siioes so cheap at Parker's? Glass Setts' at cost and freight at Parker's. What beautiful prints at Parker's. Parker sell's 9 1-2 pounds of sugar for $1.00. Farker sells 12 1-2 pounds of brown sugar for $1.00.

Best Tea in the Valley at Parker's. FREE RIDE TO LAND BUYERS! At Kansas City be sure to call upon" A. Iloedclheimcr, just opposite tho depot, Agent of the Kansas Pacific railway company. Ho will sell you a ticket that wo will take for cash in payment for railway lands. WESTWARD 1IO Low fares and quick tune, free ride to land buyers over tho Kansas Paoifio Railway.

For lowest rates via Chicago, wVite to J. Manlove, Jr Passenger Agent. 79 Madison street, Chicago. Via Cincinnati, write to Frank Scott, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Grand excursions Every Tuosday till Juno 1st, an excursion train will leave Cin-; cinnati for Kansas.

Fare Solomon City and. return only' $37. Don't miss these chances to sco the the glorious Solomon Valley. It is universally admitted to bo tho most beautiful Valley of tho Great West. If land be bought of the railroad company, nil fare over this road in refunded.

Now is the time, Land is bonnd to double in price in two years. Extremely low rates of freight for Household goods from Kansas City to Solomon City. Only 40 cents per hundred pounds, or $35, per car. This is for household goods, trees and shrubbery, farming implements, wagons, stock etc. One man will bo passed with car containing stock, ennnigrnnts account only -Emigrant train leaves Kansas City 7:15 r.M., arrives at Solomon City 11:35 a.m., next day.

OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. The following pursons are the officers of the Minneapolis Branch of the Alliance Mutual Life Assurance Society of the United States, at Minneapolis, Ottawa county, Kansas: C. C. Olney, President; D. R.

Crosby, Vice-President; F. M. Sexton, Secretary J. P. Cummins, Treasurer C.

L. Botsford, Attorney D. M. Dunn, Medical Examiner. Executive committee C.

C. Olney. T. E. Scott, Geo.

E. Burnham, R. L. Hillman nnd J. P.

Cummins. Directors C. C. Olney, D. R.

Crosby, F. M. Sexton, J. P. Cummins, Botsford, T.

E- Scott, Geo. Burnham, R. L. Hillmnn and A. R.

Bardrick. Life Insurance effected nnd money loaned at 12 per cent without commission, Apply to F. M. Sexton, Sec'y, Minneapolis, Kans. THE COUNTY SEAT.

Minneapolis, the county scat of this county, located on tho Solomon at the mouth of Pipo creek, on an elevated slope of land overlooking a large part of the country. We have a No. 1 school, a neat church, (Presbyterian,) two fine halls, eight stores doing a general business, with tho usual number of shops lut no saloon! We have a fine grist mill, doing a very large business, and also have a channel 1,000 feet long cut through sold rock for placing other manufactories upon, which is already running a good saw-mill. There are few points in the west that can otter such inducements in way of water-power, cheap food, healthy climate, and easy transportation as can Minneapolis. The MasonH, Odd Fellows and Grangers have organizations, and are in a flourishing conditon.

The Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists and Chriatains, have church organizations here. For a quiet, orderly, sober, industrious community; our city is surpassed by none in any country. No better place can be found in which to bring up a family of chidren, as there is no crowd of lawless boys and young men hanging alxut saloons ami dramshops, for we have not the crowd nor the'dramshop, nnd until our population is changed, thero will be none. Mr. John Rowb drops us a card to sny ho takes ft ha'f section of that choico bottom and boow Lindscy.

Wk arc under obligations to Hon. T. II. CavanaugU, Secretary of Slate, for public documents, as well ns for information regarding some land matters in our comity. Anyone who covets our new buggy, and longs to be tho happy owner of tho gayest rig in the county has only to call on Pennimnn and shell out tho $150 and he will get you ono on short order.

We have received scvera" subscribers "atc-ly from the east who state that they saw our advertisement in the Solohox Vallev Mib-hor. This speaks wert for Oncy's real estate paper, it certainty has a "nrge circulation in the east. Farmer Advocate. Ma. Glknnik, of Bcllview, Iowa, has purchased the farm of P.

K. Bi'es, southwest of Minnenpols, and has returned to Iowa for his brother and famiy, who vill take chargo of the farm. Mr. G'cnnio himself expects to engage in business in this pfooc. Mr.

Gregory is about to purchase the farm of Dr. Osborn, befow Lindscy. Mr. G. Is a wealthy gentleman from tho vicinity of "Washington City, nnd has two sons here who are engaged in raising sheep.

We are always glad to sec this class of people come into our eounty. The Atlantic for June will contain ono of themost striking papers ever written by Mark Twain tho -beginning of a brilliant serial story, entitled "Tho American," by Henry James, Jr. a second paper by Mr. Adams on The State and tho Railroads a sketch of A Shaker Village by W. D.

How-ells Mrs. Kcmblo's Gossip a Centennial Hymn by Mr. Whittier and poems by T. Aldrich and others. Mr.

T. C. Moore, late of Fredericksburg Iowa, has arrived with his family, teams, stock, He brings a small flock of thoroughbred sheep, and some choice Berkshires. He expects to reside in Delphos for tho present. He expects a gentleman soon to open a wagon and blacksmith shop tit that place, and says thero are some fifteen or twenty families coming goon.

Wc publish a letter of his to his home paper elsewhere. That's what we like Mr. A. B. Crosby has subscribed and paid for the Mirror from January, 187C, to January, 1886.

Mr. Myron Smith takes advantage of club rates by sendingfour copies to his friends east besides his own, all for one dollar. Several others urc sending from one to three copies East. Mr. Smith says if every man in the county would send four copies East we would have no cause to complain of hard times, as the emigration to this county make every kind of business brisk nnd lively.

Don't you think so to Wiiii.k in Kansas Cily recently, wo "had the pleasnro of going through the establishment of Messrs. Smith Keating, dealers in agricultural implements. The four stories of their building was still piled with implements and machinery, although some things they were out of. They had hardly a hundred plows left out of several thousand. They had sold 200() wagons, 500 horse corn-planters, 500 sulky and gang plows, and other things to match.

They showed us some 500 Buckeye mowers alone in another house. They report that they are doing three times the business they have ever done before. Wb are under many obligations to Hon. Geo. W.

Martin for favors and courtesies while in Topoka lately. As he wrapped up a copy of the Annals- of Kansas arid handed to us, he remarked, that there was more in it than in Webster's Dictionary. It is a work that speaks for itself and should bo in the home of every family in Kansas. Tho mc-chacieal execution is excellent as is all tho work emanating from Mr. Martin's house.

The Junction City Union, of which ho is editor, came out the first of May with large eight-page edition, giving a detailed history of that vicinity from tho early ages. Mr. Martin's vim nnd energy are perfectly apparent in every department of his business. THE MINNEAPOLIS MUSICAL UNION. This Association has been formed for the purpose of fostering and improving the musical talent of the place.

The first entertainment given by them was on Friday evening, May 5th. The programme consisted of ducts, quartettes, choruses, together with a number of pieces by our Brass Band. As tho band have had their instruments but three weeks and most of them have never attempted to learn music, much less blow a horn, we consider that their part of the entertainment wag most creditable to them. Thoj duet, Restless Sea," by Mr. and Mrs.

Hawkins, was finely rendered, and is a beautiful song. Mrs. Clark nnd Mrs. Botsford gave us. among others, "The Child'g First Grief," a very touching piece, which wag Bung with much feeling, nnd was received by the audience with evident satisfaction ns it was loudly encored, as were several other performances 'during the evening.

On Friday evening, May 12th, ihere will be a complimentary ball for the benefit of the Band, ift Metropolitan Hull, in this city, under the auspices of the Union. Tickets seventy-five cents no supper. As the music to be by Ilawkin's Band, none c.f our readers, who will think of attending, but will know what to expect, as this bond is known for many a mile beyond our borders. The Union evidently intends to reach the object for which it was formed. CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST.

The fare from Philadelphia to Solomon City, ria the Penn'ylvnn'm railway company, reduced to only 526.95. Coine and see the Holoinon Valley It will well repay the PENSIONERS REMEMBER That your pension will never bo inorcrsed until you make a regular application for it. it makes no difference what the surgeon reports on your' biennial examination, it will never be raised, although it may ho lowered, on that report Remember also that we make no chargo unless successful, claims nt distance handled as well as when present, nnd that we have never failed in a singlo claim. Write to C. O.

OLNEV, Minneapolis, Kan. INCREASE OF PENSION. There Is scarcely a pensioner whose ccrtif- ncnl of superstition on (he one hand, and delity on the Jl aihocates temperance pu? rity, morality, and religion and those sound principles that lie at the base family and social well being. It is 1 ENTERPRISING, INDEPENDENT, GENIAL, GENEROUS, RELIGIOUS. OUTSPOKEN 1 In the adcocaey of COUTEOU PRIMITIVE AND PROGRESSIVK CHRISTIANITY.

1 Its motto is in Essentials, in Non-Essentials, Liberty, in all things, Charity. It is the, Organ of tht L'niversalisl Church in the North west, and furnishes continually First-Class Sermons, unexceptionable Stories, instructive Sketch valuable Literary Matter, the best Piems, admirable Reading for Children, Expositions of Disputed Text, Agricultural Heading, Secular News, Markets, and everything to be desired 'in a FAMlLYt UELWIOUS l'Al'ER. TERMS. Tile Trice of the New Cvtinant. to single subscribers it to be, paid" in advance' The best way to remit money is by Fast Office Order.

Money thus forwarded, or by dra ft or bank-check on Chicago, is always at tho risk of the publisher. All communications-should be plainly addressed to RE V. J. W. HANSON, McCormick Block, Chicago, III.

eafo was granted three years ago or more, who In fact no such thing as a failure has been known in this country wherd it was put In as early and as well as it should bo. It is becoming the groat staple! Sprinj barley, millet in fact almost every tiling that can be raised in the teniperntd zono does well hero, nnd give as laro ttvcr tfge yiold as any state can 1 For fruit we havo a number of. perioh orch-j ards in bearing that dd finolVi1' Seedlings bonr the third year; and at fouri years old bear from one to two bushels npiece. Only two or three apple orchards are old enough to bear yet, but those give excellent promiso in the wny of that indespensablo fruit, whilo cast of us their fruit has taken tho first premium' 'at the American Institute Fair for1 several years' past, in competition, with the world, i There aro two good nurwt-rics in tho county and several small affording good facilities for selecting one's fruit oneself, and knowing what One Is Small fruits do finely audrgrow very) quickly." rr timber. Tho county is the best supplied with tim-i ber of any ju this part of tho state, nnd ns" fires are kept out, tho young timber comes on and spreads out from the older timber very rapidly.

It is thought that evqn now the growth of the timber of the county equals what is used. Along all tho larger streams are bcltd of timber composed of cottonwood, black walnut, ash, hackberry, affording a plentiful supply. until it con bo raised on each man's place just where ho wants it to stand." Cottonwood, soft mnplo nnd, willow csn bo grown largo enough for' firewood in five years. Oak-wood in town, is now 4 per coM, cottonwood 3. By cutting it yourself it can bo had at a dollar a load.

Timber can bo bought at from 25 to 40 per acre. 11 Small veins of coal havo been found in wells in various parts of the County, nnd it is mined about twenty-five mile from here and sold at low figures.1. 'Twill doubtless be found hero as soon as tho homesteads arc proved up and any measures taken to devolop it. as it is found on all-sides ofus," 1 markets. Tims far the immigration to bur, county lias been together with tho largo number of cattle brought in nnd fed, tiiiit wo had 1 market 'light at home for nil wo have "been ablo to produce, This will continue 1 fot; pome time yet.

We shall nlwnys have a good market in the great mining region in Colorado, with which we are connected by tin) Kansas Pacific Railway which Tuns two miles south of our county nt Solomon City. We nre' also connected with Kansas City and Loavonworth by the same rond, and front Junction City on tiie sftmo road, fifty miles cast, by! the Missouri, Kansas Texas Rnilrond, we nre connected with Galveston Texas. Already a cargo of grain nnd flour has been shipped direct to Liverpool from Kansas, over this latter route, the' vessel leaving Galveston. This will enable us to market our grain at better figures than States cost and north of US. r.

facilities. We nre by no iv.eans dostitnte of these modern indispcnsiblos, 'as wo hnVo'n road only two miles south of our county' nt Solomon City, nnd we have just as good a right to use nnd enjoy it, as though it ran through our own territory. i There is no county in the state with better prospects for rnilronds thnn Ottawa. Thero aro no less than five lines, already built or building, which proposo to run across tho county Two from northeast to southwest aud three up tho Solomon, from southeast to northwest, crossing at the city of Minncaplis. Wc do not expect all of these, but we do expect most confidently, at lenst two of thorn, crossing the county coinci-wiae each Kansas may surely brag of her bridges, and our county has no need to feel asamed of hers.

Wo havo a King's Wrought Iron Bridge; 250 feet long, over the river nt this place. Three, and seven miles below arc two good wooden bridges of about tho same length, nnd at Delphos, 12 miles above, a similar Four good wooden bridges from 100 to 00 tcet long, cross Tipo creckj nnd another crosses Lindscy creek. There nre nlso dozens of small ones, so that one's wny is not obstructed in tho least fur want of thcic luxuries of western travel. i' Btntmxo For this we have in the northwest part of the county an abundance of the beautiful magnesia limestono, with, and very 'easily dressed nnd making beautiful buildings. It con be sowed, planed or carved in any shape ween quarried, but soon becomes hard enough for any building.

We have althrough the remainder of the county, except on tho bottoms, occasional quarries of brown sand stone that makes a beautiful building when weH put up. These quarries are found on the highest points of hind and in banks of the small streams thus rendering very little land untillable. There are no scattering stones it prairie or quarry, The white limestone makes excellent lime, and good sand is found in all parte of tho county. Cottonwood of which wc have plenty, makes good framing lumber, making a more substantial building, thnn pine, so that we have almost all tho requisites of a building nt home. Cottonwood lumber Costs from glj to 20 dollars per thousand.

Pine lumber, taking an average fur a building, can bo had at the railroad at about 830 rer thousand, oi schools. We have two sections of land in every township of six miles square, set npnrt for the school fund over acres in the county, which cannot bo sold at less than three dollars per acre, nnd much of it is sold still higier. Wc are building good houses nnd employing good teachers, knowing that this is the rock on which we Therefore, no one need feci that in coning to Ottawa connty he will bring his- children where they can not have the sdvautage of a good school. There aro already fifty organized schools district, nil having honv. or building, and few even of old states can thuw a better of houiCo 2.00 is not entitled to an increase of his pension.

Iho total pension has really-been increased from $3 to 818 per We havo obtain 1'ramo armor Scientific Ainorlcan Rural New-Yorker ed this latter rate for several who were draw- 3.00 2.25 3.50 3.50 2.75 1.30 it lesa ing than $8 before. 'A private living in Scribner's Monthly Atlantic Monthly The St, Nicholas National Granger, this city has just received a bertiflcato granting him $31.25. have never failed in a single ease to get a pension raised. Rcniem- bey thero is no charge if not successful no pay until tho work is dono. r.

REMEMBER That nt Olney's Land Office you can enter land under the Homcstoad, Pre-emption nnd Timber-culture laws you carr get Dccfo, Mortgages, carefully and correctly executed you' can find the biggest in Real Estate to be found in tho west, nnd can make final proof on Homesteads nnd Preemptions without taking witnesses to the Land Office. Pensions aud Bounties obtained, and Pensions increased. Don't fail to call I WAVERLY MAGAZINE rott FAMILY INSTRUCTION Xsp AMUSEMENT' i Edited by Moses A. Dow. Offick, Wavirly Publishim: Hous OrPeb Box 41 Court Street, Boston-, Mass.

This paper is the largest weekly ever publishing in this country. Its contents are such ns will bo approved to the most fastidious circles, nothing immoral being' admitted into its pages. It will furnish as much-reading matter as almost any one can find time to peruse, consisting of Talcs, Iliston, Biography, together with Music and Poetry. The paper contains no ultra sentiments, anil meddles with neither politics nor religion but is characterized bv a hiiih moral WIDOWS AND CHILDREN. The widow of nny soldier who died in the service of the United States, or has since died or shall die hereafter of wounds, injuries or disease contracted while in the service, are entitled to the same pension as the soldier would bo if totally disabled, and also $2 a a month for each child of said soldier under sixteen years of age, this last dating from July 26, 18C6, and continuing until the children severally arrive at the age of sixtceu years.

If the mother be dead or re-married, or has abandoned them, or is non conqnis mcjili-ar grossly immoral, fo as not to be a fit person to caro for the children, then tho children draw the pension of $8 per month and 2 month additional for each child until it comes to the ngc of sixteen years. This will be obtained by a guardian and paid to him for them. The widow is now entitled to a pension from the death of the soldier to the time slid may havo re-married, and to 82 a month for each It circulates all over the country froim Maine to California, TeiOis AtWAYS IS ADV.tXCE-. child Until it died or became sixteen years of age, dating from the 25lh of July, 1869. If One copy, post-paid, for 12 months One copy, post-paid, for 6 months One copy, post-paid, for 3 mouths f.50 Subscribers in the Provinces the same.

A new volume commences every January and July but if a person commences tt any number in the volume, and pays for six months, ho will have a complete book, with a title page. When a subscriber orders a rcnewnal of hid subscription be should tell 113 wh it was tho last number he received then we shall know what number to begin at without hunting over our Otherwise wc shall begin when the money is QO nTT OTTAWA COUNTY KANSAS. This county lies' a little northeast of the centre of Kansas, one hundred miles west of Topeka and one hundred nnd seventy miles from Kansas City. It is twenty-four miles north nnd, south, by thirty miles cast and west, nnd contains over 460,000 acres, nlmost two-thirds the tize of tho atate of Rhode i rr soit, 1 L. Tho soil is a rich loam, quite very deep, nnd sandy enough to work easily, drain stand drouth remarkably.

No nor alkali lands. Along the streams are wido bottoms from one to six miles wide, not level and subject to overflow like the Missouri bottom, but sloping enough to drain. These are bordered by gently undulating swells of beautiful land reaching up to the divido where they meet their fellows from the neighboring stream. These lire, becoming the favorite lands with those who have tried both as they find that they work more easily, and for small grain are better than the bottoms, while for corn they arc almost, if not quito, as good. There are scarcely any lands moro than 100 feet above the level of the bottom nt the river.

WATER. The Solomon river runs through tho county from the north-west corner to the south-cast corner, and is ono of the best water towers in the The Saline river runs through the southern part from west to east, nnd is also a good water power. Pipe creek comeg into the county near the northeast corner and runs to the Solomon' near the centre, where MixxEAroLts, the county seat, is located. Chapman creek crosses the north-cast part of the county. These, with Buckeye, Coal, Spring, Sand, Lindsay, Henry, Yockey, Suit, Antelope and dozens of smaller streams, make nearly every quarter section well supplied with water.

In wells, water reached nt thirty feet, but pome have been sunk seventy-fiive feet, yet always finding an abundance of ri RE iioft water. Good springs are numerous. climate. The clim ate is very healthy the dm tors say iv but we taunet hep it the widow or a soldier rc-marrieu wiinin nvc years from the date of the soldier's death, and has not applied for a pension, she can now obtain it by application, nnd also $2 a month for each child under sixteen years, this latter dating from July 25, 1866. TENSIONS.

All of the following classes of persons arc entitled to a pension if they were disabled, wholly or in Dart, whilo in tho mUilary or naval service of tho United States, and in the line of their duty. It makes no difference what the cause of disability may be, whether wounds, injuries or sickness. the disability, was incurred, as nbove, and Xill continues, they, are entitled to a pension, and should apply at once. The classes nlvive mentioned are as follows All officers nd enlist-1 cd men. whether militia or volunteers of the military or naval service as well ss provojf marshals, their contract surgeons and teamsters.

It yon Were wounded, or injured by f.dl or otherwise, or were sick, and the wound injury or disease still disables you, you arc entitled to a pension, on producing proper proofs of the disability having boon received while in the service and in the line ef your! duty, nnd that it has continued to the present time. If you ore still disabled there is little hepe that yon will ever be loss so, and the bet way is to spply ti enr, ss the longer it is put off the more ditt'tult will it I to produce the Wc will send cue copy of weekly Magazine aud "Ballou's Monthly Magazine' one year, for six dollars. Any one sending us six dollars caii huve the Warerly Magizintzwl ''Petersen Lady's. Majpizinc'' one year. For seven Hollars we will send tho Warerhj Majaziut and either "Lady's Gaicttc of Fashion, "Atlantic lniitlil.y," Harper Magazine," "Bnidiuy or "Go.

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Four stores and a number of shops afford a good trading point to the settlement round nbout. The country around this place is unsurpassed by any for beauty or richness. There is a man on nearly every quarter section for several miles around, making a compact set. tlcment of excellent pcnple. iKtct-ary piwfs l'en't wait till all yeurj-.