The Workingman's Courier from Independence, Kansas • 1

i "HQMfSiB 'I. I I.lll I'M r-i 4 1 ESTABLISHKD "VITA SINE ITERIS MORS EST." JAMES J. CHATHAM. 1 WHOLE NO. 165.

INDEPENDENCE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY KANSAS, JULY 20, 1870. VOL.4. NO. 'The PraeUtal In Poetry, TELEGRAPHIC, WEEKLY COURIER. Largest Stock of Groceries in the City.

Lowest Prices A TE A Published Every Thursday. 'BY JA.S J. Oil ATI! AM; TliRMS: It was in the year of our Lord 1874, and of the Independence of the United States the 98tb, that the bumble writer of these lines, shirked the tahkof writing a "pome" for the annual meeting of the Kansas Editorial Association and by skillful strategy succeeded in having Eugene F. Ware, of Fort Scott, put on the job. Mr, Ware responded to th call of his country's en rs, and read before the Association at Fort Scott a on the general subject of the long-haired bard, and St.

Louis, July 8 The eastward bound train on the Missouri Pacific leftOtterville a few minutes past 10 o'clock last night, and wl en two a a half miles east of that place, and while in a deep cut, the engineer saw a signal light to slop. Thinking some obstruction was on the track, he applied the air brake, and after running a few yards, saw a pile of lumber on the track; He comprehended the situ Ono Yivir 8ix i. Are reeoivlnjj nnother largo invoice of "tuple anil Fancy Oflloo on Main i Over Hni nnV Store, COFFE.VVI LLE PI HE vTORY. GROCERIES INIU.ti, J. D.

AiH'uOjr vllle, kausus. the short-haired bard, the former representing the old style poet who rambled around the country with a harp and sang about skull-splitting hemes, and the latter the modern poet who sing, not, the tri Dried Fruits, Canned Fruits. Candies, Oysters, Salmon, Cracker's, Soda, Soapt Salt, XXTKhL. llt. W.

JI. Ooiryvlll, Kansas, VV (jr luitleof tliu University ol OeoyKC. town. School of Mi) licino, WiislimKlnii Uty, )i. 0.

All will pnnnpelv attended to, i'jvtAniit, i'. ai. i. om.vu, four jj west of Wells m-os. ation at once, but could not stop the train and it was not until the locomotive had climbed partly up on this pile of ties that the train came tor a stand.

At the same instant a dozen or fifteen men apreared with terrific yells, and discharging pistols, dashed at the train, proclaiming their intentions. Two jumped on the engine, and with navy revolvers covered the engineer 'and Tobacco, Nuts. Wooden ware i I'M Attorney Law. Coney- -uown, c. s.

3viLlo Kansas. Wind fireman, and threatened to kill them DITNNKTT I). Attorney (inrt Counsellor lit Law. Onleeovorthe "Country Store. umphs of war, but of peace; the glories, not of knights but of patent, right men.

The doctrine of Mr. Ware's poem was, that he who in vents a peeler that shucks two apples where one was skinned before, is a benefactor to his race. The poem was received with great applause by the practical audience on bund. We are gla'd to notice that our friend who cultivates the muse and likewise the law business atFort Scott, has la- FA: IMI ILZ; supplies i which they are celling at tho Lowefet Prices 1 'Thankful for past very liberal patronage, wo invite tho public to give lis atrial, as we promise the best goods for the least money Baxter Wade. if they offered resistance.

were then marched into the baggage car and placed under jjuard At, the same time three other robbers climbed into the express car by the side door, which was open. LAW OFFICE OF A. B. CLiKK AND j. A- HELPHINGSTINK Over Turner Otis' bunk, INDEPENDENCE.

KA.NSAS Brick block, north' Perm. Ave. ken a wider stage, or rather platform, and has followed up the idea of his first eftoi-t, in some Centennial verses, under the general head of a "Corn Poem," which, was read before a larg audience at Fort Scott on the most glorious if "l'urths," the lutt one. AGENTS FOR LAVFLiy, RAND POWDER CO ST ABLI SHE 186, U. J.

ATTORNEY AT L-A-'W, KANSAS. the express messenger, however, was toiViuick for them'and had dashed through the train to the rear sleeper, and giving the safe keys to a brakesman, made him put them in bis shoes. Mr. Conkling, the baggasre man of the car, was in the express when the robbers entered, and they demanded of him the keyd of the told them he was not the messenger and had no keys. Two of the robbers then put Conkling in front of them and with revolvers at his head, marchfd him through the train, demanding that he should point out the messenger, They finally obtained the keys, and rifled the safes.

So far as can be learned, the Adams Express company lost some $4,000 and the United 8tatf8 Express company about Kansas Music Emporium. UlUUi Most people are prone to expect too much of the American Eagle, hu heirs, administrators and assigns on the. Fourth so Mr. Ware "let down" his audience to grade at the start' with the following Kate Price, of Troy, at I.ciivunworth Inst June, I'nlil ol it buck wimhIs, Arksii uw saloon; 1'wo tray "commercial Koniewhiil dry Stcppeii in for as they were iKssiug liy. Says nut1 luniou in my nimbler ze," Tlie other Niy il you pluasu Kuch it a pistol pointed nl Ins head "Villi" II Hike, Uiu bar-keeper grave-iv eai I.

A.TTOB.lsrE' A.T LAW, Office over Hull's NiJePENDENCH, KANSAS GKN'KTtAL AGKNCY Of' THE WOltLP-RKNOWNKD Mason Hamlin Organ. TheKB Organs are now sold by Payment averaging only PER MONTH. Tim pi ii'i's on H. arc tOWKft, 'while Hie qimlity'of the InKiru ''neiit is far above all othei'4. -AililrusM, for and iartiruliu'S, Leavenworth, Kansas.

Or LOUIS L1DF0R8, Agent, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS ,1 Wm. DUNK IN, Jft.TTOK-IS3"Er AT I-iAW. Office ovov lliill'i) biuik.l INDEPENDENCE, KA.NA.S Tim pay iMimmui'Cial tourists bowed to lute, Ami ok their drinks mi exits somewhat straight. Tho humble poem Unit we here licuiu Has i(ol no lemon, and no Slouglitoit in, ll's us il Is, and we.licp leave to sliiie, On this "Kiibpli'ioiis ilny" you'll take it straight audience Having Hiub exjdained to te $12,000, but these amounts may prove to be boo Reports are, in circulation that the loss is much greater than the abovet based upon the supposed fact tbat this train had four days express matter from Texas on hoaid. but the express, officers here deny this and say that during the bmik in the K.

T. road their valuables hud been brought from that state by another route. CALDWELL HOUSE, i the kind of a jioetical hair-iiin they nad to deal with, the poet proceeded to give his view of whutif commonly called hintory, which is pimply a uollectioti of rejioi-ta ot tights written up by (special correspond enls on the spot, which mainly tell, USTIDEFElMDEISrCE, ELA-ISTS-AS FHA.KK WILLI8 GBO. V. HUKCI1AHD i "Willis to Burchard, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, In1epcndence, Kansas Office over lUliop'i store Stiln SUeet.

i 'i fi'iU'19'or miking col nS5Cti itiii Iohh. I'he Imiiv, the nnol, il uliiiliinx chaigeil, or lied. WA11NER IiROTIlIMS, Proprietors. Osage. AgPiioy Items.

The lime ami place, somo Mjuauroii cuiue in view, Vint lial it Iiii, or wlmt II laileil lo uo. And I hen t-oine siinielluiii: was not dom Term; pei day 'the klue, or llial, is wlilppeil aim has to run. This noDular House, lias been re-painted and le-ritted, and is W. Donlavy, MERCHANT TAILOR, the largest and finest, furnished Hotel in Southern Kansas ...4 TJiirna frv Ci ui'pi -i 1 Trili'plura men coin i llnee cheers lorllti" i-lu ces.ilui King, Aim biic-l-'S peul like slippery eluia in spring. While this king and hard business ha.

heen giiing on, the real ruler of natiouy, pei'soiiitied as "Old has heen left Mr. Ware, appearing as attorney for the prosecution, calls "Old Histo 3est aocomrnodations of any House in the City I CUTHES WARRANTED TO FIT OR SALE. Plow slices for 90 rents, and Stock Always Complete cut to Order ry to tne strna ana examines mm aner ill other goods in proportion at Concannon Bros. dl-w4w TiinFl'Ku i y) evving Machine acknowledged to be ahead of all others. In several recent public contests with oth-ei machines, the verdict was in its favor.

Miss Hattie Boutel-ier is asent in this citv Shirt Patterns CUT AXD SA1 ISiTACTxN GUARAN1EED this I3en Butler-like matiiiei-: shv, did old business ever reign in Home? Von say lie iliiln'i? Well, may we imiuire 11 tie aforesaid buKiness rei.nd at Tj re? Don't u'licvc he did? Well, look the index thro' see il he Is meutioneii once by y.iu. Can't llnd his Well, mat lo aouiewliiil iliei Say, ol old business did il ever he ir? Viiii never ilul? Well, I'm inclined lolliink lull of pigs, and not pens lull ot ink, Slioul I be the object of your liilnr.) Wall paper at Moore, JNo-and's until you can't lest. See heir elegant new styles, Kin gsbery, Alger Co Money to loan, in Montgom From the Herald. Nancy Cowhorn is the name of a Shawnee woman. The Chickasaws nnd Choctaws are delighted with their cotton crop now Ed Penn brought a white woman from Kansas, th other day, and married her at this Agency.

Public reading by the ladies of this place on Sabbath evening last was a ti i-mph over all previous i flin ts. Mrs. Rice, of Madison. who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. (ray, of this place, has returned to her northern home.

When visiting his relatives on Bird Cm Cherokee Nation, on the 24th ultimo, a young Shawnee, from near Vinita, wasaccidtntally shot through and killed by a Shawnee boy, the son ol Mrs. Spike-buck. Big mouth is so pleased With the edu-ration nf the Arapahoe children that he carries letter written by them to exhibit wh t.s an evidence that they are hu- man and susceptible as other folks. Smith Paul, a Chickasaw Indian has 2.000 acres under cultivation. His dwelling is beautifully located tin a hill overlooking his farm.

He is, fifty or more years old, has a wife of abnnt twenty summers, lives in a fine house and rents his FOR THR ud I hat your book fhoiihl feed the paper mill. ery ana adjoining rummes Oh, llislory! dm language may be broad, it we iiiusl here impeach i. ee as fraud. SALE OF LIVE STOCK, at the lowest rales 01 three or five years. Improved real' estate security The ioet then goes on to do 'Old Biz" I he poetical justice fo long denied hiin, and show that that worthy personage com Kansas Stock Yards KANSAS CITY, IvIO HEFERENCE, Tliu Mustin Bank Kansas City.

John A. neipmngsnne Independence Kansas. Office over Turner and Otis' C. W. MUNN, DKALKK IN Hardware, Stoves, Tinware and agu1cfltukal AGENT.

FOB THK OLD RELIABLE CHICAGO riTT'S THKESIIER AND SliPAKATOK, WITH Noali R'iv Co, banker Coffnyville Kan Bank. Fid National Bank, Kansas City. LevdMaiklttfifc Ft Leav, Go to Concannon Brothers to W. IL BARNES, st the Grange Store eet bargains in mens fine boots Toria.n lnc. ir authorizftit to receive onH pupaint for Buhscriutions to this ana an otner goons in uie uooi and shoe line; also the latest style of hats out.

tiwdd nenlavat home. Samples worth $1 $5 lo $20 STINBOK Co. I'ortlHni, Me MONEY TO LOAN on long time at low ates Walter I. Dallas. "MOUNTED" OK "DOWX" POWER, menced his existence lung before even the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act, and from the earliest record he has been going west, finally setting up his grocerv, where of Kansas is the 'front stoop" in these United States of America, and, speaking of KAisas, Mr.

Ware thus improves even on the Kansas Magnzine: no who has lived In Kansas, though he roam, Can lind no mlier spot and cull il liome; As liipills says, a KaiiNis mini may stray-May leave perchance depart, or go sway-in short may roam but lie it any where He must return, if lie can raise the lure. It might tie thought that a oem like this would be entirely destitute of any allusion to the American Eagle, as tending too much in the direction of thi flowery and unreal, but Eugene, though a near relative of "Old Biz" himself, is a patriot still, and loves ttie white-headed bird of his native land, even tho' said bird is a l.otoriouH old fish thief, He' lets the "fierce eyett" I go with these lines, with which we clove this review: On July Fourth we hIwkvs flint the flnir An i iiiislt thenlil bald the i rlV, I. R'w KLL New York 0KND4.V. ti0. I'Hmnlilntflf 10) oiifcs.

font ilnlnir lists ul 0 for S.000 nea-'prpers, a ii estiiniites showing cost Cf Moore Noland have the nilvilortiswis. "MANSFIELD" ENGINES, WILLIAMS REAI'EttlAND MOWE) KEYSTONE GRAIN DRILL, largest and most varied assortment of Wall Paper ever fertile soil to poor whites. "Long John," Known as a cattle theif in the Creek country, now has a berth in Fort Smith, Arkansas, inconsequence of stealing horses from C.ieit kee by the name of Tyner. He as pursued by tlm Jherokeea into Texas, and after A'ard caji-t ired on the tshiURivei. Asi'iits wmited.

OntUt Aia A DAV itt home pl unit terms free. TKUK A CO', Augustn, Maine. PEKIN PLOWS AND CULTIVATORS brought lo Independence, and tin propose to sell at lower figures than ever before Snvovonr Money, nn-1 top ImylnR 8ewinK JInchlne that am hauled ftliout the country, will sell any one, the South Walnut Street, 7il Vnw American Sewing Machine, for 47 COFFEY V1LLE, KANSAS Inereaxe of Invalid IVnaiona. Many pensioners are not aware Ihni lliey are outliled ton" increase of their H'iisions, nnd are Insmir from 12.00 to 100.00 H'i year by aimplv neglect niak correct applications. The undersigned will mskesurh application with, oiitchni'ire inilr" the s'iisin i iurrcnsrd.

JOHN A. HKLPHINU.STINE, Attorney at Law and Pension Aircnt. Imlepctplenre, Kan. as. MONEY to LOAN on im rinrancft Orover Raker dl A Raltr (elislic Mitch) Wheeler Wilson Hew'g Machine i.Vt Wlln Shuttle wweed i(H Whitne a Home Shnttle (hind) i "lntnnd Don't buy Wall Paper until you see the newest styles at Moore Noland's.

i And huther priced machines at proportionate pruveu reai eswitn serum', from one hundred dollars up to any amount, and on from one to five years' time. Pallas Foster, Stich's Block, up stairs. i Bickford Knittinn Machine, for25 n.mmi (innir Plows, warranted te work Fly him the length and brendth of this fa land, It in i ho Penobscot nnil the Kin Grande; Tin without rel we quickly ft him on A trip fitiin Florhla lo OreKon, Then brnifr him back nnd nnost, him to the sky Anil lot him slay there lill the next July. Oh jfiund old liirtl. o'er inaiiy a weary mil, Tliev've mndo you nail inorstoru' ii le, While 11 dgliug spetikers, in reliilgent Capned many geifci-ou climax myoii nc, To-la our choicest tailors are unfurled, aoar np proiel bin and circle anmud the world, And we predict Hint nowhere wilt you Hud A place like Kansas tbat you left behind.

Commonwealth. as easily ant as well as any, for OrtUt the Grange 8,, BARS Attorneys Clark Helphingsiine, keep on hand, all kinds if legal Fuch as dee Is, mortgages, leases. Bonds, which will 1 neatly executed. I and acknowledgments taken by tbetn for the sum of $1. or will furnish blank In their patrons free of charge.

Office over Turner Otie' Bank. Money to loan on irom three to five years time. Better rates tban have yet been given. V. T.

O' CONNER. Office over Headquarters." w23tf 1 WALL PAPER at bed rock Helphingstine will buy your County Warants. prices at Moore Noland's..