The Parsons Eclipse du lieu suivant : Parsons, Kansas • Page 1

ii tit j. B. LAMB Editor akd Proprietor. rfuUint in Verbam Jurare Maglstri. One Dollar and Fifty Texts ier Annum VOLUME PARSONS.

KANSAS. THURSDAY JULY IS. 1S7S NUMBER 15 cround under srood cultivation: lie lumber with good shingle roof DEMOCRATIC STATE COHVEN TION. PARSONS ECLIPSE. THURSDAY; jUl.V IS, 1878.

a hedge on this land in the years 1873 75 arid the hedge rows were In good condition and growth. They know that to falseThere was no hedge there in 1875. nor in 1S75 -nor wtird tiiere any other improvements until phvel there by actual settlers. Again thesa falsi -tiers sayi George Ogg purchnsed a hmse raadn with native lumber for I. S.

JONLS. ATTORKNY AT LAW PAIWOJIS; KANS.M. OTlre Her lio fe'ilrii3 Dr. G. GABBIEL, Physician and 8.

Examlnim; Surjeon for pensions. DFrtuk Ar.u nnniijfcNc'fe Opp 1 Ionise, PARSONS. KANSAS, a good well of water; a number of apple trees, peach cherry trees, forest trees ami shrubbery; two strong corrals large enough lor 150 head of cattle; a calf-pen, pig pen, shed, Iu short Mr. Oggs improvements on the aforesaid land are as good and convenient as are those of a majority of the settlers in this part ot. the county.

I further state that Mr. McDonald never made any lasting nor valuable improvements on section 13 uutil the summer of 1877, after the contest snits had been commenced, when he did some breaking and caused some small bouses to be built. Geoege Ogg, S. L. Bbewsteh, J.

F. Savage. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of June, 1878. J. Morgan Dunsmose.

Notary Fublic. State of Kansas, County of Nkosuo.j J. F. Savage being duly sworn says: I have resided within oue half mile of the north-west quarter of section 11, tp. 29, range 17 east, Neosho county, for the past eight years, I bave known the quarter sectiou of land herein described during all that time.

In reference to the controversy, relating to said landjbetween Alexander McDonald and one Edward Brewster. I am conversant with the follow- iag facts: On the 2nd day ofjhiws of South Carolina should give I would tell you that dangers" are, still impending. I would assure you that the victory iss not yet won. would tell 'you that upon jour con-' duct in the next two years depends' whether the fruits of' that victory' shall be enjoyed by our" children' and' children's children for generations to come, or whether you will allow it to pass from you like a worthless bauble. It is for you to choose.

If you listen to demagogues, if you lis ten to men who subordinate evcry-llling to office, to wealth, to place-ana powei; if- you? hearken to extreme men who'will tell you that' the glorious platform of 1870 was merely a promise to be kept only to the ear and broken to the heart if yon will listen to those men, then say you oaay as well at once relin- quish the fight, tor South Carolina will soon pass again under the rule and to the ruin from which she ha. just emerged, and in the great Presidential contest of 18S0 we shall not only tose our own election, but we, the people of South Carolina, will bf the cause of breaking down the National Democracy. A voice "We will never do if You have it all in your own hands. the banner count v. You claim to be the'banner court ty of the Stete, and you claim It not without rfght- Cheers You car ried your election by an overwhelm ing majority, because you came be--fore the people, white and black, the rights of every citizen and saying, "You shall all bo equal, under the law.

You went to the colored people and told them that their rights would be protected you to'd thsm that we had pledged ourselves that the Constitution and equal protection to all you appealed to them to come and help you to work "out the redemption of tha State. They came by hundreds and did help you and now would you turn your back upon them, and, af- ter trying ten years to convince th colored man that luvtrue iuteresU lay with the Democratic party would you say, "Now we have no use for you you shall not vote even at the primary elections?" If this be the policy ef South Carolina then I am sadly mistaken in the people of South Carolina and the people are mistaken in me. because lean carry out no such policy as that.4-1 1 stand Where you put-me in 187G. I have not deviated on iota, arid despite tho criticisms against rue I defy any man to place his finger upon no single act of mine that ia not iu' strict accord with the policy if tl Democratic party in convention assembled in 1 870. They gave me a chart and compass by-which I was-to conduct the campaign.

Taking it as my guide, I went before the people, black and white, and in the name of the people" I held up that platform and I said to them. Here is what the white people of South Carolina have said to the world. We have accepted the na- tional liemocratic platform which recognizes the equality of every citi-ren before the law; we have" adopted our own platform ori87C, which indorses the national platform and guarantees equality to all men before the law. Cheers. From where the bine capped mountains kiss the sky to where the old ocean rolls upon the coast, from North to South, from East to West I went be- fore tlue p3iple, white and black.and told them that if they, elected us they would put men in office who would recognize all the pledges and would carry tbem out in good faith.

and I tell you the men who have placed in power Hagood awd his colleagues the State offices would cut off their right arms before; they would violate their pledges. Prolonged applause. 1 TALK OF COUNTING IN. It is thought that we can be. sue-.

cessfui in this election by fraud (and I hare heard rumors floating througti-out the State bccasionallj Intimating that we had the machinery of the elections in bur own' hand3 and that we could count iu any tody we pleas- ed.) I tell you. people of Barnwell and people of South Carolina, that'-- if you once countenance fraud, be--, -fore many years pass over vour heads you wili not be worth saving and you will not be worthy of the State vou bye inf Cheers. Fraud cannot be successful because the chosen sons of South Carolina form the Returning Board now. The men that you have placed there as representing the truth and honor of South Carolina would die before they would lrjare Uiemsel ves by placing men continued on fouktj page and matched pine floor, also a stone kitchen 8 by.12 feet. Mr.

Campbell-has 10 acres of ground broke now occupied by a growing crop of castor beans and corn. He also has a good corral on the claim. M. McDonald, last August, caused about two acres to be broke on this claim. In the year 1874 Mr, McDonald broke a hedge row on the east and north line of the above described land.

He also caused hedge plants set our, but the hedge so planted was neglected "and; destroyed. When Mr." Campbell took the claim the ground which had been planted in hedge was in a worse condition to raise a fence on than it would have been had it never been ploughed and plauted. Mr. McDonald never made any valuable and lasting improvements on the north-east quarter of the said section 13 until after it was claimed and occupied by the said Samual Campbtll, and since Mr. Campbell's occupancy the onlj improvements made by McDonald are the before men tioned two acres of breaking.

G. V. Campbell, Will Cue J. F. Savage.

S. L. Peetvstek. Subscribed and sworn to before jue this 15th day of June 1378. J.

Morgan DcNSiibuE, Notary Public State of Kansas, County of Xxosno-) The undersigned beit duly sworn each for himself says: I have seen and read a circular affidavit iu relation to section 13, tp. 29, range 17 east, sometimes called the McDonald claim, said afiidavit was published iu the Parsons EcxirsE of May 30th 1878, have is signed a id appears to been made bV one Whit man Willy; attested by John Campbell and llenry Dudiy. I have carefully examined the af foresaid afiidavit and know the same to be false in many respects. I reside within four miles of the above described land: have so resided six years; and over. In.

relation to the occupancy and improvement of the said section 13, I am acquainted with the fol lowing facts: In 1873 Mr. McDonald plough ed a narrow strip on three sides of the said section 13, he also plauted beuge plants along the line on the three sides so plongh-ed, but the hedge thus planted was neglected or taken up so that in the year 1875 there was no hedge on the laud. The strip ploughed and planted was again grown over with prairie grass there being only here and there some scattering scrubby osage orange trees, the ground was at the last named date and is uox in a worse condition to a hedge fence on th-sr' it would have been had it never been ploughed or planted. George Ogg occupied the s. w.

qnarter of the said section 13 in November 1873. At that time there was no improvements or auy description on the said land. Mr. Ogg built a house on the laud, occupied it with his family as a residenoe in 1875, and has continued to reside on the southwest quarter of see. 13 up to the present tunei 1 In the year 187G Mr.

Ogg ahu wife worked for Henry Wheat several months. But never abandoned his claim nor removed his residence thereirom. During the time that he was working for Mr. Wheat he kept up his improve ments and continued to improve as fast as his means would permit. At the date of the affidavit worn to by Willey Campbell arid Dudley Mr.

Ogg had the following improvements on the S. W. quarter of the said section 13: A dwelling- bouse main pars 12 by IS fcCt, With 11 WlDg 12 by 14 feet in size; good floor, good shingle roof- dooi vrindows something over ten acres of A delesrato convention of Ihe Democratic party of the state ot is hereby called, to meet in the city of Leavenworth, on Wednesday, September 4th. iSTS, at 10 e'clock. ai for tho pnrposo cf hoftiinaliriz cnritlidates for tho fol lowing offices, viz: 7 Governor.

Lieiitemiut Goveirioiy Secretary of State, Auditor SUtte. rettsurer of State, -Attorney General, Superinten-lent of Public Instruction, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and a State Central Committee. The basis cf representation in the convention will be three dele gates from each representative district. "VVe recommend that the primary mestingi, for the election of delegates to the State Convention, bo held at the county seats of thn several counties, at 2 o'clock y. Saturday, August ana at such meetings, three alternate delegates from each represent itive district, be chosen.

The secrelar es or tne several county conventions are respectfully requested to forward to II. Miles Moore, secretary of the committee, at Leavenworth, Kansas, an accurate list of the de'egittea and alternates chosen. We urge upon Democrats throughout the State the importance of prompt and thorough organization in every county and township, in thrtt every district in the State may bo fully represented in tire convention, ard an effective organ i-zMion obtained, for an and M'gorous campaign the coming full. We re spectfvlly request every Democrat newspipr in tho State publUh this notice. aiid call special attention to the importance, of complying with the suggestions herein niTide.

Ey order of th State Central Committee. Topeka. Jirty4.18"S. JonN Martin, Chairman. II.

Miles Moore. St-ey. To the ti'litor of Ihe Parsons Eclijue; Sir. In your issue of May lOih. tlieve over my name an article purporting to be a statement of the lacts in relation to the settlement and improvement of Sec.

13, and quarter of Sec. 11. Tp. 2J. R.

17 east. In your issue of May 30th. I notice a communication from Alexander McDonald, accompanied by a statement sworn to by Whttman Willeys, John Campbell, and Henry Dudley. In regard to my statement published in your piper of May 10th, I desire to say, that when I wrote it I had no idea of its bting pul-lished. My friend.

Dr. Btrtell, of Galesburg, requested me to give him the facts in relation to the McDonald vs. Settler land controversy. To favor the Dr. I hastily wrote the names of the parties claiming adverse to McDonand, the time they settled upon the land, the improvements made, If I had known that this statement was for publication, I would have been more exact.

Hut upon thorough ivestigatioa I find it to be substantially correct, inaccurate only in one cr two unimportant points as will be seen by reference to the affidavits herewith submitted. In your comments upon the alSdav it of Willey, you say: -These statements coming from thisoe eld reliable settlers in the neighborhood, and Terrified by affidavit, we suppose are conducive so far as the fact3 are concerned." No sir. that statement is only conclusive as to the fact that your old reliable settlers are quite reckless in. swearing. In point of law, swearing to tab? affidavit of this kind is not perjury, but it Mr.

Willey, Campbell or Dudley should, go into Court and testify to the am statements to which they have sworn as published in your paper, they could be prosecuted, ought to be convicted for perjury and sentenced to the penitentiary. They say in their affidavit that in 1874 Mr. McDonald planted a hedge on three sides of Sec. 13, and cultivated the same the two years next; following. These men know that neither McDonald, or any oth-; vT Tm i t.

WLcn Mr. Ogg settled upon the S. W-mmtPr nf 11 in1R7 it I contained no imnrovemfciits what-1 ever. According to their sworn statt iueiit. Mr.

McDoi.aM cultivated DIRECTORIES. J. O. O. T.

Parsons Lodge So. 41 meet rVery Wednesday evening, at the new Masonic Hall. All member in koI slajid nr are cordially Invited. A.O.U. W.

Meet every Friday evening at Masonic and Odd Fellows rail. All il. V.ia good standing cordially invited. A. V.

W. P. Datii, Recorder. T. o.

F. Parson llee. No. 91. meets every Tneaday evening.

Hall first bloci--onthof bank. All members of the order In jjoh1 standina are invited to attend. Wm. LlDEK, N. O.

If. I. 'Part tit do k. Secretary. Pral fie Valley No.

Si Patron of Uasuandry will meet at Prairie alley aehooi house every fourth Hatu day in lie month. W. II. roRTtu. 51.

I J. 'Af Fccy. MASONIC Parsons Lodge. No. 117.

A. F. A. M. Stated communications tienl on Saturday on or prcedin the full if the moon in each month and the wwml Saturday thereafter All Maaouain good stand-nie are invited to attend.

EASTERN STAR. Chanty Chapter No. 52, Order of the Eanlern star. Adoptive Masonry, meets in reirnlar oomniunicaliott on the Saturday evening followinz each full moon, ilrotliers and Sisttrsin good st-riHl-ing are invited to attend. CITY GOVERNMENT.

Hayor'Y. Y. Thoma. couxcti.se ks. Itt WanlIl.

n. Talhot. John Mc'jfnnls. td WVirrf A. J.

Oiry Id U'ati ha Thurston. E. P. Kmrt'). JAirsuif-dus.

A I Ion ttf Ti fiunrrr K. Smith. tnte Jwdye W. P. Ta -t -City Attorney It.

T. Hoii svMiccso Uic 'dice P. lvi. Wm. fntfabUa II.

R. Uut. Allen SCII.VH. IlO Kl. TYeaafrrr M.

Jhi n. IU Hard A. Wilson. J. Y.

Thompson. 2f ITo-tf-R. II Patrick. SJ U'CjtU- Jamcii Uriines. Oeo.

horn ton. LAUCTTB COUNTY OFFICIALS. Jmigc Du-triet Oiurt IIn. It. W.

Perkins. Vmpute nJ'e S. L. ltilter. tcrk Ii.

C. Howard. Aberifl. IL. M-ui n.

ltlrirt Ojitrt II. Coofc. J. Wat-Ts. Trcuiurer cieo.

M.l'aldweil. Kttrntrrof wei I. W. L'atrK'k 0rvMT 1. Jnrvvir l'jntj a 1.

W- shieSc. II. ie II. lteiMt. Business Directory.

Ex.ru ess' OoO'Ih taken toand fr tin haul-UK due ll Krts uf Ity CHARLES ANDERSON. WOOIXSOX. 13 li: IV I "l1 offers his services as a Medical, ireicui and il adviskrand racliitii. er to tlw people ui" lr.i:i3 and vicinity. OtBcc over the rotiface.

J. A. fUIOMASSON. All kluds of work in my line. Over Holiiutj lru tior TAICSONS, KANSAS AY RES KIMBALL, ATTORNEYS AT ILATST.

KANSAS. Office over First National Tank. W. II. LONG i rr Office witliDr.

Ga oriel. Three doors ivest of Holmes Ii its SI or tup stair. Western Eonsss J. LOXIiEUGEIl Tiiop r. This Houe i Situated on the citrner of Johnson and iJennlsoo Avenues, has lately been reccutly rentted, and nor atronl a.

Rood accommodations a can be had iu the city. 1 ernis S3 per wrok, or 21 cents per meal; day boarders ft per week. U. Muxes. II.

D.Buur. MILLER BUKT, Proprietors ot Champion Hills, Manufacturers of and Dealers In Hour, Com Meal, Teed, Bran, Oswego Kansas. Robert 'Brcsker; XSorcliant Tailor, Will Give Satisfaction in Fit and Quality of Goods Comer Uiggs. and Forest Avenues, PAliSONSC KANSAS. ins anything made to orde will rervlv sfthion piste and mniplea.

uI instruc ions for self-measurement. $10 and moved it on the 8. W. quarter of said See. 13 tho fall of 1371, in which he did not reside per-manentlv until the sprin; ori876 He worked for, (and wfth his family resided) a man named Henry about two and one half miles Irom See.

Ogg Ua3 no oiher improvements on said land except ten acres of oreuking and a cow yard with hog sTied, That is a falsehood as black and wicked as the heart of him who swore 'o it. Mr. Willey know it to be false when he swore to it. He was at Mr. Ogg's when Ogg was planting his fruit trees, talked with him about the afiked him where lie got them Jcc.

He has also drawn water from Ogg's well. lie knows that Ogg has a good house; that he ha3 his troken ground in good cultiva tion. Willey knew was swearing falsely about the improve ments cpon Sec. 13. Space will not permit ji'iicing all tho false statements containc! in that lying affidavit.

Let it be sufficient rcr the present to mention one more nf its falsehoods. Tliev say' "no person ever resided on tne X. E. quarter of said Sec. 13 as a resident prior to the oc-cup-Miey of Campbell" in 1877." This they must have known to be Mr.

Curry resided on that land with his family before McDonald pretends to have bought from the Railroad company and it wa held in the Curry family until Miss. Ella Curry sold it to Stomal in 1ST. I am not surprised utJohu Campbell, a man whose veracity is so far questionable, thnt atone time near ly foity oC Ids neighbors and acquaintances testified paper that thny would not Uc-lievo him on oath. I am not surprised at Wil ley. an ignorair.us.

a mre tool of MeDonaldV. I am a little surprised to tind'Dddley in bad comp any but I s.a that Jih leaves himself 'a hcift through which he can crawl out. Hj says: "The itfiidavit Whiteman Willey i-i trus in sub- stance and in fast." Ily doto not swallow it v.h;!e. In coiiL-Iusion allow ms to say that I know of no person wlio desires to do Mr. McDonald any injustice.

Eat if ha bought land of parties who had no title, certainly bv such a pnrehase he obtains none. Let him look to those who sold him the land, for redress. If he bought the land on his faith in the government patent, let hint look to the government for his monty. lie has no riht to the land Congress cannot give it to him. The settlers on the land hae acquired vested rig its which-cannot be taken from them by any subsequent act ot Congress.

Mr. McDonald entered two quarter-sections ot the Osage Ceded Lands under the joint resolution of 18G9 other parties entered more for him, he now owns over one thousand acres. If he must become a land monopolist let him purchase from those who have a right to ssll to him. and not ask Congress to pass an unconstitutional act and rob poor men of tneir homes. Henry Miles.

State or Kansas, County of Neoseo. S3 The undersigned beiug first duly sworn, each for himself says: I reside within two miles of section 13, tp. 29, range 17, east. Have- so resided oyer sis years, The north-east quarter of said section was first claimed by J. Carry, he built a house on the said land aud occupied the same as a residence over seven months of the year lS72.

In 1874 James Curry, son of J. M. Curry, took the above described quarter-section and held it until he tamed it over to his sister. Miss Ella Cany, a young lady over wen ty-oue years of age. She built a- small hocso.

caused bome breaking to be done and held the Olltil SllC Sold tO Mr. SaO uel Campbell who no n-sulcs 0,1 Ihe claim, has a honse 111 by .20 feet kizo, built of good i-ine Ii. T. IIOLLOWAT; Attorney sxt Tnw. (CITY ATTORNEY.) otTIco over the Savings Rank, Pardons.

r. DAVIS. JUSTICE tlie PEACE AND NOTARY rURLIC. Ofllce over Parsons Savings RnnS. F.

A. IJETTIS. Attoraoyat Law, KANSAS. T.C.COUY. ATTUltNEY AT LAW OUice over WcKjdrufTs store.

Parsons C. F. IIUTCIIINGS, Attorney at Law, OSAGE KANSAS. HALL HILL, A-ttomoys at Law, Cor. Main ist County 8trci ts.

OSAGE MISSION', NEOSHO KAN. L. ST ILL-WELL, OSAE MISSION. AS. WAUI) II OILS ALL.

ATTORNSYo AT I'ats. us Sa jns fcnk. A. IL McCLEAUY, Houss and Sign Pamtsrj PAI'-SONS. KANSAS.

-1J Eurska Yonsari 1 Rccrrr Jolnibua Avenue, Near the lUilroa IlEXUY JOXES, "Warm and CcIuEuths, at All S. M. PU.iVIAXCK. J. S.

WATERS, CO. Att'y Purviancc Waters, Attorneys n.t Law. OSAVEGO. KANSAS. Will practice all and Federal Courts, and carefully attend to sill boiness entrusted to them.

rtiee in Carpenter's Now Block. Notary I'ublie In oaice. Parsons Bottling Works S. LAMBERT CO. Prop's.

Manufacturers ot HINEEAL AOT SODA. VTATH2. Parsons, Kansas. Parties and Picuics sappiial on s'aar i-oi ice. J.

il. HAYES CONTRACTOR and BUILDERS open a Flagging Ston3 Yard Where they will keep on hand a larpc supply of KLAGU1NU ad RLTIEDiNG STOs Is such as Caps, Sills fc Water Tables We are ready to receive orders at any and all times tor City or elsewhere We also do kinds of BRICK AND STONE MASOXr.Y, Remember, they are old and Experience ilecbaoics, I. 0 J. M.n atts co. 3X.

JOHNSON, STAPLE AND FANC 1 ESB'MmSS. PROVISIONS. CONFECTIONERIES, ETC, ETC 1) kept on ban ndud at the lowest prices. JOHNSON AVENUtf. 1-AKSOiSTS ft March 1875 said Brewster moved upon said quarter-section of laud aud immediately began making lasting and valuable improvements.

At this time said land contained no. improvements whatever. The improvements made l3 Brewster are these: a dwelling house containing two rooms, made of pine and native lumber, part shingle roof, a shed stable having a corn crib attached therewith, a good well, walled with stone, twelve acres of land under good cultivation. Two miles of hedge row broken, ninety rods of hedge growing, forty fruit tiecs of different few forest trees, small fruit, consisting of blackberries, strawberries and gooseberries. Said Brewster has resided upon said land since the date of his settlement since the fall of 1870, through the direction of A.

McDonald, improvements cousist-ing of iionc, stable, well and hog pen have been made upon this land. McDonald claiming to have purchased, said Iand from the L. L. G. B.

R. company. Junius Savage. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of June 1878. J.

Morgan Dunsmore, Notary Public. State of Kansas, County of Neosho, We the undersigned residents of the neighborhood in which the laud mentioned 'iu the above and foregoing affidavit is located on oath say that we have read the above and foregoing afiidavit of Junius F. Savage, that we know the statements therein contained to be true in 'substance and in fact. G. KEENER, JAMES STONE.

Subscribed and sworu to before me this 18th day of June 1878. J. Morgan Dunsmore. Notary Public Wade KamptCn Thunders out Some Oid-Fashtoned Po- I utlcal Cospei. From the Mew York Il raid.) -Cjiareestox.

July 5. Governor HamDton made a noteworthy speech yesterday at a reunion in the village of BItckville, Barnwell county, of the veterans of Hart's battery, which I formed a part of his command in the war! The gathering was a large one, several thousand visitors from different portions of the State being present, including- many leading men. THE OOVERSOaVsrVECII. The Governor, being loudly called jr, addressed tiie asjemblaae with reference to the political.