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CHICAGO RAILWAY.—On and after Dec.
23d, 1372, trains wilt leave stations aa follows:
INS GOING WEST.
' EXPB.B. KAIL. KXrn’B. | BSPS’B
' .45AM {
o 1.
1.45 am | 7.lQam 9.10 am
3.53 8.40 10.25 1
5.15 [11.43 1.30 pm
6.51 1.45 m 3.07
8.55 i 4.23 5.09
9,20 5/00 ; 5.40
9.40 I 6.10 AM 6.00
12,03 1-7.55 7,55
12.08 pm. 9.05 j 9.15
2.40 11.50 1 12.03 AM
14,45 j 2.35pm 1 5.55
| .50 1 6.80 t‘«.so
INS going' east.
5.15a*! ».20a«; 3.30 pm ,9.20 PM
9,15 12.02 pm , 8.55 12.50ai|
12.20 pm 2.20 11.20 3.23
2.45 , 4.07 | I.lBam 5.1 S
400 I 5.0 S I 2.27 6.28
5.35 0.?« ! 4.C5 1 8.05
ILSOamj 0.50 | 4.15 1.8.23
12.03pm' 7.19 ' 4.43 8.55
2!3 1 9.20 ; 6.37 111. CO
420 11.00 8.25 ! I.lopm
tj.F7 1.12 am 10.42 ! 3.80
| 8.10 2.20 11.45 PM 4.45
~ P. R. MYEBS,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
/ CLEVELAND & PITTSBURGH R. R
\J On and after Dec. 2:3d, 1872. trains will leavt
stations daily, (.Sundays excepted) as follows;
GOING SOUTH—MAIN LINE.
NORTH—MAIN LINE
expb’s. mail. EXPB’a.
(iOLNIi K
ACCOM
3.43 am 10.50 am 3,33 pm j
5.55 11.00 : 3J3 |
0.57 12.12 PM, 4.« i
5.15 1.33 0.20 I
9.30 2.35 | 7.15
10 40 3.40 I 8.20 i
EST—RIVER DIVISION.
ACCOM ~ MAIL. EXPR’9. ACCOM-
GOING
STATIONS
Pittsburgh
Rochester
WellsvilV
Steuben
Bridge po!
TUSCARAWAS BRANCH
Leaves Arrives
N.Phila.O 40 ami- 1.00 pm I Bayard, 9,45 am a 4 QOpm
Bayard,l2.lo A 0.00 p. m. 1 N. Phila. 3.00 i-7.30 p ro
F. R. MYERS;
l Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Gener
PENNSYLVANIA R. R.
—After December 22d, 1872, Trams will arnve
and depart as follows:
eastward. westward.
Through Trains Leave Through Trains Arrive
Crion Depot; Union Depot.
Pacific Exp’s, 2:50 a m Mail Train, 1:05 ain
Mall Train, 7:45 a ns Fast Line, 1:35 a m
Chicago Ex 12 20 p m Pittsburgh Ex; B.ooa m
Cincinnati Ex. 1:10 p m Cincinnati Ex. 8:40 a m
Philadelp'a Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Ex. 12:40 pm
Past Line, 8:50 p m Pacific Expr’s, 1:10 p m
local. Way Passenger, 9:50 p m
Walls No 1, 6:40 am local.
Wilkinsb’g Ac Walls Nol 6:3oam
No 1 7 05 a m Brinton Ac. Nol,-7:30 a m
Wails No 2. 10:20 a m] Wilkinsburg Ac
Wall’s No 3, 11:45 am; Nol 8:20 am
Wilkinsburg Ac Walls No 2, 9:10 am
No 2 " 2:40 p m Johnstown Ac. 10.10 am
Walls No 4, 3:20 p in Walls No 3, 1:45 p m
Johnstown Ac. 4:00 p m Walls No 4 3:20 p m
Brinton Accom- Wilkinsburg Ac
modat’nNol. 4 50pm No 2 1.45 pm
Brinton Ac. No 2 5:40 p ro Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m
Walls No 5, 6:15 p m Brinton No 2. 6:50 p m
Brinton Ac No 3 9:20 p m Brinton Ac. No 3 7:25 p m
WallsAc.No.6 11:05p m Brinton Ac No 4 ll;10pm
Chicago Express. Cincinnati Express, Fast Line,
and Brinton Ac. No. 3 leave daily.
Pacific Express daily, except Monday.
All other trains dally, except Sunday.
Pacific Express leaves Pittsburgh at 2:50 a m ar
riving at Hairisburg at 11:40 a m: Philadelphia 3:30
pm: Baltimore 3:00 p m; Washington 5:40 pm.
NewAfork 6:34 p m.
Chicago Express leaves Pittsburgh at 15.20 p m;
arrives Harrisburg 10.20 p m; Philadelphia 2.30 a m;
New York 6.10 a m.
Cincinnati Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p
m:arrivosat Harrisburg l»;4*»p m; Philadelphia 2:50
a m; Baltimore 2:15 a m; Washington 5:00 a m, New
York 6:10 am.
Philadelphia Express leaves Pittsburgh at 5:20 p
m; arrives at Harrisburg 2:55 a m; Philadelphia 6:53
a m; New York 10:14 a rn.
Fast Lino leaves Pittsburgh at 8:50 pm: arrives at
Harrisbnrg 5:45 am: Philadelphia 9:50 a m; Balti
more 9:00 a m; Washington 11:30 a m; New York
12:24 p m.
The Church Trains leave Wall’s Station every
Sunday at 9:10 a m.reaching Pittsburgh at 10:00 a m.
Returning leave Pittsburgh at 12:30p m, and arrive
at Wall’s Station at 1:50 p m. Leave Pittsburgh
9t2op m arrive Brin ton’s 10:30p m.
CITY TICKET OFFICE—For the convenience
of the citizens of Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company have opened a city ticket ofiice
at No 7S Fifth avenue corner ofSmithfield street,
where Through Tickets; 1 Commutation Tickets
and Local Tickets to principal stations can be pur
chased at any hour of the day or evening at the
same rates as are charged at the depot.
Bu"ga"e will be checked throngbto destination
from notels and residences by Excelsior Baggage
Express Co . os orders left at the office.
For further ibfonnation apply to
A. J CASSATT, D. M. BOYD, Jit.,
General Manager. • Gen. Pass. Agent.
Y VALLEY RAILROAD
On and after Monday. July 15th. 1872. Three
Through Trains daily, except Sunday, will leave
and arrive at Pittsburgh, city time, for Franklin.
Oil City, Buffalo and all points in the Oil -Regions,
and Western and Central New York.
Leave. Arrive.
nay Rxoress 7,10 am 8.35p0
Night 10.40 pm 615 a m
MaWafn 10.50 am 4.45 am
Ist Hnlton Ac 6-40 am *H" am
Ist Soda Works Ac ‘
.Pawiflggßa Ac« «••••«••••• .11.408 Cl * ® ®
Brady's Bend Ac....
2dilultonAc. H£ a ®
2d Soda Works AC... 6.0 T p m 8.45 p m
•id Hnlton Ac.. -S.sop m 7.»opii
A soecial Snaijijr train leaves Pittsburgh every
Sundw a*7lo*m arriving at Parker atte a m.
Returning leaves Parker at4.4op m, andairives at
Pi Chureh train toand leiraefat
' arrives at Pittsburgh at 0.50 a m, and leaves at
12.50 p m. s JvLAWRBNCB. QeM’L Supt.,
J. H. BRAX, Agent. - ■ . - r
KXPB’3.; EXPB’B
EXPB'S. MAIL. EXPB’S. ACCOM
3.:iOAM 1.53 PM. 4.00 pm
9.43 > 3.02 5.18
10.15 . 3.33 5.4 S
111 10 4.13 8.33
•111.44 4.44
j I.lopm 6.00
I 3.40 i 8.30 ■
6.30 am 1.15 PM;
S 55 3.13 )
10.30 4.30
11.23 5.10 (
12.12 pm 5.48 i
12.45 ( 0.14 I
1.1.53 i 7.15
.ST—RIVER DIVISION
MAIL. EXPB’B. ACCOM
S.SiUm Mop* I
7.40 2.20
8.20 I
4.20' 1
: 5.25 1
BEAVER, PENN’A,
Kansas Weather Bice County —lts
Soil—Healthful: Cllmate-Ballroatfs-
Sports School* Homesteads and
How to Get Them—Wants. . .
Correspondence of the Radical.
Brookdale, Rice Co., Kaic., )
January 30th, 1573. )
Since my last we have welcomed the
advent of 1873, not that we would say
aught against the one which, .like -Ua
predecessors, has .gone into the valley and
the shadow to, beseen and known no more
until it shall comfort us oh the day of
judgment, on the contrary we have rea
son to bless the year that has just explr
ed. Our progress.and prosperity aa a na
tion and a people were most flattering.
Our governmental affairs have been man
aged so as to give satisfactory results to a
great majority. Our relations with every
civilized nation during- 1872 assumed a
cordial character. As Individuals we have
had the usual allotment of smiles and
tears, clouds and sjaashine'.
I find a number of your readers have
their hearts and thoughts turned WSS|w#rd.
I find, too, that all they can hear or read
of Kansas makes this State their choice.
I have now been in this State nearly
eighteen months, and can truly say the
longer I live here the better ! like tostay.
We have had some extremely cold
weather this winter. Mercury has been
to twelve degrees below zero. Snow to
the depth of ten inches fell before Christ
mas, and it has not all disappeared yet.
The cold weather has been uniform.
We have not had any rain since the first
of last November, nor do we expect any
until Spring opens. We have had excel
lent roads all winter, and have not been
troubled quite so much with ‘‘gentle zeph
yrs” this winter as we were last.
Rice county is yet in its infancy, is
barely able to walk alone. Has bad some
little' difficulty in cutting its teeth in
shape of railroad bonds, county seat, etc.*
but still its progress has not been retard
ed. Hutchinson’s Resources of Kansas
(which, by the way, those of your read
ers who think of emigrating'fihoflld pos
sess,) says : "Rice county has a greater
of-its size in the Slate.” jWe have no
stagnant ponds, swamps or marshes, and
consequently no malarious diseases. Pul
monary diseases never originate here, and
many persons who are afflicted with such
complaints seek this section for relief.
The air is pure and vigorous ; it is never
damp. There is nothing to induce dis
ease but everything to promote health.
We have good water ami plenty of it, the
whole Arkansas Valley being well water
ed. The nights are delightfully cool even
in the hottest part of summer. We were
I troubled some last summer by mosqui
j tos, and when the buffalo ranged here
I the whole surface of the country was in
fested with fleas. These disappear soon
1 after the buffalo leave.
T.SQpm
2.40
5.28
I 7.00
9.11
9.40
9:50 .
11.15
12.17 AM
2.45
"6.05
8.20 PM
BXPB'ft.
, ACCOM.
7.10 am
3.00
8.45
10.C0
4.25P*
5.30-
7.00
5.00
0.05
Everything thrives here which can be
grow'n in this latitude. Corn, oats and,
all sons of vegetables, except cabbage,
are easily raised the first year on the soil.
Wheat as far as tried has proved a suc
cess. The soil of the Arkansas bottoms
is a rich, black sandy loam from three to
eight feet deep. There is no rough rocky
waste land in Rice county. The sand
hills are covered with rich, nutritious
grass and lucious wild plums- Grapes
grow in abundance in the timber along
the streams. The Little Arkansas flows
through Rice county. It is about.seventy•
five miles in length. Cow creek also
flows through it. Cow creek is seventy
miles long. Our house is built on the
west bank of Cow creek. We are not
more than three miles east of the centre
line of the State. We are situated between
the two great railroads of the State, the
Kansas Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe. This last road was complet
ed to the State line on the first day of the
present month and year. There has been
laid since March, 1872, three hundred and
sixty-two miles of road. The entire dis
tance from Atchison to the State line is
four hundred and seventy miles. The
preliminary survey of the road from the
Slate line to Ft. Lyon has been made and
will be to Pueblo, Colorado, as soon
as possibly. The road must be pushed
on to aj profitable terminus in the cat
tie regions and silver mines of Colorado,
nor Will it stop until it reaches the Pacific
and- hasbeep made the fair-weather, trans
con tineirtttKtoute of the nation. Success
to thfc enterprise.
We have a considerable quantity of
game, principally at this season chick*
ens, quails and rabbits,. In two months
from now all our streams will be corned
with wild geese and ducks. Our stieams
afford buffalo, bass, pike and catfish. Dry
goods land groceries; ars as cheap here
with the addition of freight as: in lowa,
Minnesota and Missouri
FROM KANSAS.
T •<
S: *•' r
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21.1873.
fc.. .U
| l&e School interests of Kansas are well
cared for, aS every 16th and 86th section
of the. public land (except a few Indian
reservations) are reserved for school pur
poiMS,, and cannot be sold for less than
three dollars per acre, which may be paid
id cash or in ten equal annual ; payments
imadtance With ten' pel ceftt interest per
annum. 3STo good land can be bought of
in Katisas excepting by
actuaisettlement. /Every head of a fami
ly WidWw, or single* man or woman,
ovcrtwepty-oae years of age, being a cit
izfedi dr havtng filed a "declaration of in
teditpd to become a citizen, can pre-empt
166 aeres of government land inside or
otttsl(& of railroad limits. The first act
neqesptry in pre-emption is settlement*
or the commencement of some Improve
medt jdpon the land. The pre-erapinr
musi within ninety days go or send to the'-'
Ladd Office in his district, pay two dob
lareimd make a "filing,” or written de-
of ; intention to preempt, and i
withta thirty mouths from filing the laud
mu&3>e paid for. No one can pay fpr
land’nuder the preemption law until the
claithantand his family, if be has any,
has lethaliy resided upon the land at least
Six months, and he must not be the own
er of 830 acres of land within the United
States’% Reclusive of the preemption
claim* Ko one can make a settlement or
improvement on land for another which
would;3iqldl for- pre em ption. Sold iers
have nWrlghts in pre-emption beyond any
ofhertl||piaß'.'' ; - ‘We will now pass to the
homestfiMlands. Any person qualified
aS acquire by occupation, and
the 'of commissions and fees,
>eld
ie!d
of a
i
ex
<and
act-'
ling
inly
i al
for
A
ban
’ton
cit
?n>r:
sailor can file upon lania tlirough an agent,,
but the agent must have" powers of ao at
torney, and go to the Land Office in person
and make a filing and pay the fee; but the
the soldier or sailor must within the six
months commence actual settlement, pay
his homestead fees, or he forfeits all rights
to the land and also loses his homestead
right.! He innst then reside upon it one
year no matter how long he served in the
army. ; Claims having water and timber
have all been entered except in new conn
ties n<ty yet organized. Barbour is one
of these counties. It lies on the State
line so|th of the Arkansas. It has more
and better limber than any county in thr
state; jins more streams and numerous
spring! of pure, soft water. It also con
tains excellent rocks for building. It lies
wholly! within the Osage Reservation,
and only be obtained by actual set
tiers 51,25 an acre. Some pioneers
have alfeady taken claims and commenc
ed improvements. I have not overcome
all fearS 6f the Los, and feel safer a little
farther off. ,
Rice* county needs a newspaper, a law
yer, two physicians, and two school teach
ers. want a few politicians and any
reasonable number of good citizens ; not
to croWd us. The M. E. clement predom
inatesf largely in • this county among
Christians. The Weslyan Methodists have,
a society, the Quakers have one and the
have one We
have number of Cumberland Presbyte
rians here now, and will have quite a
number as soon as spring opens. There
are three or perhaps four Sunday-school
organizations. The Sunday-school-1 at
tend had a present of a library from St,
Paul’s M. E. Church in Jersey City.
When you Beaver folks tire of yours send
them along.
“Elmwood” is the name of our farm, on
account of being built among elm trees.
All the farms in this neighborhood are
named, some appropriately while others
are not. For. instance “Wildwood” is a
high prairie farm, .without a single tree
op it.. 1 suggested either Mount Airy or
Pleasant'View, but the owner liked
the jingle of Wildwood. “How do
we find amusements on .the frontier ?’
We have always something to interest us.
The coming" of-the mail possesses an in
terest paramount to all others with us.
We take l four newspapers— the ? Kansas
Commonteealth, Prairie Farmer, Toledo
Blade andTnns Beaveb Radical.
these are ably-condhcted, and we not only
derive profit them.;
Thiik ;b! ‘feoiiikr Subset ibe for
newspapers for yolir families, and the
IN’ ADVANCE.
timfe will soon come when you will rank
among the most refined, intelligent and
progressive citizens in our broad land.
v-; Sade.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
message from.; President Grant—Fed
eral Laws to be Enforced In Utah—
.furors to he Selected from Law-abldW
ins Citizens.
Washington, Peb. 14.—The President
sent the following message to Congress
today:
To the Senate and House of Represen--
lativea : —I consider it my duty to call this
attention of Congress to the condition of
affairs in the Territory of Utah, and to
the dangers likely to arise if U continues
during the coming recess, from a threat
ened conflict between the Federal and
Territorial authorities.
“ No discussion is necessary in regard to
the general policy of Congress respect*
Ing the Territories of the United States,
I and I only wish now to refer to so much
of that policy as concerns their judicial
affairs and the enforcement of law within
their borders. No material differences
are found in respect to these matters in
' the organic acts of the Territories, but an
examination of them will show that it
has been the invariable policy of Congress
to place and keep their civil and criminal
jurisdiction, with certain limited excep
tions, in the hands of persons nominated
by the President and confirmed by . the
Senate, and that the general administra
tion of justice should be as proscribed by
Congressional enactment.
Sometimes Hie power given to tho Ter
ritorial Legislatures has been somewhat
larger and sometimes somewhat smaller
than the powers generally conferred.
Never, however, have powers been given
to*a Territorial Legislature inconsistent
with the idea that the general judicature
of.lhe Territory was to be made under
the direcl supervision of the National
Goveremhnt.
Accordingly the organic law creating
tU%Te*iHory of Utah, passed September
9vided for the appointment of
a Supreme Court, the judges of which are
District Courts; a clerk, a
' UlBf r an,. attorney, and to these
Titt impui taut mstlßrst*- Wt, as : decided
recently by the Supreme Court, the act
requires the jurors to serve in the courts
to 4 be selected in such manner as the
Territorial Legislature see fit to pre
; scribe.
It has undoubtedly been the desire of
Congress, so far as the same might be
compatible with the supervisory control 1
of the Federal Government, to leave the
minor details connected with the admin
istration of law to regulation by local au
thority, but such a desire ought not to
govern when the eSect will be, owing to
the peculiar circumstances of the case, to
produce a conflict between the Federal
and Territorial authorities, or to impede
the enforcement of law, or in any way to
endanger the peace and good order of the
Territory.
Evidently it was n to in
trust the Territory e with
power which would / creating
judicatures of or incjeasing the
jurisdiction ot courts appointed by the
Territorial authority, although reeogniz
ed by Congress, intake the administration
of the law out of the hands of the judges
appointed by the President, or to inter
fare with their action. Several years of
unhappy experience make it appear that
in both of these respects the Territory of
Utah requires special legislation by Con
gress.
Public opinion in that Territory, pro
duced by circumstances too notorious to
require further notice, makes it necessary
in my opinion,, in order to prevent the
miscarriage of justice and to maintain
the supremacy of the laws of the United
States and Federal Government, to pro
vide that the selection of grand and petit j
jurors for the District Courts, if not put
under the control of Federal officers, shall
be placed in the hands of persons entire
ly independent of those who are deter- j
mined not to enforce any act of Congress , „ _ ... .
obnoxious to them, and also to pass some —The establishment of a Republic to.
act which shall deprive the Probate Spain was celebrated at Madrid by a gen-
Curts or any court created by the Terri- eral illumination. The streets were
torial Legislature of any power to inter- crowded, but therewaa no j discord Dia
fere with or impede the action of the patches from the Provinces report tran
courts held by the United States judges. quility everywhere excepting m the dis
lam convinced that, so long as Con- tricls disturbed by the Carlisle. It is said,
cress leaves the selection of jurors to J however, that the array is opposed to a
local authorities, it will be futile to make republic and favors a monarchy, but ia
iny effort to enforce laws not acceptable- divided m its choice for mer ,
to a majority df the people of the terrh, Duke
torv or whiCb Interferes with; local prejur Don Carlos entered Spain on the 13th ;
dices, or provides for the. punishment rdfc lust. The Carlisls are working yigoroualy
polygamy or any of its afflicted ;to advance Uie their
1 tiftwme that Congress-in is practically
passing npnn thla subject, will provide all, insorgenta-
reatonhble and proper safeguards ilo.jw-j
curetlooestahd impartial jurors, north, s at Parcdtva* a town m.R^rgeaa,
verdicts, willcommand confidence, and be
a guarantee of equal protection to all good
and law-abiding citizens, and at the same
time make it understood that crime can-
not be committed with impunity.
t have before said that while the laws '
creating the several 5 Territories have gen-
erally contained unifom provisions in
respect of the judiciary, Congress occa
sionally varied these- provisions in vari-
ous details as the circumstances of the
Territory affected seemed to-demand, and,
in creatingthe Territory o-f Utah, don
gress evidently thought that circumstan- -
ces there might require judicial remedies
not necessary in. other Territories, for, by
section nine of the act* creating that Ter. t
ritory, it is provided that a writ of error ,
may be brought from the decision of any
judge of the Supreme or District Courts
of the Territory to the Supreme Court of
the United States upon any writ of ha
beas corpus involving : the question of
personal freedom, a provision never in
serted in any other Territorial act, ex
cept that creating the Territory of New
Mexico*
This extraordinary provision shows,
that Congress intended to mould the or
ganic law to the peculiar necessities off
the Territory, and the legislation which £
now recommend is in full harmony with,
the precedent thus established. lam
vised that the United States Courts, ip,
Utah have been greatly embarrassed by
the action of the Territorial Legislature
in conferring criminal jurisdiction and
the power to issue writs of habeas corpus
on Probate Courts in the Territory, and
by their consequent interference with the
administration of justice. Manifestly, the
Legislature of the Territory cannot give
to any court whatever, the power to dis
charge, by habeas corpus* persona held by
or under process from the courts created,
by Congress; but complaints are mad*
that persons so held have been discharged
in that way by the Probate Oourts.
I cannot doubt that Congress will agree
with me that such a state of things ought ‘
not longer to be tolerated, and that no
class of persons anywhere should be
allowed to treat the laws of the United
States with Open defiance and contempt.
if
Ci^gteas^ any action
“upon Ws aua aisoraer ,
will follow, rendering’ miliary interfer
ence necessary, a jeWlt I shou W great ly
deprecate, and in view of this and othe?
obvious considerations I earnestly recom
mend that Congress, at the present ses
sion, pass some act which will enable the
District Court of. Utah to proceed, wijth
independence,and efficiency, in the ad
ministration of law and justice.
U. S. Grant,
POLITICAL.
—Local Qption was defeated in Read-1
ing, Pa, Friday, by about 900 majority.
—lt is ascertained definitely that there
is no foundation for the recent report that
Secretary Boutwell has tendered his res
ignation.
—E. F. Evans, Republican candidate
for mayor, of Reading, Pa., on Friday was
elected by 320 majority—a Republican
gain of 771 over the last mayoralty elec- 1
tion.
—The President sent to the Senate
Tuesday the nomination of David D.
Smith as Supervising Inspector General
of Steamboats.
—Mr. Brock way, of Columbia county,
has read in place in the House of Repre
sentatives a bill to erect a new county to
be called Minnequa from parts of Tioga,
Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming coun
ties.
—The Montrose Independent "Republican
says: “Mr. Quay, former editor of the
Beaver Radical, is a deep thinker and
a clear, perspicuojas writer. That'he will,
in the performance of the duties of his
office, as Secretary of the Commonwealth,
fully meet the expectations of those who
personally know and appreciate his tal-
and also the demands of the people
of this great commonwealth need not for
a moment be questioned.
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