The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-04-19

The Frontier sorenadcrs viii give their sec
ond grand entertainment ut the school house
tomorrow evening, Saturday. the 2cth inst.
Those who witnessed their first performance
pce.l only t,.is announcement to brin-, them
out. To those who ,:ave neither seen nor
heard of them. we viii say they evince talent
equal to the best we lave seen displayed in
any Of the cities, and are better than the aver
age travelling minstrel shows. On this occa-
sion they ill produce new features, proper
ties, songs and wi:ticislns, and the affair prom
ises to be one that viii long be remembered
for its mirth-provoking qualities. Tickets sold
parts of the hOuse-first come, best seats.
Doors open at IL O'Clock.
The bridge across the Big Arkansas is rapid
Iy approaching completion. The iron piers
are mere and being put in place as fast as
full corps of experienced operatives can do
the work. The superstructure was by mistake
shipped to st. Joe, for the bridge TO cross the
Missouri at that point. The mistake has been
corrected, however, and the material is arriv-
ing here daily by wagon. The bridge will be
one thousand feet long, and will reflect credit
alike upon the entcrprsing citizens who put
their money in it, as well AS the skill and ability
Of Mr.. W. J. Robson, the contractor, who is
without superior in this line.
The Darwin theory is strengthened in the
discovery of kind of worm, in Sumner coun-
ty, found near Wellington. To us it is great
curiosity. 1t resembles the grub worm.
is preserved intact as to formula, and yet is
the root Of fine prairie flower. The speci-
men we have shows the germ and stem COM
plete. 1t was one of a number sent to Mr..
Smith here. and handed us by him. Connected
with il is either a fund of grave speculation or
loud-mOuthed humor, if it is something old to
Others and new to us. Proving SO, we've said
enough; if not, we have time and room here
after to diate on the subject.
We had the qualification ola warm grasp from
the hand of that nObleman disguised as an
agent of Williams, Miler& Olmstead. There
is not one among that nomadic race, yclept
runners, that mas more friends throughout the
business community of Kansas, than ii. KEEL
logg. He is known to them all and ever well
coined at sight; nor is there better house
than the one he represents in all Chicago. Few
stores have a compliment Of hats, caps, furs,
straw goods, parasols and umbrellas. but have
some bearing the stamp of Williams, Miller &
Olmstead IA and 145 Michigan avenue.
The Little Arkansas river which forms
junction with the Great Arkansas river. just
west Of Mr.. Waterman's addition, is beautiful
stream. The water is blue as the sky i'm APP
pearance. For short it is called hereabouts
"Little River Never have we known
stream so full Of fish. They are seined out by
the wagon load and anged out by piscatorial
amateurs by the dozen until you can't rest
The worst varieties retail for cents. the choice
for cents per pound. We were told that one
man has cleared $4,000 during the winter in
the fish traffic.
A. F. Horner has one hundred car loads of
the fine magnetism stone. that is obtained at
his quarry. ready for shipment to Wichita as
soon as the railroad reaches this point.
This is probably as fine building material as
the world produces, save marble, which it al
most rivals in beauty Of texture and surpasses
in strength. This stone will be WORTH proba-
bly,, about ten dollars per ear, delivered. With
it and the large number of brick already con-
tracted for, Wichita ought TO put in a pretty
solid appearance within 4 twelve month.
a company has been formed, with William
Grciffenstein as president, to manufacture
1,,s.1 l. 1.r.~ L. Gu,
nish good building brick to all at actual cost.
They will be sold at not over 81 per thousand,
the object being to build up and adorn our
business and resident streets with handsome
blocks and edificcs. Such enterprises are
commendable in the extreme and are only
continuance of that foresight which has made
almost city of Wichita in a little more than
year. Drones don't live in this hive.
We noticed an ice box being zine lined mt
Mike Zimmerly's that for finish and style beats
anything in the way of an ice box we have yet
seen. 1t was made here in Wichita by brcth-
cr-in-law Of Mr.. Berry's. Those sending
away to cities for articles of use, or ornament.
should first try home; remembering that we
have in our midst some of the best mechanics
from the very places, probably, they would
send to for the things wanted. Saving Offreight
and the satisfaction of witnessing the con-
struction. are Of course secondary.
On Main street opposite the st. Louis
Hardware Store, is where Wichita's old favor
ties keep restaurant. Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Martin, whose universal kindness to guests
and whose ability to career to the most refined
taste, has gone abroad from Sedgwick county
to Texas. II needs no promise from them,
that they will keep the best in this market,
and procure the balance abroad if necessary,
to make their table just what Mrs. Martin will
have it. wanting in nothing. and in abundance
full.
Wichita winds swing twenty-six lawyers.
signs. and every other man has a letter from
some legal friend who wants but little en-
enlargement to add his shingle TO the rest.
Some here already conclude:
''That no exercise Of jaw.
Twisting India rubber law,
Is rs good
As the exercise Of paw,
On the handle of saw.
Saving wood
An arrangement was perfected last Wedncs-
day whereby passengers can arrive and depart
from Wichita. coming or going to Topeka, the
same day. doing away with the necessity Of
stopping over night in Newton. The stages
connect with the ears at Sedgwick, bringing
passengers through to Wichita the same even=
ing. After a relay of horses. they return to