The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-08-02
WICHITA, BY A NF.GaBOR.

taken from the t>A-Otu fTfss titt '""-
tains several items and impressions:
EDITOR Press: Having recently
had occasion to spend q few days III
Wichita, thought "a few lines in re,
gardt the city. its business. people and
nrc spects. as we view il. might not be
unintcres'ing to some of Your reaiers
who have not enjoyed the privilege.
Wichita. as viewed from business
standpoint, is at present very ilveiv
town. Between the cattle trade, which
bring to town a great many strangers.
both cattle owners and herders, and
business connected with the land office
and railroad, Wichita is full OF life and
business. But, oh! what condition
the streets are in. Yet, to the credit
of the energetic and enterprising men
of the town. be it said. they are max
ing desperate effort to keep the mud
piled up in the middle OF the street
and keep the sidewalks clean, ana
allow the vast amount o. wafer con
stantly accumulating there an unob-
structed passage 10 the great Arkan-
sas river; and l Go believe from the
energy sec manifested by these people
in pushing forward this g:c;.; work,
that they will vet succeed. Blt "
must be discourageing. indeed. TO
these people. when after hard days
work spent in collecting this mass OF
black mud to the cc:..re of the street
until it assumes the proportion OF
narrow-g;,acc railroad. With respect
able water courses on either SHE, 10
get M in the morning and find their
works dcmolisiicd, and the entire mass
again back to an original dead level.
With only here and there more eleva-
ted portion of the sidewalk diScernahlc
above The .nass-and all thls TIE result
of one Of those pleasant showers Tor
which Southern Kansas is fast becom-
ing notorious But enough of this.
We arc no. eEclincd 20 make use OF any
severe criticism when we see the peo-
pie doing all in their power 10 remedy |
/ the evil. We put up at the Douglas /
! Nvcnuc House as usual, Gnd as usual /
/ found the gcntlcmanly prOprietors.
/ Cox and Blood. courteous and genteel, |
/ AMI what is of more imortance to us. !
we find their table will spread and |
well served with not only the neces-
sarics but all the Injuries and delicacics !
that are 20 be obtained in any of the
cities of the east, From here we repair
ed Immediately to the land Office where
we were very sorry to learn what we
had heretofore regarded as rumor
ONLY that Judge Akin and Capt. Shan
non had resigned their position as
register and receiver of the office. We
have been constantly doing business
with this office, not only since here at
this place. but also while in Augusta.
and have ever found these gentlemen
courteous and obliging. anu III retiring
from this Office they have our best
wishes and most profound respect, and
we hazard the assertion that whatever
position they may be cs.nt,. upon to
lin i'm future. will be filled hOnorably
with credit to themselves and all par
ties concerned Ourbusiness complet-
ed. we started fora stroll! up The streets
and found every one busy.
On our way we called at the New
York store. and found Sol y. Kohn Il
Fro. Invested ofcoa.s and vests, bust:
engaged in supplying their numerous
customers with goods, at prices so low
that nobody refused to buy. But rs
we had not time to stop every where,
and as our sympatllics were naturally
drawn out tOwar,. the seventy-tive FAC
cording to .'MoZart') gentleman OF the
legal persuasion. Tc proceeded to cell
upon a few OF them. We did not find
all of the scvcnty-tivc. but those whom
we had the pleasure Ofincetln@ were as
good. square looking set of men as can
be found in any city east or west. ID.
II. Morse was in court. with coat of
and collier Orcn. valiantiy conteniir"
for the rights of some party, who, to
Judge from the plea Morse was making,
, was subject of persecution and mali
cious prosecution.
We also had the pleasure of meeting
J. ". Hc,ac:---:.Gi!, y. {. Siuss, and
, Kirkr?..ick .Ju' % Baldwin AMI Dyer.
any OF whom would make 3 GOOD Indigo
-. for the 18th Judicial District. But it
is unfortunate that but one ran be
elected out of such number: all pos
sessing the requisite ability and quail
iti, ations for the position. We had
understood that Wichita coa,d finn Ii
' Guite number OF candidates ior the
iudgcship. and on inquiry of one of the
gentlemen above named we learned
that only seventeen gentlemen had rs
vet been heard from. Bat those peo-
ple are very magnanimoUs and admit
: that there NAV possibly be parties out
side of Wichita equally entitled to the
y position and thai il II candidate be Sc
Il iected from some other part of the dis
rect or even from Sumner county they
i will cheerfIllv acquiesce. Bat enough
OF Tie ;udgcship. We had forgotten to
mention our jov ial friend W. II. Roarke
. Justice of the peace. ROurke is one OF
- your wide-awakc fellows with an eye
- single to business. and has full hands
~ and ,.lctiioric docket.
= ON our way round we called at the
Vidette Office. and found friend Per
70 kins i'm l. rr,!t working trim. with man
uscript on either side and all arouno
N him: and we Judge by the wrinklet
brow and gravity Of his countenanct
70 that he felt tic responsibility devolvce
- upon him bv ;hc action of the Baltl
., more convention or perhaps he wa:
20 figuring mp Ireeiey's probable MAJOR
ity. Perkins is one of that class OF maj
90 who engage in great earnest III what
ever they undertake anu II Greeley
w not elected il will not be Perkins fault
% Bv the way. we found mere Greele,,
men in Wichita than i'll any other town
10 i'm the Southwest: or else they re bel
30 fer workers and mean 10 iorc-tall D.
!" making their strength %-nowTrr'd te'
- early in the campaign.
In our round we called on Col. MGf
% dock of ;hc EAGLE. Tie Col. Is one .
YOUR wi,ie-awake wc>tcr: men. WHO
ID every one would know who ever read
IL the EAGLE, and we expect cvcrybod
A. reads it.
G.. On or v-av o.. of tom SsviaE 2 j.
tie Lu: mess with that gcntlemau. W
tx led II tic Office u ti!c:ld ICUllY;
adjoining his large lumber yard. W
ok found lin full Of life and cuisines
lie has now the finest pile Of iun.be
TO and building material we have ioun
is i'm the west. and he il selling il al DO
on tom prices.
-. Ou- sister civ CIV chita} il eoin
no ahead with improvements beyond pr
no ccdent: she has not less than fifty stor'
aud c,rocnrips the. finest school hou.