The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-08-23

| AS DaDyhOOd Is doomed to veXatiOuS mala.
dies before it can attain a perfect manhood or
womanhOOd, so all new towns must have run
OF certain set Of ills, Inconvenience and ex.
per1ences that time, courage and enterprise
Will alone overcome. 4 failure in the appli-
cation Of these remedies and the ambition of
all new places willis and the life dies out, leav-
ing them crumbling, tumbling-down insignif.
cant villages. Wichita is having her first run
Of these distressing distempers. Persons and
things are tending to their proper level ::
streets must be graded and regarded. guttered
and reguttered; sidewalks laid and relaid ::
churches built, additions added, and then all
replaced by more imposing edifces; frame
business houses built one week and torn down
the next week to give room for something
more permanent, and so it goes until MANY
get out Of patience and feel inclined to kick
up. whats this subscription fory' "Why
this eXpensev' "Why is this officer or per-
son allowed t., do this or that?'' are all giles
tons that time alone can answer satisfactorily.
Outside Of her mercantile trade, mechanics
shops and city officers Wichita boasts a set of
as energetic, plucky and enterprising men as
can be found in the west and as the preach
ers say, mo preventing providence all will
come out straight in the end. Some of us want
Main street better graded, and want it g,lttered
and curbed; others want Douglas avenue
served in the same fashion this che thinks a
''fre district" should have been erected long
ago; that one thinks our city government too
expensive, etc, etc. But time and patience,
friends. No doubt the authorities are doing
all in their power. and at as little expense As
possible. The EAGLE desires to encourage
rather than criticise, and every time that our
attention is called to what you deem failure
you must not get angry because we don't ven
tiate. To build city We must work together
in harmony, pull together in everything, and
sustain our officers SO long as We think their
course honest, and their endcavors for the adj.
vancement OF the city, as in their judgment
they are convinced.
young man by the name of Henry Stick
ney. a cousin Of 4. A. Moore Of this place.
who was about twenty-six years Of age. and
who had been stopping in Wichita several
weeks for his mental health, his mind having
been affected for some time past, started for
NA'' W" '''aS IA w "uASkau. huuoIS. i3St week,
and when near Atchison he jumped from the
train while il was under full headway, ran 70
a creek near by and jumped in. Before the
train could be stopped, AMI before he could be
reached, life was extinct. Mr. Moore was ac-
him home. Mr.. Stickuey was
quiet, unofending young man while here. II
seems that about year ago he had made all
arrangements TO consummate a matrimonial /
engagement with young lady in Illinois that
Tor some reason the engagement had been bro |
ken on, and that ever afterwards be was at.
fecfed with melancholy. His doctor thought |
that change Of climate might prove benefi- |
ciaL and he was accordingly sent to Kansas.
with the understanding that should he become
dissatisfied he should be accompanied home
He seemed rational enough.
hut seldom spoke. He left Wichita on last
Tuesday evening ON cattle train. His sad
srd We have recorded.
We called at the popular house Of Hills 4
Kramer early one morning this week and
cund all hands in the establishment busy SELL
N goods. They have large and wei select
ID stock Of staple dry goods. plain and fancy
iress goods. hats, caps, boots, shoes and gro
'eries, which they are selling cheap for cash.
Persons wishing to purchase general assort-
nent can have their orders filed at this house
Mr.. Williams. OF Baxter Springs. who was
truck by lightning three weeks since. Of
which we gave an account al the time. is now
ble to be around. He says he has no recol-
ect'on Of the occurrences Of that .lay or the
light following, and that the muscles of hi.
mbs are yet tender.