The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-06-19
ON THE CATTLE TRAIL.
All Right im Wtchita-Stg ht-seeinE At
Mtdnigha-A Visit TO the mcrsltnE
Grounds.

All Right In W1choto-SuSh t-SeeAmS NJ
Misinighs-A Visit to- the llcrdinE
Grounds.
from the Kansas City Journal.
A night in Wichita. To those at all &C.
quainted with the ways OF. or, a. the little
dolls dresamaker would say, the ''tucks and
manners of the people of a frontier town in
the heighlh of its glory, these four words,
ga night in Wichita" imply much more
than they do to the animated. 1t requires
come little nerve or resolution upon the part
of modest, quiet stranger 10 enable him to
90 through all the varied scenes of baccha-
nalian reyelry incident to an all night ont
in a Texas cattle town. After night has
thrown its misty mantle Of gloom over
Wichita, the city undergoes an entire trans
| formation; those bus ness houses which have
been thronged the entire day with the staid
and steadier portion of the population, close
their doors, and the store-keepers depar: for
their homes or boarding houses.
AND THE NIGHTLY REvELs BEGINS.
Brass bands send forth their brazen invita-
tons to the lonely Texan to 'come into the
parior." Brilliantly lighted saloons open
wide their doors, and eaily attired females
thumb and drum upon pianos, and IN duclet
tones and mocking smiles invite the "bOys"
| in, and night is commenced in earnest.
Cur;o-ity, and the Prospect of an item
prompted your reporter to visit all the places
public resort in Wichita. These visits were
made in company with a portion Of the
| Kansas City excuIsionists, whose curiosity
was stronger than their fears. The first
place visited was the Wichita varieties, an
institution far superior in point of respecta-
bility to the old Walnut street theatre. This
place is rough pine shan;y, about one hun
dred feet deep by about thirty in width, I'M
plas,ere., Imprinted and dimiy lighted, and
with a small stage lighted bya row of six
lamps as foot lights, and concealed 10y a
gaudiIy painted advertising curtain.
| .'KENO's CORRECT"
The keno palace appeared to he reaping a
harvest in Wichita. From this place We
proceeded to the "Tiger's Den, or gambling
house. Gambling is carried on in Wichita
upon q wholesale scale. A large hail upon
| the corner is used in common by dozen
"monte" or "faro bankers" upon the sacred
principle that public market is kept, each
paving for a stall or table. Prof. Hasaett's
Kansas City brass band plays there all
night, az much to attract attention as to
drown the din or noise Of the ganiesters while
at their trade. Here in this hall are four or
FIVE monte bankers, faro, roulette and chuck
a-luck tables, poker tables and ''ro"ge ct
Roir," The scene was one that cou!ti only
properly be described at the expense OF more
T, space than yo,lr columns will permit OF.
But il vas :, remarkable sight. The Texans
and Me.icans gamble reci,lessly, and throw
their money into the ''tiger's" NAV without
stint or hesitation. 1. is a feariu! place, this
gambling hell Of Wichita.
| ACALL on RowDY JOE.
| Some time after midnight the party
crossed the Arkansas river to make call on
"Rowdy joe" at his dance house in West
Wichita Rowdv Joe lives in q hinge barn
like structure upon the site Of the recent
riot and murders OF week ago. The relics
and embers of the fires kind!ed by the sol
diers, last week, when they burned ont Joe's
ne1t-door neighbor, "Red," are still undis-
turbed. The boys had an opportunity OF
seeing a sight they will long remember,
| After visiting several other resorts Of the
y;cacious the party returned to their hotels,
fully satisfied with their nights ramble.
THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
Fairly on Wednesday morning. a party
was made up to visit the herding grounds
on the Cow Skin, the Niniscah, and Clear
| Water creeks. The country southwest Of
Wichita outside of limit of fifteen or twenty
miles, was found fairly speckled with cattle.
We found thousands of these lOng-horned
bovines grazing peacefully upon the vast
prairie plains, fattening for the market.