The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-07-31
SMALL ITEMS FROM SPRING
CREEK

The farmers arc preparing TO put in
large crops OF fall wheat. Corn looks
splendidly; yield will be 10 TO 80 bush
els per acre. W. :. Mccoy is in Hi
nois, visiting old friends. John Dolan
has been offered thirty-eight hundred
dollars for his Spring creek farm of
800 acres. Sol. II. Kohn. the gentle
manly vice president of the Wichita
Savings bank, is improving farm on
Spring creek. There is an interesting
Sunday school at the Stafford school
house. Many of the corn fields here
resemble great collection of liberty
polls with fence rails hanging at half
mast. John Oldham and Joe. Costin
have opened a wagon factory at Ell
Paso. John 9. Graham. proprietor of
the FL Paso house. was bit by rattle
snake last week, he is now able to be
about. DR.. Tucker is improving his
residence. The FL Paso bridge is said
to be a paying institution. The best
water power west of the father of wa
| tiers is in the great Arkansas river at
FL Paso, somebody will turn it to
profit. II. a. Neeley. our wide awake
county commissioner has enclosed his
mansion with beautiful fence. Il. A.
No. thinks II. a. No. . is the prettiest
baby in Southern Kansas. he is right
good looking. he favors his mothers
side of the house. Il. +. Trickey Il Co..
have painted their store house il is
an instinct of the Trickey. family 10
know how To run & grocery store. \.
Minnich X Co. are closing out their
stock of goods. and will soon stock up
anew. John Snazy and Ad. Woodcock.
are running a threshihg machine In
the opinion of 4 couple of outright
dead beats. the farmers Of Rock ford
committed a great error in bringing
to the front for county treasurer, the
popular farmer, \. G.. Burr; the far
mcrs haint smart enough TO run the
thing yet, so say the two aforesaid
dead beats. Keno, Geo. b. Hotfield
is now IN Iowa telling his friends all
about this beautiful valley. have the
profounde>t respect for any citizen of
this county who subscribes for an
Emporia or Topeka paper and refuses
TO take the EAGLE or Beacon. | love to
hear him talk of county matters he 1
will contidentlally advise YOU that the !
EAGLE has sold out 10 somebody. aud I,
the Beacon will bust up. all of which /.
would be true if every man in the 1
county was q leather-hcad like himself I
Sol. Woodmanrey of the Dolly Warden. (
is on Spring creek looking after the
interest on his farm. Mr.. Myres across
the bridge from FL Pa>o. has ono Of the
best farms in Sedgwick county: he has
out about five mile. of hedge fence.
large fins house furnished with costly
furniture and large hearted intclli-
gent lady 10 preside. Such are the
lardships of frontier life in South
western Kansas. l.. Z. Vance runs the
Il Paso saloon and on sunday lock,
I up. pnts the key IN his pocket and
tteuds church and Sunday school.
ent - EAGLES to various places of the
Inited States last week. am now in
avor of coun'y papers going free. |
would as soon take an ounce of qui- .
inc a 10 lick - one cent postage ,
lamps. Mr.. Slime has so much grain
n his farm that there is danger OF ,
mes being lost in getting to his house.
eph Stafford got his shin bruised last /,
eek working with 4 threshiilg ma
hinc. hope il will not keep him in the :
ouse very long.
FARMER DooLITTLE. q