The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-03

We hope our friends throughout the count
will send us the names of parties elected q
the township elections on last Tuesday, in tn
various localities.
DIR. o. q. Owens, physician in the India
department and is at present stationed at For
Sill, passed through our city this week e
route for Fort SILL
J. r. Mead furnishes the property owner
In his addition shade trees free of charge. A
he asks Of them is to set them out and tax
good care of them.
Samuel FOssilman, of CovingtOn. Indiana, ha
been making some investments in our tow
and county. Mr.. F. will settle with his famil
near Newton. in Harvey county.
We counted 115 teams on Douglas avenu
and Main street ut Ills a. M, on last Satur
day. Both streets presented the liveliest ap
pearance throughout the entire day.
"For WAYS that are dark and tricks that ar
vain, the heather Chinee is peculiar" w
understand that an Acknowledged celestial |
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Drs. Longsdorf & Fisher, have taken posses
sion of their new and commodious office,
few doors north Of the national bank, whcr,
one or the other can be found night and day
City Surveyor II. George surveyed a new
race track southeast Of the depot, last Satur
day. The new track will he graded up il
II. ,,,.l ~. a
The citv board of trade fas ordered lots o
cotton, Usage orange, castor beans and Tobacco,
which will be delivered to farmers at ne
cost.
Matthews, Rue Il Co., commenced making
brick this week, and employ about twenty
five men. They propose to have kiln o
1jO, 900 burned ready for sale by the LIST o
May
The coal dealers. Of which the two principa
firms are J. Exton and ID. A. Mitchell, received
during the last ten months 425 car loads o
coal, or one hundred and twenty Thousand
bushels.
We can express no very high opinion o
the new cross-walks put down by the city. MOI
yet Of the manner in which they are laid. In
a few months many of them will be rs though
they never had been.
The readers Of this paper are treated to an
other refrain from the long silent harp O
MOZART" We think that gentleman q little
harsh in his criticisms-at least,we cannot en-
dorse altogether his political prelude.
After the full returns were received on Tues
day night the band boys, with quite a number
offriends, serenadcd the newly elected mayor
Mr.. Hope, who responded to the compliment
with an appropriate and well-timed speech.
We were hOnored last week with calls from
Mr.. Perry, Of the Hutchinson Aers, and Mr.
Ashbaugh, of the Newton Eanson, brother ed.
itors who are laboring shoulder to shoulder
with the EAGLE in the upbuilding Of the
Southwest.
c. S. Brodbent, county clerk of Sumner
county, passed through our city last Monday
on his way to Topeka. 10 attend the state
farmers convention as delegate from the Ok.
ford township farmers club and the Arkansa,
valley fair company.
Fifty teams and wagons containing emigrants
settlers passed through here one day last week
~ route for Barbour county. As stock rails
ing county the above is very superior, but II
does not compare with Sumner and Sedgwick
for agricultural purposes.
Mr.. N. G. Lane. OF Illinois, . gentleman of
high educational attainments. one that is en-
thusiastic in everything that pertains to the
culture of the rising generation. has been visit
ing our place Tor several days and has con-
cluded to make Wichita his future home.
For severity the past winter has been I'M
PARALLEL, yet we cannot learn that the loss in
live stock was so great as that of year ago.
Cooke 4 Adams lost during the last storm ten
head out Of their herd Of 400, which is the on
ly instance that has as yet been reported to u.s.
Mrs. Watson & O'Conner are now prepared
to do dressmaking in all the latest STYLES They
also have full line of millinery goods and
dress trimmings. On Saturday they have an
an opening, and they invite all the ladies Of
Wichita and vicinity to call and examine their
stock.
Col. Woodbury. started Yesterday for drills
and machinery. with which he expects to lind
coal on the rise east oftown. Small humps OF
coal have Of late been picked up in the bed Of
4 ravine near the head ofGypsum, and there il.
bat little doubt Of the suecess Of Mr.. VS. en-
terprise. Haste the day. for the question Of
fuel to this valley in . very few years will be
an all important one
Will Rouse, who was so intimately connect
ed with the early trials and triumphs of our
young city. was In town on last Saturday
looking exceedingly happy and fat His at
tention is so closely taken up with his stock
and farm that he had not been to town for
months He is putting out two thousand
xix hundred fruit and nursery grown forcs,
trees this spring.
Mr.. Peter Felter. Of Kane. Green county,
Indiana. who made some extensive purchases
here last year. lie back again this spring putting
more Of hi. Hoo.ier money In Jayhawker
real estate. He has purchased. also, several
,ity lots, and viii erect two buildings the COM
ng summer. He says there is no chance for
his county or anything in it to fail. His pur-
,hases were made through Steele 4 Levy