The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-04-23

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the front of their building.
| Todd & Royal have sold their stock Of goods
I 10 Messrs. Murphy a. Reilly Of Sioux City, who
come to our city with the best of references,
and what is Undergraduates.
The first herd of cattle from Texas this sea-
son arrived last Saturday. Aobut one thou
sand head are a. present on the North Fork of
| the Ninncscah. near Smiths rancho.
Tenent houses are in great dcrAsnd. Quite
4 number of families are boarding ahhotels in
the city for the reason that there are no vacant
houses to be had. This denotes prosperity.
We felt inclined to grumblc at the cold rainy
weather. but since we learned that in the cen
! trial and northern portions of the state that it
/ has been showing, we are content with our lot.
/ We issue th. week five hundred extras for
the firm of c. +. Pierce e Co.. dealers in lum-
Der, which they pr6pose TO send 10 different
/ points throughout the Southwest. They mean
/ business.
! II has been recommended that farmers who
put up wire fence TO nail Il Grip of board along
the entire stretch OF fence<so that stock can
see the obstacle, and thereby save both fence
and stock.
Tom. Coward has sonIc six or eight line
young horseiYi1ch he is training. He has
purchased pair of steel boots for Grieflcn-
STEMS horse, prince and is trying to learn
him TO trot.
Can't some enterpri,ing young man start Il
varieties theatre and run it through the season
for the benefit of th< Texa. men. They are of
that nature that they must have amusements.
you know.
The Methodist quarterly meeting commences
next Saturday at . O'Clock. Election of trus-
tees so,Aetire during the afternoon. Any
member of church over twenty-one will be al
lowed to vote.
The A., T. d :. r. railroad company sent,
last week. advertisements to thirty different
newspapers in foreign countries, advertising
the great Arkansas valley. That is what we
call enterprise.
Common prairie hay is selling in this mar
ket at ten dollars per ton. Parties have been
here for the last week buying and shipping to
Leaycnworth, where it is selling at twenty
dollars per ton.
John iIufi, the gentleman from New York.
who spent some time in our city last fall. has
sold twelve thousand dollars worth of New
York clay, and proposes TO invest it some
where in this valley.
=. Montgomery has again been employed
by the railroad company TO work on the cattle
trail this season in their interests. Mr.. Mont
gomery was engaged in the same business last
season. and he did his work well.
Under the Influence of the bad weather dur
ing the past week, trade has been rather I'M
satisfactory, more because the merchants were
expecting large trade. Trade may be Il little
late this spring, but 1t is bound TO come
Parties holding stock in the Sedgwick coun-
ty Agricultural society will bear IN mind that
the election of officers takes place next Satur-
day. and it is quite essential that as many be
present as possible. In order that full eX-
preston can be had.
According to figures from the surveyor gen.
erals Office, the exact geographical centre Of
the state Of Kansas is the corner of sections
five, six. seven and eight, township eighteen,
range nine west. II is in Rice county. about
sixty miles due northwest from Wichita.
Wichita is therefore fifly-four miles east of the
centre line. north and south, of the state.
During the week the condition Of the local
money market has been better than usual, de-
posts from both county and city showing
aggregate, and checking only moderate. Col
ccting is reported pretty good, and altogether
business is very promising. The live stock
ictcrests have the preference i'll the demand
for currency, which is quite large, the balance
being distributed to the mercantile trade gen.
orally.
An organized movement is on foot at the
east TO locate large number of discharged
soldiers in Southwestern Kansas. The object,
is TO secure one hundred and sixty heres to
each settler free of cost, except the expense of
con, cyancc. which will be $40 The grand
army of the republic in New York have taken
hold Of the matter. and il seems likely TO re-
suit in a large addition TO our Kansas ycoman-
nv during the coming summer
The March apportionment Of the state school
fund for 1874 has been received, and eighty
cents 10 the pupil of each district will he paid
to all districts having had thr &c months
school taught during the year 1873, upon the
application OF the respective district treasur-
ers to the county superintendent. The amount
received for the county was sl.349.4o. winch
is an increase over last year of about $1,000.
The July apportionment OF last year was only
a little ever $780, making for the year about
LOO. Thi, year 1t will be about 50 900.
W. Woodman & Co. have issued very
neat eight page pamphlet entitled TIE Happy
Valley" guide to quiet homes in the garden g.
wealth. health and beauty in Sedgwick, Sum-
ncr. Cowley and Butler counties. Ii gives
short history OF the above named counties with
a description of the same. setting forth the
great advantages this valley possesses over any
other country in the west II also contains
partial list OF lands. which they have for sale,
and where located-how much it cost 10 get to
Wichita and what road 10 take. They are for
gratuitous distribution. Go get one and send
il to your friends.
PERsoNAL.-llon. ". 7. Hackney and {.
5. Brodbent passed through the city Monday.
erroute TO Topeka.
Hon. W. L. Martin, Of Cowley. was in the
city Monday Also Mr.. Fairbank. of Winfield.
{. r. Pierce. of Emporia. Of the firm of {. +.
Pierce Il Co., was in the city this week anu
gave us a call
Miss Florence Morris, of Topeka, is in orr
city
j. Karatofsky. the merchant prince Of Wieh-
ita. has secured the services of Mr.. James o.
Brown. formerly with New York store. Mr..
Brown will be pleased TO meet his customer
friends. and, rs usual, will say cheaper than
can he found elsewhere.
The long horns are colnng-not in hundreds.
but thousands. The following letter has been
handed us by Mr. Dryden with permission TO
publish it. 1t is from his boss-herdcr:
BEiroN, Texas. April 10th. lS.+.
JAS. Dryden. Esq. strive arrived here
safe yesterday and crossed the cattle this morn
ing Twas down to see the cattle book and find
that ALREADY $1,000 head have crossed the river
at this place. Liitig 4 lob crossed the river
/ here on the 9Th inst. and by this time are some
distance from hS Every herd see inquire
10 what place 6ey intend driving. and most of
them saw TO Wichita. Kansas. l think you can
: look for US about the 18th of next month. We
came nearly freezing the last three nights. II
/ being very cold. and also = good deal of rain
and hail. but think the weather will become
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