The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-11

made up and farmers are securing thorough
bred males with which to improve their stock
The profit in this course is proven in every
stock market in the country. Mr. McHardy
has had long, practical experience in handling
and breeding short-horn cattle and his seclec-
tons are made with view to meet the de-
mands OF the west for well bred, vigorous an
finals than for gilt-edged fancy families. The
very liberal terms offered by Mr.. McHardy,
will no doubt bring together great many OF
our breeders,
Now comes the funny and unlooked-for in
telligence that Johnny Allen, the staid and
level headed head of the EAST and West
Grocery has let the contract for the erection
of a neat and tasty residence on Topeka ave-
nue. and, further, that he left for the east
I yesterday where he will be gone for six
weeks, taking in, beside other things, the
Centennial and some mans daughter.
Think Of Johnny as a married man, girls, and
then, too, of his going back east for calico and
appurtenances when there are so many of
you that could have completely graced that
new residence. If our wife wasn't married
woman we would call an Indignation pulIst
convention at once.
Col. ID. NJ. v. Stuart. whom we noticed
two weeks ago, as having put out large
number of trees upon his farm this season,
handed US some seed gathered from the mani
moth tree OF the Yosemite Valley. Col S.
having read that tree grower IN Rochester
New York, had, in five years, raised trees
thirty feet in height from the seed, sent to
friend in California, and he proposes to try
them in this valley, kindly giving us an op-
portunIty TO help him test the greatest ever
green in the world Col. Stuart has also OBJ
tanned several varieties of the Eucalyptus,
which he will try. but we fear he will find the
climate too rigorous for the last named
variety.
Hardly a day passes that some enterprising
farmer of sedgwick county does not tell us OF
improvements he is making to his farm and
of exploits in tree planting. Hundreds OF
thousands of fruit and forest trees have been
set out in Sedgwick county this spring.
Among the most notable instances of this kind
of enterprise comes from Horace Carpenter,
of Greeley township, who Informs us that he
has set out upwards CT 1000 trees this spring,
among which are 1880 peach trees, l,4O0 box
elders, 700 walnut, and 125 cherry trees. In
addition to this good seasons work he has put
out $4,000 cottonwood cuttings lie has also
set out three miles of new hedge in addition
to two miles OF three year-old hedge which
already turns cattle
The question as to Wichita retaining her
professional men has become serious one.
No lawyers no trouble; but suppose spell OF
sickness and no doctors They have all got
the farm-fcyer, regularly defined cases of
Grange lunacy. One halt of the lawyers and
doctors Of this place are Boosting of their
wheat crop and the rest are Threatening to
take a homestead. We appeal to their profess
sional pride. Admitting there is more money
in farming-more ready cash in wheat, what
does money amount to after all? We entreat
Of them moments consideration.
! A interesting letter will be found elsewhere
from Hon. John Kelley. 1t treats OF the ef-
ects Of the new tax law IN such plain, COM
mon-sensed manner that no one can fail to I'M
derstand. Every government, from the full
grown nation down TO the smallest municipal
ity. has given amount of money to raise each
| year, no more no less, and SO far rs the tax
payer is concerned, so long as the rate of as
sessment is uniform 1t makes no kind OF differ
enee whether his property is valued high or
low. 1t is the amount raised that affects the
taxpayer, not the valuation. But the true
way is TO assess all property everywhere at its
real value.
Cooper, Bailey & Co. S great allied show
was well named. Its agents led its bills lied,
its managers lied-they all lied about their al
lied show. The performance here Saturday
night, though attended by two thousand peo-
pie was a swindle and sell. The proprietors
should have been waited upon by an i'm
promptu committee of the audience and CON-
PEELED to fill their regular programme The
amount of meney paid by our citizens to that
swindllng outfit would build bigger church
or finer school house than the county boasts
to-day.
The Topeka Daily Argus, an evening paper
which steps in just as the Times steps out, is
the newest candidate for capitolisn favor.
Frank Root. an Old and very successful editor,
makes the sacriicial Offering. The Argus is "A
perfect typographical beauty and is ''chuck'
fun of news. Price, by mail, twenty-five
cents per month. Good wishes will hardly
suffice, il is a case OF Root, Frank, or expire
May your hundred eyes never become a part
of Peacock's tail, your head be cut of by the
Blade, nor your leading editor turn Baker.
Mrs. Martha A. Turner, widow OF the late
] Il
killed last election day, called upon us Mon
day. Mrs Turner expresses herself as indig-
nant at the verdict, saying that the action of
the jury astonishcd everybody We know
nothing of the testimony or surroundings fur
Their than that Neal was defended by Henry
{. Sluss who never fails where there is the
slightest show for success. Mr. Suss was as
sisted by Woods Herrick and Showalter, resi-
del,t attorneys.
j. III. Stearns tells us that he finished put
ting in forty thousand apples gratis last
week, on his place, two miles east of town,
stearns has adopted the proper plan, in our
estimation Our farmers aud fruit growers
have weli-nigh lost all patience with foreign
nurserymen's stock. II this is the fruit
country which it promises, we want home
grown stock, and the sooner our .nurserymen
supply the demand from home production
the sooner will general satisfaction be reached
by both dealers and buyers.
John Falkenstcin starts with his wife, in
few days, to visit eastern friends. John was
born and brought up IN the mo untains of
Western Virginia, Preston county, near
Kingwood. and he expects to have a glorious
Old time. He will visit Philadelphia before he
returns, expecting to see Wichita abont the
time his wheat is ready for the reaper. We
wish him pleasant trip.
Willis jackson, Texan convicted of muir
der in The first degree, at the late term OF
court in Sumner county, made his escape from
the authorities last Friday night A motion
for a new trial had been oyerrued the day be-
fore, and in desperation OF the thought of
lifetime in the penitentiary, he succeeded in
breaking away. AT last accounts no trace Of
the fugitive had been discovered.
The southern and Territorial mail failed to
arrive on Saturday night because of high wa
ter Many of the small streams between
Wichita and the Indian line were out of their
banks. The rainfall in this portion of the
State was unusually heavy last week. The
The driver Of the southern stage informs us
that three horses were drowned, on Saturday,
in attempting to cross streams between Ok
ford and Wellington.