The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04

There will be bridge meeting held al Clear
water next Saturday, May 9th, at O'Clock il
the evening, to take into consideration and Il
decide if possible the question OF bridging thu
Minnesota, SO we are informed by note from
c. ID. Ward, the postmaster at that point.
MIR. w. B. Smith. elected by the last Con
ference as lay delegate to the United State,
General Conference which sits at Baltimore
started, in company with Elder Buckncr, fol
the latter place last Thursday morning. Ht
will probably visit Philadelphia and the Elk
position before his return.
! A couple of gentlemen by the name of Shaw
brothers, from Lansing, Iowa, came in yester.
day, One of them said a Centennial EAGLE
brought him down and after looking around a
couple of days he found, to his surprise, an
editor who could tell the truth about a
country.
Ed. w. S. Tingly, of the Christian church,
will preach in Miller's Hall next Sunday,
morning and evening Public cordially invit-
ed to attend. 1t is also requested that If there
are any members of the CHRISTIAN church liy-
ing in town or in the country who are un-
known to the congregation, that they attend
these meetings.
The District Court for Sedgwick county, set
for Monday last, was adjourned for one week
by Judge Campbell who is holding court in
Sumner county. The Importance OF the term
down there, involving two trials for capital
offenses, was sufficient to warrant the present
adjournment of the Sedgwick county court.
Mr.. c. A. Bailey, our felow-townsman, who
has been at Hot Springs, Arkansas, for some
time, with bis family, arrived at homo Satur-
day night, extremely glad 10 find himself
alive. He returned overland with his team
and he declares that nothing would induce
him to attempt another such trip. He looks
well, but somewhat bronzed.
One OF the most important real estate trans
actions last week was the sale OF 800 acres OF
land by w. G. Woodman to Mr. Goddard, of
Defiance, Ohio, for 81 900 cash. The land is
a portion Of what is known as the Woodman
tract Oh the Cowskin, at the crossing of the
Wellington road, very choice and partly i'm
proved piece of land. Mr. Goddard, we I'M
derstaDd, proposes to make fine farm.
So full Of strangers has Wichita been for the
past We elk or two that the oldest settler hard
y knows whether he is at home or treading
the streets of some strange city. The great
majority of these strangers are either hunting
farms, homes or location Tor business in the
supply of which demand Wichita and Sedg-
wick county has not failed TO date.
| As another indication of the rapid manner
in which Sedgwick county is settling up. MIR.
Geo. W. Reeves, Clerk of the District Court,
issued naturalization papers to thirteen Ger
mans and i've Wechmen, in one day last week
These parties We're all new settlers in Mime
scah township. Mr.. Reeves informs us that
| hardly Il day passes that he does not Issue pa
pers to greater or less number Of new set
tiers. We welcome them all
Messers. Steele & Levy, last Tuesday, dis
posed OF the fine residence of n. A. English,
Esq, together with lots %, y, 45 and A.
Douglas avenue, and lots S and 10 Fourth
avenue, TO Mr.. MuDsen Goodyear, of Jack son,
Michigan, tor the sum of $500. The resi-
dence is fine large brick, and Is one of the
handsomest and most convenient structures
in the State.
Hon. John Guthrie, of Topeka. candidate
for Governor before the next State Republi-
can Convention, spent last Saturday in Wich-
ita Mr.. Guthrie met many friends in this
city who very warmly greeted him. We be-
lieyc he got not single moments rest from
the time he struck the town until he had sha-
ken its dust from his feet in his departure.
70 his long list of friends he added many. As
Wichita goes SO goes the State.
I. o. Hoss is justice in Grant township,
Sedgwick county, Kansas. lie is a road over
seer also. We conclude, therefore, that Hoss
is a roadster. The reasurer OF the same
township is Samuel j.. Perrin. Perhaps. with
out 'pearin' TO be over anxious about such
matters he makes it his business te peer-in-to
the financial standing Of good many people
in his township Mora (Nl.) Meas.
Mr. Joe Askew, whose ostensible home is at
Jacksonville, Illinois, but who only feels real
ly al home in Wichita, put in an appearance
last Friday. Our friend Askew has wandered
all over the west, and up and down the Pacific
slope, but he stoutly AYERS that lie finds no
land that will compare with this portion of
the Arkansas Valley. He says our Centennial
paper created Il regular furore in Jackson
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Mr.. Charles L. Gilbert returned from Kan
sas City on Monday, where he had been a
week on business. During his absence he
met several prominent cattle men from Texas,
several of whom have shipped from this point
the past seasons, among them Quinlan, Lii
tlefield and Others, all of whom say their cat
tie are coming direct to Wichita. The drive
is large, but thousands of head OF cattle per-
ished in northern Texas dur ing the past win
ter. wing TO severe IA ins and shortness of
grass. They estimate the northern drive at
100000. James Dryden is coming up with
one thousand six hundred.
Judge ~ f. Callahan, old peaches and
cream" for many years connected with TIE
Leayenworth press and the real founder OF
the Commercial. but now connected with that
growing daily, the St. Louis Daily journal,
spent two days in the City OF the Valley this
week The Judge says there is noticeable
confidence, activity. growth and life in Wicll-
ita, that is not only refreshing, but which
forms a wide contrast to the majority of
western towns this year. We will watch for
his Wichita letter with interest.
The population of the City of Wichita, as
shown by the sworn returns made to the
County Clerks Office this week, is 3,263. The
population of last year. as shown by the same
kind OF returns. was 2.973, and increase of 300
This years census does not inc lude the sub
urbs nor that portion OF the city lying east of
the railroad track nor West Wichita nor tran
sent people, such as cattle and grain dealers
and prospectors, but actual bona fide resi-
dents, living within the corporate limits.
1.-The handing in of u marriage notice which
appears in the regular old location this morn
ing. was the first intimation received that our
modest young friend, viii Cavanaugh. had
faced the music" and become married man
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