The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-05-17
seuator Plumb.


I opinion thus given is valuable. II was lucky
day for our young commonwealth, with her
great ambitious and immeasurabe possibilities
which hailed 2. 3. Piamb's elevation to the ex-
allied position OF United States Senator, for to
the place he brought not only the faculties
mentioned, the experiences incidental to a
prosperous business career and a successful
lawyer, bat an adkerent faith and energy SO
fixed and constant as to filter at nothing. p
b. Plumb entered upon public lifsfs an ed
itor IN his seventeenth year. A beard,ess boy
he led q company Of fun grown men to Kansas
Territory and promptly and effectively |
squelched a mutiny upon the part of his fol-
lowers. while en- route. The first time we |
ever saw him was in a frse-State convention 1
at Topeka, in the spring of 1857. He was
then a mere youth, not yet having attained |
his majority, but as delegate from the then /
"Groat Southwest" he dissented to pro- |
posed action OF the older heads with whom he |
was associated, aud By timely and vigorous |
speech overwhelmed the opposition aud car
ried his point. So in al his subsequent life he |
has known no such word as fail. and in no.
body IS estimation does be stand higher Ia an
in that of the men who served with aud un-
der him during the war. Having such
friend in the councils OF the Nation, acting |
with concord, or IN concert with the brilliant
spirit and dashing courage possessed by our |
other young Senator, the Hon. john j. In- |
gals, Kansas wiiI hold her own and more too. |
The Board Of County mmiSsioners VIII |
meet at the office Of the County Clerk on
Monday, June 4th, for the purpose OF equal
iziug assessments Of 1877, at which time and |
place al persons feeling themselves aggrieved |
can appear and have errors in the returns cor
recled.
Another change in the time table Of the
railroad went into effect last Sunday No |
mixed or freight traiB viii arrive or depart |
on Sunday. Tue passenger train will arrive
at 1915 p. lu.. aud depart at 5:i5 a. NJ, every
day, making connection with eastern trains |
at Atchson aud Kansas City as heretofore.
The great sewing machine monopoly has
ended and forever. All The principal patents ex-
PRED last week and Congress not being in ses
sion there was no chance to renew. The
Presidential question in the last Congress beat
the combination. Several machines have gone |
down in price fully one-hali within the past |
week.
Colonel Il. e. st. Clair, ex-senator from
Sumner county, spent day ia Wichita last |
week He says the people Of Sumner are all |
| awake as TO the railroad question-l.ot overly |
particular from whence 1t comes, so it comes.
At present The Kansas City and Emporia mar
row guage is commanding the attention of
the county.
The meeting of tho County Fair Assoc'a-
ton which, on account Of bad weather, failed
to convene last Saturday, is re-apponted to
take place next Saturday at . p. m.
WM. II. RANSOM, President.
W. p. STEM, Secretary.
Last Friday night, about eleven o'clock, 4
steady rain set ID, which continued nearly
seventeen hours. At tunes the water came
down without stint. The Little Arkansas
river was higher, on sunday, than 1t had been
10 six years before. Chisholm creek was out
Of its banks. The Big river, as also the White
Water, Walnut Cowskin and Niunescah
rivers were ali up.
Mr. Il. Cullunl, Receiver OF the First Ma
tional Dank, informs US that the book OF drafts,
covering the second dividend, which has been
declared viii probably be received to-mor-
row, when all creditors, by coming forward
and endorsing the same, can receive iiifeen
per cent. of their credits. The payment Of
this dividend viii clear up thirty-iiYe Per cent
Of the Indebtedness Of the bank
Contractors and builders who contemplate
figuring on the Indian houses are notified !
that DR., Nicholson, the Superintendent Of !
Indian affairs, furnishes a supplementary let 5
ter, which win be found attached to the spec
fcations in this Office, and which clears up !
many obscure points touching the kinds of !
lumber, bonds, payments and time for COM
pleilon OF work.
B:ick romcroy started last week Tor tour
Of the western States. lie is now in rexas
W. Vi, Van Buren, writes Us. from Chicago,
that It would he good idea for Brcl, 10 visit
the Happy Valley" We shall see thai he
has good care ii he should visit Wichita
Pomeroy Is going to publish a book OF the
southwestern portien OF tlc United States. Z
Simultaneously in England and France.
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Maj. j. c. Davis Informs US that last Thurs
day afternoon lac saw quite dense cloud Of {
Texas hoppers passing northwest. They i
were flying high and no doubt were from Tex
as and going back to their native home. I
They have been leaving Texas in vast num-
bsTs for several days, and all in the same di-
rection. The body Of them viii pass from one /
hundred to four hlnared miles west of this.
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Farmer, spent portion OF last and this wceb
in our city and county. lie was delighted
with our county as also the town. He con-
siders this the finest portion Of Kansas, and
believes that Wichita is destined to make an
inland city Of no mean dimensions. Mr.. Ii.
bought some valuable property adjoining
town and seriously eontenpates, within a few
months. removing 60 this valley. His letters
TO the F,r,7aer will no doubt prove beneficial
to Kansas as he expects to spend some three