The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-08-02

A herd OF Texas ponies, while being driven
from the prairie 10 one Of the corrals IN the
city, became frightened, stampeded and ran
at frishttul speed, not stopping for gardens,
fences or anything else. 4 little grandehild
OF L. L. Williamson, about twenty months
old, playing in the street at the time, was run
over and trampled 10 death bgthem. Pa
rents can draw their own moral.
The public examination of Rev. Mr.. Davis,
pastor OF the Baptist Church, by committee
OF ministers last Wednesday afternoon, and
his ordination in the evening, were witnessed
| by large number OF persons. In the ordeal
OF the former he acquitted himself in man.
ner highly creditable, while the ceremonies
Of the latter were impressive.
Colonel st. Clair was up from Sumner the
other day. lie was jubilsnt over crops and
the rapid development Of our sister county,
but "pIzea" on the E.aPoria & Southern ma
row gauge. We didu't have time 10 get the
eX-Senator's reasons Tor his opposition to
Emporia's PCT scheme, bat We understood
him to f1yor the solomon, Arkansas Valley s
Eastern railway company, lhe ultimate east
era terminus Of which is The father Of waters
Spencer Bliss ana vie, ct Winfield, passed
through this city, Ell route for home, last Sat
urday n0raing. with the dead bodies of both
OF their children. They had beca to New
York on a visit, and both tie children were
taken sick. Tie older one died and they
started with the corpse 10 Winfield for Inter
ment, and willie on the wayssthe other died.
Surely they are drinking the cup of bitter
ness to the dregs.
IIlngman, TIE county seat of the county by
that name that JOINS sedgwick on the west, is
improving and many new settlers have gone
in their this spring. The biz bridge oyer the
Minnesota Tor which the County was fraudu-
lently bonded, we believe, is nearly down, but
everything else is upright and square. The
people OF that county hope by the next ses-
sion to secure lawful representation in the
halls Of legislation. The county is now or
ganized. There is no doubt OF its wheat pro-
ducing capabilities and consequently we may
count upon its being thickly settled in year
or SO.
Mrs Russell, aud the choir of the Presbyte-
rian Church, have kindly consented 10 give a
concert Of old and popular music, the pro-
ceeds Of which are TO apply toward the com
pletion of the new church. Rehearsals have |
already commenced and it is expected the en- |
tertainmcnt viii come of week from next |
Tuesday evening in the church. We all |
know the enjoyment OF hearing Mrs. Russell |
sing and VIII doubtless will be doubly pleased |
in hearing her and the choir in these pieces |
which we have loved from our youth up.
Brother Harsen will employ the four weeks |
allotted him for 4 rest in SO letting funds for |
cancelling the debt on his new church, which |
amounts to about SIX hundred dollars, solicl-
tation to be confined principally to this city |
and county. The building is now about CON-
peted and they do not propose to open it tor |
public worship until the money is raised and |
ii can be dedicated without a cent Of indebt-
odness hanging over it. Ii VIII only take SIX
hundred persons with one dollar each to pay |
it. Pat the EAGLE down for one dollar.
;. y. V. and David Hartwell kept record |
of the growth of their corn from The Ilth to
tsiS -pAt VI rtil Uni ALtit t'l :. u5lt -
l23 acres in the piece, bottom land above the
overflow. The record is a queer one and can
be seen at this Office. By pole, every days
growth is shown exact. The corn was just
forty-siX inches tall on the morning of the
18th, and seven feet eleven inches tall on the
233. The smallest days growth was ON the
inches and halt; the largest was
no ia. 4 a laf !
age fraction over three and tbrec-'ourths
inches per day.
Rev. j d. Knox, of Topeka, preached last
Sabbath evening at tae NJ. L. Church; sab
eet. love. Deprecating mobocraey aud ex-
tolling good government, he, nevertheless.
wen nigh bounced his congregation of their
seats by declaring that profanity was great
ar wrong than stealing. Il may be, in the
eyes OF q banker, which he Is one, but the
declaration was rough on the average Wichita
nan who never takes what don't belong to
aim, hut who, in putting Up stove pipes ana
other trying occasions says "darn it, and
Ike naughty words. 1
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The grain ma rkot is revhing again The
railroad company gave notice 10 buyers that
hey were ready again for business. The
prices remain, in this market, unchanged.
We notice, in the Kansas City quotations for ;
he first part of the week, heavy decline,
30. opened at S110 and closed at S1.OS
Monday. No. >, there being but little in
he market, brought Sl20. M is not :
quoted In Kansas City market, bee l,e there
S none offered in that market Nearly all
he wheat, SO far, put in Ia" "a :. ket from
Kansas has graded No. 3 Our layers are
paying eighty cents for No. 9. u. d. 6 ninety
,ents for Ne. g Select corn is $ u a twenty
i've to thirty cents.
The proposition for the issuance OF $1,000 ,
n city bonds, for bull ding an additional t,
DOM, the purchase of additional lots and fer ,
epairs and furniture for the present building I
which was submitted to vote la.l Monday, r
arried by vote OF something like two hun =
ired TO thirty-two in opposition The aver 4
lse citizen cared not two cents and respect
Ible vote even was impossible. We noted :
me individual who was very vehement in his
TO what he loudly denominated 4 :
raud upon the people. inquiry revealed the
ad tact that he did not now, never had and I
probably never would pay cent Of taxes. :
The poor, miserable excuse tor manhood
demonstrated his fitness for communist or
Bashi Bazouk-that was all. We are only
'orry that the vote had not meant Il $4,000
central school house building, but VIC sup i
,ose We can get along now fol- three or tour /;
ears more. 4