The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-10-11

ner, Chrrley thompson anu Depnenddi START
ed yesterday for three weeks hunt In the
Territory.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church will
hold their usual monthly meeting at Irs.
Smythe's, corner OF Wichita and Second
streets. Thursday at p. m. All persons ill.,
terested are cordially invited TO be present,
Rev. J. z. Harsen returned from the Fort
Scott synod yesterday looking WELL he re-
ports an ENJOYABLE time. Fort scott is just
ROW wonderfully exercised over the Murphy |
movement. Brother j. I. Hannah he reports
well and happy
EDITOR EAGLE PLEASE give notice that
there will be meeting of the Patrons on the
third Tuesday in October, at " ichita. The |
object OF the meeting can be ascertained by
enquirlng of those who attended the last |
meeting, GEO. A. WHITE, Sec.
That this paper is read, and aitentively, by |
the best minds OF this valley, is eyinccd by
the number and standing OF the men and wo- |
men who contribute to its columns. For
weeks we have been crowded with commune |
cations This week are given several which |
will not only prove interesting but instructiye. |
!
Mr.. J. H. Brown, Of Louisburg, Pennsylya-
MIA, who owns inc farm on the Susquehan- |!
ma has, unfortunately for his peace OF mind, |
been reading the EAGLE for few months is |
here now looking at the country. Like all
who come from places where land is scarce |
and hills plenty, he thinks we have too much |
land.
The famous Danbury Ners man says, They |
all do it, How they do 1t he tells in a way
that's dangerous TO buttons and corscts. 1T
Is designed to rest you when you are tired, TO |
cheer you when depressed. and to tone you |
down generally when you are inclined to
make yourself disagreeable about The house,
For further particulars ask the news agents |
EDITOR EAGLE The following are the |
candidates for township officers OF Eagle |
township, nominated at the Republican cau-
Gus September %, 1877: Trustee, b. c. |
Smith; justices, NJ. Camp and s. S. Riddle;
Treasurer, Robert Rodgers; Con.tables, L. |
p Phelps, Samuel MaiIit; Clerk, D. E. |
Wellman
b. the proceedings Of the Kansas Synod, |
now IN session at Fort Scott, Kansas. we see |
that the Presbyterian preachers of oar State
have determined to honor Wichita with their
presence at the next regular conyocation OF
thar body. We take pleasure in assuring that
body of divines that our people wiz welcome
and take care of them for the time they may
remain in Wichita.
John T. Rastall, one of the best writers and
| in, bas
Usage county Ciroaicls, one among the oldest |
papers in the State, W. f. Chalfsnt retiring
because OF iii-health We take pleasure in
assuring our old friends in that county that
in Mr.. Rasta they will lind writer that will |
interest them flly-two weeks in the year.
"While IN Wichita we put up with friend |
Lamb OF the Occidental. 1t is useless to |
state that the wants of the irns -man were
abundantly supplied and our comfort gencr-
ally cared for, for the name Of Lamb" Is
synonymous with al the good things of this |
life. Oar people, when wishing that city, can
find no more pleasant stepping place than the
Occidental. n-Augussa RspaJlieGn.
A cute, sweet ilt;le eighteen-months' baby |
of Mrs. NJ. A. Sayles, the other day, while |
its mother was busy took leap from the |
sccond-stcry window OF lis grapdpa's house, |
| Mr.. A. j. Cook. The morther and every
body else screamed, from fright, as they flew |
down stairs and out into the front yard. only /
to find baby up on all fours, as sound as a dol
| lar. Verify, this is good climate for bables |
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Mr.T.L.Nixon. as viii be seen by announce
| ment elsewhere considers himself entitled TO |
the nominatoafor county surveyor, aud he |
| announces his determination to run. We |
pnbiisli the proceedings of the convention as
they were handed to US. Not being present |
oursef we venture no opinion-only sorry /
that any misunderstanding in our hitherto
harmonious party in this county should have |
occurred.
We have lately received from the author q |
very neat pamphlet containing a historical |
sketch OF Shawnee county, Kansas. f. G. |
Adams, Secretary of the State Historical So /
ciety, Gays of this history: cit has evidently |
been prepared with great care, and is very
full and complete. L have seen nothing like it I
among the Kansas county Histories" Price
% cents. Address W. w. Cone, Topeka,
| Kansas.
The sad news was received in town, on
Monday morning, of the death OF Miss MolIie
Dadisman, daughter OF George Dadisman,
who lives north Of the city. Miss Dadisman
has been sick Of maiarial fever, and expired I
Sunday evening. She was sweet, Affection
ate daughter, winning and intelligent young
lady, and her untmely death casts a gloom
over the entire neighborho0d and causes
deep sorrow among large circle of friends
!
Farmer Doolittle" retired to the quiet of
his fields last Monday forswearing politics and
the unforeseen result of conventions. He
says we have got a splendid ticket, but he
can't see why he was not allowed to name at
least one man. Never mind, old fellow. there's
a balm in Gilead, and surcease ofpoiiLical sor-
row to be found in the columns OF the old EA-
GLE. Here bring your wounded heart, here
tell your anguish, for we Know a thousand
readers long TO hear from you again.
Mrs. II. lmboden, who for many weeks
past has been suffering from physical de-
rangement which at times affects her mind,
causing sad approximations upon the part OF
| her husband. parents and friends, has been
so rapidly conyalescing that She started with
her husband on visit 10 his friends in Hi
nois last week. Both herself and husband
felt entirely satisfied, as did her parents, that
She would return in few weeks fully
restored
Look out for Tuesday evening, October 18th
at Eagle Hall. There Will be oysters. lunch,
candy, music, tableauX, select readings, reci
tations, handsome ladies, gallant gentlemen, a
cake with a ring in 1t, and o, yum yum, just
quantities of good things and nice All I'M
der the auspices of the l. 0. G. T.. Come
out and bring your wives, sweethearts aud
mothers-in-law, and spend pleasant evening
with the temperance folks. COMMITTEE.
Lloyd Il. Ferrill, who has charge of the
and who is the most respected by those who
know him best and whom everybody knows
IN fact, one of Wichitl's pattern young men,
was missing the other morning. From the
mysterious manner in which he told Us that
there was young lady down in Assumption.
Illinois, in the case, we knew he was goner
| lie reached st. Louis Saturday all right and
his letter TO US from that point dubbed over
with anticipated happiness.
/
We clip the following from the Lafayette
Daily Courier: 'We are gratified to learn that
our young friend, Geo. f. Coleman, son of I
Thos. Coleman, Esq, President of the Farm
er-' Bank, and late teller in that institution,
\ has emilia RI ed in business in Wirhi,a Kansas