The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-06-13
Our pi,tiueui,h,d Visitors.

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Last Saturday C. B. Schmidt, the foreign
agent of the Railway Company, notaned
Messrs. Steele & Levy that the editors-in-
chief Of number Of leading German papers
Of the United States had accepted an invita-
ton to visit the Arkansas Valley, and take
ride to the Rocky Mountains, and that they
weuld arrive at Wichita per special train and
remain until Monday morning. Wichita was
never known to weaken, whatever the occs-
sion. A brief consultation upon the part of
his honor the Mayor and individual members
OF the Council and ether citizens and the an
swer was flashed back along the wires, "bring
on your Teutons. Wichita is ready" At3
O'Clock p. m. Sunday, the hour the special
train was due, sixty or seventy private car
r;ages drew up around the depot, when to the
chagrin of all dispatch was received that the
train was two hours late--owing, as was AZ
forwards ascertaincd, to an accident ON the
Rock Island road. The desire on the part OF
many being to drive the vlsitsrs out to some
OF the surrounding wheat fields, several gen.
tlemen went back to their homes declaring
the delsy only an excuse or job on tho part
of the railroad to keep the eminent party
from seeing the best. But five O'Clock brought
the special containing twenty odd gentlemen
and Indies who were most heartily received
The ladies were conveyed to the hotel, and
ths gentlemen invited to seats in citizens car
riages which were whirled about the city, its
suburbs and into some Of the adjacent fields
and orchards, until the remaining hours OF
daylight had vanished. Our Mayor, Council
mon and other citizens did all in their power
! to interest and entertain our guests, who in
! turn expressed their delight and satisfaction
| in everything. II is unne cessary to say that
our harvest and growing crops astonished
them, for they would astonsh anybody from
whatever quarter OF the globe they might
hail. our German citizens did themselves
great credit in their earnest endeavors to rem
der the occasion 6 pleasant one, whils other
citizens who speak the German language were
no less asslduous. Mr.. Levy furnished each
editor with copy of last weeks EAGLE con-
tanning the table made up from the assessors
returns, and also presented them with much
other valuable information which viii no
doubt BIO used 10 the advantage Of our city
and country. The psrty left early Monday
morning.
The following is complete list of the gen.
tlemen and the papers represented:
Hermann Raster and wife, Illinois Stats
Zeituag, Chicago.
| WV .Colman and wife, Milwaukee Eerold.
| DR.. Reed, Koss, Acker and Gsrtenbau, lei
ting and Fortseayin de, Zsit, Milwaukee.
p. V. Deuster, Milwaukee See5ste.
August Marhausen, Detroit, Michigan,
.i6endpcss daily and FamiIiea Blaetter week
ly)
Eugene Muellendorif, European corrsspon-
dent, Matt Cramer and Mr.. Wenzel, Michigan
Folk.5latt, Detroit.
Adolph Lsid cnsticker, Indianapolis 7ele-
graph.
E. d. Leisenring, Allentown, Pennsylvania,
Wslt5ote.
E. Olshausen, Restlieie Pest, st. Louis.
VIM. Buhlert, Ameriks. St. Louis.
Julius Schultz, Post ard Tribune, Kansas
City.
Carl Ludwig Bernsys, OF ST. Louis, celebra-
| ted feuineton;st, with son.
Accompanied by c. B. Schmidt, and wife,
general foreign agent n. l. " :. : ~ L., II.
Mucntefering, snd Mrs. j. C. Cooper, wife OF
Mr.. Cooper, Secretary of the Land Depart
ment.
5. Nugent Townsend, Lon don, England,
Field
lido Brachvogel, BslletristischG Journal,
New York.
Oswald oitendorler, New York Sseats lei
tang.
Dr.. E. f. Makk, Buffalo, New York, Ereie
PrssSe.
The latter gentlemen arrived on the regular
train at night and joined the excursion at this