The Wichita city eagle., 1878-02-07

/ NuAN u hipN ii rs NUtIphCC Ctiip-a h~i
row strip of land on the southern border OF
the State from one to four miles wide and four
hundred and eight miles long-under an act
OF Congress approved February %, 1871. The
Office viii be prepared to receive applications
for said lands from and after this date for one
year. in quantities not to exceed 100 acres to
each claimant at S1.25 per acre. That por-
ton lying between ranges eight east and ten
west will be proved up at this Office, strip
| about 100 miles east and west. All this land
was settled upon long since.
All OF our older citizens will remember in
outpost destitute of many OF the advantages
| of older civilizations, and without amnse-
ments or pastimes. that club OF young men
organized the Frontier Minstrels. which gave
great many entertainments. Several of the
original members are still citizens oil the place
and the club, rejunyated and reconstructed,
will appear at Eagle Hail Tuesday night, tho
10th of February. Preparations and re-
heSrsal, have been going on for a ;month. 1t
will be big thing. Banners have been
painted and a metropolitan street parade
will be in the programme. The entertain
ment. as whole, will be fine, in a musical
sehse And there viii be nothing at which
any one can take umbrage.
Joe Clifford, of Gypsum township, ,Sedgwick
county. was married three years ago. Two
years ago they had an eieht-paund boy, one
year ago ten-pouni boy, and now comes
along twelve-pound boy. This exhibits i
two-pound arithmetieal ratio, so, when The
oldest boy becomes OF age he will have twen-
| ly brothers, the Youngest just born weighing
foriy-eight pounds. Joe had better get out
of Gypsum, it is too fartiiizing - Hiafeld
Courier.
In view of the wonderful fertility OF Gyp-
sum. DR.. Grsenicc informs us that that town.
ship has organized a society to keep out emf
gration-oiher than that from the other world
iirect-such as joe Clifford and his good wife
furnishes.
The Kansas Publishing House has in press
Mr. Prentis' book, a Kansan Abroad
which will appear about or prior TO the first
of March 1t will be in one volume, 12mo.,
of 225 pages. tinted paper, full muslin bind
ing, embellished after design by Henry Wor
rail-. Price, by mail Sl.25. Ia this volume
Mr. Prentis has collected his letters first pub
Iished IN the Commonwealth, under the title OF
"Prentls in Europe,'' "Pike of Pike Peak"
the interesting address originally delivered
under the auspices of the Kansas State His
torical Society, and never before printed, and
''The World school," the annual address
before the State Agricultural College, deliv-
cred May 25, 1875. Address George w.
Martin, Publisher, Topeka. Kansas.
A statement touching the large attendance
upon the Sabbath Schools of this city was
made through these co lumns by a responsible
person connected with this Office, which mas.
we notice, brought out several sneers OF in
| credulity. Last Sabbath afternoon we visit
ed the NJ. E. Sabbath School, one of the six
referred to. There were present three hun
dred and twenty-iour scholars and teachers
and six ylsitors-in all $50. OF 90 officers and
teachers all answered to their names. In
this one school, of which W. f. Stanley is
| Superintendent. there were one-third of the
entire number claimed for the city Twenty
nine classes reported collections. G. f. Har-
gis had charge of the singing, assisted by
Matte Eldridge, organist. 1t was simply de-
hghtiul 1t is grand school, as all the 9TH
ers no doubt are. and we shall never back
down form the utterances made then, nor ad-
nit yet that Wichita is a heather Land or
even The borders thereof.
About three years ago the Odd Fellows at
Garnett asked us to contribute TO their libra
ry the EAGLE, weekly. with promise that
at some future lmc they would reward US.
| perhaps. We contributed aud they have new
er been thankful enough to even send US
note OF thanks We would like to know il
tie library is still In existence Wichita Es-
| gle, January 10.
| For the information of the EAGLE we will
state that the library is still in existence, and
becoming one o. the fxsd institutions OF tie
| city. We have seen it on file in the library in
the past three years the Commonwealth, Wich-
ita EAGLE, Journal Of Commerce and Times, OF
Kansas City, Missouri, with other papers,
which the librarian informed us were kindly
contributed to the library by these enterpris-
| ing newspaper firms. and for This kind favor
the association authorizes us TO return its sin
cere thanks-Plaindealcr
Wallace T. Woodman and his fair BRIDE
and she is exceeding fair-arrived in Wichita
from the latter's home in Philadelphia, last
Tuesday. Wal. has been SO continually and
persistenily congratulated by his many
friends here-youDg and old-that he is grow
ing jeauous. so we viii forbear further men
tion of our own. For the benefit of our lady
CO Iff rai;r
descriptive of the happy occasion when the
the silken cord, for botter or worse, bound
the twain
"On the evening OF the fifteenth one hun
| drad and seyenty-fyc guest assembled in the
spacious parlors Of Mr.. Themas Bird tbs
brides father, merchant of this city. As
the tireisss ha1d OF the chronometsr N arked
eight the initial notes OF Mendelsohn's we'd
ding march were struck, and while the sir
tremaled with melody the bridal party filed
to the reserve space paed by white ribbon.
The brides dress ws~ of white silk
mouseilne. trimmed with whi.e satin. The
veil which enveloped her and the folds OF the
dress were decorated with the embematic
flower. Among the bridal gifts. in
the adjoining room, we noted = handsome
seal set and silver service, from her parents;
two antique urns with center piece, clock
in verd-antque bronze surmounted By
Phidias. and broom with this suggestive
quarirain:
"'This trifling gift accept from me,
Its use | will impart.
Ia sunshine Use the Dushy end.
In storm the upper part"
Then comes in description of The dining
room. supper, het-house plants. their start
for Washington, etc., too long for these col
} umns. We hope, 10 conclusion, that our
J young friend will ponder well the lines at
tached to the broom.