The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-30
From the Leavenworth Daily Times.
WICHITA.
Items Of Interest from the Metropolis Of the
Southwest.

Your correspondent arrived in due
time at Wichita, the metropolis of
Sedgwick county. The train which
arrived here was loaded with immi-
grants-old men with bundles and
women with boxes and babies, big
and little; young men with young
wives on their bridal tour, lunching
ON fragrant cheese and crackers: tall
bachelors looking askance at harden
ed maiden faces, and young men yet
| in the 'din" of youth, plastic and i'm
pressible, smiling softly on bewitch-
| ing damsels, making love over five
cont oranges, or their equivalent i'll
peanuts-all bound for Kansas, earth's
best Eden (since the falD for men of
education, energy, tact and talent; for
industrious men with livelihoods to
gain, for sick men with health to re-
store-here there is place for every
body, land everybody should be III his
place., except the lazy man, the China
man, and the designing dead-beat. Let
such men have the terror of the grass
hopper, the drouth, the plague and
the militia before their eyes, lest
they come. We have enough such let
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to those that desire to come. 1t shall, |
indeed, be bleeding Kansas to them.
Sedgwick county contains an area
of 645, l20 acres, almost every acre Of
which is tillable land. 1t is we'll wa
tered and easy of access to market |
The Santa Fe railroad passes near the |
northern limits of the county aud q |
branch of the road rams from Newton |
to Wichita. The prospects of direct
eastern connection with St. Lonis |
within five years are good. Wichita |
reminds one of ''Jonah's gourd," it
came up in night but unlike that it
has grown and grown until it is one
of TIE most attractive places in the
west. Seven years only counts this
prodigv-seven years well spent, as it
proves to-day. Busting and growing,
tearing down and building better,
keeping up the majesty of city law,
Justly proud of her churches, her
schools, her banks, her business, her
society. Wichita with her population
of over five thousand, and gaining
rapidly, the fifth city in size in the
State, is first in business prosperity
and enterprise. Seven years ago peo-
pie nearly lived out of doors in Wich-
tia, now her brick blocks, her beauti-
full houses, her shrubbery and flowers
are even wonderful. Now let me say
that during my stay OF nearly two
weeks, no pig (regardful of his rights
pushed me from the sidewalk or swal-
lowed my friends pansies and gobbled
up the lovely geraniums and then
made his relentless way to the vegeta-
bic garden, where peas, lettuce and
followed the more aesthetic
idols. Let it be said for the glory of
Wichita that not one solitary hog
(beast l mean) roamed its streets of
its own "sweet will - no COW (even in
this seattle" town. unbidden entered
back gates and recklessly wrenched
enaded the sidewalks. We saw whole
yards of flowers and shrubbery grow
ing innocently up to the sidewalks
edge (guiltless of fence) unmolested {
and untouched. When a trough from
tier town" (so-called) reaches that
state of perfection that it upholds its l
own laws and takes such measures as l
will advance its own interests morally
It takes rapid stride in civilization, /
which ought TO stimulate some other r
owns (Which are older in years but
younger in good administration to
lobler acts and deeds Of valor.
When your correspondent arrived
iere he was confidentiaily informed '
by our mutual friend that this "yere :
own was drummed to DEATH" and it :
wasn't much use. We started out Z
faint yet persevering," and, whether :
I was through the merits of your in- {.
'stimable paper or on account of the ;,
august and imposing presence of your !,
lumblo representative we "fought no. 4
lily" and were well repaid. Suffice it !;
o say that Wichita was not least :,
mOag the cities in its contribution to =
our missionary fund, or in its appre-
iation of your paper.
There are three good hotels here
he fremont, the Douglas Avenue and
he Occidental. We stopped at the el
fremont, near the depot, opened since cl
asst October. and here let me say that ci
o better place for wavfaring man o.
an be found. Mr.. Deming (who does al
he honors of the house, ia a gentle W
ian in every particular. He has had d
large experience as landlord, and a
more indefatigable one never was d,
,und,-he is always busy looking d.
fter the interests of his numerous it
uests. 1t has never been our lot to W
nd better looked after hotel, neat it
ON attic to cellar, clean beds, clean it
apkins, clean cooking and clean eve til
thing. There is an old saying "He tl
lat by the pillow would thrive, him to
If must either hold or drive" Ii ma
ust be so with keeping hotel, and m
r. and Mrs. Deming seem equal to i'd
le emergency. The cooking is best
I'd Messrs, Deming & Baker deserve
e large patronage they have and will
'ntinue to keep.
The crops in this section will be h;
The wheat fields are whit fa,
ing for the harvest aud win soon be W.
ady. Peach trees are beginning to mi
cid quite bountiful harvest, and w
apes this year promise to be quite br
w;
Our thanks are due many friends i'll W
ichita for favors and patronage, and inc
r visit there will for long time be sti
,reen spot in our memory. Yours, of