The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-07-31
PERSONAL MENTION

W. b. Smith and wife. accompanied by
Mrs. Imboden. their daughter, and baby,
Cossie, left the city Tuesday for Colorado to
| be absent several weeks.
Rob. Deming leaves this week for Colora-
do to get cooled off and take sniff Of noun
tain air.
| Mrs. A. ii. Gibson and her daughter left
Tuesday for the Rockies.
Mrs. stamper and her accomplished and
muc!i-admired daughter, Annie, returned to
their home in Decatur. Illinois, on Monday
last.
Miss Nellie Hyde, of Lee, Massachusetts,
is in the city visiting her brother, a. A
Hyde.
Miss Hattie Lewis, Of Corington, Ken
lucky, relative Of Mrs. Gowdy, is in the city
| visiting.
Sanford Bates and wife returned Friday
from five weeks visit to friends in Missouri
and Iowa.
The Misses Deming. May and Julia, return
ed from months visit to Kansas City and
Leavenworth.
u. Yaple, one OF the early settlers of this
valley, has returned and again taken up his
| residence after an absence of two years.
Mr.. Bigger, Of the real estate firm of Brown
4 Bigger, Hutchinson. which, next to Steele's
is the most successful in Kansas. was in the
city on Tuesday.
John Berlns, Wich;tas old-time friend and
inhabitant, who has been in Texas several
months. came back this week to see the boys.
John reports dry, hot summer in Texas. but
business brisk. He is looking splendid and
will remain with us about two weeks.
KINGS Two STORIES.
Henry King, Of Topeka, appears with two
stories this month. one in Seribner and the
other in the Atlantic Monthly. Both are
sui geaeTis, to Kansas, SO to speak. the one
being graphic picture of 4 Kansas political
canvass, colored with the slightest possible
tint of love. such as wells up from the boz
som Of 4 slab-sidcd old maid for little, dried
up, bald crackliE that slept in thu next room.
dreaming of an insane hobby, and who, for
the life of him, conidn't '.drop on it, to wit,
the stale gush of the enamored ''old Jane
The other story will be found upon the first
page Of this issue. Its nothing more than a
big blow for Kansas, tinctured with ozone
and bashful gawky who didn't know
enough to kiss his mistress when she wanted
him to. The central figure is John n. Steele
with copy of the EAGLE and Alfred Gray's
charts, the territory described being the five
wheat counties Of tire southwest-Sedgwick
Mcpherson, Cowley. Sumner and Harvey.
The Atlantic Monthly fellows are the first we
ever heard of paying for an advertisement
and publishing it for nothing. But that is
the way Kansas makes her living. Both sto-
ries are splendid.
1t has been some weeks since the tax-pay-
ers authorized the issuance of several thous-
and dollars to be used by the School Board in
the erection OF Two much needed school
houses. We see no indications of or prepa-
rations for building. What is the matter:
The time is now short, and the buildings
ought to be well under way. 1t can't be for
the want of Il market for the bonds. for the
bonds already out are held at premium, and
when the city offered TO take them up the
holder, wouldn't listen to the proposition.
We sincerely trust and hope that the Board
may act promptly in this school house bust
ness, for it is high time that all the children
of this city were regularly in school. For
four years now our children have been crowd
ell into close unhealthy coops, some OF the
teachers being compelled to teach one set of
classes in the forenoon. send them home and
take another set for the afternoon, which al
the teachers, and of little benefit to the
scholars. BY all means put up the new build
ings Immediately, double up, remodel and
repaint the old ones, and when more are
wanted ways and means will be found. Fine
churches, a magnificent opera house, and
commodious public halls and other public
buildings are all right, and we are proud of
Wicliita's enterprise in these directions, but
before all these should come the school house.
Since wiling the above one of the School
Board informs us that the delay is attributa-
BILE TO a question involving the legality of the
bonds voted. 1t seems that some kind of
registration act was passed by the last Legis- |
lature which is so confused and inexplicit in |
its provision. that it has not yet been deter
application to cities of the second class. How. |
ever this may he il is hut small matter to |
call another election and re-yote the bonds |
under the act. when one set or the other will |
be found available.