The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-05-08

that commands our respect 80 much as al
honest endeavOr to earn livelihood.
There are lot of able-bodcd men tramp
ing about the county as agents, boring PEG
pie, that ought to be at some kind Of hOnes
labor. We would starve before patronizins
| such Sinking tramps to the amount Of {
nickel. Too lazy to work, and too coward!
to ''tramp," they make living by boring.
Mr.. William Greiffenstcin has been rather
under the weather ever since the adjourn
ment Of the Legislature, during the session
of which he caught cold which seemed t.
fasten upon him with more than ordinary re-
Ientlessncss. lie is about again and expects
to be all right again in few days.
Mr.. Makepeace, of Augusta, called Tues
day and left an advertisement for their mill
The firm announce to the farmers that they
are prepared to make as good flour as can BIZ
found on the market, and solicit their pat
ronage asking them to give them a trial
Their mill is on Walnut at Augusta.
A coterie of artists have hung out on the
sidewalk on the corner of Douglas Avenue
and Main street. There is a great and grow.
ing demand for this class of labor. A high
order of genius commands the homage of oul
cultivated people, who delight to encourage
every evidence no matter where il sticks out
ZION. Geo. Il. Peck, United States Attor.
hey, writes us that the Attorney General Of
the Government is taking steps to head of
the Indian Territory raid. The paper pub
lished at the capital Of the Cherokee country
denounces Carpenter and his whole gang in
the most vehement manner.
The Carthage (Mo.) Banner says the gentle.
men from that city who came out to this val.
ley from that place in anticipation of the ex.
tension Of the st. Louis, Wichita e. Western
road, returned home elated with the pros.
poets in this part of the State, and loud in
their praises of the natural beauty and
growth of this great valley.
People We're in town from every part OF
the county on Tuesday, and many from Sum.
ner and Butler. We met but one man who
acknowledged that he came in purposely ia
view the wonders of Coles Circus and Me.
nageric, and that was Uncle Horace Carpen-
ter The town was a jam from the presence
of several thousand people.
G. G.. Matthews & Co., will now confine
themselves exclusively to the jewelry bust
ness and will increase their stock much more
adding many novelties which has never been
offered in this market. Jewelry, watches OF
all kinds, both for ladies' and gentlemen, sill
yer wear, also a full line Of spectacles, nose
glasses, opera glasses, at the old stand.
Theodore Hinckley and his brother, Cole
man Hinckley, and Henry Haskins, of Jeffer-
son county, New York, whom we mentioned
this spring as having purchased through Mr..
Steele a fine, large body Of land in Union
township, arrived yesterday with their fami-
lies, and will extensively improve their lands
Immediately. In addition these gentlemen
have fine lot of stock on the road.
Mrs. Bradt, sister of Mrs. +. n. Lewis, is
reported dead. She has been failing ever
since the loss Of her babe at her home in
Newton some months since. She had been
back to her old home in Detroit, Michigan,
on visit. where last Saturday her husband
received a summons at Newton to come i'm
mediatcly. Mrs. Lewis left by Sundays train
for the same destination.
Seven years ago Wichita stood small vii
lage on level bare PLAN without so much as
lntimation Of a tree or shrub hardly border
ing her streets. To-day, from the top of the
n,,;i -
forest. No town or city in the State pre-.
sents more inviting aspect in the way Of
trees and shrubbery. Lawrence, Emporia
and Topeka Avenues are becoming magni6-
cent shady drives.
Goldorc, and all the craze that it involved,
has vanished like smoke and no more is heard
Of the Cowiey county gold fields. This pa
per pronounced the pretended discovery a
humbug at the start, basing its opinion upon
the known geological formation of this State
Such thing as gold in a formation like ours
would be as impossible as for an apple tree
to yield pumpkins.
The dedication of the German NJ. 4. church
on the corner of Emporia Avenue and First
street, will take place on SUNDAY. the 18th
inst. German service i'm the morning, con-
Quoted by the Presiding Elder of Kansas, or
some other prominent German minister. In
the afternoon at halfpast o'clock. Sermon
this place. Love feast and communion serv-
ice at night. Ministers from abroad are ex-
peeted. A general invitation is given.
The Atchison Champion in canvassing an
effort being made in that city to establish a
public library pcrtinently and truthfully OBJ
serves: "A live town can keep up q public
library municipal corpse is not expected
TO. Wichita, town only seven or eight
years old, and which few years ago had =
reputation for eating men for breakfast, has
public library which in about q years time
has accumulated over one thousand volumes
and is rapidly growing
One of the finest and most substantial pieces
of work ever turned of in this city by any
painters was the Resting and gold leafing OF
the eagle that surmounts this Office The
work was done by the firm of Grant & Ste
vens. The bird is four feet five inches high
and over ten feet from tip to tip. The leaf is
pure gold laid on in double layer. employ
ing n little less than go worth. Messrs.
Grant 4 Stevens in ornamental and artistic
work are hard TO excel and their bills are
very moderate.
N. Block returned Saturday night from
New York and he says. regarding the build
ing of the ST. Louis & Wichita railroad that
il is wholly with the people along the pro-
posed route 10 say road or no road. He is
acquainted with the parties who subscribed
the stock TO build it. and they are all men
with large means, and If the bonds are voted
the probabilities are that the road will be
completed as far as Wichita by the first Of
January, 1880. Give us direct st. Louis
market. We are heartily tired Of paving
tribute 10 Kansas City.
The new and west road will be an immense
advantage to Wichita. aud TO the farmers OF
the western part Of the county when it shall
have been completed to the west line, in an
item that is not brought out in the discus
sions. und that Item is building stone Sedg.
wick county has no stone Of any kind and
the stone now used is brought sixty Eve miles
by rail, or hauled in wagons from Butler
county. The new road will come right
through the finest magnetism limestone hedges
to be found anywhere. sixteen or eighteen
miles east Of Wichita. The stone is easy Of
access, easily worked, substantial, and q
white cream color, and can be laid down here
at less than one-ha1 Of the present prices