The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-01-02
For the Eagle.
From up the River.
G. X. GARRISON.

VALLEY CENTER, December 2S, 1873
ED. EAGLE The continued cold
weather Cor the two weeks preceding
Christmas compelled all ages and class
es TO try their chances at the game o!
freeze-out.
The neck-tic festival and oyster sup
per held here on Christmas night, like
all previous enterprises gotten up by
our town, was a complete success in
every particular. The net proceeds
amounting TO nearly $50 were very
justly appropriated for the benefit of
Rev. Mr.. Cameron in charge of the M.
L. Church at this place.
On Christmas eve a vigorous Christ
mas tree came out in full bloom at the
q Sherman school house and bought
forth fruit 40 hundred fold or more,
consisting of nuts, candies aud vari-
GUS valuable presents. all of which
were taken in and richly enjoyed by
the little folks. as well as quite few
that were not so little.
Again on Christmas night the lone
" traveller silently vending his way
across Tie broad fertile prairics of
Gran might have seen IN the distance
an isolated. bat most beautiful tree,
with It's lefty and spreading
branches proudly towering above the
sta,wart rag weed and sun-ilowers in
the vicinity Of the Park school house
causing tie heart OF many little
Kansan TO rejoice and be exceeding
glad on account Of its spleudor aud
the abundance Of its beautiful and va
ried fruit.
The late sown wheat in this locality
got rather a bad send-on owing to
the unusually dry weather during the
fall months. consequently the prospect
on the " hole is by no means as flat;er-
ing as cur farmers would like TO have
il. Yet the showing is sufficiently
good 10 insure very fair crop, both
in acreage and quantity. Ii there
should be shortage on Cur coming |
crop shall always think that 1t was
in the way OF judgment sent upon
us as few of our hitherto honest
and respectable farmers have of late
been guilty of perpetratiag a base
fraud on the firm Of iIargis, lmboden
Il Co, OF Your city. by selling them
headed and wire-bound wheat for
which they received the highest mar
ket price, despite the marvellous accu-
racy and experiness of the nasal and
occular organs of that firm.
Ibave on file the names of ten or a
dozen jealous Republicans of Gran,
township Who could not possibly spare
the time TO attend our late State and
county elections, nearly all of which,
as well they might, crawied into their
and pulled their holes in after them
when the official returns announced
that l.. n. Woodcock. ono If be Il men
aud trrest Republicans Of the Ninety !
second district, Was DEBATED by four
roles. Our Democratic friends and {
neighbors. as also their greenbackers.
,an RELY upon il, that nothing but {
lca,h or high water can hereafter pre-
1ent the polling of the full Republic
an vote Of Grant township.
Mr.. John Carpenter, who tor mum
Der of wears has been a highly esteem
d citizen of Wichita, intends to short
y remove 10 and permanently locate
n Valley Centre. MIR. Carpenter and 4
lis cstimable wife will be most vel n
ONE citizens among Us, and valua-
lie accession to cur town and COM C
aunity. T.
The nun erous railroad passengers u
IRVING and departing at this point is
vill be pleased TO learn that conve- b
tent method has been adopted o.
ere for aiding passengers in get h
inc o,, and off the trains. il
|ving 10 the TACT that the distance OF
pom the ground or ditch to the steps b
T the coaches is too far to allow pas sc
,peers to ascend aud descend with oil
use or safety, and an indisposition a.
r financial inability on the part OF the ii
pmpany to provide either platform "
, a, not, as per agreement, the hu- IL
,sne citizens of the tow have &c %