The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28

in this market, so he sent the following dis
patches Tuesday morning to the railroa,
agent at Burton, ..what is No. three ant
No. four wheat selling for on yoar streets to
day. also the same dispatch to Bradt 4
Watson grain dealers in Newton and received
the respective answers:
BURTON, August 90.
To the Wichita EAGLE: Sixty-five to sixty.
seven that Is for - and siXty-two to sixty
four THAT is for 4. J. d. SWEENEY.
NEWTON, August 26.
To the EAGLE: No. sixty-two to sixty
three No. sixty-six; 3 for seed sixty-eght
and nine.
AT KANSAS CITY.
The board Of trade quotations at 3 O'Clock
p. m, were 50, SO, aud So.
AT ST. LOUIS.
| The highest price paid on Tuesday was
9ii.
While on the Wichita market No. 3 sold on
sight at seventy-three and four and No. 4
sold for seventy-one and two. How long this
state Of things may exist we are not prepared
20 say. We have been reliably informed that
last year the merchants of Peabody took it
upon themselves to run the wheat market of
that place by putting a good buyer on the
market with instructions to buy all the wheat
that came in and TO pay the highest price the
market would afford for ii the merchants
agreeing to stand responsible Tor any losses
that might occur. The consequence was that
the Peabody market was shade better all the
season than at any of her neighboring towns
and the merchants came out whole. The
committee which was appointed AZ the Thurs
day nights meeting were Messrs. Lynch.
Joeelyn, Corbctt, White, Smyth. Holloway,
Woodman, Richards, Allen, Hess and kohn.
These gentlemen met on Monday evening
last and decided TO organize 4 joint stock
company with capital of Slo. 500 and thought
it best to purchase an elevator and appointed
a committee of three to solicit subscribers for
stock, the shares to be twenty-five dollars.
each. The Wichita Elevator Is for sale for
$500 the seller proposing to take five hun
dred in stock. The other 5000 10 be en-
ployed in buying grain with.
The whereabouts of one Carl Julius Schultz
is desired by his attorneys in Germany. The
German Consulate has written to this point
and others many letters but can get no trace
of him. When last heard from he was in the
western part of Sedgwck county. Wcis who
was in Jail short time since knew of Schultz
but the former has skipped. A fortune or
amount Of money equalling 10000 marks it
seems has been lett Schultz by deceased
hinsman. Address German Consul Bcnne-
view. st. Louis. Missouri.
Doggett a. Smith, of Kansas City. an
nounce this week that they are in receipt Of
their own direct importations in black and
colored cashmeres, mohairs, alpacas, table
linens, napkins, hosiery and gloves and that
their New York purchases are also daily ar
irving; that by September first their house.
which is known as the palace Dry Goods
Store" '5xI00 feet. three stories high with
basement, will contain stock of medium
and frst-class dry goods second TO none in
the United States. We heartily commend
this house of which Geo. u Smith & Co. Is
branch
Efforts are being made to make the meet |
ing of the Union Veteran Corps the largest |
Valley. Read Col. Stewards article in this |
issue carefully.
ELDRIDGE, KANSAS. August -, 1879.
To the Editor Of the Eagle:
have forty acres of land that has not been |
plowed. Ii A. w. Grisman will burn il off
as it now is | will give him the land; or if he |
thinks it waste land win give him one hun
bred dollars. 1t is true We cannot brag on
our wheat crop this year. | had eight hun
dred and twenty-nine bushels from fifty acres. |
forty acres stalk ground. and il Grisman win |
call | will show him corn that will make sixty |
bushels to the acre. As for the common far !
mer of Kentucky happen TO know something |
about him. If he has q stable or a barn it is |
made out OF logs. and one could take dog |
by the tail and jerk him through the cracks |
There must be something wrong with either |
him OF his Illinois farm or he would be on it. |
As for fruit. raised last year and this as fine
peaches aud apples as | ever saw grown in |
Kentucky or any other state. W. f. 5
MIR. 5. sends US with the above note an 1
apple measuring 1T inches and weighing |
nearly eight ounees.-ED. EAGLE.
To tie Editor Of Ike Eagle:
The other day while waking down Main |
street listened 10 4 conversation INDUCED |
in by three gentle men standing in front Of |
one of our busy stores. Their line Of con-
verse ran. OF course. on those obnoxious sink |
holes back Of Main: those detes,abIe places l
so much referred to already. Judging from |
the language they used they seemed Of the |
opinion that that must needs be conducted |
in keeping with the subject under discussion |
Those men made use Of some awful biz words |
| can tell you. Seine of them we're indeed 50 !
awful big. and at the same kline strong, that 1
they attracted the attention OF some Of our /
youngsters. who. nothing lesh. gathered |
around those men, hugely enjoying the ex-
pletives falling thick and fast on the listening
evening air. Now, thought 10 myself 3. |
lefl the beautiful crowd behind me IN their
glory, those gentlemen are auisances Of list
a genuine stamp a are those sink holes
aud places OF nuisance, against whose
existence they sre iaveighiag 80 eonspics;-
ousl, though ingisriousiy. What those sink
holes-obnoxious p they ara in snperlAtiys
dcgree--sre physically. these men are moral
". both equally dangerous 20 the health Of
the community. Nay. 81 the two who VIII
say is the ncre dangerous. The one only in
yaies eur pestrii-- threatening with physical
disease, while the other. sar moral stencil
emitted BY these ucR and all Of like ezl;hre.
j aimed st the life Of society invading IL
morals. and cndangeris- tae health ef. aid
both young and old. great and small. Alas
our air j. rot cnly pregnant with foui gases
arising like threatening ghosts fre;n sadly ne
elected back yards. bat il l. also poisoned
with c'lrscs and other words OF 5laSpheaoCs
origin frcra fsul-1oGthsd men, whe. Ia mos;
cases. I. taesr shame be Il said. drezta rot Of
the irrspaTa5le injury they are doing. nor can
they he brought to Jock upon themselves -
enemies TO society, daily ard heaxis
gering the hezlih Of ogS esihs- ens.sa-
80. ems morals.