The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-01-08

Miss Allie Hannum, daughter Of Judae
Hanu,zm, gave party to her young friends
on New Years evening, which proved de-
lightful affair. Vocal and instrumental mu-
sic and games filed in the time till supper
hour, which took place at l0o'clock. ne
following are the names Of the happy guests:
Miss Berthe Davidson, Miss Lizzie Winch,
Miss Lulu Granger, Miss Minnie Jewett, Miss
Hays, Mr.. Husey, Mr.. Al. Winch, Mr.. Chas.
Davidson and Master Willie Granger.
AT a meeting Of the Farmers Club held on
! the I'd inst, W II. Ransom was elected Pres
ident, II. E. Lawrence, Vice President; Jno.
Mccormick, Treasurer: c. n. Platt, Secreta-
~, and J. Fuhrmann and 7. D. Fouts, Exec
utive Committee.
Mr., Dofiimore. the retiring President, va
Gated the Presidential chair by making neat
little speech. Hon. John Kelly then intro
duced the new incumbent to the Society.
Some weeks ago We noticed that driving
circuit had been formed and an association
organized for Southwestern Kansas. Law
renee, Topeka, Emporia, Newton, Hutchin-
son, Wichita and Winfield are represented in
the circuit, and the races are to commence
the coming summer. The sporting journals
oil the East having favorably noticed the en-
terprisc number Of owners of fast horses,
SO says the Commonwealth Of Eastern States
of bringing their horses west next summer
and taking in the entire circuit. or course
the fastest and finest horses ever seen In this
section win be here.
Saturday lasts Inter. 0ceaa contains two
articles from Kansas from the pen Of its regu-
lar travelling correspondent, }. w. Robbins.
One sets forth the wonderful development of
that portion Of Northwestern Kansas lately
tapped by the Central Branch railroad and
its feeders; the the other is devoted to the
colored exodus to this State. The latter
article il an exhaustive and able review Of
the whole question. After thorough exam
iDation Of all its environments, and painstak-
ing interviews with the more intelligent
negroes who have fed the land Of bondage.
The Inter Ocean speaks editorially in common
dation of the truthfulness OF the article. Mr..
Il. passed through Wichita Sabbath en- route |
few days, when he will tell the readers Of the |
later Ocean Of the Arkansas Valley and its
metropolis.
The School Board held a session Monday |
night and decided on the following DISPOSE
ton Of the different schools for the present |
Miss Pope and Mrs. Fraker's schools will he
opened in two OF the large rooms Of the Oc- |
cidental Prof. Copley will occupy one of the |
small rooms and Prof. Fuller the other all
on the first floor. The high school will not |
hold sessions the students will go and recite |
TO their respective tutors at the hour desig- |
mated by them. Miss Woods will occupy |
room in the Stackman Block and Miss Rcy.
mold. room in the French Block. Schools
to open Monday next. The board also deci-
ded that it would be necessary to build
larger building than they before contemplate
ed and committee was appointed to ascer-
tain the actual needs in order that the board
may be able to know what amount of addi-
tional bonds to ask the city to vote for.
The bell that fell from the burning tower
last Wednesday night and was broken to
pieces was the first school or church bell ever
heard liz this yalley--the first to break the
primeval silence since the creation, and to
upon the vibrating air the advent
Of ciyilization-the winding up of one history
and the commencement Of another. The
bison, the wolf and the Indian had not yet
retired beyond hearing that morning when
first Its glad voice rang out. Hon. James II.
Mead bought the bell in st. Louis in 1871,
paying $40 for it besides the freight. 1t was
wagoned across the country, and upon its ar
riva, he presented il to the embryo city, since
which time it has done good service in many
churches. fires, political meet
ings. ETC.. but principally for the schools.
Mr.. Mead stood there as the bell went down,
and we thought that in the bright light Of
that burning building there ran u shade
across his face, shade of regret or sorrow-
an expression OF the conviction of how fleet
ing all things are. how TO ashes at the last Is
reduced. We have secured a
fragment II the broken and unprctentious
bell. which, SO long as Our cabinet is prcscrv
ed will, when seen, carry back the mind of
the observer TO the days when Wichita was
not and WAS