The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-07-22

A gentleman just In from Southern New
Mexico informs ~ that two weeks since b.
was offered Thousands Of sheep for thirty
cents head. The grass had utterly failed
; and the sheep were budding along the banks
Of such streams - were fed BY snow. literal.
~ starving to death. Cattle and sheep
throughout Colorado are faring little better
and beef 10 being shipped from Kansas to the
mining markets. The present prospects fol
round prices for hay, corn. beef and hogs Ia
the west this winter are good.
There will be an examination Of candi-
dates for teachers' certificates in Wichita on
Friday the s0th day Of July. 1880, commene-
ing at sac a. M. N. H. BRUCE,
County Superintendent.
The Greenbackers held an outdoor ratiA-
cation meeting last Friday night on Douslas
Avenue. near the fremont House. which
was addressed by Nr. Jennings and Geo. y.
Jackson, OF st. Louis. The latter gentleman
piled the specious assertions Of the dema-
gogue-mere glittering generalities and bar
rem localities. Garfield. IN bis letteT Of &C.
ceptance. touches the key mote Of the Green
back question when he says they are as Ma
tional ~ the nag itself. They are the crea-
ton Of the Republican party which party
will protect them and keep them good for all
they call for.
There will be an examination for teachers
applying for positions in the public schools
Of Wichita on Thursday and Friday, July
10Th and soth, commencing at $40 .. M, At
the First ward school building.
L. Goa. COPLKY.
| Superintendent City Schools.
Last Sunday night splendid rain fell 10
some portions Of the county which was only
. sprinkle In this vicinity. But on Monday
night the sprinkling process was resumed in
dead earnest and an oid.fashioned quiet driz-
z.e drozzie descended for about fourteen
hours, giving US one Of the best soskings We
have had In q coon's age. Millet, corn, hay,
potatoes and all kinds Of vegetables are
growing splendidly. The vegetation and To-
liage Of this section in its dark rich green
rivals the scenery Of 4 tropical forest.
Another change was made in the time card
OF the A. I. Il 5. F. Railway last Sunday,
whereby the mail arrives one hour and twen-
| ~ minutes earlier each way Under the
new arrangement the express and mail arrives
from the north at 9:l0 q. M, and from the
south at G:40p. m. The freight from the
north arrives at 1910 m, and from the
south ut $50 p. m. The accommodation that
connects with the Colorado and New Mexico
express arrives from the north At 10:35 D. m.
The stock express arrives frcm the south At
s:lOa. m. No changes have yet been an
nounced on the st. Louis road.
The Kansas State University is fast becom-
Ing one Of the leading institutes Of learning
in the land, ranking in many respects the
oldest Universities In the country. And Il Is
University in all that the name implies, in
the sciences, classics and professions. The
young men who have been attending the
institution from. this city are making won
deriul progress, aud parents who desire for
their children any OF the higher courses Of
education cannot do better than to send
them to Lawrence. A card announcing the
fall term appears elsewhere.
II ia said that Mr.. Mendenhall has succeed
ed In buying the property situated at the csr4
ner Of Douglas Avenue and Main. street
known rs the Whitworth corner. II h far
Their stated that ~ soon rs the title can be
perfected and the old buildings removed, Mr..
MendenhalI will proceed Immediately to erect
four-story brick hotel, with the Office on
the ground floor ut the corner and q ladies'
entrance on Main street with two store.rooms
on Douglas Avenue, The hotel Is to be
modern In design and structure with an ele-
vator placed between the main Office and L.
dies entrance. No one doubts the especial
desirableness of the location for frst-class
hotel.
T. B. Wall has withdrawn from the race
for county attorney. We think his reasons
are good and his action wise. A everybody
Is aware, he was making splcndid canvass,
securing friends by the score, but the con-
ventions have been postponed 30 late that he
could not longer continue In the race with.
out detriment to his business. Besides, ~
he hmself says, he is young both a. . man
and citizen and he can well afford to wait and
live down all aspersions aud unfriendly crit
icisms. He leaves the field with the best OF
feelings towards his rivals for the position
and with the determination to make . thor
ough canvass Of the county this fall in the
interest Of the Republican ticket.
Hon. J. Il. Mead came home Monday and
was warmly welcomed by q host Of old
friends. He 10 looking splendid. Alter he
has fixed up several matters requiring his
personal attention xnd made arrangements
to send his family OF for summering he
will return to his mines. With many others
We wish Mr.. Mead unbounded success In his
mining enterprises, for however great his
success Wichita will be his home and her In.
terests his interest He says the glory Of
this lower valley, in comparison with the
barren wastes Of Colorado, IL inexpressibly
great. All through the mountains he found
Kansas products. and many boxes Of eggs,
barrels Of potatoes. etc.. marked Wichita.
The details OF horrible outrage reaches
US from Hunnewell, the new cattle town In
Sumner county. The crime was against an
innocent young woman who was on her way
to friends at Fl. Reno, and in hendishness
passes belief 1t Is too terrible to put into
print. She was decoyed on to the wrong
road, then into saloon, which was repre-
sented as hotel, where abe was drugged.
After she became insensible she was taken
on the open prairie, stripped completely,
outraged by six monsters and LEFT lying in
the burning sun. II the authorities Of thst
town don't penitentiary the last brute en-.
gagged in the inhuman crime the place ought
to 10 be raxed and the very ground upon
which 1t stands blasted and for oil time, and
the perpetrators cursed with . direct ven
geancc from heaven.
Mr.. W. N. MeLaren. the gentleman who
espoused Mrs. Leo V. Sage, for better or for
worse. writes us = hearty old letter from
Pueblo, under date Of June II. II would
seem . case OF misplaced confidence and
wrecked love, to say nothing Of the twenty
thousand dollars which he says he Is short.
he feels like one deserted yea abandoned.
and cries for information OF his fair deeeiver.
A man OF opulence. he now desires chance
to do manual labor. being finally deserted,
financially busted and len destitute among
strangers aud on cold world. IL would do
no good to publish his letter a. be requests.
but the unimbellished story We give with
feelings that can only be imagined.
OKLAaoMA. July 10, lsse.
70 tks Editor eftas Eagle:
Arrived here on the l0sh Surveying sad