The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-07-15

NsW Asxicas, published 1t Santa Fe We thinl
il probable that the Houck Brothers aud Al
Thomas, Of this city, have struck bigger
thing than any true assure or mineral lode
Offers. King GambriDus and not quartz Of
carbonates, wields the magic wand. Messrs
Houck Bros. last spring purchased the right
to handle the Anheuser beer in New Mexico
and Arizona exclusively. As bottle beer i,
drank there altogether Mr.. Thomas took on,
. bottling machine and the beer is sbippeC
! in bulk from st. Louis After buying up a
the ice and all the bottles in the Territory
the machine was put to work and already six
thousand are filed and sold daily and the de-
msnd is increasing. The whole establish
ment IL run by steam aud the sales now xver
| age over eleven hundred dollars daily. AmO,
HOuck and Al. Thomas run the business and
Mr.. Houck has been offered twenty five thou
sand dollars for half interest, but he could
not think Of it.
The 'Corset-String" we understand has
been settled upon by the young Demo
Gratis Ms the name for their club. The name
il in honor Of Gen. Hancock who wears cor
sets to give him shape. The General goes a
great deal ON his shape. So do the young
Democracy Of Wichita. Leading Democrat,
seem to have peacAant for feminine gear
1t will be remembered that JEFF. Davis tried
petticoats ON \ certain occasion. A warn
struggle was had by the club Is to whether
1t should be called ''corset-string" or ''petti
coat" The matter was compromised by the
corset.stringers agreeing that the badge
should be cut In the shape OF an inflated pet.
ticoat bearing the image OF the corset hero
and fastened to the lapel Of the coat by .
piece Of regulation corset string.
We have been compelled 10 employ an ~.
| sistant business manager. The successful
editing Of paper Is u small matter. Any
body can write. but to manage the finances
Of newspaper so as to make both ends meet
Is . task, the contemplation of which has
hopelessly wrecked many an able aud accom-.
plished finxncier. For time the EAGLE has
been casting about for an assistant to Mr.. 4.
+. Murdoch, its business manager. De-
spairing of suitable individual. the matter
was referred to him IN prepria persona. or the
shows and the '.whens'' We know nothing.
but he raised him all the same, last Sunday.
He wears curly hair and Roman nose and
weighed nine and = half pounds, and his
grandma Caldwell is ~ happy ~ the young
ster's daddy, grandpa and the sisters, cous-
ins and aunts Of all the relations put to-
gether.
Nobody will dispute that wichita - . 10.
cation Offers many superior inducements for
the establishment Of an acadcmical school or
college. The enterprise has often been
mooted, but 80 absorbed have our people
been In "getting ahead financially that the
education Of their children, like many other
important matters, have gone - secondary
considerations. The Rev. DR.. DE Lew. rec
tor Of st. johns Episcopal Church, who ap.
pears to be a wide-awake, energetic and pub
lie spirited man ~ he is u classical scholar Of
varied and profound attainmcnts, has deter.
mined 10 agitate the matter again. He IL
satisfied. after comforting with leading citi-
gene and many parents, that the organixs-
ton OF . higher institution Of learning in
this city 10 not only possible bat In oil re-
srects feasible. Amer consultation il was
thought best 70 call meeting at the Register
Of Deeds alice 1t 8 O'Clock Thursday even.
ing. To this Meeting parents, fathers and
mothers and all others interested are cordial
~ invited. The school will be entirely un-
sectarian, neither Jewish nor Gentle. nei-
ther Catholic nor Protestant, but thoroughly
cosmopolitan, il the expression were allowa-
BILE. An institution Of that character. IL sue
eessfully established. would not ouly give
character to our city, but would prove, in
time, Of great financial benedt.
The sudden and unexpected death Of Mrs.
Jeanne Smith, wife Of Mn. rhos. F. Smith,
shocked the entire community. She had
been enjoying her usual health, but In the
early part Of the week was attacked with
something like The erysipelas, Of which she
nor her husband thought little At the time.
On Thursday she was around attending to
her home and family - usual, but during
the night grew sudlesly werse aud expired
before morning. She was kind wife aud
N inestimable woman and her death 10 . sad
s1roke upea the heart Of her husband Who
Aas the warncss synpatAies Of large circle
Il friends.