The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-02-17

FHy LsefUs8 oegnsI.
. Az will be seen elsewhere, Rodolph s. Hat
field, Esq., Of this city, will deliver the 6rs
Of course Of lectures, provided for by tn
= Christian Church, Of this city, on Thursda,
s. night Of next week. Mr.. Hatfield Is m elo
: quent and entertaining speaker, and his sub
,is ject IL one OF more than ordinary interest
The church has . small indebtedness to mee
>. and. A. usual, they have determined, II pos
sible, to raise the money by giving value re
ceived. The object Is q meritonous one; the
pit speaker, and those to follow him, are select.
ed from the best talent in the city, and the
). prizes for admission merely nominal. Some
Of the ladies' will call on our citizens for the
purpose Of selling tickets during the inter-
l. vening time, and judging from the known
!. liberality Of the people, we have no doubt
- they will be successful. We see no reason
, why the hall should not be filed.
We understand T. d. Wall, ESQ.,, will de-
liver the next lecture on the following Thurs
8 day night, to be followed by Judges Camp
bell and Lauck, and, perhaps, others.
Mrs. Ruben Lane living about two miles
northeast Of the city had two boys bitten by
her own dog-one boy was bitten In the face
the other on the wrist. This occurred about
four weeks since. A few days after the same
dog bit calf which was attacked with what
was pronounced by those who claim to know
the hydrophObia. A pig also was bitten by
the same dog, and the pig died in convul-
sions. Mrs. Miller, also living about four
miles north Of the city, had dog that acted
very strangely, and finally after biting the
neighborng dogs, was killed. Mr.. Chamber
lain informs us that there 10 a good deal of
excitement over the mad dog business. We
see by our exchanges that in Cowley and
Butler counties several dogs have gone mad |
and bitten several persons, and quite large |
number Of cattle and hogs. Mr.. Wilson, who |
lives northeast OF the city, had dog that |
went mad and was ut large ut last accounts.
We presume II is useless to say any thing
about the million worthless hounds, pups,
| ours, and whelps that run ut will in this city,
All we can say is to look out, for you are liza
bic to be bitten anE hour in the day by some
body's-what they call great pet in the fam
hy-which is nothing more or less, niue
times out Of ten, than dog, not ft for any
thing under the sun unless it is to annoy peo-
pie as they go by by barking at them or bit
Ing them and giving them the hydrophobia.
We presume after halt dozen school chill
dren, and dozen Of our best citizens, (pos-
sibly all members Of the CounciD are bitten
and die In n hydrophobc spasm, some action
will be taken and something done 70 lessen
The number. In the meantime, we give fair
WARNING hat hos ~ |
the city, in the immediate neighborhood and
you must look out for you are liable to be
bitten by them. An ordinance which would ,
read something like the following would .
meet with the appreciation OF great major /,
ity Of our citizens:
All persons owning dogs residing within !,
the city limits shall pay an annual tax there
on OF fifty dollars for male dogs and one hun. .
dred dollars for female dogs, and any dog ,
found running ut large without muzzlc on | !
ut any time will be shot IL seen by police
man, and any resident Of the city may have
the right to shoot any dog seen on the street o
without muZzle On-their nose we mean d
The most severe storm that ever occurred =
In this county perhaps, since its settlement :,
commenced in this valley, on last Thursday
and continued until Saturday eve :,
ming. II is estimated that ten inches of snow .
Tell in that time. All the railroad trains were
snow bound from Friday night until Sunday :" :.
morning. The west bound train Oh the Santa
Fe, Friday night, was showed under near .e
Peabody, and did not reach this city until "
bout noon Sunday. The east bound train ~
N the Frisco road, left the city Friday
morning at a. M, and landed i'm snow DRIFT ca
bout seven miles east Of the city and re- d
NAMED there until il was pulled out on the en-
blowing Monday, by two Santa Fe engines. o.
which brought the train back to the city LEI
IN Monday Santa Fe train passed south tr
rom Newton but failed to get any farther en-
han Mulvanc until yesterday. Monday eve Ell
ing Frisco train that was due Friday got in r,
nd left on time Tuesday morning. We have ed
ad two mails in five days. Our dispatches sill
~ that the storm reached as far east as di.
uincy. ILL.,, and as far west as the noun
ans, and the suffering among people. and -,
specially stock. has been intense. W.