The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-02-10

cAnD1IAn n1BI1o0.
Q Elder Cain, Of the Christian Church, Il
4 drawing full houses At Occidental Hall. he
:. is spoken Of very highly by those who have
him. He will continue service throughout
e the week, and ON Sunday.
Mr.. Hess sent dispatch to his relatives in
!, Gutenberg on Tuesday morning, about sew
eno'clock .. m, announcing the birth Of son.
: and on the following evening when he went
to his store he found an answer Of congratu-
lation. The distance between the two points
!, about eleven thousand miles.
e Albert Hess new imported clock will NOT
s do all the cuckooing at his house hereafter,
e for he now has . time piece, or rather .
: killer OF the peace Of time, in the shape Of .
, ten pound boy, that put in his appearance
6 day before yesterday, which, as home pro-
G duction, gets away with all importations Of
{ whatever character. We wish the happy
a parents much joy.
Mr.. Granger, in answering our notice OF
his indisposition says he is well and expects
soon to return to Kansas. He adds that A.
ter travelling about the Pacific coast, and
most thoroughly exploring the countries Of
Oregon, Washington and California, that
Kansas after all, is the poor mans country
being more desirable in all respects to the
countries lying on the Pacific slopes.
!, The weak side Of every mortal man and
woman In this country, whatever their fail
ings or ecceptricitics can be touched up
twice at least for the small sum Of FIVE cents
and postage stamp If We are any judge Of
the higher art as exemplifed by the comic
valentines hung in profusion in the book
store windows. The editor Of this paper
will not be in town on the day that birds
mate.
Mr.. James G. Doty, a capitalist from Atti-
ca, ", with his son w. r. Doty, the well
known sheep raiser of Newton, Kansas, were
in the city last week, the guests of o. II.
Bentley. Esq. These gentlemen express
themselves as much pleased with Wichita
and Sedgwick county, and If suitable range
can be had will bring ten thousand sheep in
to this county.
The baId-headed citizens of Wichita are
having picnic this winter Of opera bouffe,
and the nearer the latter degenerates into
the can-can the better they like it - Winfield
| Telegram.
Did you ever read Esop's fable about the
fox and geese.
| n. ,x-;t al ri md 4;
tressing accident, on Tuesday afternoon last.
lie was ascending ladder in the rear of
Barnes & Sons store, in order to reach the
top of the building, and Just as he had reach
ed the top OF the ladder 1t slipped and pre-
cipitated him TO the roof below on which the
ladder was resting, breaking his left arm
near the elbow a compound fracture, and his
right arm at the wrist, also bruising his face
badly and injuring him internally. He suf-
fers untold pain, but is receiving all the med |
| zeal aid that the case requires.
Somebody sends us a marked copy Of the |
Daily Colorado Springs Gazette, giving an ac- |
| count OF Doctor Horn, who was hurt by |
his horse falling in fit. The paper says the |
doctor attributes the fit to loco weed in the |
Hay W utCu tdtuc WtCuttus Lulu L
sticks, or quite as like loco drunk. There is
no noxcious weed, SO far as We have ever |
heard, found growing i'm the grass of this /
| section, and il there was the horses Of Colo /
RADIO must lack common instinct in eating il.
We are inclined to the opinion that that doc
tor, and that Doctors horse, took their loco
weed ia the form of an extract from the same
bottle.
The Leavenworth Timer i'm predicting
heavy rain falls for the coming season claims
that our rains come from the mountain re-
giOns. While we agree with its prOgnosti-
cations its science wont hold water nor bring
it, either. We have neither time nor in.
clination to refute the 7imes' theory, but
We have no hesitancy in saying it is not sus-
tanned by reason or logic. While our sum-
mcr showers and storms for the most part
seem to come from the northwest, they in
fact do not, and for that matter could not.
Pacific summer evaporation are precipitated
long before they reach the eastern slopes,
even when the wind is the most favorable.
Sheriff Watt keeps his eyes open and vlo-
lators OF law will do well to ster clear Of his
beat. Several rogucs hayc been quietly
picked up without any fuss or feathers and
sent back to meet their just deserts in other
States. Some few weeks since Watt made
up his mind that one ID. +. Lillard. who was
hanging around was wanted in Decatur,
Iowa, from a description that had been sent
out. Wishing for particulars he became as
sured and sending for the sheriff to come on
with n requisitiOn. Mr.. Lilard was arrested
and turned over on Monday to the Iowa
sheriff. who left with him on that nights
train. Lillard had been under arrest for
stealing horses and was out on $500 bail.
which he had jumped.
Mr. ii. q. Ruggles visits Wellington and
other towns in the 18th Judicial District OF.
terner than any other Wichita attorney. He
makes on an average one trip a week to Wei
lington. often taking In Harper county on
the same trip. And il was only few days
ago that we found him in Topeka, then again
in few days in Winfield and Tuesday he
was in Wellington again. lie does not trav-
el for pleasure either, but has legal business
which calls him away from home whenever {
he goes. This certainly speaks highly of his {
ASIAN Attorney Weitingsonidn.
Mr.. James Dean, from near Haysville, came I
into town. on Monday, accompanied by his
brother TO be treated for the bite of dog.
to be mad. The dog had jumped
out at some passers by. and Mr.. Dean collar
ed him cutting him soundly which evidently :
threw him into the rutts. He afterwards !
made jump for Mr.. Deans mother. and the
night following, which was Saturday, Killed
all the ducks, chickens and geese on the
place. The wound was cauterized and med.
icated, and Mr.. Dean took indicated vapor
bath. He had heard that there was a mad
stone in this vicitity whatever that is and
was enquirng for is owner. We do not be-
lieve the dog was effected with rabies, but
Mr.. Dean was compelled to listen to enough
horrible stories on Monday TO have driven
anyone to raving.