The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-06-15

mouse heeplnS IN lne mouse, recently pur
chased, on Empona avenue.
The Methodist folks are making arrange
menls Tor grand picnic at the Park mex
Wednesday. Everybody invited.
G. l.. Pratt received the sad news Frida,
of the sunden death of his mother in Chica
90 He left by Saturdays train.
j. Rich has moved his grocery stock from
Douglas avenue TO the room on Main stree
formerly occupied by Mr.. Harding.
Mrs. r. l.. Walker returned from Topek;
last week where she had been visiting he
fathers family, Judge W. c. Webb.
Mrs. Thos. Williamson. of Wellington
came up last week TO visit Mrs. Geo. l.. Pratt
and her many other friends in this city.
Garfield Post No. %. q. A. r., Of Wichita
is having a book containing its bylaws, rule
and regulations printed at the EAGLE Office
That was gorgeous old laehrymose efior
Of the clouds on Monday evening, and gen
eral, too, 20 far as this county was con
cerned.
We will publish an article on horsesboein.
next week which we hope will he critical,
read and thoroughly remembered by ever,
farmer in the county.
The Chicago Lumber Company is still sell
ing large amounts Of lumber and are stock
ing up with view of doing larger bushes,
than ever. See their ad.
York and Tucker have opened up a hare
wood lumber yard which will be supplied
by their mill in Arkansas. IL is a novel en-
terprise but we believe there is money in it,
Capt. Waiter. our excellent and leve
headed commissioner from the third district
goes east in few days TO visit his old home
and his aged mother, whom he has not seen
in years.
A Mr.. Hart from the keystone region OF the
Atlantic States made us short call on Tues
day. He was looking for a country with a
future for present investments aud Ind found
it right here.
The specimens of wheat daily brought 10
our Office by farmers who have been with Us
through thirk and thin, are wonderful, the
very sight OF which viii induce dreams OF
plenty aud fairness.
The oat crop promises heavier this year
than ever before. Many fields will go from
fifty TO sixty-iive bushels 10 the acre. The
equine representatives here abouts will stick
out in sickness this coming fall.
Valley Home school house, in school dis.
trict No. =, burned down on Sunday night,
June 1lih. about 10 o'clock, together with
500 worth Of new school furniture. Ii is
supposed to have been set on fire.
The solid and growing monetary institution,
the State Bank, has purchased the Fechhei-
mer corner lately occupied by Mr.. Rich. OPP
posite the Savings Bank. As soon a. it can
be put into shape the bank will be moved.
Some lively spirit seances are being held
at the club room in which some facts touch
ing the past lives of the participants are
brought out which, although greatly relished
by the crowd are a little searching as 10 the
victim.
The parlors OF Moore and Davis are not
only very pleasant resort, the finest in the
city, but all the delcacies and finest fruits
Of the season are sure TO be found there.
There CONNECTIONS are the finest and best
manufactured.
In addition TO the amount contributed by
our citizens for the Garfield monument dur
ing the time Of the funeral obsequies Col. NJ.
Stewart forwarded on Saturday $40 more,
consisting of ten cent offerings given by old
soldiers on memorial day.
1t seems the oehre color applied 10 the Dc
eideBtal was only the foundation for deep
brick red color. Aesthetically speaking the
propnetors have made a mistake. The solid
oehre-say two or three coats would have
proved much the most attractive.
On next Monday ;. w. Balch, Of Waco
township, commences 10 harvest eighty acres
OF Oregon May wheat, the grains Of which
rival birds eggs for size-small birds, you
understand. The truth is the specimen heads
be furnished Us simply wonderful.
Robt. Jacks has sold his geological eollee-
ton consisting of two bears, wolves, coons,
coyotes, eagles. Gnits, etc, to Col. 1iartzeil,
of Topeka, who was here on Tuesday. They
will be placed in the Coloners public park
which he is fixing up at great expense.
Hon. James r. Mead has about twenty
acres in the Jerusalem artichoke which he
H. cultiyating for his hogs on his farm. OF
late the sophers have been FOSTERING him not
a little 80 last week he went for them with
traps, capturing in few days ninety odd Of
the marauders.
Capt. W. 5. White has purchased a nice
and desirable resident property on upper
Market street which is nearly new and in
thorough repair As ii is said he contem-
plates adding still other improvements there
is no excuse for spending much time in
guessing at probabilities.
J. W. Brown, after long and most pain
ful sickness, died yesterday morning al
O'Clock The agony of mind and body in the
last hours were very great. lie leaves a
wife aud six children 10 mourn his loss. His
remains win be buried to-day Thursday at
10 O'Clock, service at Catholic church.
The title TO the whitwortb corner of Doug
las avenue AMI Main street, Mr.. Gossard in-
forms US, has been perfected and that the
anees We are glad Of it. II is very much
desired by about everybody that perma-
nent tine building should be erected on that
conspicuous corner.
There is a gentleman living in this county
who has been a wheat grower all his life. He
has made its culture special study Among
other Valuable information he has diary
containing statistics Of the wheat crop of
America for every year for fifty years past,
and claims that he can with great certainty
predict year in advance what the wheat
crop of the next year will be. Last fall
through the columns Of the Kansas Farmer
he predicted an unusual fine yield for 1882.