The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-02-02
ANETEUas AT THE OPERA House.
The Valley Center Center Company in the Rol'
Of Church Benesactors

Our citizens viii be afforded au opportu-
nifty On Friday evening, February lotl, to
DO the neat thing by their neighbors. The
| amateur dramatic club. consisting of a run-
Der %; the most prominent citizens Of Valley
Center, who have fully presented on
oae OF two occasions to delighted audiences,
the great moral aud religious drama. "Ien
NishtS in a Darkroom" a. the earnest Sole
itatioa OF ] number of their interested iel low
citizens Gno assurances from citizens Of ich-
| TIA, have consented 10 appear in the Opera
House in this city for one night for the bene-
fit Of a new church enterprise at the Center.
The mere mention Of the fact thar L comPa-
ny were coming down from Valley Center to
entertain the people OF Wichita called forth
an interest. The cause is good one and our
guess, taking everything into consideration,
is that our people will fine more in the oeca-
sion, Of interest, than ;bey could get out Of
some heightened travelling troupes. The
chaucss of mistakes, the embarrassment OF
new stars. etc., are sources Of pastime. lille
there viii be that that il outside of the stere-
o,yped, cheap professional. Letus crowd the
Opera House out Of pure good will, if fot
nothing else. The following is the cast
Sample Swicbel ............. 80. |. T. Ault
Simon SlaGe ,.... ..... 80 IL. Turner
Joe Morgan .... VIM. Caldwell
| Frank Slade. -.... ...........L. Hu isou
Mr. Roamine - IA. III. Carpcnte:
Willie Hammond 800. L. Washburn
MR.. Slade. ...........M Mrs. o. q. Jacobs
Mrs. Morgan. .... Mrs. ii. c. Boyle
Mary Morgan. .... $50. Miss Belle PalEei
Mehitable Cartwright -. Miss May Ban,
Recently Nelson Dudley, living in the
Good River neighborhood. Minnesota towa
ship, came 10 Wichita ano sold his farm, The
cash he received being Immediately sent u
Kentucky. where he will soon remove. On
his return in the evening, when at the Cow
skin bridge, near York's, his wagon was
fouled by two men driving similar vehicle
who asked him some unimportant questions
doubtless 10 ascertain his identity, when lac
drove on. the otheI parties following at re-
spectful distance. Two miles west of tho
bridge. in a totally uninhabited locality, the
same men again run into Mr.. Dudley's wag'
on, hating MIN. ana uenohstfatihg Desoh
doubt their intention of robbery. Whip
ping up his horses, Mr.. ID. led a lively raes
over a dreary stretch of prairie, which onl!
terminated on his approaching house wher,
light was seen, when his pursuers gas, u
the chase. Doubtless these men saw Sir
Dudley with the money in town, and deter
mined to possess it. A good charge OF buck
shot. judiciously administered, is a sovereign
remedy for such evils.
Ii seems to the Emporii Republican tina
with 1000 sheep in Lyon county, 1000 il
Greenwood county, Ie,Oeo in Usage county
and IL CSC in Morris county, that Emporia il
the grandest place in the State for hrst
class wooden mill, il being thus the center o
a wool-produeing region. That is aver.
weak seeming. and only excusabie in mai
who has been but a week in the Dewspape
business. Sedgwick county alone has NOR
sheep than all the counties named, IL III
Republican gives the correct figures, so tina
Wichita would be far better point for
" oolen mill. Within a radius Of forty mile
about Wichita are held upwards of two hun
dred thousand head OF sheep.