The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-07-20
A LETTER FROM The CAPITAL.

| TOPEKA, July 10, 1882.
To the Edator Of the Eagie.
The Sunday school assembly and church
encampment. now in session at Hartzel's
Park, north of the city is signal success.
The attendance has been excellent and the
weather peculiarly propitious-cool and de-
| lighttul. The great card 81 the occasion has.
of course, been the presence OF Major Gen
eral o. o. Howard, the christian soldier, and
superintendent Of the United States military
| academy at West Point. lie has spoken cv-
cry day. and Monday evening delivers his
famous lecture on the battle of Getty sburg,
in which he himself figured so conspicuous
| ly. There will be thousands present at the
lecture, as they are coming Oh special trains
from all contiguous counties.
The papers have been completed 10y the eX
ecutive council, on the part of the State, for
the acceptance of Colonel Goss' magnificent
collection of birds, presented by him to Kan
sas under certain stipulations, which were
agreed to by the legislature last winter, and
an act passed legalizing the requirements of
the donation. Col. Goss is in the city and
the tranfer of his munifcent gift will soon
be effected.
The detailed report Of our magnificent
wheat crop was telegraphed by the associat-
ed press all over the country, and now what
Kansas has done this year, and which places
her at the head of all the States, is known in
every little town and hamlet in the world
where the telegraph lines extend. What IN
advertisement 1t may not be generally
known, but this great wheat harvest in our
own proud State has in all probability saved
the whole country from panic: at least SO
great fnanciers and political economists af-
firm. With Germ crop that promises 30 well.
il it should be realized, will put Kansas ut
the very head of all the great agricultural
States In the Union. Til, great report that
has gone forth of her agricultural results,
and her other possibilities in this direction
this year, will give such an incentive to i'm
migration that the State has not experienced
for two or three years-tbe first impulse OF
which is already being realized at this early
date.
The citizens of Topeka hold mass meet
ing to night to consider ways and means for
the great reunion and State fair which oc
StHlcmDti. iotuPe
measures will be adopted TO make the i'm
mense concourse of people that are coming.
comfortable. The veterans and their fami-
lies, the members of the ''band union" and
the State military will be assigned to tents
and barracks near the fair grounds. Stfan-
gers, who come here to visit, will be accom-
modated at the hotels, clearinghouse and
al. Tho ..y.taran-s ,lay :, sn.c,llet
has been designated for Saturday, Septem-
Der 10th, and ii will be the erowning glory
of the whole affair 80 far special attrac-
tons and the object of the reunion Is con-
cerned. The soldier, while in camp, will be
furnished with every thing except blankets,
and these should not be forgotten. but
brought by the veteran himself Rations.
composed of the same articles ISSUED
to the regular army, will be sold to those en-
titled TO this privilege, viz the old soldier
and his family, members of the band union,
and the State militia, at cost. somewhere in
the neighborbood of seventeen cents per
head per day. Reduced fares are established
on the A., r. & 5. +. and Kansas Pacific at
one cent a mile in Kansas, and it may be seen
at 4 glance how little expenditure OF money
is necessary for an old soldier TO attend this
great reunion of hi. comrades, and live for u
week, in pleasant "Reminiscences, the most
eventful period of his life overs again. There
will be at least 81, 900 present at the time, and
when all these march in line on veterans
day in review, it will be spectacle that
rarely comes in an ordinary lifetime. To
wake up the echoes of the old camp-ires
and bring back to the living present the real
ization Of the dark days Of priyation and
suffering, eloquent speakers will be there to
tell the old, old story in all the beauty OF
word painting, by such famous men of our
time as Blaine, Gen Keifcr, Gen. Neal Dow,
Gen. Harry White, Gen. Coburn, Coils. Lor-
ing. Streight, and others. 1t will he grand |
gathering and one long to he remembered in
the history of the State.
Ii has been suggested by some one, that all
the old soldiers bring with them such relics
of the rebellion as they may possess, and
that committee be appointed here to place
them In some suitable room or tent for exhi-
bition during the reunion, at the end of
which they are to be returned intact to their
respective owners. Such temporary muse
UNI would be great attraction. and add
much to the eclat OF the occasion.
The State Fair premiums, in all depart
ments, aggregate $4,000. an amount unpre-
cedented in the history of such institutions.
Ten thousand is devoted to live stock. and
this assures an admirable display in that de-
partment; some of the finest and most fam
Gus herds in the United States are making
applications for entries, even as far east as
Maine The speed-ring will develop some
Fast time and noted horses-tbe purses in
his branch amounting to $4,000. Grange
and county agricultural displays will be ex-
,eptionally fine, some seven of the former
md twenty of the latter, having signiiied
heir intention Of competing for premiums
It this early date. IT will be grand success
III round aud magnificent thing for the
whole State. W. e. Ii.
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