The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-06-29

ship wheat direct to Detroit and other east
ern markets and in this way save the Kansa
City steal TO which they have been subjecte,
in the past years. In that event they will b,
able to pay about if not quite as much fo
wheat in Wichita rs they do in Kansas City
= T.. Garfield who, while in the service Of
his country, had his foot crushed and whicl
in time began TO give him much trouble. ap
piled three years ago for a pension. After ;
long tine of yexation and delays he received
through the postoflice last Saturday morning
draft for the sum of SSll.33. Ours is moi
only the best but the kindest and most iber
al government on earth
:. A. V. Hartwell has had executed .ia
grams and cuts showing the advantages OF
his car-coupler invention and circulars Civ
ing 4 full account Of it. lie writes us from
New York city that the only road he has tried
has given orders to test his coupler for one
year, viz the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad. lie says everybody speaks
highly of the invention and that he held his
own at the Master Car Builders Association
al Philadelphia, being declared the simplest.
The Sunday school picnic at the Park last
"Wednesday was fine success enjoyed by
all the scholars and friends of the NJ. +.
Sabbath school. The Beacon band enlven-
ell the echnes by the woods and banks aud
boating, swinging, croqueting and pick
nicking filled up the day. The pastor and
superintendent seconded by the other OIL
GERS and teachers did all in their power to
make the chidren.happy and succeeded.
Last Sunday morning the Root brothers
picked up several of their neighbors, making
| party of eighteen comfortable bus load
and filling the baggage wagon with pro-
visions. milk. etc, put out for the woods
where most delightful day was had picnic
ing. The day was especially enjoyed by the
children. The party mentally resolved that
if there were two men in the world who de-
served unbounded prosperity it was the Root
brothers.
Thursday and Friday of last week the
streets of The city of Wichita were more
nearly deserted than at any time in her en-.
tire history. Besides the going to and fro
of delivery teams aud the coming IN of few
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there was nothing to break the quiet ON
those two days twenty thousand acres of
wheat in this county alone fell across the
sickle bar. Within a week or ten days more
the whole crop will he in shock.
Wall. WoOdman and Finlay Ross have pur-
chased the Kolb property on upper Law
renee Avenue, property formerly owned and
improved by W. A. Thomas and A. ii. Cos
sard. The block is 300 feet deep and 800 feet
front They will divide. The grounds have
4 magnificent row of fine thrifty maple trees
surrounding them together with good
hedge. Lawrence Avenue is TO become the
high street, the bon ton row Of the city, il
seems, as it is certainly the finest drive.
There has been some talk of the present
city library association. which is chiefly
the books and property to the city. We sin
cerely hope that no such thing will be done.
Such course would be the death of what
promises to grow into Importance. What's
eyerybody's business is nobody's business
and a city council is not the body that would
foster and care for the interests of the libra
ry as they should be, and in very short |
time we would have no library at all.
}. NJ. Steele sold, last Saturday, Mr.. }. W. |
HintOn's 400-acre farm on the west side of |
the Little river. TO Mr.. Samuel Harvey, of |
Laporte. Indiara, for the sum of $500, or
at SD an acre. This is the kind Of farms or |
lands we have reference TO in our article else |
he r, If xxli al,
friend IIinton's feelings somewhat. but which |
will no doubt make Mr.. Harvey correspond |
insly elevated. Mr.. Harvey can put that |
farm up to S24 900 and within ten years a |
purchaser will be found.
The officers and directors of both fair as
sociations are busy with their premium lists
BY reference 10 the dates we see that the |
fairs will be held upon the same days We
don't know whether by design or accident
this is the order, but we do know that it will |
be Il severe test upon the vitality and staying
qualities of both associations. The old fair
directory rented their stalls and privileges
on sa urday at satisfactory figures and there
appeared much enthusiasm upon the part of
the members. The EAGLE is printing the
premium llsts tOr Doth societies,
Mrs. $. 5. Holloway, secretary of the Loan
Exposition, an enterprise managed by the
NJ L. Church at Winfield, made us a call in
company with Mrs. Elder King Friday last.
The exposition promises to be something
fine and unique. The whole country will be
canyassed for loans OF valued and historic
relics which will be exhibited for a seriss of
days and nights commencing with the even
lng the ID OF July. Mrs. III. secured num-
Der Of things in this city. An excursion at
reduced rates is talked of from this city by
the young people.
The editor Of the Times writes a very sound
editorial on personal journalism" The
public journal that becomes the mere mirror
of It's editors likes, dslikes. prejudices and
judgments will soon find that it has neither
power nor influence. But the editor who
can successfully tell the beat of the public
heart by touching its pulse, and who can
correctly reflect the aggregate judgement oil
the people with whom it has to do, must
succeed, for to break such a paper is to
break the community whom il represents.
There is species Of personality, personal
to the individual editor that may be admir-
but it belongs TO the little matters OF life and
not TO his grave ones.
The men who OF all others probably know
the least about their own business are the
astronomers, As a set OF guessing gal0ots
they surpass that other school of natural
scientists who write whole books explaining
how man descended from a tad pole, on as
eended from tree frog, they can't exactly
tell which, as there appears TO be missing
link. The next Thing they will be claiming
that the tail Of the tree frog is the missing
link. which dropped into puddle and turn
ed to pallywogg, hence the tad pole, hence
man and woman. But to the astronomers.
For six weeks we watched nightly from
north window of EAGLE roost for that blaz-
ing comet which was to startle the world
with its briIIiancy. Ii is unnecessary to say
that we didn't see it aud neither did any
body else. There was none.
Prof Louis X. Webb, superintendent of
the junction City schools, has been appoint
ed editor for Kansas of the New England
journal Of Education. Mr.. Webb is one OF
the very brightest teachers in the State, aud
will do good service for the leading educa-
tional paper of the country.-Clag Centre
Dispatch.
Prof Webb was for some time connected
with our schools. He writes us that he will |
be off for Boston in few days to enter upon
his work.
MARRIED.
AT the residence OF Peter Dillon, in Gyp-
sum township, in Sedgwick county. on the |