The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-05-11

nom over the range was watched. The pos
sibility of any such having made q ricl
strike, and his getting quietly back TO hi
ma without the whole camp following him
. was not down in the programme. thou
sand outfits. strapped upon the backs Of :
thousand Mexican jacks, the rafting o.
picks, pans. shovels and coffee pots, inter
mingled with the oaths aud boots In
wake of some fellow who was trv.
ing to give the boys the goose, will
not soon be forgotten by tho earlier
Pixies Peakers. The point Of such n
recollection in this instance comes of the
fact that Joe Allen returned the other day
with an extraordinarily fine string of fish.
lie had found good place, and as love nor
money would coax the information as to its
location out Of him, the boys simply waited
and watched. Friday afternoon be was OBJ
served dumping his piscatorial tackle into his
wagon, and bobbing off for his hole. In
twenty minutes every posscssor of a rod and
hook had hitched up and struck out ON the
not trail, so that by the time Joe had reached
the fair grounds, the procession had grown
to something really formidable in appear.
ance- People coming to town stared, looked
ana stared again, many of them anxiously
stopping and inquiring who was dead, and
where he was going to be buried. But no
one needed the impertinence, for to lose
sight OF Joe's buggy in the dusty distance
was to lose all. An offer of fellow to nav
Tor the EAGLE two years in advance If we
would only stop and explain the funeral pro-
cession had no more effect ON us than talk
ing prohibition to brewer. The afternoon
wore on, and after many miles we all got
there. And we all got home, too, before
midnight; hungry and tired, and with nary
minnow. Whether Joe was selling us out
Is an unsettled question, but that hole was
the most thoroughly and persistently fished
Of any since Isak Walton writ a book on
how TO catch trout on the fly. We didn't
leave SO much as tad-poie to tell the tale.
our citizens were somewhat startled last |
Saturday afternoon by the announcement
that Wallace Trenaine had taken his own |
life. He has long been in the employ of |
Hacker X jackson. As TO the cause, several |
reasons are assigned or guessed at, among |
others disappointment in an affair of IL
heart which led TO drink and then despair.
AT noon OF that day he stepped into the hard
ware store of Chatfield, and, after buying a
revolver known as the bulldog pattern, leis.
urely walked to the green south OF the civ
limits, where placing the pistol to his heart
ne pulled the trigger. He fell, but finding
himself still co nseious, with both hands he
'aised the weapon to his forehead and sent
wo more shost crashing through his fren-
'ied Drain, his hands still holding the weap-
IN dropping back on his breast. A corouer's
inquest held by Coroner Wingard developed
10 further important particulars.
delivery of groceries and provisions W as
mace in this city TO farmers of this county
asst Thursday, who had purch ased on sam.
lies OF peripetetic agents. We heard that
here was much dissatisfaction expressed as
the quality. and more especially the meas
ire and weight Of goods. Coffee that was :
elivered as good and fine, we are informed
an de delivered here for eleven cents per
ound. Two of the me- were arrested aud
rought before Commissioner Hatfon charg-
with violating the U. s. revenue law. 4
hey were bound over for their appearance =
the U. S. court, in the sum of 81 200 each. Z
Te are told that the party delivered thirteen I
iousand dollars worth of goods in this .
,unty. These men may be responsible aud q
] right, but the chances are that their trade y
irregular, and their goods and measure. :,
ents not as represented. Our people should N
e"p their wits about them when dealing \
it'll unknown parties, who travel the coun- Z
Y over to make sales. y
There is considerable talk again of the ne 3
ssity of more room for the county offices Il
I'd records, TO say nothing of 4 courtroom, v
hich il badly needed. The idea of enlary-
g orincorporatng the present county struc- q.
re into a suitable building, thereby saving da
e present expensive trc-proof and burglar
oof vaults was a wise one. aud one if il ~
ID been thoroughly and properly laid before re
e people, that would have been sanctioned
ne present building, rs far as it goes, is =
lmber one, and very conveniently located
d should be retained in the plans Of a new
Hiding of suitable dimensions to accommo-
tie the proper transaction of public bust
IS and to stop the rent Of courtroom "a
We have got the trees, now, and they are dc
owing SO rapidly that several resident g..
-eets are becoming densely shaded, but
res and frame houses are attended with q IN
awback that We have not before alluded TO- | ,
town OF frame buildings in dense shade Or
on takes on an old and dilapi,ated, or an y,
mt and decayed look, unless the premises 40
a 20 mr. oil ~ int In.
y atmosphere aud cloudless skies we NAV -,
suffer so much in that direction but ~.
iite lead and oil are essential to attractive
s. where there is SO much shade. ~,
VII
The Wichita carriage mandatory are bl;
eady full OF business, and their success IL ch
most assured. They will turn out some XII
endid work. Among the orders already fer
are: tn;
ltz Snitzler. phaton........ .. $500 90 20
ssrs. Root Bros, job. ..... 2s5 SO tic
jor Drnmm. buggy. .... 200 on cal
Henderson. one-horse suky.. 49,. 50 90 an
X. Miller. fine buggy. 225 %
llay Ross. fine buggy . 225 90 sal
lrs. Emily Buser, whose good judgment
industry has become proverbial, almost,
Is us that she and John and the children
making nice place Of that farm. Among 80"
er new enterprises they have determined 80
90 into the silkworm business, SO this year oe'
y have put out one thousand mulberry
es She says after pretty thorough inves- '.'
alton she is satisfied that the worms 10
do so well or make so satisfactory returns pc
Usage Orange leaves. SO she will not CON- "''
nee Matching until the mulberry foliage IL 'a'
hcient to sustain large number OF silk que
kers. 'or
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