The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1883-02-08
TEE GRoUND Roa's MISTAKE

True as to time the grounding day got
| around but rs to tradition little inconstant.
Friday, the %, was ushered in 50 bleak
| and cloudy that it would have bothered the
oldest ground hog TO have seen himself much
less his shadow. In fact it was a day Of uni
versal shadow and horrible billiards. Wheth-
er the ground hog ever got back into his hole
or not, the mercury went down into its hole,
and at pretty lively rate, where it staid, to
the disgust of everybody. for several days.
What the next six weeks will be would be
uncertain guessing, but according to the
ground hog idea it ought to be unusually
lne and mild. The thermometer in this To-
cality touched eighteen degrees below zero,
and things just hummed and whizze1. Pre-
ceding the polar wave was a fine mist or fog
which enveloped every thing in coating of
frost-work aud crystal arrnor gorgeously re-
splendant. All nature was wrapt in an icy
embrace Of dazzling cerements. Nature is
rich with moods Of enchantmentt, but no
ideal briiliancy was ever conjured up by i'm
agnation that surpassed that OF Saturday
and Sunday. The world was bedecked with
jewels as rcsplendent, il not az lasting, as
those dug from the deep diamond mine. And
the storm seems TO have been well nigh uni
versal, ut least in North America. she TIER
mometer in the Northwestern States and
Territories went down to the thirtes and
forties. That great loss was sustained in
live stock, especially cattle, there is little
doubt, the sum total of which will foot up in
staggering aggregates.
Col. NJ. Stewart returned from Jackson
vile, Illinois, on Saturday morning last. His
elder brother, DIR. ii. c. Stewart, died on
the Monday previous. DR.. Stewart was born
In Somerset, Pennsylvania, in 1880. He was
a graduate Of Philadelphia Medical College,
rractised his profession In Frostburg, Mary
land, for number of years, was appointed
postmaster Of that city in 1861 by Abraham
Lincoln, was appointed surgeon of the Third
Maryland volunteers in 1862, and subsequent
ly had charge Of the general hospital at Clea-
rysville, Maryland. For the last sixteen
years of his life he resided at Jacksonville,
in the practice of his profession and as pres
ident OF the Stewart Healing Powder CON-
pany. Three years ago he was elected mayor
Of jacksonville, and under his administra-
ton funded the city bonds, reducing the rate
of interest from ten TO six per cent. He had
an ardent love for his chosen profession ard
as practitioner stood second TO no man in
his adopted State. He was an active MEN,
Der OF the Christian Church and OF the In
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows. His fu-
neral ceremonies were conducted by these
two organizations. We are indebted to the
Jacksonville Journal for these particular.
The doctor visited his relatives in Wichita
In the summer of 1881, and was then in de-
clining health. He will be remembered Dy
all our citizens who formerly resided in Nor
gan county, Illinois.
Every once in while, if not oftener, we
are giving some figures tending to show the
proftableness of farming and stock-raising
In Sedgwick county. It can't be that our
farmers are SO much smarter than the farm
ers Of other counties in the State, but it is a
fact that large number of them are growing
rich, and that rapidly. IL a grasshopper or
drouth season don't soon set in We will be
compelled to legislate against some of them,
as we do against monopolies and railway cor
porations. Some maintain that it is because
Of the superiority Of the county in immense
bottoms, large rivers and rich soil. What
ever it is attributable to, the fact remains re-
mains that large per cent. Of the farmers
and stock-growers of sedgwick county are
wonderfully prosperous, many of whom came
here but few years ago possessing very lin
tied means. For instance our friend Dan
Boone, west Of town, has sold within the
past twelve months upwards of $1,000 worth
from his farm. In addition to the fine lot Of
hogs disposed of by MIN few weeks ago, he
brought to town this last week thirty-four
head of fat steers which averaged him 80
per head aggregating the snug sum of $3.50
cash. As we have often said before, in very
few years Sedgwick county will show one OF
the wealthiest farming communities to be
found anywhere.
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