Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

driven hal. ms shrewd bargain with the
water-works company as was driven by
them with the gas company, we would, as a
corporation, be better of. But, so far as
We know, all has been honorable. The
money to build the works was furnished by
our own people who were rs green, touch
ing the costs and expenses Of our water sys-
TEN, us were the members of the city coun-
Gil themselves. We are no expert and know
little about the matter, and may be entirely
off in our judgment, but our guess is that
If the city council had the thing to do over
they would eithsr pay less for the same sys-
TEN or put it in and operate it at the ex-
pense OF the city. But that would have its
Objectionable feature, also.
The Fort Scott Monitor tells the story of
man in Bourbon county who raised 10 BUSH
els Of corn to the acre, and backs IL up by
saying that the two men who husked the
corn aud measured the land made affidavit
to that OBJECT. Now where is the man In
| Sedgwick county that can beat this? We
are afraid Col Murdoch will be compelled
| TO take water on the little Insignificant corn
w
There is nothing at all startling in the
| Aonitor's figures. We have known in
stances of the same kind in Sedgwick where
a thousand bushels of corn were husked
from single acre Of ground with plenty of
men-and women, too-to swear to the fact.
The way 1t is done is by pulling the corn
and hauling it all TO one big pile. then in
in sba iuht hos r. IL.
Large amounts of corn were shipped from
Sedgwick county east, via the Frisco and
st. Louis, for seed. Now, Kansas corn is
Kansas corn, and it was never gotten up
for a country OF short seasons. Corn in
Kansas grows from April to October, and
OF course we have big corn; but our corn
will not mature in the States north and
east. The stalks grow up to the usual size,
but the summers are too short conse-
quently, those farmers in Iowa, Ohio and
other States, who bought Kansas seed corn
have only fodder. The Sandusdy (Obio) |
CHEF says that near Mount Blanchard, Han |
cock county, n farmer has twenty-five acres |
Of Kansas corn. In one corner Of the field |
he has board tackled up, with the follow.
ing words:
Jesus, my all, to heaven has gone;
Here's my fodder. but where's my corn9 ,"
John G. Derby, who went to Frisco to |
attend the Knights conclave of masonry,
thought while he was about il he might as
well take in the Pacific coast, which he did, |
reaching home only ten days ago. lie WIS.,
tied the Puget Sound country. He leftJohn
Steele, Lee Nixon, Mike Bloch & Co. doing
q smashing business, the firm making &c.,
600 sale the day before he started home.
From Washington Territory Derby says he
dropped down into Oregon, but the rainy
season setting in he struck out for the hap
py valley. He says that the northwest is
big country with abundance of tall timber,
big rains and plenty OF fish, but one tires of
the over muchness of all three Of these lead
ing commodities very soon.
This autumn has been phenomenal one.
Instead OF being the dry, open fall of sun
shine and winds IT has been one of rains,
humidity and clouds. The first and only
frost, and which but touched the most ten
der vegetation, put in an appearance on the
morning OF the 18th inst. OF course, it has
been m extraordinarily flne fall for the win
ter wheat, good acreage Of which was
sown. In fact, We never sew the wheat
fields look 80 well. In many instances the
ground is already effectually covered by the
spreading stools into a solid green. The
happy valley goes into winter. IL it ever
gets here, in splendid shape for big crop
season for 1884.
ID. Wishart, the general passenger agent
Of the st. Louis e. San Francisco Railway,
issues circular letter announcing the open
ing of n trans-continental line from st. Lou
Is to the Pacific via Wichita. The first
sleeper on this through route left San Fran
cisco on last Thursday morning and passed
through Wichita Sunday, eastward. The
first sleeper for the west left st. Louis Sat-
lrday night and reaches Frisco to-day.
The Frisco trains will hereafter be CON-
PEELED to wait for Halstead connections be-
fore going east. The new route Is just
!, $40 miles long. go miles shorter than ell.
her OF the other routes.
Capt Dave Payne was indicted before the
United States grand jury sitting at Leaven-
worth last week. The charge is conspiracy ,
against the government. a decision OF the ;
case is promised in November, we believe.
We don't know what figure decision
would cut as against the Boomer. The de- ,
cisions and juds ments In the United States ,
court at Fort Smith did not seem to weaken
Or alarm him. He came down 10 Emporia
asst Friday night aud made speech 10 a
court house full Of people, leaving several .
,opies Of his Autographs with that benight- ,
ID people who look upon him ms the hero Of 1
he west aud the seventh wonder Of the ,
world.
Hon. Thomas Ryan-our Tom-spent an
,our or two in the city Monday morning, a
fsving come this way to make connection |
or Eureka. He looked to us just as pleas +,
mt, just as interesting and just rs smart, {
md good deal fatter, than when he held ]
he destinies OF the postmasters OF this sec |
ion in his power. Ryan has got the true
Kansas grit from the ground up, and laughs 9
o scorn the idea that the people Of this c
ouutry are ready to turn over its affairs TO
party that can't run single session Of Z
congress without making more blunden q
han can explained away or smoothed over :
n four years. In
The Leavenworth 7smss, in quoting what
he EAGLE said last week about the failure
L Kansas creameries, pertinently observes:
"It 10 all nonsense to talk about cream
rics failing in Kansas, IL properly man.
ged. Any business will 60 TO the dogs IL
! IL allowed to do 20. We have seen the Z
Wichita creamery In the list Of s.failurcs,"
nd are very glad Of the opportunity to :
elp It ont Of the hole where people who !.
% success in nothing and disaster in !,
seemed desirous Of putting II. .
10 10 work and ssks the'se crsameries pay. !.
.et's hear no moro nonscnse about their !
allure"
The new city Of Cheaey, on the Mime /
cah, twenty-ssven miles west Of Wichita n
= the new raiirsad extsnsion, 10 growing .
sry rapidly. Il 10 the making Of . good
pwn, bsing situated tn sp,sndid country.
he word s'Ninssscah" = Indian, end
lsans good river or good waters. sad e
hegiginss were seldom TIA thefr names. q
l. god river beundsd By . god valley, o
y Cbssey Win make . lively buslssssl
eint.