Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-29
WICHITA, AS SEEN BY A NON
r SlDENT.

teres, rs an Emporianite's estimate Of
the Queen of the Nile:
Z EDITOR REPUBLIcAN II would be
an exception 10 the general class of
:. great mem who have left Emporia
did ! nor write back for publica ton a
lengthy letter stating where | had
been. That had seen, etc. And, come
TIC think of II. ! believe this is the way
the average Kansan paves his way TO
off cial position, and. rs % am in the
hands OF my friends will not depart
from the custom 50 long established,
and which has become such bore TO
editors, so tiresome to readers. and So
satisfactory to the-writers.
Wichita is the "boss" city of south
western Kansas, and don't YOU forget
it. She has been very appropriately
styled the Queen City of the Arkan-
sas Valley" and the "FOrest City"
The latter name originated in the fact
shade trees. All over the place-up
every street and down every avenue
are hundreds of large trees, their wide
spreading branches near shutting i'll
from sight the many beautiful resi-
dences that seem 10 have taken shelter
from the hot rays of a summer sun
beneath their protecting boughs.
1t has seldom been my pleasure
TO live in n more beautiful place.
speak of the residence portion. She
is the Queen City of the valley be-
cause herc.is conferred the bulk of the
trade of the great southwest. The
streets TEEN with commercial life from
sunrise to sunset, aud every day of
the week Many of the merchants
carry mammoth stocks of goods.
whose quality is in keeping with its
extent. This is distributing point
for hundreds of miles to the south
and west. and the wholesale houses
are doing an immense business.
Wichita has nearly, or quite, doubled
in population in the past two yeas, and
TO Judge from present appearances,
had the last enumeration been delayed
about two or three months, she would
have thribbled. Yet people here do
not seem to mind it much. They
move right along in The even tenor of
their way, CARRYING out the scriptural
edict, ''increase and multiply" and
their chcerfulness in performing this
duty is alone exceeded by their liberal
donations towards building churches
and the avidity with which they turn
out to the coniiagration where one is
burned. But then, they like excite
ment. They are always on the look
out for something startling 10 turn up.
and generally they don't have to wait
long.
Crops OF all kinds are looking rplen- |
didly, and tho harvest will be tina most |
prolific ever known in the history Of |
this county. Property is advancing in |
price, and farmers are rapidly grow
ing rich, a. is evidenced by the costly |
machinery sold here this |
season. People coming here from The |
traction engines. the Mccormick self 4
binder, and the latest improved ma
And This does not apply To |
Que or two farmers, bat To hundred, |
Then there is the McCrachen fruit farm /
only Il few miles from ihe city
that covers acres and acres. and Wouid
put TO shame the best farms OF like
class in the east. As general thing
older farmers are out of debt. and are
now taking life easy. within the last
three years there has been wonderful
advance in real estate. Only Yesterday
Il farmer living ii few miles out. lola
me that hc came here one year agr,
and boukht his present farm for 5 l,0eo.
Yesterday he refused $1,000 for j.
This moi ana is lated Gaze, but one of
hundreds # like nature.
Prohibition prohibits here about tn.
same as in Emporia. and il is nearly
impossible to get a drink OF whi>i>.
unless you have ten cents. People are
generally Disguised with the WORK
ings OF the law. eXcep; II few iinaijc'
and chronic croakers. The improve
mcnts of The city have been greatly &c
tarded. as there is no money ia tn
treasury with which to carry them on, |
and the city council Is seriously com
sidering the levying of m occupation
tax to meet necessary expenses. De
spite the law and the closing of 81
looms. the liquor traffic continues a.
the old stand.
There are number more of business
houses here than i'll Emporia, and !
think the bulk Of trade much larger.
The business houses, however. and !
private residences, 100, are not nearly /
SO large or fine. or wei appointed rs
those of tmporia- We have not "A |
single dwelling that would compare /
G. V. Eskridge's, or Major Hoods. !
Neither have we as fine or well ap |
pointed a business room a. that of G.. /
w. Newman < Co, yet | am quite /
positive the trade here is much greater
than that of Emporia.
The political cauldron begins to 5 i'm
ncr, bat has not vet begun TO boil. /
Republicans seem TO be greatly pleas
ed over he nomination made NJ On
cago. and ;he ''piunsl Knight" and
''Black Eagle" uiil receive tn" full
strength of ia party vote III this
county. Democrats are a hopes that
Tildcn viii be nominated nj their con-
vention, provided he Is then alive.
They are not very enthusiastic over
the prospects of ,hc coming Noycn-
Der election
This letter would be incomplete did
not refer to the latest enterprise
here, the daily EAGLE, and then. too,
| want to stand in" with the editor,
for no man knows what hour the prn-
pie viii demand that he rep
resent them in the legislature or in
the halls of congress. The daily
EAGLE has met with Unprecedented
success since lis first issue. about four
weeks ago. Starting as an eight col
umn folio. before three weeks il was
obliged TO enlarge 10 nine columns to
accommodate its advertisers. | speak
Of this 10 show the enterprise and
number of business firms here The
Bros. opened bonanza
when they launched the daily EAGLE,
and they are making it fine paper,
second 10 but few in the state.
see the daily Republican is still on
Ihe top shelf with every appearance of
there. Ii is conceded, by
everybody in this section, TO be the
pest daily paper in Kansas, and if 1t
the shock of this weighty
| shall certainly think
t is founded upon rock. Yours in