Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-15
1aIL EEa1nEss anp ELo,1Ise nows
With which en- Old Correspondent Piumes thu
Readers OF the Eaole

left his three-year-old boy sitting in the
buggy in front OF the postofiice. The horse
started of on a fast walk when about 400
men, standing along the sidewalk, began to
cry cut, ''whoav" The horse increased his
speed when an old farmer stepped out aud
caught him, and perhaps saved the life of
the child. That old horse will stand the
rattle OF railroad trains, and the firing of
cannon, and a common-sized Kansas cy-
clone, unmoved, but that everlasting,
"whoa :" ''whoa!" was too much for his
nerves Diamond Mill will put in the roll
er system before harvest . Mr.. f. f. Rey-
nolds, OF Rockford township, has purchased
a fine residence house in the north part of
town E. The great question now 10 be de-
cided is whether the friction Of puverizing
the rum power caused the fire at the Meth
odist church. Much harm may be done by
intimating that the liberal element in this
State are responsible for burning churches.
Owing to the respectaDility of the crowd it
would have a tendency TO popularize incen-
diarism The cars on the Santa Fe switch
es last Sunday, loaded with grain, lumber,
coal and merchandise, would make a train
two miles long. Not many of us have a
true conception of the amount of business
done in Wichita Jake Balderston and
Rev. j. ID. Hewitt were on the avenue Mon
day morning discussing the political situa-
ton. Jake wants TO look to the success Of
the Republican party and not jeopardize its
success for the question of prohibition. Mr..
Hewitt wants TO stand square on prohibit
ton. He says there is not a question but
the majority of the Republican party is in
favor of prohibition. Mr.. Hewitt is correct
but he must remember that the majority Of
the Democratic party are for free trade. yet
the agitation Of the question has put them
in hole =. The conflicting ideas of this
age may be found in the Declaration of In-
dependence and the letter of Pope Leo 18th
in regard to masonry. The former declares
that all men are created equal, entitled TO
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
and that when governments become de-
structive of these ends it is the right of the
people to abolish such government. Leo
18th says, at is capital error 10 grant to
the people full power of shaking of at their
own will the yoke of obedience The
question is, is the voice of the people, or
the voice of the church, the voice of God in
matters of liberty and government? God
give us to see the right, IL will tell why
that tree did not grow. In the first place it
had pretty long top, and secondly you did
not plant it very deep, and the wind blew
from the north and south and every other
direction, and pushed the dirt away from
the tree and let in the air to dry up the roots.
II you had planted your tree deeper, or gone
every day and tramped the dirt around the
| body OF the tree it would have been all |
| right. The way good many people plant
trees in this country gives the tree just about
as much chance to grow as il it was stuck |
in to stone jug =. A very influential poll
tician of Rockford was in the city last week
and says the liberals south and east of Wlch-
ita want TO run Dick Walker for governor.
l told him that the idea Of running a dele |
gate to the Chicago Republican convention
for governor on an independent ticket was
about the coolest thing l had heard of since |
the spring thaw. He said, cob thunder. |
that won't make any difference Capt. j.
b. Cary downed the Chicago crowd on wheat
last week and pocketed some of their cash.
go. The farmers report that there is good
stand of wheat and if the season remains
favorable there will undoubtedly be a large |
yield the next harvest. But all the old set
tiers know that when wheat is late the hot
weather is liable to ripen too rapidly and in
consequence. make poor quality of wheat
80 The wheat market in Chicago continues
to decline. On Tuesday, No. . wheat was
selling for June delivery for 50 cents. At
this rate wheat must sell very cheap in X an
sas after the next harvest. There is one
thing, however, that the farmers of this
county ought TO understand, and that is that
the wheat raised in this county is better
wheat than Chicago No >, if it is properly
harvested. The wheat raised in Sedgwick
county has a reputation abroad among mill
ers that will insure good prices, if the wheat
is properly taken care of; but the curse OF
the county is the headers. Around Null
vane is raised some of the finest milling
wheat to be found in the country. Yet by
the use of headers il has acquired reputa-
ton that is very unsatisfactory TO both ship
pers and millers. 1t has injured the farm
ere, tHe grain uuyci anu Tue to"h -'Som
missioner j. A. Nelson still walks with his
cane. not having fully recovered from an at
tack of rheumatism . Two years ago a
great many people said Marsh Murdoch was
fool for saying that in ten years good farms
in this valley would sell for $50 per acre,
and now the same parties are saying some
of the farmers are fools because they will
not take the $50 when they have the offer.
Capt. Murray Myers is acting deputy
United States marshal and brought in a
squad OF Oklahoma boomers one day this
week MIR. Osborn, the big farmer living
in the bottom below Douglas, has in 1000
acres Of wheat. He is conceded TO be the
most successful wheat raiser in Butler coun-
ty, and his large farm OF 5000 acres is the
finest in the county. Mr.. Osborn gives it as
his opinion that the wheat harvest will be a
poor one, that the wheat is too late 10 make
good yield, and that the chintz bug is al
ready damaging the young plant In his
speech at Russell Hall last night, Oklahoma
PAYNE gave Senator Plumb and the ecitor of
the EAGLE some not very complimentary
attention. Cap is on the war path -. This
is May 14th and people at the hotels sitting
blazing fires. Not usual for Sunny Kansas.
. Capt. smythe has a sheaf Of green wheat
in front of his implement house two and a
half feet high. ID.
st. Louis Rail,o0y Register: 1t is reported
at Boston that negotiations are pending for