Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

The u Eagle
PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS OF NEWS
WICHITA, KANSAS, FEB. %, 1884
The red birds, blue birds and robin re.
breasts have put in an appearance.
Miss Nina Caldwell, OF Emporia, is in tn,
city visiting her sister, Mrs. ROLAND Muir
dock.
Whitney r. fuckers Office is at the dia
mond front, Blacks old stand, on Mair
street.
Don's forget that J. c. Hyde's sale Of
Short-horns takes place next Saturday
March LIST.
The Wichita building and loan association
is going to be a popular way 10 secure
homes.
DIR. Dean, the dentist, will resume prac-
tice about March LIST, on Main street oppo.
site Harding's bookstore.
Vim. Higgins, sargeant-at-arms of the
United States Republican Central Commit
tee, made US a short call last week.
Several very interesting communications
were unavoidably crowed over to the first
page of next week, all Of local interest.
Sanborn will be here on the 9Th. Tickets
can be secured at the Post-office bookstore,
where q diagram Of reserved seats will be
kept on and after Friday.
r. c. Wier has got his goods opened,
and his stock shows up well. Clothing, hats
caps and gents furnishing goods in the
latest style. Read his advertisement.
.. Scnarr, of Topeka. who has been oper-
ating n grain and stock exchange at that
place for come time, has come to Wichita
for the purpose of opening like business.
The EAGLE enjoyed call yesterday from
Lee and Cash Taylor. The latter has pur-
chased the material Of the Sedgwiek City
paper and will make n newspaper out Of 1t.
The Sunflower road shipped on Sunday
afternoon two trains loaded with sheep,
twenty four cars, ZOO TO ST. Louis. Mr.. G.
c. Rollins, of Mount Hope, was the con-
sgiaor.
Robt. Nefr and wife lost their beautiful lit
tie child, Roberta Aurora, at Delphos in
this State last Friday. They returned with
the body to this city on Monday where it
was laid away to its final rest.
Mr.. Benjamin Bear has returned to this
city with his family. His wife did not find
that the climate Of Indiana agreed with her
any better than Kansas, SO both concluded
to come back to their Wichita home.
David Hays, one day last week sent 10y
registered mail upwards Of thirty pounds
Of silver to the Indian Territory. There is
no express line reaching Darlington, and
there was no other way of sending it.
Albert Griffin, of Manhattan, was greeted
with an immense audience on Sunday night
which embraced large number Of men
many of whom are anti-prohibitionists He
expressed himself as highly pleased with
Wichita and her people.
The great wind which swept down from
the north last Monday night week, culmi-
mated in cyclones in five Southern States,
doing an Immense amoudt of damage. over
800 were killed and thousands wounded,
and the suffering resulting from the storm
is said to be awful. Congress is asked for
sl00, 600 for relief.
The EAGLE enjoyed call from James A.
Williams, local editor of the Augusta I'd.
eance, on Friday last. The Adcanos, since
it has changed hands, which was a short
time ago, and passed into the possession of
the Williams family, has discarded its pat
ent inards and changed its politics from a
KIND OF cranky democracy to stalwsrt re-
publicanism.
Jacob Bissantz has put up galvanized
iron sign on the front OF his building, which
embraces the name, kind of goods for sale,
all combined is advertisement for a
branch of his business-that of galvanized
iron work, cornices for buildings, etc. W.
.
which shows that he is a first-elass mechan-
&c and designer.
Joel kriebel, on trial last week for muir
der, was found guilty Of manslaughter in |
the second degree. Mr.. Masterson, who |
was one Of the iurymen, has been a jury
man in every murder case tried In the coun-
ty, we believe. The speech of W. Z. STAN
ley for the defense is said TO have been, by |
those who heard il, one of the finest forensic
efforts ever made to jury in this county.
In sinking a we'll for a railway tank at the |
new town of Murdoch ON the Wichita eN-
tension OF the Kingman road. last week,
gentleman informs us that small vein of
bituminous coal was struck and two or three |
buckets full taken out. We don't like to |
dispute The assertions of an eye witness,
but If coal deposit should be discovered
inside the boundaries of the gypsum forma- |
tion of this valley. we shall be happily dis
appointed.
The city council should pass an ordinance |
compelling the numbering CT all buildings, |
especially the resident streets. Hours are |
unnecessarily squandered every day in try
ing to find where people live. 1t is difficult |
to deliver goods, express matter or messages |
because Of the absence Of numbers. II the |
new postal bill should become a law, Wich- |
ita could not have free delivery until this
matter was attended to. 1t is & matter of
very small cost TO each resident and should
be done.
As will be noticed by the advertisement
elsewhere, the Messrs. Leonard, OF Mount
Leonard, Saline county, Missouri, viii sell
Mt Emporia, Kansas, at public auction, on
Wednesday, March 10, 1854, sixty head of
fiDely-bred imported Galloway and Polled-
Angus cattle, one-half bulls and one-haf
females. The Leonards are the largest own
ers OF these popular cattle in either this
country or Scotland, and as such valuable
stock has never before been offered at auc-
ton west of Kansas City, the farmers and
breeders OF Kansas should take especial |
pride in attending the sale. See the adyer- |
tisement.
Col. Stewart has associated with him in
the business of breeding thoroughbred Po-
laDd-China swine, his nephew, Mr.. John A.
Boyle, who has had charge OF the herd for
the last two years. Messrs. Stewart a Boyle
have just bad printed at this Office a cata-
logue OF their herd comprising thirty-fye
recorded brood sows and three boars. We
have before intimated that Colonel Stewart
made trip to Michigan and Ohio last fall,
where he purchased twenty-one sows. the
best specimens OF the breed that money
could buy. Farmers in want OF Poland
China hogs would do well to interview these
gentlemen.
L. c. Clinkscales, Of the firm Of Garth q
Co., of Kansas City, who advertise in this
paper a sale OF Hereford and Short-horn
cattle to take place in this city on the 14th
Of March, called Saturday. On questioning
him about the cattle the company proposed
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