Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-03

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: be an issue in politics next fall, and tn
Democrats should put up Dale for state sen
. ator, Howard Sowle for representative il
the $50 district, and Kos Harris in the 80,
district. Would the Republicans who arr
: so eager to have the Republican party taxi
, a hold stand in favor Of prohibition give
: guaranty that they can carry this county
-. Geo. c. Molony is feeding one hundred
and fifty hogs near Garden Plains. Fill
{ Brown says he never had any idea of being
deputy sheriff. -. j. Z. Norris, of Unior
township, says his corn made 50 bushels pei
> acre, and his wheat 29s bushels C. A.
Norton, Of Rockford township, is feeding
80 head Of cattle this winter. He says be
refused SIS per acre for his farm. John
Tucker has sold his herd of cattle Mr..
ard Mrs. McKim of the fremont, received
some nice Christmas presents . Mr.. Jewett
says more cattle are affected with "big
jaw than many people suppose p. Will
) kin's sale in Delno township amounted to
over thirty-two hundred dollars, which is
considerable Of loose wealth for one farmer
to have lying around loose :. W. +. Green
says his one hundred cattle that he is feed.
ing on his farm are doing finely. He was
offered 1915 per hundred for them deliver
ed in May. He wanted 5000. And 1 have
known people to want a great deal more
than that j. E. Shaw the p. NJ. at Null.
yane was in the city last Friday. He said
be had not sufficiently recovered from
Christmas to be able to make any statement
about the political situation in Sumner
county. 1t is my candid opinion that if a
man wants TO be successful Office holder
it is better for him If he never gets over
Christmas VIM. Daris, of Waco, says
Mr.. Owens of TIT township is feeding 900
head of sheep for the spring market. 1t
seems to Inc that there has been an immense,
stock feeding interest reported in Floating
Eagle-Down. l have frequently wondered
what the result would be if some ono should
get the back numbers of the EAGLE and add
up the numbers David Alley, of Rock
ford. says the wheat in that township does
not look favorable for good crop next
/ harvest 81. Mr.. Wall, Of Illinois township,
soys he never saw wheat out there look so
ton says his pony Cyclone is The swift
est pony west Of the father of waters 30.
Dave Dale says"I don't know anything and
don't want my name in the papers," j told
him all right .. John Kelley says they had
a supper in Att "a for the benefit of their
library which neted $50. Now if that item
ever turns new settler away from Attica
I no, hn ,.-flI in,
80. r. ID. Murdork's editorial on the rail-
road commissionership is the best thing
that have read outside of tie Bible for h
long time Joseph Simpson, Of Illinois, is
trying to buy john Bruntons farm on
Spring creek. A stranger asked John
Clayton what is the reason that the post
Office is not kept open after ca O'clock p. M,
for the accommodation of the public. John
said, why it is because they have no OPP
position He said, '.just wait until we get
an opposition postoffice and they will be a
little more accommo dating" The stranger
looked around and appeared as If he
thought there was something complicated
about the affair. . An Iowa grain man at
the fremont the other day, said the En-
poria RepubIscaa beats the Topeka papers
out of sight for market reports and late |
news Bro. Kelley says the Topeka cleo
ton is all right. He thinks of getting some
Yankee to invent and patent a backbone
for the Republicans of this county. He is
of the opinion that with little better back
bone the Republican party could carry pro-
hibtion triumphantly through &c. NJ.
Grimes thinks the Republicans will sweep
Kansas next fall Frank Young says he
saw ten acres Of wild turkeys in the Terri
to.y Mr.. Coleman, chief engineer of the
Wichita and Western railroad, says that
day, and to Kingman by the 10th Of Feb
ruary, and win build on west to Dodge in
the spring Dan Boon, of Union, is feed
ing go cattle and $50 hogs. E. MIR. Hams said
he had not Investigated the tariff question
and wanted me TO tell him which was the
right side of the question. told him that
/ had not given the subject much thought,
but thought it pretty safe to walt until the
Democratic party took position and then
take the opposite side. In that way one
will save vast amount of investigation
and the finite mind is liable to err, but the
Democratic party can be depended upon to
strike the wrong side with the certainty of
fate . Mr.. Herman, OF Mulvane, who has
been absent in the west for six months has
returned, and will remain in the Happy
Valley puring the winter. He has located
a stock rancho in eastern Idaho and is also
engaged in mining. Mr.. Herman thinks
the northwestern territories are capable Of
sustaining large herds Of cattle. The re-
ports of old stock men in Idaho that the
ranges there are over-stocked. in Mr.. Her.
mans opinion is not correct, but the coun-
try will sustain many more cattle than are
now grazed there Pat. Healy says the
people of Gypsum township are signing a
petition to be presented to the board of
county commissioners asking them to re-
duce the assessment and tax levy Of that
township. Pat says they are paying three
times as much taxes as some other parts of
the county. ID.