Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-24
LOTS OF TROUBLE.

Pratt Center is in Pratt county, county
and city with which Wichita will ere long
be united by rail. or at least We hope SO
and 50 do they. There is town in Pratt
county. also, by the name OF Sarstoga.which
is on line more or less direct from Wichi-
Ia to Pratt Center. That these facts are
known to a majority Of our readers who
take IL for granted, it 10 said that the feel
ing existing b tween these towns Ia some
what tinctured with what might be de-
nominated spirit of rivalry not altogether
Tree of sharpness. That is none of your
business or ours. That Pratt Is bound to
be great county, and that she will boast
| one or two good towns in the near future,
is nevertheless as certain as the majority Of
western probabilities, and nothing Is more
absolutely certain to come to pass than
western probability. il We except the pro-
pbesies of the Bible and the de-
feat Of the Democratic party. Now the
DAILY MORNING EAGLE, the only full
hedged, some time since dispatched one Of
its emissaries out into the territory encom-
pa ssed by the lines OF Pratt with instruc-
tons to take every subscriber Offering, and
not to fail TO tell the readers Of the great
Happy Valley Daily all about the towns,
settlements and improvements by him
noted, to the end that the minds Of our
readers hereabouts might be disSbused Of
the idea that the jumpIng.off place Of this
mundane sphere was the west line
Of Kingman county. Now comes
in the fun-the kind OF fun
that rippics up in Republican CONVENT ion
when prohibition resolution Is introduce
ed, the Kind Of fun which has the effect Of
drawing out the features Of our ordinarily |
good humored face to . length that would |
dwarf the elongated countenancs Of Bar |
num's sacred elephant,so realarticly depict |
ed in the illustrated advertisement Of
Our long winded and long legged |
travelling correspondent got there. Thefc |
is no doubt on that head As = generous list
of Subscribers fully attests, got there in
part, but not altogether or all over, ss it
were. Ssratogx he saw, he writ up, but be
didn't conquer. The copquering business
was on the other side, at least We should
in the Pratt Center Press of last
week, containing an introductory eXpla-
nation two rather. personal letters and an
editorial devoted to him who in sorrow
pens these few lines. The EAGLE traveller
few high, but high enough to take in only
Saratoga, when he came down to tell the
world of his adventures. To this kind OF
II .~f
the Pratt County Town Company, most
protests As does the editor Of
the Press. We don't know where that
10 now, but We kindly
warn him TO keep awap from Pratt Center
il he has any desire to live long enough TO
vote for Blaine.
In conclusion We can only say that regu-
lar correspondents. travelling correspond
ents and occas ional correspondents are de- ,
lighiiul nuisances when il comes to getting ,
the responsible editor into trouble aud
other people by the ears. This paper nor
any one connected with II has the least feel
ing against man. woman, child OF town
so far as its readers and patrons are con-
cerned is TO build up, In The shortest time
possible, a paper which shall be true and
creditsble representative daily for the sec
lion OF the state OF witch " cbitA Is the
natural center. We have no interest nor
win We take any interest in any rivxlries.
nor the side Of any one OF these rs against
my other. While it Is lmos. impossible
for the average local correspondent to say !.
for his own town without dis.
paraging some Others, we nevertheless will
guard these matters as closely as
possible. So far as Pratt Center is
We eau only Say that -. .ssa -
possible, We shall have our travelling agent e
'isit that place and write up Ii advantages
n q fair and truthful manner, without re-
lection on the interests of say other local. q
ty