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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

All ex-prisoners of war OF Sedgwick coun-
ty are requested to meet at Russell Hall on !
next Tuesday evening, 23d inst
GEO. w. STEENRoD,
J. o. WILKINSON,
j. G. OLIVER.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

See those elegant lots in Gossard's add
ton on North Lawrence avenue before pur-
chasing. For sale by
delft CALDWELL & STRONG.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

OYSTERS Ia every style at a.6 Main street,
" kept BY L. i. Kloos. dls0-4t
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

COME, SEE ANDENJOY.! TOMORROW
NIGHT, AT THE OPERA HOUSE, PEARL
OF SAVOY -
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WHAT WE HEAR EVERYWHERE,
PEARL OF SAVOY
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Billy Mcbride, who is good ventrilo-
q,Iost. had a man almost wild Saturday night
rushing around the buildings in the east
part of town looking for the man who called
out Murder! Police" &c. When the man
found out what it was he set up the fluid.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

~ bales OF bed comforts, IA bales of blankets,
the best and best value ever brought to Wichi-
Ia Good clean white wadding. according TO
quality A large line of Boys Clothing and
Boots and Shoes. which | am Offering lower
than ever before in same good and substantial
quality NY line OF gents clothing is second
to none in the citv--good, clean and fresh.
Come and look at them | will surprise you In
fine clothing. and as 10 price j can and VIII
knock the socks of any house In town
THOs ii. LYNCH,
20 Douglas avenue, ''Illinois store
dlsl-3 wa. II
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

The programme, rs arranged for the char-
ity ball and musical entertainment, prom
ises n rich feast We predict only standing
room until the bal! opens. There can be
no more worthy object than that for which
this ball is given. and we believe, and hope
il will be. the grandest success of the
season.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Why are the people rushing to Baldwin
& Ostergren's photograph gallery. Because
their photographs are the best and are just
what every body wants for the holidays.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17
FIRE.

About IL O'Clock yesterday the old fire
bell sounded an alarm of fire for the third
ward and several ran to the scene. The fire
was found TO be in the residence Of Mr.. w.
S. Corbctt and was soon cxtinguished. The
fire originated in the hue Of the kitchen and
burned a small hole in the roof The first
arrivals on the scene tore off some of the
shingles and succeeded in subduing the
flames before Mr.. Corbett arrived from The
store with lot of hand grenades, and be-
fore the fire company arrived. The damage
is light
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

John Kennedy madea number of splendid
improvements in his hotel Yesterday, which
add greatly to its appearance. The Office
has been enlarged and a neat counter bnlit
in it, His numerous guests can now ENJOY
all the comforts to be found ut the best sec
ond class hotel at the rate Of 81 per day.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Don't fail to 20 to Muelley's for your hoiida,
,,o,,.t- dist Wit
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

The largest and incest stock OF candy in the
city nj Mu,llsr'-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17
YOUNG MEN

No one need look any further for Christina
goods after once going into Mueiier's store
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

If you would like pure, unauthorized
sweet cider, go to the wholesale produce
store, sold in quantities 20 suit the customer.
ll9 Market street. dl69-tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

The Wichita stock Yard coupsny have regnlaf
-sie days saturday OF esch week. beginning
storet,scIock . IN Examine their stock
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Intending t. make New Yesr calls are invited
t. exsmiue our samples and lesye their ordera
/, time dl95-tf.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Anything from baby toy 20 a $50 present
can be got ut Mneliers
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17
New Years.

Parties desiring something very line in the
line Of New Years calling carls can select from
"A line of -smi,!eS to he >Psn In tho EAGLE job
.o;.o ll-5-tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

The principal center of attraction now
seems to be the new billiard parlor of Pres
ton & Copeland in the Black block, Doug
las avenue. II is fitted up i'll the most APP
proved modern fashion and their show case
contains some of the finest cigars in the city.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Go to the first stairs east of the New
York store for photographs. 32-tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

SECURE SEATS EARLY FOR THE
PEARL OF SAVOY" DEC. Is AND 10.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

The rattle for the magnificent meerchaum
pipe. at HofIman's wholesale tobacco house
on the Avenue. will take place next Satur-
day evening. The tickets are now going
rapidly and those who wish a chance in a
$50 article for fifty cents, will have TO catch
ON orickly or lose the opcrtunitV.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Algoods engraved free at KasseI's. Please
remember this. dlsS-5i
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Just.Received,

No. IS Douglas avenue is where you
can rest comfortably while waiting for
YOUR pictures. 32-tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

In Hatfield. Addition, within half mile Of
santa re lower depot. VI
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Ho5snastsr & senior y starter Will sell you a
ladies kid button shoe. " -fked hutton boie.
solid counter. AMI inner >ol@s for u o.. SOFA
hy an councillors ~ 50 -. Winch bgildins.
MAIN street
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

$4,000 to loan on mortgage for one and
two years by Kansas Loan Il Investment
Co., Wichita National Bank building.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-17

Telephone your orders to Baughnan Il
Freeman for hack or livery. 7O-tf
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NEVER MIND TIE WEATHER, EVERY
Thing WILL BE COMFORTABLE AT THE
"PEARI OF SAVOY DEC. Is AND 10
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29
A Letter From a German.

came to town to-day and found
almost everybody talking politics.
This was all right, but one thing |
heard made me mad-awful mad
and that was this: That some news
paper-the Bay City Tribune, |
think-had published that S. O..
Fisher was hard man on the poor
and that he had beat some out of
their pay. Now | ought to get mad
when / hear such talk as that, be-
cause know Mr.. Fisher is n kind,
liberal man. | have worked for him
and he paid me well, and I'd sooner
work for him than anybody | know
of; he helped me to buy the farm |
am now living on, and when my wife
died and other trouble came upon
me, and | had n big payment to
make on my place, | went to Mr..
Fisher and told him how hard up i
was, and this is what he said: "John,
/ know you are an honest, hard
working man and have had misfor-
tunes, and I'll try and help you out
I'll throw off 5000 on your land con-
tract, and let me know how you get
along" This was more than | could
expect him to do, wasn't it? Fisher
amt like some people ! know, who
publish every little good turn they dc
to show off, but there are hundreds Of
poor families that Mr.. Fisher has
helped through the winter and some
of them don't know where the helI
came from. Maybe Gibson has KEEP
somebody from starving too, but
guess if he had given the poor what ht
has spent in cumming and gambling
he'd get more votes in November. Mr.
Fisher is rich, but it was the laborinl
man put him there and while they
were getting him there they had The
benefit. They say he has expended
for labor nearly 100000 in the
past ten years. OF course two mil
lions of dollars amt much, but i
Fisher had not been here ! guess the
workingmen would have missed it
and if Fisher had not settled in West
Bay City, there wouldn't be quite SC
much here as there is.
Republicans, Democrats and all say
that Gibson don't know anything
never was any earthly use and has
always been considerable of a bum
mer. If all the voters in this district
knows the two men, and would use
their common sense, Fisher would
get all the votes there is, except one
and that's Gibson's. | am a German
and my p. o. address is Auburn
where l can be found at any time
and my name is
Yours Truly,
JOHN GUNTHER
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29
A Laboring Mans Endorsement of
s. 0. Fisher.
Yours Truly,
JOHN GUNTHER
PINCoNNING, Oct. 13.

PINCoNNING, Oct. 13.
To the Editor Of The Call.
read in the Bay City Tribune,
October II, two items from the Clare
County Press, rejecting on Mr.. S. o.
Fishers character also / hear rum
ors of Mr.. Fishers not doing any
thing for the laboring men. Let
me say here that | was allowed and
did pay better wages by twenty-five
cents per day and worked less hours
per day than the same kind of work
done by any mills around Bay City,
where Mr.. Fishers work was done,
Another rumor is that Mr.. Fisher al
lowed his jobbers to beat the men out
of their wages. which is false. l
know of quite number of instances
where Mr.. Fisher had the jobbers
send the mems time to his office,
where he would pay them, in fact he
did so with nearly all of his jobbres,
pay the men first and the jobbers
afterwards. The firm Of Mosher &
Fisher paid the full amount Of the
mems time and wanted the men that
worked for them to have the benefit
of their time themselves. In any and
all of Mr.. Fishers dealings with my
self or any other working man OF
men or any business done with other
parties, | have always found Mr.
Fisher to do what was right. Also
any business that Mr.. Fisher has had
me do for him, which was considera-
bic, he has always instructed me to
do what was right and fair. | had
under me working, sometimes during
the summer, twenty-five men looking
after his logs, rafting, sorting, etc.
always getting their pay twice q
month and if needed every week.
l make this statement of my own
free will, being asked to do so by nc
person, for the purpose of not having
the laboring class gulled by any party
/ am q Republican, or have voted the
Republican ticket, unless some other
party had a more live man up foi
Office, then / would vote for the live
man. In this instance Mr.. Fisher Il
the live man, and ] shall give him my
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29

found women and children lare-fo footed, with
pick and shovel, working lahoriously at the
ore banks. The average earnings of the
men and women do not exceed twenty-five
cents per day, and very many do not get
fifteen cents per day, and they are paid in
store goods at the merchants own prices.
Flour, becon and other necessaries of life
command from them the highest prices.
The operators are not TO blame, for they
are on the trembling verge Of bankruptcy.
| asked some of these poor creatures why
they did not go away and find homes in the
West, Not one in n hundred of them own
the shanty in which they stay.) The re-
ply was: We cannot get away, and can
hardly stay where we are Some of those
half-fed, half-clothed miners are shouting
for Blaine q Logan, and are afraid that il
the Democratic party succeeds, the tariff,
which so protects American labor" will
be modified"
Every four years the Republicans make
wonderful promises to the working men,,
but they never fulfill them. The Albany
Times says:
that they are not deceived again as they were in
1850. Every wage-worker will admit that business
all over the country Is stagnant ut the present
time. Wages are low and still on the decline.
Rents remain the same. In some cities they are
higher. As in 1880. the rich grew richer the poor
grew poorer: Republican promises have not been
redeemed. The neccssaries of life arc far above
in price what they should be. There is DISPOSE
ton on the part of wealth TO demean labor 90 such
figure as TO render life not worth living for. In
the streets Of Albany, hundreds of men may be
seen who were proftly employed in 1880. In Troy
three thousand or four thousand men are idle. Our
large industries here are running with reduced
help. Many closed entirely. This is the state
Of affairs all the country. In Ohio and Penn
sylvanis there is such stagnation TO excite the
alarm of the people whether starvation is not at
hand For an illustration VIC append n bordered
chapter of facts TO show the truth of statement.
Workingmen for their own interests should pom
der and reflect,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29

several years direct all their efforts
and devote all their energies to the
total abolition of The iniqpiIous sys-
tenn uf contract convict labor, which
efforts were at last crowned with sue
cess, thus relieving the hating and
other industries of the Empire State
from the fatal burden Of prison COM
petition therefore, be it
"Resolced, That this Executive
Committee, representing the entire
industry of hat making in this coun-
try, do hereby tender to His Excel
lency, Grover Cleveland, Governor of
the State of New York, our most
heartfelt gratitude for the firm stand
taken by him in favor Of honest labor
by affixing his signature to the Hat
ter's bill and the bill forbidding new
contracts in the prisons of this State
and by refusing to sign the bill con-
tinuing n commission especially de-
signed to render null and void the
verdict of the people expressed
through the ballot-boX.
"ReSoIued, That by these acts and
other acts of his administration His
Excellency Grover Cleveland, has
proved himself the sincere and stead
fast friend of honest labor every
where, and is, therefore, justly en-
titled to the highest confidence and
the most grateful esteem Of all classes
of workingmen."
This association is one Of the
largest in the country, and was the
first labor organization to make an
attack upon the employment of con-
vict contract labor. They made the
fight originally for themselves, and,
after they were successful, they car
ried it on in the interest of other
branches of trade. They know the
whole history of the subject, and
when they declare that "Grover
Cleveland is the sincere and steadfast
friend of honest labor everywhere"
they only recognize an existing fact.
N. j. paper.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29
Blaine and His Republican Greed.

Mr.. Blaine's version of the Repub-
lican creed, as given at Rochester,
made it consist of four articles: "First,
peace with the whole world; second,
commercial extension in every prac-
ticable direction; third, encourage
ment of every form of American in
dustry; fourth, protection to every
citizen, native or naturalized, at home
or abroad" Taking this for a text
the Louisville Courier-Journal thus
measures Blaine by his creed:
First, peace with the whole world,
and yet James G.. Blaine, when Sec
rotary of State, while refusing to pro-
tect American citizens in England,
attempted, in the interests of few
spectators and contractors, to bull
doze weak South American powers,
and but for the death of Garfield
would have involved us into n costly
and disgraceful war, not for the pur-
pose of upholding national dignity,
but plainly for the purpose of plumber
and pillage.
Second, commercial extension in
every practicable direction, and yet
the Republican policy has been to re-
strict commerce, to build, as Gen.
Logan suggests, n wall about this
country, and so force us to live off
of one another. 1t is the pernicious
Republican policy of restriction
which, as far as our manufactured
articles are concerned, has closed to
us all competitive markets, and which
has put an embargo on all foreign
commerce. 1t is this policy which
to-day has brought commerce to a
standstill and filled every mind with
apprehension for the future.
Third, the encouragement Of every
form of American industry, and yet,
under the Republican policy, all
industry languishes, mills are idle,
mines are closed and the agricultural
interests are taxed heavily to support
others in idleness. Wheat at fifty and
sixty and seventy-fve cents in many
districts is the result of the policy of
encouragement pursued under the
Republicans. Strikes and lock-outs
and bread riots in manufacturing dis
tricts are ever evidences of the success
of the Republican policy of encour-
agement.
Fourth, protection to every citizen,
native or naturalized, at home and
abroad, and yet when it was in the
power of James G. Blaine TO protect
American citizens lying in British
prisons, he could not see his way
clear to do anything for them. Ac-
tions are louder than words in their
appeals to the sympathies of men
have more magnetism about them
are more cogent and more convincing
and anyone may see how Blaine's ac
tons contradict his utterances.
His hope is to win by falsehood and
deceit, by fraud and perjury, by brib
cry and corruption, by holding uT
to the people promises, which, in his
official actions, he has ruthlessly
trampled on. In American history
we find no leader more false to hi.
promises, more given to deceit, more
controlled in his actions by selfish
motives and corrupt considerations
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29
Gibson & Frazer.

The Opera House was full of citizens
Monday night last to hear Robert Frazer
discuss Republicanism, and to see Chas.
Gibson, the Republican candidate for Con-
gress, who is to be politically buried next
Tuesday.
Mr.. Gibson opened up the discussion
with few dry and uninteresting remarks
and very weak prophecies. One of his
prophecies was that if the two-dollar tariff
was taken Off lumber, Canada would ruin
Alpena, grass would grow in the streets,
and more rubbish of the same style. He
also asserted that if he went to Congress he
intended to be a part Of the Republican
machine, and stated if the people were not
better off il was their fault-the Republican
party was not to blame.
There was grand feeling of relief when
he finished his tiresome and doleful speech
Mr.. Frazer was then introduced. He is a
first-rate political comedian, and was very
entertaining. His idea was that the heavy
tax policy of the Republicans had made
this country prosperous, while free trade
England was full of paupers. According
to the speaker there was no paupers in this
country, and the protective tax policy of
the Republicans was the cause. He pitch
ed into Ben Butler, Richard Trevellick,
and intimated that the workngmen had no
just cause for discomfort He charged the
Democrats with trying to run this country
without raising taxes, for how else could
this country's vast expenses be paid, if
there was no revenue tariff His charge
that the Democrats would inaugurate free
trade if they got in power, meant nothing
else. The amount of tariff taxes paid by
the people of this country in 1888, and not
by English manufacturers as Mr.. Frazer
asserted, was S209,65o,699. He said the
Democrats proposed to take this vast bur-
den off the people, if they got in power.
We wish they could, but we know they
cannot, and we also know the Democratic
party never claimed it could run this
country without imposing some taxes.
What the Democrats claim, and what is
true, is that the prohibitory tariff Of the
Republican party tends only to Cypress the
poor to build up monopolies, and to get
from the people, in taxes, Sl00,0000OO
more than is necessary to pay the expenses
of the country. Every allusion made by
the speaker to the scandal against Cleveland
was enthusiastically chccred by the Repub-
licans present. Another Of his points was
that a Mother Hubbard was deceptive in
size, il looked bigger than il really was,
and the Republicans almost split their
Threats yelling. The speaker finished his
remarks by trying to kill the Democrats
with what he termed the sweat of his jaw.
In regard to the prosperous condition Of
the working men Of this country, as claim
ed by Mr.. Frazer, let us call another witness
Let us have evidence from both sides.
General Cary writes as follows concern
ing the condition of the American miners
in the Hooking Valley mines, in which
Blaine is charged with holding an interest
I'm all my travels in Europe have never
! seen such restitution and want. There
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29
BUTLER, N. Y. Sept. 1, 1882.

Rheumatic Syrup Co.:
Gents-Feeling grateful for what
your medicine has done for me, | de-
sire to make the following statement !:
For two years or more | have suffer-
cd from rheumatism. Much Of the
time could not dress myself nor put
food to my mouth, and suffered the
most intense pain all the while. Some
five weeks since / was persuaded to
try your Rheumatic Syrup. Before
l had used two bottles, the pain had
all left, so that l slept soundly
nights; l can now dress myself and
need no one to feed me, and, in fact,
feel as well as ever / did in my life,
all from the use of the best medicine
in the world-Rheumatic Syrup.
JOHN WICKs.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-29
Didn't Understand Politics.
YOU for Blaine :"

"Paw, be you for Blaine"
eyes, my son, red hot for Blaine"
"Well, what about them letters"
"Well, you see, my son, an infer
nal rascal named Fishcr--a sneak, a
liar, a thief, n scallawag and Sound
rel named Fisher-published some
letters that he says Mr.. Blaine wrote
to him."
"Did them show that Mr.. Blaine
was bad man ?"
"No, indeed, my son. On the con-
trary, they showed that he is a man
above reproach-a man of lofty hon.
or and strictcst integrity--a man Of"
"Say, paw, then / sh'd think Mr..
Fisher was a real good man to print
'cm an let everybody see what q
good man Mr.. b."
"Therc, there, never mind, Theo-