Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-15
TINE GREATEST CRY IN KANSAS.
The Returns Of the Population Seems TO Worry
Some People,

The Returns Of the Population Seems TO worr,
Some People.
The Emporia News is showing up Marsh
Murdoch as the prince OF fabricators in his
statements of Wichita's population. The
art center and home Of Jaunescheck don't
intend TO yield the palm as regards num-
bers of inhabitants to the hub OF the sun
flower county and Brother Butts 10 making
a gallant fight for Emporia. We have a
fragrant idea that Butts is right and that
When the EAGLE crows and declares that
| Wichita's population is something more
than 1900 the crspulent bird dissects more
than it can Legitimate SO to speak.-Law-
renee Journal.
An ignorance SO dense as to admit OF no
enlightenment should be simply pitied and
let alone. II is only the fellows that have
never been in Wichita that cayil at the re-
turns OF Der population. The EAGLE pub
lished the sworn returns of Wichita's pop
ulation, and the figures for the corporate
limits were l2, 199 and not 1900. Ii is a
| fact, nevertheless, that counting the sub
urbs, and which suburbs are just as much 4
part OF the city as any other portion, the
population did figure up 1890. Nine out
OF ten people who come here and look the
town over, place the population at higher
figure than that shown by the returns.
We live in hopes that some day the news
paper men Of this state will get IL through
their noggins that Wichita in many re-
spects is the biggest town in Kansas, and
that interpolation she unquestIonably ranks
as the fourth city OF the state.
Owing to the recent advance in the price
of hogs, the farmers throughout the county
are bringing TO the city and marketing
quite large number of porcines which
haye been held for higher figures. Geo.
King, Of Butler county, brought TO market
yesterday morning five head Of very fine
hogs which averaged in weight 354 pounds
and brought $40 per hundred. They
were a cross between the Poland China and
Berkshire, and were as handsome hogs as
one could wish to look ut. Another very
fine bunch OF BerkshIres was put upon the
market by Black Il Misner. There were
sixteen head and aggregated in weight
$3.50 pounds. which for quality would be
hard TO beat on any market. We are
pleased 10 see tQ NJ our IAFulefb anu
men are gradually betteriag the grade OF
their stock, and as a consequence more sat
isfactory result are attained and greater
profits accrue to the owner. 1t costs little If
aey more to rsise fine hogs and cattle, than
il does TO breed the ordinary kind, and
when il comes to profits arising FROM the
sales there is no comparison.
Sheriff Fisher perpetrated q good joke on
l.. +. Jones, a leading Republican Of Che
ney. few days ago. OF course every one
knows that Fisher is Democrat, and on
visiting Cheney he carried in his breast
pocket lot of blank paper with very few
signatures headed 'Cleveland and Hen
bricks Club John was showing it to
luke-warm apostle of Democracy and solic-
iting his signature, when up stepped Jones
with the query, whats that you've got
Fisher ~ ''Oh," said the sheriff, nothing
but petition for the right of way for the
Denver a. Mcpherson railroad" "Well,"
replied Jones, III sign that''and thereupon
be enrolled his name a. q member Of the
Cleveland and Hendricks club, and went
away believing that he had doue q noble
act for the Denver e. Mcpherson road.
We are informed that c. ID. Perry, OF
Chicago, who owns eighty acres Of land east
ofthe railroad, about \ mile from the city,