Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-01
THE UNTERRIFIED.
A GRAND DEMOCRATIC
RALLY LAST NIGHT.
Judge Harris Makes the Speech
of the Evening.

A grand Democratic rally was announced
to take place at the Opera House last night,
our reporter mcandcred around and succeed
ed in crowding his way through the masses
consisting of four men and a boy, who
thronged around the entrance. Upon gain
ing an entrance he found the hall brilliantly
illuminated and the stage neatly decorated
and arranged, but upon CHANGING around in
search Of the audience he found them partic-
ularly conspicuous by their absence. After
an anxious wait for the enthusiastic Demo-
Gratis to appear Judge Harris arose and sta
ted that there was apparently some misun-
Outstanding regarding the time and place of
meeting and as the expected speakers had
not arrived, and in view of the exceedingly
small attendance he thought it advisable TO
not matcralizc the present meeting but to
adjourn until this evening to meet in the
court room. There being a sufficient num-
Dor present to make and secure the motion
to that effect, il was carried.
Every street corner had musician yester-
.
day and our city seemed to be given up to
the muses. The artistic merits of the grists
ground out did not draw so well as the as
pect of the sightless eyes, and though
the number Of subjects were large, none seem
ed TO be forgotten by the generous public.
The attention of the city council is called
to a barberous and outrageous mattcr,which
large number of citizens are respectfully
asking TO be abolished. So far as any one
knows, Wichita is the only city in the
United States, or in any other country, where
the ere elton of barbed-wirc fences are per-
mitted within the corporate limits. Two COM
plants from prominent taxpayers were
lodged with this Office Yesterday. one of II
child being seriously hurt and another of "a
young lady running dress. TWAS only last
week that a horse which got out for a few
moments was ruined, and few DAYS before
that fine young colt was terribly cut. A
barbcd wire fence in city is an unheard of
thing and the city attorney is respectfully
asked to draft an ordinance for presentation
to the next meeting, abolishing these fences
which stand as a continual menace, espe-
cially in a city where there is so much life
and stir, a menace not only TO valuable live
stock, but TO the very lives of little children.
The vicinity of the Union depot has been
the liveliest place for runaways this week.
possible 10 imagine. Another runaway oc-
CURED there last night more disastrous than
either Of the two occurring the night before.
1t bordercd on the terrific and frightful. A
splendid pair Of young horses belonging to
Garrison we believe, becoming frightened at
Il passing train or something else made
kindling wood Of the wagon to which they
were hitched, and threw one occupant of the
wagon SO high that he would easily have
cleared all the elephants and horses of Sells
show, with the camels thrown in. After
disengaging Themselves from the remnants
of the vehicle, but with the plucky driver
still clinging to the lines, they struck the
awning pos: to Dewy Wheeler's grocery
store, and the whole thing came down with
crash that startled the neighborhood. The
crowd that collected in a few minutes was
unique and interesting and which bubbled
over with advice and conjectures. Both
horses were hurt somewhat, but neither of
the occupants were, aside from few bruises