Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-06
OUR VALLEY CITIES
klNoMAN KERNELS.


To to the Editor Of the Eagle.
The city Of Kingman Is situated in two
townships and divided by the Minnesota
river; on I he north is situated White town
ship and the following officers were elected
to-day: X. d. Taught, trustee, d. b.
veatch, clerk; Jehn p. Jones, treasurer; two
justices of the peace. II. L. Strohm and A.
d. Holstein; Mr.. Waite and Z. w. Newman,
constables; w. w. Hill, overseer of roads.
On the south side in Minnesota township,
D. Richardson, trnstee, S. B. Sproul, justice
of the peace; A. L. Nose. Clerk; A. D. Gull
yer, treasurer, a. o. Yoeman, road over
seer; j. A. Kenady and +. E. Reynolds,
constables. The above tickets were elected
be about three to one.
In the election of our officers the whisky
men think they have gained victory of
substantial importance, but whereby they
can effect any benefit, fair minded men can
not see. On the other hand the temperance
people feel well satisfied that perfume or ev-
en- chosen flowers behind their bars will not
save them. They don't propose to allow
them to "feed on locusts and wild honey
and sleep on down." They are raising a
fund of one thousand dollars to prosecute
whisky men. The saloon men are also
banded together and pool the issue. They
have retained every attorney of any
note and paid retainer fee.
The last case cost them SIS for
lawyer fees which they consider cheap
enough Just n common police court fee
when it was divided up among the horde.
County Attorney Bolles says he does not
need any help if he is called upon to prose-
cute them again. He proposes to drive them
all to the wall and show that there is whis-
ky law that they will be compelled to res
pect. The amount of drunkenness upon the
streets for the past few days suggests that it
was time some restraint was demanded from
somewhere. Old man Bushnell is on one of
his semi-weekly drunks and he is danger
Gus man. He draws revolvers on peaceful !
citizens and deies the marshal with club. |
He has no trouble to get all the whisky he |
wants when he has the money to pay for it. |
Be it to the credit Of one saloon he was |
bounced out to-day and refused any more
liquor. Alter spending part of the afternoon
at the Kingman house he now sleeps with |
his boots on. He is an outcast of his family |
who are of high degree in society at the east. |
The little means which they gave him to
come west and try and start anew will soon |
be used up and the end can only be conjec-
tured. A pauper, a charge upon some coun-
ty, drunkard's grave awaits him. He has
passed the gates of all friends.
The ice in the river has nearly cleared and |
departed without doing any damage. One
Of the Touring mills commenced operation |
last Monday. The other one will very
soon.
The fine weather brings the farmers to |
town, and they generally go home with
some new machinery in their wagons or old |
ones that have been repaired. This county |
will increase its acres Of breakage many |
thousands this spring.
Z. G. Boone has sold out his agency for |
bottled beer and bought him farm four
miles south of town. 1t is surprising the |
number of home people who have bought |
within the last few weeks quarter and half
sections of land around and near King
man.
Two young men from Canada this week
bought the Holstein building on Main street,
now occupied by Robinson Bros, for dry |
goods store and offices above. 1t rents for
S1,400 per annum, and the price paid was
$500 cash. The lot is 25xl50 feet, with
two-story brick 25xlO0 feet. They are also
looking Cor other investments, and made an
offer for the next building, of the same
amount, to Geo. E. Filley, which was re-
fused. These are said to be the first parties
who have made investments here from Cam
ada, but they say they are only the advance
guard, ana tee army is yet to follow.
The money market is much |
easier than it was two weeks ago,
and loans are easier obtained now
at satisfactory rates, The three and five per |
cent men are among the past, and well will |
they be remembered in the future.
Z. G. Cole s. Cole & Co.'s Real Estate Bull |
letin, published monthly, made its appear
ance on the first of the month, and contains |
complete history of Kingman and King
man county. Double the issue of 5000
would have been eagerly taken by the citi-
zens to send back east to their friends, could |
they have gotten them.
Jack Beres returned from New York,
whittier he has been for some weeks, looking |
hale and hearty, and at once sought seclusion
at his home ranch, five miles north of town
He says kingman is well advertised in the
east, and we may look for hundreds of fam
lilies to come from New York and New Jer-
sey this spring.
For the second time, brick, stone and plas-
ter;ng work has commenced upon the unfln-
ished buildings, with the hope that the
weather will not interfere again until another
winter. The building season promises great
in this part of the country the coming sum-
mer, both in town and the country around
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