Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19


surance company is in the city.
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Mr. John Davis, a prominent citizen of
Saratoga, was in the city yesterday
Mr.. c. A. Watkins is building house on
Emporia avenue in the Phillips addition.
Mr.. J. E. Greaves has forty acres of ripe
wheat, which he is preparing TO cut, said to
be very good field and fair crop.
Mr.. Harry Graves, prominent grain
dealer of Kingman, is in the city on bust
ness.
J. j. Robertson sold his halt section east of
the city to Charles Paulin, recently from
Springfield, o. Consideration $1,000.
Jerdcn Furley. living eight miles south
west of this city, is building a most beauti-
FIJI residence on his farm, costing near $1,000.
There is to be a grand lawn party at d..
Fabriques on the 4th Of July, at which a
splendid display of fireworks will be one of
the attractive features.
Mrs. l.. W Armstrong and daughter, Of
Bradford, Pa, arrived in the city last night
and will remain some time visiting her SIS
ter. Mrs. X. f. Morris. on Wichita street
f. H. Sabin his the contract for the build
ings in Bayley's park, and has six men to
work it. 1t will take over 10000 feet of lum-
| Der 10 put up the necessary buildings and
seats
Mr. r. c. Greaves, Of the Fifth ward, says
be was out ten miles southwest of the city
and saw IA number of fields OF ripe wheat,
and states that harvest was commenced yes
terday in enc field.
-Four wagon loads of piling for the bridge
over the Arkansas south OF the city passed
down last evening. The bridge has been
commenced and the contractor is now ready
for the first payment
| Judge Sluss and Mr.. W. f. Stanley have
gone to the Walnut fishing. They have Il
dim idea of catching trout in the neighbor-
hood of Douglas, failing in which they will
not object TO string Of perch.
Mr.. Ii. Germer is about finishing his resi-
dence in West Wichita. Mr.. Germer is the
superintendent of the Wisconsin Planning
Mil Lumber company, and is a permanent
citizen Of the Fifth ward.
Moore & Son, of West Wichita, received
ten head of fine corn fed beef steers yester-
day, said to be the finest lot ever brought
to this city. They all weighed above 1.4O0
pounds CAGE and beautifully fat.
Messers. o. II. Bently and c. W. Terry
are building two residences on Lawrence
! avenue which are to have all the modern
and architectural improvements, and are TO
be striking ornaments on that street.
John Y. Mofieet, president of the Kansas
| Wholesale Furniture company, went TO
Kansas City on business and will meet his
brother, who is going TO Boston to meet in
convention with the Boston Chair assoca-
ton.
John Peterborough the big real estate man
al Hutchinson, came into the city last even
| ing. Mr.. Peuterbaugh is one OF the live men
of Reno county. H SAYS he did not come
down TO move the reformatory to Hutchison
however.
Mr. w W. Dill is having "A Portland
cement sidewalk pu: down in front Of his
property Oh Fourth avenue. The work Is
being done by Mr.. q. W. sumption, who
is doing considerable work of that kind in
this city.
The citizens of the Eth ward have raised
funds and employed two policemen to look
to the peace and quiet of the west side.
Wednesday they selected J. y. Nalanding
ham and Is. NJ. Tabler as their safety guard
and they promptly entered on their duty.
The 1,S5O pound 4-year-old imported Nor
man horse belonging to Mr.. Strickland, val
ued at $500. met with an accident one day
this week. in which the horses tongue got
half cut of. II is now ont of danger and
Mr. Strickland feels better, rs Bob Is one
of the best horses IN the west.
Mr.. William Hodson and wife returned
from a visit among old friends at their for
mcr place Of residence in Illinois. yesterday.
The old gentleman was Grattied to learn
that j. d. Hutchings, of Niederlander's Of
flee had sold plat of his ground on North
Topeka avenue during his absence.
Mr.. c. T. Miller is back from "a visit to
the vigorous young city of Anthony, and
reports wonderful activity in building oper-
ations. About twenty fine brick business
houses with plate glass fronts and got M in
the best modern style are now in cour-e Of
erection. Go it, Anthony. and Wen hold
your bonnet
Mr.. Fred Fcrd, son of County Clerk Ford,
with his wife and baby, are home from Ed
wards county, after scjourn of seven
months Fred likes the country and its
prcspt,s well, but having proved up his
claim and got a man to attend 10 II, he felt
a longing to be among old friends and as
sociations in Wichita.
| Although the office Of the Manhattan
hotel is not vet quite finished it was opened
Tor business NteltIGaN aiie " = AAlo ~ i''Ai'
UP well Everything Is in metropolitan
stvle. a complete corps of messenger boys
are kept in the office and guests VIII have
the best of attention. The office is not yet
carpeted, nor fully equipped with all the
modern appliances, but it will be next week.
\ +. Old, of Brooklyn. relative of
Commodore Woodman, is in the city. Mr..
Old visited our valley in 1871 and can hard
" realize the transformation after taking
drive around the city and country. From
a hamlet of four hundred inhabtaEts TO IA
city of sixteen or more thousand and here
and there a small claim house to fine farms
well stocked. handsome and cummodious
residences. surrounded with unbrokcn hedge
rows for many miles.
| Our old friend Pat Mcdonald, the poet Of
| the Cowskin, was in town yesterday pur-
chasing reaper and aid he will begin har-
vcstinr next week: he has seventy acres OF
wheat on new ground that he thinks viii
yield abou; twenty-five bushels per acre.
The quarter section on which this grain
stands. he said be could have got in $50
for $500, but last year he paid 5000 for i;