Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-22
HIGHLAND CEMETERY.
Beau, flying the Abode of the Dead.

Go where Won will in this city You will
| find improvements going on, new houses
and barns being built, old houses being re
paired and reftted, new fences and side
walks being built and lawns and ground:
bea titled, all of which bears evidence Of
the prosperity of our people. This season
too, the desire for Establishment has ex
| tended to the home of the dead. More i'm
| provements have been made and more re
fined touches of ornamentation added tt
Highland cemetery this season than in any
three previous years.
| Through the courtesy of W. w. Dill
who is at present having his lot fixed up II
beautiful shape, an EAGLE reporter enjoyed
La ride to the cemetery yesterday
morning, and YVES pleased to note the sub
stantial improvement and artistic touches o.
of ornameniation that.h been added since
his last visit, on Memorial day. The GENE
terv is fast becoming one Of the most beau
tiful in the state and contains many fine cost
" monuments. Speaking of monuments
there is Il beautiful elevated spot right in tn,
center of the cemetery that would be n mag
nificent site for a Grant monument, and the
idea of having one in this city has strong
hold on a large number of our people, many
Of whom have expressed their willingness tc
donate from SIS to a 500 for that purpose
who see no reason who they should give 1
cent for one in Leavenworth. Very few o
our people have occasion to visit Leaven'
worth except those who go TO the peniten
tiary, and on an occasion of that kind they
are not apt to be very enthusiastic IL
the matter Of monuments. Enough
could be obtained in this city III
a very short time to pay for very nice
monument, necessarily not grand nor inn
posing. but one nevertheless. that would be {
memorial to Grant and an ornament to oul
| fine cemetery
Major E. r. Powell, W. W. Dill, W. A.
| Richev and O. c. Daisy have conceived 4
new idea for putting their lots in splendid
| shape and the work is now going on. For
neatness and cheapness the plan cannot
help recommending itself to all who see 1t
and will probably be pretty generally adopt
ed. and if il does will add greatly to the
beauty Of the cemetery.
An iron fence with posts three feet high
surrounds the lot, the posts being embedded
in a Portland cement curbstone foot higt
and six inches thick, all around the lot be,
ing a basement for the fence. Outside the
curb, and all around the lot is cement
sidewalk about three feet wide
At the entrance is one or two
STEPS, according to taste. upon which the
name is stamped in gold letters. The side
walk about the lot is an excellent arrange
ment. making il convenient in all sorts OF
weather 10 go around it without being wei
BY grass or being in mud. Mr.. G. W. Stump
ton who is q contractor Of cement side
walks, floors, cisterns, &c, with an Office al
the corner Of Pine street and Fourth avenue
and who has built nearly all the cement
sidewalks in the city, is doing the work and
is receiving contracts every day or two, snd
probably will until all the principal lots in
the cemetery are fixed up in like manner
He has four Of these contracts on hand Just
now This style of fitting up cemetery lots
is worthy Of everybody's consideration. The
cost, including the iron fence is only S1oo-