Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-04

| Sucn low rates - ana 10 cents admission,
the opera house should be filled every night
Next week this popular company will play
under the auspices of the Grand Army of
the Republic and the indications are that
there will be big houses.
We feel justified in warning our Republic
can friends in Kansas that the Wichita races
will begin to-day. and that some beer j. like
| " 10 be spilled in honor of the event. We
do not recall the latest judicial ruling on
that point, but We suspect that beer drink
| ing at Kansas race is unconstitutional.
| However, it is mournful to reflect that be-
| fore the supreme court can have passed up
on this delicate legal question, the wicked
half of Wichita will have gone through all
the delicious stages supernduced by atten-
ton to the drug interests.-k. c. Times.
This from an editor who lives in town
the whisky of which is of such terribly po-
| tent strain rs shown by the didoes of Rheume
is passably cool. We fear your knowledge
Of constitutional law in Kansas is only
equalled by your thin reflections Both
halves Of Wichita are equally pious and I'M
reservedly sober, even At horse race. 4
Mssourian, Of course, can't understand how
this can be, but it is true, nevertheless.
When our drugwumps want to ge. drunk,
they 90 down to Missouri, hut we have
missed none of them lately
Papers were sworn out before Justice
Hobbs yesterday by the Wichita Banking
company. charging J. T. Lang with fraudu-
lently pretending to be the owner of two
sets of blacksmith's tools; two pair bellows
and one lumber wagon. with inten. to de-
fraud said company out of sum Of money
Il appears that Lang. who runs black
smith shop on North Main street opposite
the street ear barn, hired NJ. V. T. George.
OF West Wichita, to work for him and that
a chattle mortgage was given to the Bank
ing company on the goods. in which they |
were represented as the property Of George. |
Sometime during the forenoon dsy-before-
yesterday lad OF three wears, named Harry /
Gimlin, entered the residence Of Ora Sisco. 4
a: Augusta, while the folks were
all away aNcept boy Of about his own nse.
Young Gimlin filled two lamp, with sa.o-
line and set them on fire. They exploded .
and the flames spread through the house.
The boys then cleared out and the house
was burned. Tho fire spread 20 rapidly that
but little could be saved, 80 ths: almost the
entire contents were destroyed. The loss
probably amounts 10 S3,0O0.
John Fisher was around yesterday with
warrant for Hank Heiserman. The ofFeuse
Is. that be put on a clean shirt Memorial
day. He VIII probably be tried the present
term Of court. and there Is little doubt of his
conviction. His probable line II defense i.
that hi wife forced him to it Ii will 60
hard with him.
Its claimed that striking produces heat,
but this i not always the case. II you
strike piece Of lion it become heated;
strike q man on the mouth and he fairly
boils: but one Of our boys SAYS i YOU strike
the foreman for dollar to 20 70 the races
he becomes a. cold IS sn iscbers.
Mr.. Greaves. Of Springfield. H.. FOR WHOM
Nick Batter did business. together with Bal
.er's brother from Charleston. H., were ex-
oected to arrive here last night or this
morning, when arrangements viii be made
,or the funeral ani the goods in the rcstsu-
rant disposed OF. /,
We are informed tbs: 8; the close of the
aces the officers Of the jockey club viii Sc;
o work 70 se; UP base bsil club. Tbs: Is
good move. WichitS Is ahead IN every
hing syeeD, base bsu and we have PLENTY