Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-15

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The Ninth cavalry, en- route TO the north
western frontier, camped at Towanda last
night.
Regular meeting of Woman's Relief corps
of Garfield Post No. 40, e. \. T., at odd
Fellows nall al , o clock this afternoon.
The rink viii be re-opened about May
Both with an appropriate and grand enter
tainment. Due notice will be given of the
programme.
\ miniature steam engine hauling train
Of cars around belt railroad is one of the
attractions at Hoffmsn's smoking parlors,
30 Douglas avenue.
The lone case before bis honor Judge
Glenn yesterday was Lizzie Gray on the
charge of prostitution, 20 which she plead
guilty and was fined - costs and - fine.
The Wichita boys passed by every drug
store in Anthony last Wednesday. 1t may
be possible they dropped in before passing
but if they did our representative didn't
notice it-not very much.
Corn sold on the streets yesterday for 56c
per bushel; oats, 35c; hay for from SO to
SO per ton; wheat for from 9Oc to 81 per
bushel; bran, SOC per 100 pounds; shipstuff,
55c to G0c per 100 pounds.
The Southern Kansas Trotting circuit
have added Kingman, and the races have
been fixed for June 1lth. 18th and 18th, i'm
mediately following Wichita. i pro-
gramme, received yesterday from Secretary
Filley, shows big premiums and the prom
ise Of fly time.
Sedgwick City Pantagraph: The new NJ.
f. church at Wichita was dedicated last
Sunday. \ few Of our young folks went
down 10 take it in. This cdfcc is conceded
to be one Of the finest in the state The
building and fixtures cost S21,139 Wichita
can successfully compare churches and
school houses with any city of double her
population.
VIM. Ii. Rice, of the 1T. Scott Daily
Monitor, who had been down to the An
thony celebration, and who stopped over in
Wichita next day, after making a careful
examination Of the gas works and water SER
vice Of Wichita, gave it rs his unqualified
opinion that they We're superior 10 any
works Of the kind in the west Of which be
had knowledge.
Mr.. Campbell, of this county, sold load
of wheat in this market for 81 per bushel
yesterday. Good. Our farmers have all
along said thcy would feel
happy If wheat brought that
figure and how they have it. BE of good
cheer brethren the Lord is on your side;
wheat is up and as soon as old Sol gets in
his fine work, your corn viii spring up to.
\ week or mere ago the EAGLE noticed u
break in the footway over the Arkansas
river bridge, near the eastern landing. and
warned the public of the Importance of hav-
ing the proper authorities repair If. The
county commissioners were diligent in the
matter, FOR they employed J. X. Sawyer to
do ;he work, and yesterday his bridge gang
was at the job, and will have it done ere
this finds its way to the public. The stone
work on the bridge is not as good AS il |
should be- so the workmen say.
III Dorado Republican: The new Queen !
Anne, twenty-one thousand dollar Method |
list meeting house in Wichita WAS dedicated
by Bishop Nindc, Sunday. Abraham
Smythicus, OF Smythicusville. was the arch |
itect, 81. Louis furnished the French silver |
ing, Naples the gold candlesticks. /. Bis |
SAINTS, French artist, did the frescoing, |
while the pulpit is all made Of cedar from
the Mount of Olives, Palestine. Its steeplc |
is higher then st. Paul's, London, the seat
ing capacity greater than the Cathedral OF /
Rome. Il Is a sumner, If We are 10 be |
Iieye the Wichita papers.
The Wichita Secular union Leld lis regu-
lar meeting last Wednesday evening at q. |
W. Kirbys otlice, No. Az Douglas avenue. |
\ deep interest in the objects of American
secularism was manifest, and firm deter
was expressed by those present TO
work energetcally for the propagation Of
their conception Of the truth. The chief |
OF the evening was lecture |
read to the meeting. This lecture was one
recently delivered at the Paine Memorial |
hall, Boston, by L. X. Washburne, before |
the Ingersoll Secular union. The Wichita |
union adjourned to meet again AT its temper |
ary quarters ~ above next Sunday evening, |
the 18th. AT which time all persons 50 in
clined are invited 10 attend.
Several bits Of the programme mapped /
out by the Wichita delegation 10 An
thony missed connection. John Fish
er wrote to Horton, post adjutan; Of
the Anthony Post q. A. f., to have
Col. Hank Heiserman, post command
er of GARFIELD Post, arrested if he went -
but il SO happened that Hank
missed the train by an accident Hank go;
an inkling of what was going on somehow,
and sent telegram 10 Horton, with - to
be collected, and signed the sheriff name 10
il: so Heiserman had rather the best Of that
game. Then again, the mayor, Alderman
Pat Healy and few others got up a scheme
10 get Capt. Smyth and Capt. Carey in
10 an argument upon water and drain
age and "dam nuisance" on the train
in which Commodore Woodmsn was
10 join, and Gratian, Of the EAGLE, was
10 be on hand to tase notes of all that was
aid, but this little programme missed con-
nection also. Capt Carey. Capt. Smyth
and Others engaged in pleasan; game OF
whist, which busted the plan. The Wichita
,rowd enjoyed themselves to the full extent
If the law nevertheless