Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-09-15

recent frosts have not injured the corn to
any appreciable extent.
The portly form Of Fritz Schnitzler was
seen on the street yesterday for the first
time in several days, but it was not quite as
portly as it used to be.
| 1t may be that the corn crop of Sedgwick
will not be up to the average this year but
Judging from the samples seen in the various
real estate Offices yesterday it will.
W. w. Durand, the representative of the
great Forepaugh circus, spent Sunday and
Monday in this city. Mr.. Durand is a
brother of DR.. Durand of this city.
Biting Bros are doing considerable job
bling in clothing this fall, and their sales
man, Mr.. Hilbish, who has just returned
from western tour, reports good trade.
The St. Louis, IT. Scott and Wichita rail-
road Is grading stock yards on the west side
and otherwise improving them SO as to meet
the growing requirements of stock ship
ments-
| MaRRIKD-At the residence of Rev. j. ID.
Hewitt, on Sunday afternoon September 10,
by Rev. f. J. Brown, Irving Richmond, Of
Wichita, and Dora L. Blair, of Darlington,
| Wisconsin.
w. Ii. Scott arrived home Saturday even
ing, accompanied by his nephew. Frank
Scott, of Indianapolis, who will remain. at
the Scott residence during the winter and
attend school
| DIR. Whitehorn called last evening. He
had inst got back from trip in the Rocky
mountains and was looking well and feeling
well. The doctor says he believes in the
metropolis idea for Wichita.
| +. f. Draper Is delighted al the arrival al
his house of a son, after eleven years with
on. hearing the sweet voice of babyhood the
old man seems considerably worked UP over
SO much blissful happiness.
Probably it will interest some to know
that Helen NJ. Cougar, the well-known fe-
male suffragist arrived in town last night
Probably Helen is here to inject a little
woman suffrage into the election to-day.
| Look out for heaps of new goods at Mum
sons in a few days. Mr.. A. 5. Mrpson is
just back from the eastern markets where he
bought heavy stock of fall and winter
goods which will be here in few days.
X. j. Simpson and J. NJ. Bent, of An
thony, were in the city yesterday in connec-
tion with the interests of the new loan COM
pany at Anthony. They honored the EAGLE
with a call in company with Mrs. Bent.
DIP Alexander has bought the Exton
steam hay baier and will put it to work
| immediately. Alexander Il Son have put
| up about two thousand tons themselves 50
they will not run out of workable stock
| very soon.
NJ. +. Morgan brought into town and sold
muskmelon yesterday which weighed
twenty-seven pounds, and watermelon
which weighed eighty-five pounds. Prob
ably these melons cannot be beaten in this
or any other state.
The Santa Fe House opened last night
with q complete outfit of new furniture,
new everything, including new proprietors,
Rodgers & Hardesty, two good landlords
who will do every thing in their power to
accommodate their patrons.
l ,..xtt ha. an1 oh nf oil
left the Wichita Office, yesterday morning,
making two good wagon loads. There was
a washout on the Southern Kansas Satur-
day night and all the mails for the south
west were sent back to the Frisco NJ Cher
ryvale and brought on TO Wichita
| A drawing for China sets took place at
Joe Rich's store last night and the lucky
ones were d. NJ. Dale and c.
II. Luling. Mr.. Dale drew set Of l01
pieces and Mr.. Luling set of fifty-six
pieces.
The last batch of new buildings written
up BY the EAGLE reporters are those clear
outside of the old city limits; those adjacent
to the business part oftown and being erect
ed in what is known rs the settled part of
town were written up some time ago and q
number of them have been written up a:
length.
| Tie the funds of the city up be hanged.
This city has taxable valuation of nearly
twenty-siI hundred thousand dollars and a
city of its class can vote 20 per cent, which
| would make more than half q million of
dollars, enough to vote bonds for propo-
sition every three weeks for more than a
year, and then not be ''tied up"
Col, NJ. Stewart and Col. Woodcock wer
at the reunion Of old soldiers at Hiawatha
last week, where thew had grand time with
large assemblsge of old vets. The gen.
eral and adiusant general were present and
quite number of speeches were made.
Cols. Stewart and Woodcock returned Sat-
urday.
Two fights occurred among the fast fellows
in the Fifth ward Saturday night. The first
se,-to was between Roberts and Cummings;
the second was between Roberts and G. w.
Moore. Three rounds in each fight were
sufficient to knock Cummings out of time
and Moore out Of the ring.
Another street railway pair of mnles made
harmless runaway yesterday \ pair Of
the small ones got away from the driver
near the Douglas avenue depot, and, with
nothing but the tugs hsnging to them, ran
clear to Main street, keeping the track the
whole distance, and never injuring anything.
Mules never do much damage in runa-
way.