Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17

Saturday, and is spending a few days with
his family.
DIR. W. R. Coburn. dentist of Marion,
has located here and viii have an Office with
DIR. Tebo in Healy's block.
Mr.. fuller, Jr., son of II. X. fuller, has
arrived, and will take charge Of the 2o-acre
garden farm they bought south of town.
Miss Mossaline Baldwin, one of Wichi,a's
fairesi daughters, goes to Anthony to spend
some time with her aunt, Miss Bullock.
DR.. Fabrique is putting out hedge oil
red cedar which will surely prove attractive,
but the place of its sitting will bother the
average citizen.
The high joint committee. on behalf of
the city council and board of trade, was
big thing. The question that Expresses us,
is the committee ready to report on yester-
dsy's work!
The rafters were put on Myers and Heis-
erman's builning on Main street yesterday
II will be ready for business in n month, and
viii be very desirable business room. Ii
will be for rent.
A man went into the Wichita House on
election day, sat 1owS and ate his dinner
and then refused to pay for it and told the
proprietor if he said anything about it he
would lick him-good pay.
Well, there is good deal of wicked kick
ing and hot growing but notwithstandin all
that the EAGLE is still for the churches and
the preachers and expects TO be, as if is for
the home and for every other institution
fostered by Christianity.
VIM. Ross, tho Robbie Burns of the Min
neseah. was in town yesterday, and said that
when he and Pat Mcdonald. the bard of the
cow-skin, goes 10 Heaven and get their
wings on they will make fine angels. "Who
ever heard OF Kansas angels!"
Our sister city of Goddard has new may
or and he is about the proper article. The
day after his election he was out shoveling
corn. They have got dancing down so weak
that it will require a derrick TO lift 1t up
We were informed that there were SIX girls
at the last big dance in that burg.
Senator John Kelly, of Sedgwick comfy,
called last evening on his way to Topeka
He puts the wheat crop of that county at
not likely TO exceed - per cent of last year
DR.. Ensign thinks We have good prospect
in this county TO secure so per cent. of last
wears crop.-Newton Republican.
A Young man Of the Oscar Wilde pattern,
at least in respect Of hair, passed down
Douglas avenue yesterday evening and at
tracttd good deal Of attention. His hair,
which was coal black, was about eighteen
inches long. We did not find out just what
manner Of man he was, but heard some one
say he was scout. Probably Gen. Hatch's
priyate scout looking for boomers.
A negro circulated a report yesterday
morning which obtained some currency. 1t
was that the body of a woman with two bull
let holes in her had been found in the little
river. Some color was lent to the story by
the statement Of gentleman who resides IN
that part of town, TO the effect that last Mon
dav night he heard shots fired, followed by
cries in the section alluded to and heard
persons running rapidly away. The whole
story turned out TO be fraud.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Powell, which
took place from Capt. Powell's residence on
North Main street a; 3:45 Sunday afternoon
was largely attended. After prayer by Rev
Mr.. Hodgson, and the singing of hymn
the remains were taken to the hearse, and
the cortege began to move toward the GENE
tary followed by seventeen carriages. The
pail bearers were, Col. Jocelyn, Col. INNS
Cash Henderson, NJ. Cox, Charles Caldwell
and Mr.. Lsrimer.
The Winfield Courier reaches US as al
evening daily, bright and newsy, ofthe SAINT
STYLE Of the Daiiy wellingtonian, but no
quite SO large. These enterprises
but 90 TO show the great superiority and en-
terprise of the cities of Southwestern Kan
sas. For six years the EAGLE stood on
against an awful pressure to make II a dalil
but so great wss cur love for fine week.,
that we successfully withstood it, and woult
again. Winfield, Wellington and Harpe
all nov boas. their dailies. Success to all
The place TO complain now of postofic'
is in Democratic newspaper, especially !
the Office is held by Republican, and still
more especially if the Democratic news
paper has applied for the said postofice. j
Is awful easy for one who knows but on
side of case to make particularly hifalu
tin fool of himself and the tool Of one VIII
had better learn the laws and usages of
country and comply with them. even if n
can't speak his own name in English or he'll
clerk TO understand the country he is from
In the spirited and exciting election con
test of last Tuesday, Wichita polled onl.
about sixteen hundred votes.-Newton he
publican.
Beg your pardon, but Wichita don't wan
any misrepresentation as to her voting pop
lation. Wichita cast Of her registered vot
little less than LOO votes, but Wichita ha
TWENTY-FIVE additions outside Of her corpor
ate limits, which additions represent abou
one-thifd Of her vote. Besides, about one
seventh Of the votes registered this sprin
were not cast. Wichita, the entire cit
droper. contains about three thousand vote
and we are not giving you any fancy figures
Mr.. Samuel : Miller, who has been con
nected with the regular reportorial sta
ofthe DAILY EAGLE since last summer, ha
resigned his position, and Will engage j
other business. Mr.. NJ. is a gentleman :
every particular, and in all directions, and
as man. faithful TO his convictions. As
writer be is close observer and conscien
tious. not given 10 fattery or censure. III
EAGLE wishes him the success he deserves
and that bis talents demand whatever tn
field. assuring him that he will always b
welcomed beneath her wings.
J.C. Robb, Of Ford county, was in tow
Yesterday. He says last fall when he tool
IN his claim it was an easy matter to &c
GOOD claims within four miles OF Dodg
CITY: now one has TO go forty miles away u
get claim. He says the attorney genera
was at Dodge week ago yesterday an'
warned the county attorney and sheriff tina
if they did not close up every saloon by tn
LIST of MAY, be would close themselves out
The sheriff issued proclamation on Mon
day ordering all the saloons to be prepared
to close by May LIST,
There is much complaint against the cit,
and its authorities, by farmers adjoining thu
CITY. for the manner in which dead animals
especially dead horses and dead dogs, ar
disposed Of In many cases they are hsulec
beyond the city limits and just dumped out
in Others not half covered, and so on. on'
gentleman told us yesterday that horse
diving Of something like the CHAMBERS, wa
hauled out and dropped on his farm. i
there is an ordinance covering this mattel
il ought to be enforced; if not, then on