Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-24

siitution that should be more largely
patro lied, especially by the wage
workers. The secretary issued stock
last evening TO two of Valley Center's
most enterprising business men,
we don't see why a large amount of
stock should not he carried by The
people of the Center as according TO
our bylaws loans may be made liz
Sedgwick county. Our association is
comparatively Young but il has al
ready helped several worthy parties to
realize what il is TO have home on
terms that will be more easily met
than paving rent
Giffin & Smith have kiln of brick
about ready 10 burn.
DIR. Miller and wife have returned
from an extended visit TO friends and
relatives in Ohio. An eastern trip
had the same effect OH the Doctor that
it usually has and he returns thor
oughly satisfied with Kansas.
Miss Allie Finch, while returning
from picnic at Mr.. Hauns on last
Thursday, fell from the wagon in
ground and was picked up in an
in-cnsiblc condition. Ii was feared
tor a time that she had received i'll
icrnal injuries, but we are informed
She i, able at this writing To be up and
about the house
During the absence of our postmas-
ter, John Wright, the postofiice is pre-
sided over by Miss Adams and Fred
lIawIcy.
Mr.. Shattuck, proprietor of the
Mammoth Hardware establishment.
has been charging the storage capaci-
~ of his store room and also his i'm
plcment warehouse. He has also
erected windmill tor pumping wa
ter aud we are glad TO note that The
mill il Il production of Scdgwick City
and is called the Sedgwick Giant. 1t
is daisy. too, and anyone needing a
good mill can have thei.. wants sup
piled and save money and have the
satisfaction of pitronising home in
dusiry by coming TO Sedgwick.
On Thursday last our business called
Us TO the office of Hills q WiIley's
elevator aud while there our attention
was called TO a group of Frenchmen,
which was to us something unusual to
see so many of that nation lily in our
town, there being but an occasional
family living in our vicinity, and on
inquiry we found they lived north Of
Newton IN Mcpherson county. They
were unloading wheat at the elevator
belonging to the above firm. The
grain belonged To one man and con-
sisted OF six loads of about fifty
bushels each. This party has 6,000
bushels of good wheat TO market and
he, of course, wanted TO secure top
prices and in order to do 80 brings II
to Sedgwick We were informed
that this was not an unusual ocrur-
renee, but that they receive great
deal of wheat from the northern part
of he county and southern part of
Mcpherson county.
Our grain dealers have built up an
enyiable reputation by hone,i dealing
and paving ioppriceS. THIS point ha,
always had the reputation OF being the
best com market in Harvey county,
and now ii seems we are leading all
competing points on whea'.
We see quite a number of churn~ of
improved pattern leaving town.
branded, manufactured bv the Sedg-
wick Manufacturing Co We are glad
TO see such notices on manufactured
goods. Manufactures are what Nan
sas needs, and they are coming :
churn factory and windmill factory
both started within a mpnih The
beginning i small. but the outcome
NAV ice great.
We met our old friend. Rev. !. j..
Bodkin. in Newton a few DAYS ago.
lie i one of the directors of the VI. l..
college lie WAS returning 10 his work
at Marion Center. II the balance of
the board are a. enthusiastic workers
a. j u, The Winfield college viii be
an institution that southwestern Nan
sa> will feel proud of in the near fu-
tine. l.. MCMAINiS.