Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-04
CALDWELL ONCE A WEEK

CALDWELL, Kss. Aug. 90, 's5.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
The Simon Comedy Company who
played here three nights this week is ,
good troupe and drew good houses.
School begins here Monday.
They are having bad time with whisky
sellers in this vicinity, who still make way
with large amount regardless of the pro.
hibitory law.
Mrs. Lemon, of the Southwestern hotel
gave an art reception last Monday evening
which passed off very pleasantly.
The Caldwell cornet band are about 70
disband but will doubtless reorcanize with q
few changes
VIM. w. Lindair is the new prlncinal If
the public schools at this place, for the en-
suing term.
Inc three days Of fear ended Yesterday.
with nobody killed, but one fellow has an
enlargement of the nasal organ. Friday
afternoon certain young business man
took in the fair with his girl After arriy-
ing on the ground the dust was so bad tina,
his throat became perched and he left her
IN the buggy and made sneak for a GER
tam locality, to dampen it little. The first
wettlng was not enough He met
the boys and kept on wetting it
until he forgot all about the fair
damsel awaiting him. A. least he got in
such condition that the proprietor refused
him any more, when he turned in and at
tempted to whip the proprietor, who finally
became enraged and then blood flew from
the nose of the no longer handsome young
business man. The crowd parted them and
brought the young man to town. Who
came back with the lady We have not
learned.
Quite number of Wichita people have
been in the city this week
Wellington was well represented at our
fair.
S. c. Smith, of the Oklahoma War Chief.
arrived in the city from New York Thurs
day.
The base ball game between the Journal
and the Bankers base ball club for a purse
of $50 resulted in tie. The Journals won
the first game, the Bankers the second, and
the third game was tie
Jake Wintor won the bycicle race yes-
terday.
Miss Aida Rulings won the prize offered
The ladies' equestrianship, Wednesday, rid
ing her horse bareback
l hardly think the attendance at the fair
meet the stockholders expectations.
There were few very fine exhibits at the
air this season.
Harvey Homer has pu. up several new
treet lamps in this place.
The banks in the city closed at 2 o'clock
and day before that they might
axe in the fair.
The Caldwell Dramatic company play
omething at the Grand opera house next {
saturday night, and will add what they take |
to the Grant monument fund.
Geo. Hill and Ed Campbell opened the
ink here for one night Wednesday evening. t
ut the weather was so bad that the attend t
nee did not pay expenses.
Caldwell is getting to be boss town for /
res. This morning about / o'clock an Il
larm of fire was sounded which proved to 2
e the residence house of Enos Blair, the a
iitor of the Caldwell Free Press. It had a
70 great Roadway to do any good after n
lie crowd arrived. The origin of the fire 9
as discovered to have been started from {
e outside in box filed with combustible L
after which had been placed against the C
'use before being ignited. There exists =
lite an enmity between the prohibition edi- ii
and certain class of people in the town l:
d it is supposed to have been done through c
alice. SHORTHAND. "