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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
Mr.. hEwIrT's SERMON

The Presbyterian church was we'll filed
last Sunday night to hear the eloquent pas
tor tell what Christianity had done for the
world. Rev. J. D. Hewitt said that in
former sermon he had told what Christian
ity had done for governments, for inven-
tons, for commerce. He now proposed to
tell what il hsd done for individuals. The
changes TO which he would refer were not
wrought in a day, but was gradual in its
operations, like the sun crossing the equator
and coming north. 1t does not seem nearer
to-day than yesterday. All through the
spring and summer, when We look at the
sun it does not on any day seem
nearer than the day before. Yet
we see the melting snow
and ice; the tender grass by the brook ap-
pears; We hear the songs of the birds; we
see the swelling buds; We see the blossoms;
we see the fields of waving green, and final
", we behold the golden harvest Two
thousand years ago, before the dswning of
the springtime of Christianity, the little
child hao no rights that any one was bound
to respect Then it was not crime to leave
the little child exposed on the desert or
mountain to die. When Christ came he
taught different doctrine. "Sufer little
children to come unto Me-" The birth Of
Christ YVES the coronation day for children.
In the grandest days of Greece women were
excluded from the schools, and not recogniz-
ed as heirs to property. To-day our reyered-
Christian mothers and dau ghters have the
full protection Of the law. At the dawn Of
Christianity the sick were left to die. To-
day they have the hospital, Christian in
stitution. To-day the soldier captured in
war is entitled to decent treatment. Two
thousand years ago lie was put to death or
KEEP, as slave. These changes have been
gradually wrought by the spirit of Chris
tianity. 1t will not do TO say that these
changes are due to education, for no such
changes have taken place in any but Chris
tan lands. This Christ that has done so
much for the woman, the child, tie sick and
the prisoner, will do more for US if we be-
lieve on Him.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
RAILROAD AAGNATES.

A special train arrived in this city last
evening on the St. Louis, Fort Scott and
Wichita railroad, supposed to contain II
NJ. Hoxie, third vice-president of thu
Southwestern division of the Gould system
George Gould, son Jay Gould, J. w. Mil
Ter, vice-president and general manager Of
the SunAower, and other officials. Mr.
Hoxie and Mr.. Miller were known to be or
the train, but we have no definite informa
ton as TO whom the rest of the party were
but Agent Jones said Mr.. Gould was ex
pected to be of the party. After stopping
here about fifteen minutes they proceeded
west The object of the visit Of these dis
tinguished railroaders, as far as known tc
US, is TO inspect the property, Mr.. HoIie
nor Mr.. Gould never having been over this
important branch of their system before.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
THE LAST QUARTER SECTION.

Reference was made The other day to the
craze for Western Kansas lands and to the
fact that thousands of people were going
into counties one hundred and fifty miles
west of Wichita. Last week the southwest
quarter of the southwest corner Of the state
was taken. 1t is said to be a fine piece OF
land on the head-waters of the Cimarron
river. Two men made dash for this par
ticular quarter. The successful mans home
joins Colorado on the west, the panhandle
of the Indian Territory on the SOUTH with
the panhandle of Texas and the territory Of
New Mexico only small distances away.
Who in the state of Kansas five years ago
ever thought they would live to see the last
southwest quarter section of the state taken
by homesteader! Now when and who will
get the northwest quarter, and what is it
likes Gen. Web. Wilder said the other day
that party of gentlemen had been specu-
lating and conjecturing over that identical
nuesfion
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
WICHITA TO HUTCHINSON
The Two Cite. to be Connected by Rail

The Two Cities TO be Connected by q Rail-
way.
In this issue will be found proposition,
accompanied by q guaranty, all looking to
the reinstating and the speedy construction
Of an independent line Of railway from
Wichita to Hutchinson. As VIII be reInem-
bered, aid was voted last year for such q
line, but owing TO complications and misun-
derstsndinys upon the part Of the capitalists
who were TO furnish the construction money
and float the bonds, the whole matter was
delayed until il was found to be too late TO
build the road within the time specified.
Other gentlemen Of means have sine came
forward, signifying their willingness to fur
nish the larger per cent of the ready cash
necessary. Wichits cannot have too many
roads as jobbing and wholesaling center,
and this line to Hutchinson is q
very important one, running, as it does,
through the most densely populated
and most highly cultivated portions of
Sedgwick and Reno counties. Ii would
prove line the local traffic alone on which
would pay all operating expenses and
good round dividend on the investment
As is known, il is modification of the
Wichits & Mcpherson road, but is better
road because it bears out beyond Hutchin-
son into new territory heretofore tributary
beyond Hutchinson. through Rice county,
up the Cow creek valley TO Ellsworth on
the Union Pacific or further westward,
through Barton County to Hays City, would
open up to all of wichitas leading interests
grand field, field which would naturally
be tributary to us. There was time when
too many railroads running through
Wichita would have swamped
her by cutting up and dividing
her local trade with newly developed towns,
and during that time the EAGLE counseled
caution, but that time is passed and ,Wichi-
ia has but one proposition to meet now, ana
thst more territory and accessibility. These
cannot be secured too rapidly. The Hut
Crimson connection which would have been
all wrong Eve Years ago, is all right now. 1t
will give Hutchinson cheaper freight rates
of course, but it will add to the trade of
Wichita.
The attention Of our business men is d.
rected to the proposition elsewhere. And
we might add that q memoranda of the
agreement between our local organization
and the men who stand ready to furnish the
capital has been exhibited to us and it
seems very fair in all respects.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
A CARD.
To the citizens of Wichita City, Union an

To the citizens of Wichita City, Union and
Park townships:
The undersigned, hereby certify that they
are acquainted with present status of the
Wichita, Mcpherson & Denver Railroad
company; that they believe the build.
ing of said road will result very bene.
ficially to the material interests ofthe people
tributary to said road; that they on per.
sonally paying, as subscribers to..the stock o.
said road, $4,000 or 100000 in cash, in
connection with citizens of Hutchinson and
two non-residents of capital and rail-
road experience, they are prepared to build
said road, at once. Provided: The mu
inequalities that have heretofore voted aid
to said company and in which said aid hal
lapsed, will promptly re-vote bonds and so
assist in said construction.
Dated this 29th day of June, A. d. 1885
NJ. W.LEyY, r. Z. LAWRENCE,
N.F.NIEDERLANDER, RoDoLPH HATFIELD,
J. o. DAVIDSON, c, r. MILLER,
H. W. LEWIS, JOHN B. CAREY,
d " urArv
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
"A mArrEs or pupLlc concERs.

An article under the abovs caption sp-
psared in yesterdays Beacon which from
certain facn in possession Of the writer. evil
IDENTIFY covers purpose not dreamed Of BY
the ten gentlemen whose names are append
ed to it They are honorable gentlemen
and the writer believes . majority of them
did mot look below the surface of this mat
ter. Ths editor Of the EAGLE is in Topeka
and be Who writes this article believes from
certain facts in his possession that there is q
anigrer in the fence" in this matter and that
one man who upon its face, does not appeal
to be concerned in it at all, is the prime
mover.
Superintendent Campbell has made sue
cess Of the schools, when others failed, Ant
although he may be deficient in some stud
les, be has demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the school board and to large msjorit,
Of the people Of Wichita that he is compe
tent to superintend the schools. 1t j
not always the caae that the bes
educated men are the best educators. Ate
having conducted the schools well for on
term, and having been again chosen super
intendent by the board Of education, it j
rather late now to stir up the matter. !
wss the duty Of the board to elect new
board Of examiners, and they certainly hat
right to chotse whom they thought best
As tho writer understands il, Mr.. Campbell
made no complaint of "set up job" no
that he was unfairly treated at his examin
alton. The "set up job" appears more evi
dent in the present move, and those who Sc
up the job are hidden behind the scene.
The examination questions, as is stated j
the article, have been carefully preserved
certainly, while all other examination
papers have been given up. Thi
probably is "set up job," toe
Though Mr.. Campbell may hav'
failed in come points of the examination
and Il Is probable he did, there are othe,
occupying high educational positions who's
education is inferior to his. The facts ap
peaf to be that Mr.. Campbell can be show
TO have given bad answers in physiology an
some other branches, and certain gentl,
men whose names are not to that article
wish to expose him, not in the interest {
the schools, but from less honorable me
tives. The writer believes, as set out at Ii
beginning of this article that msjority @
those whose names are signed TO the articl
in question, have nothing to do with tn
motives limited at and have been induced {
sign it without having looked for any u
! terror motives.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
ENTERTAINING Letter.

We find in the Pittsburg Christian Advo.
cate an interesting letter from the pen o.
Rev. T. S. Hodgson, of this city, descriptive
of Wichita 1t is one of those sort of short
attractive episties which everybody reads
but sufficiently comprehensive as to detaili
10 give q very correct ides Of what our city
is really like. Rev. II. returned day before
yesterday from Bismarck. where had gone
to attend the Methodist State Branch Of the
Chautauqua Circle. On Tuesday evening
he read . paper on Literary Bric-a-Brac.'
The proceedings were interesting and in
structive throughout.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.

In printing the list of names of those
passing the examination before the State
Board Of Pharmacy, the following mistakes
occurred: Instead of r. b. Wallser and
VIM. Rope, il should have been R. B. Wal
lace and VIM. Rode. To the list of success
full candidates should be added the name Of
A. F. Romig.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
MARRIED.

Mr.. J. E. Shepard Of this city and Mis-
Jessie l. Brown, of Weston, Mo-, were mar
ried at Newton Wednesday, June oath, by
E. A. Brennan, j. p.
The EAGLE drops its benediction on the
young couple and trusts for them realiza-
ton of their fullest hopes. May happines.
ever brighten their nome and the richest
blessings of Heaven rest lovingly on their
journey through life. Heaven, alas, ever
jealous of her smiles CLOVIS with her gentli.
est beams, and day opens brighter when the
realization Of love and marriage arrives,
that it may continue undimmed ID the
browning glory OF domestic happiness.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
rLouRrrNo nrtLs.

A gentleman recently from Springfield,
No., who is converaant with the -four man.
ufacturing interests Of that city. in conversa-
ton with . reporter Of the EAoLr stated
that the entire product Of the mills Of that
city, which is quite extensive, is shipped to
southern market, and that almost every
city of the southern states, even to the sea-
board, are supplied to greater or less ex-
tent by Springfield -four. The Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf railroad furnishes
transportation to the Mississippi river at
Memphis and enables Southern Missouri to
compete with the St. Louis -four trade.
Now the question comes home to the peo-
pie Of Wichits who are, perhaps, more in
terested in the grain product than any other
why Southern Kansas cannot successfully
compete with Springfield and find q bette,
market for the manufactured -four than the
wheat market of Kansas City offers. Ger.
tainly there is no economy in sending wheat
to that market when there is SO good mar
ket for manufactured -four in the south
Taking these circumstances in consideration
it is easy to see that the entire product o.
wheat ought through all rules of economy
TO be manufactured here and the remunera
tive trade of the south fully cultivated
The same principle is illustrated by the fac
that the wheat raisers of Illinois and tn,
wheat raisers of Southern Kansas, everything
being equal, are not on equal terms will
eastern markets, because Illinois is reare
eastern markets and the difference in freigh
forces the price of Kansas wheat to pric'
less than that realized by more eastern sec
tons. Therefore if a market is found at al
equal distance with that of Illinois the
the advantage for larger yield is with US
That market is in the south and the soone
we realize it the better.
While great interest is being manifeste'
in the introduction of manufactures
might well be considered if the -four manu-
featuring interest is not predominant to a
others and the very stepping stone to GU
greatness. That there is settled convic
| ton that direct railroad route to the cen
ter of the cotton belt should be built it
nevertheless true that with present facilitie
there is ample markets for all the product
of the mills OF this section of the state.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
OFF FOR THE PACIFIC.

Mr.. J. A Ferguson, of Fayetteville, Ar
kansas, gentleman 70 that manor born,
and who was formerly partner of A. C.
Brokaw, made US a call, in company with
the latter gentleman, yesterday. Mr.. Bro
kaw is of again this morning fos Los An
geles and the Santana valley, Cslifornis, "a
examine an orange grove belonging 20 Mr..
Ferguson, after which Mr.. B. viii 60 up to
Washington Territory TO look after his in
terests there. He expects 10 be absent
about six weeks or two months.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
BACK FILES

The tuning of our dear old fosilized friend
over the way, who never did anything but
hold on to the EAGLES tail. makes US
weary. Life is too short, moments too
precious in these booming times, to waste
in dissecting the grunts of a granny. 1t is
an easy matter for one who stands outside
of the circus TO imagine what terrible things
are being done by the fellows on the inside
who are running the thing, but its worse
than foolishness for the outside man to pre-
tend to tell the audience who rode the
elephant and swallowed the rhinoseros. The
captain in his lugubrations does not even
give the number of the rings on the racoon's
tail correctly. As far as the Frisco line,
which he built, we were then-iDside the
tent-and with part of the cold cash
which had tn be advanced to meet prelimi-
naries even before the junketing crowd for
Butler county was provided for, in which
side-show he seems to have figured, but in
what capacity is little uncertain. We are
sorry we were not at home to take in our
neighbours article while it was hot, but for
an excuse for our absence the captain is re-
ferred to special dispatch about the Stand
ard Oil company. OF course we never
spend any time or money in the interest Of
Wichita, its some other fellow, but we keep
up terrible lot of thinking over what a
progressive and liberal man edits the moss
back organ over the way, and of how modest
he is withal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
THE MEDICINE LODGE MYSTERY

Years ago some people passed through
Wichita in wagon, bound for Barber
county. 1t was said that there were two
men and woman, Hillman and wife and
Brown by name. Hillmsn had $4,000 in
surance on his life in his wife's name. AZ
ter reaching the Medicine Lodge country,
Hillman, it was claimed, suddenly died, and
the widow put in her application for the
amount of the insurance. But there were
some very mysterious things connected
with the death and burial of the dead body,
also with the taking out of the policy.
Within day or two or three mysterious
man came to the Wichita postoffice. TO the
back door, after it was closed in the eve
ming, whom the clerks thought to be the
same man who had called for Hillman's let
tiers, or Browns letter, we disremember
which, when passing down. The insurance
companies refused to pay. The corpse Of
the dead man was dug up and taken TO
Lawrence some time afterwards and men
swore it did not look like
Hillman, but like the other
fellow and the whole matter went into the
United States courts where it has had two
very long and tedious trials. The jury in
the first trial, after hearing scores of wit
nesses and many speeches, stood five to
seven. That was three or four years ago.
Another trial has Just been concluded at
Leavenworth. -Four prominent men of the
state were on the last jury and the speeches
in the jury room rivaled those made before
United States Judge Brewer. The result
was six and six. The whole case is a mys-
terry and was from the start 1t is said that
the lawyers were to have $4,000 if they
won. We don't know that any effort was
ever made to get the testimony of the post
office of Wichita We just remember the
circumstance and the speculation about the
Office at the time and the general physical
appearance of the man who wanted the
letters. Whether Hillman is alive or not
has not been settled nor who it was that
died and was buried and afterwards two OF
three times resurrected and INSPECTED.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03

Bv reference TO our back files we find that
the United States official census for 1850
shows population of 5.4s2. There was no
census taken in 1881, but for the following
years we have;
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-03
1903!
WINNING WICHITA.
The First City in Kansas in
Business and Third in Popu-
lation and Wealth.
Whaling Wichita Winds the Winning
Wreath of Worth About Her Waist
and Welcomes all Worthless and
waliops all Windbags.

The following table shows by wards the
result of the census, just completed, of this
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-31

but of a civil-service reform letter
written; not Christ the center of
celebration, but Cleveland.
1t is apparent that all matters will
have to be readjusted on the Mug.
wump line-Christmas the day OF
Cleveland's letter, New Years the
day it was published, the 22d of
February the day Cleveland indorsed
Washington's civil-service reform
sentiments, the Fourth of July the
day when Cleveland renewed his
civil-service reform vows.
There is still, however, an i'm
portant vacancy in the Mugwump
calendar-the day when Cleveland
began to put his frequent civil
service reform promises into prac-
tice. No such day has yet been
fixed upon-that event is as dateltss
as transplanted paln-tree.- MI
,cdukee Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-31

from success in political life. Out
side of the local profession, there is
hardly any occupation in which a
man can engage which will not ma
terially suffer if he turns from it for
the purpose of devoting consider
able part Of his time to politics, and
even lawyer who serves in the
Legislature or in Congress frequent
ly has the reputation he thus gains
more than offset by the loss of clients
whose demands he has not time to
attend to.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-31
BARGAINS in holiday goods.
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A Walking skeleton

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-31

TUE tropical exuberance of South
ern newspaper rhetoric is at times
the wonder of popular literature. A
specimen is furnished in the editor
ial columns Of an Atlanta journal,
the subject relating to the death Of
the fire eater, Bob" 'Foombs. The
editorial writer with the tropical
tastes SAYS:
Quenched in this imperious life
StiIled IS the mighty heart. Cons
the dauntless spirit. Az rest, the
turbulent emotions. PulSe ess, the
splendid form If God ever made
the body of mortal man to shine
with the hope aud inspiration Of i'm
mortality, surely here it was. In
the 4pleulor Of his beauty the
nightiuesS Of his strengthen the
vitality that >parkIed IN his eyes aud
rushed through his veins In the
ease with which he conquered aud
the heights to which he SCARED In
the scope and freedom and bound
less comprehension OF his powers,
there was little suggestion of decay.
DtzzIyd by bis kiugJy beauty aut
majesty one might have said, sure
ly ne will conquer dealh.