Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-30

ern Sncago avenue
+. Kramer, of Dsnville, Pa, uncle Of n
T. Kramer, is in the city. He expects 10 10
cate somewhere in Kansas
ESQ. Martin has been down among tn
wild Indians this week. He returns will
his scalp lock under bis hat.
Mrs. J. r. Stone is home from Henrys
burg, Ohio, and a councilman in the Fourth
ward is proportionately happy.
John Pallum, one of Sedgwick county,
farmers. returned home from a visit with
bis family in Illinois yesterday.
Hurd & Taylor took the contract to erec'
the new Presbyterian church in the Fifth
ward, which is to be early completed.
&. w. c. Jones has associated with him
in the practice Of law, j. Y. Montague, late
of Ohio. The style of the new firm will be
Jones & Montague.
Mr.. G. l. Kirkpatrick has finished his
contract on the d. NJ. & A., and has his two
famous New Era graders at work cutting q
broad ditch in the slough three and hall
miles west of town.
Col. IL W. Lewis, of Wichita, made q
speech before the State Temperance con-
vention now in session at Topeka, which
.he papers say was vociferously spplauded
throughout, and which brought down the
house in the end.
Mr.. John Grain, who died oftyphoid ie-
yer at his home, near Valley Center, yester-
day, will be buried to-day at ten O'Clock Of
Valley Center, by the Odd Fellows, of which
he was a member. The deceased was q
voting man.
City Assessor W. f. Green is closing up
The city assessment for the year, and will
send It in 10 the county clerk on the LIST OF
November. The rolls show an addition Of
few thousand since the total published a
few weeks since.
As good evidence as any that this is the
coming city of Kansas, is the fact that Joe
Allen, after hanging back for years, jumped
out of bed early on last Monday morning
and bought five acres of land on east Doug
Jas avcnde. That settles il
The sherivslty fight is waxing hot, and
betting on the result seems to be the popu-
lar thing. No odds appear to be offered.
All the other Offices seem to be secondary
consideration, all interest being concentrated
on who will be the next sheriff.
Mr.. r. Rogers, the contractor on the
Eureaka College, came in from that place
yesterday On business connected with his
building operations. BE reports that the
college is to be fine structure, and an
ornament to that pleasant place.
While going the rounds OF the mills and
elevators yesterday, reporter got the grain
maekets ns follows: Milling wheat, 75c;
shipping wheat, As to Coo; whitr corn, 81 to
&c; mixed corn, 20 TO PIC; mixed oats, ice,
and red Texas oats, rust proof, 2lc.
The county register moved out of The
basement of the county building yesterday,
into new quarters up stairs, The basemen:
is now undergoing repairs for occupancy BY
the real estate Office of II. G. Toler, who
proposes to Still hang out there as dispen-
ser Of Kansas soil.
The attention Of retail purchasers of dry
goods, is especially directed to the adver-
lisement of John G. Allen, in this paper
from which If will be seen he has decided
to retire from business, and offers his large
wholesale stock At retail, 10 to 80 per cent
less than regular prices.
a large pelican was shot yesterday on a
sand bar in the Arkansas river, which meas
ured nine feet from tip to tip of its wings,
and which in life stood six feet high. Its
bill had a capacity TO hold two gallons of
food. Its feathers were two inches thick,
and capable of turning off large shot.
Steam thresbing machines sailing along
the streets Of city are not 3 blessing in
disguise or any other way. At least Mr..
Geo. J. Glaze, of the Zephyr mills thinks
not, for one that passed by his place on
Central avenue day before yesterday scared
his horse so that be smashed up his buggy.
The boomers have gone back into Okla
homa, and what now does the mogul of civil
service reform have 10 say? Will he give
il up as bad job, ms the inevitable, and rec
ommend the opening of the territory, or
send down bis army and bounce them as he
did the catilemens
The Canadians who arrived Tuesday with
40 head Of fine Canadian brood mares, had
to look all over the city for stable accom-
modations where they could place their
stock for sale. Had there been stock yards
here they could have al once been accom-.
rnodated. Every day this want is brought
home 10 the stock men of this city.
DIR. ID. w. Smith states that he mas JUS
heard from bis family in Scott county, who
write that they have got one Of the fines
wells in that county, with the purest wstel
in the country. The statement made by the
Western Times that the Wichita settlement
could get no water, is proved untrue, ant
water facilities there is as good as any place
Chief Engineer George Custer, Of thu
ID. NJ. q A., left for trip over the line yes
terday, after spending q short time in thu
city on business connected with that road
He stated to friend that they would com
mence laying iron in few DAYS toward
kingman. The bond matter having beer
amicably settled, the hands have been psit
and the right of way procured, and there i
no further bslk anticipated aud work vii
20 steadily forward.
Tho fats between the Fort Scott rairoa,
and the fair grounds, on the west side o
the river, resf rbled an army supply trail
camping grou Yesterday. In addition 4
the great nun sr of rsilroaders who hav
been camped there for some time anticips
ting the commencement Of the Wichita
Colorado railroad, an unusually large mum
Der of emigrants swelled the eucampmen
yesterday, SO that with tents and cevere
wagons, the flats resembled the "tente
6eld."
X. w. Luttrell, candidate on the Reput
hcan ticket for surveyor, il now laying OF
an addition for Mr.. Hutchinson in the mort
part of the city. There were eighty acre
in the addition, which borders on the mort
line Of Wichita township. Each block cor
tains ten acres, but lots of two and a bs
acres will be sold. 1t lie expected that tb
Santa Fe Railroad company will build
station adjoining this addition and that ree
ular trains will stop there.
The many friends OF DIR. L. :. Jones, wi
contemplated moving back to Kentnck
viii be pleased TO learn that he has
length determined TO settle down To 4
practice of meeicine in this city and b
taken an Office in Zimmeriy's new buildil