Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-16
PRATT ITEMS.

10 tue 6uitOk VI INC 1saBAe.
This beautiful city, the magical town
of the great Southwest, heretofore has
not been represented in the newsy
columns of the EAGLE as much or as
often as less worthy towns appear to
be from week to week.
The 9th day of April last was the
second anniversary of the origin of
our city. and the lodge of Knights Of
Pythias of this place, by the way, the
most prosperous lodge of its age in
the state, celebrated the occasion by
holding a public entertainment, fol-
lowed by a grand banquet in the par
lors of the Alamo house, and ball in
the rink. The occasion was a most
happy one, and enjoyed by all in at
tendance.
Pratt now numbers a population of
about 1.20O, and the indications just
now point very strongly to the fact
that it will be doubled during the next
six months. This great increase of
population will, of course, be the
legitimate outcome of the extension
of the Kingman, Pratt and Western
railroad.
Real estate is changing hands
very rapidly, and appreciat-
ing in value In remarkable
manner. Our real estate agents
report large number of sales every
day. and, as a natural seqence, men of
wealth and enterprise are constantly
being identified with our city.
District court is now in session in
Iuka, six miles north of this point;
Judge Clark on the bench. There are
over 120 cases on the docket. and the
term promises to be an unusually long
one. The county seat case, which has
won state notoriety, came up for trial
and our city, confident Of coming out
of the fight victorious, was anxious
for the case to be tried. Iuka. her OPP
ponent, through her attorneys, how
ever, fought strongly for continu-
ance of the case until the September
term, and upon some little technicality
the case was accordingly continued,
much to the dissatisfaction of our
people, who are anxious to have their
rights in this matter indicated. 1t
will be remembered that an election
for the relocation CT the county seat,
took place in this county last fall be-
tween Iuka and Pratt. The election
resulted in a majority of about 800 for
Pratt. The commissioners, however,
by Iuka, through the supreme court,
were enjoined from counting the vote
upon several grounds, the principal
being that the petition upon
which the election had been
founded was illegal and insufficient.
At the hearing of the case in the SUI
preme court all the points raised were
decided in favor of our city, except
the sufficiency of the petition and not
being a question of facts the case was
remanded to our district court for
trial on its merits.
We noticed among the attorneys
from distance in attendance upon
court Mr.. +. p. Martin of your city.
Mr.. Martin was here all last summer,
but has now located in Wichita. He
is interested in several of the most I'M
portant cases, in all of which he is
meeting with success. We congratu-
late Wichita upon securing such val
liable acquisition to her bar.
At the recent city election the fol-
lowing substantial class of citizens was
elected:
Mayor-T. Z. Simpson.
Councilmen-W +. Pitzer, George
W. Stewart, William Daily, NJ. Goats
&. +. Husen.
Police Judge-H. S. THOMSON.
OCCASIONAL.