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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25
FOR SALE.

Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city.
Lots on the inside on street car lines and IN
outside additions. Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sale
at special bargains. Several fine tracts near
the city for sub-dividing and plating.
Improved farms and grass lands in all
parts of the county; also ranches in this and
adjoining counties
All parties wishing to buy would do we'll
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere
w. A. THOMAS,
The Oldest Real Estate Agency in Wichita.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25
lots / 3. I'd st. Field &, Carmichael's

lots /, 8, I'd st, Field G Carmichaers
add ..........-.. r."
" b Mccormick to S A Rockwell, lots
&C, 6S, 20, ~, Laura ave, McCormick's
n T Bleakmore to G Schleicher, hf
lot Z, blk 2, Perry's add. ........ 800
L T Sherwood to S d Sherwood, lots
"a, 6, s, 10, II, IA, Is, Is, av ID, ooo
Sherwood's add ..................-- IOOCU
Fl q Lee to G Schleicher, lots l34, 10,
Main st, Lass add. .-.........::.- 1000
Richmond to Ii L Jones, lots ~, 81,
So, IS, Meridian ave, Richmonds
A " Davis to c Z Martin, ne or 1923
w E Rouse to R Fl Crisler, property
in north Riverside add. 5l4o
G III Boyd 6 Co to r II Crisler pit
Boyd's East Riverside add. ...::..:- 265o
Field & Carmichel's to Al McCullock,
lots /, 3, 2nfi st, Field & Carmichels
MerrimGn Park Land Co to L 5 Mc-
Miilen, lot Z. blk I, hartman Park. 1900
Merriman Park Land Co to W
Chamberlain, lot 3, blk L, Merrinan
Merriman Park Co to G A Hawley, lot
2, blk Q, Merriman Park. .......... 100
Merriman Park Land Co to A
Griggs, lot ), blk I, Merriman Park l3oo
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Any person knowing of poor families or
persons will confer a great favor on the
Corps by sending such to the Grand Army
hall on Christmas day for good dinner at
o'clock p m. Members Of the Relief Corps
will be there to receive them.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

Work has commenced on the government
building. First ground was broken yester-
day. Five diggers and two bosses That's
government all over. How she spreads,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Mr. August Knight, of st. Louis, has pur-
chased the residence of Mr.. Geo. L. Douglas
on North Lawrence avenue. Mr.. Douglas
intends to build on the adjoining lots in the
| crripc
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Come all that are poor and needy to the
dinner Christmas day at Memorial hall at
4 o'clock p N. This dinner is given for you
Only, and in O spirit of kindness and good
qualification
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

The parsonage of the Olive Congregational
church, on S Emporia avenue, is nearing
completion The house and lot when COM
pleted and furnished will be valued at
sos 600
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Miss Laura Woodbury., of Boulder, Colo
rada, one of the leading society ladies of
that city, is visiting Mrs. NJ. r. Doyle and
Mrs. H. n. Gray, of this city.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Superintendent Chichester and seven or
eight of the teachers OF the Wichita schools
will go to Topeka next week to attend the
meeting of teachers
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Mr.. Harry Way, the popular manager of
the Cottage house. left last evening on
holiday vacation for MS Old home at Chan
dlerville Ills.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
WICHITA, Kan. Dec. 24-In your state
ment of Kansas railroad building for 1886, |
notice the D. h &, A. is put down at 112.5
miles. The mileage is now 100 miles, and we
expect to increase it several miles before
December 81 S. II. MALLORY.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25
FOR SALE.

within block OF Douglas
lots the lots frame
dwelling Ox34 feet six rooms and one oh room
butery each bed room having good closet ana e
communications with each large window
the bath and sink
the kitchen have water direct from the cstef
with good force
owerstory
thereon oeaut-
railing them In fact the house make
Wichita
24x26 stable and also good coal house
all outhouse The premises can DC examined az
and Sunday Terms or
the possession given
S. IT, JONES' Owner.
subscriber building lots
adjoining above
70
both fronts also from inside Iee
sanitary communication with gocd
The the first anu second
folding openings the rooms except a
built tnat All
floors be discontinued a.
pleasure allowing floor the seperate Of one can
wash room ana one
beng second
rooms barrel 50 con
kitchen and stanGs on EN- 5T Is
fresh water pgnI =.
building workmanship o. ne 49,, s1
in me cly IeIe is
cellar Vel
family hote or large boarding
10 the business ser o ne cy - coz
purpose are open for Inspection
8a Terms or
sale made known by on the prsise IE also re-
building possession ncase OF sale
Crl lease 10 g given January J. leof
S. T. JONES, Owner.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25
HANK HEISERMAN

Extracts from an interesting letter from
the pen Of T. Coop, Esq, which we find in
the London, England, Christian Common
wealth, is reproduced elsewhere. The letter
is valuable and interesting as being the I'M
pressions of a man who, in his time, visited
the booming mining towns of Australia, the
mosques of the orient and the business arte-
ries Of all the great commercial marts, an
cient and modern, of Europe and America.
Copies of the Commonwealth can be had at
the news stand of NJ. Sam Winch, for 5
cents each, who viii also take subscriptions
for the year at 81. or Tor six months at S.
Advertisements, 81 per inch, will be received
by Mr.. Winch also. The Commonwealth is
an undenominational paper, full of interest
making, delightful Sunday reading, and
with an immense English circulation and
some of our real estate dealers would do well
to note this fact.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

As have concluded to send my boys to
school, viii dispose on New Years day, at
3 p. Ill, OF my blue ribbon burro Pansy, also
dog-cart and harness. One hundred tickets
at 81 per ticket Tickets for sale at Sam
Winche's book store, Oh Main street. Burro
and cart on exhibition at Dr. Shocks livery
stable. Drawing to be at time and place
above mentioned. The gross receipts of said
rattle to be donated to the Ladies' Benevo-
lent Home. JOHN FISHER.
QUERY.-Since John Fisher has advertised
his bulro for sale son account of sending his
boys to school," 7, as well as the public,
would like to know how many boys he has,
and where they are
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-25

Mr.. D. J. Chatfield, our enterprising hard
ware merchant, vino yesterday bought
large interest in the Neutral City Town Co.,
leaves here Monday with five or six other
parties for Neutral City, each with the inter-
ton Of erecting a good business house on lots
given them by the company for that pur-
pose A large hotel is among the projected
buildings
st. Johns church, Christmas day: First
service at IL o'clocl, Christmas morning;
early celebration at $50 a. m; morning
prayer and sermon by the rector at II a. m. :;
midday celebrations the church handsomely
decorated; the music specially chosen and
prepared. call upon the communicates to
not neglect these services. The Christ is
born, let us be thankful and manifest our
thankfulness.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29
DRINKING IN BELGIUM.

The industrial commission which is
sitting in Belgium to inquire iuto the
position of the working Glasses has
found that among both masters and
men there is practical unanimity upon
one point. The workiDgman wastes his
substance in saloons. Belgium is now
the gratest berr drinking conntry in
Europe; the annual consumption per
head of the population being % pihts
more than Great Britain and nearly 60
per cent above the consumption of
Germany. Also, 1t is third oil the LET Of
dram drinking countries. 10000, 900
liters of spirits being drank every year
Twenty yeare ago there we're 2,055
public hotses in Brussels; in 1881, when
the last statistiots were made up, there
were %(incIuding the subrubs) S,099,
Since Belgium was separated from
Holland in 1880 insanity has increased
104 per cent, CRIME 1876 per cent, and the
number of suicides 80 per cent. These
increases were soutterly out of proper.
tion to the growth of population that
the conclusion is irresistible that the
drinking habits of the Belgians have
more than usually close connection with
their morals and their sanity.-St
James Gazette.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

THE STAIRS IN THE HEAD ARM.
1t is evident that the sculptor designed the
figure and compelled the engineers to adapt
ironwork to support it. If the arm had
been carried in a more vertical line above the
body it would have been much easier to Sc
cure it. This was brought to the writer's at
tention on the occasion of his visit to the
torch. He noticed that the arm swayed
quite perceptibly in the slight wind that was
blowing. There was a dark skinned, black
eyed workman putting some finishing touches
to the torch. As he looked like a Frenchman
it was supposed that he could understand
sufficient English to answer a question, SO. l
said: 81 suppose yGu came from Paris to as
sist in putting the statue together7" "Be-
| CORA, nor That settled the question of ma
tionality, so 1 said more freely: II should
| think you would have had some difficulty in
| deciphering the Instructions in French on the
| different parts of the s~tatues" "They did sind
a couple of frog aters across to show us how
the stachew whit togither, bat we soon
found we knew a don site more about it than
they did, so they wint home. We got one
three-squa,e sheet of copperleft over, though,
and none of us can tell where it goes"
Further questioning my tsFrinch' friend, 1
learned that in a gale of wind the arm swung
| considerably, and with a knowing shake of
the head he advanced the opinion that should
a 'stornady'' ever strike the statue they
would likely have to go dredging for the
| torch in the waters of the bay.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

NJ, Bartholdi made q thorough tour of the
United States, first deciding on his arrival
IN New York harbor that the place for a
monument such as he contemplated should be
there at the portal of the republic. In 1874
the idea had taken sufficient shape to be pub
licly announced, and committee was formed
under the name OF the French-Anerican
union to undertake the raising of subscrip-
tions for the work, In 1876 a portion of the
statue, the hand bearing the torch, was COM
pleted and sent to the Centennial exhibition
at Philadelphia LII 1877 the act Of congress
accepting the statue as a giftfrom the French
people was passed, and Bedloe's island, in
New York harbor, was set apart as the place
for its reception. In 1883 the statue was com
pleted in Paris and work began on the great
pedestal here. On July 4, 1884, the statue
was formally accepted by Mr.. Morton, the
United States minister to France, and in
June, 1885, the whole statue was taken apart
and brought in 210 cases on board the French
vessel Isere to New York harbor. Since that
time the work has been pushed forward as
rapidly as possible to make ready for the I'M
yelling on Oct. %, when visitors were per-
mitted, for tine first Tina, to inspect the work.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29
Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time IL
experimenting when your lungs are II
danger. Consumption always seems at
first, only a cold. DO pot let any dealer
impose upon you with some cheap imi-
tation of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds, but be
sure you get the genuine. Because he
Gan make more profit he can tell you he
has something Just as good, or just the
same. Don't be deceived, but insist
upon getting DIR. Kings New Discovery,
which is guaranteed to give relief in all
throat, lang and chest affections. Trial
bottles free at Purdy & Brecht's Drug
store, Third street.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29
LIBERTY UNVEILED.
A MONUMENT TO THE FRIENDSHIP
OF TWO NATIONS.

The Statue of Liberty EnIightening
sumInation-The Largest Figure in HUI
man Form Ever Seen by Man.
1t was in 1865 that Frederic Auguste Bar
tholdi, the now world famous sculptor, was
dining with ii number of men eminent in
politics and letters at the home of the late
M. Ilaboulaye, at Versailles, France The
talk drifted to international relationship
sentiment of the different countries for one
another was discussed, when, coming to
America, M. Lapoulaye said: "That country
has more sympathy for France than for any
other European nation. This sentiment was
based upon the remembrance of the COM
munity of thought and of struggles sus-
tanned with common aspirations. The
Frenchmen WHO fought in the United States
spilled their blood for the principles that
they hoped TO see prevail in France and III
the world. The proof he added, lis that
in the United States they hold up to honor
Lafayette and his volunteers as they revere
the American heroes. No one there ever
speaks of the treaty of Versailles, which made
the United States what they are. On the
other hand, every one recalls the names and
deeds of the French soldiers. There" said
Ns'. E ~NDohASt ~ @ IL ~ hlAS bSssi5 tiO 0tilt1
ments which are. felt in the United
States toward the French-an indie
structible basis, a sentiment honorable
to the Americans us to us, and if a monument
We're to be built in America as a memorial to
their independence, I should think it very
natural il it were hsaiiSs by united effort
a common work of both nations" dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war OF 1870" said
NJ. Bartholdi, "this conversation came back
to me, and l thought at that time of the
value of American sympathy during our
scourging. After this war 1 again met NJ.
Laboulaye. We talked once more of the senti-
ments of the United States, when he said
you go sec that country and propose to our
friends over there that we together erect a
monument in remembrance of the ancient
friendship OF France and the United States.'n
This is the origin of the Statue of Liberty, as
related by the SCULPTOR himself.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29
LAYING. SALOON.

PLAYING SALOON.
The Pittsburg Despatch Youohes for
the truth Of the following touching
story:
Il hear that Smith has sold out his
saloon" said one of o couplssof middle.
aged men, who sat slpping their beer
and eating q bit OF cheese in Smith
field Street saloon last Friday night.
Yes" responded the other rather
slowly.
what was the reason2 I thought he
WAS just coming money there"
The other nibbled a cracker abstrac-
teddy tor o moment, and then said: Its
rather o funny story. Smith, you know,
lives on Mount Washington, right neal
me, where he has an excellent wife, q
nice home, and three as pretty children
rs ever played ont doors. ali boys, You
know, b Oldest not over nine, and ell
about the same size. Smith is q pretty
respectable sort of citizen, never drinks
or CANDLES, and thinks the world of ais
family.
well, he went home one afternoon
last week. and found his wife out shop
ping or something of that sort. He went
on through the house into the back
yard; and there under an apple
tree, were the little fellows play
ing. They had q bench and some
bottles and tnmblers, and were playing
keep saloon.' He noticed that they
were drinking something out of a pail,
and that they tscted tipsy. The youngest,
who was behind the bar, had q towel
tied around his waist, and was setting
the drinks NJ pretty free. Smith walked
over, and looked in the pail. 1t was
beer, and two Of the boys were SO drunk
that they staggered. A neighbours
boy, a couple Of years older. lay asleep
behind the tree.
my God! boys, you must not drink
that he said, as he lifted the Sky ear
old from behind the bench.
yves playin' s'looh, papa, an i a
Q sellin' 1t just like you,' said the little
fellow. Smith poured put the beef
carried the drunken boy home, aud
then took his own boys in and put them
to bed. When his wife came back. she
founi him crying like a child. Ee
came hack down town that night, and
sold sass his ihss.sinesR, sud says he will
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

Somewhat of an idea. of the size of the col
ossal figure may lie gained from the compari-
son made by the artist in the accompanying
accurate sketch. The links of tile chain in
the right of the picture are a portion of a
broken shacEle which liberty has rent asr::s-
der, and is now trampling on.
From tho darkenod interior long lines
of perforation may be seen in the copper
sheatliing which represent the untitled rivet
holes, and show what a tremendous amount
of work remaiasts be done before the statue
may be said TO be complete, Such has been
the. haste with which the statue wa put to-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

first seen by, a vessel approaching New York
from the sea, and will be a valuable guide to
the mariner.
With the words of Bartholdi W. close:
"The statue was born for the place which in
spired its conception. May God be pleased
to bless my work, and long may it remain as
an emblem of freedom and a monument of
the good win and friendship existing between
france and the United States of America"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29
Notice to Tax PAYERS.

City TIeasurers Office, Ysnkton Dali s.n.
q. 1sss.The tax list for the year 1885 has BEEN
placed IN my hands FOR collection. Ali persSns
owing city and school taxes are Requested tn
70 the duties Of treasurer and collector dsiiV.
lSuncay excepted) between the hour Of q and
~ 0 clock q; n. a ! xnd 4 o'clock D.. IA. -
BLATT, City Treasurer.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

never sell or drink another drop of
liquor, HIS wife told mine about it,
she broke down crying while she told it.
This Is o tru story, but the name was
not Smith.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

The design of the
torch as a beacon
has been retained
by inserting in the
copper torch thirty
six openings ten
inches in diameter,
as shown in %illustra-
ton; these openings
are glazed with
,plate glass, and
within the torch are
J eight electric lights
Sof 5000 candle
power each. These
lights will he tha
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

The head of the statue will hold comforta-
bly, forty persons. The coronet in the hair
forms windows from which the ocean can be
plainly seen on a clear day. New York
harbor, with its myriad craft of all kinds and
from all nations, lais as in a map underneath.
The statue faces southeast, thereby turning
her back on the state of New Jersey, and by
a strange fate the nearest town in New Jersey
Immediately behind her is named Lafayette.
The pedestal was designed by Mr.. Richard
NJ. Hunt, and was built under the direction
OF Gen. Charles F. Stone, the eminent engi-
neer, to whom it will remain a monument as
substantial as are the pyramids of Egypt
The top of the pedestal Is 149 feet 10 inches
above the level of the water. The founda-
ton for the pedestal measures 80 feet square
at the bottom and is SO feet 10 inches high and
is the largest solid block of concrete in the
world. The pedestal proper is constructed of
granite, with a concrete backing. In the
center of the pedestal is a shaft 274 feet
square, around which a substantial iron stair
way leads to the statue.
To reach the torch from the head one is
obliged to return by the spiral stairs to a
platform underneath the arm, from which an
iron ladder penetrates through the iron truss
work up to the torch and balcony around it.
rI
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

IN 1861.
The oldest Newspaper in
Dakota.
Subscription Price Reduced for SO.
THE WEEKLY
Press and Dakotaian
For $3.50 per Annum.
Beginning with June, l, 1886, the
subscription price of the WEEKLY
PRESS AND DAKOTAIAN will be
reduced from $500 to
$3.50 per Annum
To all subscribers paying one year in
advance
The WEEKLY PRESS AND DAKO.
TAIAN has just completed the first
quarter century of its existence and in
observance of this event its publishers
have declded to furnish it to all SUBJ
scfibers at the low rate Of
Per year ....."..... so
Six months 20
Three months......... 40
Postage prepaid.
The WEEKLY PRESS AND DAK0-
7AIAN is pre-eminently a Dakota
paper. It makes a speciality of matters
pertaining to the welfare and growth of
our territory and to all matters OF news
pertaining thereto. It gives to its read
ers each week at least
Thirty Columns of Solid
Reading Matter.
eY-Now is the time to subscribe 10
the best political and family journal in
the west
tY This reduction in price makes it
incumbent upon us to insist that all
! subscriptions be PAID IN ADVANCE.
ICE Subscribers in arrears will be
given advantage Of the reduced rate by
settling up their indebtedness before
the first of October.
BOWEN & KINGSBURY,
Publishers, Yankton, d. T.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29
Of CIAL
United States G government
Report.
National Board of Health, Washington, D. Q. Baledn-suppeme No.
page 50: $685.
/ have tested several kinds of baking powders which have bought in the open
market. The following table gives the commercial name OF the baking powder
and the number of cubic cenhneters OIL gas given off,:
MOL DR. Prres Contains no Ammonia, Lime or Alum """..
Royal CONTAINS Ammonia) -" ".."".""."5
BY r. O. KEDzIE.
President State Board of Health of Michigan.
Canadian Government
Report.

To the Commissioner of Inland Revenue Department Ottawa jsat of govern
mentl, Canada: Eight samples of Baking Powder have been analysed. AS the
efficiency of these powders depends almost entirely upon the amount of oarbonic
acid gas given off during their use, the following comparative satementh has been
prepared, showing in each instance the quantity of earbonic gas eliminated from
five grsmmes equal to " grains) of the powder:
DR. Prices 1.-TWO analyGs) 3Ba cubic inches,
Royal 33% cubic inches. Contains Ammonia.
% W. SAUNDERS,
Public Anaist, Inland Revenue Dept
OTTAWA Canada. April g. 1885,
These Investigations were not made for q money consideration. but in the inter;
eHs of the governments of the United States and Canada. We know thatit will
delight the millions of housekeepers who use DIR. PRICES CREAM BAKING
POWDER to see it Endorsed as free from Ammonia, Lime, Alum or any drug
faint by these highest authorities.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

I'll. c.. CLARK s. CO., are still
receiving Watches, Jewelry and
Silver Goods of ell the latest
designs, at their Jewelry stoI e on
Third Street, YanktOp.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

The accompanying engrav-
ing shows better than any
number of words can convey
the internal construction Of
this most difficult portion of
the engineering work of the
statue. 1t will be readily
seen by the most unscientihc
observer that the problem of
holding the mass of iron and
copper composing this arm
and torch was an unusually
difficult one.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-29

anu mafinifoent Dining Oars in existence, and
aro managed and run entirely in the interests
OF the travelling public, and without regard 10
furnished will include all the delicacies OF she
season, snd eousl to those TO be had at any
strictly sirse-clnss hotel. Speed, comfort and
safety are combined. which render Shis the