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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08
BOOMING ELDORADQ

To The Editor ofthe Eagle.
The following list of new business
blocks and other buildings erected
this season indicates prosperity for
this charming city which is very cred
liable for the capital of Butler:
On Main street.-The Gordon, Ew-
ing & Allison block of three fine store
buildings: L. j. Oldham, two-stOry
brick; Ohio House, handsome brick
hotel; S. McAnderson. twO-story
brick; Metropolitan hotel addition:
Horace Maynard, real estate Office; E.
ii Cossey, addition to his store room;
and the new building for the Ell Do
RADIO Daily and Weekly Republican.
On Central avenue-Mr. j. II. Belts
is building a handsome two-story
brick, and T. Y. Butcher q business
room.
In addition to these there is also
very large number of residences, q
large and handsome NJ. E. church on
Central avenue, and in the way of
manufacturing, a very extensive plan
ing mill and wood working establish
ment, estimated cost of which is
twelve thousand dollars. RUsTLER.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08
FiNNEY COUNTY.

To the Editor Of the Eagle:
The growth of Kansas from its ear
Hest settlement has been phenomenal,
with few exceptions, its settlement
has been continual. But l cannot re-
call any period of it's grand progress
where the settlement Of any sectiOn
of the state has been marked by any
more permanent results than that OF
this extreme southwestern portion.
The history of nearly every portion of
the state has been that of abandon
ment the second year after settlement.
People would come, settle upon the
land, and from some casualties,
either drouth or financial distress
would leave. But it will not he so
written of the last settlement of Kan
sas.
The thousands that have come to
pioneer this land intend to stay. They
are from the older portions Of the
state and have passed through all the
vicisitudes of pioneer life and are
ready to meet the emergencies. They
say if we can't grow grain we can
stock with proper care, and they have
proven beyond doubt that old ground
retains the moisture sufficiently to
grow any kind of cereals and in con-
sequence the pillow may be seen going
in every direction preparatory for an
other years crop. Nowhere has
there been greater transformation
than in northern Finney county. One
year ago the 18th OF this month, the
writer spent several days at point
seventeen miles north of Garden City.
Now the site Of the thriving little
town Of Terry. At that time there
was but one small claim house at the
place, there was no other habitation
between there and Garden City. Wis
iting this place after years absence
one could hardly realize the change.
Where 1 camped for the night l find .
flourishipg little town md looking
over the boundless prairie in any and
every direction reveals the settlers
homes.
Eighty houses can be counted from
almost any sight and riding over
those ground swells would reveal
many that were hidden from view.
While the farmers do not aim to grow
much, there will be . good crop OF
cane and millet raised. Cereals, owing
to having been sown on sod and the
dry spell in May, will not amount to
much. But corn looks well and there
will be larger acreage planted an.
other season. The Great Eastern Ir-
rigating Canal company is extending
it's survey all over this portion of The
county and viii soon commence the
opening of lsterals. The main ditch
is to run to Terry; thence northeast
eriy, and viii water . vast country.
While the settlers do not favor irri.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08

An animated contest 10 going on
bet ween Sterling and Hutchinson In
their efforts to secure location Of the
Rock Island road Immediately past the
respective towns. President Low has
recently been conveyed over the pro-
posed lines from Lost Springs by dele
cations from those towns, and while
he was not communicative as to the
decision of the company in the matter
of locating the line, both parties find
enough to feel encouraged at the pros
pect of getting it. We are of opinion
that it is sort OF pole-snd-persimmon
contest. so to speak.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08
THE CINCINNATI BRIDGE.

The Covington and Cincinnati Ele-
waited Railway and Transfer Bridge
company has let the contract for the
masonry of the bridge across the Ohio
river to Mason, Hodge & Co., OF
Frankfort, Kentucky. and d. Shsna-
han, Of Louisville, to be completed
February l, 1887. The whole bridge,
which will be one of the best in the
country, is to be finished within a
year. 1t will have elevated approaches
in Covington and in Cincinnati. 1t is
not vet determined into what depot
it will lead in Cincinnati.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08

ator Morrilrs recent dangerous illness
the Sunday Capitol says: "Senator
Plumb and Mr.. Morrill, ere the most
devoted friends, although their tastes
are 90 dissimilar, and it would be diff
cult to find two men in the senate
more unlike in many respects. Nearly
every Sunday for years Mr.. Plumb
has dined with the senator from Yer
mont, and he is always expected with
out q special invitation. Mr.. Plumb
has shown his affection for the father
of the senate by naming one OF bis
hoy. Justin Morrill,"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08

Waco, Texas, has . new v7o'WO
Catholic church 1t was dedicated
last Sunday.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08

Forest City, [. A., Ne. 522o Z. ell.
VIII meet regularly every Friday nigAt In
Beacon Block Hall. Nemben are Feqoested
10 be present each evening. Ry order Of H. W.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15

"Of all the queer devices pertaining to
seafaring life that | ever heard Of, the
queerest is the automatic fog bell that
used to ring on Race Point, Cape Cod, and
| presume is there now. There was n big
bell with n clock work that would mourn
fully toll it whenever it was set agong
The bell was under cover, but projecting
from the house WAS a long nicely balanced
lever with big sponge on the outer end.
There was little roof over the sponge to
keep the rain Off but when fog came on
the moisture would saturate the sponge
and the weight bearing the lever down
would start the machine and set the bell
to tolling. II the fog soon disappeared
the sponge dried out and the lever stopped
the bell, ready for the next fog, but if the
fog held on the machine eventually ran
down and had to be wound up again. -
New York Sun
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
Going Back to Simplicity.

It is evident that the days of brica brac
are numbered and that we are about to
feel strong reaction toward the classic
styles and severe simplicity. The archi-
tects and decorators in New York say that
people profess themselves weary OF the
clutter they have been having round them
in their houses and asked to be furnished
in white and gold. OF course this was to
be expected sooner or later. In former
and less hurried times the reaction
would have been delayed some time lon
ger, but in these days fashions change
with great rapidity.
Very likely we may go all the way back
to the Grecian type of house before we
stop, wher once the mania for simplicity
sets in, ana il any one would know what
that type Is a beautiful example may be
seen on Broad street, near Girard avenue.
This is n house built about forty years
ago by the late Mr.. Styles. 1t is very
beautiful in its plain square of white
marble, with the smallest portion of clas-
sic ornament and great relief to the eye
after the bewilderment of curious things
which lately have been getting built.
The people in the suburbs who are put
$ ting rustic stone walls of preposterous
thickness around their tiny Queen Anne
boxes had better take warning that they
will soon be out of style. Philadelphia
Times
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15

Chimneys ought to be examined fire.
uuently to make sure that there are no
cracks in them. 1t is an excellent plan
to have the chimney so constructed that
it is never concealed by the wall OF
room, thus preventing thorough exami,
nation of it, A house often settles, and
this cracks the chimney, but the crack Is
hidden BY and by fire makes its way
out, and mysterious fire" results. Ali
chimneys ought to be well plastered with
good mortar outside and in when they are
built, and the work of the mason should
be inspected thoroughly to make sure he
does a good job The chimney should be
cleaned at least twice year. Ii this is
done it will not be likely to "burn out. "
If it does get on fire throw handful OF
salt into the stove This will deaden the
fire almost Immediately. Remember this
and it may be of benefit to you.-Ameri-
can Agriculturist
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15

Among the visitors at the panorama of
Bull Run at Washington the other day
was lady of striking appearance, who
seemed greatly interested in the picture
of the fight. When the lecturer began to
describe that portion of the battle near
the railroad track and said "the conflict
here can only be likened to features of
the battle of Gettysburg, and the dash
made at this point is said to have equaled
the famous Pickett's charge" the lady
seemed to take greater interest in the
picture and when she turned to look at
the lecturer he recognized her as the
widow of Gen. Pickett, that dashing Vir-
ginian who led the Confederate charge at
Gettysburg. The lady is living at Wash
ington now and her name appears on the
pay roll of the interior department as a
laborer. But Mrs. Pickett is not required
to do laborer's work. She Is assigned to
clerical work. She is refined and cul-
tured woman and is only one among the
widows of renowned soldiers on both sides
of the late war who fiji small places here.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
THE PROPAGATION OF FISH.

The Process of Gathering Spawn De-
Notwithstanding Lake Huron.
The season for gathering spawn at the
Caledonia state hatchery for 1886-87
opened Sept. 49, The salmon trout are
the first spawners on the grounds 1t is
an interesting sight to see the great fell
lows handled, some Of them weighing
from IA to 18 pounds each. They enter
the spawning races at night, and it is at
that time the spawn is taken. The race
ways are kept covered continually, and at
night between and 8 o'clock the net,
with long canvas bag, is put into the
raceway made for its reception. The
covers over the race are then raised and
the fish drawn into the net by agitating
the water with long poles, commencing at
the head and working down slowly to-
ward the net. ---- .
The frame of the net is then raised,
which secures the fish, and the net raised
bodily from the water and the frame
placed over large wooden tank filed
with water. The bag of the net Is then
lifted up and the fish emptied out The
assistants then handle them rs rapidly as
possible, selecting the ripe females and
throwing the unripe ones back into the
pond again for further development.
While one holds the lantern in position
to throw the light into the pans, the
others manipulate the fish. 1t requires
TO persons to take spawn from the large
fish, one holding the head while the other
strips the spawn from them, great caution
being exercised in handling them carefully
so as not to injure them. The spent fish
are placed in hand barrow filed with
water and carried to a separate Enclosure
so as to prevent them entering the races
night after night on useless errand.
After the spawn has been taken the pans,
into which it has been stripped, are re-
moved to the hatchery trays made for
their reception. There are frequently
more fish in the raceway than can be
taken at one time, in which event screen
is slipped into grooves in front of the net
before 1t is raised. and the operation re-
peated as above described until all the fish
have been handled.
During the height of the spawning sea-
son the screen is again slid into the
grooves of the raceway before daylight,
and the spawn is taken again from the
surplus fish.-Seth Green in American
Angler.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
FIFTEEN MINUTES TO CALCUTTA.
Wonderful Improvement In the trans
mission of Cable Messages.

mission OF Gable Niesss8ess
GLOW soon will this reach Calcutta
asked white haired man as he slipped
Ten word message through the receiving
wicket of the down town Office or caole
company. .,..,
cant say exactly" said the receiving
clerk. ats o'clock now and there's
work enough on hand to keep the wires
red hot till midnight. Wen get IL on oy
"a. m"
0Im sure You'll send it as soon as pos
sible, but that's not what mean W men
will it reach Calcutta. l retired from
business many years ago and have for
COTTON some things about cable telegfaphy
with which was once familiar.
"Why, if it leaves here ut It'll get
there before $40 any way.
"You are joking, young fellow. re-
member well enough waiting week Tor
a message from India or Hong Kong; no
doubt the world moves faster now"
~ wonder what he would have
thought, ~ said the clerk to reporter, III
I told him that his message would be IN
Calcutta in fifteen minutes from the time
it left here. And yet that is not an under
estimate of the time, if no unusual delay
occurs in transferring from one system 10
another. The New York merchant of to-
day does not fully appreciate the wonder
ful system of submarine intcrcolnmunica-
ton which is always ut his service; Dut
old city men know well enough the an
noyance and losses on European and
Asiatic business caused through native
operators when messages had TO De
handed from one government TO another
before they reached their destination.
Twenty years ago eight days delay on
Indian messages was quite common. 1ele-
grams that had to pass through turkey
were thrust aside at Consta itinople until
the turbaned operators had cleared their
lines and their work of mutilation often
cost the merchant his message and the
price of repeat when the receiver was
unable to translate the mangled English
delivered to him in Bombay or Calcutta
"Now all this is changed. British and
American operators are to be found in all
parts of the globe, much to the surprise
of outsiders, who wonder why natives
cannot be trained to take charge of cable
circuits. Our operators proceed to foreign
stations and in the most unhealthy
climate manfully do their duty. Mutt
lated messages are no longer common,
and the merchants of this country reap the
benefit. The other day was asked why
half breed Spaniards could not be trained
to take appointments at such places
as Vera Cruz and Panama, where Anglo
Saxons cannot live. The real Spaniard
does not make a model operator. What
the Mexican operator would be like Will
not venture to suggest. have heard on
good authority that it is nothing unusual
for Spanish operator to give M A
(wait) while he saunters to neighboring
restaurant to indulge in cigarette-re-
turning to 20 on with his work when he
has finished his refreshments. 1t is no
wonder that cable companies are glad to
secure English and American operators to
do their work, for they seldom forsake
their posts while they have leg to stand
on. New York Tribune Interview.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
ONE or eolsoN's PROPHECIES.


The Making OF an Economic Ciect'N"'
Motor Merely II Matter OF Detail.
Some experiments which are now max
ing on both our elevated and surface
roads with view to displacing horses Dy
electricity promise better than any OF the
many attempts made during the last ten
wears. | remember Edison telling ME one
wintry day at Menlo Park in 1873 that nc
thought the inventors of the world had YET
ten years work to do before an electric
motor would be ready to do the work on
short lines Of railroad. He had not the
slightest doubt of the ultimate success OF
such motor, and proved his own faith
in the future by investing large sum o,
money in experiments with motor OF
his own upon Il mile track he built out at
Menlo park. His logged persistency in
this particular direction does not seem to
have awaited him much, although the
same will which enabled him to work Tor
three days and nights without sleep, go
to bed exhausted for two days and then
resume work has ended in fortune through
the success of his light.
He said at the time: LAS compared with
some of our problems in electricity, the
making of practical and economic motor
il merely a matter Of detail. There are
more than u hundred ingenious inventors
at work upon the problem and not o
month passes but some little step IN al
vance Is made One man finds better
method of construction, another deVlses
an efficient brake, another reduces the
cost of the parts; one man slmplines mere,
another man improves there; and looking
al the motor in its imperfectlon OF To-Day
| should say that by 1890 ut the latest we
shall see 1t running noiselessly and swiftly
in every large city, doing the WORK OF
thousands of horses witho 1t noise, smoke
or dust and at less expense"
This was nearly ten years ago and since
then have kept pretty sharp eye upon
all that has been done in this direction.
Edison himself, stephen Field and Da1t
in this country have done much; Dut,
Judging by some motors sent over mere
very recently and now being used expert
mentally on our surface roads, the for
eigners have got ahead of us. a car now
running on the Eighth avenue road goes
all day with the electric power stored IN
boxes underneath the floor III Is stopper
and started far more easily than Is the
case with horses, and the cost OF charging
and interest on the plant is SAID 10 oe less
than the cost for horses. The same IN
ventor who brings this car over says that
the running Of light carriage. by cleo
tricity is an easy matter compared Win
the running of horse cars and that
buggy can be fitted up with motor at
no great cost, and can easily carry a
charge of electricity for n fifty mile run
When the fifty miles of electricity, 80 to
sneak. are exhausted it will be necessary
to run the buggy to some dynamo station
for new supply.-"H., Jr." in Brooklyn
Eunla
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15

The NNorld's Rain Fall.

1t is estimated that each year from a.,
600 to 81, 900 cubic miles Of rain falls upon
the surface OF the globe. What becomes
of tp The rivers seldom carry off one
half, except in regions Of close grained
rocks; the rest disappears by evaporation,
by the absorption of the earth, and by
being taken up by plants, animals and
mineral oxidation. In most parts of tenn
peIate ATTITUDES the removal by rivers is
from third to two fifths of what falls;
in warm ATTITUDES the amount is less, and
may be under one tenth. The Mississippi
carries away one fourth of the rainfall of
its drainage area; the Missouri three
twentieths; the Ohio one fourth; the
rivers of England and Wales nine-six-
teenths. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
Caleb CushIuC's WaT.

Caleb Cushing had n sovereign remedy
against the ills of the irresponsible and
reckless interviewer. Always courteous
to the press, he received whatsoever came.
But he produced pen, ink and paper and
caused the reporter to write out distinctly
the first question proposed. Then he die
tated deliberately his answer. Succeed
ing questions had to be put down in the
same definite form, and he appended his
answers as before. When the reporter
withdrew he was fully supplied and had
no reason or inducement to pervert the
record unless he was utterly depraved. u
Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
Athletes in New York.

The craze for athletic exercise has taken
ON fresh vigor. Half the society and
business men of the town now go to the
rooms OF some professor of sparring or of
physical culture and exercise at least one
hour every other day. The most popular
and beneficial treatment is that which
adds to the exercise itself the rubbing
down Of the pupil and the treating him
by massage or manipulation.-Cor. Phila-
delphia Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
CARROTS Rich Secretary.

Mr.. Robert Garrett, president of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, has three
private secretaries, one Of whom has be-
come rich by specializing in stocks on tips
given him by his employer. Mr.. Garrett
owns one of the finest private libra, les in
the country, and has decidedly literary
tastes.-Harper's Bazaar
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15

From the official reports inst published
on the cost Of public vaccination in Lon
don 1t appears that the whole expense is
not less than 5000, 900 q year. In 1885
the fees and attendant expenses reached
$45O, 600. The cost Of q calf lymph fac
tory alone is over e15, 900 per annum.
The inspectors and other officers fill out
the $500, 00O.-ChicagO Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
The Press for 1887.

The PRESS is the largest daily paper in the
State.
Its subscription list is larger than that OF
any other daily.
its facilities for news gathering are unrivaled.
1t gives special attention to matters that di-
Yectly concern the people Of Maien, having
special correspondents in all parts Of the State
to report the news promptly and intelligenty.
In general news It takes rank with the best
dailies Of New England; experimenting the
dispatches to the Associated Press with special
reports from the National Capital and from
other important points furnished by Its own
correspondents.
Its commercial and marine intelligence is
always prompt accurate and trustworthy.
Besides giving all the news Of the day it
furnishes its readers with choice miscellany,
entertaining stories, original and selected arti-
Giles useful to Maine farmers, household hints
and interesting letters by bright writer's on a
variety Of subjects.
The PREss adhered to the principles Of the
Republican party, and gives cordial, though
discriminating, support to its measures.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15

Capt. McMic'san, of the Umblia, went
into the port OF New York for the 400th
time. Seven hundred and ninety nine
voyages across the Atlantic, nine trips to
India and ten to Mediterranean ports have
carried the veteran captain over nearly
2,000, 900 miles of water.--New Orleans
Times. DemOcrat