Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-22
THE RAMsLERs REc,rArroN.

SASH0o ycDsSt1ny AAAOAhhhk " ASRots W sno
Of: Ct that the inhabitants Of South Topeka
avenue were holding meeting for the pur-
pose # determining on one Of two plans
with regard to the offensive ditch. One plan
was to sue the city for maintaining . nui-
sance, the other to ill up the ditch and
let the city deal with the matter in that
shape. 1 attended the meeting and busted
it up with one Of my able speeches. Moth
ing alarming transpired.
Tnere was lively set-to in front of Dill's
old drug store yesterday morning between
two men who had q pent up dose of bad
feeling for some time over little gambling
affair. One was armed with q box and the
other had gun. These they deposited in
the store and sailed out on the sidewalk to
arbitrate the trouble with natures weapons.
Not cop was near, and no one interferred,
while they waged war, old woman's rules.
They fought it out on that line, though
neither was badly done up. There is no
proof that the mechanical stuff had any
thing to do with it.
mind that the consumption Of stuff called
beer and whisky. for medicinal and mechan-
icai purposes, fine arts and manufactures,
has increased greatly in the past year.
There is very little of the crude whisky or
beer about it. The whisky is distilled until
the last trace of the original vanishes, and
the beer is made up of some sort of dirty
water, surrounded by soma lively sort
of gas. The mixture is corrslled in
bottles and held down with corks
and . piece of wire. For pulling
these corks and accepting 25 cents for the
insides, in back sheds and out of the way
places, fellows are put in jail and the fellow
who carries his skin full of it around the
streets and uncorks himself in peoples
faces, is allowed to go free.
The fellows who labor the hardest in this
branch of industry have peculiar tastes as to
fashions. They usually wear we'll devel-
oped nose Of a blond hue at all seasons of
the year, which ia worn short or long ac-
cording TO fancy. They are great public
benefac.ors, often laboring day and night
to remove large quantities of the fluid out OF
the way of the general public, yet their
labors are not appreciated by this cold
| world.
The labor troubles were warmly
discussed yesterday. pro and con,
and it was difficult to decide
which pro or con had the best of it. Many
apprehend riots and anarchy and bloodshed,
but have an abiding faith in the good
qualities Of the people. There have seldom
been serious riots in this country. When
ever there is too much pent up feeling in
this country some sAtety-valve is always
| discovered to let off the steam and the old
machine moves along as before. Such l
think will be case this time, though there is
some danger that this thing may be carried
so far that capitalists, instead Of investing
their means in public improvements, may
| invest in government securities and bonds,
which might eliminate in period Of in
| iustral depression such as this country has
seldom passed though.
"Look here, Rambler" said u gentleman
to me, Il want to give the people
pointer about rats through the
| medium of tine Rambler. This
| town is becoming infested with rats and the
sidewalks protect them from c,.ts and dogs.
rhe scantlings upon ahch the boards are
| aid run lengthw;se, so tho rodents can skip
along beneath without any bother. Now,
my plan is to lay the scsntiin2s erosswise
and the boards iengthwse, So wien Tat
wants to travel he has to come out, md is
liable TO be caught by dog OF cat" Nov,
that thing is before the people sad they can
do As they please about acting on tie gen.
t.eman's plan. 1 had my doubts about the
propriety of pu5lishn. the thing for fear
the rats might see i; and guard against it.
There is no doubt that rats nave taste for
literature ard it may be taey read the morn
ing paper.
There is a well-founded rumor that Duisy
and Mr.. Adams. the electric light man, went
went out hunting yesterday evening and
that the horse became disguised with the
way things were going and skipped home
leaving the hunters to trudse home six miles
and half with two snipes they had shot by
the roadside. Adams is great man for
light, but he don't care TO throw any light
on this subject.
A boomer who has just returned from the
territory said the soldiers undertook to stop
the Santa Fe gang who are grading into the
territory, but they wouldn't stop. He says
also that there are thousands of men who
have their wagon covers all ready to pounce
on Oklahoma this winter no matter what
congress may do with the Oklahoma bill. II
manufacturers shut down and work becomes
scarce wouldn't it be good scheme for the
strikers to strike for Oklahoma and capture
that country!
The commissioners allowed more for the
property they condemned for the Fort Scott
depot grounds and switches, on Wichita
street between Second and Third, than the
owners offered to sell it for lately, and still
they are kicking. Some people would kick
if they were going to be hanged. The
amount allowed il S24,325, not a bad stake.