Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-12
ANTHONY.

January III. 50.
To the Editor of the Eagle:
The streets of Anthony present q
picture of almost desula'e city To
dsv. while the hotels present the ar-
pearancc of q crowde,! court room.
during some Interesting irial. Thu
j. not sccountcd for by ressnn of III
city being wanting ia intrinsic meri' g.
or want of life and animation of th'
citizens, bu, simply By reason of n
blizzard that drops mercury down
four no;ches below zero, and the bee
of this thrifty hive think b-st t" hover
near the fire and wak for a warmer
DAY.
D. Jennings, the venerable presi-
dent of The Anthony Town company
iaments the fate of his hogs, aud sav>
he has seventy-five that aili lie scarce
Is worth skiuning if this storm iasls
long.
Judge Blackburn has not been seen
to-day. | b Forbes has kept clos
ais, and perhaps il is best as prob
ably the upper strata of air is colder
than these within six feet of the
ground.
5. a Lindsay published his paper
but a window blew out of the Monte
zuma block and the Herald froze up.
lahrix-nA of hi
occupation aud only loses in his prep
ara.lou for the Contest for sweep
stakes premium st 1886 November
contest But Anthony has bright pros
pects. a board of trade has been
organized and Judge Blachbu' u
elec ed temporary chairman. The OBJ
ject is to look after the inieies OF
Auihnny, a. TO securing the con-
struciion OF wafer works, elecirir
lights, see that railroads being buili
through the county do not pass 10y
the county seat incouyeDieniiy near,
and such other business IS may from
time 10 lime suggest iise f 10 be for
the best interests of The city. Two
appointed 10 draft a constitution. a.
far as We are aware the committee has
net since been heard from. The con-
mitiee is certainly negligent, aud per-
haps wanionly so. aud we would not
be surprised 10 hear of Judge Black
bLrn giving them their medicine and
appointing new committee. AT the
meeting last night the judge made a
report of the committee previously
Of pointed on immigration, and ap-
pointed committee, consisting
of A. 5. Lindsay. w. X. Kirkpatrick,
E-Q. AID Ell Shelton to co FER with
the d .tferent railroads for excursions.
The Republican says they will Wit
Fort Scott and other towns las ordr' ed
by the board of trade. Lindsay being
al editor undoubtedly has a pass.
Al all events we hope t" see induce
mrnis held out 10 those seeking homes
in The west. Certainly DO portion of
Southern Kansas can offer better i'll
ducemenis than Harper county. We
have smooth productive soil, a
climate elegantly adapted to fruit
growing. Lands are cheap, and
situated near to one of the most
fluuri,hing and beautiful cities in the
west. Last summer the improve
men,s were equal 10 that of any town
of equal advantages in the state, and
from present appearances, last seasons
improve ment is only an index of what
will be next season. 'uilders only
await the clrnency of The weather 10
commence larger and grander struc-
lures Than tho-e already here.
Ward & Sons are going TO erect
blaming mill, aud il Is said
that smother Il uring mill will
be built on jennings avenue.
Curt has been in session this week
and quite q large number ofta-es are
on The docket and from present ap-
pearances most of them will remain
there. Several druggists have had
their 6av fixed for trial; but on ac-
count of The inclemency of The weather
adjournment from time TO time has
been The order of the day. ami we cx-
poet Judge Ray would prefer 10 have
his successor Judge Herrick, COM
F. mence business with full docket, as
cases appear 10 be settled slowly.
Our learned 81 district attorney
will no doubt test his ability in the
liquor cases. as we are Informed thai
every error and motion has been set
tled and the trial ia next in order.