Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-25

Gets an Arm Talked Oh and
Looses his Grip
on News.
Rather q Quiet Day and Everybody
Goes Fishing-The Real Estate
Racket takes Q Holiday.

My most able bodied EFFORTS 70 capture
news yesterday might be recorded - fail
ure, and came near failing myself In all
my efforts, and did actually fail to get my
breakfast. Ny friends. you have oil heard
of progressive euchre. and 80 have I. but
what found yesterday were progressive
talkers.
managed to get washed and to get my
buggy harness on about 8 q m. and sailed
forth for the Manhattan, but - struck
Douglas avenue met progressive talker
who poured broadside after broadsids into
me for twenty minutes and could not
work two line item out Of the whole thing.
Finally managed to effect my escape, but
before reached Niederlanders real estate
Office was caught again by . fresh pro-
gressive talker, who kept me at bay until
breakfast was over 1t the Manhattan, %
hadto 60 hungry until noon.
Wandered around among the real estate
men. but could find nothing startling and l
kept that success up all day. I dropped
into Judge Walkers Office, who was
sitting IS lord high executioner in
the case of the State ". Jake Kennedy. who
did show up in court sure enough. The
evening previous, when Jake was brought
forth, he refused to bring up his neighbors
as witnesses in his behalf on the ground
that very heavy steeak Of morality was
concealed somewhere about his person, and
that he did not to associate with his neigh
bors, because, he said. their character was
bad; but in q wordy battle with his better
half in the court he said that he had got her
out of house of i'll shape, so that his spas
modic virtuous effort was of very short dura-
ton. In this connection the judge passed
verdict which was not recorded. He said that
in every case he knew Of where q colored
man got white wife the colored man got
the worst Of it, and likewise when . man
married woman from house of prortitu-
ton the woman always got the worst Of the
bargain. These facts are applicable in this
case. When Kennedy went home Wednes-
day evening from the court room he broke
up nearly everything in the house and tore
up the garden. Judge Walker sentenced
him to thirty days in the county jail. but on
the guilty mans statement to the
effect that be had lots of friends
who whould help him out of
the scrape, the sentence was commuted to
$25 and costs and to remain in Jail until it
is paid. 1t is probable. however. that he
will be allowed to skip from the town, and
there are several more who ought to be
required to do the same thing.
Mr.. w. S. Roberts, of the Manhattan. ar
rived from Kansas City night before last
with car load of waiter girls and a steward
all in good order, and now everything is in
fine shape in the dining room: On enter
ing, ifyou are warm man stands with fan
and strikes you with q cool breeze until
you are ready to tackle your meal, then the
the walters bow and smile at you until you
feel like eating everything you see, espec-
tally the girls. l dropped into the county
building where the county commissioners
are equalizing the assessments and consid-
ering complaints. there l found w. r.
Green, city assessor. sharpening his Ratchet
for battle in the case Of Robinson Bros. who
protest against paying taxes on their insur-
ance money, which Mr.. Green returned At
$1,000. 1t appears that at the time of the
fire Robinson Bros. had policies amounting
to $37, 500 on their stock, and Mr..
Green claims that he had information from
Mr.. MAR who made an adjustment
of tine loss and the salvage, which justified
him in returning for taxation the amount
which he had.
Judge Sluss came in representing Robson
Bros. and claimed that on the first Of March
the policies had no real value and could not
be sold for dollar. The amount allowed
in the adjustment was $4,000. The case
WAS argued at some length before the board
of commissioners who will decide the matter
today