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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
FIGHTING WICHITA.

The Wichita and Caney Valley route.
and ID. VI. 4 A. cut of is meeting with
terrific opposition 10y the Santa Fe over in
south Butler and at Douglas reliable
and prominent business man inforus us
that number Of men connected with the
Santa FEES extensions have camped in ;ht
townships where the bonds are pending
and everything uuder heavens that can bc
done is being done to defeat the PROPOSE
tons. They are offered road for nothing
if they Will but defeat the Wichita propo.
sition, and threaten if they do carry them.
that such grade will be thrown up across
the valley below Douglas as will make ii
impossible TO build the Wichita & Cherry
vale.
Eve hope that that people will havethe good
sense not TO listen to or bc diverted from,
the support of a line which will be strictly
competitive line. We warned the leading
men Of Douglas. Burden and the other
townships that just such fight would be
made. 1t is a wonder that an engineer
corps was not put on by the opposing in,
terests So. also. ought the people of Gyp-
sum township 10 awake TO the importance
of this line and see that il is not defeated
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
AFFIRMED.

The supreme court of Kansas has affirm
ed Judge Sluss' decision and also that O
Judge Wall, in the case of the city O
| Wichita VS. H. O. Burleigh, in which tn,
city claimed that the streets of Gilbert's ad
dition had never been properly vacated
The following is the syllabus of the cour
delivered by Justice Valentine, the cast
having been carried up on error:
l. 1t cannot be shown for the purpose
of avoiding an act of the legislature that
the act was passed for insufficient or i'm
proper reasons.
3 Where the subject of an act of the
legislature is the vacation of streets and
alleys, the fact that the streets and alleys to
be vacated are not contiguous nor all in
the same town or city, will not make the
subject of the act two or more subjects nor
render the act void.
8. A slight inacuracy in the description
of thing in an act of the legislature or in
the title to the act will not render the act
void where it may be known both from the
act and the title thereto and the circum-
stances then existing what was meant and
intended by the legislature.
L. The legislature may pass a special act
where general law cannot be made appli-
cable and this although the special act
may to some extent effect the uniform op-
Grafton throughout the state of other laws;
and generally, it is question for the legis
lature to determine whether general law
can be made applicable or not.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: G.. J. Brown,
Seal. Clerk Supreme Court.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
AS TO BULL BUTTER.

To the Editor of Eagle.
GODDARD. December IS, 1886.
| learn through the EAGLE that a Kan
sas City firm is about to open up in Wich-
ita a wholesale and retail oleomargarine
trade. Now want to say emphatically
that am in favor of any legitimate and
honorable business that the enterprising
citizens of the Queen City" may see prop
er to engage in, or permit others to engage
in; but, will this oleomargarine business
benefit Us in any WAY
Let us see.
From the best evidence we can gather il
IS safe to assume that there are today no
less than five millions of farms in the
country These farms produce, all told
not less than one thousand million pounds
of butter every year. and about one-third
that amount of cheese. A depreciation of
two cents per pound on butter means a loss
to the farmers Of more than twenty-five
millions of dollars year Who looses this
twenty-five millions of dollars? The poor
man and woman who works hard every
day for a living Who gets this twenty
five millions of dollars Kansas City and
Chicago millionaires Is this business GO
ing to benefit our people. or is this wealthy
firm going 10 rob our poor people of wha;
they possess. and all TO benefit these east
ern cities and their nabobs. Respectfully
submitted JNo. KELLY.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
eight large, elegant public school buildings
besides three or four small ones. and twelve

eight large, elegant public school building
besides three or four small ones, and twelve
churches, fifteen miles street railway, gas
water works, and electric light. If any
persons intending to come to Wichita
think they will be deprived of any religi
ons, social, or educational advantages they
will be mistaken No city of its size in
the east can offer more The churches are
earnest and look after new corners; every
body is social, and the officials are deter
mined that the schools shall be second to
none. VS. can assure the ladies that in
this city they will find culture and refine
ment. In fact no city of its size east or
west has ladies of more culture, refinement,
good graces, good taste in dress or more
beauty, than the ladies of Wichita Men
need not come here expecting to find
"greenhorns There is no sharper, keener,
shrewder set of business men to be found
anywhere, nor any more honorable. Men
who are failures elsewhere need not come
here hoping to be success, nor come here
hoping for something to turn up" Men
of energy, honesty; and sand" will sue
coed, and are wanted. Good mechanics can
get plenty of work, and good pay; poor
ones need not come The time for making
money here has not gone by" We believe
the biggest boom is yet to come. Next
year in building will far surpass the past
year. Architects are crowded with orders
for building next year. Any kind of
building, store or house is rented as soon as
done. Money cannot be better invested
than in ''houses to rent" There is good
opening for wholesale dry goods, drugs
and hardware and, in fact, all kinds of
jobbing trade would find a good field for
business
Manufactures are getting good start
and will rapidly follow the railroads and
commerce. We do not know of city in
the west today offering such splendid in
ducemenis to capital and energy in all de-
partments of trade and industry as Wich-
tia. AS place of residence it is as pleas
ant and desirable as any town in northern
Ohio. 1t is known as the Forest City" of
Kansas.
AS to farming, there is no finer or better
country in the world than the Arkansas
river valley All kinds of grain, vegeta
bies and fir tits grow luxurantly. Corn,
however. is king, and this turned into hogs
and cattle will supply the immense pack
ing houses that are sure to come to this
city in the near future Market gardening
and the raising of small fruits for the city
market can be made profitable business
now and in the years to come. Grapes,
straw berries, tlackberries, etc, grow abund-
antly if only planted and cared for. Farm
and can be had at reasonable prices, and
city property has not yet reached price
by the growth and future pros
poets of the city. We regard the present
Is a good time to invest in either
G. w. CLEMENT
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
NOT YET.

From the Kingman Courier
The editor of the Wichita EAGLE having
recovered and Wichta'S great boom being
again under his personal direction the lit
Tie towns surrounding which in move
ment Of misdirccied ambition aSpircd to
rival the great Arkansas Valley Wonder"
are now again compelled to sing awful
low. This is from the Barton County
Democrat: Our facctious contemporary,
the kingman Courier, quotes Us rs say ing
that when Great Bend gets all the railroads
now in contemplation we shall have a
growth in comparison with which Wichita
will pale INTO insi ,niticance. We don't
like to spoil this well-ment jest, but still we
didn't say it. Our observation was that
such might be the case Great Bend is "A
good town, but has not yet entered the lists
againt Wichita"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
OF COURSE NOT.

What is the matter with the preachers
A Wichita parson last week preached q
sermon on The Dark Side of Wichita. "
He stated that he had seen more drunken
ness in Wichita in week than he had seen
in Denver in a year, and that there are 13S
places there for vending intoxicating
liquors. OF course he must be lying be-
cause the EAGLE says prohibition is "a per
feet success down there We will believe
the party organ in preference every time
on this question. Then it stands to reason,
experience and history, that pushing,
jaming, rushing, booming town never has
and never needs anything to drink juno
ton City Union.
OF course not. Where there is Sc much
jaming and rushing excitement, exhlira-
ton and so forth, what sense would there
be in adding whisky to the flame? Stand
by your deductions, my dear George, for
they fall within the scope of reason and
experience, and are sound. Wichita is no
whisky town
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
THE SPEAKERSHIP.

The most encouraging words are reach.
ing us daily from every section of the state
touching Hon. Rodolph Hatfields candi
dacy for the speakership. His endorse
ments are from the ablest men and are en-
thusiastic. His record is clean and bis po-
sition on every important measure sound.
These facts alone are proving tower of
strength. Wichita will swing her hat
when the news comes skimming along the
wires that she has been thus honored and
recognized by the state at large.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

Speaking Of the Oklahoma question in
congress, Senator Plumb says: The
Oklahoma question will PROBABLY receive
some attention, and bills to open that por-
ton of the Territory are pending in both
houses; but the one thing which more than
anything else prevents action is the failure
of the president to comply with the de-
mands of an act of congress passed nearly
two years ago. directing him to negotiate
with the Indians for the cession of their in
terest in the Oklahoma lands Congress
would pass law very promptly to open
the surplus Indian lands to settlement if
the president would make the requisite ne
gotiations with the Indians, but on account
OF his failure TO act heretofore. fear that
no action will be taken until the next as
Semblage of congress-.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

The steel rail orders for 1887 to date
foot up Ga, 900 tons, which is nearly halt
the capacity of the mills in the country.
Prices are pretty stiff at %32 a ton. JAY
Gould alone has purchased 10000 tons
from two Pennsylvania mills, in addition
to 10000 tons of English rails to be deiv-
cred at New Orleans at S3S a ton. An
other Pennsylvania mill has also an order
for 10000 tons, and other large orders have
been made In view Of this very signifi-
cant demand the steel rail- pool is likely to
increase the allotment of eco coo tons for
1897 to :. SOC. 600.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

Hon. r. Hatfield, prominent attorney
of Wichita, is a candidate for speaker of
the house at the coming session of the
Kansas legislature. Mr. Ii. has represent
ed his district in the lie Stature for the last
two sessions, and has always displayed
marked ability as a parliamentarian. He
also gave valuable aid in procuring appro-
priations for Snow Hall and The Universe
ty. Should he be elected speaker Douglas
county can depend upon him as a warm
supporter of its best interests.-Lawrence
Herald Tribune
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

" e are pleased 10 see that our t. teemed
friend. Mr. Jay Gould. is down in benighi-
ed Arkausaw buying railroads This is
right Mr. Goulds head is level We
want railway connections in and through
Arhansaw. and 10 all that region round
about Arkansaw has had wood, bear
oil. coal, cotton, persimmons. pawPaws.
possums. pine lumber and many othe.
things which We want. and must have. and
in order TO get these things we must have
railway connections with that UNEMPLOYED
country, snd who is better able 10 give US
that connection than Mr.. Jay Gouldl-El
Dorado Republican.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

There is Kansas. the great corn state of
the new west What is she doing while
all the eastern states are mourning over
wasted energies and depleted business7
She has received within her borders and
provided with homes in the last twelve
months over two hundred thousand strang-
ers who will help develop her resources.
She has built an almost fabulous number
of miles of railroad and new towns She
has settled many new counties and organ
lied them. She has redeemed an immense
strip Of heretofore desert csuntry and made
it to yield the staple of life She has
raised good grain crops in admittedly dry
weather. She has done all this. and made
money, too. This is prosperity of the
right stamp. 1t is real and substantial,
and basis Of argument for future conf
dence.-K c. Times
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

The name of the Alton is again coupled
with Kansas project known as the Mis-
souri, & Central Kansas company, building
a line from Odessa, Kan, to Winfield.
The Alton has made repeated denials of
having any connection with the project.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

The school population Of the stale Of
Kansas amounts to nearly half a million.
There are 1887 public school teachers and
1851 school houses. The salaries to teach
ers are paid out of a school fund amount
ing to 81, $50. 1911
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

Mr.. A. F. Powers, of Ashland, who has
been in the city several days. left for his
home last evening If A. F. is fair sam
pie of the young men of Clark county,
then she is to be congratulated and her sue
cess is assured
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

Blowtown is not bad name for Wich-
tia. How would Jaytown answer? This
is what might be called double entendre,-
Kansas City Times.
Suit yourselves, gentlemen. Call her
by whatsoever name you please or fail to
call her at all, She is coming all the same,
and coming in way that will make some
places awful sick
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
NOW WINFIELD.

Yes, she has made the rifle Winfield
has got there. 1t was close call, bat W.
b. Strong was a bigger man than the other
fellow. Congratulations. If any people
under heavens Were deserving they were.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14

Within year FL Dorado will be larger
than Newton. Winfield, Wellington, Ar
kansas City or Hutchinson. Make note
of this and govern yourselves accordingly.
Ell Dorado.
We thought that it was larger than some
of the towns named already.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-14
9ai1YR Eagle
NJ. N. MURDOCH, Editor.
TUESDAY MORNING, DEG. IA, 1886.

1t really begins to look as though Ell
Dorado and not Wichita is 10 be the me-
tropolis of south Central Kansas.-El Do
RADIO Republican.
To whom outside of Ell Dorado does it
so look?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18
WASHINGTON.

ASSEMBLIES of the Knights OF Labor,
operating through ten senators, have
presented to the senate petitions for the
opening Of Oklahoma and the granting
Of lands in severality TO the Indians.
Mr.. Hale, from Naval Affairs report
ed with favorable recommendation a
bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to fit out an expedition to observe
the total eclipse of the sun on Aug. 80,
1886
THE education bill was laid before
the senate, and Mr. Morgan took the
floor in opposition to it, AT the outset
he said it was bill to create officers
and elaborate the machinery of govern
ment. 1t was bill to tax the honest
hard nottingham in order to educate
the children of the drunken, loafing,
vagabond, who would not work for
his family.
The House public lands committee
agreed to report favorably bill for
feiting all that portion Of the Northern
Pacific land grant opposite that part OF
the road remaining unoonstructed on
July 4, 1879. The right Of way, city,
town and village sites, and land sold to
$50 acres are expected from forfeiture
The foefeited lands will be reducad in
price TO Sl.45 per acre.
In the case of the Mexico grant of
Laguna de Tache, in Fresno County,
California, wherein application was
made, for the United States to bring
suit to set aside the patent on the
grounds that the grant was fraudulent
aud improperly located, the Secretary
of the Interior declines to recommend
such suit holding that the decree of
the court determining the utility of the
grant should not be reopenod for the
purpose Of again raising the same issu q
and that no fraud, imposition. or de-
ception appears to have been pra cticed
in order to secure the location of the
grant, and that a relocation of the same
IN more compact form is not now
practicable. About forty thousand
| acres are involved.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18
MISSING LINKS.

No wonder that the bailiffs lately
refused to serve 500 ejectment notices
on Lord Carbery's estate IN Cork, see
ing that some of their brethren have
actually been made to eat such no
| tees.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robins, Pennell, in
the Critic, says that in summer Phila-
delphia becomes burning brick
oven" 1t certainly does get warmer
about the middle of the dog day per-
iod than il is now.
Twenty three years ago, when sta
toned as soldier at Liberty, Mo-, W .
z. Moore, of Nation, IL, had $1S.5
stolen from him. He recently re
ceived anonymously SOLOS, being
principal and interest.
The basket given by Washington to
one of the messengers, David Heaton,
of New Hampshire, as dispatch box,
is preserved carefully by his daughter,
Mrs. Burke, OF Portland, Me-, who is
now oigh.y-slX ears of age.
Near Lafayette, Ind Mrs. Betsy
Mutzger. aged seventy flour, and
George Radolp., twenty years olda
were united in marriage The groom
is not rich, but the bride has snug
bank account and owns 100 acres of
choice land
A fond father was greatly surprised
the other day that his daughter, who
had been attending the public schools
of Louisville, Ky, for a number of
years, had never heard of Gen. Ro5't
Il. Lee,
The land of big stories. as Georg-
ia is occasionally called, now puts
forth man who AYERS that he can
drink three gallons of buttermilk at
one time, and have no uncomfortable
feeling IN consequence.
American stone jewelry, although
a new industry, is already represented
in variety of designs. The minerals
employed in its manufacture are
agate, moss agate, jasper of all hues,
pyrite, moonsIChuS, rhodonite, etc.
The nephew of Spanish minister,
at an entertainment in Washington
recently, wore a black swallo " tail
coat, knee breaches, fastened With
silver buckles, black silk Stockings
and low shoes with silver buckles.
Says the Wyandotte Kan Herald
The weather prophets said this was 20
be an open winter, but they neglect ed
to inform us before hand that ii would
be open at both ends and that tn e
biggest opening would be toward
| Manitoba
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18
FOREIGN.

a CABLEGRAM from Rome announces
the death of Prince Alexander Torlonia,
who carried out many extensive public
works in Italy.
FRENCH sugar growers have petition
ed the government to extend the tax to
countries outside of Europe, making
the bounty exceed 80 per cent. in value.
THE house of commons has ordered
writs 10 be issued for tbs reelection of
members who have been appointed to
Office since the house was last IN ses-
sion.
A ELL has been introduced into the
lower house of the Prussiaa diet to
regulate tho schools of the eastern
provinces of Germany and to make
school attendance compulsory.
THE Chinese envoy has had an audi
ence with the Pope, and as result the
Vatican will in the future be represent
ed at the Chinese court and China will
send an ambassador to the Vatican.
h The Servian cabinet, at its special
session Wednesday, presided over by
King Milan, decided Immediately to
purchase $4,000 rifles and 25,000,000
cartridges. King Milan has started for
Nissa.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is preparing bill
providing for the appropriation of land
in Ireland by means of state funds. This
bill will precede the other Irish meas.
ures which the government intends to
present to parliament. The discussion
of the home rule question has been post
poned until next session.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The tannery of the Metz Leather COM
pany. at Grand Haven, Mich, valued at
$40, 600, was burned Sunday evening.
LEONARD g. BARRows' extensive shoe
factory at Midaleboro, Mass, was de-
stroyed by Grc Wednesday night; loss,
$50, 900.
DURING heavy fog at New Orleans
the British steamship, Castle Craig, re.
fused to obey her rudder and collided
with several other vessels, doing about
$4,000 worth of damage.
VESTS livery stable, Myers & Sim.
cocks hardware store, and Hawk s
clothing store were burned at Grove
City, Mercer county, Pa, Sunday, and
the loss is put down at $4,000.
The extensive pump works in ALI
ance Ohio, operated by B. f. Mercer,
were entirely consumed by fire on Mon
day, causing loss of 10000; insurance
1900.
A FIRE in tho seven-story building,
TAG Broad way, New York, Wednesday
morning, seriously damaged three
large cloth ing houses; loss, about $780,
geo.
THE club stable belonging to the
Meadowbrook liant, at East Meadow,
L. l., was destroyed early Wednesday
morning, twenty four FLOODED horses,
valued at about $4,000 persisted in the
flames.
THE boiler Of Follett & Stsnley's feed
mill at Oshkosh, Wis, exploded We'd
nesday after noon, killing two men AID
several persons. A portion of the mill
and the machinery was completely
wrecked.
LEONARD E. BARRows' shoe factory
at Middloboro, Mass, was destroyed by
fire early Wedn esday morning, causing
a loss of $50, 900 and throw ing $50 men
out Of employment,
AT st. Louis, Thursday morning, J.P.
Mullaiy's stables were destroyed by fire,
fifty eight horses persisted in the flames
Employees who were endeavoring to
rescue the animals were dubbed into
insensibility by policemen, who believed
the men to be thieves
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18
CRIME

AT La Sale, H., Monday night, An
ION Rossack, a young Pole, shot Thomas
Cassidy, liveryman, 1t is feared that
the wound will prove fatal.
8 AN insane young man at Peru, Flori-
da, cut OIL the top Of his mothers head
with an ax, and was acquitted by the
coroner's jury, He became rational the
Instant the crime was perpetrated.
AT g II enry Clay coke works, near
Broad Ford, Pa, three hundred strikers
made their appearance, and fired on the
men at work. An Italian striker was
fatally shot, and the foreman was
severely beaten. A rush WAS then made
fo1 the tipple-house, which was set on
fire ana des troyed by the upsetting of
a stove.
Iris stated that George H. Rice, whose
true name is George II. Holman. the
partner Of Mrs. Rice-Philips, who has
been the cause of a scandal sensation in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18

DR. WYMAN, of Sitka, Alaska, has
sent TO his brother, in Detroit, pack
of playing cards such as are used by
the Tinket Indians in Alaska. The
cards are bits of Bamboo trifle over
four inches in length, the surface
each cylinder is very smooth and
even, and on the surface ara carved a
variety OF figured animals, birds and
other hierographios. In their general
character the signs have features
strongly representing both japanese
and Egyptian designs. The method
of playing with these carved sticks is
known only to the Indians, but it is
known tina. private seals, made in the
same way and Of the same material,
are also used by the Indians, The
impression of the characters on the
cylinders is made by rolling the cyl
inders over melted wax or by filling
the carved lines with ink and then
rolling il over paper or parchment.