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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
AN INTERRUPTED PRIZE FIGHT.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May flight of
Phiadelphia's gilded youth, the SONS of
blue-biooded sires, and dozen other young
men better known In the arena of fistic
sport than the circles of polite society,
languished In commiseratiDg sympathy In
a dungeon cell of downtown station
house for few hours this evening. The
swells got out on.bail furnished by one of
their number who had his pockets well
lined, but the other dozen less favored ad.
mirers of the manly sport will spend the
next few days in jail awaiting trial for
breech of the public peace In connecting,
aiding and abetting a prize fight. The
whole party were gathered In under a
squad Of twenty policemen, under Lieut.
ThOmps0n's vlgilant control. The lieu
tenant and his assistants caught the men
while In the very act of preparing to
pummel each other for handsome purse
contributed by the swells. The fighters
were Du6ky Bob Stewart and Ben Bailey,
also colored, and popularity known as the
Black Diamond" Both are middle
weights and hard fighters. They had met
On former occasion and fought a dozen
rounds before the referee decided 1t a draw
The mill so rudely interrupted this evening
was arranged to be to the bitter end Small
gloves were to be used, and the pugiists
were barred TO the waist and had toed the
scratch In an IS foot ring when the cry of
''police" sent the whole party scampering
toward the windows and doors. 1t was
too late, however. The building was com,
pletely surrounded by the blue coats, and
Df he
fighters and their friends were marched
to the nearest station house ia Paris, swells
and sluggers In motley confusion. The
police didn't look at the cut of the clothes
of their prisoners, but took them all in as
violators of the law of the commonwealth.
The sweils left the Lafayette hotel in car.
riages at about 5 o'clock In the afternoon
for the scene Of the battle, which was the
house of a retired prize fighter named
Smith, at the corner of Tenth street and
Passaunk avenue, secluded region. Their
party included Walter Elliott, Edward
Lamson, Charles Coleman, Trenchard
Chaplin, David Bennett and other shining
lights of the social armament. The sub.
juct Of their jaunt was ostensibly rat
killing match, which has lately become a
somewhat popular amusement with ad-
m!rers Of exciting sports, but the real
secret had been SO poorly kept that the au- |
thorities got wind of their more serious In, |
tentions and the successful raid was the |
result. The magistrate was very severe |
when the score or more of culpris, who |
included three newspaper reporters, were
aTsigned. He committed Stewart and |
Bailey, the principals, In default of |
81 900 bail. Smith, the proprietor of the
place, was sent below in default of 81 800, |
and the rich young bloods had to put up |
S605 apiece for their appearance next !
Monday. The authorities declare their In.
tention of making sn example of the |
prisoners with view of putting a stop TO
prize fighting. which has latterly been |
largely on the increase here.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
Some of the Mills Threaten to Close
as Soon as Present Orders
are Filled.
fr0stS in Illinois and Tennessee Damaging
the Small Fruits, Vines and Young
Tobacco Plants
Chicago Authorities say That Tascott was
not the Principal in the Smell
Murder-NOteS.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, May 1.-THE
Northwestern Miller says: The mills made q
very good showing again last week, the
product being larger than the week before
by reason of one more mill running. The
output for the past week was 179, 300
barrels, averaging %. 0SS barrels daily,
against 16S, 600 barrels the week before.
and 100, 900 barrels for the corresponding
time in 1887. There are twenty mills In
operation today the same as week ago,
but another that was closed down Satur
day night for three days repair will be
started this evening with daily output of
1, 400 barrels. The flour production of the
week gives promise of exceeding that of
last week. The millers still complain Of
the -four trade being Of very
discOarsgiUg character, and while
no prolonged shut-dowps have
yet occurred, there Is strong talk of soon
bringing some of the mills to a standstill
If there is not an improvement In the situa
ton. The manager OF 5, 100 barrel mill
yesterday stated that he should positively
atop grinding as soon as present orders
were filled. During the week the prices of
-four have been advanced materially In
order to keep somewhere near wheat, and
buy ers are convinced that higher values
have been on speculative business and are
slow to take hold, and the few sales occur
ring are of scattering character One thing
said to be affecting the market unfaVorably
is the disposition of eastern jobbers to sell
from stocks bought below present prices at
little under what milers are willing to
take There Is practically no export de-
mand. Direct exports of -four for the
week were SO, 900 barrels against AZ 800
barrels the week before This gain Is
probably attributable to old orders being
just filed.
Receipts for the week ending May 10:
Wheat, Alp, 800 bu; flour, 685 bbls. Ship
ments-wheat, 67,O10 bu; -four, 157, 700
bbls. Mil stuff-4326 tons. Wheat In
store-Minneapolis, 7.486, $50 bu; St. Paul,
800, 900 bu; Duluth 8, 125, 791 bu.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
q CT OSE RIIS

Special Dispatch to The Daily Eagle.
SPIvEY, Kan, May 17.-More than Or
binary interest was manifest at the close OF
a series OF 101 games of euchre at the
Union hotel In this city on the evening of
evening of the 18Th. The contestants were
Messrs. Daniel Lane, proprietor of the
Union hotel, and Robert B. Ssayton, a
popular conductor On the Santa Fe. Both
gentlemen are considered champion euchre
players, consequently quite an enthusiastic
crowd witnessed the close, which resulted
AZ to 81 In favor Of the conductor. While
Mr.. Stayton Is much elated over his sue
cess, his opponent, Mr.. Lane, seems to
rather enjoy having been relieved of so
much troublesome conceit.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
TASCOTT AGAIN.
Authority Says the Youth is Not the Prin'
cipal Party Wanted.

CHICAGO, May IA local paper says:
There are new developments In the Smell
murder CASE This Is On authority OF a.
j. Stone, who says that In a short time the
public will be enlightened and all the mys-
terry surrounding the crime cleared away.
Tascott is found, that Is to say, he has never
been lost. People who have been at loss
to account for the ability Of compare
lively inexperienced boy without means OF
or many friends, to evade the police Tor
three months with the skill Of practical
crook who has ample money and friends
at command, may be answered that w. b
T8scott has had no such ability and has
done nothing of the kind. The least
adroit of three or four who participated In
the crime, he was quickly apprehended
and promptly sequested for the good OF the
cause, 1t being shouted from housetops
meanwhile that he was the man, and the
only man wanted This was clever,
though somewhat hackneyed scheme, put
into operation by Captain B)nifeld and
Mr.. Stone for the purpose OF relieving the
accomplices Of any anxiety on their own
account. young Tascott was no good on
earth" said the papers informant who is
supposed to be on the inside, "and de-
serves to be punished on general principles,
but he did not fire the shots that killed old
man Smell He had not the nerve to at
tempt a burglary like that perpetrated In
Smells house the night of the murder. He
was mere boy and Is valuable to the Off
GERS more for what he knows than what he
did"
Then you think Tascott Is not really
the man they are looking for?"
I'm sure he Is not. In the first place,
they know where he Is and have known it
all along, and in the second place, there is
much larger game to be bagged. Tascott
Is cats paw.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18

Edwin Booth is one Of the most inveterate
Of smokers, and must spend a small fortune
Yearly in the indulgence of his taste for the
fragrant weed As a rule he smokes cigars.
and they are particular brand. furnished
him by manufacturer, and from which be
never changes. AT home in his study la
burns mixture Of costly and fragrant to-
bacco in great water pipe, and there is al
ways little table spread with great array
Of pipes and of all makes. from which his yis-
itor can make . choice II he urs;ers.-New
York Harald
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
CABINET WORKS RuRNeo.

CLEVELAND, O., May 17-At dsybresk
this morning the works Of L. Richardson,
manufacturer of interior decorations and
ine cabinet work, numbers "a, SO ard 80,
Land street, and No. s. and 81 Champlain
street, in this city, were totally destroyed
by fire The loss on machinery and stock
$40, 600; insured for $40, 000 The loss on
buildings, which are owned by the Hitch
cock and Perkins estates Of Warden, O.,
il 500. 600; insurance unknown.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
IRRIGATING LANDS. :,
DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG DlTCHEs
OUT IN COLORADO.

Construction Of Canals for Irrigation.
Tapping the River or Creek-Flooding
the Crops In Dry season-Surprising
Results-Proffts.
The great system of irrigating lands in
dry sections for crops is as yet in its in
fancy, but wherever tried it has done
well, and irrigating bitches have yielded
large return to the investors in them.
Most OF the largest bitches are in Col
orado, where 5000, 900 acres of land ars
subject to irrigation. OF this vast body
less than 500, 900 acres have been ir-
rigated, leaving 2,500,0 900 to be wa
tered yet. The canals in course of
construction will water about l, 200, 900
Of the 2, 500, 600 acres. This is enormous
when we consider that the whole
system Of irrigation has grown up almost
within the past five years. The San Louis
Park canal, watering 400, 900 acres; State
Land canal, 140, 900 acres; Citizens canal,
ITO, 600 acres. and Del Norte and Suguache
canal, 100, 900 acres, may be mentioned as
among the most successful Colorado
bitches. These three canals cover LOG, 600
acres Of government land, 200, 900 acres Of
patented land, and $50. 900 acres of state
land. They will furnish homes for be-
tween 1000 and 600 farmers. The water
for the canals is taken from the Rio
Grande river near the town of Del Norte.
The largest canal is 100 feet wide at it's
head and gradually narrows down to
twelve feet. Its depth varies from two 70
six feet. 1t has when full capacity fo.
watering 400, 900 acres of land.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
Diphtheria . Fungus.

A correspondent of Science, Mr.. p. J.
Farnsworth, of Clinton, Ia, finds very
striking resemblance between the membrane
of diphtheria and the fungi that produce dry
rot, or more especially those forms that grow
in living trees. A white or yellow leathery
substance is produced, sometimes known as
punk the roots of the fungus penetrates
the cells of the wood in every direction, pro-
ducing disintegration and decay. Diphtheria
is called an emulation, and classed as a
bacterial disease, when in fact it is fungus
of higher order. 1t grows on the surface,
and spreads by fibulations. and its roots pene-
trate deeply into the tissue, producing
changes and decomposition, which becomes
the soil for bacteria, generating poisons that
are absorbed and powerfully affect the whole
system In this view its life history has not
been studied or found out It is known that
the membrane can be transplanted, but how
it is propagated by spores is unknown. There
is evidently some peculiar condition required
1t may be that an alkaline condition Of the
system is required, which is the reason Of the
capricsousness Of its infection Chicago
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
a SHAKING EYpt OctoN

New BRUNSWICK, N. J., May IA
shock OF sn explosion Of powder at Stock
ton, on the Belvidere Delaware railway.
thirty six miles from here, at 100 o'clock
this morning, was distinctly felt In th,.
place and houses here and In Midtown
Little Washington and other places were
shaken.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
FATAL POWDER EXPLOSION.

BELvIDERE, N. j., May IA terrific
explosion occurred at the powder house of
the Prattsville Brown stone quarry near
Stockton this morning. One man was
killed, several others injured, number of
houses wrecked and considerable property
was destroyed. The report was heard
twenty miles away. Three hundred kegs
of powder exploded. The explosion was
caused by workmen dropping key of
noRder
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
TATE'S STEAL GROWS BIGGER.

= . Ns
LOUISVILLE, May IA supplementary
report was made yesterday IN the investiga-
ton of Treasurer Ts;e's office. 1t shows
that SIS, 600 taxes paid by the Kentucky
Central railway has never been accounted
for. This swells the amount stolen to
S24S. 900.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
j. g. WlDDER DEAD

LOUISVILLE, May III. B. Widder a
director Of the Louisville & Nashville rsil-
wsy died suddenly at his home here yes
terday at the sge Of Il years. he was one
of the largest land owners In the state.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
Al DENTIST SIUCI0ES

PITTsBURG, Nav 17.-Dr Jas. Orr, a
prominent dentist of the East end, COM
mitted suicide In his office at midnight by
inhaling gas through tube. Drink and
domestic troubles prompted the deed The
deceased was 81 wears old.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
THE PALMER LAKE TOWN co.

E. Preefn COL A. S JOHNSON Treas
Denver
GoDDING Manager Palmer Lake COL HON CHAs CAST Genl
Pueblo,
may bought at the Manhattan hotel
address N.
hotel, Wichita, Kan.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18

LARGE SELECTION OF CHOICE LOTS


rapidly older
resorts andC Assembly
ST
andw
Tickets will sold the following
$25OC $242O Topeka S242O
Wichita $500 Newton and Florence $4,000 Hutchinson
Sterling $1,000; Great ben0 $21 co. Larned, $1,000
comfort their has chartered Pullman
excursion tickets both going and returning without charge Ezcurons
andh retained fer the round
$500 will entitled have the cost his excursion ticket
the Palmer Lake Town Company with tickets will be the
several the 2 inst and will the
throug
inexpensive bringing prominently
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
EXPENSE OF IRRIGATION.

Root crops can always be kept moist,
and require five or ten times as much
water as cereals. The expense of irriga-
ton, when compared with the benefits
derived is very slight. Irrigation about
doubles crops, and the cost of the water is
never over So per acre, and often as low
as sixty cents per acre, per annum. Forty
and fifty bushels of wheat per acre are
often raised under irrigation. Potatoes
frequently grow to five pounds, and yieH
$50 to 500 bushels per acre. Other ro3at
crops yield equally well, and barley will
yield forty bushels per acre and oats often
fifty and sixty bushels. I have seen sew
enty seven bushels Of oats cut on an acre
of irrigated land, and myself measured
500 bushels of wheat cut from q ten acre
field in Colorado, near Boulder. Wild
hay, when well irrigated, will cut two
tons per acre, and alfalfa four to six tons
All kinds of berries, such as straw berries,
raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries
currants and such fruits, grow prolific
ally under irrigation, and yield nearly a
double crop. From $500 to $500 is often
taken from an acre for small fruits.
Ditching machines have been made for
digging irrigating canals, but never saw
one that worked satisfactorily The best
ditching machine is an Irishman and q
wheelbayrow or pillow and scraper. A
ditch ten feet wide and two or three feet
deep can ordinarily be made at cost Of
81, 900 per mile. The income from the
water in such ditch in a good locality is
about "a per cent. per annum on the cost
of making. So it will be seen ditching is
profitable. The little companies first
formed in Colorado had great difficulty in
placing their stock, but they throve amaz-
ingly and soon men Of capital began to
look into the matter. The Colorado Loan
and Trust company was formed by Mr..
T. c. Henry for the purpose Of irrigating
lands, and soon large bitches were under
way. This company now controls many
bitches and irrigates nearly 200, 600 acres
of land. There are many other compa-
MES, and believe all are making money.
Gen. James S. Brisbin in New York
Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-18
CONSTRUCTING A CANAL,


How do they make irrigating canals'
Easy enough and quite rapidly. First is
the construction of the main canal. The
water is taken from river or creek, the
supply being regulated by head gate.
The canal may be ten, twenty or fifty feet
wide and one, five or ten feet deep, &C
cording to the volume of water desired.
Generally the canals are wide and shallow
like creek Indeed, they are merely
artificial creeks, and when grass grown
and planted with trees along their banks
are hard to tell from the natural streams.
A favorable place for tapping the river or
creek having been found, the canal is
carried forward to the high grounds. 1t
is generally given about half the fall of
the river or creek, SO it soon reaches an
elevation far above the natural stream
and has the lands between it and the
stream below its waters. At intervals as
needed, small canals are taken out and
carried to the farms. Each lateral has
head gate and measure for the water. The
laterals are built so as to cover the greatest
number of farms. At certain distances
sublaterals are taken out from the main
laterals, and these sublaterals too have
head gates and water measures. The sub.
laterals are used by individual farmers.
# before blowing time there has been rain
enough to soften the ground the farmer
does not resort to his ditch, but, if the
season is dry, he opens his headgate and
saturates the ground. The seeding is
then dop% Ten acres is about the allow
ance o. and that can be irrigated in one
day p>-.iian. Unless water is very plenti-
full farmers are limited to eighty acres each
to be irrigated in one season, but this does
not include grass lands.
After the crops come up they are irri-
gated or simply flooded. The quantity of
water put on is about equal to what would
fall in three days steady rain. When the
crop is half grown it is irrigated again.
Two irrigations are considered enough for
a crop in a season, unless the weather is
very hot and dry, and then three irriga-
tons may be put on. 1t will thus be seen
that every farmer holds in his own hands
the means of making crop when he has
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-23

Knowing the fondncss Of tho gontler ssx for
FINE HATS AID BONNEts, We beg leave 10
inform them hat thero ia a perfect cyclone
among the MILLINERY. Trimmed Hats iL21
$50 up handsome Hats and Bonnets for Sc
ana fiC-former price SIS and ~. Wings aud
Girds have also nown VERY Low. Bunch Of
three OSTRICH TIPS for only 15c.-cheapest
cyor offered.
Our GRATIS Hat Trimming stil continues,
ana tue tumble in prices OF material 70 two
thirds, q half, and quarter Of the values mako
nis heai-gear sale such as Richmond has
never known.
Let as remind You of Blankets, aud you viii be
very quiok 10 find Wh,ro dollars 20 iarhest in
these things. Blankets At 6c., Sl.45, s. SO. g. 20
i&i5. S2Ds, 34e3, ;5-4, and up. fou will ind
these Blankots largo enough % cover big boi
generously ald 20 tuck in also. Big whole
s0ulod D. Blankets mat give JACK Frost tho warm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-23

$50 and tlo7 Very pratty aud suitable for
Xmas gifts
An elegant China Water Sol. handsomely
decorated, seven pieces and waiter, for only
ttG3
A beautiful assortment OF Antique Pottery.
Fruit Plates from IG-. up-haud,omoly deco
rafol.
Our stock Of amps is comp mplote-of every style
20 suit every fancy aud cyory pure.
A fun limo Of Kitchen uionsiis, Gaze Pans,
Egg Whips. Ladies. spoons Butter Prints, Lunch
Buckets. Tin Buckets. In fact, everything that
can ho thought Of 10 that line.
The stock ln Brass, Plush, and Leather Goods
is beyond dispute the nnest 70 select from Of
my ever seen here. This Is tho department
from which 10 select handsome Christmas
prcsonts.
shaving Casos, Manicure Cases, Iollot Cases,
Work Boxes in Plush and Gather, Of every
color. All beautiful AMI u'eful-irom sjc. 20
fiQ.sL Brass Music Rolls, {A91 Bra-s Fasei,
$3.50 Antique Brass Walters from Persian and
East India Company from $500 TO $500
TUF GENTLEMEN g FURNISHING DEPART
MENr rs unusually attractive tor the holidays.
10 contains goods suitable for the fop. ibe h1s-
ne.s-msl. the lanorins man, and tho farmer
We quote a few prices;
Fine SIk Scaris az l2Hc. sold elsewhere at
20 and aor. Those at 29c. worth 5lc. SO ii@
worth Soc.
Linen Cuns i24c perpsir Linon Collars oil
stylc4 at Io,. oaru. a largo assortinentof Hri-
ncrs. six Handkorchi-f-, Jowelry, &C.. suitable
Tor Christmas presents
Frst Floor. Lc0 ~ Eufranos.
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A beauufrl form 6. moro 70 bo desired than a
lovely face. This you can secure by buying your
Corsets from our carefully-selecied stock.
AK for tho CELEBRATED p. D." FRENCH
CORsETs. universally reccgnizod o. the most
durable, az gen az the easiest ntung. Sold for
si.i5, $50, s. and g. &. Al tho best brands.
ASK for tho " Siclla "-oniy zoe.
Fdst Flor, Right 1s'o. HfiCtrag 10 he Redr
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HI Holiday Goods IN the
Basement.
HERE IS A BIG CUT.
CARPETS.
OUR 40c. CARPETS. 3Oc.;
OUR SOC. CARPETS. 40c:
OUR ALLWOOL INGRAM, 52o.;
OUR BEST INGRAM, 60c.
Visit Our Toy Depart
DeRt in the Basement.

White and Cream silk Munners, s5c. worth 2s;
Extra heavy and extra size Cream SIX Muniers,
tl.50 worth g.;
Elegant assortment Of Gentlemen's Ties from
l5c. % 81;
Boys Fur-Top Gloves only i0c.;
ladies' Fur-Top Gloves only 81 worth 81;
Colored- Bordered Handkerchief, warranted
fast colors aud hemstitched, only Sc;
Fancy Plush Table-Covers only 81;
Plain Wood Tables, suitable for painting, either
10 squsre or round. eO,.; large sizo, 81.
Felt Table Scarf. embroidered, only s5c
We bought the entire stock OF a leading I'M
porter and consequently we are Offering great
targains in Drawn-Thread and Embroidered
Handkerchiefs.
Genuemen's Cardigan Jackets, tl.75 worth ta5o.
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We are not OUerStOcked
on Plush Gases, but ne
are Offering them at q
great sacrifice.

Ladies and Chudren's Leggins from 20 10 sc.
Laco Curtains, two yards vide, three and half
yards long, only $40 window worth s.
Entiro stock Of Blankets AMI Comforts a. a
sweeping reduction before taxing stock, Jan
uarY lst.
Bargains in White Spreads this week.
Large assortment Of Opossum, Lynx, Angora,
Fox. Silver Hair and Monkey Muds.
For the best 5Oc-ceut White sbirt you must cali
on Us.
Childrous Ribbed Hose, In BLACK and Gray at
&c.
Boys Cloth Gloves only 25c. worth Soc
Writing Paper from to 75c a box.
Large line Of Vases ia our holiday department
Gentlemen's slspenders only i7c worth 4lc.
Boys sud Misses Rubber Goats from o5c 10 sl.J0
LADIES' Rubber Coats from 9J,. 20 H5O.
Large line o.; Plush Balls for fancy work.
We will advertise the luczy number for the
Pig and Man il this paper December e7th. ivory
cash purchaser Of 81 will DO entitled to a tlckeL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-23

THE HOLIDAY-BOoK STOCK Is very select
embracing tho most popular works In Poetry
History. Fi,tlon, Travel, Wit and Humor. The
most festidous tastes caa be suited ia this De-
First Floor. 70 ne LefL