Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-16
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John Gopher. of Salem township, says it
| will be necessary to stack the wheat this
| year before oats sre harvested in order to
| have additional ground on which to shock
the oats.
Rev W. J. Tull is the youngest minister
in this city; and yet of all the ministers
who stood guard on lions watch towers
in Wichita when Mr.. Tull took his post,
Rev. j. w. Love is the only one now on
duty with Mr.. Tull.
Judge Wall-"As business mans Gov
ernor George T. Anthony is the best that
ever occupied the executive chair in this
state. He was entitled to second term
and Kansas would do credit to herself if
she would see that he gets it."
Speaker Carlisle-Yes. Mr.. Cleveland
was right if he was beaten, and the people
OF this country will yet come to his posi-
ton on the tariff issue. 1t is my opinion that
when the Democratic party again appeals
| to the country they will have forty major
.ty in the lower house Of congress.
to speak right out in meeting and say that
the paving Of the business streets in Wich-
tia will not only be valuable improve
ment for the entire city, but will be pay
ing investment for the property holders on
the streets paved. Uncle John shoots Oft
wrong on some questions, but in anything
relating to finance he is about right.
An old settler asked me the other day
when the first Sunday school was organ
lied in Sedgwick county. l told him the
| first that knew anything about was in
June, 1872. 1t was organized in Derby. A
paper was circulated pledging the signers
to attend the school. AS near as l can
now remember the signers were: DR.. II.
c. Tucker, j. H. Minnick. A. Minnick, 6.
H. Litzenberg, Robert Castin, John
Graham, George Manning, L. E. Vance
and think Mayor Burr. DR.. Tucker was
elected the first superintendent. The
school is still running.
a good many people in this city were
DESTROYS of retaining Father Casey here,
but Bishop Hennessey has seen fit to send
him to Newton. In company with several
| others signed petition TO Bishop Hen
nessey demanding that he reconsider his
action in this case. 1t is the rule among
all good Catholics to submit to those hav-
ing spiritual authority over them, laymen
to the priest, the priest to the bishop, the
bishop to the archbishop and so on up TO
the infalable pope. l do not know how
the other signers feel about it, but as for
| me if Bishop Hennessry proposes to run
the machine will resign my position as
archbishop If the others want to still
serve they may do SO.
One day last week a large number of
workmen were employed on the Sites
building, now being constructed on East
Douglas avenue, and John Sites stood III
front sighting along the brick wall. He
turned around and said to me that if
Wichita would close up all the joints and
allow him TO run an open saloon
in that building for five years he would
pave Douglas avenue and Main street and
buy public park tor the city. l told him
If he would not sell to confirmed drunk
ards and close up every night at 10 o'clock
and keep closed all day Sundays that so
far as / was concerned he might do it.
That would be good thing for Wichita.
But if the legislature of the state of Kan
sas were TO pass mandatory law. COM
pelling me to run the saloon for five years,
1 wouldn't do it if they would give me
Main street and Douglas avenue.
Captain bennett, of Butler county, one
day last week sat under an awning on
East Douglas avenue and talked about
stock raising in Kansas. "This," said he,
lis the best place in which to raise horses
that have ever seen. A man sitting here
on this street will any day see teams of
horses driven past that are not thirty
months old. Any eastern man before
looking into their mouths would pro-
nounce them five years old. They are as
we'll developed as four or five year old
horses in any other country, There is
plenty of money is raising horses in Kan
sas. A good deal more than there is in
cattle. Counting the season and it
does not cost any more to raise
two year old horse than
it does three year old
steer Not cent more; and a good two
year-old colt is worth seventy dollars and
the three-year-old steer is worth twenty
seven dollars. That is the reason that
am now raising horses and not raising
cattle"
There are good many people in Wich-
ia perhaps who do not know that Council
man Healey is a profound philosopher.
Well he is. A few weeks ago Mr.. Healey
stood in front Of one Of the prominent
hotels in Denver and talked wisdom to
some OF the people of that benighted city.
Among other wise savings he said people
are as the Gods whom they serve: that re-
ligion not only formed the character of
people but it affected their physical ap-
pearance. He said pointing to the SALIVA
ton Army who were marching in the
street, now it is no difference where you
see Salvation Army folks they all have a
peculiar resemblance. Those people right
there, said he, pointing to the Denver
army, resemble the Salvation Army in
Wichita And then iaboring man with
tin bucket in his hand and gailuses tied
round his waist stepped up to Councilman
P. V. Hesly, of Wichita. aud modestly re-
marked that there was nothing strange in
that, because the Salvation army of Dem
yer We're every dog on one" from Wich-
tia. And Pat never smiled again.
THE CITY BUILDING SITE
To the L:itor Of the Eagle.
There has been two abortiye attempts
made by the city council to buy desirable
location for city buildings. In these at