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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
THE COURT HOUSE YARD.

The soil of the court house yard has
been nicely prepared by proper enriching
and working to receive its permanent COW
ering of grass, for supposedly blue grass
or of mixture of blue grass and white
clover. w. L. Jewett, one of the Oldest
and most successful farmers in the county,
known by everybody, and who, as the
local readers of this paper well know, has
has made great success of Alfalfa, prov
ing it by actual demonstration to be of
more value on a stock farm, acre for acre,
than corn, called in yesterday to advocate
the sowing of Alfalfa on the court
house square While he did not
convince the EAGLE from an aesthetic
standpoint, his argument on the
utility side of the question were not with
out force and merit. Uncle Billy says that
in the first place that blue grass subjected
to artificial sprinkling and unprotected by
the ever-changing shade of trees, will die
: to be followed by sand burs and what
not, and that no blue grass can withstand
the combined direct heat and light of the
sun and the heat and light reflected from
the white walls of the county building.
He therefore favors alfalfa. He says it is
luXuriant in growth. is beautiful green,
covers the ground within forty-eight hours
after cutting. will never die out whatever
the weather, etc, and that it will prove a
standing advertisement of what alfalfa
clover will do in Kansas. Without doubt
it is the coming pasture grass and hay
grass Its roots go down to perpetual
moisture aud no drouth can dissstrously
effect it, and it can be cropped from two
TO four times each season.
As for the court house yard or any blue
grass lawn, the mower. the water works
and open sunlight often prove too much
for it on our light, rich. friable soil
Where water must be used because of the
lack of shade, and the lawn mower for the
sake of velvety beauty must be run, then
the only guaranty of life is mixture of
white clover and continued sowing of the
blue grass The prettiest, smoothest and
strongest blue grass lawn in this city or
in South Kansas is resown twice week
during the entire season. In this way new
grass is ever coming aud the sod becomes
very strong. At any rate, during the
months of April and May and September
and October every close kept and artificial
ly watered lawn ought to receive several
light sowings of fresh seed Blue grass
thus handled insures in this climate q
green lawn the year round.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SELL OUT.

1t was learned last night from a trust
worthy source that the Democratic Big
Four bosses held a star chamber seance
with the recognized Alliance leaders in the
Commoner Office and submitted PROPOSE
tion for a combine on county ticket. The
proposition was that if the Alliance would
permit them to name the candidates for
circuit judge and sheriff on the Peoples
party ticket, they, the bosses aforesaid,
would pledge the ticket the endorsement
of the Democratic county convention and
solid vote Of the Democratic party of the
the county. The Alliance leaders took the
propositian under advisement. A similar
advance was made by these same Demo-
cratic manipulators some time ago, but it
was promptly rejected, though the har-
monious action of the Republican county
convention last Saturday and the eXcep-
tionally strong ticket it placed before the
voters of the county rendered some sort of
dicker necessary, and it is now with the
Alliance leaders in the shape above out
lined
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
Curing lis with sln.ls.

II IL now seriously proposed that mu.
sical guild should be formed iof.ondon foe
the treatment Of illness. % Be called '',Ths
Mission Of st. Cecilia" IRE FIRST lnstancs
recorded Of music having been tried a. =
curative agent was when David played the
harp 20 the sick King Saul; and is b chron.
ieled that early IN the performance saaI
threw bis jayelin at the young hsrpist.
The guild in question: IS BE- composed %
lady vOcalists and viollnists = c0mbina
ton in the presenee % which even persons
ia robust health have bern known 70
trembls. One ot the rules for the guids
ancs Of the proposed guild IL that tbs ma.
sie shall not b. played iH the sieKroom
but IN an adjoiuipg cbambsr. This W0ald
be a wise precauti0n- The performers
could make their escaps before the iFsts
patient sbOud have time 70 reach them
VITA bis boot jack philadelphia Record
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
The strange Case Of CRATIC K.rIei..

Cratic Kelleia himself, Maltese man,
was born of parents who possessed the or
dinary number Of fingers and toes. He
had six fingers On each hand and six toes
on each foot. His wife possessed the or
dinary number OK digits. -Four children
were born to this couple. Salvador, the
eldest boy. had the six fingered condition
of his father represented in full. George
and Andre resembled the mother, but the
hands and feet Of the former were slightly
deformed. Marie, the daughter, had also
five fingers and hve toes on each hand and
foot, but her thumbs we're developed some
what out Of proportion
As regards the second generatioD-all
the children having married partners with
natural hands and fset-of Salvator's four
children three showed the six fingered
condition. George had two girls with six
fingers and toes, and third girl with six
fingers on each hand and six toes on the
right foot, but only FIVE toes on the left,
and finally a boy with the natural num-
Der of digits Andre had many chill
dren, but all had normal hands and feet;
and Of Marieis family boy had sax toes,
while her other three children showed no
departure from the natural type.-Dr- An
drew Wilson in Hsrper's-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
PERSONALS.

D. P. Mckee of South Bend, Ind, is in
the city.
A. NJ Peck was here from Hazleton
yesterday.
j. S. Lewis of Emmingt, n was at the
Metropole.
C. L. Freeman of Anthony was at the
Occidental
c. L. Sherman was up from Mulvane
yesterday.
O.. j. McOwen Of El Reno is registered
at the Carey.
W. S. Randle Of Hutchinson visited this
city yesterday.
Charles L. Dean of Marion is stopping at
the Manhattan.
John p. Kegan was down from Leaven-
worth yesterday.
Erwin Ellis of Lebanon, Mo-, was at the
Carey last night.
C. W. Beatty of Compus, Ill, spent yes
terday in the city.
r. L. Walton of Andale was at the Occi-
dental yesterday.
p. P. Burnett of Hartford, Conn, is in
the city on business.
J. F. Cox returned to his home in Spring
field, Mo-, yesterday.
E. Wilson of Joplin, Mo-, registered at
the Carey yesterday.
John l. MeAtee of Caldwell spent few
hours in the city yesterday.
c. Y. Trice of Cameron, Mo-, registered
at the Metropole yesterday.
George p. Pridestone is here from CleYe-
land, o., on prospecting tour.
c. L. O'Donneu of Des MoiDes, Ia, is
SDeudInQ a few daVS in the CITY.
Asa Shuler and wife of Hamilton, O.,
registered at the Manhattan yesterday.
Mrs. r. Breckenridge and family left
last evening for an extended visit in st.
Louis.
n Willett, a prominent business man of
Hutchinson was in the city few hours
yesterday.
Mrs NJ NJ Colvin returns to her home
IN Columbus today after visit of three
weeks with her sons, Frank and Leonard
Colvin, of this city.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
COLLECTING HIS RENT.

A reporter was notified by an officer last
night of novel manner to collect rent.
The scheme was introduced by a landlord
who reckoned without his hosts and may
yet be made to suffer for his rashness.
1t seems that family liz limited cir
cumstances have been living in house on
East Central avenue and could not or at
least have not paid any rent for several
months. The landlord has been watching
for an opportunity to do something about
1t. but such time did not come Until
Monday.
The man of the family who live in the
house has been away for several days at
work and the wife took her children to visit
relatives in another part OF the city on
Saturday, expecting to remain away over
Sunday. While away from home one of
the children took sick and the family
could not return, as they intended. This
was the chance the landlord had been
waiting for and he made an effort to col
lect all back rent. He went to the house,
broke open the door and took out and
carried away all the lady's clothing to-
gether with all the household goods, in
Guiding even the carpets, and took them
to his home.
As soon as the lady learned of the matter
she went to County Attorney Morris, who
proceeded to investigate the case. He sent
an officer for the landlord, who appeared
and begged so hard that, on account of
his extreme age, the county attorney
promised not to push matters provided
that he should replace all the articles
taken from the house in the same con-
dition he found them. The county attorney
gave him a straight talk and it is reasona-
BILE to presume that the landlord will here
after use different means in collecting his
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
Neasurinr strains or Bridge.

A French engineer has devised method
Of accurately measuring the strains on iron
and steel bridges. using for the purpose
two brackets, which are attached some dis
tance apart to the beam 70 be tested On
one bracket Il q water chamber, closed By
. flexible diaphragm and connected With
an open tube. which serves 20 register. by
the height Of the tube, any pressure mace
on this diaphragm. Ope end Of q pointed
rod - connected with this metal covering
to the water chamber, while ths other Is
suitably joined to the other brackst. IL u
thus seen that any elOngztion Of the bEidgs
member causes motion oS the diaphragm
and fail Of the water in the fns tzbe.-
New York Telegram
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
DIED

Mrs. Dr. James, mother of J. D. James,
Mrs. w. E. Marsh and Mrs. A. G. Broad
way, died Sept. z, $40 p. M, at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. w. E. Marsh,
16l1 f. First street Mrs. James was
taken sick April and for five months has
been great sufferer. At the end she
passed away gently and suddenly, said
she was feeling so well and in moment
was gone.
Funeral services tomorrow, Sept. 0, 9 a.
m. at the house, 1911 E. First street. and
10 a N. at Emporia Avenue Baptist
church.
All friends of the family invited. Day
ton, o., and Aurora, Ind, papers please
COPY.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
where Big Frenehmsn Are Pound.

Some Americans, fed on English books
believe the Frenchman to be small-aboui
four feet high, when well cared for. Take
a look at the Frenchman when history
first took an interest in him aud called him
q GauL. He was about as big as two Ro
mans. 1t was his custom TO get along
practically without any clothes except
swords and shields, and be could fight II
you doubt il, stir up the bones OF the an
cient Romans who tackled him and asa
them, or read how his fighting blood made
him dash, sword in hand, into his burning
house and slash around at the fire
For a sample Of that big Frepcbmsn 20
day 20 to the mountains Of Auyergbe
which furnished early France with that
great fighter, Vercingetorix, and which
now supply Paris with the giants that
speak queer Preach and carry heavy loads
kansas City Times.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09


The jaBitor o. cur apartment tiEntensd
the knot 0f his scarf. busted with a silk
handkerchief bis patent leather CATERS.
threw Ianguidly bis haH smoked Havana
cigar into the asB cup - silver. waited
eoarteousiy for tbs last ech0ss q a reTeris
by Chopin played a. 10 psauO bY his
daughter with Ead blue eyes. waited win
eloquent silence until nadaHa bad rssssd
Der bad from Crsbs's fEsnasosucs," (" ADD
said; 'fhsre are Signs 81 . rsh>iii0s ln usT
domain. The third st0TT has a nightla-
gaze that yslls az caybrssk. tss fffh had
visitors until 1910 last aight. and tbo siKsh
May. let ne Ehiapsr - Jour mother
bad baby this morning" Wei. dear.
Ezrn tts third and nfta. bgt bSsify tss
siKth that We skAll want tie rooms Moo
dsY. otbsrWiss this bozzs viii quiekly ~
cone a tenement "--Esw York IinsA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

The social TO be given By the Wichita
Christian EndeaTor union this evening az
the Mayfiower Congregational church. on
Fairview avenue, promises 70 De very
pleasant affair. The wellknown names OF
Mrs Julia Dunn. Misses Dessa johnson,
ZeIla Finch and LOda Mum assure an en-
joyabls musical program, while the liter
airy part Of the entertainment will be ably
sustained By such pleasing elOcutsonists -
Misses Millison. Smith, AucSmOody and
Tripiet. Social begins at 7sSo program AZ
s Take the North Main and Fatrvisw car.
Admission tFeA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

The board of directors have decided that
on account of the fair it will be better to
place the annual donation day in this
month instead of October, as formerly.
We have therefore set apart Friday, Sept.
IL, for this purpose. and we would re
speotfully invite the many friends of the
home to kindly remember the little ones
on this occasion with gifts of fruits, vege-
tables or provisions of any kind, to fill the
store rooms Of the new building and aid in
providing for the coming winter. Freely
ye have received, freely give" and the
God of the harvest shall bless you.
Mrs. J, L. DYER, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

The finest garnets in the United States
are found in New Mexico, Arizona and
southern Colorado, where they are often
called rubies. Such of them as are discoy
cred in New Mexico are picked up on tbs
Navajo reservation, where the Indians col
iect them on anthiils and near the excava
tons made by scorpions. Botn scorpions
and ants bring them 20 the surface uber
they find the stones obstructiDg their an
derground galleries and chambers. Gems
OF this sort o. exceptional sire and beauty
sometimes bring Gfty dollars each. though
they rarely exceed three cara<s IN weight
-Washington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

The Fraternal Aid association Of this
state eonvenes in the city today. This is
the second annual council and they meet
in the A o. L. W. hall The order is an
insurance organization which admits both
sexes. The organization was perfected In
Lawrence. The ASSOCIATION has now ], 300
members in good standing The state
officers viii be in attendance and the ses-
sion will last several days Over hun
dred delegates viii attend The gentle
men will be taken over the city today by
the Board of Trade.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Two Clevsl1nd burglars who attempted
to saw their way cut Of JAN used rats a.
seutsnels- Al night when they were ready
70 bcgin operations they spri1ksed bread
crumbs IA fro1t cf their cells and collected
a drove Of rats Wnenever q turnkey ep-
preached their section Of the jail the 70
dents sczmpered away. thus givsag the
alarm Fer ssveras nights theJ worked
that way ard. tho1gh the turnkey beard
the saving and went about Oh tiDsOe. be
never could locate the n0lss.-PhslAdek
AHA Ladzex.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

A we'll known Wichita youth staid all
night in first-class hotel in Kansas City
recently and told the clerk when he regis
tered that he didn't want to go very high.
He spoke from monetory standpoint,
but the clerk misunderstood him. The
youth was shown an deliberately furnished
room on the first floor and the next morn
ing he was stricken with paralysis when
the hotel man informed him that his bill
was Sc
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
RE AL STATE.

FURNISHED by the Dean Abstract co.,
The records in the register of deeds Office
show the following buyers of real estate:
w NJ killmer IL and hf 73 Hy-
draulic ave Hyde's add W d.. l5OO
w Kirkbride Is 20 q "a &c blk IL
Martinson's 7th add W d.......... 300
or 292ww d..'.......'.......... $500
Julia B Rouse 234 blk University
Hill add tax deed. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Julia b Rouse 55 Cherry st Garri'
sons Srd add tax deed 8
Julia b Rouse 9S 100 l02 l04 Wood
land ave North Riverside add d.. "a
Julia B Rouse % "a 20 % Pattie ave
McCormicks add tax deed. d........ II
Julia B Rouse 81 So So 81 SO 81 Nose
ly ave Glaze 81 Jocelyns add tax
deed ..........,..........s %
L b Bunnell ~ 30 Eagle st Jones
add wd.. ..:........,...'.'...: 40VO
Mary II Cook conler so fl large lot Is
Fifth ave Meads add wd 500
G G Fees 166 16S Main st + II Smiths
add wiz blk 3 Perrys add wd....
Dean Gordon A to SO and 60 TO 90 and
40 to 95 Fifth ave Rock Island 3rd
add tax deed. ......................
j NJ Greltney 81 "a So IS Douglas ave
city, wd. ......-....----........
E ] Wilson 81 So IS 81 Dayton ave
246S Hendryx ave Glendale add
wd -....................... looO
Helena Healy 81 SO 6I IS Lorraine
ave Girard add wd.............. 500
H E II Gilbert south 80 # z blk 4
Perry's add &c d.. ........ s.
Hartford Western Land Co 80 50 81
Lulu ave Strong's add W d. ..
II Wallenstein 46 s 10 - IA 10 IS
Second st Davis add tax d..
Pat Gould 81 30 38 40 AZ A 46 4S Fan
ME avenue McCormck's s add d.. 100
Nicholas Hermes IL Is Andale w d.. 100
+ l. Tilling hast ne Or 2l 20 2w qcd.. go
VIM Sawyer Sc or IA 292e d.. 1000
Lombard Investment company north
80 acres hf NV or and north 80
W hf ne or 81 20 2e qcd.
Valley Land and Town company
north so acres hf NV or north 30
acEes W hf ne or "a 20 2e qcd....
Eno& Bostwick Z 8 IL 10 10 II 10
81 % % "a 20 81 80 IS all on Ohio ave
Lambs sub div shfd. 100
Emma E Handiey 2 Chicago ave
West Wichita wd d................ 100
Ed O'Bryan % and south Is # 81 To-
peka ave Stones add wd .. $500
Julia B Rouse 155 and 157 Main st
Lees add tax deed 81
Julia B Rouse Ohio ave Matthew
sons End add tax, deed.
Julia B Rouse IS 60 62 GA Park Place
ave Laucks add tax deed. 113
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Yesterday two good looking girls arrived
in town from Hutchinson and during the
day were around in the real estate offices
looking for a furnished room. They told
one agent that they had run away from
their homes and were penniless. As they
had no money to go on they found it diff
cult to get rooms, and will probably turn
homewards again.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Marriage licenses were granted to two
couples by the probate court yesterday.
Three licenses were issued the day before.
The judge says that cloudy and rainy days
are the best for marriage licenses. Those
issued yesterday were to Owen j. Martin
and Sabina E. Nolon and John NJ. Timon
and Annie NJ. Mics of st. Marks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
ANoraER TkEAT

Every man in the city is asked to take
his pencil and note that on next Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock Mr.. E L Cobb. a
commercial traveller from Philadelphia,
will speak at the Y. NJ. c. A. meeting
For nesrly five years the association has
been trying TO procure the services of this
man who possesses rare ability and is
known from the Atlantic to the Pacific as
one of the ablest lay speakers of the day.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
Over 100 Kind. of mushroom. In On. s

The old Greek and Roman writers speak
of the truffle, the boletus and the puff ball
In Rome ali mushrooms must be sent to q
central depot to receive the government
inspection, the yearly crop amounting to
$1,000 pounds. Germany, Hungary and
Russia consume large quantities. and in
Terra del Fuego it is the staple article OF
food England uses the common meadow
mushrooms, but the consumption is small
America is especially rich in the guam
tity and variety of this healthful vege-
table, and scientists are making especial
effort to stimulate its cultivation and
diffuse knowledge regarding it. The Rev.
Dr. Curtis, state geologist, has found III
species in North Carolina-Indianapolis
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

A large number Of farmers have pur-
chased presses in town within the past
week, so dealers report, for the purpose of
making cider. The apple crop is SO boun-
tiful this year that this new industry of
cider making, so we'll known to the old
farmers in bygone days enjoyed this
luxury in the old eastern states, is now in
troduced in this state.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Tooth brushes ara made from it By cutting
pieces Of the stem 20 eonxepieDt lengths
and frsyiDg cut tue ends Il also sgpp4ss.
convsnisntl- enoaEh, an s1oslisnt tootb
power. which Is prepared By palvsrizina
the dried stems
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

O. T. Hanna, gentleman who came in
on the excursion from Big Horn, Wy, has
bought considerable city property. be
had not been here two days until be con-
cIuded to remain and shortly after tele-
graphed for his wife and family TO follow
him hither. His family arrived the latter
part OF last week and are staying with Mr.
P. V. Eealy until their goods arrive. Mr..
Hanna has purchased fine residence on
South Topeka into which he will move
He will go into the cattle business
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

The residents on South Market street are
still complaining about the watering foun-
tain on Market. just south of Douglas
avenue. 1t has been running over for
several weeks now and as nothing is being
done about it the surplus water is making
a regular mud hole of the entire street for
several blocks south.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

According 70 a Japsnsss beIief The mika
do Is cescs ansd from TIE gods. being ous
hundred and twenty -erzt in direct lize u
descent Sintoisn. the Japaoese nztiszsl
religion. recognizes 5000 g01s and
saints
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Lou Swisher, who was arrested Sunday
for whipping boy st the swing on Market
street. was tried in Justice fuckers court
yesterday and fined IS and costs, in all
about SIS. The same man is to be tried in
the police court next Friday for disturbing
the peace.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

The State Fraternal Aid association of
Kansas will hold their annual session in
this city today 1t is the desire of those
connected with the order that all citizens
having two-seated carriages are requested
to meet at the entrance of the A. o. U. w.
hall today at II a. m. and show the visitors
over the citv
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Mr.. NJ T. Burwell, who came in on the
last excursion. has purchased another
farm of $50 acres. This is located near
Sedgwick and is fine piece Of land. Since
he came he has purchased lleo acres, all Of
which is improved land he starts for his
home in Gibson, Ill. today.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Misses Jessie Clark, Leids Mills and
Anna Mason have returned from an ex-
tended eastern trip, having visited some
of the principal cities in Canada aud the
United States, including Toronto. Mon
treal, Quebec, Boston, New York and
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

There is an orchard on the Quinnell
farm nineteen miles south of town on
which hundreds of bushels of fruit. early
apples and peaches, lay on the ground rot
ting There are about 1000 bushels of
nice winter apples on the trees which the
proprietor is at a loss to know what to do
with
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Mr. P. Y. Hezly reports the inquiry for
city and farm property on the increase
He states that the business in real estate
had been comparatively dull until month
ago. he will leave for Chicago in a short
time 10 work up the excursionists there.
He hopes TO take few hundred people to
Wichita during the fair.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Mrs. w B. Probst of Middleport, Ohio,
and Mrs. A. Caldwell and daughter Kitty
of Eddyville, Iowa, who have been visiting
the family of T. Bailey of South Topeka,
leave for their homes this morning Mrs.
Probst and Mrs. Caldwell are sisters of
the deceased Mrs. L. Bailey. The ladies
are very much pleased with this city and
the state
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

A gentleman living OF the Michigan
peninsula writes Mr. CowleY that thirty
two charcoal burners of Delta county will
leave in body in few days for Wichita
and South Kansas for the purpose of buy
ing farms. The writer says these men had
never been labored with. They had been
reading for themselves and made up their
minds accordingly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Mr.. w. J. Holbrook left for Chicago yes
terday on a short visit. He will there
meet Mrs. Holbrook on her way home
from New Jersey, where she has been some
months visiting relatives.