The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-17


and yet no signs Of his approach.
1t was getting to be a torture to wait
No one spoke. As the time was almos'
up little cloud Of dust rose on the
western horizon, then soon after the
measured beat of pony's boots CANT
pulsating on the breeze, and, latheret
from head to heels, the painting pony
with wild eye and futtering breath
came stumbling to the spot, making tht
last mile in one minute and fifty sec
onds.
ST. Joe was the last residence of Jesse
James. He lived here quietly, having
travelled a great deal formerly by raj
during his life, meeting up with stran
gers on the cars and conversing witt
them briefly on current topics. Throw
among strangers as he was SO much al
his life, it is not strange that at the last
he courted quiet and rest with complete
change of scene.
He lived in st. Joe under the nom de
plume of Howard, and those who were
impudent to him at that time now otter
start up wildly in the night and Shrek
with terror after dreaming that Mr.
Howard has returned to life in st. Joe
and with large shotgun in one hand
and a John L. Sullivan ultimatum in
the other is engaged in settling up old
scores.
Mr.. James lived very uneventful life
at st. Joe, and the gas man who remem-
bers now the time when he and Mr..
Howard were alone in the cellar looking
at the meter, and how Mr.. Howard
spoke rather feelingly about the feeble
veracity of the meter, and how he (the
gas mani talked loud and got red in the
face and bullied Mr.. James into paying,
now tre1nbles like leaf when he passes
the house, and can hardly look a gas
meter in the face.
Prior to the time Mr. James lived here,
Mr.. Eugene Field, now of Chicago, was
a resident of st. Joe. Senator Cochran
and Major Bittinger now run The Ga
zette and Herald, respectively, and Ma
jor John n. Edwards for years Uttered
up the streets Of st. Joe with the shat
tered yitals of his foes. During the hot
weather it was said that Major Edwards
foes who were awaiting their turn at
the undertakers became even more Of
fensive than they were during life.
st. Joe is a great overall center. The
regalia of the Farmers Alliance is made
here in great numbers, and the overall
girls throng here like blackbirds in the
hnl T cfo fNr
hours watching them with deft and
agile fingers overaliing and painting for
the trade.
st. Joe is said to be the richest city of
its size in the world. In travelling about
I run across a good many of those. The
richest city of its size is getting to be
very plenty in America, and in numbers
is only equaled by the ''town which has
never had what you may call boom,
but has a regular, steady and healthy
growth" wish 1 could remember how
many of these towns have encountered
just this season.
A short time ago visited The Bee
Office. in Omaha. Mr.. Rosewater says
it is the largest newspaper Office on the
globe. It is certainly the largest ever
saw. Il is freproof and very well
planned for convenience.
A short time ago we passed through
Galloway county, Mo. Galloway county
has the honor of having seeded at one
time from the state of Missouri. Acting
On the principle that if a state could Sc
cede, the divine right also belonged to a
county, Galloway refused to recognize
the emancipation fad and also rocked
back on her Launches and refused to
pay taxes to the state. This ran on for
some time, but at last she was forced to
come back into the Union because for
eign powers refused to recognize her
sovereignty and her currency was not
taken at par by other nations, as it was
poorly printed by an amateur JOB printer,
who did it in colors.