The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-01
WEEK IN KINGFISHER.
The Present and Future Pos mastership.
a Lit lie Review and Minor Mention.

KNGFIsHER, o. T.. March 81 Especial
Mention of the postmastersbip election
in last Sundays EAGLE was incomplete.
lacking in results Lee w. Allis received
90 votes aud G. f Gage IS; few scatter
ing. II is suggested that as Mr.. Gage in
vited the election. his failure to receive II
majority of the votes cast, leaves him at
disadvantage. While an election APP
parently settled the contest ia Oklahom "A
City, T-cumseh aud a few other points. it
is not certain that the impromptu vote of
last Saturday determines the matter here
The Eingfs er po>toffice is one of the
most important in the trrritory, and
prudence would dictate careful considera-
ton, not only of the claims OF
various applicants, but of their business
integrity and peculia qualifications.
a. we'll. Again, the term OF the present
pos, master does not expire until July IL,
and the past policy of the administration
warrants he prediction that change Is
not like 10 be made before that time.
DR.. G. w. Fairgrieve, superinten liant of
county board of health, Was In The city
Tuesday comforting with the territorial
member of the board, DR.. j. A Overstreet.
DR.. Fairgrieve is also Rock Island sur
geon, and his card bears tile elegant For
merlv of London, England"
]. NJ Ruatcap, deputy supreme organ
izer of the Order of the World" came in
this week from a successful tour. He de-
clares hat he finds the EAGLE the favor
lie everywhere
Notwit hstandirg the money squeeze,
people in this vicinity are setting out
shrubs aud trees w Preston at this
one point alone, for his spring delivery has
sent out thus far 600 apple trees, 2 600
peach sou cherry, 400 apricot, besides other
trees aggregating about IL 900, and 1900
Concord Craps.
The TT. diction about great fruit harvests
last week seems to have been premature.
Reports are that fruit prospects are not
the most fiattering, owing to the severe
cold of sunday and Monday; especially
peaches and plums which bloomed early.
A couuiy horticultural society WIS
organ zed here today. Hon Ham bal G.
ST.. Clair, ex.chalrmaa of tie United
States townsiie board No 3. was made
president. TIE society meets again tie
last Sa' urday in April.
The week has ben an extremely busy
one in the county treasurer's Office, this
being the last day without penalty, peo-
pie have lined up la tooi h, and Tr, a-uTer
Wocdwitb With two drputies-Guy Con-
dit aud Hen b Adams-Lave experienced a
continual swat About half the levy has
been met, III r, ceipts the past week
aggreSating Sl0.092
Colonel Lyman Cone, late worlds fair
commissioner Of this territory, WAS in the
city this week. He says he Oklahoma ex
bipit i still stored at Cur hrie awaiting
for some city TO come forward with suit
able facilities for its reproduction.
In the famous contest between ". j.
Bonnet and NJ. A. Jones over one of the
most valuable nomesteads in he territory
in sight of this city, tie secretary OF he
Interior has sustained Jones. Bot parties
have ample means, al d, it is understood,
the case will be carried 10 the courts of
last resort
Probably the first aud only wedding in
the territory between native Of China
aud Caucasian, WAS solemulzed by Pro
bate Judge / homas g. Mac Gre in this
city last Monday. The contracting par
ties were Young Lee aud Miss Molly De
Walt. Young Lee is 81 years of age. hay-
ing landed in Sau Franci-co from China.
twenty one years aga. He was for fifteen
years in the laundry business at Wichita,
coming TO kiugfisher at The opening five
years ago. He was nat uralzed as ciii-
zen OF the United States b, the district
clerk in this city last Christmas. The
bride is healthy locking German girl
OF nineteen summer, whose parents live in
this city.