The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-06-24

Thomas G. Fitch was yesterday appoint
ed nostmaster of Wichita TO succeed l. b.
,Jewett whose full term of service has ex-
pired.
The salary of the office is 5000 per year.
Mr. Fitch succeeded TO the endorsements
of the late Frank b Smith; he was per-
sonal friend of Senator Martins and also
had the prestige of being delegate to the
convention that nominated Grover Cleye-
land
Mr.. Jcwett honored the. civil service law
and still retains sixteen OF the employees
that Frank Smith had.
If Mr.. Fitch honors the civil service law
his present patronage will only reach four
of the thirty-two employees of the post
Office, viz: Assistant postmaster, Janltor
and two laborers.
The assistant postmaster's salary is ST.
SOC per year, the janitor's 5000 aud the
laborer's $40 each.
Ii is intimated that Will Hewey will be
the assistant. although It is gwen out on
good authority that M:. Fitch has made no
promises. Prominent Democrats say that
the place will go to Mr.. Hewey In accord
ance with seeming desire of all sections
30 cover up the chasm that was MADE py
the fight in the convention last year.
Others seem to think that the place VIII
90 TO either George NJ. Dixon or George 7.
Locke because they are both warm friends
of Mr.. Fitch.
All this, however. is merely rumor and
there seems to be no evidence that either
Of them want the place.
FIRST POSTMASTER.
Milo B. Kellogg was appointed postmas-
ter of the Wichita, Kansas, postoffice, AS
II ha aH in, Ter
mental language. on the 18th day OF Feb
ruary, 1869, and the pOstoffice was then
kept in a trading ranch owned by Durfee
& Co-sod covered-and located just north
and west of the residence OF the late w. I:
Woodman, "A little east of the residence OF
William Griffenstein.
The mail was then brought into this
country as it continued to be for short
time by the way of Towanda, down
through Cottonwood Falls by bronco ex-
press, and arrived at this point two or three
times a week as the high waters of the
Cottonwood and Whitewater rivers, and
the disposition of the messenger 10 over
come the temptation TO Stop and shoot
buffalo, permitted. That Milo B. kellogg
made a first-class postmaster in a fourth
class office, those who knew him in latter
years and knew of his spirit of accommo-
dation, will never doubt. That the varl-
Gus communications received Tor Hurri-
cane Bill" Curly Marshall, Joe Lowe,
''Redn aad the destroying Angel" from
the NnueScab, as well as those rece we'd
for the lesser lights of society. like j. =.
Allen, Ben Aldrich, James h. Mead, II.
c. Sluss and many others who have sur
vived the environments of those times and
who still get their mail at the Wichlta
office. some of which still comes by the
way of Towanda, but 10y lightning eX-
press instead of "bronco,n were promptly
delivered by Milo there is no question.
SECOND POSTMASTER.
On the 2Sth day of March 1870, Darius S.
Munger was appointed postmaster, he
platued what was known for several years
as the North end in town, the post Office
was located In the residence of MIR. Mum
ger, the house now occupied by Mrs. w.
Z. Woodman, which of course has since
been much modernlZed. Darius Munger
was one of the original characters of this
country he established the first free deliv-
cry system of this city. he carried the mail
around under his hat and delivered 1t to
the patrons ef the Office he happened to
run across them, the afternoon mail per-
haps az times WAS not delivered until the
next morning. You see he might have
been going in a different direction,
from what you were. On mail
DAYS he read over to the waiting
audience the entire list OF letters
No kinder old man TO the new conner in
this country ever lived than Munger, fol
several years be kept boarding house
and many young chap who came dowI
here TO find fortune and fame. eat his grut
very regular and then paid him at ode
times. The postoffice was then taker
from his residence and moved over to thu
store kept by j. B. Dickey and Ben Aid
rich, who were acting assistant post masters
for Munger and 10 hear Ben tell of tn,
way the fellow run his shotgun through
the general delivery window and demand
ed the letter which be and Dickey failed I,
deliver. is calculated TO make a cold chill
cling TO the vertebra OF the delivery clerl
of this day for a week.
NORTH AND SOUTH FIGHT.
IL was during Munger's administration
that the tight for supremacy OF the nortl
and south end town faction began and ol
September Is $780, the late W. Is. Hutch
isnn, one OF the pioneer newspaper men @
this state and OF this county, whose tall
of the earlier times and men of this stat
was as entertaining as romance OF TN
border bv Cooper, was appointed post
master, and the postoffice took "a run dow
Main street 10 a point on the east side Q
the street Just below Third street. Tn
postoffice building was fitted up by jour
neyman Carpenter Scott CGrbett, nov
President Corbett of a national bank. o
the 6Th day of March. 1871, Josa
L. Holmes was appointed postmaster
auu aEdih nS NtAASS ""S oSSiS
down towards the south end an
was located in The vicinity of th
Hellers' hutcher shop. On the 18th day
May, 1875 Robert l. West was appoinIe
postmaster. aud the Office. one siarles
night, Jumped down 10 the EAGLE blocl
in the room now occupied by the Bosto
store as its boot ami shoe department, bu
the triumph of the Douglas ayenU
,rowd' was short lived, for again on
night when the clouds were flying low an
men whistled their way past graveyard
be Office took n hop-step-and-Jump ga
and landed in one of the store rooms of Il
Occidental holel On, then. that Dongl'
avenue crowd was sight 70 see, Jhis en-
Of our beloved city was patnted brlgt
crimson. It's atmosphere WAS steel-biu
there were excamStions emauatlng tro
those poer men, Steele. Levy, ,Greiftenstel
and the kohn boys, that the papers on
represent by dashes-and The EAGLE h;