The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-24

] we'll as amusing episode in regard to
| the ordinance relating 10 dairies inside
| the corporation.
The ordinance requires that dairy
| OF more than two cows shall not be
maintained inside the city.
! F. r. Stone lives up on Carlos ave-
nue. and he concluded TO keep about
a dozen cows. w. H. Sternberg and T.
II. Griffith, who live on Carlos avenue
/ declared that Stones dairy was nui-
sance and his calves bawled so much
| that it disturbed their rest in the morn
| ing and they got up petition TO the
city council to have the nuisance abat-
ed.
Ben Aldrich was fortunate enough to
get F. r. Stones daughter for his wife
and he naturally takes an interest in
the Stone family He heard of the pc
| tition TO have Mr.. Stones dairy declar-
| ed a nuisance and he got up petition
10 the council to have the ordinance in
relation to diaries in the city repealed.
Ben Aldrich used to be mayor OF
Wichita and he knew several points.
He was on hand and had his petition
acted on first and il was granted and
| the city council ordered the city attor-
! ney 10 draw UP an ordinance repeating
the ordinance relating TO diaries in the
city
When the other petition was called
up Mr.. Aldrich informed the council
| that it was bit of spite work, that he
had visited Mr.. Stones place about
once a week and If there was any null
sance there, he never heard, saw or
smelled il.
Mr. Griffith addressed the council and
said that very thing had been an in
tolerable nuisance for some time but
he admitted it was better now and in
timated that it had been cleaned up
for this occasion.
Mr.. Stone wanted the mayor and
council to come up and inspect his
place and then go over and see Crit
fiths place where he only kept one cow
and if his place was not cleaner than
Grifffths he would give them all of his
cows.
This brought Mr.. Sternberg TO his
feet and he more than confirmed Mr..
Griffith's account. Mayor Cox seeing
that a small sized storm was about TO
arise called halt and the belligerentS
retired.
There was a report put in circulation
last week that a capitalist wanted 10
build distillery here and thinking to
have a little fun Mayor Cox appointed
DIR. Minnick Mr.. Maxwell and Mr..
Handley a special committee 10 inves-
tigate and report. And when reports
of special committees were called for
DR.. Minnick arose and assuming an
important air read the following:
Your committee would respectfully
report that they met in special session
to consider the proposition of Mr.. J. l.
Blass & Co. of Maysville, Ky, who de-
sire to locate distillery in the city of
Wichita.
In considering the question as to the
matter of its location your committee
could not come to an agreement. Mr..
Handley of the West Side proposed
that the city buy Garfield university
and donate it for the purpos, and that
ii would be in close proximity to the
railroad and near TO the great corn
belts on the west side of the big Arkan-
sas, and that the citizens of the West
Side are all prohibitionists and not adj
dicted to the habit of loafing around
places where intoxicating liquors are
manufactured or sold.
Maxwell of the Sixth ward advanced
the idea that it should be placed in one