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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

the reason he was compelled to secure a
: divorce. They told him that Judge Dale
could lie d regular sailors matrimonial
knot that would never slip. The judge
appreciated the joke and assured Eph
that he could do it.
Right then and there the colored brother
got a promise from Judge Dale that the
next time he got married the judge should
tie the knot good and fast. That was
last fall and Judge Dale had forgotten
his promise until last Thursday week,
when he and Mrs. Dale drove up to the
Kansas news stand to get late maya
zine, Ephraham came and handed him
a marriage license and said he wanted
to be married.
The homo able judge of the district court
kept his word and told Eph to be on hand
in the district court room promptly at
/ 80 p. m the next day. The colored
man said he would be there on time.
Judge Dale was in the court room at
promptly one-thirty, but the colored can
didates for matrimony did not show up.
Judge Dale sat down in the court room
and told some of the officers of the court
how he had been worked into this scheme.
He waited for an hour ana nan, DuC
Eph. failed TO put in an appearance and
finally the judge came down town.
The next day in the afternoon he met
Eph Williams on the street. He said:
Look here. Eph. What kind of joke
was you playing on me that you did not
get married yesterday as you promised?'
Your honor said Eph., as he removed
his hat, that was no joke. I really want
ed you to marry me because l knew you
could do it right. but il was this way.
When We talked it over we came TO the
conclusion that it would never do. If
had come and got married at the time
you set it would have been on Friday,
the 18th day of the month and 80 o clock.
Judge we could never stand all them
hodoos. Something awful would have
happened If we had been married at that
time. We just waited until the next morn
ing and got the colored minister to marry
US. You see we had to do that"
Judge Dale now admits that he made
a great mistake and that he is glad Of
his colored friends escape from all un-
fortunate dates.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
In the Profession.

There is one doctor who is noted for his
optimism in Wichita above all others.
Of course. doctors in general. are opti-
mistic and no wonder either. for some
other fellows life is at stake. Not long
ago the afore said doctor walked into one
of his patients room at the hospital The
patient was a professional nurse and in
a very serious condition her life being
despaired of for a while. The doctor
stood in the doorway for a couple of
minutes IN deep thought and the follow
ing conversation took place:
Don't you think I Will live through
the night. DOCTOR" asked the nurse. with
a little laugh.
Il wasn't thinking of that" replied
the doctor. Il was just thinking that
would go by BIietz's on my way down
and tell him 10 be ready to come up at
any time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

every seven men Mr. Mathewson was
employed TO pilot the force across the
big river. He knew the crossings and
drove his mule team in the lead and the
little army followed. They crossed and
camped on the high ground west of Lanes
island and were attacked that night by
the Indians. Bob said it was battle
by moonlight The Indians opened the
ball by charging and trying 10 stampede
the stock None OF the party were in
jured but they learned that the Indians
had carried two warriors wounded from
the field
Mr.. Phelps said they carried their am
munition in a wagon drawn by 4 yoke OF
oxen. The ammunition wagon had light
stand built over Il and from that, one
OF the guards kept a constant lookout for
the Indians. They were able TO stand the
Indians OF until they arrived a short
distance south of For, Dodge There the
Arapahoes charged them ard the whole
party made run for the fort.
Mr.. Phelps says about the middle OF
October word was sent to Col. Smoot that
a great peace conference would be held
at Medicine Lodge. Col. Smoot went TO
the conference and took young Phelps
with him. Il never saw so many Indians
in all my life said Mr.. Phelps. 1T was
said TO be the largest gathering Of In
dams ever assembled on the continent.
The government had representatives there
TO treat with the Indians. Mr. Stanley.
who afterward won fame as an explorer
in Africa. was there for some newspaper
and so was Milt Reynolds and George
Walker who was a brother OF Col. Dick
Walker
When peace was declared the gov
eminent issued clothing to the Indians.
l will never forget the sight OF that
Then an Indian brave was given a new
hat and a suit OF clothes. The very
first thing he would do would be TO cut
the top out OF his hat and the seat out
of his trousers.
After the treaty Of peace we had no
further trouble with the Indians and we
went ahead with our surveying About
December l. men csmped on Elm creek
near where Elm Mills now are In Barker
county While We were camped there
we had a terrible blizzard. II was ter
rble cold. We run out OF rations and
lived on buffalo meat and wild turkey.
The latter were not hard 20 get. The
whole prairie was full of wild turkeys
and we could drive them like Wild sheep.
The last OF December we broke camp
and went west We struck another bllz-
card and burned two government wagons
10 keep from freezing. Il was hard
trip and at that time l never expected
TO see Kenog's town become a city like
Wichita now is"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Toe Many Hoodoos.

George McNeai tells a good story Of
how near Judge David NJ. Dale. Of the
district court, came 10 performing the
marriage ceremony that is supposed to
make two happy souls one.
II is not generally known that Judge
Dale has never married \ couple in all
the long years ne has been judge of the
district court The law does not permit
the judge OF the district court TO make
more than his regular salary out OF his
position and whenever people have re-
quested Judge Dale 20 marry them. he
has referred them 10 the probate judge.
He. however attempted TO make one
exception 10 this rule.
One day Ephraham Williams q young
coloresi man. who works in the barber
shop OF McNeal applied 70 Judge Dale
for Il divorce from his wife. II was
granted and after that Judge Dale wss
in the barber shop when Eph spoke "a
him about the divorce. Some OF the boys
in the shop told Eph that ne had failed
to have the knot properly tied and that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
The Surveying Party.

Most CT the people IN this city Will re-
member having seen the little apparently
young gray haired man. who sells horses
and mules at auction at the corner OF
Water street and Douglas avenue. His
name is Robert r. Phelps. Bah" he Il
called By his friends. he can tell more
stories OF early Kansas than any other
man in Wichita
He mas picture Of party OF sur
veyors taken IN Lawrence in 49, The
center Of the group Is a boy sixteen years
Of age sitting under the surveyors til
pod. looking over the field notes
Bah Phelps fought the Indians on tire
plains when a small boy he vas 81 the
battle of Julesburg and saw the Indians
pick up shells fred into their camps ~
the United States soldiers and throw
than into the river before they sxp'o1et-
when Col smoots organized force %
survey the Usage strip vest % the Bis
Arkauszs river. Robert vas one y the
party Of Seveniy-fTe men On So III 5er.
Iss- "A part q The part cane do~n from
Lawrence 10 J z Mad ranch - To
wauGs and waited thc.e two Or three
DAYS Tor he bzlance = cc-7e-
IRE whole PARTS then cane O. -
wichita which a. that tizae consisted e:
Milo Eeuoxs Jog cabin r which vas
store and gusts1.cs- william Griffin
ssegr lived over toward Chisholm creek
and EeIl0Es sore vas near TIE co-ner
q Csue-aI and siepzs-s street. Bsh says
when they uzpzeksd their surveying m
strumsais "a front q Kelicsk store TIE
whole bottom along the T1r~r Seemed .
Be covered WITH iutiaas- ne Iasiarss
.osa them they would - allowed 70 so
on the east s.6e q ;he Bag River tat tSeT
corld Tot crrs~ 70 ihs rsE- si3e
Every nan q Ire ss-Tsygrg party had
!. gun ard 100 ro1r6s CO Szus11sfion e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Winners in Politics.

When Populism was at AS height, Lew
Butterfield of this city was secretary OF
the Popuiist central committee. He help
ed make a success OF the movement and
campaigns. He was asked the other day
to what he owed his success along these
lines. His reply was as follows:
well. in the first place hard work and
steady application 10 the work before US
led TO our success Then whenever a
fellow came into headquarters no matter
who he was j always made 1t a point to
make him feel that everything depended
on him and that he was a very important
individual. And sure, every man is an
important individual. / wou.d get them
so interested that he would get out and
accomplish something whereas he had
done nothing before
Then / believe in the hurrah cam
paigns l tell you that the party that
gets out and makes lot Of racket catches
the floating votes and wins every time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Admires CoIIeue Hill.

Il will tell you something" declared II.
c. Meeker. one day last week. when he
was asked what he knew" Wichita is
growing wonderfully and College Hill is
going to be the resident portion of this
city when she becomes the greatest town
In the southwest. l was out there driving
last Sunday and have never seen a pref
tier place. The difference when you come
In from the hill 10 town is so marked that
II is noticeable to the crank. Everything
out there is pleasant ard the fine breezes
keep everything cool while down town.
things are dirty and some people are
even crowded into flats. The place IS
booming. too. Houses are being put up
ell over the hill and among them are
many fine residences. The man that owns
property there is going TO he strictly in
il in the near future II he holds on to it.
i once lived out there. l own no prop
erty on the hill but wished that l did"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Burdens Of . MaYor.

1t is not pleasant thing 20 b mayor
OF Wichita or % any other town n 8
season OF the year. lie has 70 carry a
heavier weight % other peoples troubles
than during ell the balance q the aa-
ministration combined IN a lump. The
people have notior that the mayor
knows everything going on = the city
from the letting OF a contract % The
killing OF q dog and is responsible for II
He has 20 bear al the grievance against
everybody from a councilman % TIE hum
blest factoiuun connected with munici-
pality Just IS an editor IS held rsspon-
sible for al the little items 81 a news
paper and which he never sees until the
paper is out and often times not then
The truth IS that the mayer OF 8 city
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Quick as a Squirrel.

THE real curiosity on the poor farm"
declared one of the visitors 20 that in
stitution last week" Is Dummy. Dummy
is a young man who is deaf and dumb.
His real name is Claude Smith. He has
been on the poor farm as far back as
any one knows him can remember. He
has one leg cut OF above the knee and IL
Is just as much a mystery to the supsrin-
tendent as 10 how and when he lost that
leg as II is where he came from. He Is
a very bright chap as Is shown by the
way he takes care OF himself and helps
about the place. The curious part about
him, however. is his agility. He is just
like a squirrel He Will go up on the
windmill on the windiest day and repair
or oil IL while regular mechanic win
not venture 10 do the thing. Another ex-
ample of his nimbleness II the way IN
which he comes down stairs. He comes
down in one way always At the top Of
the stairs he throws the stump OF the
amputsted leg and shoots down the rail
ing like streak of lightning. AS he
comes to the bottom he just lifts the
stump OF and hops OF about his duties
He will carry a tray OF dishes down in
the same way.
The other day this fellow got mad be-
cause superintendent Noycs would not
allow him TO drive the stock cutter bic
went OF and didn't return for as many
as two meals. Mr.. Noyes explained 10
me the reason that he did not allow
Dummy 20 drive the stock-cutter was
because he was afraid something might
happen. Not being able 10 hear. the
young man does not realize how loud he
shouts and 80 his shout 20 tho horses
sounds like a Comanchs's yell and 10
nearly scares the animals 20 death They
very near had runaway out there the
other day on account Of this Dummy
came out TO the barn where a man drfv-
ing mules was unloading something.
Dummy commenced 10 shout and sing
and the mules began 90 dance IL was IN
Noyes and the driver could do 10 keep
them from running away"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Georoe Washinoton's Obituary

". p. Rose, of this city, has a great
curiosity in the way of an old newspa-
per 1t was printed in 1900 so that its
leaves have become so old that Mr. Rose
keeps it wrapped up in silk for fear
that it will be destroyed. 1t was handed
down to him by his father who in turn
got it from his father and so on back
up the line. 1t was printed at Kingston,
N Y, by Samuel Free & Son. The date
line is January 4, 1900. All the column
rules are heavy black and on the inside
papers, one may discover the occasion
for the mourning George WASHINGTON
was jdst Eerting his obituary. Papers
IL those days were not published but once
a month ami so the news was not the
freshest when ii reached the reader. One
of the very queer things about this pa
per and its notice of the death of General
Washington, is the way in which the
order of the funeral procession is given.
After giving the order of the army corps.
there is diagram, in the middle of which
is the word Corpse" Lying parallel with
the colUmn-rule and then on either side
without the boundaries of brackets which
look like, the outlines OF coffin, the
names Of the palI-bearers are given, in
the same order in which they stood by
the coffin.
On another page of this paper the fol-
lowing advertisement appears. The adj
vertisement is self-explanatory:
SECOND NOTICE-of my wife. Han
nah. is hereby given, forbidding all per-
sons whatever from harboring or keep
ing her from trusting her on my account,
as l am determined to pay no debts of
her contract. Matys van Steenbergh."
Mr.. Rose is figuring on having a great
number Of this original newspaper made
and selling them at a small price. He be-
lieves that certain class of people are
looking for this sort of curiosity and
declares that it pays anyone TO give ten
cents for reading some of the adds and
items in it. His father before him had
some made and sold them at a reunion of
old soldiers. At all events it is worth
getting a copy to preserve, he thinks,
as the original is already in a very deli
cate state and cannot last much longer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
First Complete Block.

Wichita is building up wonderful" re-
marked one of the citizens Of this city,
in looking UP Main street. When / first
came here and that was not so very long
ago, there was only one block in the
town that was not ragged: that is without
a one-story building TO break the synme-
try OF the block That block was the
one in which the Eagle Office stands The
one across the street is fun Of two and
three-story buildings now, but il was not
very long ago that there sat one-s;ory
affair in il. There are plenty OF others
now but then the block 1 mentioned was
the only one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Enuinos.aI Storms.

A man with gray hairs IN his head q
hairs. came up 10 the Eagle editorial
rooms and handed the editor Of the Home
Gossip page the following article written
by himself and signed. J. 3 p:
As certain as the sun ssrnl-annpally
CROSSES the line. the Eagle gives a good
natured fling at the idea that there IL
anything in "equin9xisi storms" 81 This
time I want 20 anticipate the Eagle and
uerchance. give u z few nuts q crack.
DO not pretend 70 speak with scientific
accuracy hst uin only state my own
views without holding any one else re-
sponsihie for Them
A. Is wcll-kno~n fact that Prof.
Hicks bases hiz weather pTedic,isns on
the disturbances caused b the sUn ard
planets crossing the eartb's equator: and.
II this theory Is true. al person need
70 do. ia order 70 know TIRE Eeatber al
tine % come. - 20 x; Disnstar.ura.
turn TIRE crank nole down The passage u
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22

Week bsfore last. there came very
near beng "a tragedy in one q the homes
on North Main street declared = motor
neer yesterday IN discussing the quick
stops made o. coming So from CoIlese
Fil I ~ss coming along az a fair rate
Of speed with che cf the dumpy CARS
Along in the fourth block. q child that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Perry Not PAT.

st. Patricks day was last week and
while talking to P. A. Rohrbaugh a rep
resentative of the Eagle was inspired by
some higher or lower power, hard to tell
which to ask Mr. Rohrbaugh If his name
Pat had anything to do with the ia
nous wearing of the green. He was as
tonished to find that Mr. Rehrbaugh' s
name is not Pat or anything like it. His
name is Perry. Mr.. Rohrbaugh ex-
planned:
There is little anecdote about the
way in which 1 happened to be called
Pat" When I came out west l had a
fear of being nicknamed, but Pat
never entered my head. Chas. Luling is
the only man that ever called me the
nickname that l feared. That was Par"
Those are my initials. But to go back to
the story of how / got the appellatioD
Of Irish origin tackled onto me. When
/ came here l boarded down at the Metro
pole. Shortly after L arrived here. Joe
Coates. Bob Coates brother, prosecuted
hotel for the collection of bill. II only
amounted to sl5 but l took UP the de-
Tense. When we went to trial before
walker, joe coates completely lS-
nored me as counsel. We did not know
each other and during the taking of
evidence he acted as though I was not in
the case at all. Well when it came TO
the argument l made up my mind that
1 would skin him for all he was worth.
However, he got the opening and landed
on me pretty hard. But when ii did come
my turn / hurled fiery things at him.
He broke in so often that Judge Walker
had TO finally give him lecture about
court etiquette and the way in which he
had treated me. After all the argument
was in, Judge Valdez decided in my
favor. Then Joe brought his case in
the district court. There l did him up
again. After that we became the closest
of friends and he began calling me Pat
l don't know why or wherefore. He had
not been calling me by that name long
till everybody in the town was address
ing me thus, and never since then have
/ been known anywhere in the state by
any other name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Moderate Building Season.

Enoch Woody was asked The other day
what were the prospects FOR the building
season In wichita this coming summer.
The season win open up IN fun blast now
IN a week OF ten days. Mr. Woody said
that the season VAS going 20 be a record
breaker but that there Will be a moderate
boom.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
Wichita Mushroom Grower.

Very few Wichitans know they have
mushroom grower among them. Mrs
Hershey who lives on orth Lawrence
avenue. raises mushrooms OF the foreign
variety and the way in which he does IL
is very interesting. In the hrst place,
unlike nearly all other plant life. rnush-
roms mus, be grown in a semi-dsrk place
Then the bed in which they are grown
is made up carefully as the layers of
a cake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
TALK OF
THE TOWN

OF 1t, but just gives it off hand. He will
sit down and read the paper after cleo
ton and tell you the name of every
United States senator and from what
state they come. He will come very near
telling you also the name of every rep
resentative in the house and from what
district in what state they come. He
can tell you about every association Of
baseball players; what games they were
in, the names OF the players and what
places they hold down. His memory beats
anything 1 ever heard of and in addition
he has that faculty to grasp an idea or
clause at one reading"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22

has comparatively little TO do with its
larger and smaller affairs. The council
men let all the contracts. makes all the
appropriations. pass on ali bills and make
the tax levy. The mayor can only vote
IN case of tie which occurs very sell
dom. And yet the poor fellow gets all
the blame If things do not go to suit
everybody. The climax of mayoralty
persecution came the Other day when Ben
Mclean found a man who had been abus-
ing him. He reasoned with him about
things and finally found what his real
grievance was. It was this, that the
mans dog was poisoned and killed and
the city would not rebate the tax paid
on him for the unexpired portion of the
year and which amounted to 80 cents.
HsiIing Car at Night.
e. 7. Allen. with a friend, was walking
in from the hill the other night. as the
car was not on time Pretty soon the
car caught them and Mr.. Allen and his
friend went out TO han it. As il drew
near, E. I. drew a match from mis- pocket,
lit it. and held it in the as he would a
lantern. What's that for?' asked the
friend. "Oh." replied E. T.; That's the
way we stop the cars out here. Oftea
the motorman can see the light when he
cannot see u.s.