The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-02-17
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| Ter. OF South Carolina. 81 person" No more
emphatic or contcmptuous reference could
be made from one Senator 70 anotner tnan
this, and with the cmphasii, tone and look
which the New Yorker can employ, 1t would
sting ~ the bite Of an adder.
While cleaning the reservoir Mt jackson
VILE, Ill.,. few days since, the workmen ex-
humed rom the debris In the basin the skei-
etous Of no less than sixteen infants in vari-
Gus embryotic stages.
The Council Groves 75mes pcrpetrates this
awful pun: .sWhen asked to explain what
reason he had for licking his wife, Salina
man said that he believed in 'lick-hcr' law"
JEFF Davis has written book, entitled,
1.-The Rise and Fall Of the Southern Copfcd-
cracy.'' JEFF has tried all phases of life, from
a traitor president Of confederacy that had
no foundation, to traitor in petite ats.
Aman at Wichita sends nine of his chill
DIR n to a private school, and instructs the
other nine at home.-Oifa~a Republican.
The Senate has passed bill appropriating
sl35. 200 to fit out vessel under the control
of the Secretary Of the Navy to go in seach
Of the missing steamer Jeanette.
The smallpox has become SO prevalent in
New York that the board Of health will per-
nit but two carriages to go TO smallpox
funeral, a: Il impose a heavy fine If any more
shall 60.
The military prison at Lcavcnworti,. Kan
is reported as having turned out in the last
fiscal year -, e2a pairs Of boots, and 81 40 Of
shoes.
Washburn College, at Topeka, has just re.
ceiyed five thousand dollars, beguest from
Boston.
Silas Chamberlain, of Cleveland, who hold,
81. OOa. 900 OF MiunesOta's repudiated obliga
tions, has submitted proposition. Ih'
question of the legality OF the States bond
will be submitted to the Minnesota Supreme
Court and if decided TO he Illegal he viii
surrender his bonds, but If legal he will Az
cept fifty per cent. OF their value in full sat
isfactiOn.
dead.
A story comes from NOrthstrongton, Conn
that man, trying to discover gold by the
use Of divining rod in the cellar Of a house
in that town, discovered a subteranean pass
age that led forward several rods into a room
ten feet or more square. and that other pass
ages had from this in different directions.
The Confederate House does not take kind
ly to Logan's bin to reinstate Grant in hi
old position mt the head of the army.
The Fredonia Citizen is preparing ''deat
beat list for publication. 1t will include
the names Of good many delinquents who
are able, but unwil ing to pay up.
A paper advocating Senator Sprague's i'll
terest, says the young son OF the Senator
who lives with his father, will give som'
very ugly and damaging testimony agains
his mother. Most noble ex-senator! 1t Il
without bringing your boy TO emulate hi
father:
/
cratic candidate for the Presidency in 1884
, but that the contest will be between the Re
publicans and the Greenbackcrs.
From u paper read ut meeting OF the Chi
cago Trade aud Labor Union, it appears tina
there are $500 persons employed in that cit!
in the ayOcation of shOcmaking, and that thu
; average OF wages paid is 81 per day, allow
) ing for the employment of female and chilt
labor.
Wichita will get u. $. Court with juris
diction Of the western part Of the Indian
Territory. Tn is needed and the court Al
F. Scott is not = ates Ctater Ne,cs.
An amendment to the Constitution Of Ne
brasAa is asked FOR similar to the prohibition
amendment of Kansas, only they want wo
man to vote on the question.
In very able letter the Washington cor
respondent Of the Atchi>on Champion says
in speaking of the speakership of the House
of Representatives: ''Mr. Haskell has been
warmly spoken Of for the position by many
friends. and quite a number of memb, rs have
approached him on the subject. lie has Civ.
en- them no encouragement thus Tar.
The ice has passed out Of s.. Louis viii
but little damage To river craft.
The Erie railway has reduced rates to west
bound cmi.rants.
Town Of Bass Manchae, La, Is totally des
irycd hy wind and water.
Much OF New Orleans is under water an,
the people suffering for food.
The other day during the discussion upon
the electoral count resolution. Senator In
gals narrated what he called piece of sac
red history. lie said ne was a teller in 1871
lie and Others received notice that while
passing the corridor with the electoral vote,
in 1877 the sergeant-at-arn,s would be attack
ed and the votes taken from him. Precau
tons were taken to prevent the scheme.
Tom Hughes, late of the Marysville (kan.
Ners, will start morning paper in the new
town at Albuquerque. lie has ordered hi.
newspaper Office from Kansas and will soon
commence operations. Hughes is reputed to
| w az Sp'e newspaper anu w Picuit'
| that lac will make complete success of hi,
journalistic rntcrprise.-Las Fegas optic.
4 bill has passed the Senate forbidding
the shooting Of quail at any time Of the year,
| aud chickens between the LIST of August and
LIST of October. instead Of February LIST, rs
heretofore.
| Speaking OF diphtheria that is raging so
fatally in many adjacent cities the Leaven-
worth Times says that there is no longer any
doubt that it is contagious.
The building containing the officers head
quarters OF the Department of Arizona, at
Prescott. was destroyed by fire on last Friday
morning Only a small portion of the records
were saved.
A United States assay office has been es-
tablishcd at st. Louis.
Sara Bernhardt has given fifty public per-
formances since her arrival in the United
States and has received for the same $3.50. 900
in gross.
HorsIio S,xmour is not cypectci 10 live