Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18

the scene at the wrong moments and as res
suit Algo is now picking shot out of his
body.
An eighteen months old child of Henry
johannes, of Marysville, fell into pond
and was drowned.
The house of William Schroge, near VIII
son, was destroyed by fire, together with
household goods, etc.
schools. We like to see towns have pride
in these institutions.
Considerable ground has been broken for
wheat in Mcpherson, and much rs the grain
sowed already.
four-year old son Of Peter Lorenz, of
Hillsboro, was smothered to death in a bin
Of wheat, Tuesday.
Horse thieves who have been depredating
in the vicinity of Lawrence were captured
in II Dorado last week.
A radical change is TO be made in the
Sterling schools, by which there will be no
graduating class this year.
The Ellsworth Reporter boasts of six
inch twig with nine large peaches on it, and
wants TO know who can beat it.
Osborne is recovering from the "blind
tiger" or the "blind tiger" is recovering from
Osborne, il is hard to tell which.
The farm house of Mrs. Lydia Burton,
near Colony, was destroyed last week. The
loss is covered by an insurance of $500.
A man by the name of Sharp plunged in
to the Cottonwood river near Cottonwood to
rescue his son and both were drowned.
The Concordia Empire is advertising q
thirty-six pound watermelon and an car Of
! oor,, with I 1S0 Grains both from ono farm,
The Washington Register says the far
| mers are all looking around for extra ground
on which to stack their immense crop of
| C orn.
The Caldwell Journal publishes almost
n column of large yields Of corn in that sec
ton, devoting only a few lines to each in
! stance.
The trustees of the Concord NJ. Z. church
at Stella have enough funds on hand to
erect building, but will not do SO right
away.
The Downs young ladies are real nice, but
when they visit Cawker City they become
real bad girls, and in the opinion Of citizen
should be spanked.
The dry weather in Mcpherson comfy of
last week came in time to ripen the corn and
dry the wheat. The corn crop is the best
ever raised there.
A sumner county farmer visited Yelling
ton, got drunk and drove another mans
team away, for which he was arrested for
horse stealing. Moral: Very apparent
A calf and pig were bitten by a mad dog
at Blue Rapids, The dog was killed, but
both the calf and pig were attacked with
hydrorhobia sixteen days later, the former
being killed and the latter dying.
The Rossville News thus describes the at
tire of some Indians who recently visited
that place: "The blanketed Indian women
with hand painted grease spots with trim
mings of rancho butter could be seen on all
Sides
The Burlington Republican has long
story about a La Cygne woman who went to
Burlington, gave birth to child, killed it,
of which ''there is not the slightest doubt
and was allowed TO return home unmolest-
ed. This is strange.
The Onaga Journal reports that on The
nj ght of the 4th inst, and very heavy cleo
trice storm occurred, covering a tract OF
country over twenty miles square, south Of
Solomon City, and killing large amount OF
stock. Mr.. Keller, farmer living on
Pogue's rancho, three miles south Of Onaga
was killed by lightning.-Leavenworth
| Times.