Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-18
STATE NEWS.

Fish are shipped from Arkansas City tC
Colorado.
The Winfield Irrigation, Canal and Hy-
draulic company flied It's charter.
The people of Peabody will expend S7OC
this year on their public library.
The western national fair will be held al
| Bismarck Grove. September to H.
While in Tennessee the last year the death
| rate among conyicts was Il in 900 in Kan
sas it was in 157.
Two Storage tickets were recently sold
from Hamburg, Germany, TO Russell, Kan
S;is, for $50; less than the railroad fare
from Russell to indianapolis.
1t is rumored on good authority that Vice
| President a. T. Touzalin, of the Atchison.
Topeka n Santa Fe railroad. has been ten
| dered the vice presidency of the Erie rail-
| way.
Hon. John NJ. Price of Atchison. was ap-
pointed by the governor as delegate to the
| national convention of the of the American
| agricultural association which meets at New
Orleans February 20
Col G. T. Smith, late attorney general
of Kansas, has been placed on the pension
list with a monthly allowance of SIS. His
back pension. which he has received.
amounted to S5,Ss2.50.
The noted foot racer, one kittleman, of
Harper, Kansas, has been matched against
man from Australia, 10 run a race in Cali
fornia for ten thousand dollars. Ki;tle;nan
started for san Francisco last week.
The St Joseph, Hanover and Southwest
ern railroad company has filed its charter
The proposed road is 10 be built from Ham
over, in Washington county, TO CLAY Cen
ter, Clay county, running through said
counties of Washington and Clay. The es-
timated length Of the proposed road is fifty
miles.
The Brenham town company has fled its
charter. This town is situated in Edwards
county, and the places of business are Bren-
ham, and Topeka. Kansas. The directors
for the first year are Wm. g. Dickinson.
VIM. \. Goats, Of Topeka; Geo. +. john
son, :. ID. Robineit and Chas. H. lands,
Of BRENNAN. The capital is $4,000, to be
divided into 600 shares of 500 each.
Great Bend Tribune.-Several young la
dies in towE-young misses raiher-have
taken one and two shares of stock in the
building association. This speaks well for
the girls: it shows they have an eve to bust
ness and viii in few wears have several
hundred dollars in cash by simply saving
their pin money. \ girls chewing gum
money will carry 500 share in this asso-
citation.
The Capital SAYS tha; Capt F. :. W.
Drought practiced neat experiment in the
parlors Of the Soldiers Fair dining hall. He
donated "a twenty pound firkin Of fine table
hntter,' with q request that, in order to test
this particular butter no other WAS TO be
used at dinner or supper. All pronounced
il superior article. and after supper the
captain announced tea; what was eaten for
butter was 4 frkin of Armour X Co.'S oleo-
margarine
The SD volume of the reports OF the
supreme court Of Kansas is now printed and
ready for distribution. Ii contains li2
cases, in which opinions were written bv
the justices as follows: Horton. {. J.. 81:
Valentine, j.. 81: Hurd. a6. Chief Justice
Horton fled separate opinions in two cases.
coBcurring specially in each case Up. la.
6lsl Mr.. Justice Valentine filed separate
opinions in three cases, coucgrring specially
in each Jpn. S25. 5S3. 69il. Al cases de-
cided prior TO the January term. lSS5, and
not before reported, ara contained in this
volume.
The Hutchinson News SAWS that John \.
Clamp. now of Boston. bu; one Of the esrlv
settlers and first postmaster of Hutchinson.
was accustomed % perform for the amust-
ment Of the bows" all the feats now worked
BY Lulu Hurst, the Georgian mystery. The
News saws: de could lift chairs and tables
around with tie palm of his hand that heavy
men like Raft and Moffett could not weigh
down. /; Is stated by those who used 70
meet there that for months there were
strange happenings in tina; eiiiice. At night
chairs, buckets trunks and sll kind Of furui-
ture would fiv across the room. One nigh;
a revolver went Of, and t. the keenest OBJ
server no fraud was discovered.