Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-04

A seven year-old daughter of Harvey
White, farmer of Halstead township,
had her right leg broken Tuesday Her
father was standing on the wagon
fastening the cover, when he fell, strik-
ing the child and falling heavily upon
her breaking her right leg.
Alex Butts, in the Kansas City Star.
says that 1.-THE watermelon crop and
rwenty-three columns of legal advertis-
ing in the Wellington Press make Jake
| Stotler laugh as he used to twenty years
| ago Well. we should utter to giggie
Topeka has the sinch on the clipping
business. 1t is indeed a drearv week
when such an event does not traDspire at
| that place, either from or to it. The
latest occurrence in that line was the de
parture Of forty-year-old wife and
grandmother in company with the gay
tamborinist OF the salvation army.
The horticultural romancer of the
Garden City Herald says: I'VE were
shown beet this morning that weighed
1S5 pounds" 1t must have been dead
beat.-k. G.. Star. Probably it was one
! of the three live ones that the U. s. COM
missioner had in hook on the charge of
robbing the Hartland postoffice, which
they proved they didn't.
As between the obstinacy of its mayor,
the irracibility of the city council and
the enforcement of the occupation tax
ordinance. Topeka is in the midst of
most perplexing chop-sea. Try the new
Germ.n remedy for sitting the angry
pillows, Messrs. Journal, Democrat,
Commonwealth, ct al: that is, pour oil
on the waters. Oils cheap, if you can
only think so.
Larned Eagle Optic: The farmer riseth
in the morning and shaketh himself; he
draweth on his last years boots and
goeth out TO his corn6elds. and is greatly
thereat; he grinneth as the corn groweth;
and straightway he goeth unto the car
penter and in the fulness Of his heart
sayeth: 30 thou man of jack planes
and claw hammers. put thou another
story on my corn crib"
Sun: Mrs. S. o. Ralston, living about
three miles northeast of Parsons, was
bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake last
Saturday evening while she was reach
ing into the corn CRIB for some corn She
Ieoog nized the rattle OF the snake, but
before she could withdray her hand its
deadly fang stuck into one OF her fingers.
Her arm became swollen IN a few mo
meuts and medical assistance reached her
barely IN time TO save her life. The snake
was killed and proved TO DO q large one
with thirteen rattleS
Robt. McAlley, formerly switohmsn
on the Santa Fe yards at Newton, but
recently in the employ Of the Missouri
Pacific at Kansas City, had most re-
markable escape from death about six
o'clock Tuesday evening. In stopping
to inspect the lower bolt upon door In
the freight house, his revolver Dropped
from its scaobard and fell 20 the Aoor.
II struck upon the hammer and was dis
charged the ball struck a watch in
McAlieys vest pocket directly over his
heart and literally shattered IL The
wheels, pinions and In fact the entire
movement was torn from the case. the
only injury the Waterman received was
q very slight abras,on Of thu skin.
Abou: one year ago J. y. Beach. then |
q resident OF GreenIeaf, Washington |
Of the Greenieaf National hank. abruptly |
disappeared. Soon after his sudden and /
unex I-1c:ed lsave-tak1ng President Smith /
Of the bank, discovered tina; forsed notes |
20 the amount Of about 1900 were
aloat Naturally be linked the disar-
pearaace Of Beach with the issuance Of /
this paper. and following brief invssss-
CATION learned that Beach had forgsi
the notes and hyposhscased them ~ col
lateral for ioana Active efforts were
made 70 locrts Beach, On: they proved
abort.ve until Sanday, when he was