Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-08
KANSAS KOLLARY.

The public schools at Topeka close this
week.
The commencement exercises of the
state school of oratory will occur next
Saturday evening.
Mcpherson is to have a $4,000 soap
factory, and now the town is waiting for
comments.
The Kansas Scandanavians are prepar-
ing TO hold a grand musical festival at
Minneapolis, Ottawa county, III June.
1t is not often that complaints are so
generally made against some of the
.'crab cider" that is being sold in this
city, says the Great Bend Graphic. A
word to the wise is sufficient.
The Kingman Courier must be ailing.
Besides other horrible punishments pro-
posed of late it suggests that people who
will rob a grave of its decorations should
not only be arrested, but sand-bagged
for lack of sense.
State Journal: All is vanity but no
vanity can exceed that of the people who
90 through the books in the Topeka
library marking the striking passages for
fear the readers that come after might
overlook them.
Kingman Courier: The supreme court
of this state has decided that general oc-
cupation tax is illegal. This may be
read with unusual interest to those who
have been compelled to come down with
the almighty dollar on several occasions.
A stylishly dressed couple from Ar
kansas City left a four weeks old babe
with family at South Haven, few
DAYS ago, stating that they would return
for it in few minutes, giving plausi-
bic excuse. They were never seen after
ward.
Lawrence is offering big inducements
to the ladies of the Industrial school to
have them locate the school in their
city. They offer them the old university
building and quite large sum of
money to have them move TO that city.
Lawrence man is figuring on feas-
ible route for mule car line between
The town and the university, which
crowns the top of Mt. Dread. If he sue
ceedS, says the Star, there VIII be very
little said any more about the seven won
ders OF the world.
Leavenworth Times: 1t is reported
that E. w. Howe will shortly dispose of
the Atchison Globe and purchase the
Kansas CITY News. An effort is being
made at Atchison to organize stock
company to buy the Glooe and Patriot
and consolidate the two papers.
1t is ingenuity indeed, to use base ball
as boom matter" The citizens OF New
ton have raised 81 900 for the purpose of
securing base ball club from Kansas
City. Apropos of this the ladies of
Newton have sewing circle which
should be some inducement 10 active
base ballists.
A two-ysar-old child at Hiawatha fell
from a second story window. distance
of fourteen feet. receiving only few
slight bruises: and a three-year-old boy
of Ottawa fell into well twentythree
feet deep, with little water In the bot
tom. and his only injury was scratch
or two.
The famous Topeka Modoc club have
arranged to present the opera of Pima
fore" upon a grand scale at Garfield
mark. Topeka, in the open ar. The stage
is to be erected on the bank OF Soldier
creek. and is to be built in exact imu1ita-
ton of ship, and to be rugged IN full
ship dress.
Gueda Correspondent: Arkansas City
was largely represented at the springs
Sunday. Wellington, Winfield, Wichita
the THO of W's-were also represented
while the country folks drove IN. filed