Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-09
KANSAS NOTES.

KANSAS NOTES.
! Last Friday night two safes wer,
broken open in Geneseo. No clue to tbs
robbers.
The girls of Leoti Indignantly protes
| against the young men OF that place 80
| ing east after wives.
/ The Eureka business men have sub
scribed 81. 200 as bonus for the erection
in that thriving young city of canning
| factory.
The Republican congressional com
mittee for the Sixth district of this stats
has called its convention to meet at Rus
ell on the End of Nav.
| John Cubitt died at his residence OF
Avenue d and Cedar street. Kingman
Saturday morning, 4:45. at the age of s:
years. one month and nine days.
| Logan county. has been presented witt
a court house by the Russell Spring tow,
company. That is gift that Away
comes handy in any community.
| Baldwin has an ordinance forbiddins
| the sale of tobacco to minors. 1t ha
been in force one week and cigarette:
have disappeared from the streets.
A meeting of the colored people of To
peka was held Tuesday evening. and til,
South American emigration scheme wa
denounced as a political trick and ;
| fraud.
| All the towns in western Kansas ar,
now furnishing up and putting them
selves in readiness to receive the boom
which is expected with the opnning III
of spring.
The Winfield Courier believes thai
| 10000 or $4,000 is not too high a fgur,
| to place the number that will be presen
at the e. A. r. encampment to be helC
there next week.
A rumor is af1oat that the c., K. & n
| Chicago & Rock Island, railroad com
pany has purchased the franchise of tn,
Midland through Reno and Rice counties
and will build a road from Hutchinson
| to Great Bend.
T. NJ. Carroll, of Paola took a case t.
| the supreme court to test the question
whether a mortgage given on crop be
| fore it was planted would hold. Th,
court held that such a mortgage was no
legal or binding.
The Greeley County News and tn,
Greeley County Gazette have console
dated. The new paper is called til,
Horace Messenger. Messrs. Hunter ant
| Fulkerson are the joint editors ant
! owners of the new paper.
From all over the county comes cheer
| full reports concerning the condition o
the wheat crop. The recent rains have
given the crops good start and thu
ground is in good condition for this tins
of the year-Winfield Courier.
Considerable blowing has been done in
Cowley country already. and if the mile
| weather continues much more will be
done in the next week or two. We are
| told that if spring wheat is to sown Il
should be sown this month.-Ark. City
Traveller.
The Fort Scott & Gulf railroad people
who struck natural gas at a depth OF
800 feet while boring for water al
| Olathe Saturday. have cased the wei
and are continuing the boring. The
| we'll will be sunk to a depth of 500
feet. All day Sunday the gas issuing
from the well was burned.
Considerable blowing has been down
in Finney county. and if the milo
weather continues much more will be
done in the next week or two. If spring
wheat is to be sown it should be sowI
this month. In eastern Kansas spring
wheat sown in February was for years
accounted profitable crop.-Garden
City Sentinel.
Mr.. George Rasure, the cowboy evan
geiist, has been frozen out of the Kansas
City church in which he was holding re-
vival services Mr. Rasure had habit
of visiting saloons and inducing the
tough element to attend his meetings,
and his methods We're not approved of
by the brethren. He declares that he
will build church for himself.
During wolf chase south of Concor-
dia, one day last week. the wolf closely
pursued by dozen or so hounds, dashed
into dugout where family was en-
gagged at dinner. An unceremonious adj
journment took place. and his wolfship
was expelled after vigorous display Of
lung power by dogs, men, children and
women, and finally killed.-Jamestown
Kansan.
Captain John Smith. warden of the
state penitentiary. was in the city yes
terday, to make his monthly settlement
with the state treasurer. During the
month twenty-seven new prisoners were
committed. twelve were discharged by
by pardon. twenty-three discharged by
expiration of sentence. six died in prison,
and one was returned for new trial, leav-
ing at the close of the month, 929 in con-
tinement.-Topeka Capital.
Attorney General Bradford has issued
circular to county treasurers informing
them that the courts having refused the
application of the Pullman, Palace Car
company for an injunction restraining the
collection of taxes against the company
for the wear 1886, the same are now col
lectable He also informs them that a
temporary injunction having been grant
ed against the collection of taxes for
1882, the taxes for that year are not now
collectable.
The Lindsborg News SAYS that the
Swedish Colonization company has sold
to Swedish colonist5. since July. nearly
30. 900 acres OF land. A large amount of
government land has also been secured
by members of these colonies. If every
thing works well hereafter, Logan,
Wallace. Greedy, Sherman and Thomas
counties will have as large and prosper
Gus Swedish population as Mcpherson,
Saline, Clay and Republic counties.
The greatest profit from sheep is not
in mutton or wool. but in the enhanced
fertility of the farm on which they are
kept. No other stock can compare with