Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-18
KANSAS KOLLARY.

State Sugar Inspector Cowgirl has al
ready branded 500 barrels of sugar al
| the TT. Scott works,
General Frederick, of Topeka, has
been elected lieutenant general of the
Union Veterans union.
The Garden City Sentinel claims a
profit Of $50 an acre can be realized from
alfalfa and produces the figures to prove
it. Z.
Eighteen hundred invitations have
been issued to the Wilson Halderman
wedding at Leavenworth on the 24th
| inst.
The Argentine Republic says that at
| that place 100000 have been expended
in new buildings in the past eight
months.
Woodson county had 1000 pound
steer on exhibition at the state fair, but
Butler county went one better with an
animal weighing 4,4,5.
The Republicans of Chautauqua county
have nominated a colored man for the
legislature, and defy the Democrats to
match him in intelligence.
More people were taken in at Arkansas
City last Saturday than ever before, and
that is saying a good deal. The sale of
unclaimed packages by the Adams ex-
press company took place.
The annual meeting of the Y. u. c. A.
convened at Abilene yesterday. The
local papers announce that entertain
ment has heen provided for about 800
delegates, that number being expected.
The house of representatives has passed
q bill for the relief of j. w. Patterson, of
Newton. reimbursing him in the sum Of
s., 534 % of which the postofiice was
robbed in 1870 while he was postmaster
Fort Scott is Dragging over the circum-
stances of a debtor in that town making
an assignment, and after paying his
creditors in full all around, the assignee
returned to the assignor an unused bal
ance.
The wheat corner may be said to be
practically broken. 4 young bride at
Topeka who did her first baking last
week made loaf of bread from eight
ounces of flour that weighed a pound and
a half
The annual session of the Kansas Ac-
ademv of Science will be held in Leav
enworth October 81 and November !. 1t
is intended to connect with 1t an exhibit
ton of microscopes, microscope attach
ments and preparations.
Newton Republican: At Lawrence
they plant petunias and verbenas around
the Jail, but the Wichita jail, as Mr,
Shaughnessy remarked to Mrs. S. on one
occasion, is mot exactly geranium.
That was the old pen; the new building
is daisy.
Barney Guinan, aged 45 years, an in
mate OF the soldiers home hear Leaven-
worth, went to town Monday and while
there became intoxicated. On MS way
back at night he laid down on the rail
ing train mangled him almost beyond
recognition.
4 farmer east OF the Walnut river has
pet owl that predicts every ram or
storm without fail by peculiar hootinss.
Besides serving as a barometer the owl
is most effective destroyer Of rats. Put
in a cellar for few nights the rats be-
come scarce.-Arkansas City Traveller.
We have heard the propensity Of a
thief qualified by the expression, .'he
would steal red hot stove" but it has
fallen to the lot of Kansas City TO actu-
ally produce such an one. The Gazette
saws he is or was there Saturday night,
and demonstrated his ability BY accomp-
fishing the feat named.
Milt Bennett. live stock agent for the
Santa Fe railroad. A VI. Colson, live
stock agent for the Rock Island railroad.
Colonel Jacquins and Tom Hutton.
ranchers OF Caldwell. were IN the city
this morning. Dir. CoIson also Owls
large ranch. and was on his way west To
Kiowa. where he would get from 100
10 1890 cattle and ship them 70 the ranch
this winter.-Anthony Republican.