Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-06
KANSAS KOLLARY.

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juring the occupants.
The program of a social in Atchison
consists of white wings" and 80 the
famine and the fever
The Lyons Daily Republican has
ceased publication. The weekly Repub-
will be issued as usual.
To make the summer more oppressive
at Atchison, some duck of a poet has
written an lode to Summer
The Wa-Keeney World claims to be
the only paper in Kansas that advocated
the nomination of General Hsrrison.
The last of tho smallpox at Leaven-
worth has been eXterminated. Out of
twenty-nine cases but one proved fatal.
The latest social amusement at Law
quite plentiful and the sport is said to be
much more amusing than tennis.
Waverly News: Rained on Monday
and Tuesday, poured on Wednesday, and
let all holts loose and came down in
sheets und bucketsfull on Thursday.
An unfeeling North Atchison father,
when his daughter asked him to sanction
her first engagement, cody asked her if
it was the variloid or permanent
thing.
The Larned Chronoscope gives a col
umn Of clippings on the crops. The far
Their down the column you go, the longer
the notices, the more bushels to the acre
and the broader the smile.
Bishop E. S. Thomas, the new Episco
pal bishop of Kansas, is doing good work
for his people. He has settled eighteen
new rectOr5 in the state within a year,
and has applications for many more.
A drum corps at Lawrence executes
selections from Hummers concerto in
b fiat and the Taunhauser march. The
effort is so great that the corps has to be
replenished with new performers daily.
The Free Methodists at Lawrence, in
attempting to raise money by subscrip-
ton to repair their church. Alex Butts
may Islander the Salvation army and
Jest at Salvation Sam S sore eyes, but it
appears that the army gets there just the
same.
A Topeka lady recently remarked that
BOhn must have been a very prolific
writer Another lady of the same place
oi sCl fuOtUICNi tlIC NOidihO W do
disappointed to find that Spinoza was
not French novelist. She had been
reading Dandet.
The artistic faction of Argentine are
divided on the question whether Turner
or Ruskin wrote Modern Painters" A
local literary gentleman who claims to
have received his authority from jour
nalistic gentleman in Kansas City, an
nounces that it was Hamerton.
Atchison has two literary societies, and
the members are at swords points. The
Dickens club, one of the societies, re-
Gently gave lawn party, and invited
the members of the Hermean society to
attend. They were nearly all present,
but the members of the Dickens club
were not invited to the picnic to be given
by the Hermean society at Bean lake to-
morrow.
Out at Ewell, a little station on the
Wichita road. the people complained be-
cause the company took OFT the station
agent, and brought the case before the
state railroad commissioners. The com
pany claimed that the station didn't pay,
but the board said that $50, 900 in bonds
had been voted by that county, and one
OF the representations made to the people
Of that township was that station
should be maintained there. They
directed that the road return the agent,
Or at least have some one there at every
train, to receive goods and sell tickets.
The Abilene Reflector tells the old tale
Of the Kansas gas WELL The discovery
Of the magnificent vein of water in the
gas well has almost induced the city to
give up further seeking for gas and be |
satisfied with aqua pura. A pump is
being put in to test the capacity of the
well. 1t is thought that the flow will be |
At least 100 to 240 gallons per minute. !
The water is about forty degrees in tenn
perature and entirely free from impur-
ty. 1t the flow proves sufficient, the
well will probably furnish the supply for |
our water works in the future. The well |
S down 1000 feet: the water vein occurs |
fifteen feet Of the surface.
AtchiSon Globe: There was an inter
9sting ceremony at the convent TODAY. /
he occasion being the conservation of /
seven sisters 10 the St. Benedictine SIS |
erhood. Father Herman Of the abbey /
officiated. There was the usual process
sion and solemnity and the bells tolled as |
or funeral, suggestive the death to the /
world Of four sisters who took the faith /
'ul vows forever. These four sisters /
we're Sister Adelaide family name Cass) I
If Leavenworth, Sister Batiida CDunni
san) of Atchison county, Sister Virnlina
Pihen) of Nebraska. and Sister Luitard
of Rich Fountain, No
Three others, Sister Elfieda (Devine) of
illinois, Sister Herchentrube Loeder) of
chicago, and Sister Biktrude (Kampertj
If Seneca, made simple vows for three
Tears.
A party of gentlemen were out riding
n hack about 4 o'clock on the eve be
ore the 4th, and had with them On the
inside of the vehicle a bundle of pyro-
with which they expected to
urprise some of their friends. They
we're not at all careful IN handling fire. or
we're most likely smoking. and when IL
he vicinity of Fourth street, suddenly
leard an explosion and found themselves
hut up in the midst Of swapping fire
hackers, popping Roman candies. fz-
ing wheels and kissing rockets. They
i'd not wait for the driver to
TOD and open the doors, but went
mt head first through the windows, and
ust in time, for an instant later the
Jack took fire and became rolling pill
III OF fame. In attempting 10 save his
property the hackman had one hand
ute severely burned, and as it was some
80 damage done.
Its occupants scattered in all direc-
ions. one Of them not coming TO his
enses for over four hours. when he
ound himself lying on the sidewalk In a
emote and unfreqnented street, to
-hich he had wandered IN dazed con-