Wichita eagle., 1888-12-15

/ The Lyons Republican has anothe
libel suit ON its hands, this time th.
amount of damages is laid at S25, 00O.
A band of horse thieves are .'doing'
the southern part of Harper county. Thu
civil officers are on the kee-yee fol
them.
Eight families passed through our city
last Tuesday enroute for Oklahoma
They had their COWS. household goods
and farming utensils, and said they wers
going to stay.-Arkansas City Democrat
/ With its flour mill of $50 barrels day
capacity, its rich coal find, etcetera
Tonganoxie will be growing into rivalry
with Leavenworth the first thing she
knows. But hurry up that pontoon, IL
worth.
The Santa Fe. about which such dole
full stories have lately been told, it Is
given out is preparing for considerable
railroad buildg this coming spring IN
the southwestern part of the state
Topeka Democrat.
The Topeka pugilists, Hightower and
Emery, who were caught in the milling
act a few days ago by the police, were
| arranged for trial before Justice Searle
Wednesday and We're punished with a
lick and promise, SO TO speak; that IS
they were fined each 81 and costs.
During the past two years the average
number of patients maintained in the
two insane asylumS, at Topeka and
OSSawatomle, was LOSS 1-2, and the
cost OF their support for the same period
was S42S, 302. %, or an annual average
per capita expense of 1902. IS for all
purposes.
The corn convention at Wichita last
Tuesday was largely attended. 1t was 2
sort OF general expression in favor of
better farming rather than any increased
acreage. Earlier varieties seem to be
the need OF the country according to the
views OF the majority present.-Augusta
journal.
FREQ Finsley, while sinking a well on
his farm, seven miles east of Newton.
struck few days ago a vein of bright
looking metal at depth of seventy feet
that he thought had some silver about
1t, so he has had some of it sent to the
asSayers office to be tested. Meanwhile
the people of that section impatientlv
await the result.-Newton Republican.
The annual meeting of the state bar
will be held at the capitol in this city
January 8. The meeting will be held in
the evening, and this being the same day
the legislature convenes, there doubtless
will be a large attendance. The exercises
will be opened by the annual address of
the president, Judge Johnston, of the
supreme court.
The Leavenworth Sun cites the cir
cumstanCe of the expulsion of q young
man III a government position in that
city from social club there as evidence
that there is such thing as caste" in
the society of that town. The cast-out
member mentioned no doubt agrees with
the Sun which strongly intimates that
he was given the g. b., because he had
too much intelligence for the balance of
the club.
Hon. f. B. Cowgirl, state sugar in
spector, says the question of putting in
sugar Mills is now being agitated at Ness
City, Meade Center, Santa Fe, kingman.
Cheney, Medicine Lodge, kiowa and
other points. He says that the people of
the western part of the state are very
much interested in the new industry.
and that if the capital could be obtained,
sugar mills would be established through
out the western half of the state.
The people Of the south part of the
county have become weary in waiting
for Pratt to make start in the way of
sugar plant. On last Saturday the far
mers met at Coats and held a rousing
sugar meeting. After organizing
paper was circulated and 100000 sub
scrlbed toward the location of plant at
that place. Mr.. ]. c. Pearson was in
structed to attend the farmers conven-
ton at Wichita and from there visit the
different factories in the state and make
a report of his Investigations Pratt
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