Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-25
INNES 6 Ross,
116 TO 100 MAIN STREET.

a brakeman named Robert Rippeton
was run over bya Santa Re freight train
Thursday night at Strong City, while
switching some cars, and one leg was
nearly cut off above the knee. He is
not expected to live. His home is at
Meriden, Kan.
Prof. Frank II. Snow and wife, of tho
state university, have baby boy-and
the professor has never mentioned the
coming event in his probabilities. -
Newton Republican. 1t wasn't neces-
sary TO mention it-such events cast
their shadows before.
Leoti appears to be in big luck of late;
the county seat contest was no sooner
finally decided in Its favor than its neigh
boring rivals began to pub up stakes and
move to the center; and now 1t claims to
have secured division terminals of the
Missouri Pacific railroad.
A child. eighteen months old. drank
an ounce Of concentrated I've in Topeka
and died from the effects. a surgeon
kept the child alive twenty-four hours,
however. by inserting tube into its
windpipe through which it breathed un-
til the poison did its deadly work through
the stomach.
Next to the fellow who undressed him
self, put his pants TO bed and hung him
self on the back of chair, the most
absent minded man we ever heard of
was the man who went into the bank at
Columbus, Kan. to have 80 bill
changed, but walked out before the
change was made. This was two months
ago and the bank is waiting to make the
change,
The Winfield Visitor gives away new
electioneering dodge introduced by a
woman candidate for county office
Instead Of kissing all the babies SIZE
meets on her eiectioneering tours, she
carries along her own baby and has il 20
kiss the voters. She should do her own
kissing and spare the innocence Of the
child from such communicating influences
for the future.
The current expenses of the several
state institutions for the month Of
August as recently allowed aed paid.
were: For the blind asylum. 81 40. ~;
building north wing of the blind asylum.
81 .439. -: deaf and dumb asylum. 81
26s. 10; soldiers orphans hofne. 1854
10 E1t4VB8T - sE1*ss1ss ASASt@4sE
lum, Topeka. - 1923 Gg; insane asylum.
Gssawatomie, s7,ssS.5l.
At Garden City they are anxious to
have a flour mill, but can find no one 10
build it. They propose 10 vote SO, 900
for city hall and in place Of building
the han loan the money realized from
the bonds 10 some responsible company
to be used for five years IL the constFuc-
ton and operation Of a rnili. At the end
Of that time the money - 10 be paid
back and used IN the erection OF city
hall.
The secretary Of state received letter
recently from General John e. Black,
Of pensions, inagirjng the
address 81 John d. Elliott, late captain Of
company Il. Fourteenth West Virginia !
whose evidences il wanted ia ]
= pension case The commissioner stasss !
that be is informed thas Captain Elliott /
IS an official of some kind ia Kansas. but /
the secretary Of state Is unable 70 locats: !
him II any one has information Of the /
gentleman be will doubtless confer a IA /
vor upon some deserving veteran
TIE Saline county republicans viii /
sIect their candidates for county Offices I
his fall on the following system: No i
delegates viii be eiecssd 81 COUNTY con- !
vention held, the one getting the highest ]
number Of voses polle.1 in The dIffersn: /
townships and city wards. viii BE the /
aomines q the party. The votes Of The
soun.y will be canvasssi and the resul. /
announced By tie county COMMITTEES
An apparently thoroughly sauitabss ar
-21.eznert.