Wichita eagle., 1889-05-22
SUNFLOWER SOUPCON.

The Bowers salt plant in Wellington is
nearly completed and will in a few days
be turning out hundreds Of barrels daily
of pure evaporated salt.
CLAY Center has limb Of the law
named Hy Stackpole. If his name IS
worth anything, anonymously speak
ing, he ought to keep plenty of persim-
mons on hand.
We learn that Judge Mcfarland, of
| Topeka. has been secured to deliver the
annual address at the college IN Man
haitian in June, vice Senator ingalls,,
couldn't be there.
William Gill, II years old, was
| drowned in Cow creek near Hutchinson
while in swimming Sunday afternoon.
The body had not been recovered up to
Tuesday morning.
Geo. III. Evans & Co. were awarded
the contracts for furnishing the iron,
copper and fire-proofing materials for
the state house at Topeka. The amount
of their bid was a little over $4,000
Suit has been brought against the A.,
T. & S. F. Railroad company for dam
ages in the sum of $50, 900 for the death
of John B. Fuller, of Gray county, an
employee of the company, who was killed
in August, 1888.
The Manhattan Nationalist wants
state chewing commissioner appointed,
and an Abilene paper asks ''cud a female
fill the placer" She probably could II
she had a good male assistant tobaccer.
-Emporia Republican.
Sheridan county is aiming to combine
business and pleasure A petition is in
circulation for the issuance of bonds
with the proceeds of which farm will
be purchased, to be used jointly as a
county poor farm and fair grounds.
The wreck of the storm is being rap
idly cleaned away. The sidewalks are
being pulled back in their places. the
cross walks repaired and the cellars
emptied. Reflector. Which
indicates that the storm was really
severer than was supposed by outsiders.
The editorial How to Kill Town" is
on its annual rounds in the Kansas
newspapers. How to Build Up
Town" would be infinitely more profita-
BILE, not only to the town but to the
newspapers, to say nothing OF the salts
faction in the latter over the former pro-
ceeding.
4 real estate firm of Winfield has had
printed 10000 pamphlets setting fourth
the advantages and detailing the desira-
BILE features of that locality and contigu-
Gus country to home-seekers. The mat
ter will be distributed gratultousiy IN
Missouri and Illinois. Commensurate
enterprise, that.
During the high wind short time ago
l.
from the east switch at Morganvllie to
the main track and started for this city
at the rate of ten miles an hour. The
section men succeeded IN stopping 1t
about five miles below MorganviIle.-
Clay Center Times.
1t is a curious fact that a large pro-
portion of the women IN Kansas who re-
gard marriage failure have no hu5-
bands.-k. c. Star. From any other
mateless miserable source such an OBJ
servation would sound kind o curious,
but as it is it amt: the observer knows
how it is, individually.
\ Farmers Alliance has been organ
lied In Brown county, Kansas, which
will proceed at once 10 the erection of
mandatory for binding Irvine az Hla-
watha- If this enterprise shall prove
successful. which it is bound TO do, it
will stimulate. to a large degree, the
growth of fax in Kansas, which Is al
ready produced abundantly in different
sections OF the state for the seed.
A superintendent of the Central
Branch line used 70 declare that every
washout on his road vas worth $780,
600 to the company. According to that
theory the damage 10 railroad property
IN Kansas from the recent rains Is
great blessing to them. The Atcbison
Champion figures ont that they must Be
81, 900, 900 letter Of, IS there were ~
least $50 washoats in the state.
Jacob Miller Is a native OF Switzer
land who has the past year been the
pride of Washington, this state. he
raises his own silk worms and weaves
his-own silk. Many OF the ladies' OF the
town wear dresses the silk of which was
made by him Handkerchief of Fari-
colored hues and beautiful patterns are