Wichita eagle., 1889-06-16
SUNFLOWER SOUPCON.

| Iney nave actually resumed roller
skating at Kingman.
Yin-types and saltwater are having a
marvellous run in Ell Dorado.
A paper out west has discovered that
the Tersichorean art is popular.
A site half mile north of Beloit has
been selected for the new reform school.
All young men at Atchison who have
not been converted are called wicked"
| The expense of running Harper county
| has been cut down some ST. 900 less than
it was last year.
They have never got over the habit Of
calling man who wears his hair pompa-
dour dude at Wellington,
The residence of Rev. DR.. Mcclellan at
Atchison was burglarized of $500 worth
| of jewelry Wednesday night.
The small boys who attended the base
| ball game at Burton recently will never
call another captain "whiskers.'
christian Science and "Pigs-in-the-
Clover are irreclaimably bad chestnuts
in the best society of Garden City.
Talking about chinch bugs always be-
ing festive" did you ever hear of dog
catcher who wasn't abroad in the land. "
If wind will do it, the Kansas papers
have everlastingly sllenced the ubiquiti-
GUS parsonage they are pleased to call
croaker.
When they hear that rise is coming
in the Walnut over in Butler county.
they pick the bridge up and place it out
Of danger.
They have a race track at Mulvane,
and the man who talks about ''single-
foot and the ''bottoin of horse" is re-
celved with open arms.
Things have so changed in Stafford
that a Mother Hubbard can appear upon
the street without causing any inn
moderate degree of commotlon.
The board of education have decided to
put lightning rods on the High school
building at Anthony. 1t is a smart
school board that the rod agent can't
work.
With the aid of ladder young lover
of Rosedale took his sweetheart from an
upper window the other night. The
pair fled to Kansas City, where they
were married.
A paper out west calls candidate for
a district Judge a ''well red" lawyer.
1t does not stop to explain whether that
expression implies the ability to edo"
literature or the town.
While the Munhall meetings are all
the rage at Atchison, it must not be tor
gotten that the undertakers are having a
war of rates on collins and that the
burglars don't let an opportunity pass.
A ''literary" was in progress in a
Hodgeman county school house one
night last week, and just as a young
lady got up to read "The Chariot Race
from Ben Hur," lightning struck the
building.
L. A. Bartlett, the leading implement
dealer in Cloud county, and one of the
largest in northern Kansas, has failed.
Liabilities about $40, 600; assets not def
nitely known, but will not exceed half
that amount.
The Atchison Globe wants to be Paul
Revere too. 1t forewarns with: "a
mandolin club composed entirely of
young men who play for social enjoy
ment will serenade number of North
Atchison people this evening"
Sec Rotary Rush is going to distribute
the sugar experiment fund in Kansas
as follows; Meade Center, S12. 900: Con-
way Springs, $1,000; Attica, $4,000; |
Medicine Lodge, $4,000; Ness City ZOO; !
Sterling, experiment station, $4,000
Editor Rambo, of the Chetopa Demo |
cat, drew a crazy quilt in lottery. His |
wife took il TO another town and sold |
forty-nine chances on it at s chance. |
She sold the fiftieth ticket to her hus- |
band, and, wonderful to relate, he won |
IL back again.
The Presbytery of the Solomon met at |
Bellevills yesterday and accepted the |
offer of George S. Simonds of ten acres |
of land and a building worth s2j, 900 for !
college Mr. Simonds gave land and |
building free provided the Presbyterians |
conduct the school.
Lawrence is all ibroken up over the /
report that Hillman himself is in Law /
renee. secreted by the detectives, and
will be produced az the proper time. /
Mrs. Hillman, now Mrs. Smith, has gone |
so far as 10 say ''if my husband is alive
| do not know it.
Argentine Republic: Charles McAtee.
the wife-bester, is "a fellow Of infinite
Jest" After breaking jail last week, he
wrote letter from Kansas City to Mar
shal McDaniels requesting him TO for
ward his hat and money that were left
in the cage. Chawley should be urged to
travel in foreign lands
There is defamatory story abroad on
a street car conductor at Abilene. A
young lady hailed him to stop the car
with wave Of her hand the other day
and he took it for a sign of affection and
instead of stopping the car, blushing ne
hurried on. threw kiss at the young
lady and smiling dofTed bis hat.
Lawrence journal: Yesterday Mar
shall Prentice arrested David Dauberman
OF the North Side and brought him be-
fore the police judge on charge Of sell
ing cider By the glass, contrary 10 the
city ordinance. Upon pleading guilty
70 the charge, the defendant was fined
$40 rnd costs, which was promptly paid
A paper over in certain part Of the
state SAYS: Joe Smith gave Us large
egg Tuesday. We didn't have time 70
measure il. Il was too big for the door
SO Joe sent II through the window. and
IL completely enveiop@d the editors
head We don't think Mr. Smith knew
that IL Was sroiit, bnt u wes though.