Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08
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.eds. Slips, seions. Sprouts. Shoots and siis.rs.

Seeds. Slips, seions. Sprouts. Shoots and siivers
Comanche county has a new hotel, and
| its name Is jail
Judge T. w. Watterson. pioneer bust
ness man of Marysville, died Thursday.
The Atchison county Democratic con-
vention will occur Wednesday, October 2
When Harper man wishes to emphasize
a statement be concludes with, This is nc
lie"
Ted Huston, aged IS, accidentally shot
himself at Lawrence, while shooting at a
target.
After cocktail the hardest thing to
get in FL Dorado is quorum OF the city
council.
Chase county's sheriff is four inches
taller than Forepaugh's giant, by actual
measurement.
A vicious boy is one who spirits away
his sisters ruse for wild west show Oh
the night of big ball.
A tramp at Caldwell refused to eat the
cake given him, because it didn't have
anything frosting on it.
This year the Kansas cyclone cellar, as
regards its usefulness, is small enough TO
put into your vest pocket.
1t is not till after he has been beaten at
thing that an Arkansas City man brags
what his ''old dad can do"
The girls employed in the knitting fac
tory at Burlingame struck yesterday
against reduction OF wages
1t will sometimes make kingmanite
choleric for an entire day when he can t
drink the foam OF a milk-shake.
Rev. F. NJ. Spencer, late of Ohio, was
indicted as president of Cooper Memorial
college, Sterling. Wednesday night.
The Harper market is crowded with
fruit. Some of the finest peaches and ap-
piles ever grown are to be seen there every
day.
The total receipts of the Kansas peni-
tertiary for the month of August were
Sc, 65362. The total expenses were SILL
339 IS.
The editor is now explaining to the gate
keeper of the county fair how and why the
old bay horse is included in the family
ticket.
Gloves of channels skin may be the
proper thing for shopping tours, but the
Newton girl will take the old-fashioned
stocking every time.
The burglars are on to little habit the
Marion men have of piling their garments
up on the center table on retiring and are
getting in their work.
Every body at Conway Springs takes
sugar in his tea. and has ''Patronize Home
Industry" in place of the regulation motto,
God Bless Our Home"
The Anthony fellows ere just getting
through celebrating the victory of their
hose team at Denver Some of the boys
are not entirely sober yet.
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wooden toothpicks is seriously detrimental
to health, is another bugbear which along
with cigarettes, won't let a boy do any
thing"
Harrington is now promulgating with
out fear of contradiction, that she is the
only town i'll the state that hasn't a liter
airy society. People must do some reading
up there.
A Winfield girl will tell stranger of
her poor health and poorer appetite and
after weeks acquaintance he can't fancy
her anything but corn shelter or south
Africa warrior.
Neodesha Register: Barry Rhodes has
the honor of bringing the first load of
new corn to this city for 1889. 1t has a
long ear fully matured, and he sold it for
% cents buSheI
The mayor of Caldwell has a neat way
of getting ahead of the young SWANS of
that city by taking the ladies to supper
enmasse ut sociables, leaving the boys dis
consulate on the outside.
q saw the first saloon ever saw in my
life in Kansas City as | came through
there, and here / am sixteen years old. SO
much for being brought up in Kansas"
says a young lady IN writing home 10 her
parents.
King Leopold, monarch of the Congo
free states, wants to dispose OF his scepter,
and it is said will sell cheap Here is a
chance for some Barber county politician
that Is thirsting for position, suggests the
Cresset.
Marion Record: A wealthy old codger
eighty-odd years of age. has been in Mar
ion the past week, hunting wife. Marion
is the place to come for real, sweet, good
wife-if you are not too old. But our girls
draw the line at eighty.
Somebody has wisely said that it is bet
ter to pay the organ grinder two cents for
music, If you must have it, than TO owe
for a grand piano. But to make it more
applicable for Kansas he should have sub
stituted accordion" for the latter.
The Attica sugar mill is not only the
pride Of Attica, but of the county, as it is
a benefit directly and indirectly to all. The
mill runs a. smooth as CREASED lightning;
not a break has occurred. The first sugar
was barreled Tuesday of this week
One more very commendable act is to
be credited to the management of the
Sumner county fair, i. e., the refusal to &C
cept the 800 offered by the shell game
manager, for the privilege Of operation his
swindling device upon the exposition
grounds.
Says Kansas exchange: You should
see Captain Dobbs as the Union Spy to-
night. In the prison scene particularly,
his acting is so strong that even at rehear
sal we have seen him tremble like a leaf,
he is so strongly affected by that which he
pOrtrayS. He was u prisoner during the
war at Belle Isle.
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