Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-23
sUNFLowER sHADowINGs-
Seeds, Slips. scions, Sprouts. Shoot, and slissrs.

The Hazelton camp meeting is gaining
speed every day.
An Attica man can't pass the sugar mill
without smiling.
J The pontoon bridge at Leavenworth was
to be opened yesterday.
| A branch of the Y. NJ. c. A. has been
organized at Nortonville.
| Every rain during the last month in
| Kansas has successfully assured the corn
| crop.
| The reporters on the Emporia papers get
most Of their items down by the Santa Fe
depot.
! One by one, IS the show of good times
| increase, the long faces at FL Dorado
| shorten up.
| There will be about so per cent more
| winter wheat sown in Kansas this year
| than in 1888.
Amos J. Chapman. of Kansas, has been
promoted to an 81 800 clerkship in the
geological survey.
At the present prospect of the low cost
| of feed everybody can keep horse, if he
can get the horse
Kansas Odd Fellows are arranging to
attend the Sovereign grand lodge at Column
bus, o.. next month.
Whatever may become of Salinas whole
sale grocery enterprise, she surely has the
cinch on the cracker trade.
II large crops keep on taxing the inge-
nuIty OF writer's, Kansas may have some
Grlmms and Andersons yet.
A wedding at Ottawa has been indefi-
nitely postponed. No reason is given and
ths gossips are having picnic.
Winfield has photographer who adver-
tlses that his draperies and prices are low
| enough to suit the most fastidious.
There are few parties in Kingman
where the guests don't always "all depart
in high glee." They are poker parties.
A Kansas paper wants the appointment
of a state egg inspector. but that belongs
properly to the theatrical management.
The humorous portions of some newspa-
pers in Kansas towns would have to be
discontinued if people quit having boils.
A Sabetha music dealer has written
quickstep and dedicated it to Senator In
gals. Nobody knows what the man
means.
Chapman on last Sunday. There must
have been at least one woman connected
with the row.
A Wellington bum, who is in the habit
of getting three sheets in the wind" has
been informed that there are no sheets in
the calaboose.
Thousands of bushels of old corn are be-
ing brought into market. The farmers
are clearing their bins to make room for
this years crop.
1t is rumored that suit will shortly be
brought against an Atchison physician for
1000 for malpractice in administering
Brown-Sequard's elixir.
r. o. Codding of Winfield, while out on
hunting excursion Of ladies and gentle
men, was shot by the accidental discharge
of gun Tuesday afternoon.
The Horton base ball club went over to
Hiawatha the other day and won game
from the crack club of the town. The
Democrat calls it 'big diamond rob-
berry,"
1t has been said that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place. 1t does in
Kansas. as Mr. George Stevens. living at
bingham, has had his house struck three
times.
Wednesday, says western paper at p
m, Dodge City time, the flood gates of
heaven were opened and we were deluged
by the lovliest rain that ever fell in this
country.
The thing that hurts little Willie Big
head, of Winfield, the most is when he
takes his sister to Wellington to have the
local papers say JildG Diaucdu duu
her brother are III the city"
The Kansas City, Kansas, Gazette says:
1--WE think John NJ. Croweli, Of Atchison,
should write book, giving his experience
as United States mail inspector. he can
tell some wonderful stories"
The natural gas wells ut Fort Scott that
we heard so much about have not prevent
ed company of capitalists from putting
in an expensive plant for making artificial
gas. The new works are nearly completed.
Kansas City News: Warren Foster offers
a reward of 81 900, in his Cheney Blade for
a process to make living without exer-
ton. Well, Warren, hand over that 81 900.
Just marry girl worth 5000 and her
pa will keep you.
Kansas furnishes deaf and dumb col
ored teacher for the Missouri school for
deaf and dumb. Monroe Ingram, Of Mont
gomery county. graduate of the Olathe
institution, is the name of the teacher. He
is but II years old.
Peaches in Sumner county are ripening
very fast and although they are not very
large they are well favored There belDR
no market for them some farmers think of
turning their hogs in their orchards as the
most economical mode OF dlsposing of
them.
J, C. Fuller brought a hedge sprout to
this Office last week that measured "A
feet He has another one 16 feet high
that he is thinking of exhibiting at the
fair. They are of this years growth and
grew on some hedge trees on his lawn
Courier
Atchison Globe: A sure sign that the
door bell is going to ring: When you are
the only one in the house and are IN the
bath tub A girl never thinks of
anything special she wants TO say until
she sees her roommate on her knees say
ing her prayers.
Leavenworth Sun: A crowd of young
folks from Atchison spent the day at Fort
I.eavenworth The girls thought the
Grant monument was soldier standing
guard and when it failed TO acknowledge
their smiles they condemned every soldier
at the Fort for being hard hearted.
Atchison Patriot: The custom of pub
fishing "A Card of Thanks for the assist
ance of neighbors in case Of sickness is go
ing out of date, as it should. Such assist
ance people owe each other and all need it
sooner or later Another custom that is q
bore to newspapers and the reading public
is that of publishing resolutions of condo
lence, etc.
Judge F. Wellhouse, of Fremont, Kan
sas. IS in the city today, attending the
meeting of the State horticultural society.
The Judge has the reputation and dIstinc-
ton Of being the proprietor OF the largest
orchard in the world. 1t embraces no less
than 439 acres OF bearing fruit trees. He
planted in the spring $40 acres additional
in fruit trees which are thriving splendid
ly. Secretary Bracket says that there is
no other man on the face OF the globe In
possession of so many fruit trees as be has
Wellington Standard
T1paEa II ia said that raarlv