Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-10
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Seeds, Slips. saions. Sprouts. Shoot. and Sill,

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Seeds, Slips, seions. Sprouts. Shoots and siissrs.
Barton county has $500, 600 bushels of
wheat.
Norton county has eight candidates for
sheriff.
A farmer near Strong City planted 9, 800
acres Of corn this spring.
"Who lickeds" superseded "Hot day,
amt itS" Monday in Kansas.
Professor Snow is on deck again and re-
ports rainfall of 4.04 inches.
The Kansas corn fields present the ap-
pearance of having been ''in training"
Green is the color of Hope, and nature
| has promised Kansas much in the corn
| line.
Shawnee county will be the first in the
political field with county candidates this
year.
The Kansas man who is personally &C
quainted'' with Kilrain is at a discount
today.
The exchanges seem to think that the
''Fields of Kansas" is poetry what is
poetry.
| Notice to pugilists: Kansas can furnish
any number of bottle holders, both young
| and old.
| Rossville is getting after whisky vendors
| to the tune of 800 and thirty days on the
rock pile.
Apropros of the style, Wellington man
| has painted his Indian cigar signs mocas-
| sins yellow.
Vincent Rosemore, 271 Broadway, \. Y,
| was made commissioner of deeds for Kan
sas in New York.
A tete-et-tete with the editor of the
xxra1l unr
how it is yourself"
Retrogression to the colored neophyte OF
optimism, where by mistake, he shoots
pussy for u 'possum.
Liberal is building a 5000 church.
$40, 900 sugar plant and just voted $1,000
Tor a school building.
If they say biscuits for crackers at Law
renee, they are not angliclzed enough to
| ''hic'' without the "b. ~
Yah, yah, y-a-hi Missouri has just
twice as many criminals IN Der penltentl-
airy as Kansas has in hers.
The craze for autographs is on again at
Winfield. They still put Please don't
tear out leaves" on the first leaf.
Empcrla merchants are squealing be-
cause the farmers are buying goods in
quantities from commercial men.
Along with the vigorous work of the Met
ropolitan police, they use ''pontoon' as
synonym for hope" at Leavenworth.
1t queer idea and a rather fantastic
turn in the dirge for an obituary TO call
the deceased charming and atfable per-
son."
According to the chemistry Of the FIRE.
donia Citizen whisky will prec!pltate
solution of two men and disputed lot in
Oklahoma.
At the low price of fifty-four cents a
bushel Kansas farmers now have a crop
practically cut worth to them over
S16,OOO,OO0.
Kansas ought to be ashamed of itself
the way it stood around the bulletin
boards. Not that it had an interest in the
prize fight, but that there were no bulle-
tins.
Fredonia was fuller on the Fourth than
any other day in its history. If was not
for the greed with which Kansas Journal
lists strive to find inference. it would not
be necessary to add ''of people"
OF the sos prisoners confined in the Kan
sas state penitentiary four are serving
their fourth term, six their third term. and
fifty-nine their second term These sixty
nine may be regarded as habitual crimi-
mails.
Emporia Republican: An eastern sharp
er is making money by advertising sure
insect eXterminator," price 80 cents. On
receipt of half dollar he sends on slip
OF paper: Get your insects To smoke
cigarettes.
The difference between being burned
out and fired out is that in the former ease
you get the insurance.-Danville Breeze.
But you get assurance" in the latter. The
Breeze is not evidently acquainted with
the London fogs.
A Hiawatha man claims to own part of
the Emporia town site. and will sue for
the possession of it. This claim probably
has some connection with the old float
suit" and if it las it is "n. g' Alex.
Butts-Alex. knows, cuz he's been there.
John Gilmore comes out with Informal
ton that the former name OF Arkansas
City was Delphi. 1t Is hoped that the
newspaper fraternity of A. &. are not too
well posted in the classics, as this might
forebode poetic imitation at all times to
be discouraged.
Abilene Reporter: This Office has mag
niticent complimentary notice with
whole string of mouth-filling adJectlyes
and Understanding titles ready to publish
when the said notice has been filled III
with the name of the first man, woman or
child who brings to the sanctum large,
ripe and healthy watermelon.
The idea of Won Weber, that lines sug-
gest melody and matter harmony, might
be applied TO the young man who makes a
bee line for the front door from his girls
irate father, and the harmony Of the old
mans foot and the fellows pants from the
top step TO the front gate simply beats
the biggest drum in the whole Salvation
Army corps.
Ell Dorado Republican: No IS IS bust
ness, which is the standard fine and costs
in FL Dorado goes with Mrs. Police Judge !
Groundwater, of Cottonwood Falls. A
bad man" with his mouth got full OF
bugiuice and sought row with the city
in parlor, whereupon the marshal locked
him up. Being sober next morning Mrs.
Judge Groundwater sat on him to the tune
way the blind goddess. Justice, gets in her
as police Judge.
There is q girl mp in Lawrence who is |
truly nice girl with the exception that
she paints china. Crowded at last for
something to paint. she has taken to white
door knobs. "Uncle Johns" beaming
face is seen on the front door; Toms, the
cat, on the kitchen; Ma and Pas on the |
sliding doors; Jacks the donkey. in the |
dining room, and Mary's, the girl, in the !
pantry. And the worst Of it all Is that the |
visitors, who are always shown the mas |
terpieces are subjected to 50 much en-
barrassment in mistaking Jack for Pa |
and cat for Ma, and the hired girl Tor |
Uncle John.
Talmage says that no man of towering /
intellect was ever a good dancer. Guess |
Talmage was never acquainted with |