Wichita eagle., 1889-06-21
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| The Ell)OrddO man HHo Uou Ahc
''bouillon" is liar.
There is one mich cow to every two per-
| SONS in Decatur county.
| There will be shooting tournament at
ElDorado on the Fourth.
| Fort Leavenworth will have Catholic
| church. 1t will cost s., Oca
A colored hat band at Wellington will
assign fellow to dudedom irrevocably.
| 1t is now reported that that umbrella
that was unstolen at Arkansas City, was
ribless.
The eleventh annual session Of the
Chautauqua assembly is now IN progress
at Ottowa.
The report that Atchison society girls
carry billiard cues for La Tosca slaves,
has been denied.
Since the flood the people in the Walnut
valley are busy picking out and disentang-
ling their wire fences.
If any thing hurts Topeka man, 1t Is
for the shoeblack to yell shine" at him,
when he has russell shoes on.
1t is safe to say that it isn't Kansas
boy between S and u who hasn't either
cracked feet or stone bruise.
1t is now just about hot enough to sweat
the warts off the boy who tries to keep IN
the shadow of fast flying cloud.
Lawrence numbers among its excellent
population a Governor who never held
office. His initials are not given.
The most important improvements made
by Kansas City, Kan, this year will be in
the way of the construction of sewers.
1t always makes Fort Scott man feel
about two feet taller if the soda fountains
boy asks him if he will have his solid"
It was not the stencil of beer poured out
into the ditch of Leavenworth that was so
horrible. Twas the sight that was sicken-
ing.
The movements of railroad officials in
Kansas are sometimes viewed with as
much awe as an almond with double
kernel.
So far the rainfall for the present year in
Kansas exceeds by three inches the fall for
1884, the best crop year the state ever ex-
perienced.
1t always stirs up the Arkansas City
papers to have any other paper say any
thing about Indians. Its an encroach-
ment on their rights.
At Ell Dorado a cattle fence around your
house. casters on your furniture and dog
cart will bring the jealousy of the whole
town down upon you.
They say that the Leavenworth girls
who sing in Patience render the opening
chorus. Twenty lovesick maidens we," as
though they meant it.
ElDorado Times: The corn which was
washed fiat by the flood is Strengthening up
and will make all the better crop from the
deposit Of sediment which is as good as a
dressing of manure.
Some people down at Caldwell are so
mean that they attach the crank of the
blind, deaf and dumb itinerant organ
grinder to an ice cream freezer, and make
him freeze the cream.
Mrs Alcorn, a widow in Morton county,
has planted this year forty-five acres of
corn, ten acres of rice corn, fifteen acres of
millet, ten acres of sugar cane, two acres OF
trees and four acres of peanuts.
A man up in the northern part of the
state has some doubts as to marriage being
heaven since he was awakened the night
after his wedding and reminded with vari-
ations that he was member Of the local
drum corps.
The Smith Center telephone exchange
has been compelled by the Bell company
monopoly to discontinue business and
take down their lines. They contemplate
using the wires in constructing a telegraph
line to Gaylord.
Cawker Times: B. H. North, the wheat
king of this section, has seven hundred
acres of wheat which will yield an enor-
nous crop. Twenty-one thousand bush
els probably will about be reasonable
estimate of the yield.
1t causes the local press of Atchison to
blush not little when the fact is made
known that the loudest and longest amen
during the whole revival, was the one after
DIR. Munhall, in his closing address,
thanked the newspapers.
The congruity in musical programs at
LeavenwOrth is something marvellous 1t
is not uncommon for the symphony
Eraica" and 80, Mister McCarty" to go
pleasantly arm-in-arm with each other,
quite satisfactorily to the audience.
Ed Cooper's house 14x22, on Satchell
creek, in Butler county. fioated away on
the food, some sixty rods. 1t settled on
steadily made its voyage that the dishes,
clock, ETC., remained on the shelves.
Frankfort Bee: The dam at the mill
was so badly damaged by the high water
last Saturday night, that the mill cannot
be used until it is rebuilt. A large portion
of it was washed away. and is now en-
tirely useless for milling purposes.
The boy at this time Of the year, who
survives the sun, which raises the circus
tent blisters on his back, the high water,
which forms all kinds of descriptive
whirlpools, and the green apples. the best
dies for contortionist, is q mascot. And
they are all mascots.
A permanent organization of the farmers
of Dickinson county was formed Saturday
at largely attended farmers convention.
Officers: W. f. A Meek, Dillon, presi-
dent; j. II. Taylor, Pearl, secretary. The
secretary will organize suballiances
throughout the county.
Mayor Roberts Of Manhattan has re-
ceived dispatch from the secretary OF the
Chicago board OF trade stating that the
corn shipped from Manhattan for the
Johnstown sufferers had been sold for
s6Sl and the money RENTED TO Governor
Beaver of Pennsylvania.
a man named Hickman, an Irishman,
was drowned near Douglas on Muddy
creek. Hickman aud companion attempt
ed TO swim their horses across stretch OF
back water and in some way were un-
horsed. Hickman was drowned but his
companion climbed into tree top and es-
capped.