Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-16
KANSAS KOLLARY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ehler, of Woodson, have
! buried four little children within two
weeks.
The Democrats of Leavenworth have
nominated Judge NJ. l.. Hacker for
| mayor.
The "A hours are now equally divided
| between darkness and daylight, the sun
rising at e q. IN. and setting at + p. m.
The State bank and the Farmers bank
of Fairyiew have consolidated and will
hereafter be run under one manage
| ment.
The Wellington Standard says County
Treasurer Sturm refused an offer OF $40
for a ten-months old Hambletonian colt
which he has.
The Kingman county offices that have
been on wheels. SO to speak, for months
have been moved back across the Mines
cab into town, in obedience TO the order
of the district court.
The revival meeting just closed at the
Methodist church is the most successful
religious effort ever made III kingman,
nearly one hundred fifty souls protesting
conversion. Democrat.
Jetmore is to have new stone street
crossings, a cheese factory, another rail
road and coal hole, and proudly III
quires what one of her sister cities can
boast OF such bright prospects.
The officials of the grass station at
Garden City are very sangulne that good
results will be obtained there this year
in the propagation of grasses peculiarly
adapted 20 the plains OF western Kan
saS.
The editor Of the Johnson City Journal
has evidently been having some unpleas-
ant experience, as he speaks in his last
issue of the sorrows of an editor when
his own vile turns her cold shoulder Of
adversely TO hun.
The old soldiers OF Kansas had grand
time at the Emporla encampIneat OF the
O.. A. r. Those who have attended all
of them say there has never been a more
successful encampment, certainly not IN
its social features.
The county commissioners of Reno
county have been petitioned by the peo-
Ule OF several townships OF that county
to offer a reward for the capture OF the
thieves who have been stealing cattle
from the farmers Of that section.
There is good authority for the declar-
alton that the D., NJ. & A. Is to be ex
tended this spring from It's present ter
minds at Larned to a junction with the
Wichita & Colorado railroad at Nc
Cracker. -kingman Democrat.
Florence Bulletin: DR.. Conry is the
discoverer OF q mineral that has every
indication of being tin. He secured a
quantity of the ore and had it reduced
by melting, and it produces a metal Of
strong flexible fiber and Of silver bright
ness.
Kansas Is reported by the secretary OF
the state board of agriculture as having
$50. 2S9 horses. S6,l04 mules. 652. $50
mich COWS, !, 663,l11 other cattle; $780,
500 sheep, 2,134, 195 hogs. The report
saws that there is a good increase of
horses in the older parts of the state and
disposition TO breed better kinds OF
stock.
Stoddard county has boy preacher,
only years Of age, who never went 70
school day in his life and can neither
read nor write. Ii is said that his ser
mons are very able: he Is a sound rea-
soner and deep thinker and he breaches
like veteran. He quotes from the Bible
from memory.
Here is the way the Kansas City Star
puts it: The people OF Kansas are de-
serving of good crop this year, and
there is reassn 10 believe that Providence
understands this just as well as anybody
else" Such implied sacrilege makes the
believer shudder. Good as we Kansans
are we wouldn't dare bring Providence
down 70 our level in any sense But We
all hope for good crops just as hard.