Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-12
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Seeds. Slips. scions Sprouts. Shoots and sIiyers.
| Emporia signs for sewer.
Pity for the exchange editor-but do cut
down those weeds.
| A set of new flags is to be provided for
the capitol at Topeka.
| The Missouri river was lower this year
| than any former spring.
The white cap'' gag in Kansas is be-
coming quite moss grown.
1t is an Atchison mans greatest delight
to experiment with a balky horse.
Brutality" hadn't occurred to Kansas
before the report got out that kilraln had
died
Alex Butts wonders if it isn't about
time the first Kansau assembled the Eifel
tower at Paris.
1t is whispered than Kansas wonderful
crop is in compensation to Indiana's pollt-
ical hogishness.
One hundred and thirty-six business
men of Atchison have refused to pay their
| occupation tax.
The thing most admired in Medicine
Lodge at present is the new snloke-stack
OF the sugar works.
An Attica man saws all he knows about
the theory of music is that minors are not
allowed in billiard halls.
The Brenners, of Doniphan county, who
were tried for selling their own manufact-
ured wine, have been acquitted.
A single tax club was formed at Topeka
Monday for the purpose of propogating the
land tax doctrine of Henry George.
Winfield girls savagely refute the state
ment that the true eating banana has
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tries.
Two New York city gentlemen, who left
that city on May IA, on horseback, on
trip across the continent, passed through
Salina Monday.
county is five million, two hundred and
twelve thousand, three hundred three dol
lars and siXty-five cents.
The height of misery, in Kansas wo-
mans opinion, is to discover that her hus-
band has been appropriating the bamboo
of her japanese curtains for pipe stems.
X. c. News: Normals and institutes are
the present rage IN Kansas. They are not
always harmless, for Kansas school marms
are about the sweetest things on earth.
j. A. Guilford, colored, of Sterling, threw
brick at his wife with great force. The
woman lodged the missile and it struck
his 3-year old child on the head, fracturing
its skull.
In lamenting the elopement of Cool
idge couple the Times says that "the dye
is cast" which has the appearance OF
meaning that the editor heaved after
them his ink stand with a sigh.-Newton
Republican.
The postmaster at Mariah, Kan, adver-
tised for 100 cattails and the neighbors are
all mad because of the increase of tailless
cats in that vicinity. The postmaster has
been busy for three days explaining that
he wanted the kind that grows in water.
With few notable exceptions we have
got just the kind of a set of business men
to kill the liveliest town there ever was, as
dead as hammer. We might particular
ize, but as the facts are well known we
will nor tire our readers. Enter
prise
A. Mead has occupied the position of
city weighmaster at Lawrence for sixteen
years. 1t is considered doubtful whether
farmers could get their horses onto the
scales If the people ever attempted to dis
place Mr.. Mead and put strange man in
bis place.-K. G. Star.
The city clerk sent in his annual report
of Paola citys bonded indebtedness to the
auditor of state last week. The total
bonded Indebtedness is about $4,000 and
there is in the sinking fund to pay bonded
Indebtedness 81, 800, leaving city bonded
debt of $44, 000-Paola Spirit.
The body of Master Johnnie Burch, the
little colored boy who wandered from
home Saturday, was found in a pool of
water in the slough Sunday. The little
fellow had crawled out of the house and
into the slough and drowned. The acct
dent is a very sad one.-Traveler.
Topeka Democrat: A young child visit
ing at E. McGrews, 935 Quincy street, last
evening as he was looking out of an upper
window lost his balance and fell 20 the
ground striking on his head and shoulders,
breaking his neck. Medical assistance
was called but to no avail, for life was ex.
tinct long before the physician arrived.
Attica Advocate: For the month of
June the Attica creamery paid out for
labor and milk the sum of 81, S13.92, 81, 550.-
81 of which sum was for milk, distributed
among 103 patrons. Attca creamery but
ter is now quoted equal in price and quality
with Elgin butter. Since the creamery be-
gan buying milk, June 3, 1888, and manu-
featuring butter, it has paid out for milk
$40, lS2 and for labor s., 400, making a total
of :l2,5S5. Besides this there has been
over 81, 800 worth of hogs fatted and ship
ped. The money distributed by the cream
cry has been created by that institution
brought in from outside resources and dis
tributed among the people.