The Iola register., 1889-11-22
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS.

kAhSAS ClIPS ANU GVIUMtN Is,
The Garnett journal wants water
works.
Yates Center has a man whose beard
is four feet nine inches long, and The
NeWs is worry proud of him.
1t took eight pages for last Satur'
days Fort Scott Tribune to tell VIII
that city was bound to be metropo.
lis.
Whenever "The Lounger's" copy
comes into the Lawrence Journal Of.
flee, the foreman has to saw lot OF
brass rules into EN- dashes.
Mother Bicker1yke announces that
she already has $oO, 900 pledged for the
Ellsworth Soldiers HONS, and tina,
sbe will have $50, 900 by epring.
w. Y. Morgan, of the Strong City
Republican, has been elected trustee,
But he runs down to Lawrence tn at
tend all the "Frat." parties just the
same.
The purchase of the Kingman Cour-
ier by Morton Albaugh of the Leader,
is according TO the eternal fitness of
things. Kingman's sigh Of relief
shook the ground as far east as
Wichita.
The Kansas City Star sizes it up
about right when it says: "Resutmis.
sion, succinctly defined, Is a scheme
to give Kansas to the democrats ou a
free whisky platform That is all
there Is in IT,"
The formerly y-of- Kansas man is al
ready getting in his work up in the
northwest. J. w. Feighan, who left
Emporia only a year ago, was the
other day unanimously elected speak.
er of the house of representatives, Of
the State of Washington.
1t is pleasant to give advice when it
is RI ceived In the proper spirit. The
Paola Times has our thanks therefore.
for promptly removing that offensive
line from its heading. 1t is just as
much "the peoples friend" rs ever;
and its face is good deal cleaner.
There is only one bachelor in Udsll,
and he is an Indian cigar sign, says
the Wichita Eagle. A block head, ss
might have been expected-Stdte
journal
Hasn't Frank McLennan. bach ,lor,
learned yet that no law requires map
to crininate himself?
The Kansas City Gazette, which har
keen nose for the ridiculous, remarks
as follows: "Oue of the curioeities of
the day is the fact that any settle
meDt in Kansas should indulge in
such n,esa- -backism as Bandanna
club. Decay and fight for rum marks
the spot"
When Senator Plumb doesn't want
to tell nything he has perfect genius
for ignorance. A Kansas City reporter
caught him at the Union Depot the
other day and in reply to bis questions
got the following: II don't know
where came from, where I sm going
or why I am going"
The St Louis Milling journal un-
der The head "Hurrah for Kansas" !"
writes an article on the superior prices
and demand for -four in Liverpool over
Minneapolis -four which takes second
place. The demand for the Kansas
article is quoted "good." while Min
neapolis flour is placed at 'fair." with
difference of seven cents in favor If
the Kansas product.
Atchison has furnished Kansas two
United States Senators, two Cover.
nors, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, a United States District Judge,
and speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, und all of these except one
of the Governors and the United
States District Ju1ge have been edi-
tors or proprietors of the Champion.
No wonder Philip Krohn wanted to
get hold of that paper.
We are sorry to note the retirement
from newspaper work Of our friend, H.
7. Smith, of Mound City, who has
sold his interest In the Clarion to Mr..
N. Campbell. Smith has done good
work on the Clarion during the past
two years and We had hoped he would
stay with it. He isa lawyer by pro.
fession, however, aud We are glad L"
know that it is the growth of his prac.
tice which compels his reliuquishment
of the editorial faber. We wish the
new Clarion man success
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