Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-05

| Sumner county has corn twelve feet
| high. Who said Eiffel tower?
| An Atchison young man of 20 carries
life insurance to the amount of S50,0 900.
The Kansas conservatory of music at
| Leayenworth will give Esther soon.
An opium flend is as great curiosity to
| Wellingtonlan as man with web foot.
| The corner stone of a new Congrega-
tional church was laid Tuesday morning in
LeayenwOrth.
The state board of charities selected DIR.
Lindsay, of Topeka, as physician for the
reform school.
The Wellington Press thinks that just
because they were going to nave Fourth
every town must have one too.
A rumor is going around that the mem
bers of the Wellington band wear pefor-
ated undershirts. This is not right, truly.
1t is said that Leavenworth burglars are
students of paimistry and always go to
his room and examine his head to see if
he's rich before they rob man.
Geuda Springs gets up at o'clock.
bathes at g. reads until dinner at IL, sweats
until 8; supper; sits around till s. winds
Waterbury watch from s till 10 and goes
to bed.
Policemen Diehl, Timberlake and Aiken,
OF Leavenworth, were arrested for break
ing into Pat Davis store Sunday morning
without authority of law. They will have
a hearing in Justice Woodruff S court next
Monday morning.
Lawrence Tribune: Mr.. J. @. Adams
brought in the first load of new wheat to-
day, raised in this county, for which he
received 65 cents per bushel The wheat
was of the very best quality, and he re-
ports very large yield.
Pension Agent Click was notified Satur-
day that dsposit of 81 100000 had been
placed to his credit at the st. Louis SUBJ
treasury. This sum will be available
Wednesday and the 5000 deferred claims
and 500 new pensioners of the present
quarter will be paid.
Caldwell Journal: Colonel Longendyke.
Mr.. Beeson's friend, left Tuesday morning
for South America. He is secretary of the
South American Land and Improvement
company, recently organized by Caldwell
and Wellington men, and his trip will be
IN the interests of the company.
Ness City Sentinel: That the harvest in
this county is a great deal larger than ever
before, is evisenced by The fact that in ad-
dltlon to all the harvesting machinery in
use heretofore, there have been a dozen
new binders sold in this city, besides we
have heard of several parties who have
bought binders and headers at other
places.
The Leavenworth Sun seems to exagger-
atesome on its towns condition. 1t says:
The city is now at the mercy of burglars.
Houses are nightly broken into Ii citi-
zens cannot receive protection through the
police it will be necessary to call out the
militia. No one is safe. ReYolvers are
in demand and the shotgun market is be-
ing bulled.
Usage City People: James A. Drake,
who Is an old nurseryman and we'll posted
In the care and management Of trees, says
that If every one who has maple trees Will |
take few minutes and look the trees over,
these pests can all be destroyed. They
have Matched out and commenced destroy
ing the foliage, and can easily be discovered |
by the ragged appearance of the leaves
They are now nearly all over the lower
branches, and by clipping off small
branch the whole nest may be destroyed.