Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-29
SUNFLowER sHADowINGs.
Seeds. Slips. seions. Sprouts. Shoots and slise

The first snow of the season fell at
Atchlson last Saturday.
| Winfield's registration books show a
voting population of 1883.
Things are getting into such a shape at
Sailna that the bachelors of the town haYe
| Deen forced to organize themselves into a
| club. Look out.
Hon. ID. NJ. Frost expects to qualify and
take charge OF the registers duties in the
Garden City land Office by the LIST of No
| vember.-Herald.
The total registration in Salina for the
spring. This indicates total population
of something like 5000.
The Leavenworth Sun says that the
beauty of Leayenworth girls is widespread.
Ihe discriminating editor probably gazed
upon that beauty when its mouth was
open.-Mlnneapolis Messenger.
In one of his calm and dispassioned mo-
ments when be was quite at himself Geo.
Martin admitted that WyanCotte county
has this year produced most marvellous
crop,o of wild oats, chestnuts and widows
weeds.
The Arkansas City Traveller has changed
hands again, w. H. Nelson now being the
sole owner. 1t is understood that about
and other new material will be added to
the plant.
The Democrats of Cowley county have
two candidates for county Offices named
respectively Grow and Strong. But they
will have to grow great deal stronger
than they are before they are able to beat
the Republicans.
The grand LODGE of the Sons of Herman
for the state of Kansas will meet in Atchi-
son on Thursday, November Z. The or
ganization is composed of Germans eXclu-
sively ana will be the first meeting OF the
grand lodge OF this state.-PatriOt.
1t is an old saying that drunk mans
bones are flexible, consequently unbreak-
able, but the kind of liquor or something
else changes the condition in Arkansas
City. A drunk man fell down in the
street there day or two ago and broke
his leg bone.
1t is reported that the Rock Island is
doing the largest business IN the state ever
known in the history of the road. This
lessons the frivolous excuse set up for try
ing to freeze out the counties that helped
to build it through the reorganization
dodge.
Cawker City Times: While in Ohio
Hon. Lewis Hanback,, ex-member of con-
gress from the Sixth district, was convert
ed and last Sunday evening joined the
Methodist church at Osborne. Mr.. Han
back is one of the most talented and the
best of all public speakers in the Sixth
congressional district.
A matrimonial epidemic seems to be
speeding over the state. The Champion
says that away up in the Atchison corner
of the state there seems to be an unusually
large number of weddings in sight. This
may be partly because Kansas is so pros.
porous the young people can make COM
Portable start in housekeeping.
Topeka, since she started into the annex
alton business-through which scheme e
might become the most pOpulous CITY in
the state-iS bent on reaching the goal if
she has to extend the boundary line of
Shawnee county. The Democrat give
away the latest movement in that connec-
ton thus: The boundary lines of the city
are to be Strengthened out by the annexing
another large territory, which will add
5000 more to the population of Topeka.
The ordinance is being drawn up and will
be presented to the city council at an early
day.
We had talk with Captain Webb. of
Augusta. recently in which he expressed
his opinion that a man could take 1000
head of good sheep and with reasonable
care he could easily make the expense of
keeping and ZOO clear. He is an mex
perienced wool grower and expresses the
opiuion that sheep are the most profitable
stock a farmer can keep. Sheep men have
been making money the past few years
while men engaged in other branches of
stock raising have lost.-DOuglass Trib-