Wichita eagle., 1889-07-06
sUNFLoWER sHADowNGs.
Seeds. Slips. seions. Sprouts. Shoots and Silver

ySaAs
An Atchision belle wants 500 for breach
OF promise.
Great Bend has a sensational scandal
and stage whisper.
The weight of Leavenworth's Grant
statue is 1890 pounds.
Half of our exchanges today smell OF
gun powder and sardines.
The compiler of the city directory is re-
garded literary" in Fort Scott.
Report says that the reaper has managed
to take off three legs so far this year.
The annual attack of the local physi-
clans on quacks has begun in Fort Scott.
A guitar, French harp, tombourine and
a triangle is Schubert quartette up on
the kaw.
The Atchison Globe in a spirit of VEN
geance wonders if there is anything to
bite the chigger.
Mcpherson has dancing bear named
"Jingo,' that gives ballet divertisse-
ment" between acts.
Manhattan drank II ,204 bottles of ginger
ale in ninety days, and yet the appetite for
beer is not overcome.
The Wait-Mohler libel suit has been con-
tinued in the Salina county distric: court
until the October term.
Alex Butts says the Whitaker packing
house at Wichita will begin TO smell like
business on the 18th Of July.
''Put your ear to the ground" says an
exchange, land hear the corn grow and
the potatoes quarreling for more room"
Jewell county has caused a stain of
falsehood upon its name that will endure
for years, on account of that first sun
flower.
On the night of the Fourth all the peo-
pie who were out on the streets after IL
o'clock in Topeka report the lettering on
all the signs reversed.
There must have been at least ten sky
rockets that burst out in beautiful stars,
and any number of straight ones that just
went up in the air at Emporia,
George Watkins, of Mankato, has been
arrested for bigamy. He deserted wife
in Nebraska and married another woman
shortly after moving to Kansas.
The Kansas City Star says that it is not
considered prudent to use kaw water now
at Topeka, at least for drinking, without
first running it through gravel screen.
The delight is priceless-the pleasure
furnished to a woman who can get baby
carriage out on the main street and serene
ly wheel it through Fourth of July crowd.
With the exception of three years-lS59
1876 and 1SS4-the month Just ended has
been the coolest June for twenty-five
years. So says Prof. Snow, of the state
Governor Humphrey has appointed the
following board of managers for the Sol
dlers' home at Dodge City: Captain Henry
Booth, OF Larned; Hon. Ira f. Collins,
Hon. j. d. Barker, Girard
Andrew Carnegie, the Pennsylvania iron
has begun suit in the Uni
ted States district court in Topeka to re-
cover s35 900 from the Missouri, Kansas &,
Texas railway for iron bridges furnished
by him.
Atchison Patriot: A gentleman who
lives in Topeka stated to the writer this
that at least 5000 packages of
liquor from Kansas City would be received
1T the express offices in Topeka today and
tomorrow.
The Wichita EAGLE says that Atchison
S firing vitrified brick at the Barber AS |
phalt Paving company in Topeka. This |
has the merit of being true as well as cute |
-Atchison Patriot. Yes, both cute and |
rue, but Alex Butts is entitled to the |
credit.
Melodramatic item from the Atchison |
Patriot: The young ladies at the postof- |
ice have very peculiar shaped thorn |
rom cactus plant. and it looks like big |
,pider. They keep 1t near>the stamp win
low and timid people move away from it
md shiver.
A colored gem'man was arrested in
1eaYenworth Wednesday on suspicion,
having two revolvers and dirk in car
BET bag. The coon foolishly thought to
better his position by stating that he wan
ed to trade them for cornet, and is now
watched closer than ever.
A Kansas City woman obtained d.
'orce from her husband on the ground |
hat be was inclined to be 'slouchy" in his
lress. The time is evidently coming when
queaky boots, a wart on the face, a twang
II the voice or an undesirable shade of |
lair will be ample grounds upon which to
dissolve the marriage relation.
republican.
Joseph Dupriez, of Usage City, was at
acked on Saturday night on his way
ZONE from town by three men and I'M
lercfully pounded. They first struck
i'm on the side of the head with some
'lunt instrument or sand bag, knocked
i'm down and kicked and pounded him.
breaking several ribs and leaving him in
badly crippled condition.
OF Missouri, but told by Kansas paper:
Mexico, Mo, lady recently set pot of
ream in spring near the house, so that
t might keep cool. During the night a
rog fell into the cream pot and in his
truggleS to get out actually churned the |
ream, SO that when the lady visited the
pring next morning she found the frog
lifting on ball of butter, washing his
eet in the buttermilk- Republi-
an.
Shakespeare in one of his tragedies gives
ent TO the passionate phrase Thou base
oot-ball player" This outburst on the
art of the bard was due to his having to
'ass through a certain part of London
vbere the 'prentices were in habit of play
ng foot ball to the terror of the pedes-
rians. And some literary fellow at
Abilene, for the same cause, kicks on base
all on the streets. and yet TRANSPORTATION
a dead creed?
State Journal: Professor J. Fl. Garfield,
ecretary of the National Teachers EdI-
ays for Nashville, Tenn, where he goes
of teachers, which takes place
,es TO be very large one, owing to the
central location OF Nashville, !
nd the interest being taken by the educa-
DIS of the southern states There will be
great outpouring of teachers from the
lississippi valley and the south Texas
lone has pledged an attendance of loo.
he east will have more than fair repre-
sntation. Large delegations Will leave
and the western states this week.
ansas teachers will depart for the south
a first IF perr week