Wichita eagle., 1889-10-31

Twelve long pine boxes, each enclosing
the remains Of a dead person, might have
been seen at one time on the depot plat
form in Kansas City, Tuesday, In transit
to their last resting places.
The regular November session of the
Kansas supreme court begins on Tuesday.
November 5, though the business Of the
court will not begin until Wednesday, the
9Th, Tuesday being election day.
The Salina News has the gall to perpe-
trate this: Trying to secure divorce
AT least Topeka leads the rest of the state
in the number of its divorce suits"
Judge S. r. Peters delivered a lecture
before the Y NJ. G. A. at Newton last
night, his theme being Popular Mistakes
About Congress- The lecture was no
doubt edifying as well as entertaining.
The supreme court of Kansas has decid-
ed that a man cannot be slandered by tell
ing the truth about him. This will
probably have the effect of ensmailipg the
number OF candidates for office in the fu-
ture.
The Augusta News is the name ofSa new
candidate for patronage from the reading
public The News is 7-column folio: ..
w. Meacham is its editor and j. P. Rice
proprietor. The initial number presents a
very neat appearance.
Rev. Cooley, who has been preaching in
western Kansas for the past three or four
years, returns to Missouri in few days,
says the Garden City Herald. Strange.
that Cody man should depart so goodly
land for one so ungodly.
Much more wheat will be scwn in STAN
ton county than was expected month
ago. Since the late rains the farmers have
been very busy seeding and they will con-
~ Lot fret of
ber.-Johnson City Journal.
A lot Of fellows styling themselves the
Omitted States Detective agency" of Kan
sas City, Kan, have been pulled for using
the mails for fraudulent purposes. There
isn't anything too mean for private
detective to do, is the common estimate.
Salina is having noted trial this week,
growing out of the famous Cleary case.
Cleary, a murderer, got three years in the
penitentiary, but was lynched by a mob.
The Lincoln Beacon charged an attorney
Mohler, with fixing" the jury in the case.
Mohler is suing for libel.
At the trades carnival at Columbu
Cherokee county, last week one young
of $4,000. 1t was completely covered with
bank bills from 81 to $500, with gold coin
trimmings. She represented local bank,
and of course took the prize.
Topeka is to have brass foundry. es-
tablished by old residents, who will also
manufacture Il number of articles on
which they have patents. Nothing is said
of where they will get their metal supply
and it is presumed they will depend upon
The home product. 1t Is abundant.
Many of the farmers who had given up
sowing any more wheat or rye have
changed their minds since the rain. AL
a hka, WV htr- ny,I
many are cultivating in their grain. Those
who sowed wheat in the dry ground were
fortunate this year. 1t is now coming up
nicely.-Johnson City Telegram.
J. O. Rogers, of Beaumont, during the
last three years has raised a large number
OF pigeons which were great nuisance,
and finally he caught them ali and shipped
them to St. Louis Among the lot were
several carrier pigeons, and last week ten
of these birds returned from st. Louis by
wing and are now at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Nws.
S. N. Wood is a candidate for county
commissioner in Stevens county, and the
Hermes of Hugoton openly charges him
with falling upon this scheme to get in
position to effect his pet project, that Of
removing the county seat to Woodsdale.
If this is true he should be set down on.
That foolishness has cost the county and
state by far too much already.
A certain young man of Grenola indulg-
ed in a peculiar kind of amusement last
Sunday evening. He was swinging his
girl on the gate; she was kissing him
square in the mouth each time the gate
swung toward him. He kept count of the
number and our Informant heard him say
452 ist as the girls papa appeared and
handed him one on the side of the head
and said, ''453 aud out, "-Chief
Kansas beats the world. A man in the
western part of the state was released
from the penitentiary on Monday and ar
rived home on Tuesday and came out in
that weeks paper announcing himself rs
4 candidate tor county Observation-Disclosures
Chief There was Il degree of get-thereat-
iveness in the east it must be allowed; but
there is man in the northeast corner of
the state who beat it, he announced him.
self a candidate before he got out of the
pen.
Last Saturday the Democrats Of Butler
county held quiet little convention in
Augusta ut which they made the follow
ing nominations: For treasurer, John
Harter, of Douglass. For county clerk,
John Aaron, of Bruno township For
sheriff, Chas. Hazelhurst, of Augusta.
For register of deeds, ID. g. Young, of RO-
salia township. For coroner, Dr. j. S.
Kline, of Leon. For commissioner of
third district, - McJilton, Of Plum
Grove.