Wichita eagle., 1889-04-12
KANSAS KOLLARY.

| Abe Whitehead was killed near Rice.
| Cloud county, while endeavoring to stop
a runaway team.
There are hundreds of acres Of blue
grass growing on the old Crane ranch in
Marion county, the seed of which was
| sown on the natural sod.
Discussing John NJ. Galloway depart
ure for Oklahoma, Alex Butts believes
'things couldn't possibly look brighter
for Kansas than they do this spring"
1t seems that there is likely to be a
serious conflict of authority in Atchison
between the new city government and
the Metropolitan police over the juris-
dictiOn over stray cows.
The trial of c.. c.. Kramer for the kill
ing of Dr. T. F. Bartt in the city of
Chanute on the 9th of July last, was set
for trial yesterday and special venire
of fifty Jurors have oeen summoned for
the case.
A man who will subsist upon money
paid him at the sacrifice of his daugh-
ter's virtue, comes very near eating
his own flesh and blood. Yet Grenola
is cursed with just such a father
Chief.
Murat Halstead has been invited to
deliver the commencement address at
the State Agricultural college. Colonel
Eskridge is authority for the statement
that his subject viii be, How to Raise
Scalps."
The distance from the southeast corner
of Barber county TO the northwest cor
ner of Oklahoma is but sixty miles, and
from Medicine Lodge to kingfisher the
distance is but 100 miles, Barber county
will probably get a good share of the
overflow.
Medicine Lodge is doing considerable in
the way of supplying outfits to Okla
homa boomers coming through here
from the west and north, and the rush
has not fairly started yet. About the
first of May this tide Will be turned, and
we will catch it again.
A Ness county woman tied her child
rem in bed, and after saturating the bed
ding and her own clothing with kero-
sene, ignited them. Her husband re-
turned from the barn where he was at
work in time to save their lives No
cause is assigned for the woman
strange act.
George T. Anthony says that ''the law
is being defied in the sale of Intoxicating
liquors at Ottawa" This is understood
TO be bid for the appointment of met.
pol. com. Some people are so inordin-
nately jealous, by nature, that they hate
to see any sort of calamity befall others
that will give any sort OF notoriety.
4 man who registered at a hotel in
Arkansas City as Chas Houck OF
Denison, shot himself in the groin Tues
day night with 44-cahbre pistol. the
bullet SCATTERING the thigh bone near the /
hip Joint He refused to give an ac-
count of himself and ii is not known
whether the shooting was accidental or
done with suicidal intent. So says the /,
Dispatch.
T. J. Mitts, of Arkansas City. has been /
deputy United Stats marshal /
at Guthrie and viii begin duty IN few !
days. He receives his appointment from /
United States Marshal 7. B. Needles, Of /
the United States court OF Muscosee, /
who was state auditor Of Illinois when i
Tom was in charge OF the ordinance de- 4
partment of that state.-Dispatch.
The Kansas Farmer says that a great /
many peanuts will be raised in the state /
this year. Good idea. Peanuts are a 4
most prolific crop: there is always a de- /
1nand for them; they bring a good pay /
in gprice, and besides the nav is a most /
feed for stock when properly /
taken care OF. Planters viii find ready 4
market IN Wichita for ali the nuts they /
can produce this year aud hereafter.