Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-28

SUNFLoWER sOUPCON.

Aquarius and Pisces must have been
in conjunction observation-disclosures
Journal Water scaley expression!
The Unitarian church at Lawrence is
| said to be the first building erected ex-
clusively for church purposes in Kan
sas. 1t was completed in 1857 and is still
in state Of perfect preservation.
A Salina county farmer turned five
COWS to pasture the other day, and four
of them died. The clover was too rich
for them. If he'd had alfalfa he'd prob
ably be four COWS better off today.
c. J. Jones will bring suit against the
associated press for the misrepreSenta-
ton of its agent concerning the Amazon
Canal.-G. c.. Herald. Lock 'em up,
dam 'em. They've no business to run
to waste like that.
The trades display in Leavenworth
last Friday was such a brilliant success
that they want to do it again. They
completion of the pontoon and the open
ing of another mine.
A Kansas newspaper man says that
binding Irvine can be made from sun
flowers. The Topeka Journal thinks
in this case it won't be long until the
Kansas farmers will be running bind
ing Irvine trust of their own.
Nineteen suits have been filed in the
Crawford circuit court by representa-
tives of as many miners who lost their
lives in the Fontenac mine several months
ago. The amounts asked for are $40 900
and $3.50 The cases will be tried at
tho I1lU term IF court
If the grass, says Kansas exchange,
was as nice when Nebuchadnezzer was
turned out to pasture as 1t Is now, he
did not deserve great deal of commits
seration. The same fellow made covet
Gus remark as he observed the fat, sleek
horse and cow browse upon the succu-
lent, tender greenery.
Geuda is just reveling in the ecstacy of
new sensational find. 1t is an eighth
spring that was discovered in the
bottom of the lake few days ago. Of it
the Herald says, 'the water is really
brine; strong enough, probably to cure
meat. No mortal could drink glass of
the water"
James Skinner died Thursday in the
county Jail, in Leavenworth, of conges-
JlOu VI tuc DIdiIl. aOOub tWO IllOutlo
ago he was adjudged insane by the pro-
bate court of Nemaha county. Instead
of sending him to the state asylum he
was taken to hospital in Leavenworth
where he became so violent that he had
to be placed in the county Jail for safety
and there died.
The Wichita EAGLE imported a cos
tune direct from Turkey for use in the
trades parade. There was nothing good
enough in the United States to represent
the EAGLE, so Turkey was depended on.
X. c. News. Barn yard jokes are too
profound for the comprehension of our
e. C. For its especial benefit we will
have to eschew figures and state plain
facts. Now gobble this UP.
The state Sunday school convention at
Mcpherson ended its labors day or two
ago. Eightv-seven county conventions
were held since the convention of 1888
and $2,624 collected for state work
The business committee asked for $4,000
for next years work, $4,000 of which
was raised at once, Mcpherson, Sedg-
wick and Shawnee counties pledging
800 Of this amount. Rev. j. A. Bright, |
ate chaplain of the Kansas senate, was
chosen the association delegate to the
world conference which meets in Lon.
Ion this year. The place for the next
state convention was left to the judg- |
nent of the executive committee.
Saturday morning, while attending to
MS on his farm near Hesston, Harvey |
county, Ira Spangler was attacked by a
mad bull and very badly uised up. His |
ather hearing the noise went out, and |
he, too, was knocked down and badly |
yored. Then the hired man, Mr. Able |
Genet, took hand and he went down |
lnder the storm. By this time Mrs
Spangler came out and with rare pres
nee of mind hunted up club and gave
t to Mr.. Spangler, who was still able to
%, although badly hurt. The bull was
Iriven off and the boy taken to the house
lie is CONSCIOUS but very badly hurt,
pitting blood all the time. The two
nen are not so badly hurt but are con-
iderably bruised up.