Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15
SUNFLOWER SOUPCON.

The normal institute is in full blast al
Topeka.
Kansas is determined to have capita
punishment.
The youth of Pratt City are blowing
themselves cross-eyed over new lung
tester.
1t is limited that about half of Garden
City's boosted trees are this spring:
growth of weeds.
Last week the Kingman National bank
purchased the $1,000 city bonds recently
issued to purchase market place.
Washburn college, of Topeka, has de-
termined to follow the Garfield univer-
sity plan ard have medical depart
ment.
A paper out west considers great CO.
incidence that our flag has thirteen
stars and that the united colonies were
originally thirteen.
The farmers have been so busy with
crops down in Sumner county that they
are Just getting the winter wrappings
from around the pumps.
Since the $S7 stagger of Topeka at the
Johnstown flood, they have adopted q
drop-a-nlckle-in in he--slot-- weig hingma-
chine for catching relief funds.
A man at Newton lost his ear-trumpet
the other day. 1t is probably deliber-
ate scheme of his to escape that ever
lasting "home cigars" business.
| The Peabody young ladies are going to
| give Mrs. Jarley's wax works." Ii
Alex Butts works off that white dress
gag of his on them, they ought to mob
| him.
Newton Republican: Already doth
| the gentle school marin sigh for the APP
| preaching session of the normal Ii
there is anything in the world school
marin dotes upon it is a normal insti-
tute.
There has evidently been some sma,
trouble at Cullison, or else some one has
called the editor of the Tomahawk liar,
Judging fIom the item in that paper:
Whose nose was put out of joint at
the w. & w. station on Sunday morn
ing:"
An Atchison man offers $3.50 for a
public meeting of state organization at
which it would not be considered
necessary to fire off dreary and super
to an equally dreary and unnecessary
response.
A lady living near Pratt who had a
fine table-cloth stained ny fruit was ad-
vised by a neighbor to leave the cloth
hang on the clothes line all night and
the stains would disappear. She did SO,
and the spots left and took the table
cloth with them.
An apology from the Turon Headlight:
We are reliably informed that we We're
mistaken last week in regard to the
weight of Mr. Mauk's twins, thirty-eight
pounds apiece. The boy only weighed
eight and one-half and the girl nine and
three-quarter pounds.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National bank of
Burlingame, Kan, to commence bIsi-
ness with a capital of $4,000 Its offic-
ers are c. NJ. Sheldon, president; j. A.
Finch vice president: A. u. Miner, cash
Ter, and A. G. Sharp, assistant cashier.
Up in the northern part of the state
some scholars presented their teacher
with "Don Juan" and She as mark
of esteem, to all appearance, but it looks
suspiciously ike a Machaivellian at
tempt of the bright scholars to spirit the
pedagogue away either by corrupting
him or infusing loye of travel.
At Syracuse the small son of an Eng
lishman, who had lived in this country
long before the young gentleman in
question put in an appearance, aCcosted
his father last 4th of July with, Dad,
this is the day We licked
YOU 1t is not stated whether dad
reciprocated or not, but 1t is
probably safe to say he did.
Something on the national flower:
France has the lily.
And England the rose;
And everybody knows
Where the Shamrock grows.
And Scotland the heather,
That grows on the hill,
But Americas the home
OF the one dollar bill.
The regents of the state university viii
not, 1t is said, elect a successor TO Chan
cellor Lippincott before the September
meeting. Meantime they have been
considering the qualifications Of II. {.
Adams, professor Of music. Ann Harbor;
Mr.. Emerton, ecclesiastical professor,
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and Mr. Wenfell OF the law, Harvard;
Mr. White, dean Of faculty, Cornell uni
versity, and Albert Shaw. chair Of poliii-
cal science, Johns Hopkins university.
A small cloud arose in the north on
last Sunday evening just after the PEG
pie had assembled at chuach, and com
ing up with sharp gust Of wind, chused
the house TO give loud crack and the
audience TO adjourn Immediately with
out the benediction. Since the cyclone
no other force has been so effective IN
dispensing crowd with dispatch, as
wind storm. Sunday night everybody
was out Of the house and OF the streets
inside Of a minute and By that time the
wind had ceased TO blov.-Argonia Clip
per.
Farsighted and perpicuous individuals
nave forseen that the JOY attending the
prosperous crops could only be given
vent by poetry. The first poem that ep-
pears is BY the devil OF the Pratt County
Republican:
20, where Is The MAD who in Kansas
mis,rusted, and left his farm and home
and moved away Disguised into another
state where he i now perhaps busted
and his nother-ir-.sw II giving him the