Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-30
suNFLowER sHADowINas.
Seeds, Slips. scions, Sprouts. Shoots and sisers.

that a verdict rendered by jury on Sun
day is not legal
The Kansas Knights of Pythias during
1883 paid out for relief and funeral and
SICK benefits the sum OF S24,o90.
A man at Winfield is said TO lead an in
tellectual life, if he eats bullheads and
reads the Century's Life of Lincoln"
1t is said that wedding parties at En-.
poria still go up to Americas and pass the
honeymoon at the old Sutton House"
There are two things Wellington boy
always carries with him, but strange to
say never uses, toothbrush and pistol.
A waggish photographer at Newton
finds it necessary shift, to take his
patrons faces" and 'smiles" separately.
The Arkansas City Dispatch announces
that Haggard as new novel called
"Chetopa." This may surprise even Mr..
Haggard.
| A prominent Atchison citizen says that
the reputed wealthy men OF that city,
with one, or two exceptions, are greatly
overrated.
J. N. Mcdonald, editor of the Burlin-
| game Chronicle, has been appointed post
master at Burlingame, vice Justin May
berry, resigned.
| The Presbyterian minister at Kiowa is
taking vacation at Genda Springs with a
decided increase of Sunday croquet anon
| his congregation.
| A compilation of the Kansas mems oDin-
ions of the Oklahoma country could easily
surpass the Congressional Records in
voluminousness.
! Mr. Gilmore, of the Fredonia Citizen, is
authority for the information that IN east
ern Kansas, the coming fall, a greatly in
creased acreage will be seeded to wheat.
A minstrel show is billed at Emporia
and to the disappointment of the society
girls, the boys are all declaring they
wouldn't think of taking lady to mir
strel show.
A Kansas editor says it's esteemed con-
temporary ''has desecrated the grave OF
Shakespeare and dug up the bones of Cat
aline, in order to make dig" at it
Atchison Champion.
days, regard the bubbles that remain in a
beer bottle in the same maner that q boy
waits for the core of the apple, He who
speaks first gets them.
A Wellington man invited local
serenading club into his house the other
night and treated them TO cigars, and the
rarity of the thing has Frustrated the
musical talent OF the city.
Wellington Standard: John Dollar is
the name OF respected citizen of Medi-
cine Lodge. John is more fortunate than
some of Us. inasmuch as no one can truth
fully say she hasn't got dollar to his
name"
Junction City Union prospecting: ga lot
OF young men will be put TO work IN tho
nine sugar factories in Kansas this year te
learn the business so they can take cha ge
of factories that are to be erected III the
near future"
Nothing created so much excitement in
years at Lawrence as a traction engine and
threshing machine tearing along the
main street RECENTLY. Some OF the old
family horses, it is feared, will not sur
vive the shock.
All the electric cars in Topeka stopped,
very suddenly. On Friday. Some accident
happened at the power house about noon,
and every car was left standing just where
it happened to be- There they remained
during the balance of the day and night.
All of the pay rolls of the Santa Fe were
de stroyed in the fire at the general office
Friday, and delay is anticipated in pay
ments for the month. The management
were making preparations to add the 10
per cent, which was taken off last fall, to
the wages from August l.
Arkansas City stands good chance of
being "chawed up' by one Of that genus
of dogs that is just as gentle as a lamb
and wouldn't bite anybody" The dog in
question during the heated term can only
bite about one person day on an average,
but will increase his capacity for the fall
trade.
When anybody disappears at Emporia
the first thing the authorities do is to
track him to the raging Cottonwood and
conjecture that he has thrown himself in;
then they go back and make inquiries
among his neighbors, and they usually
find him spending the evening with some
Of them.
Emporia News: If you want to see
chigger, take china plate and set 1t in the
grass. Inspect it a few minutes afterwards
and with the naked eye you can discover a
little red object with large number of
legs. Take microscope and you can see
the chigger trying to work his way into
the plate.
At Emporia formal demand in writing
was made by Inspector Mcclure of Post
master Birdsall's bondsmen for the de-
fciency in the amount due the govern
ment. They were unable to comply with
the demand at present. Unless the amount
is made good, suit will be brought at the
October term Of the United States court at
Topeka.
The kickapoo Indians own a reservation
u
and Jackson counties, in Kansas. Being
in the eastern part of the state it is sur
rounded on all sides by finely improved
farms, and it should be thrown open to
settlers A commission appointed by the
government has been at work for some
time past endeavoring TO purchase the res
ervation but the Indians have decided, up
on the advice of agents and storekeepers
who are interested in seeing the reserva-
tiOQ maintained. not to sell.
The Atchison Champion squats on some
of the citizens who resemble two dogs
and barber pole, as far as the desire of
initiating goes, in this wise. "a
pontoon bridge is needed at this city
just about as much as coach needs a
fifth wheel If anybody wants to build a |
pOntoon bridge, all right; but if anybody |
expects the city to give anything for such |
a purpose we desire TO put in protest. |
Any public expenditure for this project |
would be useless and eXtravagant."
All the creeks running into the river |
from the south were higher Friday morn |
ing than they have been for four years |
" neither it was the result OF cloud bursts, |
or a general rain is not known, but the |
valley was flooded in many places by |
these streams. The approaches to the /
railroad trestte over Wolf creek were car
ried out and the track submerged. The /
greatest damage was done By Granada |
creek, the water coming down the valley |
like a solid wall, bearing along trees and /
drift and we understand carrying away /
Anderson Stewards house, the barn and |
correll belonging 10 T. d. Hess, and an |
other house unoccnpied. Mr.. Hess lost all /
his harness and saddles. When the water |
struck the railroad six hundred feet Of /
track was washed out in al instant |