Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-21
SUNFLOWER STAMENS.

The damage to public and private
properly in Kansas City, Kan, by Fri
days storm amounts to about SO, 900,
says the Gazette.
DIR. Banker, of Ottawa, was SO COM
pletely overwhelmed by the arrival of
twins, "both girls" at his home the other
day that it put him to bed.
Dodge City had two cases-no more
of smallpox recently, but both recovered
and the Democrat says there is no posi-
bility for other cases to occur.
The city council of Atchison have
placed an embargo on the sounding of
locomotive whistles within the city linz
its. The constant ringing of bells is
fully as annoying. What signal will be
adopted is not known.
The Fredonia town clock will be placed
in the court house tower in a few days
and the Citizen has the giggles at the
thought that every body will have to
come to time with more uniformity and
prOmptitude than heretofore
An electric storm of several hours du-
ration visited Salina Saturday evening.
No particular damage was done outside
of an indiscriminate ringing of tele-
phones, and ''dousing the glim" in the
Gazette editorial and composing rooms.
The woman suffrage convention at
Salina didn't have much to say about
cooking, but it roasted Marsh Murdoch
just as brown.-K. c. Star. Yes, but
they got into stew and made mess of
it, as usual. However, they're done,
now.
A single firm at Parsons daily ships
1000 dozen eggs to Chicago. The hens
in Kansas do more every day for the
state than the politicians, and don't
make much noise about it either.-Kan-
sas City Star. The real, sure enough
hens, yes.
Sheriff Churchill of Leavenworth, has
placed his resignation in the hands of
Gov. Humphrey, to take effect to first Of
July with the understanding that the
legal proceedings instituted to GUST him
should be nollied. Thus ends squabble
of several months run.
During the past week rains have oc-
CURED in every section of Kansas. The
whole state has been thoroughly soaked,
and crop prospects, GENERALLY, could not
be better, although many farmers would
rather see it dry long enough to plant
considerable more corn.
Grenola has police Judge who LAYS off
his official robes, ticks man for calling
him d liar and then calls court, arraigns
himself, pleads guilty, assesses the usual
fine, and promises himself that the next
time he appears before that court the fine
and trimmings will be doubled.
The directory man of Leavenworth
saws the assessor man Is away off in his
census figures; that the names obtained
for the new city directory indicate a
population of 80, 900 instead of 81, 900 as
returned by the assessor. 1t is hoped
that the directory figures are nearest
correct.
About the only thing that is hurting as
now, from the labor standpoint, is that
we have too many young, able and intel 7
ligent men who want to work for some
one other than themselves. There are /
thousands of acres of good land in Kan
sas that should be titled by intelligent !
young mem. c. Union.
The Leavenworth Times says, this /
morning, that Colonel Dick Walker "of I
Topeka" has been nominated United 4
States marshal for this district. The Sun /
supposed the president had selected I.
Colonel Dick Walker of Wichita. -Leav-
Sun. So he did. But Just put .
it Colonel Dick Walker of Kansas"
and stop dlsputing about it.
The editor of the Attica Advocate re-
ferred to his wife as his better frac-
tom tbereupon the Wichita EAGLE
handed the matter over to the equal sui
fragists. Now he crawfishes and saws 1
she is 'unit." 1t is another case Of a
man and his wife being ten; she /, and
be o. Are those the units:-BIuff City
Herald. Or, as he would put it, OF.