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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

The dressed meat or inspection bill,
similar to the ones pending in the Kan
sas legislature, was defeated in the Ohio
legislature on Thursday. One of the
senator's in his speech said it was the
farmers who brought in the old cows,
bulls, the slab-sided yearlings and the
dehorned stays and sold them to the
local butchers, and he was therefore
against cutting off supply of cheap.
fine meats from the west. The bill was
Overwhelmingly defeated, which is a
pointer for the Kansas state senate.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
A BRAVE WARRIOR.

General Murray Myers is having an
extensive war experience for these piping
times of peace.-Emporia Republican.
And General Myers is a clear headed,
cool, brave soldier, in these piping times
of peace as he was quarter of century
ago. He is a discreet officer, too, whose
Judgment can be relied on, and whose
GOODNESS, courage and decision are I'M
failing Champion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

meats, the flour, the groceries and the
| dry goods, ETC., etc. In all these except
in meats and flour there is even room
now for additional jobbing houses in
Wichita, with the demand to be multi
piled an hundred fold as soon as the
proclamation shall be issued by the
president that Oklahoma is an ac-
complished fact. While in flour
mills, in packing houses, in
coffee and spices, in the manufacture
of crackers and candies, we are ready
for almost any demand, and in jobbers
in family groceries and canned goods, in
dry goods, in boots and shoes, in drugs
and in hardware, she boasts substantial
and creditable concerns and institutions,
yet with hundred fold increased de-
mand, which the opening of the terri
tory will create, the representatives of
all these lines do not hesitate to admit
their utter inability to maintain mas
tership of the enlarged situation.
, In the rapid and unexampled develop
ment of the west there are not few in
stances in which great commercial CEN
tiers have sprung into life in day, but
no inland city, not excepting Minneapo-
lis, Kansas City, Denver or any other
point, ever possessed the undeniably
magnificent opportunity for wonder
full and unexampled growth in business,
power and wealth as that which lies
within the grasp of the Peerless Princess
of the Plains, and the intervening door
to which is now swinging open. The
mining industries of the mountains have
made Denver, the wheat fields of Min
nesota and Dakota a Minneapolis, and
the great corn fields and broad
pastures of Kansas a Kansas City,
and all these in a quar-
ter Of century, but Wichita's oppor-
tunity overshadows in possibilities and
in actual possession all of these. She
has not only spread out at her feet, and
all about her, the interests and elements
which by natural growth and develop
ment created Kansas City and Min
but in addition a vast and rich
territory whose domain has not only
been the most widely advertised and the
most anxiously watched for by hundreds
of thousands of people, but which is the
last great territory Of prairies and
streams, of rich valleys and beautiful
groves that the United States has, or
can ever offer her sons who are |
ever longing for new fields of enterprise
for new worlds to conquer. As Won
lerfully as rapid was the settlement and |
development of Kansas and the resultant |
city at the mouth Of the Kaw, compared
20 that of other western states, the de-
Velopment and settlement of Kansas
Will seem tedious and slow when in the
hear future her history is compared to
hat Of her nearer sister on the south.
50, however magical may have seemed
he wonderful proportions gained and so
witty, by Minneapolis and Kansas City,
hose of Wichita, with her unequalled
will be infinitely greater
nd though logically inevitable, yet
nevertheless proportionately more Won
lerful and astonishingly magnificent.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
"Tbe Unkindest Cut of All 4"

We have been accused Of stealing
horses, of getting drunk, of being driven
out of Staunton. H.. ION a dark and
rainy night in our sock feet and Of a
thousand other things by jealous local
contemporaries. but 1.-THE unkindest cut
of alI'' is the following from the Wichita
EAGLE wherein we have been accused Of
being editor of the Pratt County Regis
ter.-Pratt Republican.
Beg pardon, gentlemen; deed we do.
And while we are about it viii apologize
to the Register people, for they will de-
nand one, Of course.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

II indianapolis don't let up on her SEN
sation racket she will have half the cities
OF the country cutting her acquaintance.
This thing Of monopolizing the big en-
bezzlements in addition TO The scinch il
has had on election fraud business for a
time is getting conspicuous Don't IN
derstand Us as kicking. sesfsisly. how
ever. Wichita's ambition don't run in
that line.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

The dressed meat bill" it seems. is
meeting with a strong opposition in the
way OF common sense, at Topeka. As
1t is within the power OF any community
10 refuse dressed meats, or TO bar them
from any local market by simple ordi-
nance, where Is the sense OF raising a
howl over diseased meats.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

mortgage, so that no unsatisfied iudg-
ment is left hanging over the debtor
from lack of competition in sale of mort
gagged property. This seems a commend
able law, for the creditor always has or
should have ample security IN the mort
gagged property. and under the Kansas
statute the debtor is placed too much at
the mercy Of the creditor, as the latter
seldom has any opposition in bidding in
mortgaged property and bidding 1t in at
a low figure, be not only gets The proper
", but holds a Judgment over the head
Of his unfortnnate debtor.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
In the Language of Mr.. Flanagan.

In the Language of Mr.. Flanagan.
Lyons Republican.
The Wichita EAGLE has heard that
Mrs. Cleveland owns $4,000 worth of
property in Omaha, and at once proceeds
to call her attention to the opportunities
for safe and profitable investments in
Wichita. The EAGLE generally has an
eve open to the main chance.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
A Wise Mortgage Law.

Marion Times
Nebraska has mortgage law that it
would be well for our Legislators to con-
slider. 1t provides that at any foreclosure
and sale of mortgaged property, the first
bid shall be for the full value Of the
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Multum in Parvo.

Eastman, Ga. Journal.
The idea of teaching every girl to
thump the piano, and every boy TO be a
bookkeeper, will make potatoes 81 a
bushel in twenty years.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

On TUESDAY Of this week. Mr. Daniel
Neel committed suicide by hanging a:
bis residence On South Broadway. Mr.
Nesl was an old soldier, and about 50
years Of ACCLAIMED ChTonoscooe.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

If the grounding does not inconti-
nently &C back on his entire record for
truth and veracity the next six weeks
will be one continuous blizzard.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

Judge J. ". Markham died, after
brief illness, at his home in Clay Ceater
last Thursday. He was SO years of age.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

The railroad strikes of the country
have disappeared with the railroad divi-
dends
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
The Letter A.

New York World
The letter A. the leading letter in the
alphabet, is to be found in the names Of
every one Of our presidents Of the United
States Of America, to-wit:
George w 4 shington,
John \ dams
Thorn A jefferson.
james u A Olson
j A mes Monroe,
John q 4 dams,
Andrew J a Ckson,
Marlin Y A q Buren,.
William II 4 rT.son.
John A. Tyler.
j A ines Polk,
Zachary I A ylor.
Mill A ri Fillmore.
Fr \ nklin Pierce,
J 4 mes Buchanan,
AbTah \ IA Lincoln.
A ndreg johnson.
L < Or 4 ut.
Rutherford II. II 4 yes.
James 4. = A rhsld,
Chester a A rfhur,
Grover Clevel A nd.
Benjamin III a rriSOn.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

AT this Great Benefit Sale will be
purchase IN any one ne OF goods but you procure
anything require in department Cost
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
OHIO DEFEATS THE DRESSED MEAT
BILL.

Wichita, Kan, February ., 1859.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

Onr customers who have been waiting for
Sale can avail themselves OF this opportunity make
their spring purchase and save money.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

From statistics complied by City Mar
shall Carter covering the year is5s II is
found that the total number OF arrests IN
this city reaches nearly 1000. OF thls
number thirty-five were arrested for be-
ing drunk aud resisting an officer; two
for drunk and disturbing ths peace and
twenty for selling intoxicating liquors.
Topeka Democrat With such "a
record as that with beer 81 bot
tie. what would it be u that AZ
iicle were dispensed by the schooner at
current prices. say FOR instance in The
City Of Kansas. The thoaght staggsfs
US
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

We have received large lines must share
the fate previous second
hand or shop goods Our immense stock clean
bright, and for three days viii give you benefit
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03

We made big cut everything store Every de.
partment must stand a loss for these three days
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-03
day, Tuesday and Wednesday

?. For Three Days that's all. Every article. yard,
pound or package. will be sold at Cost Sale.
"Except Warmers Corsets,)-
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
A Wife's Dream.

The other day an American hus- band, on coming down to breakfast, found his wife sitting at the table with distressed and far-away look in her eyes, and, in answer to his question, What is the matter this morning!" she rephed, "Oh, don't ask me, Charlie, I couldn't tell you, indeed, indeed, I couldn't" Some further questioning and coaXing at length brought out the fact that she had dream, ''such terrible dream, l never, never, never could tell you about it." This, of course, made him more wild to know what it was, and he made further efforts, and promised not to mind, and so forth. Then the lady related her dream as follows: II thought l was in q strange city, and there was a great sale of husbands going on by auction, anu lHtlt NtAt cOIllt HuobdllNS dUC- toned off at forty to fifty thousand dollars, then good many went for about fifteen or twenty thousand dollars each, then they dropped to ten, five and three thousand dollars. aud so on down, away down, some pretty fair looking ones sold for about fifty dollars" Was there anyone like me in the first lot soldf" No, no, there was not; 1 don't like to tell you, l'-- "Oh, do tell. :" "Well, you see, there were a good many left just like you, and they tied them up in punches like carrots, and sold them for ten cents bunch. " -[Woman's Penny Paper, London,
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
A Republican Dream.

A certain Republican politician of Carlyle, one night dreamed that he died and passed on hls journey to another world. At first there was but single road, but after long distance it forked, and standing there as sort of gudeboard was an angel, who inquired the name of the traveller, and upon receiving this information, the angel consulted his directory and finding divers black marks and memoranda bade the pill grim take the left-hand road. After travelling some distance the politi- clan arrived at the abode of his satanic majesty, who, while accord ing him royal welcome, apologeti- cally remarked that he had arrived a little sooner than expected, therefore would he look about the diggings for season while his apartments were
 being put in order! In compliance with this request the politician fol- lowed a guide about and witnessed the roasting and squirming of a job lot of fellows Tn very hot quarter. Inquiring who they were he was an swered that they were the monopo- lists who originated the tariff to protect home industries. In another compartment were found q lot of preachers, who had prayed for tenn peIance and voted the Republican ticket. A little farther on they came to a room not quite so hot, where a string of men were hanging up by the heels by means of binders tWine. In astonishment the poitl- elan asked the meaning of the strange sight, whereupon the assistant devil replied: 'Oh! they are farmers who believed in a high tariff they are so darned green that they won't burn; we have to hang them up by the heels few months to dry 'em
 out :'- Carlyle Ull) Constitution.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
The Nicaragua Canal.

NEW YORK, May 24.-The Nicara- guam Canal Co. announces that the steamship Alvena, to sail for Grey town, Nicaragua, at noon, May 25, 1883, will carry about 90 men and a quantity of implements and stores for the Nicaragua Canal Construc- tion Co.,, being the expedition for the ing the Nicaragua Inter-oceanic Ca nal. Similar consignmcnts of men and materials for the prosecution of the work will follow one another at short intervals.
 Ten engineers of the surveying ex- petition of ISS7-S8 have remained in Nicaragua in the service of the company, and will meet the construc- ton party at Greytown. They have collected about 800 native laborers there, in readiness to begin opera tions at once, and have constructed temporary quarters for themselves and those who are shortly to arrive
 The first work to be done, and which will begin immediately, is rail- road construction, building pier at Greytown, erecting permanent quar- ters, hospitals, warehouses and shops and running telegraph wires along the line of the projected canal, dredging in Greytown Harbor and clearing and dredging the first l2 miles of the canal from Greytown to the divide. " Preparations will be made for the heavy work on the rock cut, the embankments, etc.
 The company will send down with the expedition pole-road locomo- tive, ten large steel canoes, a steam launch for the chief engineer, two diamond drills, 90 tons of provisions, clothing for 500 laborers, six large pile-drivers, two large portable houses, four large rock drills, l50,- GOO feet of lumber for houses, l,000,0 ,000 feet of piles and timbers, 200 hammocks, 200 cots, large stock of engineers instruments, 20, 1000 feet of galvanized iron roof ing, tools (railroad, carpenters, blacksmith's, engineers, etc. ), about GO tons of iron, nails, steel, etc.. telegraph and telephone materials, crockery, hardware, gunpowder, dy- namlte, ropes, pullcys, rubber blank cts, furniture, drugs, etc.--Exchange
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
Death by Electricity.

The following is from an interview in the New York Tribune upon the new process of executing criminals with electricity: The criminal is sentenced to be executed at some time in given week, the warden or superintendent to fix the day and hour. At the appointed time, which is fixed without the knowledge of the condemned man, the warden, sheriff and his assistants enter the cell and bind the mans hands before him. A pair of shoes, in the soles of which are the metal plates covered with sponges which form one electrode, and cap containing the other elec- trode, are then put on him. He is then placed in large reclining chair, to which he is securely fastened. The wires from the dynamo are then connected with the electrodes at the head and feet, the sheriff touches the button, and in the one-hundred and liftieth part of second the criminal is dead.
 The alternating current sends l50 positive and the same number of negative beats from the dynamo every second, Although one nega- tive and one positive current produ- ces death, the electricity is not turned off for from fifty to thirty seconds, to prevent any phenomena or reflex action. When the first shock passes through the body all the muscles become rigid, and if the current is at once checked they will gradually relax, the limbs will be convulsed, and groans will be uttered. While these manifestations are not accompanied by pain on the part of the criminal, it seems humane to avoid even the appearance of torture i; so the current is kept up until the muscles relax, this taking about five seconds. Then the cap and shoes have only to be removed and the body is ready for burial.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
WINNING A WIDOW.

"Jotham :" quoth MT Wiggleton, to his chief farmland.
 "Well, what's wantin' ~ lazily re- sponded Jotham Hardcastle, with a half-masticatcd straw between his teeth, as he looked up from the bit of harness he was mending,
 "The Widow Palmleaf has taken the cottage at the foot of the lane. v "Tell me something l didn't know afore,' said JOtham, with more freedom than reverence in his manner. And if she sends up to borrow the rake or hoe, or the spade - "Well, what then?"
 "Tell her she cant have 'em, Women are always borrowing. l knew Hobart Palmleaf when he was alive he was 3 chronic borrower. l don't want anything to do with his widow"
 All right" observed Jotham, philosophically, and his master re- sumed the perusal of his newspaper once more,
 "Jotham?" said MT. Wiggleton, about ten days afterward, as he came in heated and out of breath after a walk. (Mr. Wiggleton wasn't as spry as he had been before his five and-fortieth birthday, and the Locust Hill was q pretty steep ascent.)
 "Well, what now?"
 II wonder if that was the Widow Palmlcaf l saw gathering blackber- ries into q basket by the south wall of the cottage garden?'
 "Kind O slim and tall"'
 "Yes."
 Blue eyes, and hair as shiny as satin?"
 "Yes."
 And little white parasoI, lined with pink :"
 "Yes."
 "Reckon likely it was" said Jotham.
 "But," persisted the puzzled land owner, "she doesn't look at all like widow"
 There's as much difference in widows as there is in other folks, observed Jotham, dryly.
 Mir. Wiggleton was silent for a moment or two.
 "Jotham," he finally said
 "Well?"
 Has she sent to borrow any thing"
 "Sent yesterday forenoon-asked if we had a screw-driver to lend the hinge was comin' loose on the garden gate"
 And what did you tell her"
 Said my order was contrary wise to lendin' or borr0win'. i"
 "Jotham, you are fool"
 "'Tain't the first time you've said so. and tain't the first time you've been wrong" said Jotham, with a caimness of demeanor that was beau tiful to behold. Hard words is
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05

Why is an unpaid subscription bill like bottomless chair? Chorus of country editors: 'Because it needs receipting. "- Portland Transcript.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
Press Poem, May, 1889.
lNTRODTCTIOS

l may, if 1 choose, when consult ing the muse, borrow ideas from men to produce them again, in more fanciful dress. Now l wish to i'm press this fact on you that this state mcnt is true; then to say that I've taken from Shakespeare Cor Bacon) or others of might, the idea that it. right thus to lilch, not ones name, but that which gives it fame. So, to one quite we'll known, went for q loan, and though far he was nigh Bill NNe," bye the bye-and from that bright bit of his, What q News paper ls," l plucllcd from it's prose a rhymed acrostic rose whose title might awaken awe, for tis the 'Press of Arkansas If dropped a leaf here, and then added a thorn, twas not merely my poem the more to adorn, but to show up the press as, early and late, I've seen it my self here in Arkansas State,
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05

In club with tlis paper, GOpEN'~ and THE PICANUNE for -}.o0 which should be sent to the office of this paper,
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
AN ACROSTIC.

The press of our country is gem; radiant star ieralding approaching glory; 'tis prophet
 dread of war; Encyclopedia it is also; and poem, guide and
 song, Picnic, sermon, circus, cook book ready for the
 hungry throng, Railroad 10 your choice of places, description of
 the same; Earth, grand aggregation of mans glory and his
 shame, Symposium, sweet symphony, dcfaulters dread
 good mans delight; >hipwreek, art critic, horoscope description of
 great dog fight, Obituary, hi-tory-swearing black is white and early's latc Fountain of information, and filtration grim with fate; A resume of the meanness and magnanimity of man, Review of joys, gricf., births and deaths icon ceived in the great pan," Knowledge unbounded by the world-but oflinited circulation. An independent Supreme Judge, rejoicing in its
 station; Nations report greater affairs, retailer of smaller scandal; Something for everybody, library nice to handle; A thing in fact, of great reputei and we declare, La Sure papers all must yield the pam to The Press of Arkansas.
 BY Mss LAURA +. BROWN.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.

41o Huron g.,
 sheboygsn,
 Wis, Nov. N
 1888.
 l have used St. Jacobs Oilhs chicken cholera with great sue cess. Every fowl affected V ith the disease VI cured by 1t and
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05
an effort-''I am thinking of getting

an effort-'I am thinking of getting married.'
 "Oh '"
 Its rather late in life, to bt sure, said MT. Wiggleton, conscious of looking extremely sheepish, "bu' you know, Jotham. it's never too late to do good thing
 Certainly not"
 You ought to get married, Jo tham," added his employer, speak in a rather rapid and embarrassed manner.
 "Think so?'
 Certainly. You might livei in the little house beyond the peacl orchard; it wouldn't take much tc fit it nicely, now that paint and paper are so cheap"
 Jotham stared collectively at the fire.
 And your wife could take care of the cream and butter, and all that sort of thing for us. It isn't likely Mrs. P.-ahem lit isn't likely l mean, that my wife will care for such things"
 "Humph!'
 "Td advise you to turn the thing all over in your mind, Jotham," said Mir. Wiggleton.
 .Yes, l will" said Jotham, with a little cough.
 The next morning MT. Wiggleton attired himself in his best suit and went to the cottage.
 Mrs. Palmleaf received him in a charming wrapper with ribbon 10 match.
 MT. Wiggleton wasted no time in useless preliminary chitchat.
 Mrs. Palmleaf, ma 'am," he be- gan, little nervously, II have con cluded to change my condition"
 "Indeed !" said the widow, smiling like an open rose. ] am so glad to hear it.
 And l am here thls morning to ask you to be my wife!' pursued our hero, boldly.
 You are kind, sir said Mrs. Palmleaf, blushing, and looking pret- tier than eve, but I-I really couldn't"
 And why not?" demanded Mir. Wiggleton, fairly taken aback by thls unexpected answer.
 "I am engaged" owned up the charming widow, playing with the ribbons at her belt.
 Might l dare to ask-that is'-
 "Oh, certainly. It's Jotham Hard- castle"
 Mir. Wiggleton stammered out a sentence or two of congratulation and took his leave.
 And when the spring wheat reared it's green tassels on the hill side, Jotham married the pretty young widow, and MT. Wiggleton is single yet. He always felt as if he had been ill treated, but he never could tell exactly how True Flag.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05

l recommend 1t as a sure cure. It has saved me many dollars. II. A. KUENNE,
 Breeder of Fine Fuwla
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05

Bakersfield, Cal, Oct. l3, lsSa have used St. Jacobs oil for sorehcad ol chickens with prompt, permanent cure. Ono bottle will cure 10 to Is chickens; 2 to dropo cures Wheezes JAS. BETHAk
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-05

As- GENERAL DIRECTTONS-Mtr pfH q bredd or dough sdiurdted agiti s. Jacobs OQ Q Ge Jotrl cannot slOdno,e force a dotOn Me taroal Mig some corn meal dough with the Ol. 0f1 nothin9 else They wiA finally cal and be cured.