Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
SUNFLOWER SHADOWINGS.
Seeds, Slips, Scions, Sprouts. Shoots and sve


Kansas constructed sos miles of railway
in 1883 and fifty in 1882
| A Manhattan man raised 1000 bushels
of sweet potatoes this year.
The Weber band, of Warwick, Kan.
took the first prize at the Ellsworth re-
union.
1t is reported that Rome will be largely
represented in Oklahoma That is. Rome.
Sumner county, Kan.
Several of the western counties feel that
Stevens county's solicitation for aid has
compromised their good name.
The ague is so bad down in Sumner
county and the patients shake so that they
roll the bed around on its castors.
Kansas people who give out that they
are going to Oklahoma for good, usually
come back to this state for better.
Cullison Tomahawk: Many a man con-
| siders himself great gun when in fact he
is nothing but an old smooth bore.
Judge n. H. Merrill, of Sedan, has ac-
| cepted an appointment to cierkshlp In
the war department at Washington.
An old adage is upset. At Oxford the
buttered side of slice of bread doesn't go
down. There is butter famine there.
Over 10000 cattle have recently been
shipped from Liberal to Chicago over
the Rock Island, and there are more to
follow.
There are thirteen grass widowers in the
city of Belle PLANE. There seems to be
some way under the Kansas sun of mar
rying off the surplus feminine population.
A man in Sumner county has succeeded
in the unprecedented feat Of smoking II
candidate cigar and living. He put his
back to a strong blast of wind and blew
into the cigar
Great Bend has the prettiest set of school
marms in the state, and that Is why the
fathers of that town take SO much inter
est in their childrens education, and visit
the school so much.
The negro element at wellington insist
that the right hand foot of rabbit Killed
on Friday, carried in right pocket by
some latent process Will procure immense
luck in a game OF craps.
Lakln Advocate: The legend on an
emlgrant wagon passing TINS pace goine
east, on Monday last read bound for
Gods own country-Arkansaw: In God
we trusted, been out west and busted,
Robert Henderson, colored, VINO killed
Charles Bailey, his stepfather, at Leaven-
worth last April, was acquitted by the
Jury YESTERDAY. The killing vast prompt
ed by Bailey's abuse of Henderson's
mother.
The motif for local ronlancers in Wei
lington is found in the item. OF the young
couple who were married three weeks ago
In less than week after the ceremony the
wife became mad, insanity being heredi-
tary in her family.
The Troy Chief tells of a young man
who left home about ten years ago for the
mountains. and who had not been heard
of since until about October i, when he
came home. He is now the owner OF
large horse ranch in Montana
The Oswego Independent offers to put
Kansas against the world on having the
oldest pair of twins. 1t mentions two
brothers, one living in Labette county and
one IN Johnson county. 1ney We're porn
August -. 1909. il Vermont
Lean meat from the butcher is the best
reproducing food that can be given
poultry, As it is rich in nitrogen aud sup
plies the albumen of the egg. which IS the
most difficult 70 obtain. One pound OF
meat fed 10 twenty hens, three times
week, will not be expensive compared with
grain and the results TO be obtained
On THANKSGIVING the Northwest Asso-
citation viii meet aJ Beloit; the Southeast
at Garrett: the Central at Mcpherson; the
Southwest at Dodge; the Southwestern at
Wichita: the Speer-Winans az Abilene;
and during the holidays, between Christ.
mas and New Year. the State Teachers
association of Kansas meets at Topeka
Atchison Globe: Five Atchisoa men
are talking seriously of building mill for
the manufacture of print paper from cot
tonwood. Cottonwood. which grows IN
great profusiou in this vicinity, makes
the best wood pulp 10 the world. and il
can be had cheaper in Atchison than in
any other Missouri river town A plant
costing 50. 90 would earn 500 day.
Kansas Farmer: The department., of
agriculture as Washington needs over
hauling, and Senator Plumb is hereby ap-
pointed committee OF one 10 do the WORK
His duty shall be TO confront NJ Secretary
Rusk aud say TO him loud enough Tor the
whole country to hear that when haosss