Wichita eagle., 1889-11-02
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berS 702.
The entire registration of Wellington
stands at l 1884,
pointed S. r. Woodward, of Fort Scott. as
assistant.
The aggregate capacity of Kansas -four
ing mills per annum exceeds 10000. 900
bushels OF wheat.
The Kansas City Globe says that several
brass bands in Kansas have been dehorned.
pose they have, it's none of its blow.
The state school fund commissioners
Wednesday invested SCI, 800 in district
bonds for the permanent school fuEd.
Fort Scott is to have the only railroad
tunnel in the state. 1t will run under the
old military fort and will be 600 feet long.
John Hendricks, aged 81, accidentally
shot and killed himself near Paola Tues
day, while hunting with two other young
men.
The governor has appointed George
Hewes sheriff of Garfield county to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of w.
H. Allemad.
Atchison still wants market house,
but she don't want it bad enough to take
little cheap John affair. Nothing less than
s75, 900 pile will suit her.
Evangelists Bliss and Towner have I'M
dertaken to rout the prince of the power
JOB, but they have our prayers for success
A Labette county farmer drank some
carbolic acid instead OF some whisky he
had purchased at Parsons few days SINCE
and thereby saved his life. Baker Beacon.
Eighteen cars of wheat were shipped
from this station the past week, which
number would have been increased to
twenty-five the Leader says, had it not
been for the scarcity of cars.
"Do hogs pay!" asks Kansas paper of
an agricultural turn, at which another
Kansas paper says: Every few. We
know of a dozen who are in California
who left without saying beans"
A cynical exchange says: The probate
judge at Atchison las married fifty
couples this year. 1t is a solemn thing to
reflect how much misery single individ-
ual is responsible for in this world.
That times are reviving here is evidenced
by the increasing business Of our railroads.
The Wichita g. Western is doing three
times as much business as it was six or
eight months ago.-Kingman Leader.
The case of the state vs. Norris j. Keat.
ing in the Shawnee circuit scourt, charged
with the murder of Con" Mcclure on
March 81 last, came to AN end Thursday,
the jury rendering u verdict OF acquittaL
Barber county claims never to have
asked for aid, and has never failed to raise
enough for home consumption. There has
not been a year since 1880 that the county
has not sold half million dollars worth
of cattle.
The Republican is fully persuaded that
it is extremely doubtful if there are many
cities in the United States as large as New
ton that have not a larger death rate. just
think, city of over 10, 600 inhabitants and
only one death in October.
Beef cattle are being shipped into Kan
sas by the train load for winter feeding.
Four hundred were received at Peabody
one day this week. This will stimulate
the local demand for food crops and prove
of considerable advantage to farmers.
John Gaines, OF Highland, left home ten
years ago and until last week nothing was
heard of him. He turned up the proprie-
tor of an immense Montana ranch. The
average Kansas boy only needs to be
turned loose. He will look out for the
rest.
At wedding in Lecompton his folks
were 50 jealous of her folks that they OBJ
jected to her folks sending out the we'd
ding invitations in their name. II they
want to live together in peace they had
better shake both crowds and go to them
selves"
The semi-annual meeting of the board
of bishops, of the Methodist Episcopal
church will be held in Topeka beginning
on Wednesday, November g, and continu-
ing about one week. The board of sixteen
members is national one, and held its
last meeting at Delaware, o.
''Most men," remarked our evening con-
temporary, the Atchison Globe, wear
their socks too long" Are we to under
stand from this that the men are expected
to adopt the bifurcated style of garment,
and that to be so amended as to make the
connection with ordinary soX. Let the re-
belIion proceed.
Topeka has scare story about one of its
citizens being kidnapped and put in the
Kansas City, Kan. Jail. There Is strong
rivalry between two Kansas Cities, but the
News magnanimOusly declares that such
means OF increasing population statistics
at rivals expense should be strongly
frowned npon.
Talk about the outrageous per cent of
profit made by retailers of fresh meat
might be supplemented with like ar
raignment of somebody on the corn meal
market. The corn raiser is receiving say
ID cents bushel, or less than 80 cents
hundred pounds, for his corn, while con-
sumers have TO pay at the rate of 81 a hun
dred for corn meal. 1t is simply an out
rage.
Jewel is the banner corn county of the |
state this year. her crop exceeding 100000
bushels -EX. Jewell is indeed diadem /
in the coronet of Kansas counties, but /
making it the banner county was the |
freak of suppositious imagination. Sedg- /
wick county produced more corn this year /
than the quantity stated by hundreds Of |
thousands of bushels.
The Republican says Newton has more |
hunters and fishermen than any city in the /
state, and yet it will wager that there Is /
more fish and other game sold there than !
if there We're not half as many sportsmen. !
OF course. The abundance of the latter /
readily accounts for the inumerousness of 4
the former If they couldn't procure Il /
supply before sgoing home evenings they /
would be without excuse to go again mex
day.
At meeting of the regents of the State /
Normal school this week, the board was !
as follows: Rudolph Hatfield, |
Wichita, president: Charles w. Hull, kir- /
win, vice president; W. II. Caldwell. Be |
lott, treasurer; II. d. Dickson. Neosho I
Falls, secretary; Nelson Case, Oswego; |
James ". Graybill, LeaveDworth. The |
new members are Messrs. Case and Gray
bill Mr.. Hatfield, as president, succeeds |
j. II. Franklin, now deputy second auditor /
of the treasury at Washington, d. c.
State Journal.
Mrs. Catharine Swayne, of Sterling, be
gan proceedings Wednesday in the United |
States circuit court at Topeka to recover I
damages to the amount OF slO0. coo from 4
the Consolidated Trunk Line company, a
corporation which deals IN Oil and has !
agencies throughout the west. The aver
ments set out in her petition make
strong case and one in which the people of
yyf raai degree interest