Wichita eagle., 1889-01-25
KANSAS KOLLARY.

Arlington, Kan, is enjoying highly
sensational scandal in the midst of their
best society circles.
Sleighing is reported at st. Francis,
though we have seen no mention of any
person having been sleighn.
What's the matter with Winfield hav-
ing an ice factory?-Courier. Nothing
that we know OF; certainly nothing as to
weather. Plant 1t.
Twelve of the county superintendent
of Kansas are women. Four years ago
there were but eight, and eleven years
ago none.
Leap year was total failure in Dick
inson county. Only 1874 marriage
licenses were issued in 1888, as against
1870 in 1887, says the Reflector.
Osawatomie doesn't boast of any rich
finds of subterranean deposits. but d
tape-worm specialist has just captured a
20-foot specimen of the genus taenia.
Coffeyville has struck OIL A very
fine lubricant has just been discovered
flowing from the we'll of Mr. Clawson at
that place.
Hon. Geo. w. Jones, of Linn county,
will continue to be assistant superintend-
ent of public instruction. Superintend-
ent-elect Winan's first act is to be lauded.
-Paola Republican.
Up to Tuesday, says the Courier, there
had not been case in the police court of
kingman this month. There's nothing
like having plenty of salt; its saving
quality is marvellous.
The Harper Republican claims the old
est able bodied man liz the United States,
q. w. Watkins, aged 135 years, as a res
ident of that place,sand this, too, before
the salt plant there has begun to pan out
that necessary saving ingredient.
The wheat in Cowley county, the lar
gest acreage for five years, looks glori-
Gus. The ''oldest inhabitant' swears the
prospect for an exceptionally large yield
was never so good. This is sweet music
to the ears.-Wmfield Courier.
The Lawrence Journal keeps on the
kee-vee by occasionally throwing out
hint like this: ''Some new developments
in a certain case which created quite a
sensation III Lawrence several years ago
are about to come to light.
John. 15-year old son of j. L. John
ston, who resides six miles northeast Of
the city, had his right leg broken below
the knee III two places last Sunday by
the horse he was riding failing and
catching his leg under it,-klngman
Courier.
Prof Dorrance, of Kingman, has ac-
copied all appointment by the board of
home missions of the United Presbyte-
rian church of Kansas. The Courier
says the professor is a learned and schol-
arly gentleman, and no better citizen
ever lived III Kingman.
Superintendent Lawh6 ais biennial re-
port shows decrease Iii the average
monthly salary of male teachers Of 81,
and likewise a decrease of salary OF
female teachers amour ting to 20 cents
The average for male teachers IS given
at Sal OF, and that for female teachers
at $33.64
Harper county presents q picture of
green wheat fields richer than ever be-
fore seen in southern Kansas. The pros
pect is more promising than heretofore
known and it is safe to predict that the
Harper county yield of wheat for 1899
Will be five times greater than ever De
fore. Journal.
The Atchison Globe claims to know
man who is ''honest, temperate, religious.
patient, industrious. frugal, faithful,
and all that, and yet he does not sue
coed" Succeed at WHAT Surely it
does not expect him to become million
aire while he is beset by such hindrances
TO thrift as the array named.
The solution of the problem Of how to
keep O town cow on town lot has been
partially made in Manhattan by the sow
ing of the town lot in sorghum and then
moving the fodder two or three times III
the season and stacking for winter use.
The quantity of fodder thus obtained is
very large. -Industrialist.
Gems from the Weskansan: The
beautiful snow has come, but the beau
tiful snow poet is non est comatabus in
umupsiumpumralio. Sum-
mer fingers little too long in the lap
of autumn and on Monday Old Winter
came along and caught her with her
cheese-cloth clothes on.
The Standard declares that enough
money goes out of Wellington every
month for lottery tickets 10 pay the in
terest on $50, 600 of salt bonds. For the
sake OF their families it would be good
thing to stop it, but the fellows who
spend their money for lottery tickets are
not the ones TO develop the salt or any
other industry, Is for that.
a man was found dead in field four
miles northwest of Doniphan this morn
ing. He was an old citizen. a Hoilander,
and had been killed with scythe handle.
which was found lying near him. The
object of the murder is not known, but
il could not have been for money as the
man was poor and had no money on his
pe,son.-Atchison Patriot, ..
4 scribe OF the Champion was inviegl-
ed into 8 cafe by a restauranteur Ct
Atchison a day or TWO ago and after be
ing stuffed with the seductive nince pis
the scribe aforesaid delivered himself
thus: Happiness CONSISTENT not 50
much in the abundance Of the things
which man possesseth as in having q
stomach that never goes back On you
Family TasleAux-
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