Wichita eagle., 1889-09-11
sUNFLoWER sHADOwINGs.
Seeds. Slips. seioa., Sprouts. Shoots and sli..


The Caldwell boys are playing jail
with the new steam heater in the school
house.
The yield of corn will be 2s7, 391, 16s
bushels this year according TO Secretary
Mohler.
Attorney General Kellogg has decided
the law allowing tax OF $4,000 for the
state university.
It is mighty little notice and attention
the book agent and the fruit tree agent get
on the farm these days.
There are over six hundred cases on the
civil docket for the September term of
court at Wellington.
Nine steam threshers could be seen from
the tower of the Anthony high school
building one day last week.
Many Kansas printing office is out Of
those letters which occur in obligations"
and ''watermelons," weekly.
Emporia Republican please take noticei
A man named Woodleaf owns the princi-
pal picnic grove near Ottawa.
1t seems that there is a certain class of
citizens at Winfield, who, when they have
nothing else to do, trade harness.
| When man in Kingman carries corn
! stalk for cane, it is very safe to suppose
| that he is seeming u county office.
Strange as it may seem, the liquor stored
in the vaults of the Topeka prison con-
tinues to evaporate, muses. the News.
Blackstone or somebody said Suspect
| everybody" and that is what every Well
ington who has lost MS umbrella, does.
The Swedes of Topeka will go to Kansas
| City on the 14th to celebrate the 250th
anniversary Of their landing in America.
There is an astonishing increase in the
number of drug advertisements in the
Arkansas City papers during the reunion
Some people should thank their stars
that they never lived to see their obitu-
aries. especially when they are in rhyme.
When an Anthony man grows obnoxious
| in his garulltv in running down civil SER
vice reform, ten Co one he is after the post.
office.
Not the least curious about this states
peculiarities, is the Kansan's singular
mania for moving his house, be 1t ever SO
humble.
The only opening the guest of some
hotels dare to look to for a change in the
bill OF fare is transfer in the ownership
in the hotel.
There is not so much whisky sold in
Topeka as in Wichita" says the Atchison
Globe, "but it takes less Of the Topeka ar
tice to kill
Monday night every good man in Arkan-
SaS City prayed for sunshine on the NOR
row. 1t had the effect of all prayers in
Arkansas City.
An Usage City woman bought asealskin
cloak the other day 20 wear to the Topeka
fair. OF course this in formation is from
a Kansas City paper
There is store in Usage City where
nothing is sold but maccaroni olive Oil
and red cotton handkerchiefs. 1t is called
the "Dago Emporium"
Fathers are endeavoring to persuade
their daughters and beaux that Jupiter
and the moon don't have con junction
every night III the week.
The Arkansas City girl yesterday got
on her white dress and sat out on the front
porch all day in bewitching attitudes,
watching the soldier man"
The Sedgwck county boys are thinking
OF supplying the deficiencies Of nature, and
adding a bucket Of red paint to
the paraphernalia Of the corn-husking bee
this fall.
The Parsons Eclipse advises farmers
who have wheat in The stack to have 1t in
sured as this the season for prairie fires,
and holocaust" is liable to come along
at any TINS.
Work has commenced on the Conway
is expected that the building will be com
pleted by October ID and school will open
November /.
The entire cavalry force at Fort Leaven-
worth, consisting OF four troops will
march to Atchison today, where ii will re-
main during the week Of the fair and take
part in the sham battle.
a new fair association has been organiz-
ed at Harper, and decided to hold fair
September %, %, q and 2S. Twenty good
men compose the association, and they
guarantee the payment OF all premiums /
and expenses.
The sports of Mcpherson broke into an
empty room and stored lot of choice |
liquors there, using it as place OF rendeZ- |
vouS The owner visited the room and /
now the whisky is in the vault of his bank |
awaiting the owner.
Only the first accomplishment of |
difficult feat wins notOriety. For instance, /
Graham, the Niagara fiend. Ear more |
worthy of admiration Is the man who /
succeeds in running a weekly newspaper /.
in a selfish community.
John Fraudel, a farmer near Atchison.
while temporarily insane, locked his wife
and three children in the house and set
fire to the latter. The house was destroyed
but the family made their escape from the
burning building by means of window
For the Sumner county girl, ''verniller"
above everything, straw berry, pine apple,
peach, chocolate go for nauCht. Snobs
may go sherDert and ices, but give her the
''verniller ice-cream' every time; but alas
the cream for a social Mt South Haven,
BY mistake was favored with machine
Kansas City Star: How did some Of the
Kansas editors, who ought to know better,
ever get it into their heads that the Kansas
State normal at EmpOria began its twelfth |
year last week? Don't they know that the
normal celebrated its quarter centennial
last June:
\ young man in Independence. No, l.
years of age, bears the name of Plato Cato
Cicero Henry Clay Johnson. He proposes
to apply to the law to change it Tor him,
rs it tends 10 make him an object Of ridi-
,ule and contempt. He Will substitute
Jesse James for johnson. This will stop
all derision from Missouri.
Ben Mocabee brought us two cucumbers
that he challenges the county TO beat. One
IS l214 inches long and Il inches in circum-
ference and weighs SIX pounds, and the
other is I6]s inches long, II inches in cir
,umference and weighs four pounds and
eleven ouuces.-ArEonia Clipper-This
ought to make your yellow pumpkins turn
green with envy.
D. II. Myers, Of Clay Center, Kan, has
been unanimously elected assignee Of the
HigGIu bOtham bank by the creditors The
claims range from few dollars to $1,000,
and are for deposits in the bank and for
money loaned TO the bank on time or de-
mand certificates. Much valuable PROD
.rty IN Topeka has been turned over 70
meet this claim and IL IS thought every
dollar Will be settled.