Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-16

It appears by the Telegram that there
carrier in Winfield. Two hundred and
sixty will have to be disappointed.
The council of Bluff City has the streets
in good condition, after some trouble and
expense and it requests the people to break
! their precious habit of cutting across
lots.
The marshall at Abilene has received a
card from Missouri man who wants par
ticulars regarding his wife. whom be de-
scribes as having lone split ear and slightly
knock-kneed."
Emporia Republican,: Editor Lusk. of
the Parsons Sun, thinks so much talk or
patronage in Kansas is disgraceful. He Is
more convinced of this every time ne draws
his salary as postmaster.
Eight-year-oid Maud Barr. who was
bitten by a mad dog at Meridian last
June, is lying critically i'll. presumably
from hydrophobia, at Atchison. where she
was taken for treatment.
Maudamus proceedings have been begun
against State Auditor Mccarthy by con-
tractors for $4,000 for work done on the
capitol. The auditors refusal to pay pro-
ceeds from his lack of funds.
Attorney General Kellogg has gone to
w ashington TO argue motion IN the su :
preme count of the United States 10 adj
vance on the docket the famous Pullman
Palace Car company tax cases.
Marion Record: The papers say that
Queen Victoria is suffering greatly from
rheumatism Well, il is her own fault.
Marion mineral baths would cure her and
she would hardly miss the money.
The Newton Republican says the public
always has a consuming desire at this
ma iaD i,0lv of nr n
author of Beautiful Snow and that OF
him who plagiariZed and printed Ii.
A Texas gentleman wants to feed 1,0O1
to 800 cattle in the vicinity OF Bull City
this winter, but the farmers hold their
corn so high that he is likely TO go else
where. He wants TO engage about nifty
bushels at Is cents per bushel.
An exchange says there should be more
forgiveness for the man who lies about a
dollar than he who lies about cent. We
have been lying two years now for the dol
lars due on subscription and don't feel the
need of forgiveness, but we do need the
money.-Mt Hope Mentor.
Anthony Republican: District court in
and for Harper county convened Oh Tues
day last. Judge Ellis on the bench. There
were 487 cases on the docket-fourteen
criminal and 413 civil. Some of the law
yers think that the term will extend
through six weeks.
The Baptists of Oxford have undertaken
to build a new church, and in aid of the
enterprise held harvest home festival
yesterday and today. They have solicited
donations of agricultural and horticulture
al products and they will be sold at auc-
ton today. Kansas crops are doing
everything.
Sedgwick Paragraph: Saturday was
regular oid-tim business day in Sedgwick.
The streets were crowded full of teams
and people. The business men were taxed
to their utmost to wait upon the vast
throug of buyers. Sedgwick is the best
trading point for thirty miles around, and
the farmers are not slow to recognize the
fact.
The motion for q rehearing in the ia
nous Garfield county case is overruied.
This makes Emlnence the permanent
county seat and ends the war between En-
inence and Ravanna. A similar motion
in the Gray county case was also overruled
though Chief Justice Horton files very
long dissenting opinion. This confirms
the Ingalls, title to the permanent county
seat.
Emporis Republican:-That infallible
weather indicator, the goosebone, has al
ready settled it that we are TO have a very
mild winter But here comes the old
farmer who always watches the thickness
of the corn husks and he predicts tough
winter Putting these two important
things together, the indications are that
we will nave to take the weather pretty
much as it comes.
The dredging machine to be used on the
immense reservoir near Howell has ar
rived and works like Il charm. Water
raised so fast in the reservoir last week
that channel had to be cut turning it in
to he river. The work is progressing
nicely, and from present indications the
enterprise bids fair to be a stupendous sue
cess. Ii so, the water supply for all the
canals along the Arkansas will be obtained
in this way, making irrigation reliable,
and southwest Kansas the Eden of Ameri-
ca.-Ingaiis Union.