Wichita eagle., 1889-10-30
sUNFLowER sHADoWINGS.
Seeds, Sips. seions. Sprouts. Shoots and slis:

Work is progressing rapidly on Girard's
SO, 900 coupt house.
Henry Bruna, an old and wealthy citizen
| of Atchison, is critically i'll. He has just
| willed his only daughter Sloo,uOo III cash
Or its equivalent.
| The Buriingame papers say a man can
husk one hundred bushels OF corn day
| up there because the ears are Sc large II
| only takes about half the usual number to
make a bushel.
The initial number Of the Derby Dis
patch, Will D. Wright's paper, appears
among our exchanges. Ii is a o-coiumn
folio and presents the conventional local
weekly appearance.
Jenness Miller's lecture in Atchison is
advertised in the local papers under the
head Of amusements. This Is done, pre-
sumabiy, to draw the males, who are ad-
| mitted to the said seances.
Oxford, Sumner county, has organized
literary society; the BaptiSts have begun
the erection of church house, and the
Farmers Alliance Will put up large
grain elevator. So much for Oxford.
The papers throughout the state are
charging that liquor as beverage is sold
openly in Atchison. We deny the charge.
1t is sold only for scientific purpose-the
pUIpOSe OeLuOuSlTdliHe Vic 6ACiS SS'SS>S'
of prohibition.-Patriot.
1t Is now estimated that the population
of Topeka will not go above $4,000 or fall
below $4,000. That gives plenty OF margin
for the national census.-kansas City star.
We've been looking for some such hedging
scheme. Topeka is a sick one.
1t isn't often farmer commits suicide,
but farmer living near Parsons attempt
ed the feat the other day. 1t is supposed
he was driven to the rash act from not
knowing what to do with his crops, hay
ing more than he could take care Of.
A good south Leavenworth matron
missed an evening at progressive euchre
last week and went TO prayer meeting.
The Sun says the explanation she had for
this remissness in duty was that an lnvl-
tation failed to reach her for that partlcu-
lar evening.
j. Z. Pendleton, the state sugar in
Spector, visited Minneola sugar works last
week, says the Ford Gazette, and after in
vestigating the roasting process of obtain
ing the saccharine matter from the cane,
pronounces it complete success. "A
valuable point gained.
BY some sort of hocus-pocus Alex Bats
has ascertained that JenuesS-Miller' 5
wardrobe that she has with her on her
present dress reform lecturiDg tour IN
Kansas is valued at S25, 900. Whether true
or not, it is a compliment to Jenness'
genius and business tact.
An Ohio man with a $1,000 newspaper
outfit is seeking good location in Kansas
to Democratic daily. He might as well
hunt for bananas in Greenland. kansas
City Star. For once you are right. There
are two or three more of that persuasion
in the state now than are needed.
The Journal makss the unqualified
boast that Lawrence is the best town to
live in in the state; cause why, all her ln-
habitants are contented, aud 1t don't
know of another Kansas town that can
say this. A happy state, without regard
to other towns, but the Journal ought to
get out and circulate around. 1t should
bear in mind that Lawrence is not the
only town in Kansas.
Over one hundred persons took the civil
service examination at Topeka this week,
commenting on which the Emporia Re
publican observes that nobody is better
qualified than the average kansan to fill a
government appointment acceptably-aDd
it may be added, nobody is less likely to
get one.
The Parsons Daily Eclipse of the 21st
eclipsed all former issues of that enter
prising paper being an eight-page special
edition, profusely illustrated with views
y,
the subject matter being an exhaustive
write-up of the city and county in the
most entertaining and attractive form.
Wellington had Jail delivery Saturday
night, but the jailor discovered the breaker
just as he reached the ground outside the
prison wall. and marched him back inside.
His name was JEFF Walker and was lodged
by the United States marshal from the
territory on charge of horse stealing.
The editor of the Dodge City Times has
COW and, like good husband, pals the
kline for his frow. He gives this bit of
advice to beginners in the performance of
that domestic duty: In milking a COW,
always sit on the side furtherst from the
COW and near soft spot in the pasture"
Leavenworth's registration is 1885, a
falling off as compared with former years.
The Atchison Patriot ventures to suggest
that if the people down there don't stop
their senseless quarreling the town will
simply dwindle away Meanwhile the an
nouncement of Atchison's registration this
year is looked for with much anxiety.
The Missouri Pacific, the Santa Fe, the
Wichita s. Western, the Burlington 81
Missouri River, the Hannibal 81 st. Jo-
seph, the Rock Island, the Chicago, Kan
sas & Nebraska, and the Union Pacific
railroad companies have formed a car asso
citation for the purpose of compelling firms
and individuals who use cars to unload
them within forty-elght hours after arrival
at their destination under "A penalty OF
fine of one dollar per day. Sundays and
legal holidays excepted, for extra time.
Shippers and receivers OF freight of what
ever kind will do well to take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
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