Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-19
KANSAS KOLLARY.

StOneWall jackson Is clerk OF the SEN
ate committee on state affairs.
Governor Humphreys first official sig
| nature was requisltlon presented yes
terday morning.
A locating survey has been made for a
Missouri Pacific branch line between
Mcpherson and Marquette.
j. G.. Crawford, editor of the Burden
Eagle, has been appointed postmaster in
place of Ed Willard, resigned.
A colored man 81 years old and white
girl II years old were married in Wau-
baunsee county last week.-Nationalist.
bore for gas aud they think they have
already struck bonanza, /. e., salt. So
says the Reflector.
Six thousand acres of land VIII be
cultivated in the irrigating district in
the south of Scott county next season.
SCOTS all right.-Sentinel.
Three years ago Scott county produced
the finest crop of sod products ever pro-
duced in Kansas. In fact, she was
awarded the premium at the great Gar
den City exposition for the best sod corn
in the world.
The Arkansas City Traveller says the
election to vote $50, 900 in county bonds
to build new Jail at Winfield has been
called for December 26. That is to say,
they want new county jail but are in
no particular hurry about it.
Even in the extreme northern part of
the state the farmers say they will nave
all their blowing done before the winter
months are gone. Early corn planting
and consequently good crops will be the
rule for 1899 throughout the common
wealth.
The rain storm in western Kansas had
thunder and lightning accompaniment
Thunder and lightning on the 18th of
country.-Ex. The same unusual ,,phe-
nomena attracted general atten ton
hereabout on the same date, the 10Th.
According to the calendar of 1889 the
month of January will have two full
moons, one on the 10Th and another on
the 3lst. and the month of February will
be without new moon. The month
following, March, VIII have new moon
on the first and on the 31st, like January.
S. A. Mitchell has just completed a
survey for the Leroy, Topeka q North
ern railroad from this city through
Shawnee. Usage and Cotfey counties to
Leroy, this state, distance of seventy
five miles At Leroy this road will con-
meet with the Missouri Pacific.-Topeka
Democrat.
The Abilene Gazettee seems to have
hard time of it, getting settled down to
anything like definite policy and bust
ness. The Minneapolis Messenger says
the Gazette has been sold to George L.
Croll. a druggist, who will take editorial
charge and continue it as a Democratic
weekly again.
Our farmers should take the hint and
raise more hogs and cattle, especially
hogs. There Is virtually no market for
corn here, but an excellent market for
hogs, 1t does not cost much money nor
take much time TO get into good stock
of hogs and nothing in this country pays
any better.-Great Bend Register.
Geographical socials are something
new. The method of conducting them
is for lady upon entering the room in
which the social is held to draw from a
receptacle a card containing the name of
some county seat in the state and for
each gentleman to draw the name Of q
county. The counties are then required
TO hunt up the county seats and take
them to supper.
4 sensational divorce case IN Topeka
high life is said TO be one OF the possibil-
tiles in the near future.-Democrat
With nineteen such occurrences during
1855. none Of which were deemed
worthy of mention by the e. c., this one
limited at must lie of highly sensational
character. indeed. But isn't it pretty
early in the session Of the leg. for such
social outcroppings: