Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-27
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Lecompton has its first newspaper which
happens about once every ecaded.
1t is thought pretty generally that Santa
Claus came in linen duster this year.
Christmas is the saddest day of all the
year. to the fellow who expected some
thing and didn't get it
The papers of the state are now taking
turns at blowing the trumpet for jacob
Stotler for state printer.
Will Stotler, of the Wellington Press, is
home for Christmas, and his work crops
out in the last paper finely.
London has a newspaper called "Gol!y.
What a Paper!" London seems to De
catching on to the Kansas style.
There are eighteen and one-half people
to every square mile in Kansas. This was
fingered out and writ by Alex Butts.
Frank McLennon: The Humboldt mill
tia has disbanded. County seat wars IN
Kansas being nearly over, our standing
army has nov little to do.
The following new charter was filed yes
terday with the secretary OF state: The
Kingman County Sugar company. OF King
man; capital stock, $4,000.
John Christie, living near Marion, has
the finest Shetland pony farm In the
United States. He ships the animals
which he breeds all over the west.
Abilene has a Gladly" street car driver.
While there may be a want of muscularity
on the part of femininity, they are. it is
supposed, full the equal of man, IN knock
ing down"
The New York Herald refers to Mr..
Click as Ex-Governor Dick, OF Kansas.
By the time 1t gets to boston Il 1 VIII De
probably metamorphosed into Richard.
Such is lame.
Colonel Sam Wood, of Stevens county,
is reported to have been again kidnapped.
This is strange inasmuch as the customary
restoration has not succeeded the last reg
ulation abduction.
Nicholas Kohl has filed suit in the dis
trict court of Topeka for $15, $50 for per-
sonal injuries sustained by the falling OF a
scaffold while he was aiding the defend
ant, George Z. Basst, in building house.
The McGinty sell is getting. in its work
in New York. One man said to another:
"Look out for him." Look out for whom"
asked the latter. "McGlnty," was the re-
ply, whereupon the other turned and shot
him in the hip.
There is q man living in Atchlson who
says that Kansas has had twelve such
winters as the present one within the last
tEirty-six years. There is one character
istic of the people of Atchison, they never
want for anything to say.
Stanley, the traveller, will have to read
up. The other day some one mentloned
Boulanger in his presence. when ne ex-
claimed, who? / never heard of him be-
fore" Even fame does not penetrate to
the center of the Dark Continent"
A Marion, O., jeweler, has completed a
medal which is to be given to Ira Williams.
Mr.. Williams is the farmer who had the
fo1l 81 toG for d
ing hunting: "Hunt all you please, and
when the bell rings come to dinner"
Speaker Reed explains that Anderson's
name was Internationally omitted from
The commerce committed. The highly
feverish and sensitive state of Kansas at
present seems to be known in Washington.
Ingalls, must have been talking to Reed.
Plumb's son and daughter gave party
Christmas eve, but the papers won't have
so much about 1t as they do some OF the
ingalls, fetes. The reason OF this is that
the latter stand in with local papers better,
or perhaps there is more uoadyism in Atch-
ison than Emporia
The Kansas City Star says that Congress
man Peters, of the Seventh Kansas district,
is about to place himself at the head of an
sore-heads. He has twenty-slx postmas-
tiers of the presidential class to select within
the next sixty days.
The universal Shakespeare fits all occa-
sions. The Chicago Herald is responsible
for the following adaptation: People in
terested in the outcome of the CrOnin case
will agree that it is an odd coincidence
that the motto for December 14rh on the
shakespeare Calendar for 1882 consisted
of the following lines from Measure for
Measure:"
The jury, passing on the prisoners life,
May. in the sworn twelve, have a thief or
two
Guiltier than him they try.