The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
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SUNFLOWER SHADOWlNGS.
Hazelton has a Central Park" but
it doesn't base its claims of metropolis on
this alone.
Charles Finch. Of the Lawrence Journal
is editor of the Kansas City Times Kan
sas column.
The wolf scalp industry in Grant county
didn't need as much protection as it did
investigation.
There is almost as little said about the
Farmers Alliance in the papers now as
there was year ago.
Fort Scott has broken out with the first
fremen's tournament which Will be held
from June the tenth until the fourteenth.
The click of the corn planter is at pres
ent the metronome for the whistle OF the
Kansas farmer and the tune goes prestissi-
mo.
A Kansas City man has patented life
preServer. This is another reason why
congress should see that the Missouri is
dredged.
The ministerial association at Topeka
has just endorsed the Blair educational
bill. This is an item which in itself con-
talnS the best comment.
When Senator ingalls, next shakes hands
with President Harrison ne viii probably
nOllCe ludI the grip Is UGnIers near 1cI.
The president reads the World.
Mr.. O'Connor, of the Emporia News
Democrat, has fallen into poetry. 1t may,
however, only be a spring rise and he will
probably get out all right, if ii don't rain.
1t has been noticed that the Flint Hills
are more reverberating than usual this
spring but nobody thought OF laying 1t on
the new suits of the Ell Dorado lawn tennis
club.
X. c. Star: The statement that Senator
Plumb and Henri Watterson are quite
''Chummy' seems to be borne out by the
report that Henri lost 81, 800 at poker the
other day.
Hon D. w Wilder, state superintend-
ant of insurance. has presented the State
Historical society with handsome framed
life-sized photograph Of the late John y.
Martin.
A very mild stimulative malt fluid
called hop tea" is now ON sale in Law
renee. This may account for that man
seVeuty-nine years old and woman of
siXty-fve being married there the other
day.
The correspondents of the St. Louis
Globe Democrat and the Kansas City
Times had a set-to at Leavenworth, We'd
nesday and the Times give it a column
The Times is a great stickler on natures
weapons"
The employees Of the Atchison postoffice
recently presented the retiring postmaster
with a cut glass wine set and Bohemian
egg-nOgg set. And the recipient is not a
man so conscientious that he would go
across the river to use them either
A farmer in Coffey county says that in
1861 he set out an ash grove, and in 1888 he
cut one of the trees that made one stick of
hewed timber twenty feet long and eight
inches square at the top. The tree was
of hundred feet from stump TO
tip.
1t is reported that Mr.. !. +. Goddard,
for many years general traffic manager of
the AtchisOn, Topeka q Santa Fe road,
will resign and accept the first second
presidency Of the Milwaukee g. St. Paul
road, having in charge its traffic depart
ment.
Phillips county instructs for John Bis
sell for congress. Smith county lnStructS
for Webb McNall. Wallace county in
structs for \. Z. McLennan and Ellis
county instructs for Turner. All of the
candidates in the Sixth district seem to be
running against the field.
The Salina Republican is on Change
1t speaks. There is no use III having the
price of corn and wheat so low. The farm
ers can just as well get higher prices rs
not. To this end the Republican will
give 20 cents a buShel for wheat and %
cents for corn, taken on subscription
There is no use talking, the market needs !
Oulling and we are going to go at it.
The late c. H. Hosley, of Fort Scott car
lied two life insurance policies of $1,000 |
Zach, drawn in favor of his wife. He nat
lrally overlooked the possibility Of her /
leath, following in few hours after his |
OWN, which it did, and as he neglected the /
g l.
leir a neice, who was raised by himself !
md wife the money viii 90 to other PEG
de.
Under the provisions OF the Worlds fair /
)ili Governor Humphrey will within the |
he next thirty days appoint two commits
ioners to represent Kansas. One must be |
/ Democrat and one a Republican. The /
names presented so far from the Demo /
ratio side of the house are Judge A 4.
Harris, of Fort Scott; Tully Scott, of Os-
)orne: G. X. Holiday, Jr., of the Topeka
Democrat, and w X. Carlisle, of Wichita.
The Republican names are: II. Barnes, of
h, c. Culp, of Salina, and
:. ;. HartoUgh, of LeavenwOrth
Fort Scott has a case of corporal punish
nent in the schools which has caused CON
iderable Indignation in that town. Prof.
!. w, Steele, 1t appears, does not permit
questions to be asked by pupils only at
ertain times One of the smaller girls
sked him a question about point in her
language lesson that puzzled her. at Il time
which he thought not the right time, and
lie told her that If she asked IL again he
would whip her Just before her class
vas called She, having got all but that one
'Oint in he lesson, repeated her question. |
'he professor struck Eer across the back
With a switch, and as he struck again she
ginced, causing him to strike her over the
ead, the point of the switch drawing
lood from her cheek. Steele was arrested
Or assault and battery and fined by jus
ice of the peace, the fine and costs