The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-18
sUNFLowER SKINNER.

What would the anti-Ingalls papers say
| about it if George Peck was to put forward
again for the senatorial chair?
1t is guessed that the St. Louis contin-
gent of the Champions editorial staff Is
Henry King, of the Globe-Democrat.
Ex-Governor Harvey is fifty seven years
old. He has been in politics twenty-five
years. This makes him young man in
politics.
Vernon Kellogg still writes for the Law
renee Journal. He is at present at the
foot of Mount Long, Col, whence commu-
nications.
Gueda Springs is in the full bloom of a
popular summer resort. 1t hasn't Paris
and the Eiffel tower TO buck against this
summer.
One Topeka enumeration admits that he
missed 500 people in one ward He prob
ably can find some of them in the black
jack region of Oklahoma.
Silence is rarely praised. Nobody ever
complimanted Thomas Brewer Peacock
for not retorting to Bill Nye's analytical
exposition of his rhymes.
The lola Register describes an alliance
man as one who is ''agin" everything, yet
it is hardly probable that Charles Scott re
CARDS Funston as everything.
The house of representatives has agreed
to the Salina public building appropria-
ton of the conference. President Harri-
son also has something to say.
1t is about time the AtchisOn Champion
and the Emporia Republican were calling
in the aid of Timber Inspector Graham to
select man for ingalls, place.
Personal item from the Marion Record:
We are sorry for Mr.. Fred Buckley, Of
COlfax, who made an unfortunate selection
of a wife a month or two ago and IS now
compelled to seek divorce.
That old dandy, Congressman Vaux,
never wears one pair of silk hosiery for
more than one day. You may imagine
the awe with which some of our Kansas
congressman must regard such a man.
An Atchison preacher took for theme
last Sunday: Hell; What Is IT," Apropos
of the present chaotic condition of politics
in the First district, such an exposition
seems quite unnecessary, to say the least.
If Cy. Leland should go to congress the
internal revenue collectorship would be
vacant. Indeed it is very likely that Mr..
Rice, of Fort Scott, has begun to take a
better view of the administration already.
Ensign Hinton, of the navy, formerly a
Topeka boy, has been discharged for being
the fish" of California light opera COM
pany. If the United States navy doesn't
consider fish marine we would like to
knowwhat is?
Topeka at present is divided about tree
that stands in the center of Kansas av-
enue sidewalk Some want it cut down
and some do not. a good many fellows
have fond feeling for the tree for its
kind support in cases of emergencies on
prohibition banquet nights.
During the past six weeks Judge PETER,
of the Kansas Farmer, has addressed TWEEN
ty-two meetings of the Kansas farmers
alliance, averaging an attendance of nearly
two thousand each. He says the farmers
of the state are in revolt against the Nc
Kinley bill and awake to the fact that the
ills will never end until tariff taxes are re-
duced. Judge PETER is understood to be
also of the Capital, but when he talks this
way that paper doesn't care to say so.
Hays City Times-Democrat: Last Feb
ruary there was discussion among some
of the guests at the New Windsor hotel in
this city as to whether letter could be
sent around the world. Charles L. Wood,
now landlord of the hotel, was of the opin-
ion that he could send letter from Hays
City around the globe, and to prove this a
fact he sat down and wrote letter to
lady friend living at Glasco, this state. In
stead of directing the letter to that place,
however, the superscription read:
Miss Ida -,