The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-26
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Kansas Is after the national G.. 4. r. en-
campment in 1892 and will get it, too
A Wellington boy. and printer too. goes
to Annapolis TO enter the naval school this
week.
At Leavenworth a number of ladies
were nominated on Saturday as members
/ Of the school board
The number fmen over the state men
/ toned Us state auditor can not be num-
| bered gu your fingers and toes
The Elmdale Farmers Alliance resolved
never more TO drink coffee when the retail
/ price was over twenty cents pound.
The base ball bump on the enthusiasts
/ head is now swelling TO such a point that
| he must make for an alley and play
/ ''catch"
| Grand preparations are being made at
| Topeka for the Kansas Chautauqua, to be
| held there this summer. Wichita Is not
| yet heard from.
1t must trouble the highly sensitive and
| conscientious Garfield to see two men like
! Dan Anthony and Joe Hudson falling out
all on his account
! Since the organization of the Farmers
alliance in Atchison county an Atchison
merchant ; hens have been laying eggs
with three yolks in them.
The county treasurer of Sherman coun-
ty has been suspended from further duties
by the commissioners. The cause OF sus-
pension, shortage in funds.
II IS hard for an epicure 10 be consistent
in this state. Topeka, where they have a
pond for the factory of frog legs IS a place
where people still call biscuits, crackers.
Alex Butts thinks the Emporia man
who beat salt To death the other day
ought TO belong in the same set with the
man who loans money at that place at 80
per cent year.
The gypsum find in south Dickinson is
one of the most promising discoveries ever
made i'll this country. The beds are said
to be exceedingly rich and II Is possible
that bonanza Is in store.
\ Kansas cyclone struck Edgemour,
South Carolina, Saturday afternoon, des
troying several buildings. The Kansas
cyclone IS not noticed in this state. 1t
probably realizes that a cylOne, too, Is not
without honor save in Its own country.
The Herald relates that when an Els
worth deacon nudged somnolent wor-
shipper with the contribution box last
Sunday in one of the churches, the sleepy
individual awoke partially, smiled, and
murmured: L don't smoke, thank YOU
and dropped off again.
4 Kansas exchange takes occasion to re
mark that which has been remarked be-
fore: y piece of wood the size of month
old baby would be worn down in size one
half in six months if handled as much as
the average baby IS The dear little things
like it, however, and grow fat on being
tumbled around and mussed up.
The death of General Crook leaves but
two major generals now in the service
Schoiield and Howard-and makes a yacan-
cy to be filled from the six brigadiers, with
the chances in favor of General Miles who
possesses all the necessary qualifications
and is related by marriage to the Sher-
mans and the CamerOns says the Leaven-
worth sun.
Topeka Democrat: George w. Martin.
the auburn haired proprietor of all Kansas
City, Kansas, was III Topeka YESTERDAY
George was wiring messages thick and
fast to chairman Mckinley at Washington
about Mexican lead ore About D. m
Martin received the following message:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March q, 1880
70 g. ". Martin, Topeka. Kansas:
For Gods sake don't call me Mckinley.
My present name is McGiuty.
Yours, BILL.
There IS n sensation in Phillips county,
where the county commissioners have Just
completed an investigation Of the count
made Of the population Of the county by
the county assessors in 1858 and 1889 They
find that after the returns were filed they
We're 'dOct0red' by scheming county Off
GERS so as to make the population appear
t. be over 1000. County salaries are
graded according 10 population, and by
padding the returns Phillips county
officers were able to increase their pay in
the aggregate n little over 5000 for the
past two years The commissioners will
begin proceedings in court to recover the
grab.