Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-31
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| Seeds, Slips. Seons, Sprouts. Shoots and siiyss.
A. r. Lasley, treasurer of Scott county,
is reported 81, 900 short in his accounts.
The Gaiya Creamery company made 81 :
639 pounds of butter during the year 1882
The Brewer family is having their biog-
raphies written and published in the pa
pers.
| The native Kansan living at Wichita
| wore yellow in remembrance of Kansas
birthday.
| A Paoia hotel keeper has ordered dozen
| left-handed mustache cups for the use Of
his left-handed patrons
Mr.. Hamilton claims fifty thousand dol
| lars damages against Henri Watterson for
confounding him with Faulkner.
The Washington Post declares that in
| the last finished effort of Mr.. ingalls, he
mispronounced ''ribald" and ''dociie."
The FL Dorado Republican says: There
is only one point from which we never hear
of kausans wanting to return and that Is
Heaven.
The London Financial Times says Kan
sas is a failure The Times is one of the
few financial papers that run numerous
column.
Captain James W. Steele, formerly of
Kansas. has just issued new book on
'Old California Days" Captain Steele
now resides in Chicago.
Chicago Tribune: The prudent Kansas
farmer is now effecting quite saving in
corn by feeding Congressional Records
judiciously into his stove.
Ex-Governor Robinson made a speech at
Lawrence the other night in which he
declared against John Brown and Jim
Lane in a very unkansan manner.
George Peck is now informing the coun-
try that ne will not run against John j,
Ingalls,. Mr.. Peck evidently thinks that
the senator's speech amounts to some
thing.
Governor Humphrey has a state treas
pardon commissioner to appoint. The ap-
pointments will not be made inside OF
three or four weeks.
A Kickapoo squaw named Shaw-win has
received naturalization papers through
Judge Foster in the United States district
court at Topeka. The kickapoo Indian
agent was with her.
Dr. Krohu will not relinquish the edi-
torIal chair of the Atchison Champion,
but will fill the pulpit OF the Congrega-
tional church and attend to the paper the
same as ever. In these United States, in
Kansas particularly, there is a close affin-
ity between the pulpit and the newspaper,
and, let us add by way of parenthesis,
politics
When Kansas was admitted into the
union, twenty-nine years ago, there were
only ten towns in the state having pop
ulation in excess of 500 each, only three
having over 1000 each, and only one hav-
ing 5000 Now look at her! Jonah's
gourd and Jacks bean pole were no great
shakes" after all, says the Kansas City
Star.
Some enthusiastic Kansas editor, whose
name has been lost by the paper copying
the item, writes: "When the roll call is
sounded on the judgment day, and the
heavens are rolled together as scroll, and
the reverberating of wrecked and ruined
worlds peal forth the fiat OF eternal rest,
1 want to hang my weary bones GU the gal
ley-rack of immortality, and register IN
four-llne plea as man from Kansas"
Buffalo Jones' who is visiting in Wash
ington, gave dinner to the kansas con-
gressional delegation and visiting jay
hawkers" in that city Saturday at which
the genuine buffalo meat was served in
various styles. One of Mr.. Jones' errands
in the capital is to endeayor to secure gov
ernment permission to locate herd of his
buffalo upon the vacant public domain ly-
ing between the Texas Panhandle and
Colorado, where he hopes to preserve the
lola is considerably excited oyer the fact
that a vein of genuine marble of excellent
quality has been found near the townsite.
We have seen samples Of this material,
and it is certainly a beautiful stone. and
has every appearance of possessing great
durability 1t also takes beautiful poll
ish, and so far as we can judge, it is equal
to the best grades of Italian or Vermont.
As there is a vein nearly thirty feet thick,
it ought to give lola start, whenever it is
properly developed and worked-Moran
Herald.
The New York Press has interviewed
Kapsan, Governor Osborn, ex-minister to
Brazil, on the recent revolution in that
country Governor Osborn is of the opiu-
ion that eventually there will be three
governments established on the ruins of
the imperial government of Brazil. The
separation of the north provinces has long
been agitated, while the southern provin-
ces rose in rebellion some years ago. but
were subdued after short campaign. AS
to the northern provinces. Governor Os
born says, there is absolutely no commun
ity of interest with the government at
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