Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-15
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Seeds. Sips. saioas., Sprouts. Shoots ana sny,

Seeds, Sips, scions.s Sprouts. Shoot: and slysrs
! Webster Wilder's removal seems to have
| been postponed sine die.
The first white girl born in Reno county
was married last Wednesday.
Kingman is organizing ladies' cornet
| band. This sounds sort o. natural like. u
| Today the Ness county sheriff win sell
at sherifrs sale the whole town OF Ogden
burg.
| The boys who didn't go duck hunting
| yesterday sent love epistles TO ducks a.
| ready found.
The only way. it seems, TO save the Leav-
enworth pontoon bridge is pull it up high
| and dry on the shore.
Poor McGinty, will they never let up on
him? The latest musical instrument is
the band on McGinty's hat.
The Garden City Imprint says: Finney
| county has poor house, but it has never
had an occupant as a county charge.
Burlingame is agitating the question OF
electric lights. Thirty years ago pine
knots and candles were recherche in
Burlinganle.
Rev. Bickne1, of Wichita. begun a pro-
tracted meeting at the Baptist church last
week, and is preaching 10 full houses
Leon Indicator.
Mcpherson county claims tie smallest
babe in the state. It is a girl some two
weeks old and at birth weighed only one
and one-half pounds.
There are ISL active camps of Sons of
Veterans III the state, and every mothers
son of them would fight IS yaliantiy as
their fathers, ii occasion demanded.
The editor of the Newton Republican
does not think that the Kansas genius who
patented pie-litter can improve upon the
pie-litters which nature gave to him.
Bishop Fink. of Leavenworth. gives it
as his opinion that no Catholic can become
member of the Farmers Alliance, under
its present constitution. 1t IS u secret So
ciety.
A four foot vein OF iron has been discov-
cred in Geary county, about ten miles from
junction City. Specimens have been sent
to Pueblo and other mining centerS TO De
tested.
The soldiers home at Leavenworth is
full, and has $50 applications for admis-
sion on file. There are over 1000 old SOL
diers there, about two-thirds of whom are
from Missouri.
Senator Ingalls, is tall and slender If
he should dress in green, and wear yellow
fringe around his face, he would be per-
feet representation of the Kansas sun
tiower.-Atchison Globe.
The Scott County News has a Phono-
graph in its Office. 1t is highly pleasure
able for the editors, in the gloam OF the
evening. TO sit down and listen to the
thing tell how 10 run the country.
Del Valentine, the new regent OF the
state university says: professor Garfield
cannot be chancellor of the university. He
all .l,% l. 1T h.,
as chancellor" Professor Garfield seems
to be farther away from his goal than ever.
Cattle are reported to be dying in the
southern portion of the state with some
sort of stomach disease. Post mortem ex-
aminations reveal the fact that the stom-
acn is SO rotted that it will fall to pieces.
1t is unquestionably caused by some dele
ferrous matter in the food.
Love epistles do not of their nature per-
NIT publicity They are meant for one
individual and where two read, they
change color. The editor of the Larned
Eagle-Optic was soundly threshed recent
~ by an irate lover whose letter of tender
ness he had published.
1t is poetry to think a girl looks pretty
when she sleeps, but she doesn't. Her hair
is tied up IN hard, tight little knobs all
over her head 10 give it the fluffy appear
ance that you admire so much through
the day: her face Is covered, all but The
eyes. nose and mouth, with white.
ghostly piece of muslin called face mask
to improve her complexion, and her hands
are encased In greasy looking gloves TO
make them soft and white. IL you think
il girl looks pretty at night, it is because
you have never seen one whose ambition IN
life is to be pretty in the day.-Atchison
Globe.
The Farmers alliance of Rice county
has sent petition to the governor re-
Questing him to Call a special session OF
the legislature at an early date, to pass
laws for the protection of the citizens of
Kansas. They ask that a law be enacted
giving to all parties the right to redeem
their real estate at any time within three
years from date of mortgage foreclosure
or forced sale; that the legislature cut
down freight rates to minimum; that the
legal rate of interest be reduced and a
penalty annexed for usury; that the SAL
aries OF county officials be reduced one
third, and that the railroad com mission
be made elective Instead of appointive.
Two hundred and twenty-four Kansas
mills, with capital OF So, 40. 552, make re-
ports to Commissioner Betton. These
mills use 1881 sets of rolls and 26I pairs of
buhrs in the manufacture OF flour. Only
50 g. 10 per cent of the product was ground
by the buhrs, and this chiefly in the form
of corn meal. The commissioner regards
buhr flour as n ching of the past so far IS
Kansas is concerned Kansas has many
first class mills equipped with all the
latest inventions in the way of machinery,
and more are in process OF construction
On mill reports an invested capital OF
Sl65, 900, eight range from Sl00 600 to $780,
co., nine from $4,000 To S1D0.O00. seven
from $4,000 to $4,000, fifty-two from
$25 900 10 $4,000, and the rest represent
smaller amounts. The business OF flour
making is increasing in the larger cities of
the Gate, and Kansas flour already has
well established reputation in Europe.
Nearly 5000, 900 barres were produced
during the year ending June so, 1889. The
average cost of grain WAS about - cents
ard some Is, 900 00o bushels were ground,