The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-22
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Bismarck and Garfield are alike in one
respect. They are both out of chancel-
lorship.
The appointment OF q railroad commits
sioner viii be made on the 18th at Topeka.
There are several candidates for the place.
The Waterville Telegraph says that the
western portion of Kansas is raising mort
cages faster than it raised corn last sum
mer.
In 1859 N. Solomon, of Atchison, was a
freighter across the plains. Among his
bull whachers was Millionaire Tabor, or
Colorado.
At meeting of about twenty-five prom
inent Atchison men Wednesday night no
one in the crowd could name all seven OF
the Kansas congressman.
Kiowa IS to be made the supply depot
for the miiitbry IL is the center OF the
Cherokee strip and boom viii follow as
surely as the night the day.
The Odd Fellows will hold the sovereign
grand lodge of the world at Topeka next
September Delegates from all parts OF
the world will be in attendance.
The Rev. DR.. Hopkins, of the First Con-
gregational church of Kansas City, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon at the
State normal commencement IN June.
In the absence of a church row Atchison
has the measles. This precedes spring
housekeeping and the women OF Atchison
are pretty well engaged for the rest of the
spring.
Mcpherson has woman who is the
mother of twenty-five children, and they
all live in that county. If Mcpherson
county does not show up in the census this
woman viii not be to blame.
Ed. Greer on Castillian beauties: sit is
the unique grace and the exquisite femini-
ty, unalloyed by any trace of masculine as
sumption or caricature, that constitutes
the eternal charm OF Spanish women"
A Kansas man will stock a Kansas
stream with $4,000 brook trout. The ma
tIre of Kansas streams Is not that which
viii admit of successful propagation OF
trout, although this gentleman Is san
guine.
The last week the papers have had a
husp time of it, eXhorting the citizens 10
register One of the troubles Of this
country is that great many citizens do
not consider it q duty to vote. But II Is,
and an important duty.
Prof. Snow has received letter from DR..
Thwing expressing his hearty apprecIa-
ton Of the inequalities rendered him IN
Kansas. It seems the doctor did not read
the Topeka papers, after all, or if he did
was too much eff a gentleman TO notice It.
Professor Nordenskjold will be able TO
start out on his Antarctic expedition in the
summer Of 1891. The Lawrence Journal
remarks that he viii find it as skiold
around the south pole as it Is around the
north pole, and he had better leave his Tart
will and testament where 1t can be con-
veniently gotten at.
The people of Congressman Turner's dis
triCt complain because the receiver OF the
Wa-Keeney land district, and the Hays
City and Russell postofiices, both presi-
Dental offices, are still in the hands of
Democrats, and that, too, in the face OF the
numerous complaints and petitions against
the incumbents.
The first intimation the public had that
the kansas FOOl' Of the Newton Repub-
lcan was not Turning" was when ne an
nOunced that he had Alabama cabbage tor
dinner which cost two bushels of corn. If
boiled cabbage is to take the precedent
over corn fritters in this state, we are on
the Threshold of losing all our distinc-
tions.
A car load of provisions and corn was
yesterday sent by the citizens of Downs
and the surrounding country to the suffer
erS of South Dakota \ draft for SID III
money was also forwarded. The car was
decorated and bore a large banner on its
sides with the words, Downs, Kan, sends
greetings to her suffering friends in Da-
kota, " inscribed thereon.
A large tract Of land near Tonganoxie
has been purchased by an English sNndi-
cate. who VIII establish upon IT an agri-
cultural training school for the instruct
ion Of young men from England. \ col
lege viii be bnilt which will accommodate
100 students, and in connection with the
school there viii be a lecture room, a con
cert hall and church. The course Will be
much the same as that at Manhattan, but
only Englishmen will be admitted.
The experimental grass station at Gar
den City will plant all the varieties OF Al
gerian grass this season, with a view to
discovering whether any of them are suit
able to the great plains. To any one who
has seen the immense collection of curious
heritage at the Garden City grass station.
it seems doubtful whether grass is grass,
always. Some Of the plants which come
under the head OF grass are curious look
ing specimens. They nail from all parts Of
the world.
1T is curious" said Senator Mcpherson
of New Jersey the other day, that the
reason is not generally known why Mr.
Ingalls, Of Kansas is always voted into the
vice presidents chair Of the senate when
ever its regular occupant Is absent. IL i
not because his colleagues want to remove
his rasping tongue from he floor. but be
cause he is not only one of the best parlia-
and presiding officers the
senate ever had but Is, besides. one of
the jOlliest good fellows and most pOpu-
lar men in Washing. His sarcasm is only
the bitter skin of nut full of the sweetest
milk Of human kindness" The senator
might have addek another reason we'll
known in Washington, and that Is that
Mr. ingalls, needs the additional salary
which Is paid to the vice president for a
term The amount paid 10 a senator Is
>, 900 per year and the vice president per
term receives =. 600 50 that the additional
g 900 helps the senator ont on his annual
expenses He Is poor, lives a well rs be
can on his salary and il he died tomorrow
would not leave his family much more
than the little homestead he owns in
AtchisOn, Kan.