Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-14
SUNFLOWER SHADOWINGS.
Seeds. Sips, scions. Sprouts. Shoots and sI;v

Mr. A B. Campbell wants to succeed
Harrison Kelly in congress.
1t is said that the rebellion in John A.
Anderson's district is growing apace.
The Emporia News Democrat breaches
the question: "Why don't hens lay eggs
at nlght?"
New York Sun: February-"I say. Julyr'
July-"Well, what do you want?' Febru-
ary-'keep your days out of my yard
| The enumeration of the local graduating
classes have already begun and will grow
in numbers and intensity until next June.
State Treasurer Sims bond. which has
| just been approved by the executive coun-
| Gil, is said to be one of the best ever given
| by any state treasurer.
! They claim that Ex-Governor Osborne
went to Washington to get the governor
hypothesis that Thomas A. Osborne had
enough.
James Whitcomb Riley's ''jag" may not
have the most agreeable thing In the
world to make public. but what an adver-
tisement it is for him. He doesn't need
Nye any longer
The highest bidder for convict labor at
! the Kansas state penitentlary bid 20 cents
per day for each convict. and is to take
from thirty to sixty men every day. He
will use them in brick making.
1t is related of Reno county farmer,
who leTt Kansas few years ago, that he
has written back to his friends from al
Illinois town that Illinois farms are mort
gagged just as bad as those of Kansas.
In Kansas the militia number as follows:
Privates, 1,523; non-commissioEed officers,
}6S and commissioned Officerc l6S which,
with all other grades. makes total OF
ITO. The number of unOrganiZed men
available for military duty is 225,0Oo.
After all the stories of sef-starvation
and intended rigid punishment, it is now
announced that Fortner, the Manhattan
defaulting treasurer is out on bond. Even
| in the greatest adversely people viii get
off little buncomb talk, just for effect.
Senator Ingalls, enemies are crowding
him. Before he had time to repeat that
'gullibility of the Roman people" story it
is now alleged that when he opened the
little package which he received the other
day from Mississippi. containing a cart
ridge loaded with buckshot, his cheek
blanched.
At meeting of Kansas Republican
clubs to be held at Topeka next Thursday,
Goth, sixteen delegates-two from each
congressional district and two at large
will be chosen to attend the national con-
vention of clubs which meets at Nashville,
March 4. Officers for the ensuing year
will also be elected
The following item is from the Atchison
Globe: IF man who has had children to
worry about could be u child again, his
parents would never have cause to worry
about him. is explained by the news item
that three young Atchison boys about II
years OF age each have started on an ex-
ploring tour without permission. Their
combined capital is $40. The leader OF the
party is Editor Howe's young son James.
The Lawrence Record protests against
the State Historical society being delUged
with donations of uDimportant and value
less relics, given chiefly for the purpose of
preserving the names or the do
nors. The Record very properly thinks
the rooms of the society should be kept tor
better uses than storing worthless rub
bish. Il seems the society good naturally
accepts everything that Is offered it.
There was curious fight on the streets
this morning between two colored men,
relates the Atchinson Globe. One ot them
said: You accused me OF stealing har-
ness. NO the other one replied, 1.-The
Lord accused you.' Then the fight took
place 1t develops that two weeks ago a
North Atchson man lost = set Of harness.
4 negro man named Baldwin appeared
in a day or two and said he would
locate the thief for dollar. The dollar
WAS given him, whereupon he took a
wheel from a child's wagon, and pinned it
TO the wall Then he said: Peter. Mark
and Paul: don't laugh. mister, Lord Al
mighty help us ali. IL Pete Masters took
these harness, turn Wheel A man who
was leaning against the wall laughed so
heartily that the wheel did move, and Pete
Masters was declared the guilty party.
Pete heard about II, and when be met
Baldwin today, he hit him. refusing to &C
cept the explanation that the Lord had
anything TO do with It
The following points OF Kansas history.
taken from the Kansas City Gazette. may
be of interest and use TO school children
and others seeking information upon such
subjects
l. The first white man in Kansas was
Francisco Vssauez de Coronado. In I5s2-
> The first charter including Kansas
was given by James !. OF England, May =.
1919. Ii was the seeoGd charter OF Viz
ginis. The first Virginia charter ti6oSj IN
ciuded the part Of Kansas south o. - de-
gress north latitude.
3 Kansas became part OF the United
States 10y the louisiana purchase. made
April 90, lSCS.
l. The first American 10 explore Kansas
was I.;eus Zebu!on u. Pike. in May and
June. iSsi
Q. The first victory CT freedom in Kan
SIS was the Iaired states law passed
March 8. $50 Missouri comproTniss
q. The first Saura Re train crossed kaE-
sas ia the summer OF is-s-
= The first settlement Was made 4,
. tort Lsayelsoria IL l>..-