Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-09
suNFLowER sHADowINGs.
Seeds. Slips. seions. Sprouts. Shoots and slis.'

SuNFLOWER SHADOWINGS.
Seeds. Slips, scions. Sprouts. Shoots and sivsss
Patti has gone to Mexico, and Chicago
has SOC, 900 less in its inside pocket.
It is said that Noble Prentis will 60 back
to the editorial chair OF the Champion.
A syndicate of Atchison capitalists will
shortly buy large tract OF land In Louis
lana.
The Kansas shoe men, who believe in
the power OF prayer, are getting ID tner
work.
1t is said in the Star that Eugene Ware
looks more like a poet than any man ID
Kansas and writes more like one.
General Rice estimates the aggregated
value of Improvements made I'D Fort
Scott during the past year at sooO,OOo
K. c. Star: Seventy-five families are
living in tents at Arkansas City, and peo-
pie of that kind always have little babies
Many of the fellows who two weeks ago
joked about the la grippe have it today,
and would not probably laugh at their own
joke.
The quarrel between Hudson and Hack
ney is Just another instance which shows
that everything goes by ALTERATION Id
Kansas.
Should the internal revenue be taken off
cigars, the costs for influencing legislation
would be perhaps considerably less than
at present.
Probabilities are from appearances that
a chancellor will be appointed TO the state
university and the union depot At Atchlson
will be opened about the same decade.
The New York World is very tired Of
kings and things: 1.-The royalties are all
1, a .ta- no
Not one of them ever earned an honest dol
lar or ate an honest dinner in his life"
1t is said that a prominent Kansas man
will be appointed chief clerk Of the house
of representatives in few days. Harrison
is, towards the last, using quite great
deal of Kansas to patch up the national
dress.
Perhaps no more significant evidence OF
the onward march of civilization could te
afforded than the lighting by electricity OF
the palace of the Guicowar of Barodo, in
India, and that, too on scale OF anstlnt-
| ing splendOr.
The day of the pocket flask is over in
Leayenworth, and nothing short OF car
boy will suffice, if the Sun Is to be relied
upon when 1t says that "twehty-four teams
were waiting at one time yesterday to cross
the pontoon bridge"
The Chicago Tribune says that not an
other mile of railroad ought to be built in
Kansas for ten years If we are going to
| raise $4,000, 600 bushels of wheat and 250.-
600 600 bushels of corn every year, how
ever, it Will be hard to keep the railroads
out.
The refusal of the Detroit Street Car
company to receive coppers from passen-
gers brought ont the fact not generally
known that l, 2, 3 and scent pieces are
N IN 10
and 5O-cent silver coins are legal tender up
| to $40.
Astronomy is one of the exact sciences
When Sir j. III ershel was defending the
charac' er OF astronomical science in view
OF an error of nearly four million miles in
| estimating the suns distance, the correc-
ton was shown to apply TO al error of OBJ
| servation SO small as to be equivalent TO
the apparent breadth Of a human hair at n
distance Of l25 feet.
| Riley county citizens are escaping from
| bondage The mercury, of Manhattan,
says: In the past SIX weeks close 10 200
mortgages have been released 10 Riley
county. For several months there have
| been ten more real estate and twenty more
chattel mortgages released per month than
have been filed, which Is. to say the least,
a most favorable showing.
Hon. A. r. Green, state railroad COM
| missioner, says that the great bulk of the
correspondence OF his office at the present
| time was occasioned by the car famine,
the like of which was never known III this
country. The railroad companies are ut
terly unable to supply more than small
| percentage of the cars required, aud
| freight Cars OF every description, Inciud-
| ing coal, refrigerator and fruit cars. are
being employed TO haul The surplus grain
| of Kansas.
Kansas is the first state in which 15-
| year-old boy attempted suicide because of
unreQuited love. Young kurth, an Atch-
| ison lad, shot himself yesterday at II
! o'clock a. m. because Nellie Bertenshaw, "A
| girl even younger than himself. quit low
| ing him. Here is copy OF the note writ
ten her: dear Nell: When this reaches
| you | will be in h. 1t was ali your fault
that made me commit this, and | hope you
and your fellow will be happy, but | could
not see you with another fellow. Ii this
does not settle me Will try it again. The
| time has come, but bark, tits striking
elveven; my last words are for you. Louis
| kurth."
| Washington Post: 1t is related that
when Mir. Crane, the comedian, first ap-
peared in 1.-The Senator, which he is play
! ing in Albaugh's opera house this week, a
| friend came TO him after the performance
| and said:
Billy, that make up of yours is simply
perfect"
Glad you like it," said the comedian.
why, man, it is precisely like him.
Like him?" exclaimed Mr.. Crane. Like
who?"
| why, like Senator Plumb, of course"
! The next night the make up was modi-
! fed, for Mr. Crane had not intended to
! look like ANYBODY IN particular.