The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-29
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court will again convene, it being the COM
mencement of the June session.
Parsons is reveling in the sensation of a
strike in the foundry of the Missouri, Kan
sas q Texas shops at that place. No vio-
lence reported.
The G.. A. R. post, of Burden, presented
the Burden schools with beautiful flag
on last Friday evening at the closing exer-
cises of the Burden schools.-Enterprise
| The Rock Island, adopting the plan of
| the Santa Fe will hereafter decline to pro-
rate with the roads east of the Missouri
river on through shipments of grain from
| western points.
| A freight train on the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas was wrecked near Bangor, six
miles south of Paola, Sunday morning, the
engineer and fireman both receiving in
| juries from which they died.
| In the sale of the Frisco to the Santa
Fe Cherryvale sees a prospect of the estab-
| lishment Of that city as headquarters for
| six divisions and ultimate unprecedented
| prosperity of that road. Hope so, and glad
Of it.
Ed Carroll, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee writes Dick Nor
ris that he will call meeting of the COM
mittee in few days. Mr.. Morris thinks
that it will be held in about ten days
Atchison Globe.
The Manhattan Republic announces the
candidacy of Ex-Governor Harvey for con-
gress. 1t is understood that Mr.. Harvey
will make the race with the Alliance at
his head. Mr. Anderson has not been
heard from yet on the subject.
The smallest woman in Kansas attended
the recent Sunday school convention in
Atchison. Her name is Miss Lena Will
helm, and she resides at Winchester. She
is 80 years old, is forty-seven inches in
height and weighs ffty-two pounds.
The question, "Will clover grow in west
ern Kansas?' is affirmatively answered by
the crop at present in full bloom in E. F.
Gregory's dooryard in this city. A more
Injurious growth cannot be seen in the
Wabash bottoms. Reporter.
The Anthony Journal says that Mrs. Ra-
chel Allen, of that town, recently churned
two pounds Of butter from a quart of
cream, using a common wire potato
masher in a small jar. The Journal evil
IDENTIFY got its figures mixed in the excite
ment.
The railroad officials are worrying now
because the rush of travel on reduced rate
tickets is likely to knock a big hole in the
summer tourist business and the hand
some surplus usually returned at that sea-
son. However, the rate war now bids fair
to last all summer.
a letter has been received in Leaven-
worth from Senator Ingalls,, says the
Standard, in which he states that Mr.
Ritchey will be confirmed as postmaster of
Leavenworth unless charges of incompe-
tency are preferred against him. 1t is now
Colonel Anthony's say.
When the census enumeration asks you
if you are of sound mind and whether or
not you have or have had any chronic dis
eases, you needn't flare up and accuse him
of impertinence. 1t isonly a prOforma pro-
ceeding. He will ask everybody else the
same questions he does you. They are
asked simply as evidences of good faith
and not for publication.
In Oakland township, of Cloud county,
a man is digging for bag containing 3d.,
600 in gold, inspired thereto by the finding
of a note in a sealed bottle which reads:
Dear Dick: PAGES east of James
Moger's claim house you will find $4,000
in gold. am going to n. Y" 1t is sup
posed to have been written by the leader of
a band of robbers which formerly infested
that section.
There used to be man in Emporia in |
the 'airly days" who for the purpose of |
shall be called Thompson. He |
was great deal of an ass, and after awhile |
it became the custom when anyone did a |
thing particularly foolish to say that he |
had ThOmpsOn's disease. Well, that's |
what's the matter now with the Kansas |
City papers and officials in their monkey |
maneuvers in the Peake case in trying to |
"save" him.
The Wichita district camp meeting of |
the Free Methodist denomination will be /
held in the park southeast of Arkansas
City commencing July Is and holding over
two Sabbaths. All lovers of the truth and |
enquirers for the old paths are invited |
to come and take part in an old fashioned |
camp meeting. Positively no huckstering
allowed on or near the ground. Ministers
from distance will be in attendance and |
all denominations in the city are cordially
invited-H. w. Ruby, p. E.
The Mlchltd heSuDmlSSlOn CrOWu winch |
went up to Topeka didn't get much salts
faction out of the governor, but possibly |
they got some out of the original package |
ouses.-Emporia Republican. As for the
original package business. there was |
mighty little consolation to be had out of /
them by the Wichita crowd; the generous !
Topekans and their guests from other
parts of the state consumed the contents
Of the packages provided by the Wichitans
with such avidity that the latter could
a smell Fact.
In speaking of the new county court
house at Tribune, Greedy county, the Re
publican observes that the county com
ought to use every effort to
keep the cost within the limit Of the 500
and give the county building which viii
last for at least fifty years. This reminds
us of the action of board of magistrates
down in Kentucky several years ago. The
board decided to build a new court house
and directed that the building should oc-
cupy the site of the old one: that such ma
terial in the old one as was suitable be
used in the construction of the new one,
and that the old one should continue TO be
used until the new one was finished.
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