Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-12

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Corn sells at % cents in Ashland, Clark
county.
South Haven is to have library. PEG,
| ME there are heartily tired OF lending and
| borrowing books. 1t is q bad habit.
| An Oxford photographer will take corn
! in payment for photographs. and TINS
doesn't make corn of negative value,
either.
The Stafford city council. has appointed
| a committee to solicit money from the
citizens for the purpose of booming the
town. All such moves are good
John Stultz, an old resident of Topeka
and in his eightieth year, dropped dead
| from FROM heart disease at the Madison
street Baptist church, Thursday evening
in Topeka.
Bishop Fink has withdrawn his oblec-
tions to the Farmers Alliance ana will
not exercise ecclesiastical authority TO
| prevent Catholics from joining that or
/ ganiZation.
| Nobody is surprised that Coldwater IS
such a good town when they see the three
papers there. They are models Oh lar
Inony ami are ali for Coldwater, nrst, last
and always.
The Missouri river is rising rapidly ana
| ali hands at Leavenworth have hoid OF the
ponroon bridge and every precaution TO
prevent a spriug cruise OF that unruiy In
stitution is being taken.
The most efficient way some of the
western Kansas papers have OF snuttins
up the kickers, grunters and croaKers Is
to give a few quotations on muddy roaoS
from Illinois and Indiana papers.
State Treasurer Sims announces that
5Ol5 per cent OF the tax OF 1889 has peeh
paid into the treasury. The remainder
will be paid at the July settlement. The
total tax levy for 1888 was Sl,5lo,423
Professor Garfield, it Is said, will never
he chancellor if the Democratic papers
keep on fayoring him. And If the Demo
cratic papers don't mention him, with u
few executions, he will not be mentioned
at all.
The sheriff of Wyandotte county is some
thing of revolutionist himself partlcu-
larly III matters relating to the Transports
ton of criminals. Last sunday ne carries
a batch of eleven prisoners to LeavenWorth
i'll a special car.
The Topeka Store Clerks association
has inaugurated movement to close at =.
Their next movement will be to open at u
They will then resolve in favor OF the pro-
prietors sweeping out, the Emporla he-
publican thinks.
1t is understood that the farmers OF the
state are to have daily newspaper, TO De
| brought out under the auspices OF the
alliance Ex-Governor Robinson Will be
| one of the editors. This doesn Z look mucn
like politics, does it?
, As the warmer days approach and tine
, bathing season appears in the dining, tnt
Geuda Springs Herald comes out with al
, enumeration of the attractions OF that re-
sort. 1t mentions that Geuda Springs has
/ the longest dog in Sumner county, ana he
: is yellow, besides.
Superintendent Meserve, of Haskell IN
stitute. is at present going through pro-
cess of ventilation AT the hands OF th'
2 Kansas press 1t is charged since his ar
rival from Massachusetts, has been max
, ing it uncomfortable for the Kansas EN-
ployes Already large number have beer
suspended to make room for eastern reia
tiyes of the new superintendent. In
| Kansas employees, what few are lett, nav
laid the case before Senators ingalls, ant
Plumb.
A little while ago travelling quack wa
giving a lecture at LIE Row. number o
small bows persisted IL peeping through
= the windows from the outside. much Z
I the annoyance of the doctor. he HnaiI,
called to the marshal to remove the lntrn
, ders or he would shoot some OF them. lie
: fore the officer had time to go outside ant
! disperse the boys the renowned docto
drew a revolver and fired through Tn
= about two inches. The fellow was arrest
: ed. taken before the police judge and
fined SIG and costs for disturbing tn
,. peace. Justice at LIE Roy seems TO b
e blind in one eye.
The postmaster is in possession OF
e pistol which he took from the mails ant
prevented from reaching its destination
. we learn from the Arkansas City Dispatch
> Now just why postmaster has right {
:, stop mail matter i'll this sort of way woult
IL puzzle the fellow who had never been al
:, lowed within the sacred precincts of Johl
}, Wanamaker's Rules and Regulations.
Everybody knows that explosives are no
permitted in the mails. but an unloade
revolver is not listed along with, explosive
vet. and this would not cover this cas-
But there is another regulation tina
SAYS that nothing that Will lnJure th
mails such as scissors. hardware, etc
shall be admitted. This covers the pIsto
y but if il was securely wrapped and pro
d tected it would seem that the postmaste
IT was little too anxious to assert his Juris
diction.