The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-02
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From the Norwich News.
A man spent half an hour at Wichita
the other day trying to put letter in a
| box at the corner of Main and Douglas.
| 1t is not stated whether he was a Jay or
| drunk.
/ From the Arkansas City Trave Ter.
! Noble Prentis says that the tallest corn
! to be seen anywhere in Kansas this year is
| in the corporate limits of Wichita The
same may be said of the tallest weeds and
! sunflowers.
From the Emporia Republican
In the opinion of the southern Kansas
papers, the Columbian exposition will be
An event second only in Importance to the
| South Kansas fair.
! From the Ieavenworth Times.
Noble Prentis says that the tallest corn
| to be seen anywhere in Kansas this year is
| in the corporate limits of Wichita. With
| ia the same confines the tallest lying used
! to flourish.
! From the Arkansas City Traveller
A Wichita woman has had twenty-seven
servant girls within less than a year, and
| the last one that she employed had worked
for thirty-two different mistresses during
the year.
From the Atchison Patriot.
A Young clerk at Wichita drank three
bottles of beer in three minutes recently.
and one of the Wichita papers devotes a
half column to telling how it was done
Had the clerk performed the feat in To-
peka the local papers wouldn't have
noticed it. Such things are common over
there.
From the Emporia Republican.
A Wichita man drank three bottles of
beer in three minutes, the other day, and
Atchison wants to know where the joke
comes in.
From the Topeka Journal
At Wichita two brothers who had been
separated for twelve years met in the
county jail Both were going under as
stunned names, but one day while compar-
ing notes they found that they were from
the same town in Pennsylvania One of
them finally told his own name, and the
other at once recognized him as brother.
From the Kansas City Times
There is man in Wichita who believes
in patronizing the home market. He buys
in his own ward and when he wants any
thing he can't buy In his ward he pur-
chases it as near the line as possible.
From the Kansas City Star.
There is a woman in Wichita who hasn't
kissed her husband but once in five years
and that was at the depot when she was
going away. But all the same her hus-
band never put on pair of socks with a
X
button. There are different ways of eX-
pressing conjugal affection.
From the Lawrence Journal.
Marsh Murdoch left for Colorado Thurs
day, and Friday a man ran away from
Wichita with a lot of trust funds, boy
died with the hydroDhobia, and man ran
away with another mans wife. There is
no use trying to run the town as it should
be with Marsh in Colorado.
From the Topeka Journal.
A young clerk at Wichita drank three
bottles of beer in three minutes recently,
and one of the Wichita papers devotes a
half column TO telling how it was done.
From the Kansas Star.
NO" said a young man who recently
held a clerkship in one of the dry goods
stores of Wichita. ''Ill never go back till
the boss takes back what he said TO me. :"
why, what did he say?" inquired Star
reporter, almost overcome with sympathy.
Get out and stay out" said the young
man. as he strolled down the street look
ing for another situation.
From the Lyons Republican.
The head boss of the Wichita Eagle
started last Monday for a months recrea-
tion in the mountains and his oldest hope
full being left in charge of the paper shoots
the following after him: In summer
when Il man is out of sorts he hunts re-
sort" If the Eagle suspends before the
Colonel returns blame it to Vic.
From the Kiawa Signal.
Down in Wichita they never say any
more, sober as Judge" but prove their
capacity by claiming, sober rs Botkln."
From the Oklahoma City Gazette,
A farmer near Wichita, Kansas, reports
that his corn is lop-eared. That field must
have become frightened as the editor of
the Eagle.