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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
TRAMP OF AN INSANE MAN.

A special dispatch to the Globe-Dem-
ocrat from Milan, Tenn, dated January
%, says Henry Ashcroft left left his
home in Rutherford county, about four
teen months ago. No one knew where
he had gone, and a mystery was soon
attached to his sudden disappearance
Advertisements were put in the leading
papers and a standing reward of 81 600
offered for his recovery. Yesterday he
came back to his home. after over n
years wandering about in a demented
state. and long after his family had
given him up for dead. He saws ne fell
in with tramps about ten miles from
Cairo, H., and went with them across
the country TO Oklahoma territory,
where he was compelled in his demented
condition to cook in a hotel at Guthr e.
and received no pay for his work. He
was token charge of there bv drover
and worked on a road in west
ern Texas, and thence crossed the Rio
Grande, and at Matamoras, Mex, was
arrested for vagrancy and thrown in
prison, where he lay for seven months.
and he contracted consumption there.
He was turned out by the authorities to
die, but he tramped northward and
reached Tucson, Ariz., where he worked
in a saloon. He was struck on the head
by a barkeeper there because he could
not understand him, and, after three
days Inconsistencies and exposure, he
recovered himself fully and came to his
senses. He tramped 10 Pueblo, Colo.
where he earned enough to come home,
and yesterday came in. He i II years
of age and was preparing for the minis
try when the insane attack came on him.
His parents. who are wealthy, are pre-
pairing 10 bring suit against the Mexican
caused by the boys long confinement
thought cannot live ionp
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Agencies in the state of Georgia for
packing houses are taxed $500 each. All
discrimination against dressed beef having
been beaten in the courts Of dozen states
this outrageous tax in Georgia will be
jumped next The toothless must have a
chance to get a observation-disclosures City
Gazette.
Aye, aye, George Martin; so it is. And
not only would they crowd our dressed
beef-our succulent beefsteak for the
toothless-out of their market, but they
would squeeze our hog fat out of our
own market with their cleo pamela.
And what's most amazing in the transac-
ton, you are lending helping hand to
the latter deal! Fie, George, on such
protective" policy, don't you say?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Pending in congress are the farmers
bills Of Paddock. Conger and Butter
worth. Because Of a failure TO pass such
measures the Alliance was evolved and
the Republican party showed under, vet
now that the farmers have the control
ing voice in three or four western legis-
iatures their representatives are divided
and fighting like cats and dogs over
these very proposed measures Of relief
The Kansas house IS hesitating ana
wrangling over a resolution asking con-
greSs TO protect pure hogs Lard against
the cheap, manufactured substitute
Why hold the Republican party responsi-
BILE FOR not enacting measu:e Is which the
farmers won't even say that they want:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
A Crooks Accomplishments.

Sam German, Philadelphia crook. WAS
turned over to the officers at the time of
the big boiler explosion at the fair ground
A farmer detected him picking mis- pocket.
German was taken before a justice of the
peace, released on bail and speedily left the
city, never TO appear here again German
was very peculiar man. at home he
posed as an honest man. and had taken
the thirty second degree in Masonry. His
partners were his wife, known IS Little
Nell and a crook known Us Curley Jimmie.
They made great deal of money.--In-
djRuapOHs Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Sol. Miller, the senior editor of Kan
sas, was so years old yesterday, on which
occasion he writes piece and publishes
an appropriate poem. Sixty years is a
ripe old age. as looked forward to by the
school boy, but to him who has actually
reached it, in robust physical health, it
seems anything but ripe or old. Except
in the matter of years, Sol. Miller is as
bright and clipper, as full of work and
of play, so far as his writings indicate,
as he was thirty years ago. Here's to
our worthy, honored and admired COM
peer, requoting:
For he has sown good see in the years gone by,
- II will blossom In lovely graces
And he's brought no tears to the weary eye
But has frightened with smiles some faces.
Sweet is the balm that his deeds will bring,
Glad is the song that his heart viii sing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
BELLE PLANE, Kan, Jan. 81, 81

To the Editor of the Eagle.
What is the Australian ballot box sys-
tenn. We have seen il favorably COM
mented upon by both Republicans aud
Democrats, but can find no one here
nor have | read any paper that fully ex-
plains it. Yours friendly.
j. W, HoRNER.
The EAGLE has once or twice printed a
description or the workings of the sys-
tenn. But, briefly, the idea is that each
voter enters a booth, alone, where he
finds tickets already printed and in blank,
with pen and ink, and where the voter,
makes up his ballot,
whereupon he passes into another apart
ment where he casts his ballot, no man
knowing how or for whom he voted. 1t
beats the button-holer, relieving the
voter of all espionage and intimidation,
to vote his own sentiments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

King kalakaua, who died at San Fran
cisco day before yesterday, was quite a
conspicuous figure in Washington and
Philadelphia in 20, at which time Empe-
TOR Dom Pedro was also on hand. King
halakaua was a that time OF groSs
physical proportions. He was q very
iair darkey, who was born. We believe.
IN Ohio, whose real name was Dave
hadgiey When he captured the Canni-
tai Islands. or Sandwiches. or Hawai-
lans, we have forgotten, II we ever
knew.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
the way of the rushing current, which
rose fifty feet in thirty minutes.
Social Paralysis.

From the New York World.
Some very delicate freezing can be
done. and it is being done right along.
bv skillful letter writers. Omit your
address from the politest and most
formal note YOU can write and the IN
telligent recipient will understand that
he or she has outlived the welcome of
your hospitality. Cut the engraved adj
dress from the letter head and the cut
becomes an insult. Another indication
of social paralysis is the omission of all
subscription phrases, even the stereotyped
Yours truly" while TO write a note and
omit the signature altogether is the
unkindest cut of ALL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Weak but nervous woman IS the ply
stefan enters-Oh doctor I'm so glad
you've come | am SURE ! shall never re-
cover this time Mrs Brown who died
last month you know she was my bus
bands cousin had exactly the same sylnp-
toms and although shs tried every rem
edy that her doctors 81 her neighbors
recommended and spent no end Of money
though goodness knows they could iii
afford 1t in visiting the southern water
ing places until her children almost for
got her face and her l. Isband poor man
had no more what .culd properly be
called a home than boarder with "A
single hall bedroom ST died and beau
tiful funeral she had 90 poor thing and
looked that sweet in h-y coffin it makes
my heart bleed to Tn ak Of it and what
do you think is the matter with me any
way and do you thin / will soon get
over it l cannot sleep / cannot lie still
cannot work l cannot tRt.I cannot talk
what Is the matter will
Doctor GnterruptiHg Madam. Think
you have a decided ca, Of 6atuleucy Of
the lungs New Yorl Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
JERRY LIKES NorORIErY.

From the Washington Post.
A prominent Kansas politician Of Re
publican persuasion, at present in the
city, SAYS that the congressman and the
newspaper men NAV expect some rare
fun when Representative-Eiect Jerry
Simpson, of Medicine LOdqe. arrives
here. Simpson" says the Kansan. is
by no means a green man. He II as
sharp as he can be, without having
very high education. He has what NAV
be termed natural ability. and few pub
Tic speakers can exert such an influence
over audiences made up OF town and
country folks, such as he had in the
recent contest. / was present at several
of the larger meetings held during the
canvass, and although Col. James Hal
lowell. the Republican candidate for con-
gress in the Seventh Kansas district, is
one of the most brilliant men IN the state.
it was quite evident 20 me that Jerry
Simpson had the sympathies Of the
crowds evervw here. / did not think ne
was going To be elected. however. for
the district has had such an oveTwhelm-
ing Republican majority that it seemed
impossible for any one 20 defeat 50 bright
and influential a man as Col. Hallowel.
Simpson likes 10 attract attention to him
self, and no one ENJOYS more than he TIE
yarns that are printed about him IN the
papers. Why, have known him 10 go
TO a hotel and write the widest sort Of a
fst on the register. and spell his town
'3leddy Sin Loce' Just 10 hear what the
people would say about INN. He knows
better. Of course, but l. always in for
little flIa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Bradstreets takes a very doleful view
Of the future-owing to a probability of
the passage Of the free coinage bill, and,
per contra, many others take the same
view-owing to the improbability of its
enactment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The Leavenworth Times, that has
many time skinned its knuckle5 fight
ing for prohibition, now hops right over
the wall and recommends the farmers of
the state to go into the hop-raising bust
CESS. They would, no doubt, do a hop
ping good business if they did, should a
cartain contingency continge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The total net increase in the number of
new offices in operation in the United
States on June 30, 1890, as compared
with June 30, 1889, was 3.402. During
the year seventeen presidential offices
were discontinued on account Of the de-
crease in their postal receipts and of this
seventeen, only two Were in the south.
Connecticut lost four, Dakota one, Kan
sas eight. Minnesota one, Nebraska one.
while the only two IN the south were one
in FLORIDA and one in Virginia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Chauncey Depew is disposed TO agree
with Senator Ingalls, that it is the dis
position Of the American people to gam
ble. He told his hearers at the annual
dinner of the Princeton alumni that
whenever there is a hazard ora chance
you can count the average American in.
The testimony may throw some light
upon the statement # the late Anthony
Trollope-that it was the disposition of
the average American to get married.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Down in Vermont a man has been
sent to the pen for sixty-one years and
fined $1,000 for selling rs drinks in vio-
lation of law. They had evidently heard
of the notorious WITCH tn case aud set
about beating it. According to the forms
of the law it is presumable that the pro-
ceedings were all right; but what are we
to think of it from standpoint of good
morals, that the officers should permit
the wretch of jointist go on accumu-
lating cases against himself and they
simply keeping count the while: Bah.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The worst storm of the season will
come this year between Feb. l and 10,
says Levi Beebe, of Lee, Mass. 1t was
Beebe who predicted the New York
blizzard of March, 1888. He bids all the
ice gathering companies TO get in their
work during January, as after that the
mow will hinder them from cutting.
And we shall see what we shall see
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

George Martin suggests to Col. An
thonv that Leavenworth ought to follow
the example of Kansas City, Kan, by
quitting sitting up nights bawllng for
beer, and get down TO business, leaving
the police commissioners to take care of
the city's expenses by looking after the
joint revenues. The suggestion on the
whole seems pertinent, plausible and
profitable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
College Of Women 70 lave a ,rnan.ine.

College Of WOmsn e. Have Magazine.
The College Of Wc1en Is about start
ing a quarterly Il Is - be called The
Outlook, and the first number viii ap-
pear in January. II , to be published
III the interests o: the higher education.
and viii be run by Boston women
Margaret Il. Dodge the editor. nails
from Boston university. ~ does Emily
ii. Bright. the t'rsiuess manager The
college girls are ambitious IN their pro-
gramme Miss Dod0s tells me that she
does not expect to.coElyete with the suf-
frage organs or with t8e magazines de-
voted 70 hbs and batter cakes. but that
The Outlook VIII proE.);e unity Of aim
and action among cultivated women, ac-
quaint society with the strength Of the
wOmen's educational movement and col
lect and classify material concerning
IT," There's room. sas the knowing. FOR
new magazine onf.s in fifteen years.
but if you're looking Tor courage youT
find IT among worshil%rs OF that arnis0le
fetch. the college bssd woman.-New
York Commercial Advertise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

TIE Oldest and largest Mercantile e.
tablishrneuf il EustsvilIe. Tex, IL man
Agsd - = woruan The house. repre-
seaFing a capital x $50 20. wAs founded
o~sT forty year ago ~ ne La;s Mr.. San
ford Gions. who requested that his wife
sh01i4 coztsE1e haz 5zxsn-sA- E-xsEzn-s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The big failure in Kansas City, No,
the first of the week might be attributed
to the ''liquor curse" if one proportion
ately large had not occurred the same
day in prohibition Topeka. And K. c.
mas no state legislature in session, either.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
Just Like the Pixies.

Fro-1 tss Atohl.oz Psirloe
On the 9Th Of Janusrv Sf0newall
Usary. q WalIace. No. obtained 3
marriage license Of PROBATE Judge Beat
Today Judge Bean received tie doca-
ment BY mail. with the information that
the Missouri preacher would not have II.
and that Usary wanted hls money back
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Following the example of the Knights
of Labor of the District of Columbia, the
old soldiers and sailors of the District
met yesterday and adopted resolutions
indorsing Mr.. Ingalls, and demanding his
return to the senate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
Great on Precedenrs.

7
The fellows at Topeka who are claim
lag that the state printer and the United
States senator ought not 70 come from the
same town, are reminded BY Speaker Ftler
that there was a time IN Kansas within
the recollection of the people now or
earth when the governor az the state. the
senior United States senator and the CHIEF
lnstice al. hailed from Atchison. Speaker
Elder l. great or pTecedeuts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
Good suzzea.ion-
-ou. the Ateal.on Globe.


The OH 20 amend the charter Of
cities Of the first class ought 70 include
clause doubling the poll tax upon al.
men who fail 10 vote az either the sggIng
or fall election. Many misguided u3eE
imagine that by failure - vote they
escape the poll tar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The Mckinley bill is credited, by the
supporters of that monstrosity, with
bringing down the price of sugar, even
before that provision of the law goes INTO
effect; but it is noticed that it has not
had the effect to knock out that incubus
upon the trade, the sugar trust, as was
positively asserted that it would.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The uppermost question just now in
upper Irish circles in Erin is, what effect
will the O'Shea-McCarthy quarrel have
upon the Parnell-O'Brien contest. The
situation seems to muddle faster than it
smmuddles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Fro-a ~ - Lo.zls s,xzzL
An underground lake has been disco
cred near Deiand. Plat county, On the
farm Of G. r. Moore lie vas eigging
a vel when he came o. a ssrzta of casf
50 hard that be was compelled 70 Slss
dynamite for fifteen feet TO remove il
After digging down sixty-fve fesf. ard
boring twenty-five feet. ~ ruek a lzks
u water, which forced hin 10 get 0ut u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The gi7i with b.g vioisn. the girl
with her knitting. the restless gil who
fits about the sudleree. the GIL with a
lozg necksd dress on a winter Afternoon.
the superior gil with fCuT books and q
German dictiorary--thsse are a few q
;he girls sven Ei sympa0zy rshezrsAl
Boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The announcement comes from Win
field that the citizens of that place are
raising what they call the Morgan
monument fund" and a large sum has
already been subscribed for the purpose
of building a monument to Thomas
Morgan, the boy who was drowned
while trying to save his young friena's
life. a most fitting and commemorate
movement, and should result in the cree
ton of a splendid memorial to the cour-
aOa0nS Lad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

There is a good deal of curiosity mani
tested by the readers of the Atchison
Champion as to what the paper will use to
fill up those two columns with after the
senatorial election next week Lawrence
Journal.
Don't worry about that. The Cham
pion will no doubt present its dis
tingished consideration and with it the
assurance that il has a Chaliss that will
prove a sufficient stimulant to prevent a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The old soldiers organizations of Ne
braska have forwarded a petition to the
Kansas Legislature 70 re-elect John j.
ingalls, in the interest OF the old solder
and pension legislation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The placing of d. B. Hill in the United
States senate makes G. Cleveland very
much of a Hobson's choice with the
Democrats who favored Hill for presi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

An EaEllsA ptpcr sfAtss that on q tbs
lecturers - Owens college, Manchester.
mas pat forward TIE assertions a. 'thAE
10 Jew o. Jewess hsO ever b~en kno1n 70
suffer from cancer. and - that Tie "a
munify o. TIRE BeDrew race from ibis
frghtfHl scourge ~as z&triDuted D. Their
abstinence from svvins's Hs.h
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
EXCHANGE SHOTS
Aner Hiswatha.


~ EoB-T y attersOT-
Give the indian n ths army
give the red man - tie @cit.ie--
IEea shut OF ais Ere wGfer.
Tell hiEl that the nSr-re0Fli . nov here.
Tell him h y Isl hoe PJtstoes
Put IN wheat and b. swfue-herd;
essCH his Easldess butter making
pc crL~frur- Joe. ro.l ? SEATING
How 70 wear uesv fall bornsf
tuu - q ~ tha E1rEea7Is ~eaisEtn.
Tel bin fhaf = ne q q dude De
re ~ l-f have . care and mos some
lei hlrn tAst the daily pApers
he m3-i read taat - NAT know more
More about ~ yrgte's dear nnolber.
More about polltics. aEd - fOgta.
1-s the Indian. TINS tze Ts1 raa1
-1ai4 become a uoo.e pale fsce
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The United States senate seems to be
bilious body, using 5000 quinine pills
last year. 1t will, however, take barrel
of blue mass boluses to move the next
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

John Peter St. John is in Topeka
posing as a dark Alliance horse. This
double John with a single saint prefix
ought not to forget that he is also Petered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Governor Humphrey ought to know,
aud he probably does, that the people of
Kansas desire the reappointment Of Gen.
Web Wilder to the state insurance com
missiOnship.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
WlEt1tfS t.allr
". VI. MURDOCH, Editor.

Kansas City is just now presenting a
forceful illustration of the fellow who
bit off more'n he could chaw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

Kansas City, Missouri, is in the soup
and the :ureen is not contracted nor does
the consomme lack depth of mucosity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The EAGLE prints paper this morning
On the new horse disease" from the
pen Of a successful and prominent veter-
mary surgeon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23
C5rcums.ances After Gases.

fr7F- ne l-A~rsnce JezrazA-
lt + not likely the present legislature
vii cut down the fees of state printer
rery misch- Since they have the offsce
n Inc family IL h veTF different
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

One might conclude that ingalls, was
beaten but for the way the Atchlson
Champion and Emporia Republican keep
pounding him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-23

The fire losses of last year in the Unit
ed States and Canada foot up Sl06, 99S,
345, against Sl31 .O49,25 for 1889, and
1928, 300. go for 1888. They were thus
nearly % per cent less than the average
of the two preceding years.
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-02
A Heavy suit for Damages.

Mrs. Anna Hughes suit for
damages against the P. W. & B. r. r.
Go. is still unsettled. The result OF
the first trial was that Mrs. Hughes
was awarded $4,000 damages but her
attorneys refused to accept the amount
and new trial has been ordered.
This case was removed to Cecil from
Hartford county, where it was brought
some years ago by the late Henry w.
Archer. Messrs. Albert Constable,
James Archer and w. T.. Cooley, the
two latter of Hartford county, were
counsel for the plaintiff, and Jones 6
Haines for the company. Mrs.
Hughes alleged that she got on the
train at Perryville, where she was
nursing a sick daughters child to 60
to her home in Havre de Grace, but
that the train failed to stop and she
was carried on to Baltimore. The
worriment and inconvenience caused
thereby making her nervous and sick
SO that she has not been we'll since.
Ten thousand was the amount Of
damages claimed. Several railroad
men testified that the train stopped at
Havre de Grace.
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-02
me weddine nill

Il
~ JohnW.Lynch OF near Fulton, has
scuriosity 4 in the form Of calf with
hut three legs. It came into thu
world with but one fore-leg while il
| is perfect in every other respect. The
absence of the limb does not seem to
be an impediment to it as it ia lively
and gets around with little trouble,
Ii is two weeks old.-Milford News. i
William w. West, son of James b.
West, of Milton, fell overheard from
the schooner Hettie J. Dorman
whilst off Hog Island, on the 18th
inst, and was drowned before assist
ance could reach him.
At the fifth annual business meet
ing Of the Southern Lawn Tennis AS.
sociation held at the Columbia
Athletic Club House, Washington, d.
C., last week, Wilmington was
selected as the place for holding the
next annual contests of the Southern
Lawn Tennis Association.
J. Clayton Massey, a well-known
Wilmington jeweler received on Mon
day night a conscience contribution
in the form of plain 1S-karat gold
ring valued at $1O.50. 1t had been
considerably worn and Mr.. Massey
thinks it is one of the rings that was
stolen by sneak thief three years
ago. It is presumed that the person
who wore the ring knew whence it
came and that his or her conscience
its return.