The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-17
SOMETHING ABOUT KANSAS.
The Masonic grand lodge meets toda
Tuesday, in Fort Scott.

The Masonic grand lodge meets today,
Tuesday, in Fort Scott.
Gross earnings of the Atchison system,
including the St. Louis and San Francisco,
for January approximately are s, 932, 65S;
increase, Sl32, $50.
The surest way for man to get more
| money is to hustle for it. Whiting on a
| stick and working with your Jaw won't
produce the result
The Salina Evening News says there is
more than enough unmarketed wheat In
Saline county to insure good business I'M
til the next crop is harvested. Good
Frank McGrath. president of the Kansas
| Farmers Alliance, has returned from
Washington, where be has been attending
meeting of the state presidents OF The
Alliance. He is in Topeka.
| Atchison county's poor commissioner
| has rather equivocal name for so serious
position; it is Jochem. But they say
that in his treatment of the INDECENT de-
| pendants that he-don't Jochem.
The Republican saws 1.-The Salina Ma
| tional bank has added an elegant nickel
| plated fence to their Office" 1t is hoped
| they are not fixing to fence out depositors
and creditors, after the current fashion.
The state treasurer reported the amount
of funds TO be apportioned for the first half
day, and the per capita distribution will be
made by the state superintendent this
week.
Atchison Champion: The tide of emigra
ton has again turned in the direction OF
western Kansas, and is stronger than ever.
A number of movers in covered wagons
were camped at Eighth street yesterday,
bound for the western part OF the state.
In taking up her plants from the garden
last fall, Mrs Carl Myer propped crook
ell one with a twig from cherry tree. A
short time ago it was noticed that buds
were shooting from the twig, and now she
has miniature cherry tree Ia full bloom.
Newton Republican.
The Meade County Nationalist made It's
appearance last week. 1t succeeds the
Democrat. 1t is a full-fledged Alliance
paper under the management OF Mollle
Dalgarn and l.: J. Smith. Better look
leedle oud Sister Minerva. They'll be
after your Graphic next.
The little town of Richland, Shtwnee
county, heretofore unknown to fame, Is
entitled to the distinction of having in
vented n new intoxicating beverage. 1t Is
made by adding a given quantity OF fish
berries to hard cider, and is said TO make
drunk come" very quick.
The two townships of Murray and St
a
wealthy section of that county. The peo-
pie of those two precincts are circulating
petitions asking that they be set off and
made part of Nemaha county. The re-
quest is being unanimously signed. IL
grows out of the county seat fight in Mar
shall county.
Mr.. Nels Anderson, well-to-do and
highly respected citizen of Barber county,
was thrown from his cart while en- route
hr,Y,, L. ,ffrlf
and one OF his feet becoming fastened TO
the cart in the fall he was dragged to
death, the horse hauling up at the family
home about 10 O'Clock, dragging the life
less body or its master after the cart.
Friday night was night of fearful trials
for Will Gardner. Il prominent Alliance
man, living six miles northwest of Salina
The Republican saws his wife presented
him with twin girls, and before the poor
man had time to realize his increase, word
was brought him that three calves had
just been born in the barn. They spared
him the news from the pig pen.
The editor of the Lawrence Record
wrote about the Hindoo divinity, Boodha,
the other day, and the cOmpOsitor made il
Doodle, Now he calls somebody "a cad, "
and the typo makes it cod" But these
bulls are nothing to the predicament in
which the typo on the Mulvane Record
placed Il IellOW III JndG tOWn ltSL week. lie
hopes for better luck next time.
Leavenworth Times: From 1851 until
the early party of 1860 Gen. Sherman prac-
ticed law in Leavenworth. He came here
with some friends from Ohio. His law
office was on Main street, and in "A frame
building that stood just below where
Roses bag factory now stands. The firm
was theI Sherman. Denman q Ewing; W.
J. Sherman, Hamp Denman and Thomas
Ewing.
At Mulberry Grove. Crawford county,
Friday, several parties, in orr to have
some fun at the expense of an old German
''jointist" named Lesser, made him believe
that he was about TO be arrested and
prosecuted for his misdemeanors. The
old man skipped to Missouri and took
dose of laudanum that did its work Fri
day night Saturday the body was
brought to Arcadia for interment Two
prominent citizens of Mulberry Grove are
said to be under arrest. and interesting
scenes are eXpected.-Ft. Scott Monitor
Judge o. L. Miller has forwarded let
ter to Governor Humphrey, rendering
his resignation as Judge of the Twenty
ninth judicial district, to take effect on
Feb. p, 1891. The district is composed of
Wyandotte county. The last official act
of Judge Miller was TO pass sentence for
ten years Imprisonment in the states
prison upon Fred Sorter, who took the life
of EnOch Link. the blacksmith, at
Quindaro on Decoration day last year by
filling mis- victim full of buckshot, and
who was convicted at the December term
of court OF murder in the second degree.