The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-25

SOMETHING ABOUT KANSAS.

The Grand lodge of the A. O. L. W. is
in session this week at Junction City.
Judge Prescott, of Salina, will indulge
| in mining in southwest Missouri, near
Joplin.
The river at Atchison has cut through
the big sand bar just above the bridge and
the current is now on the Missouri side.
A Dickinson county farmer, one day
last week, sold a single wagon load of
wheat for $50. 49, He received s. cents d
bushel for it.
John L. Waller, the well known colored
citizen, has forwarded to Washington his
acceptance of the Office Of consul to NJ aa-
gascar He will leave for his field OF labor
about March IS.
The Patriot says an Atchison county
farmer recently lost a valuable Ham bic
ftOnian colt which was bitten by "A snake
The Italian climate of Kansas has some
draw backs as we'll as its advantages.
Atchison is making terrible examples OF
some of her criminal haoitues The
Champion says IA couple of men hung
around the city three or fonr days last
week." but it don't say what their otfenses
were.
Mr. Jennings who is large fruit grow
er. says that the prospect for large crop
of fruits Of all kinds was never better, and
that opinion is shared by all fruit grow-rs
in this section of the state.-Winfeld
Tribune.
One day last week W. H Tucker, whose
home is five miles south of Harper, in
Harper county, in attempting to extricate
a horse that had become entang led in its
harness, ruptured a blood vessel and died
from its effects in few minutes.
Kanopolis' erstwhile ambition to become
the future great of the southwest. now has
promise of partial realization, at least The
new salt plant will soon be turning out 200
car loads of salt day, and of the very best
quahty-so they claim.
The Fredonia Canning company will
contract this season for twelve hundred or
more acres OF vegetables. They have re
ceiyed twelve carloads OF tin for use in
making cans for the 1891 pack. There
seems to be money in 1t for the Fredo-
mans, and if for them why not for many
other tOwnsy
Topeka can now breathe freely. The
senate bill, providing for the right OF way
for the Topeka dam, passed the house
Monday morning and now only awaits the
signature OF the governor TO become a Law.
1t is hoped that the capital city will cease
its profanity
After an acquaintance Of fourteen weeks
opponent is prepared to testify that the
name of the Liberal Tyre does that paper
no injustice. But it has several cotempo-
raries that as much could not truthfully
be said-the first half of the name would
have 10 be changed 70 fit their case.
The editor Of the Caldwell Journal. upon
whose shoulders the mantle of the late
lamented Milt Reynolds fell and thereby
has become the fruitologist OF the south
ern tier" says the peaches are all right
We trust his asseveration will not De i'm
pesched by 'Fessor Fosters predicted dis
turbaEce, 70 ensue.
The Abilene Reflector relates an incident
Of an old bachelor hermit in that county
who, during the recent storm up there.
and whose supply OF provisions giving out
was compelled 10 kill his pony and eat It's
flesh for several days and until his condi-
ton was learned and relief Afforded He
lives IN rough billy country ana has &c
near rei bors
There ia quite g spirit Of emulation
among the towns and villages OF the state
stead and Burton have each developed
6ouhe-quartette of girl tooters and beat /
ers, Newton and Arkansas City feel that life |
were not worth the living without the |
raging fad Well, blowing Is one way TO |
raise the wind
The Clay Center Dispatch celebrated the |
twentieth anniversary OF It's initlsi 1
publication by doaniug bran splinter
new brewer dress. and changing from the /
unhandy ouar.o. to the convent folio /
form, and also adopting a sort o. Spinner /
back-hsnd script head In appearance the
paper is more catchy than IN the o.d form
and style.
AZ Thsyer, Montgomery county, ooe
day last week, man named I1sleJ was
Knocked down and killed by jersey bill
and the hogs in the corral h~gara fheir
work. One side of his face. fingers sr1
Fart q tie pecx were cclolsss1 ssss4