The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31
ALL OVER KANSAS.

There were thirty-eight accessions to
the Congregational church in Sterling
during 1870
A bill to drain swamp lands sounds queer
for Kansas. and vet such measure is
pending in the legislature.
The Patriot says the revival meetings at
the several churches in Atchison are still
in progress and souls are being saved
daily.
One of Abiiene's chicken fanciers has
spring chickens ready for market But he
doesn't say which spring, whether of 80
or 49,
| The first stake on the Omaha, Kansas
| Central and Galveston. r r. was pounded
down at Lyons amid cheers Tuesday after
noon.
H F. Johnson, a freight conductor on
! the Frisco road, was killed by moving
| freight train at Winfield about noon We'd
nesday.
1t is reported in Atchison that Senator
/ ingalls, and MS family will go to Europe
/ for Il year or more after Congress adjourns
next March.
| Atchison is a pretty good town. The
! Patriot says they haven't had sensation
al shooting affair nor an eIopement there
for several months.
The News says that Saline county soil
has not passed the turning point. The
deeds of transfer are noticeably on the III
crease and in many instances the prices
are well up for these times
An Atchison barber dislikes the word
barber" so much that he talks of having
sign hung over his door calling his bust
ness that of locksmith. There would be
no objection on the part of his patrons if
he would keep in handy place key-to
lit his jaw
The fact that great bodies move slow
ly'' is ev.nced anew in the case of Brother
Bolton, Of the Greensburg Signal 1t took
Bolton, with his 2h0 pounds avolrdupOls,
almost a year to slide into the Peoples
party.-Pratt Republican.
a very large part of the land IN cultiva-
ton in hingman county was sowed to
wheat last fall. The prospects for good
crop We're never better and lt IS probable
as a result that many hundred acres of sod
will be broke for corn this spring.-Lead-
er-Courier.
Some of our citizens who were at the
cemetery Monday were Mortified to find
that several graves had been dug out by
an animal of some kind Three or four
graves had been entirely dug out and 9th
ers had been opened to depth OF two or
three feet. The animals are probably
wOlves.-kiowa Review.
Eight towns IN MdfSHali county want
the county seat They are Marysvile the
present county seat, Blue Rapids, Frank
fort, Waterville. Beattie, Nermillion, Big
Glow and BarrettS. The fight Will prob
ably be between Marysville and Frank.
fort Will this tomfoolery never cease to
harry the communities and humillate the
state?
The condition of the wheat crop in Sa-
line county, as described by special re-
porter for the News after a week of travel
over the plains and valleys, is truly a won
der TO the average man in the city. From
every hilltop can be seen the far away
stretch OF valley, green with promising
wheat Every acre that could be spared
is now bedecked with living green.
Daniel Car the Moline lawyer who in
structed a constable at Moline to attach
Santa Fe engine and passenger train in
order 10 collect q Judgment. is Oh trial
before United States Commissioner Will
sou, at Topeka, for obstructing the mails. !
The engine was chained TO the track, /
thereby stopping the mail for twenty-four
hours.
Three boys, on their way across the |
state, found themselves without money, !
the means of earning it or friends at DeX-
ter and TO protect themselves from the !
cold at night stole quilt. They were ar /
rested, tried and one of them found guilty, |
and the court assessed IA fine of 81 and /
costs against him. amounting TO $50 30. |
He couldn't pay, and is now in jail at |
Winfield. Pretty rough experience for |
the boy, and pretty exacting justice, don't !
you think?
Near New Salem, Cowley county about /
six months ago VIM. Cox fell from hay |
stack upon pichfork, one of the prongs I.
entering his groin and breaking off. The /
accident gave him no serious trouble until f.
within the last few days, and although at .
the time of the accident the broken piece .
could nOy be found, it was not believed 10
have been left in his body. The piece was
Wednesday and was three ana .
One-eighth inches III length, so says the
Winfield Tribune.