The southern argus., 1891-12-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest i'm the SUM-
flower State.
A Record of Happenings for the Past
Week Gathered From Our Exchan-
ges and Boiled Down for
Our Readers.

HucK. is cousin OF "A w. 4edcHout VI
Atchison.
Thayer has about completed a new
methodist church, and is hauling stone
for new opera house.
Ewing Herbert is called upon to deny
so many things that he has crowded
John ]. Ingalls, out of view.
Judge Botkin is a candidate for re-
election. He will be successful; that Is
the kind of district he lives in.
E. J. Humphreys and S. f. Burdett,
two of Leavenworth's Oldest citizens,
died on the same day last week.
G. W. Click has sawed off on wheat
bread, and now eats only corn dodgers.
Mr.. Click is getting ready to run for
governor again.
The Atchison Patriot wants special
session OF the legislature called to enact
law prohibiting the return of Bill
Hackney to the state.
The A. 0. =. w. of Parsons is in q
prosperous condition. It has already
paid two death assessments this year
out of the general fund.
The Mound City Clarion does not OBJ
ject especially TO the violations of the
liquor law, but it draws the line at Sat
urday night and Sunday carousals.
Barney Sheridan figures it out that
PETER has only to declare himself in
favor of the force bill to be in full fell
iowship with the republican party.
The Topeka papers are the only Kan
sas papers that will publish a card OF
thanks for bereaved family. After
while the Topeka papers will quit it.
The hens of White City are indus
trious. One dealer has shipped Ell ghty
cars of eggs from that state since Jam
uary lst. This amounts to q 800, 600
eggs.
A Linn county man has bought
farm in order to get job in the Alll-
ance as a state lecturer. He thinks
owning some real estate will help his
| chances.
The Axtell Anchor calls for load
of nice Juicy elm wood on subscription"
The editor is evidently preparing to go
on the warpath after his hated contem-
pory with club.
OF course the alliance candidate for
speaker will be a Kansas man. If he is
not, the five Kansas men OF the seven
alliance congressman will not be faith
full to state pride.
A buxom girl of Sedan broke into the
chorus of the Evangeline company at
Parsons. It was her first appearance
in tights, and lot of young men of the
town followed her off.
A Sedalia city directory of 1874 men,
tions H. T. Lemist as paymaster OF the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.
Mr.. Lemist has since lived at Atchison
and is now a resident of Lincoln, Neb.
A. l.. Sponsler, the new proprietor of
the Hutchinson News, has made ar
rangements to publish the morning tele-
graph report. Sponsler is not such a
breezy man as Ersley was, but he makes
a better paper.
John Barr OF LeavenwOrth, cele-
brated his ninety-frst birthday Satur-
day His wife, who is only few years
his Junior. his three thildren and their
children, and some great grandchildren
joined in the celebration.
Parsons expects to be represented in
the next legislature by both a senator
and representative. This is a little
bit hoggish, but Parsons has lately got
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas general
offices and can claim the earth.
At the dinner of the Atchison W. c.
T. u, Thanksgiving day, John J.
Ingalls, WAS called upon to respond to a
toast, but he was not present. and, the
Globe says, Councilman Cawley, who
has whiskers like PETERS, took has
place
The wheat crop OF Kansas would
supply population of thirteen million
or one-tifth of the people of this country
1t would take 145, 900 cars of 400 bushels
each to haul the wheat grown in Kar-
sas this year. No other state in the
union has ever produced so much sur
plus wheat.
The Topeka Democrat calls upon the
Hill democrats of Kansas to get togeth-
er. That ought to be no trouble-the
Hill democrats of Kansas are so few.
Everest, Holiday and Tomlinson dc
not live very far apart Tomlinson
might be omitted; he has not been q
democrat very long.
An Atchison man once lost his collar
button while putting on clean shirt
What are you looking for, honey?'
asked his wife. "My collar button, " te
said. why, where did you lose -it?'
she anxiously inquired. ''Out in the
alley, he replied testify, but thought
I would look around here for it awhile
: first"
: d. G.. Milner, who spent couple oi
davs at Leavenworth last week, says
the old soldiers at the National home
south of the city, are robbed By the
Leavenworth joints. AT the last pay
} ment of the pensions the old soldiers al
the home got some s6s, 900, and Gov
ernor Smith and other officers at the
home think large portion of it went
into these Leavenworth hell holes
About two months ago Bernard
Schmitz. substantial German farmer
of Atchison comfy, clncluded 10 &C
back to Germany. after an absence o.
twenty-three years. When he arrived
in the old country he was arrested as Z
deserter from the Prussian army and
is now serving under the emperor as {
soldier. SchmitZ is q prosperous and
J highly respected man and hiss wife il
Atchison county.
w. l. Russ naper, the Taii. says
the prisoners who are discharged from
the penitentiary are given clothes made
of coarse material that has been used
! so con ,inuously for that purpose tha'
| every citizen within a radius OF hity
miles. and every railroad man and DO
liceman With days ride OF the pris
, on. rct ognize it as readily as he wonlC
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