The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-27
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The past week Kansas has been having
Italy overhead and Greenland underfoot.
The Kansas railroad commission seems
to be acting in first rate style on fifth-ciass
rate matters.
There is a neighborhood in western Kan
sas named Calamity Hollow" Kansas
has some queer folks.
1t has been discovered that PETER. in
light of his monomania on the money
question, is moneymaniac-
When a Kansas Democrat fears that he
is wavering in his loyalty to his party, he
makes it point to go aud hear ingalls,
make speech.
Cogitate upon this: There is more
wheat in the hands of the Kansas farmers
at this time than was raised in the entire
state two years ago.
Since the postal cards are printed in two
different sizes, a Sumner county postmas-
ter has cut big hole and a little hole in
his door for receiving them.
Free coinage was lost through the fault
Of old Ben Clover. Instead of being in the
house, where his single vote would have
won the victory, he was gadding about
lOHu lOliO64uS las SuGOOh.
Ben Clover writes home that he has
been to the opera to see Shakespeare's
great Irish play, McBeth." This may
aave been where he was when ne ought to
nave been in the house with his vote for
free coinage.
The city council of Abilene is becoming
arbitrary. II is considering an ordinance
closing billiard saloons during business
hours. The billiard men will retaliate By
demanding that the grocery stores shut
up during the hours of pleasure
John J. ingalls, thinks Cleveland is the
only man the Democrats can hope to elect.
He says that Cleveland IS "a wooden man,
but that he is better than Hill and that
the hippodroming of the latter about the
country in search Of support will get him
nothing
"Hello." yelled one gay farmer to an
other, who ran by on foot Say. wait
minute. Do you know who's running for
coDgressman-at-large?" No" parted
the other who was chasing his runaway
nag, "but know who is running for a
horse at large.
In 1874 Z. n. Morrill, and NJ NJ Muir
dock were both candidates for lieutenant
governor. and the highest vote received By
them was: Morrill,, so; Murdoch, 81. Both
however, on the next ballot Withdrew in
favor of w. J. Salter, on account of a land
Issue of that date.
AT river meeting at Leavenworth Hen
ry EttensoL said be had saved 81 200 year
on freight on dry goods by having the
goods shipped from New York to Savannah,
Ga, by water. and thence here by rail.
He had also received the goods two or
three days sooner.
1t was - O'Clock at night when the vote
on free coinage was taken, when, had he
been present, Ben Glover, the Alliance
might have saved the free
coinage measure. Clover has oeen used to
going to bed at 8 O'Clock all his life, and be
is not going to break into his habits to
save the country.
j. d. Botkin. the late presiding elder of
Wichita. will be the candidate for vice
president on the national Prohibition
ticket. St. John demands this. In this
event Mr. Botkin, who is a relative of the
Stevens county judge, will sever his con-
nection with the church and become
national lecturer on prohibition.
Hon. William Jay. a prominent citizen
of Emporia, died on Sunday. Mr.. Jay was
a member of the first Republican National
convention held in the United States. at
in 1856. He served four
years in the Michigan state senate, from
1862 to 1866, and was the second mayor of
Emporia, serving two terms in that