The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

slapped the old man, and held him at bay
until the daughter was gone.
On an average Wichita letter-carrier
walks twenty-five miles a day.
From the EmporIa Republican.
The calamity party has not yet sug-
gested anybody for governor. Howl
Mrs Mollie L Lease of Wichita do?
Miss Linda Owen, formerly of this city,
was left $4,000 in cash by an aunt at
Richmond. Ind, recently.
From the Kansas City Journal
University extension has spread to
Wichita
There IS woman IN town who does not
permit her husband to kiss her in the
mouth. She says the cheeks are good
enough. The husband has been to see his
lawyer about it.
From the Topeka Journal
\ Wichita chiropodist has bought a
music box. The principal tune it plays is
See the Corn curing Hero Comes"
A Wichita man who lost money in the
boom still has nightmares over his mis-
tune, and arouses the house four or five
nights out of the week.
From the Kansas City star
Wichita has literary league Some
Emporia women must have moved there.
From The Kansas City Journal
Wichita, according TO the EAGLE, is the
Divorce Paradise Of Southern Kansas"
The city library is getting up list of
new books and invites everybody 10 sug-
gest their favorite works. One man from
the West Side sent in two: Senator PET
fer's The Farmers Side" and is This
Your Son, Ny Lord?"
From the Arkansas City Traveller.
The Wichita EAGLE calls John L. Sulli
van 'slugger-laurate If John is the
slugger that Laura ate, she had a strong
stomach.
College Hill boasts that not one citizen
of that portion of town attended the John
L. Sullivan show.
From the Leavenvorth Times.
They have discovered an opium joint at
Wichita and Wichita is Mortified They
have many other joints that do not hor-
rify.
At party this week, where several of
the girls had TO come alone, one girl
boosted that she had five invitations. This
disguised the other girls and they have re-
solved to boycott her. She will not get a
bid to the new party.
From the Kansas City Journal,
There was waltz reception given in
Wichita last week The EAGLE under
takes to say that waltz reception diff
fers from the ordinary Wichita affairs"
in that there are not so many ''cowdrills"
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be real swell town.
There is one family in town who are
very poor. Finally they got down to the
bottom and had TO sell the family horse.
The next day the mother bought her girls
a new silk dress all around. Now they
are down to the bottom again with no
horse to sell.
From the state Journal
The Wichita EAGLE spoke of a recent
ball given there as "a social function,
after the New Year custom. \ delegation
Immediately called and demanded a retrac-
ton.
There is new man IN town who has
lots of money and sets the champagne up
to the boys every day. Strictly, if you
don't know him, you are not in il"
From the Cimarron New West,
Wichita has 13-year old boy who is
shorthand writer and can write 40 words
a minute. The liar again.
A Wichita man gives his female steno-
grapher vacation the first day of every
month. He has to pay big bills and he
wishes To be at liberty to swear as long
and as loud as be chooses.
From the Atchison Patriot.
If Marsh Murdock gets to be governor,
his son Eictor's literary knowledge will
come in good play Murdoch is hard
hitter, svt the English has a Wichita
touch about it that would hardly fit in the
state house. This Victor could fix uu.
aud Governor Murdock's state papers
would be equal to any written by Ward
Burlingame.
A Wichita young man returned from
Kelley institute in time TO give his girl
Kelley diploma for a valentine.
From the Kansas City Stsr.
Wichita is anxious TO become divorce
center Twenty women are now 'acquir-
ing a residence there for the purpose Of
breaking into court 1t IS quiet. retired
spot. and the uotoriety aud scandal that
usually characterize a suit for divorce are
avoided.
Mrs john Sullivan bore a striking re
semblauce 10 a prominent Wichita wo-
man.
The Wichita dude-Do yon think law
shall have a good beard:
North Main street barber after close in
spectiou( -I'm afraid not, sir.
He-Aw. really. Ny fawfher has aw
very fine beard. you know.
Barber-Maybe you take after your
mamma. sir.
From the CImzrroh New West.
Il IS said that the Wichita girls have
whistles in their corsets that send cut
shrill notes when pressed by a gentle
mans right arm. On cold evenings this
music begins at about ten O'Clock
A girl got the Mysteries at party this
week and cried like = baby. When she
went home she refused TO say goodbye or
even low, aud the hostess was greatly put
out. Il afterward transpired that through
some oversight the girl had not been
taken in 10 supper.
From tie Atcaisoa Patriot
obc tuahS ABOUT MARSH -AuEuOSA' nc -
swell dresser and great stickler for form
aud ceremony. As governor he would
stand the fashionable people of Topeka on
end Murdoch was not raised TO style, but
he catches on TO ali the fsds. and knows
tie correct thing. Ward NcAilister cIssses
fashionable people a. swells, very swells
and bowling swells. Murdcck ranks
with the latter.
FROM The Ohsasy BeraI4
Although Wichita has heen industrious
II working 20 secure the Democratic state