The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-28
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| Congressman Funston is a strong man
He has to be. He lifts his voice so much.
A search has revealed that there is not 8
public man in Kansas who does not either
smoke or chew.
The Atchison encRmpment developed
the fact that there are only two colonies
left of the "A or p commissioned by Kan
sas
When man spells as poorly as Jerry
Simpson, it must make him feel faint
when he thinks of such words as ASA
foetida"
Wilmington of Lincoln, the one-eyed
Alliance man who was always bobbing up
in the last legislature, is after Congress
man Bakers place.
Kansas doesn't get the distinguished
visitors, Oklahoma does. Richard Hard
Ing Davis, the leading young writer OF
America is visiting in Oklahoma.
The name of firm at Logan, Kan, is
81. ID. Edmond, 1st and 2nd" The two
members of the firm are uncle and
nephew, both named j. d. Edmond.
The st. Louis convention declared that
''those who will not work must not eat"
1t will be remembered that a good many
of the Alliance statesmen do not eat. They
feed.
PETER occasionally gets compliment
Senator Hale of Maine says his eulogy on
Plumb has never been equaled in the halls
of congress. But that is putting it a
little strong.
The man who soberly says "you better
not make fun of Jerry Simpsons spelling
it will elect him again, may not mean
it SO, but he is insulting the intelligence of
the Kansas people.
Clay Center has the two youngest liv-
ing representatives of the famous Dutch
Van RENSSELAER, family. They are going
to New York this spring TO attend
family reunion.
War, today. would not have the horrors
for Ingalls, that it did thirty years ago on
the open plains of Kansas. There are not
so many more trees, but the telegraph
poles are more plentiful
The private library of the late Senator
Plumb has been presented to the state
normal. That the normal should have
this was the expressed wish of Senator
Plumb The GIFT consists of 1000 volumes
of carefully selected public documents and
is very valuable addition to the library
of the state normal.
a famous man like John J. Iugalls
suffers a good deal from people trying to
say bright things before him. The morn
ing before the recent encsmpment at
Atchison. man met ingalls, on the street
and began to smile and the ex senator
spoke out quickly: For heavens sake,
don't crack any joke about me joining the
6. A. r."
During luil in the house the other day
when the members We're all mapping, one
Of the Kansas congressman, presumably
Jerry Simpson, arose from his seat and
stepped into the aisle:
Mr.. Speaker" he said, 81 move"
Mr.. Simpson of Kansas moves"
''Into another seat" said Jerry, taking
4 chair on the other side of the aisle with
4 broad grin.
This conversation is said to have actually
in an Illinois grocery store. The
grocery store belonged TO man who had
1een out in Kansas and busted and the |
oafers were firing into the state for all it |
vas worth. The grocery man, strange to |
'elate took the part of the sunfower state |
why, said one, what's the matter with |
Tou? Didn't you go out in Kansas and |
.ome back busted higher'n kite?"
YES" said the groceryman. "but l |
earned enough from the sharp competi-
ion out there to come back here and |
make a fortune"