The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-29
ABOUT KANSAS

The treasury OF Arkansas City has S26.-
| 416 in cash on hand
The railroad assessors start on their
| annual trip April f.
Hon. Lewis Hanback, will locate in Ar
gentine to practice law.
Meade Center post 35S G. A. r, lost
everything it possessed in q fire on Wednes-
day night.
The Presbyterian church at junction
City has elected full board OF trustrees
entirely of women.
Judge William Ulstun. prominent cit
| lien Of Emporia, died Sunday evening at
| his home in that place.
The total registration of Atchison in
round numbers is 1900. Three hundred
| and twenty of these are women.
The auditor of state received fourteen
assistant sergeant-at-arms vouchers from
Emporia Monday, and sent the money TO
the holders.
The state executive council will meet
today and name the official state paper to
succeed the Capital The choice lies be-
tween the Advocate and the Press.
There is plenty of old wheat left in Kan
sas to feed the farmers whether the new
crop pans out or not This is not meant
to imply doubt about the new crop; its
all right.
The Democrats of Atchison have at last
got a candidate for mayor, after repeated
trials. The wilin' Barkis steps into the
arena with Bland and inquiring smile
on his face.
The senate investigating committee still
has about $500 of its appropriation IN the
treasury There will not be very much
more Investigating; it won't take long TO
devour that sum.
Department. Commander Kelly has
gone to Indianapolis to make arrange
ments for the Kansas delegation to the
national encampment to be held there
next September.
A Brown county farmer recently bought
a calf for which he paid s., 600. In driving
it home the calf became obstreperous and
the farmer kicked it to death. He sold
the hide for 50 cents.
Medicine Lodge Cresset: Eli Benedict
has received information that the manage
ment of the state experimental farm at
Manhattan will establish sui stations at
different parts of the state.
c. P. Hovey, who has been travelling
auditor for the Missouri Pacific for sew
eral years, has been succeeded by A II.
Harvey of Nebraska City. Mr.. Hovey
goes to Texarkana, where he has accepted
a position on the Cotton Belt.
A number of physicians at Fort Scott
prepared to perform an operation on
lady at that place, to remove what they
decided was an ovarian tumor, but to
their utter surprise they discovered that
the patient was suffering from an enlarge
ment of the spleen.
Secretary Mohler says that the Solomon
valley is the ''best place in Kansas" 1t
will not be denied that the Solomon is IL
fine country, but the facts that Mohler
lives up there, and has never been i'll the
garden valley of the Arkansas. render it
necessary to take Martins twitter with
some grains.
Atchison Patriot: Farmers in Atchison
and Brown counties do not agree with
Agriculturist Mohler in his report of the
condition of the wheat crop. The rainfall
has been unusually heavy during the win
eSI dhA ~ A"A tAiS SPaAhs oAN VIZ SsAo~AN
is moist and the wheat we'll sprouted,
though in some places where there was
great exposure the tops are frozen off.
But with this snow and the occasional
rains we shall have during the spring, the
wheat crop will be an average one.
The worlds fair board received grape
vine ten feet long and twenty inches i'll
from a Troy farmer. 1t
will be sent to Chicago. The ladies of
Blue Rapids are making model OF the
dam and bridge situated there. 1t Will be
upon pedestal of limestone,
such as is used for building stone. The
seal which will be used by the board is
being made. It has sunf1ower in the
center, and was designed by Mrs. A. NJ.
Clark.
Commissioner Kern of the state worlds
fair board, who is ia Chicago. writes to
the board at Topeka that creditable dis
play in the agricultural department can
net be made unless that department. has
at least $50, 600. Only $1,000 was appor
toned to that department by the board.
Mr.. Kern also writes that the Kansas
building is in bad condition, and that
the plastering is coming off in several
places. An expenditure of about $500 will
be required.-Press.