The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-06
ABOUT KANS AS.

John Stevens, farmer near Garden
| City, is making $40 an acre off alfalfa.
Miss Ruth Martin, eldest daughter of
the late Governor Martin, will be married
at Atchison today. Wednesday. to Paul G.
/ Lonsg of that city.
John Brown, Jr., son of Ossawatomie
! Brown, Will be at the Kansas building and
be entertained by Kansas people Kansas
week at the worlds fair.
Bishop John H. Vincent is expected to
arrive in Topeka this week with his fami-
| ly and Will reside in the Methodist Episco-
pal residence where Bishop Ninde former
| ly lived.
A load of siXty.two pound wheat brought
A cents at Coffeyville the other day and
the market was SO stiff that the buyers
had to flip up pennies to decide who
would get it.
Winfield Courier: S. F. Todd, state
labor commissioner, arrived in the city
yesterday and remained until today.
Everybody kept close watch on their
private letters while he was in town.
General James A. Underwood, one of
the Oldest settlers in Rice county, and the
'NAbCl VI lAiS AStNa was
killed last week by the cars. His paper
was unique specimen OF journalism.
James Craig of Finney county. lost 100
acres OF fine alfalfa seed faw days ago 10y
the ravages of some kind OF worm. The
Garden City Herald says whole fields were
! destroyed in an incredibly short time
DR.. s. c. Bell. a prominent citizen of
Attica, died at his home in that place on
Sunday and was buried Tuesday afternoon
I The deceased was prominent Mason and
the funeral was conducted by that order
The Hutchinson News, speaking of
Populist reform, says: at has cost Reno
county Sc to have the windmill at the poor
farm inspected by a man who doesn't
know Ferris wheel from monkey
wrench.
The police court at Arkansas City got
81, AGO out Of the boomers aud their friends
last week. 1t isn't any wonder, with such
TAT picklngs. that they should minify the
crowd OF strip invaders now there and
thereby invite Others 10 come.
Oxfords Mocking Bird he's ceased to
chirrup but shat good town will not be
without a medium of iutercommunication
with the balance OF the world Editor
Macdonald will continue 10 Register the
doings thereabout.
\ gorilla was reported to have escaped
from Cook 81 Wbitby's circus at Lawrence
few months ago and WAS afterwards said
to have been seen near Olathe He, she or
IT appeared in the country near Topeka
the past week and well nigh stampeded
the community,
Bishop Atticus G. Hagood who has
been in Kansas, visiting several towns the
past week, Is credited TO several southern
states. He belongs to Georgia, ana has
for many years been at the head OF the
Methodist State university at Oxford, in
Newton county.
On Friday, Sept. l. 1898. the Prohibition
party of Harvey county met in couveu-
ton, and nominated full county ticket.
The animating inspiration Of third party
pgohibitIoniSts is that of "rule or RUM
Failing 10 further maintain the first as 10
the Republican party. they are now DELHI
eTaiely engaged in the second and last
part OF their inspiration.
The great Worlds Fair poultry show
opens soon after the fair at Topeka closes
aud birds must have a record 10 be en-
tered. Expert markers from the National
Poultry association will assist in the
scoring at Topeka, thus determining
whether birds shown there are entitled TO
he entered 1t tie worlds fair \ snecisl
car VIII carry the Kansas coops direct To
Chicago.