The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-21
ABOUT KANSAS.

Neal Scanlop, restaurant keeper in
Atchisou. will shortly come into the pos
session of SAC, 600 in cash by the death of a
rich uncle in Ontario.
Major L. f.. Woodu, prominent citi.
zen of Arkansas City and member of the
a. O. L. W., died at his home in that
place "A few days ago.
E. c. Little, late United States consul at
Cairo. Egypt, is again at his home in Abb
lene. He spent eleven months in the land
Of the Pharaohs aud had altogether a
delightful experience.
1t begins to look like the good offices of
Ms. Leases Peace society will have TO be
invoked to end the war that is getting
under way between its namesake and the
Salina suffrage champion.
The young ladies of Washburn college
now practice in the gymnasium. They
have new suits which closely resemble
those of the Turks. The boys are barred
from watching them exercise.
Judge Foster of the federal court, Kan
sas district, will spend the winter in Gal
weston, Tex instead of Florida AS previous
ly announced He will go to Galveston
about the first of November, accompanied
by his family.
1t is said there are some twenty-five
young women in Fort Scott who want to
get married so as to give their younger
sisters chance to wear good clothes.
Well, this is the time OF year for such
things to take place.
The Gazette says that according to sta
tistics there are $500 young men in Law
renee, and only $50 of these are enrolled as
church members. Perhaps statistical
statement, along the same lire. as to the
ton of the first showing.
All together there have been thirty-six
''co-operative boarding houses" establish
ed in Kansas recently, and only one of
them, the one at Junction City, has sur.
vived, and that is not in as fourishing
condition as it "uster was"
The Topeka Journal throws this ray of
light on dark subject of local bearing:
1t is believed that the reason why Diogenes
couldn't find an honest man with his Lam
tern was because he had Topeka street
lamp. He couldn't have found anybody.
The halo of glory that heretofore has
surrounded woman at Topeka is gone for
ever. A woman and man quarreled
about a COW up there the other day, and
when tho woman got through with the
man he looked worse than a whipped
rooster. She plead guilty in police court
with the nonchalance of n regular.
The Republicans and Democrats Of
Geary county will fuse in the present local
campaign-not on a county ticket, but on
the proposition TO change the name of the
county back to Davis. made by the Pops
in honor of Congressman Davis of that
district, as they allege. The Republicans
and Democrats oppose the change
A good story Is told on justice of the
peace, somewhere in Kansas. but not in
Atchison county. A case was before his
honor in which a young man was on trial
for stealing a saddle. The time came for
the county attorney to say: ''Your honor
will please charge the jury" After con-
siderable hesitancy the justice delivered
the following charge: "Gentlemen. l know
you are all hard-working and oppressed
men. The iron heel of Shylock is grinding
you down. [ hate to do it, but at the COM
mand of the county attorney you know |
must. l therefore charge you % cents
apiece" The Case was appealed to the
district court.