The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-26
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The Winfield Courier says the question
and its answer down in Cowley county
are; How is your wheat?" All right
there's no fles on it
| Geuda Springs don't give cent whether
/ the crinoliue craze strikes that resort OF
not; it is already under petticoat dominion
IA woman mayor and council entire.
! The mortgages recorded in Chautauqua
county for the first half of the current
month aggregated only 81, 80, while the
mortgage releases amounted to S9,4S0
Winfield roller mills turn out l 400 bar
rels Of flour every day and the thought OF
such an enterprise in successful operation
in the capital of Cowley county tlckles the
Courier d most TO death.
There are 295 young women at the Kan
sas university this year-nearly 100 more
than were in attendance year ago And
the coming young men view the prospect
i've situation with complaisancy.
or course Topeka looks leniently upon
Salinas recent lynchiDg. 1t Is case of
'wonderous kind" Lawrence should not
scold too hard, either-Lat's change the
subject aud talk about something else.
The Odd Fellows of Garden City will
celebrate the seyeLty-fourth anniversary
OF the order, on Wednesday, April 20, 1898,
and a cordial invitation is extended to all
Odd Fellows in southwest Kansas.
Assistant Attorney General Noah Allen
wrote an opinion today in which he con-
strues the Insurance laws to prohibit
mutual fire insurance companies from in
surfing school houses. Score point for
the old line companies.
Bobby Burns poetic yearn of
Oh, wad some power the giftie gle us
10 see ourSeiS AS Others see US,
doesn't fit Fort Scott any more: she manu-
features as fine grade of mirrors dis are
produced in the country.
The cold snap of last Wednesday night
nipped the young corn SO badly down III
Chatauqua county that much of it had to
be plowed up and the ground replanted.
\ severe storm in the northern part of
that and the southern part of Elk county
did considerable damage to young crop
and fruit.
The wives of the local ministers in
Atchison and the probate judge are war
ring over the matter of performing the
marriage ceremony: the Judge gets the
bulk of the business, which deprives
the good women of what they regard as
theirs by moral right, in fees to their
husbands
The Fredonia Citizen says Wilson
county has a considerable increased acre
age planted to corn this spring Another
thing, no ground Is going uncropped this
year. There has been inquiry for land to
rent that has caused every acre to be Gull !
tivated and planted The weather, too, |
has been favorable.
Secretary Mohlor OF the state board of I
agriculture is sending out blanks to his |
asking for a statement re- !
garding the production Of broom corn,
which will be used III his special worlds I
AR report. He hopes to make sweeping
'eport in favor of this valuable and i'm
)ortant crop.
The farmers out in the western reserve /
ire not discouraged by the unfayorable
conditions Of the wheat crop. They have
chance to hedge on broom corn next
month should the wheat crop fail. 1t is a
natter of fact that broom corn has paid
he farmers of western Kansas double the
AMOUNT to the acre in the past three years
hat wheat has. 1t is..s sure crop, and there
S money in its cultivation,
The Equal Suffrage society of Wyan-
Iotte county are just now rastling with
he dress reform problem, and it is evident
hat they do not intend to yield TO the
threatened orinoliue innovation, either.
IN the contrary the chances are that dress
kirts Will be abbreviated TO greater ex-
ent than heretofore. That's more sensi-
lie. What's the while to trust 10 the
aprices OF the wind to display shapely
cot and aukle-oblects OF universal add
the distended skirt involves,
nd that without affording any compensa-
ion in appearance IN returns
The last member of the state board of
ducation has been appointed 10 the person
+ DR. Phillips Of Winfield. The board
ow consists OF the following persons: II.
!. Gaines, state superintendent OF public
Instruction; 4. r Taylor president 81 the
tate normal az Emporis: George T. FAIR
bid. president of the state agricultural
ollege at Manhattan; T. H. Snow. pyesi-
ent of the state university at Lawrence;
William Striker. president OF the Fort
colt normal college; \. :. DIN. superiu-
sndent city schools of Kansas City, Kan;
'r. Philips. president Of the Methodist
ollege ut Winfield
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