The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
JOrTINGo ABOUT KANSAS,

An enterprising Copeland county farmer
of Populistic proclivities feeds his fowls
freely on mint. trying TO induce them to
lay coin-bearing eggs.
Rev. Alva Prescott, who was seut to th e
insane asylum from Sumner county few
days ago, died there GU the 10Th Of No
venber. He was So years old.
Will Sells will winter his show in To.
peka, at which announcement the capital
city claps its hand, in delight. Monkey
business is 2-peky's greatest hold.
The city council OF Abilene passed an
ordinance imposing "A small occupation
tax. to make good a prospective shortage
of 81, 900 in the city's revenues.
The quarterly meeting of the state board
of health, the north and south railroad
convention. and the annual meeting of the
State Farmers Alliance convention consti-
tute the bill of attractions for Topeka this
week.
A good vein of coal has been found on
the edge of the land on which the State
Soldiers Orphans home at Atchison is
situated and number of Atchson men
are anxious to secure permission from the
state to work the mine.
A. A. Denton of Sterling has sent 1900
gallons of sorghum syrup to the Medicine
Lodge sugar mills this year to be run
through the centrifugals to separate the
sugar from the syrup. This was done
successfully last year and with great
profit.
The supreme court Of Kansas convened
Tuesday for the December session of the
July term. The session is chiefly remark
able for the number of exceedingly import
ant decisions thatwill in all probability be
handed down on Saturday, which will in
cIude the Symns Grocery case, from Atchi-
son, involving question of railroad rates.
The irrigation idea is to be given addi-
tional scope in Reno county. The farmers
will construct lakes and reservoirs and
stock them with food fishes, from which
they calculate to realize an Income that
will more than reimburse them for the
outlay in preparing for it, thus giving
them the crop benefits from the water sup
ply free of cost.
The announcement last week that the
Spirit Of Matte Shawhan was abou to
take its fl ght from Burden so moved the
hearts of the Burdenese that they come to
the rescue with such generous pledges of
support that the fair propretress was con-
strained to take it all back, which she did,
like this: Leave you? No my darliu'
Not while the bread aud butter holds out,
and the coal box is not empty, and the
cabbages are rolled in on subscription"
The state treasurer's report for Novem-
Der, just issued, shows the following:
Tue receipts ut the state treasury during
November were S44 71716. disbursements
Sl20, 4S7. 81, aud the balance at the close Of
the mouth S67S. 73l. So The receipts in the
general revenue fund were S33. 100 "a.
against SIS, 33l II fer October. The dis
bursemen from this fund were S97 915,
against SIP, lSS for the previous month.
Bonds to tue amount of Sl4, $50 were pur-
chased during the month, and SO, 100 of
bonds were paid off. The receipts In the
general revenue fund were from the fol-
lowing sources: State taxes. SO, 304 IS;
earnings OF state penitentiary, $3.50 80,
Topeka insane asylum. S5l7.26; Osawat-
omie insane asylum, S672.S0; secretary Of
state fees, S115 CO.