The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-25
JOTTINGs ABOUT KANSAS

| Hog thieves are reported to be plying
their vocation in the vicinity OF Caldwell
with very good success.
The snowfall of Tuesday extended west
to the Colorado line. It appeared to bt
heaviest in Pawnee and Edwards counties
Major E. n. Morrill's successor as ,
member of the national board of direct Or,
for soldiers homes will be selected il
! December.
Last Sundays New York Herald print:
pictures of Miss Peffer and Miss Perkins
both of Kansas, in an article on Wash
| ipgton Bellies"
The Kansas City Journal is authority
| for the statement that Kansas Populist
has varied The monotony 10y shooting Of
| his hand instead Of his mouth.
| Everything presents peaceful aspect al
| Weir City, and telegram from head
quarters states that all is serene and the
/ mines are working their full force again.
DR.. Eva Harding of Topeka is a candi
| date for position as local Santa Fee physi-
| clan. Her candidacy is said TO be more in
| the interest Of the homeopathic school OF
medicine than of her sex.
A f1ue article OF potter's clay has been
discovered near Topeka, but it is not
claimed that there is any political signii-
canoe in the find, hence no jealousy OF
even suspicion is aroused thereby.
Two hundred thousand bushels OF wheat
is low estimate of Scott county's produc-
ton for the next season. The Republican
says an average OF one hundred acres to
. ho s,,r bar 1o1.y
1t is announced from Topeka that Attor-
ney General Little will prosecute the lot
terry shop people of Kansas City, personally,
moving against the whole shooring-match
in one grand swoop Little thinks the
governor will authorize him to do this,
which authority is a necessary concession
precedent.
Baldwin city intends to graft another
joint on ton of her fagmast as SOON as the
town-carpenter can spare the time. Bald
win High School beat Lawrence High
School at football. The situation may
take shape yet that the X. S. US will nave
to unlimber their legs and give the upish
Baldwins a touch down or two.
The insurance adjus:ers and the trus-
tees of the Atchison county high school,
which WAS recently destroyed by fire, are
unable to agree upon the amount of the
loss. The trustees want Sl5.000 the full
amount of the insurance. but the adjusters
want to settle for $4,000. The building
cost $50, 500 and is almost total loss.
Bishop Vincent will give the Methodist
ministers of Kansas q treat next May that
promises much pleasure and profit to them.
1t is q Chautauqua for ministers who be-
long to the MetE odlst conference in this
stale. The meeting will last about week
aud the best instructors in the country
will be brought here for the especial train
ing of ministers.
The Kansas conferences will be held
during Marcn, 1884, as follows:
Kansas conference, at Abilene, March Z,
Bishop Vincent to preside.
South Kansas, Parsons, March IA,
Bishop Mallalieu.
Southwes Kansas, Wellington, March
81. Bishop Mallalieu.
Northwest Kansas conference, Good
land, March %, Bishop Mallalieu.
Charles Holiday, worlds fair commits
sioner from Kansas, has returned to Chi
cago, where he will spend most Of the
winter in the settlement of the worlds fair
business. Mr. Holiday is one of the two
auditors Of the commission, and the work
of auditing all of the claims will take
about six months. Hon. j. r. Burton, MS
a member Of the executive committee ma
tional commission, will also spend great
deal of time for the next six months in the
settlement of worlds fair business.
Salina Republican,: The things which a
Kansas travelling man is not able to turn
his hand to in Cases of emergency are
hardly worthy Of enumeration. In Hill
City and HoXie two churches have recent
ly been without pastors. Both of these
charges wanted u preacher and it is re-
ported that Mr.. j. b. Ruhl, one Of Salinas
popular travelling men, has consented to
fill both pulpits free Of charge during the
hard times, preaching at HoXie one Sun
day and at Hill City the next.