The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-08
ABOUT KANSAS

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county will be better provided with rough
feed for the coming winter than for many
years. Along the bottom there are hun
dreds of haystacks in sight ard still more
being put up, aud there is no end OF sor-
ghum, miller, corn, fodder, etc.
Great Bend Register: A very peculiar
| circumstance reached US in connection
with the death of daughter OF Joseph
Evans, residing south OF Eilinwood. The
little girl had been sick for some time, and
on Sunday evening the canary bird, q
sweet singer, began to MARBLE its song in a
very low, soft and nuffied tone for five
minutes, during which time the little
| angel girl was sleeping in death. and the
singing ceased. The singular and extra
ordinary conduct of the bird is remarka-
BILE. and the strange phenomenon was in
stantly oticed by all present
1t is announced from Topeka that the
board of railroad commissioners will
| probably announce their decision in the
Wichita rate case some time during the
coming week, and il the decision is favor
able to Wichita several central Kansas
towns will make requests for the same
| rate.
| The Republican committee of Saline
county has secured Speaker George L.
Douglass for an address to the people of
that county on next Monday, tomorrow.
Mr.. Douglass is an able public speaker and
is in touch with the masses OF the people.
Two farmers in Reno county had a
quarrel the other day that resulted in one
of them having both ears bitten of.
1t has been a full week since the Rev.
DR. Page of Leavenworth said that he be-
lieved that the word "heathen" should
have new definition or application; that
this country contained more heathens and
worse oues thon some of the so-called
heather countries. Leavenworth having
its full share Of them. and not word of
refutation has appeared in the Times to
this good day.
1t has been discovered from investiga-
tons of the land commissioner at WASH
ington that Lane county still has $3.50
acres of government land subject to settle
ment under the old homestead law. Here
is a rare opportunity for the homeseeker
with little or no capital. The Dighton
Herald declares that ''pluck and deter
mination are the only requisite qualifica-
tions to success in this country" And
they are necessary accomplishments any
where and everywhere.
The Emporia lodge of /. o. o. f. he's
donated $25 for the purchase of seed wheat
for the Odd Fellows of Linn county. The
Dighton Herald says this is the highest
amount received from any one lodge.
Hays City Sentinel: Hays City is safe;
let the grand march proceed. There is
IL 80 49,, L.
AFTER the Ball" and Daddy Won't Buy
Me Bow Wow"
W. w. Alsip, brakeman on the Mis-
souri, Pacific, was killed at Fort Scott Fri
day morning by being caught between two
cars. The drawbacks slipped. Alsp was
a member of the A. o. U. w. and other
orders.
The new election law of Kansas requires
nominees for state and judicial Offices to
file certificates of their nomination with the
secretary of state thirty days before the
election. Judges are to be elected in thir- |
teen districts this fall, and certificates OF |
have been filed as follows:
Tenth district-Johnson and Miami |
counties-John L. Burris, DEM, and E. B. |
Gill. Pop
Fifteenth-Mitc Osborn, Smith and |
Heren, Pop; T. j. Knight, |
Rep, and Charles H. Nicholas. Dem.
Sixteenth-Pawnee,E Edwards and Hodge
man-F. S. Hatch, Pop. and 5. w. Vandi.
vert, Rep.
eventeenth-Philips, Norton, Decatur,
Rawlins and Cheyenne-A. c. L. Geiger. |
Pop; G. Webb Bertram, Dem, and George
A. Spaulding, Rep.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES j. A. Burnette,
Rep, and j. Z. Halsell. Dem.-Pop.
Twentieth-Rice. Barton aud Stafford
Ansell X. Clark, Rep.-Iud., and j. H.
kailey. Pop.-Dem.
Twenty .first-Riley. Marshall and Clay
Theodore II. Pollock. Pop. Sam Kimball,
Dem. and R. B. Spilman. Rep.
Thirtieth-Ottawa and Saline-R F.
Thompson, Republican, r. A. Leavitt,
Popuiist. and Charles A. Hitler, Demo-
GRAFT.
Thirty frst-Meade, Clark and Co
G. Price, Republican and f.
NJ. Davis, Populist
Thirty ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Stevens. Nor
ton, Haskell and St.ntOn-W. e. Hutch
inson, Republicans, T. w. Marshall, Pop
ulist and A. B. Reeves, Democrat
Thirty -third-Rush. Ness, Lane, Scott,
Wichita and Greeiey-J. +. Andrews,
PopulIst and J. :. Caldwell, Republican.
L. a. Jenkins, Democrat, has also been
nominated in this district, but he has not
fled certificate, and as he is already
county attorneyit is not believed be will.
Thirty-fOurth-Rooks, Graham, Sheri-
dan, Thomas aud Sherman-Charles w.
Smith, Republican and w. S. Wilcoxson,
Popullst.
Thirty hfth-Pottowatomie Waubaun-
see and Osage-L W. Fitzgerald, Populist-
Democrat aud William Thomon, Repub-
llcan.