The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-13
ABOUT KANSAS.

| Kansas has ninety cities and
towns with more than / 1000 inhabitants.
NJ d. Henderson has been appointed
secretary of the railroad commissioners.
The position is worth 1880 a year.
The Young Mems Chris tian association
of Lcavenworth has bought three lots for
$1,000 cash, on which it will build large
hail
Among those killed by the cyclone in
Oklahoma, Il week or so ago, was Elmer
Chichester, who used to live in Sterling,
Rice county.
A livery barn at Geneseo burned be-
tween and o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. Five head OF horses were consumed
in the building.
The governor Friday offered 5000 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of par
ties who hung the colored man Dan
Adams at Saliva.
G. T. Mead succeeds C. Z. Seeley as
postmaster at Spivey. He is the second
Kingmnn county Democrat to get pull
at the pie counter.
Coal has been discovered in the eastern
part of Cowley county. Expert miners
believe that further investigation will find
it in paying quantities.
James w. Parker, of Atchison, has
apple orchards. which cover III the aggre-
gaze an area of 600 acres. The fruit this
season in all probability will exceed $780,
600 in value.
Truth was too quick for the lie for once,
T;f E.t-n l. Il,
knocked the wind out of it before it got
cieveriy started.
Railroad Commissioners Hall and Vim
cent have drawn their pay from February
25 the day the old commissioners were
officially notified TO turn over the office to
the new members.
Mrs. Lease danced at the boilermakers
ball in Topeka Wednesday night. The
ball was big event, but the dancing of
the noted reform leader was the most in
terestng feature of that event.
Kansas had on March l, SO4, 9S3 horses:
20, $50 mules; 731 $50 mich cows; LOS, 1868
other cattle; 240, sos sheep; 1905, O9S hogs,
and plenty of provender 10 keep them I'M
til their owners are ready to sell.
Atchison still holds the cinch on the
meanest man. His latest manifestation is
to give his children a nickel apiece to 90
to bed early. When they are asleep he
takes them away aud makes them believe
the booggers took them during the night.
| Some of the papers Throughout the state
are publishing as the dates for the
| Hutchinson reunion August - to August
20. These dates shonld be August Is to 10.
Adjutant General Campbell requests all
papers that have published the wrong
dates TO correct the same.
The term of federal court which was to
convene Monday at Fort Scott, has been
| postponed owing TO the Inability OF Judge
| Williams to preside. Judge Riner and
| Judge Phillips are engaged in holding
| court in their respective places, and-c0n-
! sequently neither can be on hand.
Secretary of State Osborn has had TO-
! 000 copies of the Australian ballot law
| and 10000 copies of the Douglass election
! law printed. According to H resolution of
! the Legislature they are to be distributed
among members of the senate and house
and the secretary is now sending them out.
Salina people are divided in regard 70
/ the genuiueness OF the petrified man who
was exhibited there last Week, and are in
cliued 10 refer the matter to the petril lied
I man himself. BY the way. why doesn I
| the poor mans friends carry him 10 d.
Flint and havs him snap off the cataleptic
! spells
The Hutchinson News says apples ara
/ in the best condition that they have ever
/ been IN the history OF Reno county, aud
If nothing binders the development OK tue
| myriads OF little shapes uow on the linn bs
there will be a wonderful crop Of this
popular, luscious fruit. Other fruit:
promise a fair average crop.
The Pratt. Republican tells o: R German
family residing IN that county that is re
mRrkabie in some res poets The father i
/ 81 and the mother is +0yesrs old; they have
I been married y years and have had Is
/ children, - Of which are still living. They
! went TO Pratt very poor tkirteen years ngo,
aud now own three quarter sections OF
good land unjncumbsred.
The Mexican who Was suspected OF com
hitting the outrage upon Mrs. Frost =;
| Salina some weeks ayo, aud fer which
crime a negro came near losing his life al
the hands % a mob, returned 70 SaliRs
! Wednesday. The Mexican claims that he
can easily establish his Whereabouts at ae
time OF the outrage; that be was in Col
orado. where lie has been since until hi.
! voluntary return to Sslina- The ACCUSE
tiou against him IS oesgg officially lavesti-
gated.