The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-03
FOR KANS 4 Ms ONLY.

There is a new story out of how oil was
discovered In southwestern Kansas IL
may or may not be true.
Some months ago q Chicago man named
Fisk appeared at one of the now prosper
| Gus towns and found it extremely dull.
He worked around among the citizens for
| an idea, and finally came out ono day and
declared there was oil in the ground.
As this did not create any great amount
Of enthusiasm, he went further and guar
anteed to secure oil from the ground for
500. The citizens took him Up. The hole
was dug; the crowd came out to see the
test. The charge was lowered into the
hole; the goodwill shot down; the flames
burst forth and Fisk got his $l80.
The surrounding country became wild
oyer the oil. Other wells were dug and
they were all sources of wealth. As it is
today, it became a hard matter to buy q
farm at reasonable figure.
But strange to say, Fisk disappeared A
few hours after he received his money he
was seen to board train and people soon
forgot him.
The other day Fisk came back. OF
course the people gave him warm recep-
ton. They regarded him as u sort Of
Columbus. and Landed him to the skies.
But there was something on Fisk's mind
and he appeared uneasy and restless.
One day he took one OF tho prominent
men Of the town to one side and said:
''See here. want to eonflde in you. Pll
be plain. Ny conscience hurts me. I
don't like these people here to laud me to
the skies. tried to do them dirt"
"You tried to do them dirti Why, man,
you discovered oil here"
"No, didn't. didn't know there was
oil here"
'But you demonstrated It."
''Maybe did. but didn't know there
was oil here"
"Didn't you see it the morning We shot
| that WELL"
"That is what I want to ease my con-
science of, said Fisk, talking in whispers.
II was trying to work tho town. The
night before we shot that well shipped
six barrels Of crude oil In from Kansas
City and sailed it don't deserve any of
this praise. 1t makes me sick at heart"
Ex-senator John ]. Ingalls, had debate
the other day with tramp who was
| begging money to get to his home in Massa-
that man without money was as we'll off
in one place as in another, and the tramp
argued not. The tramp won. Ingalls,
| acknowledged it by giving him quarter.
Lawrence is talking of erecting q monu-
ment to the men whom Quantrell sIaught-
cred. The people in this movement will
have tho magnificent monument which
| in 70
Plumb always before them ~ beacon OF
| encouragement in the task.
| The race for the chairmanship Of the
Republican state convention has narrowed
down between Farmer Smith and Sam
Peters of Newton, with the Farmer away
| in the lead and bearing down on his ellipti-
cal sprocket harder at every pedal.
Ed. Howe of the Atchison Globe says:
A woman is never too busy to read short
| love story. We saw a woman the other
day with . crying baby in front of her. and
scrubbing brush and soap on the floor
beside her, but she had forgotten all in
reading . story about a girl who loved
duke.
Professor Dyche of the Kansas University
| will start fl few days for the North
Pole. It is not known what persimmon
Dyche is after, but it must hang high.
Next Wednesday when Major Morrill,
walks off with the nomination Ed. Hoch
will realize that there is something more
fatal than the letter which never came. 1t
is the letter that came too soon.
In Kansas day may mean big corn
| crop.