The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-01
Il is A LOW TRICK
A'OHIsoN BOYS MAKE A POOL OF 4
POOR OLD MAN.

B is Told of the Many Rich Widows I'm
Calls on One-She Catches on and Calls
in Several More Widows, Who An Join
In Guying the Old Fellow who is Child
ish-And Everybody Thinks 1t ID Funny
but the Poor Old Man Is I'm Dead Earn
est About Wanting to Marry.
Atchison, Kan, Oct 31.-An old man
-amed Charley Perry Of st. Joseph,
ame TO Atchison yesterday as the re-
alt of a practical joke. Several At
olison men had told Perry that Atchi-
son was full Of rich widows, who were
c-azy to get married and he had letters
II several of them. He called on one
o. the widows, and became somewhat
o. a nuisance in pressing his suit. The
widow he admired caught onto the joke
and sent for several other widows Of
her acquaintance, and made rather
Ounce of the old gentleman, who is
over 70-years-old Perry used to live
AT Weston. Mo-, and in his younger
days was quite prominent in Platte and
buchanan counties. Perry returned TO
St. Joseph in the evening, disappointed
at his failure TO form an alliance with
one of the widows. He has list OF
Atchison widows, and stated before he
left that he would call again The old
gentleman ii not as brisk mentally as
he was in his younger days when he liv-
ed at Weston.
HORNED RABBIT CAUGHT.
Dodge City, Kan. Oct. s1.-Two old
frontiersmen of this place, Badly"
Bond and "B9nty'' Reynolds, can GER
tainIy lay claim to the distinction OF
being the discoverers Of new species
Of the "a bbit family. While out shoot
ing in the immediate vicinity of this
city they killed either a most peculiar
freak Of nature of an animal the like
Of which has never been seen nor heard
Of in this section.
The 'varmont" has the general ap-
pearance of a common jack-rabbit, but
upon closer examination a perfect pair
of miniature horns were disclosed. The
horns are If a highly polished black,
bOny substance, about three-quarterS
of an inch in diameter at their base,
and taper in graceful lines to needle
like point about four inches from their
connection with the skull. These for
midable looking adjuncts TO the Kan
sas jack-rabbit are corrugated and
have a slightly backward curvation,
giving the animal a resemblance to a
dwarfed specimen Of the goat family
OF the William persuasion. The re-
semlblance is further heightened by a
luxurious hirsute growth of la PETER.
The animal was on exhibition here for
several hours, being examined by sew
era1 old timers. who have hunted and
trapped in this country for many years.
They all say, mo SIGH beast war ever
seen in these parts afOre." Bond and
Reynolds have sent the carcass to a
taixidermist in Denver, where 1t will
be properly mounted. after which they
will present it TO the Smithsonian insti-
tuition AT Washington, D. c.
J VETERAN FIGURES RIGHT.
| Topeka. Kan, Oct 31.-Rev. Bernard
kelly, in his recent speech in Topeka,
made the assertion that if the returns
jim Secretary Coburn's office show only
is. coo old soldiers in Kansas, they are
unreliable
Quite good deal of discussion has
followed as to what the right figures
should be. Congressman w. A. Cal
derhead lately addressed a letter to
Pension Agent George w. Click. asking
for the facts. and yesterday Mr.. Click
replied as follows:
MY Dear Sir Your letter Of the
2Sth is at hand, in which you say, L
notice a report Of Secretary C0hurn
that the returns in his office show about
$1,000 old soldiers in Kansas and which
you say is too small a number. You
also make the statement that you I'M
derstood me I'd say that here were
about a 900 soldiers in Kansas. I rec
Ollect the conversation, but have no
distinct recollection of the number I
gave you in the conversation, but from
the examination of the rolls in this
office, / think / gave you the number at
81, 600 pensioners. The report of Secre-
tary Coburn Of $4,000 soldiers IN Kan
Fas, if you mean by that those who are
drawing pensions, is substantially cor
rect.
THE number of pensioners on the
rolls of this agency on the 30th OF June
last was 104. $50. with a slight increase
monthly from that date to the present,
which would Indicate that the number
now it at least los Geo The records of
this office show upon the rolls 1887
pensioners residing in Kansas on the
Goth of June last. The records of the
pension department show that there
are about $500 pensioners in the state
of Kansas who draw their pensions al
other agencies than this. The records
Of this office show that this agency
pays pensions in every state and ter
Titory in the Union, excepting Alaska.
As near as I can ascertain from the
records without making an actual
count Of the names on the rolls. there
are about $500 widows on the rolls of
this agency. Deducting that number
from the 80. 900 pensioners now on the
rolls leaves about 81 500 male pensioners
in Kansas; and taking three-fourths OF
the pensioners residing in Kansas who
are males and who draw their pensions
at other agencies. would m ike about
g. $40 pensioners now actually residing
in the state Of Kansas, which would in
dictate that Secretary Coburr's report
was about as near correct as II could
be made when he has to rely only upon
the work OF township trustees and city
assessors.
Il think this gives you the facts as
they actually exist. as near as they can
be ascertainsd at this time, without
making an actual count OF the rolls.
which would require considerable Ia Dor
From the best data that can be OPP
tanned / think there are about 1000 ex-
soldiers in Kansas, WIG are not draw
Ing pensions"
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