The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-18
HE HAS DIVIDED 1T
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ing you have found a bag Of gold, and
waking up 20 discover you have the
cholera murbus. And yet, il has a funny
side. After doing enough solid hard work
since We have been in Kansas TO have
entitled US TO be worth a million dollars
il sounds funny TO have ii said, when
we indulge in the luxury of a new shirt
or a clean pair of socks, Where did he
get the money? He sold outi'
It may perhaps not be amss 10 stae
that from 1871 to 1872 we were Grand
Master Of the Grand Lodge Of Odd Fel-
lows Of Kansas, during which year, the
order enjoyed an unprecedented degree
of prosperity, notwithstanding. Il will
be seen from this that we have been
"Squeegee.
Now perhaps some people will think
we should have been more serious in
this autobiography; that too much lev
ity pervaIes il. We have always been
accused Of indulging too much in Ievity,
and looking al the ridiculous side of ev-
ery.hing. Well, there is fun in every
,Eing, if i: can only be smelted out
When We arrive al that condition where
We can nor see fun in anything, and en-
joy il, W. wan; to die, and go TO heaven.
TWO BAD BOYS.
Newton, Fan, April l7.-Christopher
Natioa aad Floyd Merchant. the two
Emporia small boys who were arrested
last week for attempting to wreck a train
were brought before Probate Judge John
son this morning and given a short ex-
animation, after which il was decided
advisable TO summon additional Witness
es and the case was accordingly post
poned until 4:S0 this afternoon
The evidence against the boys is COM
plete and there is every indication thai:
they are both slated 10 spend the next
few years in the Topeka reform school
Il is believed that the fortunate pass
age Of a gang o. section men by me
place where the obstrucyions were placed
: is all that saved the north-bOund passen-
( ger. No. 5. from a serious wreck.
| The boys are both less than sixteen
years old. and the offense with which
/ ;hey are charged is very serious one
for such young culpri,s. Special Agent
! ]. T. Botkin of the Santa Fe has spent
several days on the case and believes he
| has secured conclusive evidence against
/ them. both through his personal investi-
/ cation and through the boys own con-
/ LESSONS. They both had run away from
+ their homes a. Emporia and had attempt
I Cd 20 beat their way south on the Santa
Fe They succeeded in reaching Pea
+ body. but when a few miles south ~
/ there they wer put of by the b-akemen
/ Of the Jrain in which they were riding.
and ii was probably their anger over
/ this that put the idea ot wrecking the
train into their heads
| They evidently continued their way
south along the railway rack az once
/ and when they reached a poin; abou;
Swo and 4 half miles east ~ Walton
they stopped and picking up coupling
/ pm and TWO tie plates they bracsd them
in such way across the rails that the
! dsralmenJ ~ the next train would have
been certain had tAey remained. The
( boys started down the track again as
soon as they had placed the obstruct ion
en- the rails and had only reached a
point a few hundred tee, from the OBJ
s>rucllons when they were mst BY a sec
/ ton gang The oosrructions we're found
I by The men a fsw minutes afteTwaEi and
sons % them Immediately ssar,e5 back