The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-24
Along the Kansas Nile.

A woman in Chase county, Kansas, last
week, gave birth to an eighteen-pouRd
baby.
Perhaps PETER was bright in selling his
PopUlist paper before Populist papers IN
Kansas become totally unmarketable.
The new legal firm of Whitelaw and
Rose at Hutchinson, have been appointed
attorneys for the Hutchinson Southern.
Dr. J. G. Ried. who was elected coroner
of Sumner county, has taken oath that
it didn't cost him one cent to be elected.
The expert found that Mr.. Ketchum died
from the hardening of his own liver, not
from the hardening of Mrs. Walkup's
heart.
The New York Evening Post sides with
d. r. Anthony in his fight on Cy. Leland.
1t calls him ex-governor" D. r. An
thony.
The published statements of candidates
expenses shows that in Kansas the only
men making any appreciable amount out
of campa gns are the liverymen.
The pupils of Prosperity district in Reno
county held social the other night to col
lect money enough to repair Their organ.
Several Populists threw partisanship to
the dogs and attended.
Fiizsimmons jarred one of his teeth loose
while on a Topeka stage. The Capital de-
votes a column to the event on its first
page. Barring silly desire to be cute
the Capital is good paper.
Major Ferguson. the new postmaster at
Wellington. is siding up 10 the churches
He opens his postoffice Sunday afternoon
instead Of morning, so as not to interfere
with the choir and preacher.
The story of large section of land sink
ing in at Rosel, Kansas, is said to be
fake. But such sinks have taken place in
western Kansas. and have led to the belief
that western Kansas is merely a crust
Senator Baker says the postoffice ap-
poiatments IN the Seventh district have
given him less trouble than those OF any
ether district. People down here are too
prosperous to go tagging after post
offices.
E5. Little announces that ne is not afte-
Professor Shows place as chancellor OF
the university. Little is In possession of
the idea that some time the people Of the
United States may seek to Roll.fy his am
bition b. making him president.
Two Reno county farmers have contract
ed to have their farm houses completely
plumbed- The day or a Kansas farm
when you had to wash your face Win
ice water in a tin basin on a bench on
the back-porch, has been swallowed by
the remorseiess past
EnIporia Gazette: The sun OF noon Iooks
down today and sees the same old human
nature In Kansas working on the same
Oh plan, with the Popuiist state officials
drawing their salaries placidly IN the swee;
tha: the revolution and TIE
millennium are stil a long way OF.
Major Hudson OF Topeka has come on.
against Cy. Leland as follows: IN more
than thirty years residence in Kansss 1
have never known more general d.ssztis-
faction within the party than exists ts-
day. Il comes from the men who are Re
pubiicans from prlncipie-aasn who care
nothing about the Offices, bu. take an in
tersst in their party and who are t!rei /
% beng ussi by few political schene-s
lear after year half dozen alleged ooszes /
who know nothing about ou.l2ag Up Pc l
publican sentiment make their sites auf I
say tbs man shall run for such ani o-fse i
and tais man shall not TIE Cd trek o, i
fatiering three or four men into think
ng they are running for IRE same Offices
and getting them 10 bring thes- home de-
,xathons 20 state conventions for the boss.
% manage - counted upon 20 succeed aas
as rule :; does What TIE people OF Ka--
'as need = 20 select delegates % their ozn
,Aotce who viii rnees IN state coaveztsoa !
Ini nominate 4 ccke: Tax TIE Rsgrsls-
ans feel Ike suppe-tin- Such ficke.
you'd bring out the oi4 Republican ezthu-
'.ss-n ard sent.nenf as X Sss not beer I
developed since lsss Ia my oSiasoz Pop
llsm ss less 10 be feared IN recss!nIzg
Kansas than Republican boss1sn."