The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-21
Along the Kansas Nile.

In Kansas the cattle kings have got their
hands on the sceptre again.
B. B. Cushman, Senator Bakers private
secretary, will be the clerk of the federal
court at Wichita.
Nike Sutton, 1t is said, is getting ready
to spring candidate for congress against
Chester Long in the western part of the
state.
When Kansas took PETER out and put
Harris in, 1t gave the senate a chance to
do whole lot more work, and a whole lot
less listening.
A young man named Cady. who runs
the Augusta Journal, Populist, on hear
ing that Atchison licenses joints, an
nounces that he sis ashamed OF Kansas
Some of the newspapers in Kansas are
still talking about the fight between Baker
and Leland. The fight has been made up.
Baker and Leland are now like twin broth
ers.
The fights for the congressional nomina-
tons in Kansas next year are 10 be sirn-
ply test of strength between the fellows
who have received postofficeS and those
who have OF.
Walter Costigan, q Populist who often
has fits, says he can go into the peniten-
tiary blind-folded, and pick out better
men than some of those Leedy has ap-
pointed TO office.
The trouble T. Guy Martin, the preach
er, had at Florence was due to his at
tack on the superintendent OF public
schools, f. c. Hickey. The people have
resoluted in favor OF Hickey.
There was time when Mrs. Lease could
have been nominated for congress. That
was in the day when the Populists were
crazy on female suffrage. Today the Pop
ulists call Mrs. Leases congressional play
tom-foolery.
An lola agent for Babcock extinguisher
said he could put out the burning well
there. He got his chemicals into the
blaze. which ate them up Ike they were
pumpkin pie and the blaze was a Christ
mas gourmand.
A woman and a man who held first and
second mortgages on the stone court house
at Garden City, have been awarded the
building by the supreme court. The local
paper says that when the county officers
move out the building will not be worth
anything.
The Populists in Kansas are not as in
human as the Republican papers make
them out They want a good crop next
year: but they hold that II the crops are
not good times will be just as hard "a
ever; or in other words. the present pros
perity is due wholly 10 local abundance
in crops.
One thing that has helped 20 knock pro-
hi5ition out in Kansas is the carelessness
OF prohibition newspapers. On the fro1;
page OF a Christmas plate used extensive
~ by Kansas newspapers is picture Of
voluptioUs woman IN her night gown hug
g.rg a man reading OF the matter re-
veals the story that a man got drunk.
bought MS wife a fsather-boa. came home.
put the boa OF the foot of the bed. and
later seeing 1t thought it was a snake.
woke up his wife. who. seeing the boa. took
him n her arms ard kissed h.ra-
K.Hgman Courier: Last fail during the
week OF the Wichita fair, Pomeroy King
and a daughter Of Angus, Rcalman. Of
| the southwest part o tbs county. went
| from here 10 that city and got rn2rrssi
TIE girl Is not OF age and her parents
( have been raising a big row over the
matter since, threatening 20 have the
young man prosecuted etc. They took
the girl home aad have scp- her tAers
/ Last Saturday afternoon while Nir. Rohl-
/ man was in KIn<nsa, King made a .a.d
I on the house and kidnapped Us wife whe1
/ Roh,nzn went home and found ou, iox
he had heer ou.-v1ttei he came back
20 Town and had papers iss1es fer me
/ arrest OF King alleging thst tas latter
I had made quite "guE play" at TIE hoase
I before succeeding IN getting the z.-. away
/ Cader Sheriff Elmer ellen Started after
/ the eiopeEs Sunday. but was anzsose %
| oye-take them. as they hzi driven south
ward sl oE n,oss % ,ae E-x.t before