Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-30
KANSAS TOPICS.

There is a strange lady in tow carrying
a pistol announces the Ottawa Republic
an. AS she came out of a restaurant to-
day the door brushed aside the folds of her
dress, and there, clearly discernible in the
pocket of her gown. was a black handled
revolver" The Herald adds that its re-
porter followed her for some time. but that
she didn't draw or use her weapon. The fact
that she didn't take a shot or two at the
reporter would seem to justify the Herald
In speaking of her as a lady
There isn't anything more entertaining
than the comedies of matrimony. Three
weeks ago Jacob Gallon. of Ellis. pub
lished a notice In the local paper warming
people not to trust his wife. as she had left
his bed and board. Last week the warning
notice disappeared from the paper and the
following took its place:
My wife. Mary Isabella Gallon. has re-
turned to Ellis at my request. and l am
proud to say that she is welcome. and Mrs.
Gallon can give the best of reference while
in the city of Denver She belongs to one
of the wealthiest lodges in Denver. the Min
nehaha council No. ]. Improved Order of
Red Men. My wife is respected by all who
know her in Denver. JACOB GALLON.
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An Eastern religious paper devotes consid-
cradle space to the fact that Miss Con-
stance ingalls, has entered a Philadelphia
school to ft herself for becoming a deacon
ess In the Episcopal church, and concludes
Its article with this swipe at, the Hon. John
James: Miss ingalls, action is especially
commendable on account of the determina-
ton and force Of character required to take
such a stand iE the face of the sneering
and sarcastic attitude of her father toward
religion
Ed Hoch thinks that in calling Leedy the
best all around governor the state has ever
had" the Pop papers probably refer to the
ease with which he holds a voting residence
In four or five different towns.
There is a man by the name of Bill in an
Oklahoma town who is known as William.
TIE Concurrer," because he always assents
to everything. Which reminds US of the
remark of Hays City's Uncle Joe Wilson
that a certain travelling corn doctor closely
resembled Julius Caesar because both of
them were roaming corncurers.
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Mrs. N. Connolly. of Efingham, who Is
evidently tired of gossip about her matri-
monial intentions, publishes a piece in the
local paper. in which she says: when I
get ready to get married 1 will tell the
noseys all about 1t. but in the meantime
they had better keep out of 1t, as it is none
of their business anyway"
I'VE don't know" says the Howard Cour-
ant, 'of a nicer lot of fellows anywhere
than the Elk county Pops-since election.
They are mild. gentle. w~ell-mannered, n
not a bit stuck up. And they don't bore
you to death blowing around and talking
politics eitier-since election. A right good
licking does some people a power O good"
"
II. Aymer Coates, the Atchison lawyer
was taken to the insane asylum at Topeka
yesterday. To make room for Coates it
became necessary for Atchison county to
take back one of her patients. an incura-
BILE by the name Of A. B. Wakefield. who
will be held in a local asylum until the
state can again take charge of him. Wake
field has a history almost as interesting as
that of Mr.. Coates. Though his family re-
sided in Atchison and moved in the best
circles. he spent most of his time in st.
Louis. where he owned one of the largest
and finest gambling establishments that
city has ever had. About fifteen years ago
he became suddenly insane and was
brought to his family in Kansas. During
the ten years spent in St. Louis he lived a
dual life. in the sense that few people in
AtChison knew of his questionable avoca-
ton. He was very attentive to his family
and visited them in Atchison as often as
| twice a month. He has never been violent.
as it true that you are a candidate for
lieutenant GOVERNOR" asked Topics of
Billy Glenn. of Greeley county. yesterday.
Not this day; perhaps some other day"
was the response of the shortgrass states
man as he brushed a bunch of iackrahDit
fur from his coat sleeve and twisted a hot
red pecktie into place.
Tho hip crnn nf uhoot ratGad h- tbo
farmers of Ellis county does not appear to
have influenced their organic dis~inclination
TO pay for a dead horse. 1t has become
necessary to bring suit against them for
the seed wheat loaned by the state.
DR.. Quayle. of Kansas City. may or may
not be opposed to the theater, but at any
rate his lecture upon "Hamlet" in Kansas
towns is proving a big advertisement for
Thomas Keene. who is about to play the
tragedy over the Kansas circuit.
A year ago the Populist paper at Jet
more was shouting that the election of Nc
KinleyJ would run wheat down to % cents
a bushel. Last week the editor published n
notice Offering to take wheat on subscrip-
ton at 81 a bushel.
When an old soldier becomes a crank he
is one of the biggest cranks on earth.
Thomas Mcintyre has just been discharged
from the State Soldiers home at Dodge
City for refusing to pay 10 cents a month
out of his pension money toward caring
for the cows that furnish milk to the in
mates.
"It takes a long headed man to farm i'll
Kansas" says the Jewell Republican.
Last year white corn at a premium, The
Southern demand being the cause. This
year yellow corn is preferred, the feeders
being partial to that COLOR
The friends of Ewing Herbert who reside
at a distance are consoling themselves with
the hope that he sent for that husky young
son of Professor o.. c. Hill before printing
the following in his Hiawatha World: I'VE
affirm, and no just man will deny it, that
Mr.. G. w. Harrington, the editor of the
Populist newspaper of this town, is a vi
cious and cowardly liar and a shame upon
his race"
For many years an old gentleman by the
name of Frederick Huber has lived in
Westmoreland. He kept bachelor hall in
a comfortable home and had no relatives
Of any sort about him.. He had one nope
that he was constantly exploiting to his
friends. He wished to die suddenly with
out the necessity Of a period of sickness and
suffering. Last Saturday morning while
blowing in his garden he fell dead without
q word.
A few years ago Miss Hattie Smith was
well known in Atcnison. where her par