The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-22
Along the Kansas Nile.

| In most cases 10 Bristow Is simply trans
ferring the postoffice from one printing Of
fee to the other across the street
The FL Dorado Republican Indignantly
! demands tina. the fellow who is running our
clouds through wrinser, quit.
| The Emporia papers concede that the
| girls of that town have the scrawniest
ankles and ugliest feet of any town in the
state.
D. o. McCray of Topeka has been out OF
| politics just year and half, just suffic-
| lent time for his to get enough money ahead
to build new home.
William Stanley. formerly OF western
| Kansas, has just reported at Seattle from
Klondyke. He had TO shove the gold out
of his way to find soil to grow his wheat.
Apropos OF Queen Victoria's remark that
her state carriage was the most uncom-
Portable vehicle she ever knew, Billy Nor
gan of Hutchinson says that she probably
never tried a Lawrence street car.
A Kansas Populist can mount bicycle
costing SO IN this state. ride TO Mexico and
get $50 for il in Mexican money. Fellow
patriots and citizens, need more be said on
the question of free coinage OF silver?
Several OF the women prisoners at Lea
wentworth have requested 10 work on the
rock pile and have been permitted TO do ii.
This is the explanation OF Leavenworth's
Populist infamy. II would take a big
gulp of water 10 make that story go down
Father Eskridge Is getting warmed up.
He says: The taxpayers should be out
spoken and not allow the city 20 become
bankrupt at the d.ctation OF few timer
ant and migratory ministers OF the gospel,
" no pay no taxes and who live by the con-
tributions OF an indulgent community
The great discussion among Kansas poll
tic.ans just at present is as 10 whether
Senator Baker has backbone or not. Some
OF the politicians say he regularly refuses
requests made by President Mckinley and
that means backbone. Others claim he
shirks the distribution OF patronage and
there fore has none.
Assistant Attorney General Smelling has
given IL as his opinion that the eisht-hour
l@W does not apply TO policemen or mem
bers OF a fire department He Gays that
it was evidently the intention OF the legs
iature TO make a Law that applied 20 hard
manual labor He holds that the work
o. a policeman and fireman car no, be
ciassed N the l.st OF hard labor. The life
OF a policeman is almost one continual
round OF !oafing be says. A. 10 firene1.
he says tat they can not make the claim
that they are working continually. Simply
because they are compelled 70 loaf around
4 FIRE station al the time
Hutchinson News: There ~as a mar
risge a; probate court Saturday which Was
rot enjoyed by he contracting parties \
couple from Valley township who were mar
ried several years ago had the ceremony
performed axa.r The man had divorced
. -f-- <sr-s
In disposiag % piece Of land II beam. |
rscsssary fer rs second marriage 20 bs /
performed again After getting a divorce /,
re had married h.s second wife few days /
earlier Than the lzE admits 50 fhst = was /
really Illegal Before the wife coal1 s-sl /
The deed - the and the couple bad 70 80 /
before Judge Stewart AID Re re-nzr-.sl- /
They ~e9e no. Y = very Soo1 hanoE about
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