The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-01
Along the Kansas Nile.

A sale of unredeemed recovered articles
at the police station at Fort Scott is
known as an "O:d Hoss" SALE
Mrs. Lease is not only a life insurance
agent. She has her life insured in addi-
ton, and in favor of her daughter.
Topeka is making nasty fight on the
division of the state into two judicial dis
tricts What a hog Topeka always Is.
q see," said the Kansas man, that
Mrs. Lease has her war-paint on THAT
amt so,'' was the reply, its only pow
der"
Marshal Sterne makes the announce
ment that Senator Baker has no prefer
ence for the Republican nominee for gov
ernor.
Billy Edwards has evidently misunder-
stood. Charles Scott said the Republicans
should nominate for governor an orator,
not a singer.
Into the life of every Kansas man there
comes a time when he kicks himself for
having planted years ago cottonwoods IN
stead of elms.
Up to date no man whose name begins
with Z has announced himself for gov
ernor blu. outside of that the alphabet is
almost completely taken up.
A school teacher in Wilson county par
aIyZed a LITERARY circle by contending
that the devil as pictured by Milton and
in Faust was as handsome as he could
be.
Il wish" said the arrival at the hotel,
who wanted to shine forth distinctive In
the personal column. Mr. Reporter, that
you would say I am in town, but not on
business"
The day that Kansas was admitted to
the Union. thrty-seven years ago last
Saturday, Jeitel son Davis and the other
southerners withdrew from the United
States senate.
a man walked into a Kansas newspa-
per office the other day and paid four
years back subscription and insisted on
giving the editor in addition to this inter
est on the sum at 10 per cent
1t is funny what q reporter will do
on a dull day. One Kansas reporter says
in one line: "Twenty-eight days 20
March - In the next line he says:
"Thirty-one days since the first OF the
year
Billy Edwards is a candidate for gov
ernor, having announced himself. II is
understood that If Pawnee county is de-
MED this place it win be palliated by the
election Of Tim Mccarthy United States
/ senator.
/ This much may be said OF Billy Ed
wards II he is knocked out for the nom
! nation there will be no sore spots on
| him. He will lend his voice in aid OF the
nominee and also those OF the whole
| Coyote Glee Club.
At Eureka when George Dobbs, who
was found guilty Of numbering Joseph
/ New, was asked 10 say why sentence
| should not be passed upon him. he asked
| that his farm be offered as reward for
! the discovery OF the real murderer
! Most people in Kansas are fat In the
| early days slim people were IN such q
majority that a fat man was piunoereo
/ Of his proper name and called stty.
| Slim people are getting 10 he SO rare tAst
! shortly they will be known IS 'Siirnrny
/ Speaking OF the subsidized press. Har-
! per's Weekly has Just printed aattsTing
notice OF John Briedenthal. Mr. BTieden-
I thai couldn't have bought those lines OF
/ p~aise for S5B.bo0 He got them FOR noth-
/ Ing. And in q paper. too, published right
/ OF Wall street in New York city
/ President Ripley OF the Santa Re Is
+ said 10 have received 2.ss1 letters from
/ Kansas reading: 4 heartily endorse
/ your Tnasterful reply 10 Old John DAVIS
I That is the kind OF talk vKe want mere n
/ Kansas. Thanking you again Tor your
eaua.t words. I an. etc 2 :. BY the
! v-av I have frequent business IN KAN
sss city. Would Il be asking too much
10 request an annual O. you
FIVE school districts in Stafford county
have abandoned tae maintenance o.
schools snd have arranged TO have fnslr
children Sent 20 Maxwell. q central point,
70 be educated. Each district has enter
I'd into an agreement with parents -
gather up the children in the morning and
take them 10 school fer less taSa q PEP
day To maintain school @o2t1 cost
each district AZ least = per day s2F-ersn-
tsndeat Striker has information tt@@t
co-nhl-stiars % a similar kind are BERG
r-sde IN several parts CT TIA staie.