The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-17
Along the Kansas Nile.

! On account of heavy rains one-third OF
! the corn in southern Kansas had to be
planted twice.
The editor of the Arkansas Valley Dem
! ocrat justifies the use Of the term Dad
| by children on the ground that the word
! is good WEIGH.
Mrs. DR. Jerries of Cunningham. King
man county, assaulted the postmistress.
Miss Effie Smith with buggy whip. DR..
Jeffries coached the performance and a
Kingman justice fined him and his wife
$50 each.
There was a panic at Dighton last week
when grain dealers announced that they
would pay a dollar a bushel for wheat.
and the local miller got out and cleaned up
the county at sl.l2.
A. F. Sidebottom has lately started a
store at Rozel, the little Santa Fe station
west Of Larned that was excitedly re-
ported by Kansas City and eastern papers
to have sunk into the underground river
one night last fall. town is not very
badly gone when the side and bottom are
both left.
The Harper county papers prepared a
card of thanks to send TO every country
correspondent who refrained from sending
in a poem on Dewey. The Attica indie
pendent was the only paper that got TO
mail out one OF the cards. and that was
probably due to the fact that Miss Anna
Hake formerly the editor, has left the
paper.
II Il. Fleeharty. who has been appointed
chaplain Of the Second regiment Of Kan
sas volunteers, was at one time assistant
county attorney Of Pawnee county. Al
terward he went 70 Wabaunsee county
county and began preaching in the Chris
tan church Afterwards Lsedy appointed
him as his executice clerk, bat removed
him later and gave him the place OF depa-
" coal oil inspector.
Essay. Virtue its own Reward" by an
e4ght-year-old girl OF Wichita: once
there was a poor young man who was in
large candy store. The poor man wanted
"a marry the candy lsdy's daughter. bat
he was too poor 10 buy furniture. One
DAY a bad man offered him 80 10 become
a drunkard. The poor man was dread
fully tempted. because ne wanted 10 be-
come rich enough 20 marry the candy
lafr's daughter. But Ehea ne got 20 the
saloon with the bad man. he said. Z viii
NOT break my pledge. even 70 the Tfch.
Get thee behind me. Satan 60 he weHt
home and on his way he foHnS a pocket
book with million cciiArs IN IL. 60 he
went and told the csHaY iadgs daughter
and they were married They had = love
liz wedding and the next week they bad
twins ThEs you see that virtue is oEn
reward.
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