The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-30
Along the Kansas Nile.

! A Douglass county man calledshis hired
! girl IAN old hen She is suing him for
/ slander.
| In Reno county the farmers are 90 busy
| that it is almost impossible to secure jur-
les from the townships.
| At Emporia, the r. r. Mems Stanley
club has adopted badge upon which is
a portrait Of w. f. Stanley.
What Kansas needs more than anything
else is business men in charge of her state
| institutions as members of the state board
of charities
Last Tuesday Attorney General Boyle
| spoke at Hutchinson in the great big aud
itorium in which 250 people gathered and
caught cold.
Governors cannot be reelected in Kan
sas. If there were a state election once a
year the people would lift the governor
out after his first term.
Walter Hall. who used to play the snare
drum in the Emporia band, Is in Porto
Rico He says the volunteers do not like
the island and want 10 come home.
The Kansas boys al Frisco announced 70
one another that they were going TO Ma
Mia by the expression: The quartermas-
ter has put in an order for web-feet."
Much as they differ on politics all the
Kansas newspapers agree on medicine.
They are now all claiming. under a scare
head, that a patent medicine saved the
day TO America at Santiago.
Bette Orris. thirteen years Of age. was
put on train at Topeka by her father
who told her a Mr.. Mcpherson would meet
her at Emporia. When she arrived at
Emporia no Mcpherson appeared. Mr.
Thompson, Of Emporia, adopted her.
Leedy is the best-dressed man among
the candidates for governor. PETER wears
a long black shabby Prince Albert Stan
ley. if he once gets mis- coat of In the
morning and becomes busy, will keep Il OF
all day and go home 70 supper without It.
Emporia has found an expert who tells
it that gas underlies the town at so feet.
If Emporia wants to spend money there
is no more exciting VIZ than BY boaring
hole through alternating strata OF clay.
slate, clay. slate. clay, slate to eternity.
Rose OF Hilo. OF Hawaii. now represent
ing the Queen OF the Carnival at Topeka.
is a sweet, g0Od-hearted young woman. II
was really a stroke OF happy enterprise
on Topeka's part TO bring her across the
seas 70 Kansas. But the poor girls head
IS liable to get as big as Ed Little's.
The Kansas orators are allowed more
latitude than the Kansas editors. J. r
Burton IN one Of bis speeches says: oh
Kansas. In the name of the glorious past
! appeal 70 you That could not appear
IL AT editorial without Tldicule from the
readers.
William Deaks. a colored boy Of ssllna.
writes home from Santiago: Last sun
day night ws were ~ a storm way oaI
on the water. During the storm TIE
ships machinery broke down and al the
boys were frightened nearly 20 death
And = one man prayed. al prayed, but
the boys got QuieteG down"
Kansas e Inclined 20 Aght misty myths
ard % dodge me real tangible material
wrongs A Wichita boy was hung % -
tAs heels az the Reform school ~ Topeka
the otter day and lasbsd @fth = forked
strap. There Is no discussion of 4 IA kan
sas. no excitement about t. Tie state Is
beat On Yernedyfnz the evils q csrpoTs-
tions and caterEzoilng ever tas eEe6lf ot
tae war.
dispatch from Junction City says a
grueS0rne ind Nss reported here today uy
3 party Il the north part % iae city. Sun
day morning s5out o-clock waite NO
nan Vas seen 20 % 20 = certain spot srss
deposit y ths weeds = package thai prov
ID % contain ne body of Al infant. FIST
barn and terribly Eetcr1e1- It's body and
zere csoTsa. Ike = sases's- 7; had tEen-
y arms and ltz face Teser.5se3 that % =
raonksy Thz eh1Id vas wrap1ea n paper
and straw TIE woman - zot kzowa-
Ssws5r REPUBLICAN. Traak BokAy. a
arutas--sr-szz q Eo1zczker 1eax ksrks
burg, cane 4 sroEn Evsrress, Kansas. yes-