The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-30
Along the Kansas Nile.

Congressman Ridgely has introduced a
! bill in congress to give Pittsburg $780,,
900 government building.
Kansas has 1855 postoffices. Only five
offices were discontinued in the state
last year, while there were more than
thirty established.
Grant Hornady of Fort Scott has with
drawn from the race for congressman
at-large. He is to become president of
a Fort Scott bank.
/ The Santa Fe railroad win establish a
freight division at Great Bend. The in
crease of business has made the run from
Newton to Dodge City too long.
/ Harper cinches its claim to a boom
/ with the statement that the population
/ has increased until it has become neces-
sary to hire two additional teachers for
the city schools.
J. Z. Burton has squared himself with
/ both Leland and Hudson by coming out In
an interview in which he says that he
/ is against political bosses, but that every
party ought TO have leaders.
Judge David Martin OF Atchison has
been started as fusion candidate for
governor and given his platform The
Populist party has commenced to force
its leaders to Craze at the end of a rope.
A prohibition fight In Arkansas City
I has reached the stage where it is nee
essary for delegations to go TO Topeka 70
protest against the appointment Of an
/ assistant attorney general for Cowley
county.
The Kansas and Oklahoma health
J boards are splitting in each others faces
over the quarantine. Oklahoma spit last
/ and Kansas. having provoked the quar-
/ rel. is satisfied 10 quit. Within a week
+ each will De blaming the other for the
/ foolishness of ever having j quarantine
at AL
Ed Howe wants to preach in Rev. Shell
don's church iu Topeka while Mr.. Shell
don sdits the Daily Christian Capital
And Mr Howe promises that # ne doesn't
: improve the pulpit more than 'SIr. snel-
don improves Journalism he VIII buy a
Bible. join the church and 90 out Of the
! newspaper business for good
Harm Wilson: Il Is getting 70 be a
good deal OF d chore 10 keep track Of
all Kansas gold stories. The latest one
comes from Washington. piece Of
gold worth about FIVE dollars was or
exhibition there few days ago said TO
have been found b. q man who was sink
ing a bored wen. Several other frae-
men:s CT the metal were found in the
same drauEh- - gravel The nugget, 90
cur from larger piece. ard the marx
OF the dri.I "a visible upon one side where
il vas cut Of This story outciasses the
one barn n Saline county. T. Saline
county p man found q wealth o. nuggets
in the csaws OF some turkeys.
Kansas was thlxty-a5ue years old yes
tc-day. and Tom 3lcNea. submits this
brief compliment: '-T-Irty-nlue years
is,i'c G very long spell in the 3fs n a
state CT nation II fact. srroae oras-
nary comu1o1v ea1ths. q stste talrlF-rI-e
years CID would 81 counted q mere r.
fa1t. but IN Kansas s. g. different Eaa-
SOS didu't have any pay spelI-no pe-gsd
of happy. irresponsible. Eggziag girhood.
she COX mixed up N-fh the uzcst import
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