The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-04-10
STATE NEWS.

renee journal.
STATE NEWS.
Business is reviving in the U. S. Land
Office at Kirwin.
Parties are trying to start a superfu-
GUS paper at Girard.
The aggregate area of the school lands
of Kansas are greater than the entire
State of Connecticut.
The Fort Scott Monitor, Topeka Blade
and Lawrence Standard request the State
Relief Committee to make report.
The Neodesha Free Press denies that
twenty teams are to start from that point
for Washington Territory this spring.
Crane vines and peach trees in a por-
ton Of Butler county are winter killed,
as also three-fourths of the yeung hedge.
1t is reported that the general Offices
of the Lawrence LeavenwOrth Il Calves
ton road will soon be removed to Otta-
wa.
Linn county is agitating another
county seat election. 1t has been month
since the last one, and she pines for an
other.
Mr.. E. P. Moulton, living seven miles
west of Baxter Springs, has invented a
combined pillow, harrow, roller and corn
planter.
Capt. Smallwood intends to cast of
the patent" outside of the Telegraph, and
greatly improve its typographical ap-
pearance.
The Abilene Chronicle states that the
Enterprise Wooden Mills of that place
are soon to be re-opened and run to their
fullest capacity.
The Girard Press says more prairie fires
have been cavorting" around that
country during the week, and there are
fewer hay stacks in consequence.
A Kansas grasshopper sufferer appeals
for another fifty dollars donation. The
last he got he invested in a lottery ticket
and drew a blank, and is now suffering
as much as ever.
From different parts Of the State we
hear that the tide of immigration has set
in. Kansas has not been destroyed by
the misfortunes of the past year or two.
She has grand destiny before her.
A German living in Mitchell county
has been compelled by the misfortunes
resulting from the grasshopper scodrge,
to part with a gold head-dress that has
been in the family three hundred years.
According to the Junction City Union
fishermen of that city may not shoot Oft
mouths while at work, as under the falls
of the new dam, is sign-bOard with
this "notis, ""No fishing aloud in this
dam"
Farmers all over the State are unusu-
ally busy. They commenced work as
soon rs the frost was sufficiently out OF
the ground, have most of their early
crops already sown, and are now busy
planting corn.
Frank Schmidt, of Marysville, has just
completed a new residence at that place.
The building and the furniture already
in place has Gust fully $50, 1000, and when
fully completed, with the grounds i'm
proved, will cost $4,000.
Mr.. Crozier, of Franklin county, says
he raised $4,000 silk worms last year and
sold their eggs in France for 81 29O, and
$3.50 dollars worth of raw silk. Two
acres of mulberry trees tour years old
furnished the food for this crop.
1t is getting to be the general opinion
among the people that the semi-annual
collection Of taxes is a humbug, and OF
no benefit to the tax payers. We be-
lieve the old law making annual collec-
tions much the best.-MarshaA County
Ne,cs.
Frank Root has sold the Holton En-
press to the proprietors Of the new paper,
and will seek another field of labor.
This will necessarily be an abandonment
of that post-office; but he doesn't pro-
pose to starve by engaging in the cut
throat business.-7roy Chief.
The style of linen coats this year will,
in all probability be different from the
prevailing style last summer. The short
coat is not successful in its attempt to
cover Lu6 cVlUcuCCS VI - "AuscA . .oASaS"'
80 CONSPICUOUS in the gentlemen's pants
this spring-hence the disfavor.-Cctey-
riile Courier.
It is estimated that 10000 acres OF
fax have been sown this year in Miami,
Linn, johnson and Franklin counties.
The yield will average at least twelve
bushels of seed to the acre, making an
aggregate of $50, 900 bushels. This ought
to bring into the counties this fall at
least $3.50, 900 in cash.-Pdola Spirit.
As it may interest some people to
know what Col. York and Others re.
ceived as witness fees in the Pomeroy
case, we may state, by authority of Mr..
McC.abe, clerk of Shawnee county dis
trict court, that Col. York received 1886.
J. o. Frazier, of Independence. received
$131.5O. E. s. Slower, w. o. Sylvester,
F. r. Roberts, J. NJ. McNight, II. A.
Galloway, w. H. H. Larimer and Asa
Hairgrove got s41.50 each. G. W. Find
lev, Of Fort Scott. 5000; w. A johnson
of Garrett, got SIG. and ]. e. Horton, OF
Lawrence, Sc O.-Common,cealth
MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS.
Georgia wants more veterinary sur
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