The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-07
STATE ITEMS.
-Salina has so grain elevator.

-Salina has so grain elevators.
The Crawford county fair is 4 sue
cess.
The next Legislature will no doubt be
called upon 10 cut Butler county in two.
Special mail agent CrowelI says that
Kalloch is the King Bee in San Francisco.
A paper mill is being erected at Hum
boldt.
The Davis county fair will be open on
the l4ih.
In Cherokee county thee raise cotton
that will yield a bale TO the acre.
crawford County boasts Of 140 pound
pumpkins.
A stalk of cotton seven feet high rails
ed in Cherokee county.
Phillips counry can boast OF squash
which weighs l07 pounds.
Many of the farmers of Allen county
propose to try wool growing this fall.
Geo W. Caldwell is candidate for
Treasurer of Labette County.
Farmers are busy as bees, sowing
wheat and gathering their corn crop.
The Salina Fair, which is in progress,
is grand success.
Miss leila Neill a former Leayen-
worth girl, will shortly leave Lawrence to
prosecute her musical studies in St. Louis.
The Usage Free Pres SAYS: Leaven-
worth county is TO have..a fair, whereat The
TINES reioiceth.
The Cherokee Inder thinks that there
are too many towns and smart men in Cher
okee county for the good OF the county.
1t is proposed to offer a premium for
the homeliest looking man, at the Nc
Pherson fair.
Il, will not be long before Kansas will
become the leading fine stock State in the
Union.
Judge Peyton, of the 9Th Judicial Dis
trict, says it is unconstitutional to commit
a complaining witness to Jail for the non
payment of costs.
The Washington Republican says Are
YOU ready for prairie fires? The heavy
grass will roll. forth volumes of fame.
fearful and resistless as the avalanche. Bet.
ter be ready!
Corn will sell IN Mcpherson county
this fall for 2S cents per bushel, and the In.
dependent thinks at this price it is cheaper
than fuel This is a mistake, and it i.
time everybody knew it.
-The:Wichita Eagle says What We want
! to do is to control our own railroads by oul
own legislature, and the building up Of oul
| own towns will naturally follow as a ne
cessity.
Hon. John D. Wells, ex-member of the
Legislature from Marshall County, has 10t
acres of broom corn on his farm near Bar
rett. He expects yield of 700 pounds tc
the acre, and counts on five cents per pound
The Cherokee Lnder Gays: Large
amounts Of money are being borrowed by
our farmers from eastern capitalists fol
| the purpose, in most cases, OF investing ir
stock, which will consume large portion
of our surplus grain.
DR.. b. W. Mccormick, living neal
Millersburg, in Cherokee county, has raised
a stalk Of cotton seven feet high. Thi:
stalk is from the large white seed, but the
doctor believes that the little green seed
variety is the best for this country.
The Sumner county Press says:
'Cabbages weighing twenty-five pound:
| are on sale at many of our grocery stores
| and Slate Creek farmer promises us few
sample heads, the heaviest OF which weighs
264 pounds.
Charles Pope, an industrious and
| worthy young man, was accidentally killed
in coal-drift near Usage City on Friday
last, Sept. "a, by large peice of the ROOF.
ing OF the mine falling on him. He leaves
wife and family. The deceased was bur.
led with Masonic honors.
The Wichita Beacon SAYS: Five wag.
ons loaded with the chattels of five fami-
lies from Bridge county, Iowa, halted on
Main street last Thursday. The outfit was
good. 4 fine bunch of stock followed
along with them. They are en- route for
Sumner county where they hold claims.
The Wichita Beacon says: Fifiy-four
car loads of freight were hauled east from
here last Friday, twelve OF these cars were
loaded with wheat and forty-two with live
stock. Forty-two cars loaded with cattle is
no SLOUGH of a train of itself. This is the
biggest single day shipment of stock made
this year.
The Olathe Mirror SAYS: w. +. Smith,
of Waynesbugh, Pa, has been in the city
for few days, seeing about his 400 acre
farm, purchased this summer of Mr.. Inflow.
Mr.. Smith will become citizen of Kansas
as soon as he can arrange his affairs in
Pennsylvania.
The Lawrence Journal says: E. A. Smith,
of Norwood Stock Farm, has recently lost
two of his thoroughbred jersey cows. Mr.
Smith ascribes.. their death to the effect of
eating too much green corn. One of the
animals had been sold to a party in Mil
waukee for $3.50, and was to have been
shipped in few days.
The Wilson County Citizen says: The
biggest yield of wheat We have heard OF
this season was realized by II. Chabino,
whose place is on the Verdigris river, in
Verdigris township, ten miles north of FIRE.
donia. He had two and a quarter acres Of
Walker wheat threshed recently, that turn
ed off even 100 bushels, machine measure,
Just A bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Starrett, OF Lawrence, asks ::
"What shall we do with our daughters %
And farmer down the country asks ::
"What shall We do with our corn ?"
These are Important and all absorbing
questions, which address themselves foTci-
bly, to thinking people. AS one of these
latter We beg to suggest a solution. Let us
feed our corn to our aughters.-Topeka
Blade
The Emporia Ledger says: At a recent
gathering in the country, few days ago,
occurred quite a sensation. In the midst
of quiet chat, minister, with terrified
countenance, suddenly grasped his leg,
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