The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-12-09
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another one returns. the Sumner
County Pres says that Charles wright,
who left Kansas more than year ago for
California, has COME back 70 STAY. SEN
sible
The Winfield Courier says: Five hun
dred Pawnee Indians passed through town
to-day. In the year 1925 they owned the
entire domain from the Yellowstone 10 the
Arkansas river, and numbered I'D in the
tens Of thousands.
The Manhattan Nationalid urges silk
growing in Kansas, and publishes column
article on the subject, proving, conclusive
ly, that our climate Is in every respect adap-
ted Tor the thrift of the silk worm, and that
the industry can be made very profitable.
1t is said that Doc Holmes, the Wi
chita postmaster, who was lately liberated
from the Penitentiary on a writ OF hd5ens
corpus, will bring suit against the govern
ment Tor false imprisonment.
Prairie fires have been very destructive
IN Cloud county. The citizens of Concor-
dia have burned around their town to save
II from being destroyed. Mr.. Patrick, ST..
who lives near Concordia, lost 81 900 worth
OF property.
The Paola Republican very sensibly re-
marks that the life OF one man like Prof.
Farnham, who lost his life from the bite of
mad dog, is worth more to the State than
all the dogs that may inhabit il for thou
sand years.
The Emporia Negs saws: We know a
man who has made his regular Sos per
month saving wood in Emporia since last
September. We don't know whether he
can stand around the corners and di.cuss
the financial question or not.
The employees of the Usage Mining
Company struck yesterday, for 9! cents
per bushel-an advance of half cent on
their formes Rates. Four hundred men are
engaged in the strike as follows: Usage
City, 200; Scranton, l25; Carbondale, %
No concession has yet been made on either
side, and it is impossible to foreteil the re-
sulr.-LGrrence Standard
The appeal of the State Treasurer to
the County Treasures for funds in their
hands has been met by number, and il is
believed that the deficit will be small. Be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 appropriated
last year has not been drawn out OF the
treasury.
The Howard City Beacon says that fall
wheat never looked better in any country
than at present in Southern Kansas. Not
withstanding the large acreage sown, the
crop was put in better than ever before,
and Elk county, which has never had a
failure Of the wheat crop, will no doubt
still hold her proud position OF the banner
wheat county in Kansas.
"Mr. Ed. Fenlon, an extensive freighter
Of government goods, with headquarters at
Caddo, |. T., loaded here, last week, eight
cen wagons with corn and oats for the use
OF the u. 5. forces at Cheyenne Agency.
The little spot in tine rear of Allen d Puck
er's store, where the corn is being sbelied,
presents as lively an appearance OF business
as it does near the depot with its wheat,
coal, lumber and railroad interests"
The Wichita Eig'e says: We hear
occasionally OF some farmer using corn for
fuel. This, We think, is entirely wrong. 1t
would be much better for the farmer to
turn his corn into money and buy coal or
wood. Some claim that it is cheaper; We
claim that it is not, from the plain and
simple fact that it is not only wrong TO do
40, but that farmer will pay dearly for it
in the end from subsequent prices of corn.
The Patrons of Morris county have or
ganized a cooperative association for the
manufacture of brooms. For the past two
years the farmers of Morris have expert
mented rather extensively in raising broom
corn, and this year the product is over 500
tons Of brush, upon which they could real
ize only from $40 to $50 per ton. Toenabie
them to get more Tor their labor the Grange
factory was started, and now they are get
ting from $50 to 500 per ton.
The Sumner County Pres SAYS: Two
gentlemen, old residents of Pettis county,
Missouri, visited this section OF the coun-
try last week for the purpose of selecting
locations for farming and stock-raising.
They were so we'll pleased with what they
saw in few days travel, that they return
ed 20 make preparations to remove with
their families and ilocks to the Garden OF
the West.
The Ellsworth Reporter says that the
officers OF the several Government Land
Offices throughout the State, report business
brisk, greater in some instances
during the past five or six weeks than the
aggregate OF a whole year previous. These
lacts are conhrma'ory OF what we have re-
Peatidiy SAID IN relation to Immigration
INTO the ota,e since Kansas proved to the
world "ha' her resources really were agri-
cuitnraiS.
The Hutchinson Neus says: A. +.
horher' with his tenant, Mr.. Christ, this
wear were successful In raising wheat, oats,
maze, broom corn, sorghum, potatoes and
peanuts: All Tor market ana IN large guam
-i'ieS. Inns Is doing quite well IN the mat
er oil variety. Inc peanuts panned out
'even'y-hSe bushels to the acre, and the
potatoes over one hundred: Mr.. Homer
las several hundred bushels oil the last,
'anged on shelves IN ms cellar, where he
ieeps stove ana thermometer IN order to
ioid the temperature constantly at sixty
iesreeS.
The Manhattan Nationalist says that |
N Saturday night last, the city marshall |
.rrested four gamblers, jane Carr, of |
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