The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-23
STATE ITEMS.

Fruit cans have been in demand i
lola this week,
Castor beans are selling at 81 90 an,
Sl.l0 PER bushel in Allen county.
Oats are selling for twenty cents pe
bushel in lola
Castor beans are being brought to ia,
lola market.
| Allen county raises peanuts. Tn
Eegister thinks i, can be probably done.
-Channell& Co., of CowIey county, hav,
squash weighing 81 pounds.
The Allen County fair will be held oil
the 9th, 9Th, 9Th and 9Th Of next month.
The school house at Cottonwood is in
closed and ready for the plasteIer.
Marion Center wants the commission
ers to build S4,OtOjail.
Col. Bates and Col. Hoblitzell are can.
didates for Representative from Marion
county.
b. \. Bales, OF Usage Mission, Neosho
county, announces himself as a candidate
for judge Of the 9Th Judicial District.
Mr.. John Worth, on Shoe Fly Creek,
Cowley county, raised 1913 bushels oil
wheat from q bushels OF seed.
&c. Il. ScriPps, of Lyon county, sowed
sixteen acres OF early May wheat, August
%, and it is up looking finely.
In Sumner county watermelons are con-
sidered dear at two for nickel.
The expenses Of Douglas county for the
ensuing year have been estimated by the
county board at S33, 207.sO.
-Msss Ist.a
fallen heir TO an estate in Indiana, valued
at $4,000.
Mr.. Boyer's COWS are dying with liver
disease. He has lost three fine ones this
fall.-Solah Kansas Adpanoe
A flock of 5000 sheep is on its way
from Colorado to Osborn county; 1000
head have already arrived.
There is a tremendous amount of veg
etables in Doniphan county at this time,
planted since the departure of the grass
hoppers.
Milo Rowelrs PAGER, Dragon, of Bur
lingame, won the second and third heats
best two out Of threat the Kansas CITY
Fair on Wednesday.
"A drove OF $50 sheep passed through
Az ohhoeeou 1881 WCCh, OOunu saline
county and on Tuesday go more passed
through for Ottawa county.
A man by the name of Fisher, of Shaw
nee county, took the premium for the best
display OF farm products at the Kansas
City fair.
"A beet two feet long and twelve inches
in circumference, and another seventeen
inches in circumference, are among the big
things of Osborn county.
The Lawrence Journal has a column
headed Free Parliament" where the ,!eni- |
lens OF the neighborhOOd make known their |
grievances.
The Humboldt Union observes that the |
maple worm has made its appearance in that |
own, and has commenced its depradations |
IN the maple trees. They strip the trees of |
heir foliage in a very efiectual manner.
A weather prophet has informed the
Journal that We will not have
rost OF any consequence till about the 9TH
t October. All OF the corn will certainly
e out of danger by that time.
and half bushels of the finest
ind OF Early Rose potatoes from one bush
OF seed Is what ELIMINATES with smiles
he countenance of an Osborn county far
ier.
A turnip two feet in circumference,
nd weighing three and three-fourths
Ounds, was what Il. NJ. Roark raised on
little Gross creek, and brought us last Sat-
rday.-Liol,on Recorder.
The State papers all speak in glowing
rms OF the approaching corn crop, and
ANY OF them assert that the price of corn | I
Ill he down to ID cents per bIshel in two
onths' time. :
The Usage Mission Journal says that
ty has been ''stormed" by an army OF
Is. Ofice-seekers ct that town would do
ELI to looS little out, else they may be
reed to carry the "banner."
The Wilson county Citizen says there n
IN opening AT Coyeyilie, in that county, ]
r zone good LAWYER" Leayenworth would q
ie TO fill the bill, but none Of her legal \
hts can afford TO leavetthe city just at .
Is time, as an election Is close at hand. !
We regret to learn that Father Sheen e
ikers has been lying very sick at the
age Indian Agency for the past few I"
eks, being SO low at one time that his Fl
e was despaired of.-Osage County journal. e.
The Taxpayers of Wyandot,e are at &
npting to g, an injunction TO prevent Il
2 selling of town lots for special tax levi "
for the grading and matchmaking of n
Gets in front Of said lots. About two sc
ndred citizens are interested. W
Barton county has salt marsh about n
miles in length and three in width, the a,
trial portion Of which is encrusted with =,
t. At the depth of four or five feet good Il;
ne is reached. Several evaporating fur n.
,es have been erected. n
-Messrs. Levi and Billings and Frank ra
ster have had a consultation with the L
cers Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
npany, at Topeka, in regard to building co
ranch road from Florence to Marion in
tier. w.
The editorial and reportorial gentle on
n who visit the Emporia fair, are re- TEL
'sted to report to E. p. Bancroft, Esq, su
, has been delegated to take special hi
rye Of them. They will be abe to bl
n BY and through him all it is neces- re,
: for them to know. - =..r ca
The Ottawa Republican says several IN
YES Of fine cattle have passed through WI
n during the week, on their way to mar Pc
The number of cattle in that county nc
prises US, after the general cleaning out zee
took last year. the
Mr.. Edward johnson, living near Che a.,
) while boring for coal, has discovered cu,
depth of eighty feet what is pronounc- ,ha
'lumbago or white lead. The vein is e..
e and half feet thick, and the articl ~.
nd to be Of good quality. If this lie mn S
plumbago, it will be Of incalculabls cor
C.
The Ottawa Republican says: The ma
III disease is raging among the mich vii
in town, and the trouble threatens a ker
; drouth. The disease first makes its FRI
.arance in the cows mouth, and finally to
nds to the teats, turning them a dark will
lie. Npromises TO be a serious trou- but
- sery
The Humboldt Union appeals to the Of a
. in the following language: "vote mig
her. Vote for men who can Withstand viii
of railroad money. Vote this
,en Who have the welfare of Kansas at peat
+ Hold on to your produce and vote his
! the freights. Union and vigilance wisl
ave you"
. would consider the Recorders turuip
biggest one on record" had not Mr..
Brown, of Paramount township this
y, placed one just one-fourth Of an
l1rger each Way uDnn onr sahla tb;. | 4 d