The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-09-07
STATE ITEMS.

Sterling has sorghum factory.
The town OF Oswego has seven churches
"A Douglas county farmer raises cor,
sixteen feet high.
The young men of Usage county ar
getting married off rapidly.
-Osage city will erect an additiona
school house.
A flock of seven hundred sheep re
Gently, changed hands at Victory.
Emporia is organizing a base bal
club.
The Courts of Brown county are wrang
ling over a dog case.
-Electioneering is forbidden at Empo.
ria camp-meetings.
Half of the citizens of Labette cssnty
are afflicted with sore eyes.
The church buildings at Holton cos
$4,000.
-Broomcorn is to be the leading indus
try Of Rice county.
The bill for the erection of the new
court house at Lyons, Rice county, will b
$4,000.
Williamsburg, Franklin county. is fast
becoming a trading town of considerable
Importance.
The Waubansee county Agricultural
fair will be held at Alma, October 3rd and
4th.
Franklin county fair September 2Sth
29th and 3Oth, and offers premium of 81
for the handsomest baby.
The house of A. z. Masteller, Grant
township, Crawford county, was burned to
the ground last Friday. Loss, $1,000.
The Emporia Ners says Topeka is small
inland city, situated on tie south bank Of
the Kaw river, near the residence of Thos
Ryan, Esq.
j. L. Newton's threshing machine, a
lot of hay, and a stack of wheat, we're
burned last week, near Seneca, resulting in
a loss of about $50
Burn one pound of sulphur on char
coal, in the center of field infested with
grasshoppers, and all will be we'll with that
field
A woman named Mrs. Liouse, residing
near Springdale, Leavenworth county, died
last Thursday, from the effects of fall
from load of hay, received one week pre-
vIous. She leaves four children.
H. F. Green, of Chetopa, was drowned
in the Neosho river last week. He was en-
gagged in removing drift wood from the pier
of the bridge, when he lost his footing and
fell into the water, sinking instantly.
The railroad bridge over the Delaware
river at Perry vas damaged to the extent
$500 last week, by derrick which was be-
ing transported per freight train. The de-
rick being too wide for the bridge, cross
bars, beams, braces and rods were broken
recklessly, but the instrument OF 6estruc-
ton was not injured.
"A reward of Sl25 has been offered by
the citizens of Seneca, ''for such informa-
ton as will lead to the conviction of the
person or persons who cut Benz. Jacobs
bellows." The machinery of this mighty
government cannot be worked with safety,
unless the man who committed this nefa-
rious act is caught and convicted.
-20,O00,O 900 prairie chickens and quails
caught In traps, were exported from Kansas
last winter. 1t is estimated that the guails
and chickens destroy on an average each
100000 grasshoppers in a season. If these
dead and gone birds were sill running at
large, there would be at least 2,O0O, ,O0O, ,OO0,-
VVV less Srassnoppers 10 contend wild, OF
ten millions bushels.
John Daum, of Atchison county, COM
mitted suicide last Thursdsy morning, by
taking arsenic. He had been tor many
years past suffering financial losses, and
had endeavored of late, to repair his
fortunes by investing in lottery tickets.
He held ticket No. $50 in the Atchison
scheme, and when he found it had drawn
nothing, he shuffled off this mortal coil,
and now rests free from life's troubles.
oh, these women. They have caused
more trouble since their introduction into
this world than perhaps any other animal
known TO the naturalist. Sanford Morre
formerly lived in Seward City, Neb., where
he had happy home, but the tempter
came along in the shape of gay doctor
named 7. J. Hollinger, who soon superseded
Sanford in the affections of Mrs. Morse.
As q national consequence, they eloped.
and when found, we're living in peace, and
fancied security near Reading, Miami
county. Mr.. Morse recovered his child,
and let his Sife pursue her guilty course
with her paramour.