The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-09-26
KANSAS NEWS.

! When q MN does his own work and
grinds sugar cane os another mans mill
in Pottas=to-iie county, it only Gusts him
seven cents a gallon tax on his Inolassss.
Frost im Liacoin COu.sy.
Is line Valley Register, ISL
We had two frosts last week, and the
weather Is therefore very pleasant.
Holson Colored People waking Up
IHolton Recorder, Isl
The members OF the African NJ F. church
are holding a series of revival meetings.
The Jackson Co0nsy Apple Crop.
lHolton Il corder. isI
The apple crop will be larger, 80 We are
informed by farmers, than was predicted
early in the summer.
Valuable BuIl Killed.
The fine Hereford bull Royal Briton,"
which stands at the tad Of Thomas Cav
anah's herd, was killed in Kansas CITY
"wednesday morning while being unloaded
from the cars. lie was valued by Mr.. Cav
anah at 5000.
Nine New Families for jacks ssn
| County.
| THolton Recorder, l91
| W r. Webster informs US that he has
Just received information that nine fam
lilies of his old neighbors, in Indiana, have
iast pulled stakes and started for Jackson
county.
TtMe Changed.
IHolton Recorder, 49,
The time of holding the Republican
primary election has been change from
Sept. 2lst to October 18th. The plan also
has been changed in some important re-
spects.
The smith County Adven1ss
| lSmith County Pioneer, Hl
| There will be a camp meeting of the
Seventh-Day Advents at Bethany, in Os-
borne county, commencing Wednesday,
October 9th, and continuing until the l4rh
Every body is invited TO attend. Good
speakers will be in attendance.
l Double the Acreage Will be sown.
| Dosage Mission Journal, Is
| Il. W. Herod says that the farmers of
| Centerville township are busily engaged in
| plowing, and In sowing winter wheat, and
that double the acreage of that grain will
be seeded there this fall than was sowed
last year.
Episcopal Services Mt wichita.
Wichita Beacon, Isl
The Episcopal Congregation of this city
has rented the neat and commodIous hall
in McPherson's Block for Sunday services
Although the pastor is absent every other
Sunday, we understand they will have ser
vices each Sabbath.
A big Yield OF Potatoes.
lSaline Valley Register, Isl
Samuel Halfhide, of Grant township,
planted, this spring, one and one-half BUSH
els of Early Rose potatoes, ard has just
dug from the ground one hundred and
| thirty-fiye bushels, some single potatoes
| weighing over two pounds. This is the larg-
est yield We have heard Of in this country.
The Potato srop.
Lawrence Tribune, Is.
The sweet potato crop is unusally fine
| this season, and large quantities Of the
most magnificent saccharine tubers are
daily brought to our markets and shipped
| away. On the contrary, the crop OF Irish
potatoes bids fair TO be light, As the early
potatoes are not keeping we'll and the dry
weather will undoubtedly cut short the
late crop.
RusseII's Rail Road f8usiness.
Russell Adrance, Isl
The receipts at the Russell railway sta
| tion for the month of August are a. FLOWS:
Freight, 100000 pounds, amounting TO
$4,000. Passenger earnings for the same
time il, 81 $40. Freight receipts for the
! same month last year were 81, 100, and pas
senger S4OO. The showing for 1873 is
haalthy, and the comparison speaks well
for the present.
Sudden Death OG . Child.
IOlaihe Progress. III
A little child, FIVE or six years of age,
OF Mrs. Chase, OF Stanley, was found dead
in bed last Saturday morning The child
was complaining some Friday evening, but
nothing was thought of it until the next
morning when she was found dead.
Salima's Population.
Russell Advance, II
A census OF Salina, Just taken, places the
population of that city at 2,5il. Several
additions not reported in this total, nor
which is included within the corporate
limits, will considerably swell the number.
Proper steps are being taken to organize
Salina as city of the second class.
Turned llis Attention 20 TOmai
Troy Chief, 20.l
Chrome Sharp, of the Ottawa Republican,
after returning home from the State Con-
ventiop, where his master, Anthony, was
,atteped out, sat down and penned a mel
ancholy article about the tomato crop be-
ing injured. But the Chrome crop was in
jured more than the tomato crop.
Do nOs Hurry in Planting wheat.
IAtchison Champion 2N.l
An Atchison county farmer informs us
that everybody is planting winter wheat,
and planting it in hurry. The result is
that the planting, mostly broadcast, is not
we'll done; the grain is not we'll covered
and If the winter should be a severe one, as
is generally anticipated, large portion of
the wheat thus carelessly planted would be
frozen out, and lost.
Onaga 60 Have . New Church.
Dosage Journal, 20I
We are reliably informed that if the citi-
zens OF Onaga and vicinity will contribute
800, the Presbyterians will erect a church
here that will cost 5000. We think that
amount can and will be subscribed, when
the proper time comes. Nothing would add
so much to our town as churches.
Kansas Militia Assension.
ttxchange.l
Gen. Sherman writes to the superinten-
dent of a school for young amateur soldiers
in Michigan, that military school is the
best possible preparation for skilled mill
tia, or army volunteers, and is absolutely
essential to government such a. ours,
which does not maintain q large standing
army. He adds: The ordinary drill sets
up the boy, and makes the man q better
physique. and consequently prolonging his
life, and adding TO the measure of his in
fuence as a citizen"
TFue Tries RRas HanA NJ Makan1
Keys.
Lawrence Tribune1
We we're shown by Deputy Sheriff Bur-
lngame key, made from piece Of bone, |
BY J. B. True, now in jail on charge Of
numbering the Rev. Mr.. Woolpert.
The bone was = part Of a beef rib which |
had formed portion Of True's dinner a
few days previously. He had borrowed |
Burly's knife to trim his toe nails, and at |
once went to work on his way to liberty.
1t is q most ingenious imitation Of the |
key to his cell door, hut they esn't come
any of their little games on Sheriff Clarke
or his Deputy. When they get a man they
keep him sure.
A man MuaI ss<d ~ BeisG s8,ssen by
lOnAga Journal, 2oi
Ga last Monday while Mr. David Hicks,
Who resides on Jim Greek, was hitchipg .
horse to a sulky hsy rake, the asi0al seiz.
ed him by the right arm near the elbow
ioint, tearing the flesh clean to the hsne all
the way down to the wrist. He sas 30
badly mutilatsd that ampu,ation was ne
cessary, and Dr. Skene. assisted By Drs.
Henry and Koentz, performed the opera
lion on "wednesday. The horse Is not