The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-13
KANSAS NEWS.

The population OF Crawford county i
II SCI, showing an increase OF j .S2l.
Coal Neur W,nmdGI;e.
LWyandotte Herald, u
John McDlnield, of Tiblow, has struck
coal on his farm. lis not known IS YET
whether or not it Is apaying vein.
The First Load Of Hay at Emp.ria
lEmporia News, -
The first load Of new hay this season
came TO town Tuesday, the i.h- II was
good hay, cut on ManninS's high upland
ranch, eight miles east of the city.
Odd Fellows Excursion From Wy
aniuIsc 10 LcsvcnWorIh on ihe
Fourth.
[wyandotte Gszstte,5.I
A railroad excursion TO Fort Llav5n-
worth, under the auspices OF the Odd Eel
lows OF this city, will probably be one ol
the attractions for the Fourth of July.
\ Coiored hoy Drowned in the Raw.
IWyandotte Gazstte,7
A little colored boy named Reddy was
drowned, while bathing in the kaw Sat
urIay afternoon. lie couldn't swim, and
got beyond his depth, and went down be-
fore any one could save him.
s.Littlc s:cOrgc'' a FaVorite With ;he
.BOys.''
Empire City Echo,
Gov. Crawford was serenaded by Lever
ichs brass band last Friday evening. He
complimented the lSys on their improve
ment, and showed his appreciation.
The Fourth in Girard.
[Girard Press, 81
Col. J. p. st. John, of Olathe, one Of the
best orators in the State, has promised 20
deliver the Fourth OF July Grafton in Cir
ard, and Hon. J. J. Ingalls,, L. $ Senator,
may also he present, if public business will
permit it. 4 treat is in store for our peo-
pie.
The Nemaha County Normal Insii-
tutc.
TNemaha County Republican,.
The Nemaha County Normal Institute
will open here on the Sth of July, Prof. II.
ID. Mccarthy, of Leavenworth, being the
conductor.
At Work for a Church Improvement.
lSeneca Courier, Il
Rev. f. Hartig, q. :. B., went to Leaven-
worth OH Monday, to make arrangements
with Bishop Fink for building the propos-
ed addition TO the Catholic church in Sen
eca.
Paying up Taxes Oh Town Lots.
[Senecs Courier,7.l
e 4. 4. Deane, assistant land commits
sioner of the Central Branch Il. r., was in
town last week liquidating the taxes due
on the Company town lots and land under
the special law enacted last winter.
A Niuesy.Year.Old Farmer Ptrts in
Sevensy-five Acres of Corn.
TNemaha Republican,
Our old friend Mr. Blodgett-ninety years
Of age-has put in seventy-five acres OF corn
this spring, and only hired four days work.
Let us hear from all the old men who have
done better. We think their replies will
not occupy much space.
Prices Of stock aud Grain in Nema.
ha County.
(Nemaha Republican, 81
Considerable stock will be received and
shipped tomorrow. Hogs, SD; steers,
s. 50td "a; cows, S2625
Grain has been steadily falling in price
during the past week. Prices yesterday
were "a follows Corn, Ice; wheat, 65c;
oats, l5c; rye, 25c; barley, l9Ca2
Copperhcad. and RatilesnaiSes i'm
woosi.On County.
lTor5nto Cor .Ya.es Center News, g.
Allied Walker killed large copperhead
in his dooryard the ether day within a few
feet of where his two children were playing
at the time. A rattlesnake was dispatched
by John Sherman, a day or two after under
similar circumstances.
Corn With More Ambiti0a Than the
Man Who Planted It.
[Cor. Nemaha Republican,5.l
Splendid weather for corn, which is try
ing to make up for host time Some one re-
ported to the Hiawatha Dispatch certain
mans corn as being the tallest of any in the
neighborhood, but he did not say that it
was the cleanest Happening to pass by
there the other day, hunting calves, no.
ticed that mans corn had more ambition