The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-20
OVER THE STATE.

Atchison will not "bOOm" on the
Fourth.
The Florence Herald has just closed
its third volume.
L. J. Perry has purchased the Paola
Citizen and will take charge of it July
1st-COmmonwealth.
Dickinson county has 1905 inhabit-
ants, an increase of 2,155 for the year
ending March, 1879.
A proposition is pending in Marshall
county, to vote $1,000 for rebuilding the
bridge at Irving, destroyed by the late
tornado.
The name of Lewis Hanback,, of To
peka, has been sent to the senate, by the
President, for Receiver of the land of
flee at Salina.
The Normal institute of Morris coun-
ty will open on July 18th, conducted by
Mr.. l.. G. A. Copley, of PaOla, and
county superintendent Nichols.
Wichita will vote yea or nay on the
school bond question today, 18th inst.
The proclamation calls for two brick
school houses, at a total cost of $15, 900.
A Wichita lady obtained verdict un-
der the civil damages act, for $4,000,
against one Werner, saloon keeper, who
sold liquor to her husband after being
warned not to, causing his death
A very curious phenomenon occurred
near Aroma, during the storm of Mon
day night. Two large clouds seemed to
meet and the water poured down in such
torrents and great force that it rebound
cd twenty feet high.-Abilene Chronicle.
The ninth semi-annual meeting of the
Kansas State Horticultural society will
be held at Beloit, Mitchell county, on
June 18th, 18th and 10Th. Arrangements
have been made with the railroads for a
reduction in fare A General invitation
is extended TO all persons interested in
the development of horticulture to at
tend and participate in the exercises of
the meeting.
The house of J. II. Bell, near Lyons,
caught fire on last Sunday morning and
was burned to the ground in about fif
teen minutes. Frank Sutton, of the firm
of Clark & Sutton, occupied the house
and lost nearly all of his household
goods. Mr.. Bells loss is estimated al
Iabout four hundred dollars, while Mr.
SuttOn's WAS about one thousand dollars
The fire caught from stove-pipe, where
it passed through the roof of summer
kitchen.
Mr.. Paschal Carter, who lives on the
Eudora road, three miles east of Law
renee, called on the Tribune this morning
and states that he has early corn already
in silk. He also states that his friends
send MIN paper from Fulton county
ILL.,, which says that only about one third
of the corn in that vicinity has come uI
at all, and that there has been no rain
there for about eight weeks. The farm
ers are blowing it under to replant. i
won't amount to ''shucks." 4 similar
state of things prevails in Michigan
Mr.. G. G. James, who has Just returned
from visit to Michigan, states that the
corn has not come up at all, owing Il
drought. Meantime our Kansas has the
best show for corn we have ever seer
anywhere, and thus far no lack of rain
Lawrence Tribune.
There are eighty-one organized coun
ties IN Kansas, some of them better. some
of them not so good; but counting tn,
average figures at $4,000 for the organ
lied and 5000 as low average neon,
for farm products for each of the unor
ganiZed counties, we have a granC
, total of forty-two millions of dollars a!
an income to the farmers of Kansas fo
produce raised in one year alone-Ex
change.
The above shows how loosely mos
fpapers republish figures. $50, 600
average production was no doubt mean
to be 100000, and the $4,000" wa
meant to be $4,000. We find also By
the state agricultural report that but Z:
organized counties are reported, yieldin!
an average of $685., 280 in field crops 70
1877. Lyon county field crops for tina
year, were $613,442, showing a little les
than an average, but as our speciality i
live stock, we more than make up il
that way, the average yearly increase o
live stock for the last five years endin,
with 1873, being ISIS per cent Will
the average increase of Lyon count,
live stock for these years was 49, pc
cent. These figures show how rapidH
the live stock products of Lyon count
are increasing. The total valuation q
live stock for the - counties in 1877
was $46,202, 512, an average of $627. 81
per county. The value of Lyon count
live stock for 1878 was 81 ,14e,6 2S.