The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Animals and Grasses.

Of farm animals and the acres Of grasses in
this State July 1, 1879, and also the increase
and decrease from 1876 to 1879, inclusive:
Horses.-Number of horses in 1875 was 2ll,.
6ll; in 1877, 2ll sos; increase in one year, s.
~; in 1879 81, 76s; increase in one year, 3i6
Increase in three years, l09, 95J, or fraction
more than 81 per cent.
asses in 1876 was g. 4sl in 1877, 326ss; increase
I'm one year, 6,s07; in 1873, 49, 564; increase in
one year, ,SS6; in 1872 81 ,gsl; increase In one
year, u,lls. Increase in three years, $3.50, or
. fraction less than 81 per cent.
Mich Cows-Number of mich cows I'm 1876
was II, "a; in 1871, e62,6N; increase in one
year year @ in 1 isss $500 increase in ONE
year, 45,.79. Increase in three years, l0l, 746,
or . fraction more than 20 per cent.
one year, 1896; in 1878, 5s6OOe; increase in
one year ss 6ss; in 1872 6Sa sas; increase in one
or a fraction more than A per cent.
Sheep.-Number of sheep in 1876 was l43 So;
IN ISL increase II in one year 49, IN IN
1873, 81 ,S62 increase in one year, u, l02. In
crease In three years, 800, or fraction
more than ll6 per cent.
in 1877, 70l s62 increase in one year. 374 In
1878, 1856 0i4; increase in one year, 49, Isl; in
1879. 1,26l An increase In one year, 81 $50. In
crease in three years, 934 lss, or fraction less
than 2S3 per cent.
Timothy Meadow.-Timothy meadow acre.
age in 1876 was II, 2596s: in 1877, ,2l250; in
increase in one year. 9Os.62; in 1873, 81, asl Is;
increase in one year, I7:GO.Ol. Increase in
three years, A,2sl.J0, or fraction more than
253 per cent.
clover Meadow-Clover meadow acreage in
1876 was 4,973.69; in 1871, 9,796.66; increase In
one year, ,ss2.9; in 1873 II, as94s; increase In
one year, sss2.76; in 1879, II, 764sS; increase I'm
one year, e,sss5A. Increase in three years,
s,79l.H. or fraction more than lT per
cent.
in 1876 was 54s,sc6; in 1871, 5os,6ls; decrease
in one year, 1854; in 1873, $50 sos; increase
in one year, 16s,s9l in 1879, 1884; increase
IN 9ss shsn IN three
Timothy Pasture.-TimOthy pasture acreage
in 1876 was lO,2ll.37; in 1877, ,so225; decrease
in one year, 6.o09l?; in 1873, $50; increase in
one year, 4,6l7.75; in 1873, l,42l3s; decrease in
one year, 1885,. Decrease in three years,
s,7s9.a9, or fraction more than Sc per cent.
Clover Pasture.-ClOver pasture acreage In
1876 was 6O0.I2; I'm 1877, l.ii5.49; increase in one
year. SI5.3.: in 1873 3,.10.s5; increase in one
year, 2,s247G; in 1879, 7,OO7.30; increase in one
year, 3,s.05. Increase in three years, 6, iOa.ls,
or a fraction more than ,O67 per cent.
Prairie Pasture.-Prairie pasture acreage
(under fcncc) i'm 1876 WAS 81, ta5 in 1877, $685.
7E; decrease in one year. 42tsS lin 1875, .Ol Al
increase i'm one year, l4s,s04; in 1879, $50 SO
increase i'm one year, PSI ,405. Increase in three
years, S59,Sl, or fraction more than u per
cent.
age i'm 1876 was I6964.s2 i'm 1877, q ,s2393l; in
crease in one year, s34.49; in 1873 - ,S16.s3;
increase i'm one year, 6,asS4.: in 1872 80 l66.3;
increase in one year, s,2s0.0J. Increase i'm
per cent.
THE total acreage put under cultivation in
this State during the past four years was as
follows: 1876, O35 ,697 30; 1s7s-5,5a5,-
3O4.99; 1876, SIS, 727.s5: 1877, 157,-
$50. 26.
In the report Of the State Board Of Agri-
culture the following figures are given in re-
lation to the spring wheat crop for the year
ending June 81, 1879: Spring wheat was re-
ported at 63 per cent. of an average crop.
The cold dry winds of early spring, which
proved so disastrous to winter varieties,
either killed the spring crop or so thinned
and injured it that weeds took possession.
There is a falling of Of q 1lS acres from last
year. Spring wheat acreage in 1876 was
264, 4S3; in 1877, aO6, S6S; decrease in one
year, 57,715; in 1873, AZ, 80; increase in
one year, 226, 1887; in 1879, Az ,139; decrease
in one year, lis. Increase in three years,
147 $50, or a fraction less that Sc per cent.
THE defaulting City Clerk Of Leaven-
worth. Fred. NJ. Spalding, returned home
the evening of the 2lst, and was immedi-
ately arrested. On the 23d he was admitted
to bail in the sum of $1,000. Since his
downfall his wife has been Frustrated, and q
sad termination Of the affair was her death
before Spalding reached home in the even
ing, after being released from confinement.
DURING the week ending August Is the
following changes were made in post Offices
in this State: POstmasters Appointed
Grinnell, Wallace County, Henry Fctzer;
Leona, Doniphan, John A. Myers; Monti.
cello, johnson, VIM. II. Robinson; Scipio,
Anderson, Peter Cammerback. Name
changed.-Flat' Rock, NeOsho County, to
Vertsburgh.
At Kansas City, this State, the night Of
the 21st, VIM. Rankin was fatally stabbed in
the stomach by GeOrgl Wellsdorf, a fellow
workman.
IN a quarrel, OH the I'D, over the division
of some wheat, Charley Anderson, grandson
of Gen. NJ. X. Anderson of Springfield, ILL.,,
and Mt his death living 70 miles west Of
Wichita, was stabbed and killed with
pitchfork, by a man named FOnanif.
AT Irving an old man named Kline, lately
from Illinois, was discovered by his son
about II O'Clock on the 23d hanging to a
tree. Life was extinct. He had not been
missed from the house over half an hour
when he was found. Financial difficulties
caused the suicide.
w. T. MCCLURE and Henry Bedford,
contestants of a land claim i'm Barbour Colln-
ty, qllarrclcd OH the 10th about the cutting
Of timber on the land in dispute. Bedford,
with some companions. went to Medicine
Lodge POst-Office after the difficulty. Me-
Clure following in an hour or two, was shot
with a revolver by Bedford just rs the for
mer entered the door, one ball severing the
jugular vein of the neck, and another in
flictinS mortal wound i'm the side, third
shot missing its mark. Bedford was ar
rested.
A LITTLE child, daughter of Register of
Deeds Crowder of LeavenwOrth, was at.
tackled on the 23d by large dog, and SO
severely bitten and manglcd that all hopes of
her recovery We're given up.
Kansas City Markets.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, August g.
Cattle-Native Steers, sales at SS.j064.60;
Native Cows, S2.5Od2.S0.
HOgs-Sales mt S3.2Od3.35.
wheat-No. ?, $751; ds6,4c; No. 3, ss1.6s2ac.