The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-01-23
KANSAS NEWS.

eAAAS ouiAuB INC pfcScut week.
The Louisville Reporter changed clothing on
the 10th INST, had a new " head put on it,
and was otherwise generally improved
THE PRICE OF WOOD IN HUMBOLDT
Humboldt Union, ISL
Good hickory wood sells ..t from s3 so to
si.O0 per cord, and coal at "a 25 per ton.
sCALDED TO DEATH
Manhattan Nationalist
A little child of Mr.. smith, who lives south
of Glen Elder. Mitchell county, fell into get
tie OF boiling water that was standing near
the stove, and was SO badly scalded that, after
suffering untold agony, it died.
HOGS SHIPPED FROM GARNETr.
lGarnett Journal, 1871
Mr.. James Rhodes informs us that W. II.
Conover has been making some calculations
on the shipment of the annual hog crop from
Garnett station alone, in the county, and he
| is satisfied 1t will exceed 5000 head
THE NEW OFFICERS OF SALINE COUNTY.
Salina Herald. IS
The following officers possession last
Monday: Jonathan W, Probate Judge;
John q. Spivey, County rney; william
Bishop, County Superintendent; W. b.
Scholl, County Commissioner.
1 a ob hfhlSks
Troy Chief, 16I
One evening last week, an old colored
woman in town took her op-pail, to carry
the contents to the hogs but a noise or
movement in the bucket attracted her atten-
ton, she discovered there q newborn colored
baby, it was almost frozen, but was still alive,
Its head having remained above the contents
Of the pail. The mother was a young woman
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still alive, and doing well.
| EXTRA WORK on THE L. Lao.
| Thayer Head Light, 1.-THE L. L. & G. r.
X. are having q busy time in Transporting
the live stock and other freight which accum-
ulated, during the detention caused by the
late snow storms. Some twelve or fourteen
cars OF stock were shipped from this station,
several from Morehead and from twenty-five
TO thirty from Independence within thirty
six hours, and more are being shipped as we
write. No such storms and consequent de.
tentions were ever before experie need by this
| GOT THE WORST OF 1T.
lFt Scott Herald, ISL
One day last week young man, whose pa
| rents lives within q mile of West Wall street
undertook to clean the SCOT out of chimney
| by the use Of powder. He applied tn fuse,
ana retreated to a safe distance Ru, the
charge not going of no climbed up to look
| into the stove-pipe hole, and got his face in
good position TO witness the explosion.
Result-he found himself on the other side of
| the room, with no other damage than that OF
| having his face burned to blister all over.
TRY The EXPERIMENT.
Howard Couraut.
Why cont our Kansas farmers build ice.
houses, and Law In q suppIy of ice during the
winter months, for summer usee The cost
| of an ice-house wouId lie very small and the
advantage almost beyond calculation. Ice
Is, in many cases, a necessity. Often, i'm
sickness, IL is INDISPENSABLE. and of far more
benefit than the medicines of the physician.
Iced tea or milk is the most inviporatinp and
heaIthfu! drink any one can have, Ice puri-
fies water that is otherwise unfit for use. And
in preserving meats. butter. fruits. and many
other articles the value of ice is spparent. In
Kansas an abundant suppIy of ice can he
procured within a mile or so every farm
house. An ice house. wholly or half under.
ground. would cost but a tr,f,e. A few DAYS
labor will provide such an ice house, of suffi.
cieut capacity to store a supply of ice for
family use. The farmers of Kansas ouyht IN
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way, was out hunting wolves one dav during
this snow. He got track OF wolf and, with
his dogs, traced II 10 The timber where he
'.jumped' it, and the dogs and wolf had ii
through the snow. Uncle Reuben, however,
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