The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

ALL arrangements for the building Of
union depot at Atchison have been compile
ted, and proposals are invited for the exca.
walton and rubble masonry work. The build.
ing is to cost S 1OO, 900.
THE Central Branch railroad has been
completed to Gaylord, Smith County, 2s7
miles west Of Atchison, and regular trains
will run to that place after the 18th.
A SOMEWHAT sensational clopenfent Oc-
CURED day or two ago in the southern part
of Leavenworth County, man named Hes.
singer running away with Mrs. Rumble.
Both the parties have large families, which
makes the case all the more aggravated.
Nothing has been heard from the couple
since they left, and nothing Is known in re.
gard to their whereabouts.
THE quarterly report of the State Board OF
Agriculture has just been published. 1t
embOdies the official returns Of the Town.
ship Assessors for the year ending March 81
last. The area in winter wheat aggregates
1 ,297, SIS acres, which is an increase Of 223, :
lO4 acres over 1878. During the last three
wears the area in winter wheat has increased
over 100 per cent. The area in spring wheat
rs over AZ, 139 acres. The area in corn is
90, O70 acres, an increase Of $50, 'SS acres
over 1878, and Of sixty per cent. during the
past three years. The area in oats is 5'3, :
9S2 acres; in potatoes, &, 600 acres; in
flax, 50, 3S3 acres, and in castOr-beans, Is, 1E9
acres. The area in tame grasses, clover,
millet, timothy and bluegrass aggregates
139, 976 acres, and in. prairie. meadow and
pasture 4S4 ,O19 acres. The total area in all
farm crops aggregates 1851, 100 acres, an
increase during the past year Of l. 21S, 4Oa
acres. The winter wheat is unusually fine
this season. The corn promises the largest
yield ever known i'm the State. The live
stock reports show an increase during the
past three years Of 81 per cent. in horses,
81 per cent. in mules, AZ per cent. in
| mich cows, A per cent. in Other
cattle, l16 per cent. in sheep. and
2S3 per cent. IN hogs. The dairy
PROMISES for the year are .059, 24O pounds
of cheese and II, 500. 494 pounds of butter.
The farm dwellings erected during the yeal
number 49,, valued at nearly $4,000, 600
| The assessed valuation Of the property Ol
the State is very nearly $780, 10000. The
population of Kansas OH the first of Marcel
was $40, 1913, an increase of III ,4S1 durin.
the previous year. Fully $1,000 people
have come into the State since that date
and the population is to-day over 800, 600
| The United States census next year will show
a population exceeding 1,OO0,OOO. On thu
first of March last there were =, "A miles o
railway in the State, and it is estimated tina
nearly 800 miles will be built this year.
THE following NOtaries Public have beer
appointed since the 18th: John Reid, Butler
County: Ledcn Guthrie, Sumner; 7. II
| Murray, Stafford; Samuel Moore, MOntsom
ery; Frederick Eckert, Pawnec, to do bust
ness in Comanche; S. W. Deroe, Franklin
c. w. f. Street, TregO; j. d. Zeylcr, Mont
gOmery.
DURING the week ending August the fol
lowing POstmastcrs were appointed: Free
dom, Butler County, Frederick FRANKIE; Gu
Carter, Stafford, John ID. BOckOver.
ABOUT 3 o'clock Oh the morning Of tn
18th, q. W. Horton, wealthy farmer, re
siding near PleasantOn, % miles north o
Fort Scott, committed suicide in most dc
libcrate manner by shooting himself through
the head with revolver. The deceased ha'
been i'll for six months past, and the ca,is
of the r,>l, deed was melancholy and dcspai
at the hopclcs>ncss Of recovery from hi
suffcrings. lie leaves wife and scrcr:
children.
THE following table, showing the inca
temperature and total rainfall at the static
of the L. $. Signal Service at Leavenworth
for the spring months March, April AM
May) of the past seven years, has been com
piled for the Information Of those interested