, 1879-08-23

IN te a ou.a,,on of n,nch interest to neonfo hero
ocollaInfcd VIII tin facte in Inc casc. Tic
greatest arawsack settlers n these northern
coift,t tcs lin " nj nreannt to cpDic1,1 With Ia
r,.r,o ,.,sr, .cv rpn,t p,,,potn
~ "n'" Ill.,, 10, ~ $780,.
Hut tla thsy hurc n,,t' have ootri reason TO ex-
rs tltree l!nrs OF ront-thc burlington q M!a-
Enurl ~ NehfasKat mo Centrat ,ntauch o. ule
Union raeinc, antI thc eolpmon bfat'en ol me
hansas taclile-are ~ rslhtsn9in th,s o!9ecuon;
ana II u prouaoie' u hnt ccstaitt that tc"
ycars at the fariArst VIII sec s!esG hoflnrrh
eouattcs eupp'1eA WIN convenient tfa'soao lae''-
ltleh. ,,,, &c..
harc now, within the past tc~ Weeks, tfas
yefscd ncar!v all the northwestern countIc. OF
hnnSas where homestead l:ilua aro ontalnao!o'
am. mr Judgment e. tllat a1l titl',xa sonetdefen.
ihht purton iyth. alnnG te Kansas taeilc Na!t-
toad osefa nstsr lsNceinsne; e;,Msr 70 ,r ,,o
homestead fcrkrrs Or to those dctirlf9 70 pnr.
chase latulS outrfRhts than anv otlIer hare
seen. ..oo
o'se 'asi sprs, 't. ~ - ~ t.tst,nt,s IT,
whcro n,crit,msIv oniv slightly arrcs rouitl bo
wi;rs, hnya .crn. nr II, fnct Of any otltcr State,
ss,"r -. in,,o az cstrn. ~ cnrn tnnl /. fot,nfi
iii, ~ II n sr ~ r,a,i, ar rken IND.
r. Gin III. nia.n a. ,nnt,al ,u,fnt nnf1 in a
.",,nrr " '''''' W. - ~'
'I""s, r,.. NJ ,, ,,,,, ru,. -. r,ov c,,,,r,x.
fu'.'f W r6's LENT W III. =" "',nh euoN.H'
co" l,c put under cultivation. 40 such tract
grant, dniy onc.half tic innds-t1e eVotl.incn-
tloet sccsiol'8--are opGn 10 nomestena,ss.ttlg.
sheht: ni'u hl these to!'y nnc'hail, ETY. iN!ak
more, arc yet vacant. Tug railroad .lnnus nr1
.e oil aS n'nl eeTeM yea1s tne, -. !aon ~
- =" pcF al's. !u"tts, hlG oP'tHH'nE utn'tt
Riong !1f lint ot tilc fatlsoan: hh', lnstcau Y
i.U1tig frutn fDtty to sixty uIc6 nTaT from rail-.
INSTRUMENTATION, and taking thc cllat,ces OF
0 railruu,l bn1s,r hut III the future, the settler
mi, 1mn,a r,,nTrpieut 10 stations. tu,Yng, mar.
| krts air =
| 9o tnuci, In, hrcn wrI,lcn unou tia subject Of
rainfall IN Western Kansas. MD 10 lnnny tlpo-
| ries ulyancc Ia account for Tic stratiy increase
viii, lie srtilrtueut Of liz country westward,
| tbat The tubtrrt hns bccomc almost stale.
And yet prcst,tne tturc arc many realcra Of
| TuE TH1nuHE, wi,p rontcnpBtc eornlns to
| Kansas. tu wslUm farts ftsttall Ut theories upnn
| thts subject wou!d bt OF interest. q feIihhlo
c'tl2cn ot ttt's ptncc Mr. herman Aunt, 1r.t Mno
| reached t'ere from feaihstIeaoa Oil the .osu
| aa5 VI MateH la*t' las Sept .....
| 4 RECORD or ALL RAINFALL.
| to date, measuring the same as accurately nj
pnssIIlr. liz has not scientific arrangement
| fur n ran.pa1lcc. but used Itlsteatt q tin tan
| with Ecrt cn,lIcl1lar sides. setting away from
auy o,hrr ob|cct unl which would only catch
| wl,at rain tcil tu:o Il.
| From this recgrtt which hare eycr7 reason
to bct.cyc I, cpt,reiy rcInbIe compile the to!.
| lowing: Tie duties at wltc, tho rain fell, time,
tay, Nul duration nj storm, uhtc, re ait
| rcSt,rt1rd, would oycupy too rl,uel, spacr, ut,l
| nre uni nportuEt-t!e practical n1cst!nn being,
Il the rnlnfat III this part Of The country attll-
! ,lent II, warrant pcupt in coming lrre to ell.
| rare in Turning
| The record luuts up ns follows: