The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-13

over II bushels per acre. Along the Missis
sippi, In Iowa, farmers are harvesting u
bushels, and the berry isrsported plump
Nebraska II cutting from IL to II
bushels Of good wheat, and corn prospects
were never better, although rain Is consid-
erably needed. Wisconsin figures on mol
over Is, 0O0, 900 bushels Of wheat, against
q, 500. 900 last year. Minnesota shows an in.
creased acreage Of 10000 acres, which
is estimated At eighteen bushels, giving
the State . crop Of 100000 bushels, leav.
ing 1900, 900 for export. In the older por.
ton of the State the yield will be about II
bushels to the acre, Of fine quality. South
ern Dakota never harvested such q crop a
the present, averaging 20 bushels. There il
IN enormous yield IN the Red River Valley
d to IS bushels to the acre.
THE State Board of Agriculture Of
Kansas has issued its annual report, from
which it appears there are under winter
wheat this year 3 1O, 367 acres, which is an
increase over last year Of 6S9, 7O6 acres. The
acreage under spring wheat is one
third less this year than last, being only
228,21S acres. Under corn there are $50, 404
acres more than in 1879, the acreage this
year being 3,54S, 474. The number Of fruit
trees in bearing are as follows: Apple trees,
1880, 231; pear trees, 94,843; peach trees,
6, O94 ,525; plum trees, 2A $50; and cherry
trees, COG, 439. There were erected during
the year Is, $40 farm buildings, at cost Of
over 81 100000
The House of Commons, by vote of
1914 to 20, has rejected resolution, moved
by Arthur Arnold, Liberal member for Stat
ford, that compulsory slaughter at ports of
landing of fat stock from the United States
restricts the supply and increases the cost of
food, and recommending the modification or
removal Of the restrictions. The Govern.
ment opposed the motion.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A DISPATCH from Fremont, Neb., Sd,
says that the woman in custody there has
owned up to being Mrs. Bender and has made
q full confession of all the horrible crimes
committed on the Bender farm in Kansas
during 1872 and 1878. She declares, how.
ever, that the old man and Kate committed
all of the murders and that she was simply
a passive spectator.
JOHN MCMAHON, a Chicago saloon
keeper, was shot and killed on the morning
Of the Sd by burglar whom he discovered
providing about his room.
JOHN BODINE, waiter, was burned
to death at Terre Haute, Ind, on the morn
ing of the LIST. He had gone to sleep in
restaurant, which caught fire, and was not
awakened until escape was out of the ques-
ton. His parents reside at Martinsville, Ill.
A FIRE broke out in husk mattress
factory in Philadelphia on the I'd, and owing
to the inflammable nature Of the contents of
the building it was threatened with speedy
destruction. During the panic incident to
the first alarm, two young women, named
Emma Banes, aged %, and Ellen Oglesby,
aged %, jumped from the fourth floor, on
which they were at work, directly into the
yard at the rear of the house.
Miss Banes was badly injured about the
head and body, but will probably recover.
Miss Oglesby's injuries were fatal.
A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch says
that the bodies of DR.. Parsons and his two |
servants were recently found near Ismidt by |
an American missionary and his servant |
while the latter were on their way to relieve |
the famished population. Two nomad !
Turks were arrested and confessed the |
crime.
EIGHT men have been killed in a |
colliery explosion near Wrexham, Wales.
ST. AUBREY c. ANGELO, q correspond
emit of the Liverpool (Eng.) Courier, who has |
been making tour of the West in the inter-
ests Of that journal. was found dead beside
The Union Pacific track, near Laramie City, q |
lew days ago. He had been run over by the
;ars, and ended his life by shooting himself
through the heart. Angelo was with Prince
Napoleon in Zululand when the latter was
Killed, and was most accomplished and en-
journalist.
AT Nays Lick, KY, two negroes shot
md fatally wounded Perry Jefferson. They
we're subsequently lynched.
THE wife of Woodson L. Gunnells, q
vell-to-do farmer living twenty miles west
II Americas, Ga, during the absence of
her husband compounded pitcher of lem
made into which she put quantity of NOR
,hia. Herself and ten children-four of her
'wn and six Of Mr.. Gunnells's by previous
freely of this. When Mr.. Gun.
lells returned home he found his entire fam
ly completely stupefied. Mrs. Gunnells died
n short time and no hopes were entertain
ID for three Of the children. The others
will recover. Mrs. Gunnells left note stat
ng that she had deliberately administered
he poison to the children and herself with
he intention of destroying them all, but did
lot give any reason, only stating that it was
0t on account of domestic trouble.