The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-30
OVER THE STATE.

OVER THE STATE. |
The new NJ. Z. church was dedicated
at Eureka Sunday.
Marion county will do good bust
ness in hay this season. /
Geo. W. McClintick has retired from
the Mcpherson Leader.
The Augusta Gazette banks on its OPP
era house and street sprinkler.
The next meeting of the State Teach
ers' Association will be held at Topeka
in June.
Mcpherson is building new elevator
and farmers are taking stock in the
company. ..,
1t will cost 1915 to repair the damages
to the Morris county court house by the |
recent fire.
The Shawnee county Republican CON-
mittee has adopted the Crawford county |
system for nominations this fall.
The Wichita Daily Republican died |
Friday. On its remains will be reared |
the Wichita Daily and Weekly Times. |
Frank Giliett, of KIngman county, |
formerly an Emporia boy, has been ad.
mitted TO practice in the U. S. district
court.
It is rather an agreeable commentary
upon the prohibitory amendment that no
new comets have been discovered in
Kansas.
! When q wheatfield has as many shocks
of grain as ordinary fields have of sheaves
we have reason to expect good yield
| from it. There are q number of such
fields in this vicinity.-Augusta Gazette.
| wv. Byram, of Cedar Point, bought
a shOrt-horn yearling bull from G. w.
Click, OF Atchison, last Friday, for which
he paid $3.50. The animals name is
illegal Tender."-Chase County Leader.
The wheat is generally a failure in
Montgomery county. While there are a
few good fields, there are plenty of others
that will not average over ten bushels TO
the acre.
Rev. DIR. Cordley assisted in dedicat-
ing a new Congregational church at
Severy Sunday, the cost of which was
$500. It is said to be very neat
structure.
Mcpherson Republican: Harvesting
is going on rapidly. The wheat is very
uneven; some portions of a field Often
yielding heavy crop, while other Pnr-
tions are not worth cutting.
The trustees of the NJ. E. church south,
Rev. Blakey, pastor, have purchased the
Catholic church property in this city.
The building is situated on plat of
eight lots and is beautifully located
Chase county Leader.
A steam road wagon passed through
town Tuesday, on its way to Butler
county 1t weighs 1900 pounds and has
twelve horse power. 1t is used for run
ming machinery of all kinds and Plow-
ing.-Chase county Leader.
From the general and elaborate pre-
parations which are being made in Kan
sas for celebrating the Fourth of July,
VIC should not be surprised if we were
on the eve of one of the greatest floods
known in the history of the common
wealth.
NeOsho County Record: There are
many fields of wheat that were found to
be SO worthless on going TO harvest
them that the machines were driven out
after having cut few swathes, finding
plenty of straw but no grain. Cause
chinch bug, rust and fly.
The Great Bend Register man said a
man in 'his town" was monomanic on
the subject of Office seeking, and got
himself sued for $4,000 damages.
This is the editor that raised 700 acre
tact Of wheat, and he ought to be made
to pay the $40. 900, as he can just as well
do it as not.
a peculiar form of animal life, classi-
fed by courtesy as q species of soft
shelled turtle, has recently been observed
on portions of Kansas avenue, in Tope-
ka. The demolition of the walls of the
sleeping apartments of the old Tefit
house may throw some light on this
new development.
Hatchison News: The wheat is boom
ing all right Brown and Bigger this
week gathered sample punches from
over fifty fields. They arc labelling
each bunch showing where it was grown
and by whom, the number Of acres in
the piece and The number Of bushels to.
an acre. These samples are gathered
to send to the state fair and will no
doubt reflect great creditor Reno county.
Council Grove Republican: Riding
up the Kahola, through a score Of fine
farms, We reach the rich stock and grain
. farm of Mr.. Andrew Hinchman, a ma
tive of Virginia and one of the fist set
tiers of the county. Hr. H. is one OF the
most enterprising. "go-ahead" stock men
in Kansas He shipped over 500 head
last year, and has over SEQ head upon the
place at present. He is also largely in
terested in grain, having over 500 acres
OF corn, and he has just harvested 20
; acres of wheat that will average twenty
five bushels 10 the acre Mr.. II. Is
making an extensive trial of tame grass
es, having 10 acres Of clover which
stands over four feet high. He reports
himself much pleased with his success
, with tame grasses so far, and affirms that
| farming can be carried on more profit
ably right here in Kansas than anywhere
else in the world.