The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-05-26

Winfield is to have a public park.

Winfield is to have public park.
A sugar mill is going up At Ellsworth.
Hays City is TO have large elevators.
Motz, builder.
The Sterling sugar mil will have capaci-
ty Of grinding 90, tons Of cane per day.
Ash Greek, Rice county, is excited over
the report that panther is prowling in that
vicinity.
Eight and 3-lO0 inches Of rainfall at Dodge
City during two weeks in May. How is that
for high.
No fruit failure in Kansas this year. APP
pies, plums. peaches, cherries, and all kinds
Of small fruit In first-class condition in How
ard county.
The State Fish Commissioner has just dis
DIES Cygnes, the Arkan.as, and other streams
in Southern Kansas.
In Chetopi farmers report that the wheat
is being damaged by the chintz-bug. and
that If rains do not come soon to check their
rayages the damage will be serious.
The stockmen in the vicinity Of Arkansas
City are talking up the holding Of a meeting
for the purpose Of protecting native cattle
from the Texas hive in the Territory.
Some fields of wheat la Jefferson county
have been plowed up, because they were
deemed to be worthless, while others present
remarkably line appearance.
1t is reported in Augusta that ID. y. Me-
Cray, Of the Burden Enterprise, thinks OF
moving his office back to Douglass. should
he do 80 there wall be eight papels in Butler
county.
| Mr.. Crane. living four miles northeast OF
Altamont, Labette county while climbing
on load Of hay, fell behind the mules, calls
ing them to run. They pulled the wagon
over him, breaking his leg and seriously in
jurng him otherwise.
| Farmers will do well TO try some of the
| Peal milet this season. We hear il highly
| spoken Of; il will yield from two to three
crops OF hay in one season from the same
roots, which continue to grow until killed
by frost.
| One day last week Mr.. W. i. Smith was
| branch of Il peach tree. There were over
twenty small peaches cinging to it. and Mr..
Smith said the whole tree was loaded, and
| likewise the whole orchard
Mr.. A. j. Hoisington, editor of the Great
Bend Rscister. has seven hundred acres OF
fine wheat growing on his farm. The CAro-
no.ccpe is benin in this editorial industry.
having only eighty acres. Who viii deny
lioisinston front seat among the Kansas
farmers.
CD. Jones. Of Garden City, has planted
forty pounds of Mexican onion seed. lIc
expects to harvest 10000 bushels OF onions
at 81 Per busheI-Sa9 900. Jones will be Il
thousandarc this year. We think this state
ment is somewhat irrigated.
Ell. Williams informs US that he recently
sheared seyenty-iiye she's, for Sparks a. Mich
OILS, of Elm Greek. Barbour county. the fleece
Of each averaging seventeen pounds. Will
liams says they were the finest lot of sheep
he ever handled.
Where is the man who said whisky-sclling
would not stop with the tirsto May. Among
the thousands who gathered in Wellington
on account Of John Robnson's show. not a
man was seen under the influence of liquor
The people of sumner willingly obey the
law.
The miners of Osa-c county have decided
to pay M assessment of fifty cents each TO
raise fund 10 enforce the mining law. They
may probably begin with Mr. Green. OF Car
bondalc, whose shaft was burned short
time since. and in which the lives of nine |
men We're lost. Estimating that there are
1000 men in the county who mine. the first
assessment will raise fund of 500.
A trip through the country northeast of
Abilene showed a very gratifying state of al |
fairs as regards crops Of all kinds. The |
wheat looked remarkably well, and promised |
better yield than last year. Some fields |
were unusually fine. or peaches there will |
be an abundance and to spare; apples, cher
re-, pums aud smaller fruits never looked
better for 4 big yield. Altogether "A
more favorable season for agriculture than
the present one was never youciiSa.cd the
farmers of Dickinson county and OF Kansas
generally.
A terrible affair happened over in Jefferson
county last Saturday night, which is thus
related by the O>ka!oosa Siekle: Nelson
Ross and his wife, residing in Fa,iew
township. were awakened from their sleep
from sense OF .suifocation. They jumped out
of bed. ad Mr.. Ross has,enei pstairs TO
bring his two children down-one boy some
five Years OF age, and the other a girl about
three years old. He caught The boy up from
the bel and hurried down stairs. throwing
him part of the way. and FASTENED back after
the daughter. But, alas, he was met at the
bedroom door 10y smoke and flames. lie
groped about the best he could to get hold of
the darling child, but coad not find her. aud
was finally driyenaway by The flames. Moth
ing of the household furniture was saved.
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