The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-04-20
Prairie Grove Items.

oscar hoVerson Is night operator at Norway.
Major Robbins is painting his house.
Cherry trees done blooming.
Several orchards set out this spring
Prairie grass making its appearance.
Only four scholars attend school at Pleasant Ridr,
Quite scarcity of children. What kind Of marie
folks have they on that ridge, anyway
Wheat is growing almost too rapidly. 1t is though
by many that it will be harvest time before the cor
has had sufficient blowing. Some say it is too THO
too make good yield.
Mr.. John Burns and wife of Kenrekuk, ware vi,
iting friends here, this week. He informs us thu
some Of the forward farmers about there have cor
planted, and rotting One of our neighbors los
seed corn. this Spring, by planting early. Peopl
will learn, and time will fly.
Hello! what's upi Central STATE didn't appea
last week Has it sunk beneath the wavei
hr. Tom Joyce went West, q few weeks ago. in
tending to purchase some land.
great many people sending their cattle GU
West in the herd, this SPRING having insufficient
pasture for them. Those who have pasture can tax,
in any amount of cattle, at n high price.
We said some time ago. that Mr. Corhusier pronb
esied that farmers in this County would be planting
their corn in March. Well wise men sometime,
make mistakes. Charley knows all the tricks of the
needle, but he cannot predict with the utmost pre
cision.
Mr. l. Eickery is going to build fsh.pond, and
raise fish. We believe he intends to wall the side,
and bottom with rock, and have the water let ont
through screened pipes This is something new here
and we wish him success.
dance at Joe Devereux's, Monday night gotten
up by Ed. Lyons and VIM. Devereaux of ST. Joe
The night was cool, and the dancers were in good
trim.
We are sorry to inform the people of the depsrt-
ure Of our friend, Frank Sites, who has been with
US so long, and who had become so well acquainted
He has situation at Chenille, Neb, and is getting
better wages. We could not help his going so wen
just wish him success, and hope he will win the con.
fdenee of the boys and the affection of the girls as
be did here.
dance at Mr.. Bodart's Wednesday night ended
with squabble. Yum-yum. We suppose that il
what they call enjoying themselves The girls must
have enjoyed themselves, watching q lot Of boys
quarreling. Wine not sole cause.
Ed. Devereaux and VIM. Lyons, of st. Joe, were
out on visit, last week. Said they gazed on the
face of the dead outlaw, the "santed- Jesse Jame.
before they came out here.
There is an old cows carcass near the road be-
tween here and Norway, which should be removed.
That ball of fire or supernatural visitor that fell
between Jesse James and his pal, few DAYS before
the formers death, is haunting the superstition. peo
pie of the neighborhood, who say it was q warning
from heaven Well now, lots of folks need warning
about the 18th Of November, when meteors fall by
the wholesale; and we see, by this, the use of
meteors There is q comet in Lyrs, which might
have had something to do with the shooting Of jesse
This happened about tive weeks ago but BY the
carefulness of the fellow whom the joke is on it was
not related to We reporter: A certain young man, it
seems, had bad boots, and was cut sitting around q
campfire, with some other boys. On the fire was q
large pan of grease. What they intended the grease
for, we know not just for devilment, this Young
fellow, forgetting that there was little leather be-
tween his toes and the atmosphere, kicked the pan
and upset the boiling grease upon his toes Raging
with pain he first thought to remove his boots but
brighter idea struck his whirlng brain, and with
The speed of thunderbolt, he dashed to the creek
which was near by. and threw form and frame into
is welcome embrace, finding at last a rendezvou,
Tor his world weary toes upon which the burning
crease had so cruelty acted.
Sunday night, there was one Of the grsnde.. dis
days of the Aurora Borealis that We have ever wit
,essed. Early in the evening the northern sky wa
it up, and It appeared as though the was about
o mount the horizon, at a point directly North. |
4ater on. the display became more grand. when
reat streaners Of electricity dashed from the north
IN horizon upward to the zenith. Those quickly
hanged in form and color, changing in q few mo- |
nents from daylight tint to deep red Al times |
he needle of the compass was greatly sgitated and
anced to the music made by the electricity, while
as-ing through the upper atmosphere. At tines,
tars appeared as If they dipped in blood, and
Then visible at all through the strong light, they
winkled wonderfully. Bits of light that passed up
trough the streamers remained visible in the south
m hemisphere for several hours Once q great
freak about ten degrees in width dashed upward
,to the bowl of the dipper, and it appeared a. If
nix were spiling from the bowl of that wellknovn
People about here say it was the
randest display Of the Aurora that they ever wit
essed. SXrrsx J.