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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15
FINE WATCHES.
a Few Facts and Figures From the OId-
cat JeweIry House.
strawa, ~ At Were, showing which Way
the wind Blows.

the Wind Blows
T. h. Fry, the pioneer jewe.er, who is
here since the days of &c, and now has
one OF the handsomest and most com
plete jewelry stores exuant, AN establish
ment IN which one may well take pride,
is ever on the alert 10 keep a. the head OF
the procession, and is continually sur
prising his pairous with new wonder, in
his line. He hGs just received the Won
derrul ''selEstiikiDg repeater massive
gold watch, of "a plain, substantial pat
tern, containing the finest of works. of
Geneva manufacture, and being time
piece that not only keeps an accurate
record of the passing moments, but
strikes aloud every hour. and every
quarter hour in the tweniy-four. 1t is
certainly masterpiece of workmanship
and is well worth seeing. II was manu-
tactured by Bourquin s. Sis, and is val
ued at $500
Mr.. Fry has just received for Mr.. J.
q. Burnett, ticket agent of the Missouri
Pacific, an elegant gold, shell case watch,
engraved with the owners initials.
There is also on exhibition at this es-
tablishmenf, for few days, handsome
gold, sweep second watch Of the Lonis
NV design, bought by ID. T. Knapp, an
engineer ON the Missouri Pacific rail.
road between Sedalia and st Louis.
Nifty has received number of very
rich designs in bracelets and pins in Ru-
man gold and Of the most delicate and
unique manufacture They must be seen
t0 he appreciated. Fy's store is the
Aladin's palace OF this part OF the
country, and its treasures are displayed
TO all who call without even the use of
the cabaiistic words: open Sesame"
Tanner " Bros. pay cash for all coun-
try produce
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

A nice oil shade, SIX feet long, with
gold band, Judd's fixture ana cnr,i, can
he had at Fox d Co. IS for sixty five cents.
Three coluT5.
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The show window of II. J. Birds jew
elry store was made more attractive this
morning by the addition of an unique
clock. Just from Chicago. 1t is one of
the most ornamental time pieces we
have seen for some time.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The sheriff and his deputies are kept
very bdsy in riding over the county
hunting up witnesses for the present
term of court
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

We have received n very large stock
of clocks in new styles and patterns,
which we are selling very cheap at the
gDc stnrt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

GRA>D SALE OF SHEEP AND CATTLE
i will offer for sale AT the Rccs
brothers farm, ON Dry creek, five miles
southwest of Emporia, on Thursday,
July 9Th, 1882. the following property
1900 good graded sheep, consisting of
225 ewes, 92j lambs, 800 head of year
ling, $50 two y ears old and 400 three
and four years old weathers; also 8 COWS
with sucking calves, COW to calve and
cows without calves; threc.year old
steers, 23 two-year old steers
and yearling steers; two-year old
and yearling heifers; good mule, .
good work horses aud one saddle pony.
Terms of sale: All sums of 50 and
under, cash; all over s., six months
time without interest will be allowed.
LLEwELLYN REEFS.
Col. Ii. w. PEARsALL, AucliOnccr.
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4 marr.ar "a license was issned IYndnes.

4 marriage license was issued Wednes-
day by Probate Judge Kellogg to
Mr.. William Ii. Miller and Eliza j,
Lane, both Of this county. The wedding,
so We learn from invited guests, is to
take place at Neosho Rapids Tomorrow
evening, and will be witnessed by several
Emporians. The high contracting par
ties arc quite well and fayorably known
TO many Of our readers. and we trust this
pleasant event will rebound to the hap
piness of all concerned
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The result of my use of 81. Jacobs Oil
for rheumatism ISL have been recon
mending il ever since, says the Mayor
OF Chicago. Hon. Carter H. Harrison, in
The Chicago Times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

George Rice sat up nearly all OF last
night narsing very sore thumb. George
is very much addicted To base ball.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Another large invoice OF Vane, Cal
vert 81 Co = mixed paints just received
by CHAs. RYDER.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Alex Bakcmore. one of the colored
man implicated in the BabB shoot.
ing aiTray, and who was acquitted by
the jury at Cottonwood Falls, was on the
streets Monday. Ray, who was also nc
quilted, is ut Dunlap. Mr.. ID. is feeling
quite happy over his narrow escape, and
henceforth will doubtless be more cauii-
GUS in his associations.
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To oue knowledge, there has been but
two cases OF undertaking in Emporia
during the last month.
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This is 10 certify that McssIs. Suppe
Il SOgard are DER only authorized agents
for Lyon county, Kansas, and we will
not hold ourselves responsible for the
guarantee of any of our instruments pro-
cured of other parties in said county I'M
ill further notice
Very rcsnpctfulIv
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

City Clerk E. NJ. Fordc is expected
home next Tuesday.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Phil IIeiiman is shipping corn 10 LIE
roy and Burlington, for which he re-
ccives 50 cents u bushcl.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

When you have got an old horse that
has passed the market period, apply a
bottle Of keEdall's Spawn Cure and The
result will be marvellous. Read adver-
tisement.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The commissioners adjourned yester-
day until Saturday, when they will
again meet as a board of equalization.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

w II. Suppc, at the 09e store, has
now on the way 100 dozen hotel dishes,
of which he makes specially.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Thousands have used Kendall's SPAWN
Cure for rheumatism after all other rem
edIes had failed, and have experienced
instant relief
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We sell the White anu Domestic,
SIKH avenue, near the opera house.
SMITH 81 HAIL.
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HEAR US.

Messrs. suppc & sogard are the sole
agents for our instruments in Emposia,
and any other person Ginning to Be our
agent is not aulhoriz d 10 sell our in.
siIumenis, and we shall only be respon.
sible for sales made by sapre s. socard
cHIcKEErSG & Son,
100 fremont street, Boston.
This Will show who is selling cuaran.
teed goods, and are backed by M. man
ufacturers- Hurrah fos Suppe q soear,s
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The new ceiling in the clerks office
was painted today
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Happy Thought plug tobacco is
Wilson ~ McCallay's finc,,t grade. Ask
dealers for IA trial of it,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Lyon county hucksters are shipping
immense quantities of vegetables TO Col
orado and New Mexico.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Window shades at Old prices, all sizes
and ready made; all complete, and sell
like hot cakes at the 80 cent store.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Bracket lamps, all complete, with nine
inch silver reflector only % cents, worth
$1.35 Ia $1.50 elsewhere.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The 90 cent store sells lwO-thirds of all
the picture frames that are sold in EN-
poria, and don't you forget it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Call and see Fox & Co.'s new pictures,
in all varieties
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The finest wood works and finest ma
chine "The Light Running Domestic
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

I.KEs' GREAT STOCK SALE.-See no
tice in another column.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The largest assortment of leather
team nets, fine buggy nets and busters Al
low prices at leilman's.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The DAILY NEWS cigars, the lest 90
cigars in town, sold by
CmAs RYDER.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

81 have found st. Jabobs Oil to be A
most excellent remedy for rheumatic
pains" says MIR. F. Latham, 5 Harrison
street, Providence. r. I.-Boston Herald
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Call and see, whether you buy or not,
tie White and Domestic.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Gold banG oil shades with fixtures O 4
ly sixly.live CENTS at Fox & Co.'S.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Buy your table cutlery at the 09c store
and save money.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Steady, true and honest, always-"The
Light Running Domestic"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Are we going 10 have match game of
base ball on the Fourth?
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Richter harps, genuine, at /. d. Fox &
Co.'S for ten cents.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Do you want sewing machine? b
SIRE and try The Domestic"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The ice men are beginning 10 get in
their work.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Only ten cents for Richter harps in
any key at /. u. Fox & Co.'S
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15
Very respectfully
Story a. CAM

clbish ~ SAMit
General western managers for the
Estcy organ, Decker Bros, Haines
Bros, Mathushek, Simpson IL Co.'s and
Story 81 Camps pianos, alsn manulac-
turers of the popular Story 81 Camp
organs.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Gents summer wear is selling awful
cheap ut the 99c. store.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

The mad dog season has not yet fairly
$500
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15
STORY * CAMP

No lake salt 81 % per barrel at
Bros.
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Old Shocks is on the street again,
Without dyspepsia, CONT or pain,
And all the cause for cure / know
Comes from the craw of Flukrr's Crow
With pie crust short and biscuits light,
With mullins fine and bread SD white,
No wonder health should blush and
glow
O'er all who feast on Fluker's Grow.
o wives and mothers who OFT have said:
MY flour is poor, and poor my bread"
Hail ye the flour, more white than snow,
Meath the dark plumes of Fluker's
Crow.
Dealers furnished at Wholesale prices.
Kept by all first class groceries and feed
stores.
Coal oil, Is cents gallon at Tanner
Bros.
PUBLIC SALE-I will sell at public
sale, on Friday, June s3, on the Pruyn
farm, five miles northeast of Emporia,
on the old Lawrence road, the following
stock: % head OF cows, with calves or
to calve; 10 one year old hcifers; thor
oughbred bull, and as yearling steers.
Terms: Six months time, at 8 per
cent. interest, with good security; five
per cent off for cash. l. e. LAMBERT.
II. w. PEARsALL, Salesman.
Good chewing tobacco, 40 cents per
pound at Tanner Bros.
Farmers, attention. The Keystone
flour aud feed store is the place to buy
your flour and feed cheap for cash.
ID. DRYER.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Farmers, attention. The Keystone
-four aud feed store is the place to buy
your flour and feed cheap for cash.
d. DRYER
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15

Good chewing tobacco. 40 cents per
pound at Tanner Bros.
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Patent Applied For.

Tanner ~ Bros pay cash for all coun-
try produce.
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Col II. W. PEARsALL, Auclionccr
A Flnury Poem

IL pounds sugar for 81 90 at Tanner
Rrnc
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Meeting Of the council next Tuesday
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n. Lonls. Mo. June 5. 1sse.

10 pounds coffee for SI.OO at Tanner
Bros.
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Saturday evenings News came out
with the following extraordinary an
nOuncement:
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SECOND WARD.

]. C. Burnett, d. S. Bill, c. J. Fiest,
Thomas Bethany. A tie vote, 73 votes
each, between e. G. Martin and T. N
SedgWick.
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l. L. Lambert, j. w. Thatcher, p.
StrOmberg, VIM. Folsom, Jones Alexan-
der. Z. j. Price.
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II. F. HoLMEs, Chairnlan.
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LIST or DELEGATES

We publish below q list of the dele
gates to the county convention called by
the Republican central committee TO
meet in Emporia on the 18th, as far as
received at this writing:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-14
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,

l,ARABI PASHA believes his life Is in
danger. The Khedive has remarked that he
and Arab could not live in the same coun-
try. An indictment against the rebel chiefs
contains three counts. First, instiaatinS the
massacres; second, directing the burning Of
Alexandria; and third, abusing the flag Of
truce. 100 Il7a. BE-. , 90 i.lo.. -BN IH
ELECTION returns from Ohio show a
Democratic majority. ..uurl .n.as
CHARLEs SCARRITT, wholesale gro
Ger at Columbus, Ohio, was thrown from
buggy and fatally injured, on the 10th. d d.
EDWARD CLARK passed some ,.coun-
terfeit hickels in Dubuque, Iowa, the other
day. The money was shown to Detective
Shattuck, and he proceeded to the residence
Of MrsXHn isdielg an nntof S0lark,' 'whers
he found all the implements for making
counterfeit money, together with 4, quantity
of spurious coin. Clark and Mrs. Blaisdell
were arrested. Mrs. Blaisdell has been ac-
, tive as preaching missionary to theI N Z
mates Of the jail for some time past, and re-
garded as very exemplary woman.
Miss SALLIE BRONSON, of Detroit,
Midh., committed suicide by jumping from
a steamer, near Star Island, the other day,
She was highly esteemed member OF the
Presbyterian Church, and taught in the Sum
y-schoo. ...aa 1904 Eat .fh oI.- a.
G. M. RHoADEs, carpenter, was
shot and MORALLY wounded byJ. j. Lewis,
a gambler, in Houston, Texas, the other
day.
CHARLES IRWIN, 16 years old, fatally
stabbed Chiffon Lemmons, companion
aged 10, while returning fromlchurch at IIa-
mersville, Ohio, the other night. DO
AT .Speedsville, N. T., on the 9Th, a
dentist named COPYRIGHT shot dead ped
der named Joel Evans. The killing was in
settlement OF an old grunge.
THREE FIREMEN, named Stoltz,
Brand, and Thiessen, were badly burned
by the explosion OF an oil-tank, in Milwau-
kee, Wis, Oct. 0. Stolz can not recover.
RICHARD CHAPMAN, a Baptist minis
ter, had difficulty with John Turner at
Pine Bluff Springs, Texas, the other night.
Turner was stabbed three times, and died
soon after. Chapman escaped.
REV. }. L. DENTON, Superintendent
Of Public Instruction of Arkansas, cast him.
self from balcony at Fayetteville the other
day and was killed. He had been mentally
unbalanced for several days. He was for
many years one OF the most prominent di-
vines in the Methodist church.
G.. G. RANDOLPH, a merchant OF Rip
ley, Miss, took a fatal dose OF morphine at
Holly Springs the other day. Business
troubles prompted the act.
JAMES PRICE, Texas & Pacific
brakeman, was crushed to death at Dallas,
Texas, Oct. g. tii' Oh 1il"f' I'' l'oenI 70
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Two daughters of MIR. Rosecrantz, OF |

Two daughters of Mr.. Rosecrantz, of
Lowell, Kans., were burned nearly to ashes
In their home, the other morning. Mrs.
Rosecranz and her~eldest daughter, aged IL,
succeeded in getting out OF the building.
when the girl again entered AVID rushed TYP
stairs tor Der youhgcr sister, aged Z. She
had Succeeded inreachitfg heichildsand was
bringing tito the bead OF the stairway when
the floor gave way, precipitating them both
into the burning mass.
A MISPLACED switch near Muskogee,
Indian Territory, sent freight train into a
ditch the other day. Engineer SPAR was
crushed TO Jelly, and Fireman Walker had
both legs severed from his body.
H. G. MEAD, of Waupaca,. Wis.,, WAS
murdered in bank. robbery which occurred
at that place the other night. -rf- go
HUME REDMAN, residing near Mount
Vernon. Ind, who has served a term in the
Illinois Pententiary for homicide, beat his
wife in terrible manner, the other day, aud
completed his work with revolver. Pop
ular excitement suggests the probability of
a lynchlng.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A mortgage on q houss isolike "a
m-hole in an apple Before you
know it, there is more worm hole than
fruit. In Y Ind penHenEi ,adtoTom 70
Never go into a. railway bsaperin-
tendept's Qfice with %, q oeergyman.
There is nothing a railway man hates to,
see more thith'a man coming in to in
troduce u coupler. rr Ilefroif Pjst,h ....,
AS good almost kill man as kill
good book. Many man lives II bur
den to the eaith; but good ibOolis the
prec Gus life7bleod of q master-spirit,
embamed and treasured up on purpose
to life beyond lie. AlftitoRlhE .-ingHHl
Little Johnnygwhop probably knows
what he iStalking about, says he don't
see why folks 90 into The" c6tintry and
come back wiuilsueh black faces That
seems TO be aIllthe good if dogs 70 them,
and he can get tanned without going
from homesS "3i94- J. il1em 5hj = ,
The only differencanthht we CAN,
think of Just now between tue girl you.
adore and d beai'-trap,, 10 Voting man, is
that one bangs the hair land tthe other
hangs the bear, II, tbs is not the
proper k boslf Ne do not want the
chrome. IL Bur6ettG u Al - - .fi f.,
lic llOtplcl tlt VII pOfIlSs
that have thus far been sent TO the,
Times Office Is that the poets make
Khedive rhyme with bee hive, and while
there's a waste basket handy we are
not going TO wrench either OF those
words in any such manner --BoStoH
Times.
-"Do you upbraid your husband
when he comes home under the inhu-
L I .. 4
woman of friend who lCng ago had
celebrated her tin wedding. "Upbraid
himpn she echoed. ''Well, don't say
much; but when get through with my
object teaching he comes home sober
every night for month" ''What do,
YOU mean by oh Get teaching. plcase?'
''Simply this When the old man comes
home tight, | wrap him up in a rag car
pet and spank him like fury with a SHOW
ell. Try it on your husband some time"
- Chicago Herald.
-"Well. what next, / wonder?" ex-
claimed Mrs. Goodington, looking up.
from her evening paper. What
with boy preachers, and Sancho and
Moody derangelists, and saliva
ton armies, things are coming to a.
pretty pass. Daniel and | sot under
Parson Jones for nigh onto thirty years,
and we never thought OF asking for
anything better. The Parson used to ,
give us the true doctoring without any
lis or ands, and he made as many con-
victs as any of these newfangled folks
ever did or ever will, I'm thinking"
And the old lady glared at the paper with
a look of severity on her dear old honest
countenance that i'll became it-RoSton.
Post ~ ," siial4isinp'-<- $500"
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

st. Louis does yearly business in
horses and mules of about $4,000. 600
st L0US GiOdc. 20 ffNH iI
$50 vaIG6Blc- md scarec- sffas the
black walnut tree becqmq liagp ny
OF them in the mountains OF North
Carolina have been sold at $40 apiece.
lust as thes st md in the woods. tho
purchaser roserv mr. the right TO take
them away with IL a certain number OF
Years
There are some sixty sassafras-oil
distil,eries in Buckingham, County, Va,
and they engage three hands ct each
mill. They consume each per day two
thousand pounds of roots and make
sixty gallons OF oil, worth from $3.50
to So per gallon s270 to $500 per day,
and for the year from $4,000 to- SG0,-y
900.
1T is no longer "cattlc on 4 thou
sand hills" but thousands of cattle on
the hills. 1wenty-nirs .cow-bovsn
who visited Topeka. Kan during the
late soldiers reunion. represented over
400, 900 cattle. and $40. 0OJ.0)O capital.
The largest number represented BY one
firm was GO 900 head, and the Smallest
number by single individual Jas 600
uNtlQ. - tttf o. 'tf mo-
D.. In q jewelry store. at Erie, Pa,
hangs a Clock about the size of an aver
age eight-daN clock, with a pendulum
weighing forty pounds. This pepdulum
is made TO oscillate beneath Il horseshoe
magnet, above which is aiooii magnet.
A zinc plate buried one foot above
copper plate in the earth furnishes sufli-
cient electric power to run the clock
perpetnaly. - PatsbHrgh Posi- ai.f- ..
The farms of the United States are
worth $40, 1876, 799, Gas; the fences, S78.-
765, 1913; I've stock, S500,S32, 1870; farm
implements and machinery, ,S40S, 5l6,-
902; manures and special fertilizers cost.
1928, 5S7. S65. The total value invested
in agr' culture is rated at Sl2, 20, 253,-
3l6. Its yearly products foot up 49,
800. OOO.0 600 and the revenue yearly col
lected from it's products Tor thetsupport
oil the National, State and local Govern
ments and for education amounts to.
nearly S100,G00J00o iahiually5niEisiz9L
% '-From the best information we can
get from all parts of the State. we have
made an estimate that there are n0win |
Texas 1000, 090 of sheep. including this
wear lambs; that the lamb crop this
year is fully I 500, 900 'hea I. "TheiState
will marketrhbodt $4,000, 600 pounds of
wool, wopth, on an average % eentsper
pound, OF S6,300000.i or n{dptoh sheep
about $500, 900 worth will ober sold dur
ing the year, which gives us a total rev.
enue Of nearly W, 900, 900 derived from
the wool industry of the State. The
production of wool is. increasing at the
rate OF % per cent per annuH, and will
continue to do so for many wears to-
come, until Texas will furnish more
wool than all the rest of the United
States. The average gain in weight in,
feeces this year is, as compared with
last, about 80 per cent, in other words.
the same number of sheep sholT last
year yielded 30 per cent. more wool
this year,rY Teras Wool GroWer.