The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-07-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS

| q handsome sbhOol buildino will ho ox..-
az once in Payne & Gibbs addition IS go
o,aot ~ sorghum sugar mills arc in process ~
no ~Gtlon 10 Kansas having an aggregate -
pac''y OF 5000, 100000 pounds. "'' "a
Inc deepest well in Kansas ia NJ An,h
aus arill has already gone down 9 9aS tnat
ana Is still going down. 5000 lee[
Inc 6tockmcn Of Mitchell county oro 49,,
t thhe up steers to feed. Their confdonca =
'No oofn crop has put them to work -
AL Fulton, Bourbon comfy +bo ~.
morning, all the business section ,va. "a Ae q
aSheS' resulting in total loss Of S25 n6 1,0 III
ne yic'd OF wheat about Geuda SPRINGS
GG ''Sy county, Is reported at from q to 9o
bushels. Aion - 70 lOO
1t is estimated by competent and Conserve.
1--WE judges, that the oat cron Of JeyaI,
county Will average one hundred bushels -
the acre. ouSueE 10
secretary Mohler, one of the State BOARD
o1 Agriculture, estimates the total wboot
product OF Kansas for 1888 at 175o0 mn
=. Mather an old well digger of WELLINGTON
WHO cleaning well near South Haven w.o
overcome by, foul air, fell to the bottom and
was drowned "no
Inc register and receiver of the Initial
states land office at Garden CITY, have decid.
ed to rcorganze Syracuse as the county scat
u hamilton county.
The wheat is being threshed In manv narts
d NoWiey county and is running from thirty
TO thirty five bushels per acre. The Weld ~
oaIS per acre is unprecedented
Fire broke out in W. A. Moore's drv goods
store at Stockton the other morning and de.
str0yeo $IS, OOO worth Of property before con-
trollcd. Moore's loss is $4,000.
clifton RcOew: James KlnsIey is a very
proud man this spring He has Just finished
cuttlhg ten acre field Of wheat that he war
rants VIII 20 forty bushels Der acre. Tn Ont
snnS ~ nc USED 50 pounds OF Irvine, IS pounds
Hote IMAM The average on a ten acre tract
lle says IL Is In splendid condition
Glen Elder Herald: We have n samnIe of
corn, planted by $. w. Earl, May 20. that in
forty days measured seventy inches in height
nc &c also SHOWS samples of corn cut down to
he ground by hail May 26 that is now in fnII
loSsel and silk. This is the King PhilIin
variety and is valuable for early feed.
Atchison Champion: The ropulation ~
value is $4O0,000,0O. This gives an AVERAGE
per capita wealth Of $266G68 to each man,
upon 5O per cent basis the valuation at n
tuii estimate would double that per capita.
Jewell Itc0ie0: Uncle Newt. Lonpacre of
Mankato, has two very old books that are
real relics of antiquity. They are works OF
theology, and were printed in 1882: about
nnIty-hve years before the Revolutionary war.
l nc printing, although somewhat faded and
use. 1NS
syracuse adVices say great excitement cx-
lsCS I'D Coolidge, over the action of J. Ii. Bor-
uers III reference to registering county script.
a vigilance committee has been formed and
threats OF tar and feathers and lynchine are
freely INDUCED in. Many citizens are draw
ing tnelr deposits from his bank. The trouble
grows out OF the recent county seat contest.
Washington Register: A stalk of field corn
nearly six feet high hangs in Mr.. Emmons'
real estate Office in the court house. and
nearly every farmer that sees it declares he
can beat 1t. The harvesting Of rye in this
vicinity has begun, the Achenbach bows be-
lpg the first TO cut The grain is very heavy
ond good, and the yield is away up in the
figures.
shot by jOintistS on the Fourth Of July aud
afterwards reported dead, is still alive and
some hopes arc entertained of his recovery.
lie was shot through the abdomen, the ball
lodging in his waist band on the opposite
side from where it entered. Judge Furry,
VINO was shot through tho knee at the same
time, is recovering.
An Abilene dispatch says that w. S. Allen,
4 resident of that city for twenty months
past skipped the town last Saturday night,
taking with him his two little girls, one aged
and the other T. Allen is low, heavy set
man aud was dressed in light summer
clothes when last seen. The last heard OF
him he had bought tickets for Kansas City.
Allen Is drinking character, and his wife
Is almost distracted.
Blue Rapids Times: F. Bogue and family,
who have been residents of Montana for
some years, reached Blue Ra plds on Monday
to stay. Mr.. Boguc, after selling his Montana
went to California to locate, but de-
Cided the country had been too highly pras-
cd, and left pretty thoroughly Disguised.
Mr.. g. has fine bottom farm here and has
no desire TO exchange 1t for California prop
erty, He thinks one acre of it is worth three
IN California.
Edward Amos and Thomas Williams. two
lOub- hIGh ACoAAAA- IA OlS oONth
ern part Of Labette county. we're rivals for
the hand of 4 Young lady residing in the
They had several Quarrels,
and two weeks ago last Saturday they repair
ed to the race-track near Chetopa to settle
he question which should have the young
lady, by a rough tumble tight During
mill which ensucd Amos bit the FIRST JOINT of
The little tuGer off Williams right hand In
a few DAYS the wound became exceedingly
painful, and blood poisoning set ID, which
the amputation OF the arm and
cbow. Williams condition IS exceedingly
lrccarOuS.
The North Main street stables Of the Wich
tia street railway company at Wichita were
wiped out by fire the other morning. The
night Waterman was in the barn at the time,
and Of the three empleSes who slept IN the
building, Tobias Weile and William Gerke
were both badly burned and removed to the
hosnital and Gerke, it is thought can not re-
cover, as his head and shoulders are horribly
burned There were only eiGhTy-three mules
in the barn at the time, the rest OF the COM
pan,'s 300 being scattered in the other barns.
Over forty OF the mules were burned 10
death and ten more had 10 be shot Almost
al of the thirty that survive are so badly
burned as TO be entirely useless The loss
has not vet been asccrtaincd definitely but
it is abouc $4,000, partially covered by
insurance.
Atch;sop CbapDfo4. Dodge CITY, which