The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-02-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The poor farm in Pawnee county ia so,d ;
DC failure-for lack of pauners
Hutchinson claims to have 50 s9s mn g.
vested ID manufacturing ENTERPRISES
GOOD farming land within ten miles a
FeaOody is worth from $40 to 500 per acre.
Inc santa Fe company has begun excavat
1ng Tor their new $50, 900 depot at Arkansa
One canning firm in Atchison has alread,
tables. 0'' "'ieS VI Fege
AHe Kansas state musical society Will boI,
S Eext annual meeting at Topeka on Nav /
Inc weather has been spring like for ove
Infee weeks Ii southern and Southwestern
Kansas "0U'n"csleFL
REPORTS from every section of the state ara
very favorable to an immense fruit and wbast
crop this year. -~ ""0"'
Atchlson had $4,000 blaze the other
morning. Two large business honses wer.
wiped out by the flames "e'F
The farmers Of Gray county sold last Va.
$3.50 pounds Of butter, realizing tberefron
III ~ They also disposed of 81 600 worth If
poultry and eggs. "O''- "
i've years ago Wichita was a town of
o,oOO innaDHantS To-day it is a flourshing
oiayo - 41sooV lp.nabitants. and is the seat of
~ WI III SCHOOLS and colleges and the Burton
o0Oe co~nty Graphic: Look out for boom
- q lands this spring. 1t is coming.
t rarers ia the east are tired of the situation
ana many Of them are coming to west
- Kansas this year.
A1chlson Champion: The Bohemian oats"
4Wlnolers are again in the field. The best
Enlng the farmers Of Kansas can do if applied
20 IOT orders from these frauds is to give Them
ZIG bohemian grand bounce.
Lakin advocate: Farmers who have had
experience In the cultivation of sprin wheat
cay mat 1t ought to be planted as early as in
roDluaFy' Inc cultivation of spring wheat is
an experiment in Western Kansas.
a disastrous fire occurred at Cawker CITY
Hhe other night the second in less than a
Imonth' The stone business block of J. E.
Moulton, one Of the most elegant and sub
stantlal buildings in the city, was DESTROYED.
Emporia Republican: A Paola man. T. NJ
Corroll' took case to the supreme court to
'esC lne question, whether a mortgage on a
G crop before it was planted would hold good
u couTI ueclued that such a mortgage was
not legal or binding.
frank Rhodehammel, of Topeka, while on
nls way nome from an early train the other
norhlng, was knocked down and robbed of
PLY an ID gold watch by two masked men.
anu ~ now In critical condition and suffer
!Ds from conclusion of the BRAIN
Russell Journal: s. L. Gross stopped in
Friday to tell US Of calf dropped by high
grade Durham Of his, which weighed only
WE'VE pounds. 1t was sired by thorough.
Hereford I'm nj +I,o
marks Of It's sire, and is well formed and live.
~. lt Is being raised by hand.
ACouncil Grove Republican: Notwithstanding
the partial failure Of crops in Kansas during
The past two years, the State is so much better
OH as farming country than Indiana. Ohio
ana Illinois, that hundreds of people are Dre-
pairing to move out here. There will be a bio |
Doom ia farm lands all over Kansas this wear.
ana splendid class Of people will come in to
locate permanently.
Eighty families Of colored people raised 700
Dales OF cotton in Chautauqua county last
year, which sold for $3l, 600. The cotton was
raised on l, 200 acres Of ground, consequently
each acre returned $26.2 IS for the labor ex.
pended upon it. The Sedan Graphic saws
that the acreage will be doubled this year and
many White farmers will engage in the
business to some extent
Learned Eagle Optic: Now is the time for
our farmers to get ready for spring blowing.
hauI your manure and get it ready for turning
under. Let your lawns be cleaned aad prepa-
ratlons made for planting of trees in the earIy
spring. A farm beautitied by n neat lawn and
nicely arranged drive way, will thereby double
IL us selling value, and be constant source
q satisfaction to your family and Yourself
NOW IS the time to arrange for all this before
the rush OF spring work is upon YOU
Ashland Journal We hear considerable
discussion among farmers as to the operation of
the herd law. Some want 1t more rigidy, en-
forced, while others would like to see it done
away with entirely. More liberties have been
allowed in the matter Of stock at large during
the winter than since the law was established
In this county. Under the Circums tances It
was necessity, but circumstances lust as ur-
gent VIII require careful observance of the |
law as soon as the spring crops are in.
a suit to determine the title to The town
site OF Horton is now pending in Brown
County. The land embraces 100 acres. ad-
joining the railroad shops and there are
about one hundred and fifty dwellings on it.
Inc value or the property Is estimated by
mr. Sandson at So CO., Letson, Briggs and {
Linn claim the title to it, under man claim I
Ing to be q son OF the Indian Keokuk On the !
contrary, Mary +. Brown claims title to tue c
land under o brother and sister of Kcokuk's.
The celebrated Rush county seat contest
mas been decided BY the supreme court in
favor Of Rush Center. This case has been
pending In the courts more than nine wears {
The election was held in 1878, and La eros Sc '
was declared to be the county seat The ell :
ecton was contested by Rush Center. which ]
claimed that gross frauds were committed In !
the interest Of its compe titor. The supreme i
court decided that frauds were com mitted. =
ana sent special marshal to that county to
serve writs on the county officers compelling
them TO move their offices TO Rush Center. .
Mcpherson Freeman The farmers in the
Centennial school district, King CITY town.
ship, held joint discussion on the subject I
o. protective tariff, night before last the
occasion calling out great many people
Inc speakers had been chosen on the sides in 4
which their sympathies run and hence the dis
cusslon was very spirited. Mr.. Brooks and !.
Mr.. Crabh were for arff, and Mr.. Walden !
and Mr.. Evans for free trade Three Judges
were chosen and in their decision st ood two
Tor protection and one for free trade. The /
Tree trade speakers then wanted to leave the u