Wichita eagle., 1888-07-14
fenced to sizty-fve days in the county

fenced to sixty-fve days in the county
Jail.
There is a rock bluff. remarks the Bee,
| three miles south of Oswego, that is as
| full of snakes as Alabama is of Demo
| Gratis, or Texas of train robbers. or Kan
/ sas OF pretty women. Some coal miners
/ in their mine down there. found sixty
unmlstakable. Simon pure copperhaads.
and killed every one OF them, 80 we hear.
A good old man out in Ness county ia
81 years old, never chewed or smoked.
never swore, never tasted liquor and
was never married. Local papers state
: that IN early youth he decided tina:
virtue promoted happiness The old
gentleman IS a. frisky az a spring lamb.
and will vote for Ben Harrison and
Morton too.
Winfield Visitor: At the Salvation
army meeting last night, one OF tine
brethren who was thought To have
drilted back into sin, suddenly arose
and declared that he was "still in the
way. when a voice M the rear Of tire
room broke out with, Yes, and yol.
always have been.
Fort Scott Monitor. We suppose that
every body interested IS nO,g thoroughly
satisfied that there Is no lower vein" Of
natural gas in Kansas. holes nave been
sunk 10 depth Of frOu 800 feet I'D to
2, 800 feet at various pointe ia the state.
including Wichita Paola. Ottowa. 0sss..
watomie and Fort Scott and tn no ln
stance has there been found anv irdica-
ton Of gas below about go feet, 1,
might as well be conceded first as last
that the geological formation here -
different from that in Ohio and other
places IN the east, This, however. j. no
cause for dlscourageTnent, and from this
on our gas prospectors can work with
different plan in view. We have an
abundance Of gas, and It is fortunate
that 1t lies no deeper than IL
dogs. notwIibstana the fact
tia. IL IL human nature 10 want 10 90 a
long distance for something Il can gee
much e4Iier. When Or. Wasaon, 81
PaOla. was here fc,g weeks since hs
II ade remark that covers tlie situation
exactly. Said he: What if the word
do YOU people want 10 20 down 2.DgJ
feet fOri You have got an abundance ~
gas here at a depth Of about ZZ0 10 90
fsel, and your Treseat flowing wells
prove taIs. We at PaoIa have expiGded
tbe deep well scheme. for we can get al
the gas we want ~ much Jess distance.
sud you here IN Fort Scot; should arrivs
- the same ccnciussoa- Four wells 80
feet deep cost much less than one well
? 600 feet deep. sDd you car get feur
times rs much gas.
The Kansas Farmer pfessrts reports
from special correspondents in ssysnty
counties II tEs stAt-. showing q rood
condition OF things generally among tbs
farmers. Ire whsef j. she beat cxun We
have had since 1851. it Is atosl, al
harvested and saved. Heavy yields are
fran many localities. Tas
average XII e fully equal 70 thz. IL our
osst yeaT-tsysutY -tTo bushels 70 tie
acre. lie corn acreage Is tie larxes.
ever repSFted II any o-s year os cur
history, and he stand ana coE1iticn are
good IN every pars Q. tbe state.
" ita favorable weather We ylli have
80, 1906 bushels % thoz FOR tie work
OF 1919 In the new counties tie far
iaers are IN happy Dood-corr. naiiiet.
asrz-sess VI al kinds growing YssnNzsiy
and garden vegetables IN iaxuriAnt
growth. Alfalfa, sorghum. ncs corn
ard kzffir are IN the oss. possible con-
.iI'iol. kye il good ever where. A few
localities suTeraf from dry weather and
chIDch bugs in early june ard an occa~
saOazl field % coyn has bvsn ATTACH ed
along tine edges by tie bugs but shsss
exceptions are really very tew. There 10
plenty of ;isoe ye; 70 make up for all
shortages n the early pam 81 Vie season