The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-02-10
KANSAS NEWS.

Sp~ Is the banner butter-makine
'pDp ,,tract for the Topeka sugar factory
y Sep let for $1,000
a.a.li i hilarious over the completion OF
~, a,' $4,000 opera house.
"a colony will leave Douglas county in
' me for No-Man' s-Land.
rDnarelIeled boom is predicted In
.srossfalley the coming season,
,bree hundred national banks Of the
I. " have an aggregate capital of over $780,
1000
=. Rack Island is running regular ira ms
's,NGthwestern extension as far as
Iaon
j, BroWnlee, of Clyde, was burned to
Is N bis livery barn-the result of a
srksr spree
r.notois wants the county seat Of Els
n Aunty, and is willing to give $50, 900
s,d Sullding court house.
n. Upited States national bank building
,lshson is fast nearing completion. The
-srture will cost $4,000 when finished.
ne citizens of Atchison are very much
I'D over the introduction of bill in the
ssdEtatts senate to provide for the erec-
nj $4,000 public building at that
~
TWIN has organized board of trade, or
.niration society, to net in conjunction
\, IA the towns of the Solomon valley and
,OOrtbWestern portion Of the state, for the
r1oe Of advertising that section Of couu-
rhi Its true light.
ATsnWortb is per sistently boring for gas.
sAh Of 1900 feet has been reached. The
ID bas been going through a strata of sand
Zoe more than 300 feet in thickness which
retarded the boring considerably owing
ths Tery hard nature Of the strata.
Tecitlzens OF Hope paid out over $1,000
Efear to dealers in neighborlng cities for
Bone article of -four alone, and they are
beginning to agitale the question of
lilDg Touring mill Of their own to re-
III be amount of money for circulation in
gown city.
J1poia Republican: Raising castor beans
ate an industry in Kansas. The beans
tr only S. cents per bushel, while the oil
sAtor sl.65 per gallon. A bushel of beans
sld to produce three gallons Of oil, If this
true there is wide margin of profit in the
EH oil business.
hEip Webber, Of Jackson county, aged 30
US shielded the other day by placing the
rKe Of heavily loaded musket in his
SVlh and then firing it, the result being to
lrby mutilate the head and cause instant
ah The act was doubtless caused bv dis
glHtment III love. The letter which he
afG the girl attributed his suicide 10 unre-
ikd love-
Newton KanSan: The boom in Kansas will
a@ase until her fertile soil refuses to Weld
ssnance for man and beast; until her mag
aRHt climate ceases to invigorate mankind:
Hlaal her treasures in coal. gas, salt, zinc
aOher commodities found beneath the sur
Inof her blooming prairies are exhausted:
NJ Der newspapers are suppressed, or the
lns and hands OF her editors are paralyzed.
AnpOrla Democrat: Moses Coppoc who
as up from Howard few DAYS ago where
FndJ. NJ Johnson are feeding a bunch
iaite and says that there are probably over
aouSand OF cattle belonging to Lyon county
seeS being full fed In Elk county. The corn
COST on an average about thirty cents
aaei ana hay SO 90 a ton, which will make
" saving to feeders in the cost of getting
R stock through the winter.
LIS Lille Pritchard, of Millbrook, Graham
MY suicided BY hanging. She had attend
ldance the night before and had returned
nc apparently in good health. She was
4Ad the next morning hanging from the
1say OF their house, dead. She left let
saving she had contemplated the act for
N une Miss Pricthard was the amiable
aCcompllshed daughter Of L. NJ. Pritch-
enc OF the oldest settlers of Graham
according to Prof. Shows weather report
month was the sixth consecutive cold
aaafE, Only two Januarics on our list
Y Colder-in 1875 and 1886. The three DAYS
" 18th to 18th furnished more low
slpeIature than any other three consecutive
Y Oh The past twenty years, excepting
sasIy to 10, 1856. The high barometer of
Ign has been eQualed but once-in
sSaaber, 1882. The wind velocity was
gaay above the average and the sky was
lEksbly clear.
season Champion: State Superintendent
.,leau has completed table showing the
accomplished By the county superntend-
sol Tue state during the past year. as re-
- 70 MS office The totals show that the
ra,u'ehdents made 6,542 visits to the
-1s curing the year, had 1921 consuita-
swim district boards, kept their offices
"a Total of 1887 days, examined the
~ ~ y ~ district clerks, examined the
rass Two thousand district treasurers,
49,, three hundred and eighty-seven
49,. - associations, and delivered !, 092
A'ned Edgle-Optic: The proposition to
U. car load of early seed corn from
.s1O' planting in this county this spring 10
.aag with approval from the farmers all
we county. Several have spoken to Us
y subject and expressed a desire to Join
Rn,s secure their seed in this way.
n. ua 1t be a good idea to call meeting
farmers at the court house some time
4 which the number of bushels that
|asas would like to obtain can be ascer-
|<at iund subscribed and a purchasing
~ !, sppointed 70 secnre the corn! This
" Us TO be the best way 10 get at it.
@elne Lodge Cressst: We have been in
~ snat !. W. Scooter, living in the north
n se county, who raised good crop Of
I ~. .-u oats last year, has already promised
~ sn several of his needy neighbors
~ Il is such acts as these that cause
Nv, settlers to stand out pre- eminent
"a souled philanthropists when it comes
nv " II Mr.. Sooter's plan should be fol-
~ y all those farmers who raised good
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